Sentences with phrase «for numerous school districts»

She has served as a staff developer for numerous school districts and done hundreds of professional presentations for teachers across the country, both face to face and online.

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He said there were «numerous issues» the residents of his district wanted to address in Albany, including the education investment tax credit bill, security funding for private schools and additional funding for infertility drugs.

And while assessment as part of a single study is unlikely to take more than a few hours for any individual participant, there are many large schools and districts in which numerous studies are under way.

A visit to the district's web site for enrollment reveals numerous materials touting the quality of district schools.

For instance, numerous surveys have found that students and parents who transferred from district schools to charter schools thought the charters were safer, friendlier, and more effective, often by margins of more than 50 percent (see Figure 1).

Numerous school districts use the «Principal for a Day» experience to connect with businesses and community leaders for a few hours once a year.

Recognized as a national expert, her contribution to the Greenhaven Prison Program at Vassar College, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, Vera Institute of Justice, Kings County District Attorney»s Office, Interfaith Justice Project at The Riverside Church, Open Society Institute» «s After Prison Initiative, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School, Boston University»s Prison Education Program, Department of Justice» «s Norval Morris Project, and Truth Commission on Conscience in War has facilitated work with numerous schools and prisons in various states for the last 25 years.

Lopez has presented and spoken at numerous national teacher conferences and school district events, is a member of the ASCD cadre, and serves as a board member for school district 73 in Illinois.

In addition Chuck has conducted numerous principal searches for school districts across the state.

In the process of eliminating the city's numerous community school district offices, it seemed, school leaders had failed to come up with a new method for conducting suspension hearings for violent and unruly students.

Larry Ainsworth is the author or coauthor of numerous published books, including: Common Formative Assessments 2.0 (2015), «Unwrapping» the Common Core (2014), Prioritizing the Common Core (2013), Rigorous Curriculum Design (2010), Common Formative Assessments (2006), «Unwrapping» the Standards (2003), Power Standards (2003), Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Math Program (2000 and 2006), Student Generated Rubrics (1998), and Getting Started with Rigorous Curriculum Design: How School Districts Are Successfully Redesigning Their Curricula for the Common Core (2013).

Many of those schools have been failing for a decade or longer despite numerous turnaround efforts, largely because they have been overseen by districts that are themselves failing.

The data presented analyzes and compares the 2013 - 14 school discipline data for every district in the state that helped uncover promising practices and examples of effective educational accountability while at the same time highlighting the numerous areas for improvement and the deeper systemic issues that still need to be addressed.

She has held numerous leadership positions within Palm Beach County School District, the 11th largest district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory District, the 11th largest district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory district in the nation, was PTA President for four years, School Advisory Council Board Member for 8 years, District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory District Business Partner liaison, and currently serves as Chair of the Boca Raton High School Advisory Council.

She conducted regional and national studies over the last 30 years on leadership preparation approaches and school and district reform initiatives, and published numerous books and articles on leadership preparation and its impact, including (with Linda Darling - Hammond and others) Preparing principals for a changing world: Lessons from effective school leadership programs (Jossey - Bass, 2009).

Other findings of the school district's investigation include students not completing curricular requirements; numerous missing or incomplete academic records for the schools» students; allowing the employment of an individual who had not passed a background check; and teachers drinking alcohol with students on a senior trip / cruise, according to the Pensacola News Journal.

Over the last five years, there has been a heavy emphasis on the principal as the key change agent in schools, which has been accompanied by numerous coaching initiatives for school leaders by district leaders.

The student assessment scores reported by performance level for schools and school districts for each grade and subject will also be important components of state accountability and public reporting systems, and numerous other state - specific policies that use student performance results.

For school district leaders, those are familiar tasks, and they've been codified in numerous publications.

The continuing three - year partnership, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, exposes the challenges of school choice for DC families, shows the positive impact of the HQSC, and offers numerous lessons for community - based organizations and district leaders.

He has conducted numerous workshops for school districts and state education departments throughout the United States.

Tim Schell, director of curriculum and instruction for the Waunakee School District, said his district will compare itself to numerous «benchmark districts» across the state, ones that are similar in size, demographics and per - student spending to WDistrict, said his district will compare itself to numerous «benchmark districts» across the state, ones that are similar in size, demographics and per - student spending to Wdistrict will compare itself to numerous «benchmark districts» across the state, ones that are similar in size, demographics and per - student spending to Waunakee.

He has published numerous articles, chapters, and books on these topics, for example serving as lead author of Transforming Teaching in Math and Science: How Schools and Districts Can Support Change (Teachers College Press, 2003) and as editor of Standards - Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind (Brookings Institution Press, 2007).

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Schools (PDF; 14 MB) This toolkit, based on numerous national and state youth prevention toolkits, focuses on real - life application and was compiled for the Palo Alto Unified School District's Board Policy for suicide prevention.

While it is admirable for school districts to promote bilingualism, it is truly a second - tier purpose that mainly does a disservice to the majority minority group in San Jose — the Hispanics at the expense of quality language instruction for numerous other second language groups.

We provide general school law and other school related legal services, litigation and defense work for numerous independent school districts throughout Texas.

He also serves on the National Faculty for the Buck Institute for Education, traveling the country conducting workshops for numerous schools, districts and states.

He has previously worked in the field of education in numerous capacities; first for San Francisco Unified School District as a AVID tutor / classroom assistant, and years after he worked at an Education based non-profit, Aim High for High School, both as an in classroom teacher and then transferred over into an administrative role in the Development / fundraising department.

During the past eight years, he coached numerous principals for C.E.C. in a variety of northwest suburban school districts.

Kirst helped to initiate the Statewide Special Education Task Force that produced a report in 2015 with multiple recommendations for change, including creating a «culture of collaboration and coordination» across numerous state agencies, and giving school districts more control over special education funds.

For instance, after a Michigan teacher reportedly was sentenced to 6 to 15 years for an inappropriate relationship with a minor student that involved numerous communications through Snapchat and text messages, a news investigation criticized the 44 % of 84 school districts that had no specific social media policy on the booFor instance, after a Michigan teacher reportedly was sentenced to 6 to 15 years for an inappropriate relationship with a minor student that involved numerous communications through Snapchat and text messages, a news investigation criticized the 44 % of 84 school districts that had no specific social media policy on the boofor an inappropriate relationship with a minor student that involved numerous communications through Snapchat and text messages, a news investigation criticized the 44 % of 84 school districts that had no specific social media policy on the books.

Dr. Tinajero's areas of expertise span diverse fields, including program development and school - university partnerships, and she has served as consultant for numerous U.S. school districts in their design of ESL, bilingual, literacy, and bi-literacy programs.

Vetter previously worked as Director of Programs and Services at Open Circle, a nationally recognized elementary school social and emotional learning program; consulted on the Second Step social and emotional learning program for preschool through middle school; directed suicide and youth violence prevention programs at the Virginia Department of Health; and consulted with numerous schools and districts on effective implementation of social and emotional learning.

The Wallace Foundation expects to release findings from its Principal Pipeline Initiative in 2018, but preliminary findings focusing on the role of the assistant principal have brought about change in numerous school districts that are implementing better training and supports for prospective principals and APs.

It is unconscionable that states, like ours, are allowed to underfund their local school districts annually while somehow investing significant financial resources into the coffers of private enterprise that will suspend students for numerous, sometimes quite minor, behavioral infractions and may shut their doors suddenly on students when no longer profitable.

The Legislature is also considering numerous general school security measures that were prompted by the shooting, including paying for more campus police officers and mental health services, raising the age of buying a rifle to 21 and allowing districts to arm teachers and other staff.

I am currently team captain for my high school golf team, and have achieved numerous successes on the team; I have placed in the top five for my district the past three years, and have performed at a number of national championships.

She has supported numerous program and district leaders in developing and implementing initiatives aimed at increasing teacher and leader effectiveness, including with the DC Public Schools Head Start program, where she serves as Special Advisor for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment.

Numerous school districts and organizations already utilize Confident Parents, Confident Kids as a resource for their parent partners.

Vetter previously worked as Director of Programs and Services at Open Circle, a nationally recognized elementary school social and emotional learning program; consulted on the Second Step social and emotional learning program for preschool through middle school; directed suicide and youth violence prevention programs at the Virginia Department of Health; and consulted with numerous schools and districts on effective implementation of social and emotional learning.