Sentences with phrase «for school improvements»

She said her plan was based on reforming teacher training, a new school curriculum, supporting poorer students and securing additional resources for school improvements.

What is more interesting is the smaller amount of money for school improvements.

A bankrupt county council siphoned off # 9 million meant for school improvements in a desperate bid to prop up its depleted reserves, it has been revealed.

Founded in 2008 as a collaboration between the Center for Effective Philanthropy and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, YouthTruth works with schools across the country to use student feedback as guidance for school improvements.

Many students who study education in the United States wouldn't guess that innovative classroom technologies or financial incentives for school improvements are part of Mexico's education system.

Board members did approve an $ 894 million budget for next year, reflecting increasing costs in charter school payments, the new Buffalo Teachers Federation contract and costs of Cash's plan for school improvements, the New Education Bargain, which includes adding some smaller classes in schools.

And there have been proposals to make NAPLAN results the basis of teacher performance pay and financial rewards for school improvement.

The deficit is largely driven by costs related to the new teacher contract and Cash's ambitious plan for school improvement.

«The appeal process will not go into effect unless and until Mayor Bloomberg negotiates agreements with the UFT for an overall teacher evaluation deal... for schools eligible for School Improvement Grants,» Mulgrew said in a statement, adding that «the Mayor's obsession with closing schools presents a significant barrier to us reaching that overall agreement.»

Using a framework like Tony Bryk's five essential supports for school improvement or Greg Anrig's five common strategies of successful School Improvement Grants, states can determine which schools have some or many building blocks in place for improvement and which schools do not.

Between the relatively robust federal Charter School Program, the new ability to use Title I set - aside funds for critical course access, and fast - moving innovations in personalized learning, both states and districts have powerful tools for school improvement.

[1] As several readers noted, the School Improvement Grants program is officially gone, though the bill does include a large state set - aside for school improvement activities.

In some cases they stipulate, as in Multnomah County, Oregon, that professional development «funds will be allocated based upon seniority of the unit members who make application,» thus converting these expenditures from a lever for school improvement into a perk for long - serving faculty.

Robert Marshall was a former Senior Project Director for School Improvement at the Australian Council for Educational Research.

There has been a strategic and systematically implemented plan for school improvement in which ICT has been integral.

There is an expectation among the school staff that they practice a culture of continuous improvement and risk - taking based on a cycle of conversations, classroom observations, constructive feedback, and planning and implementing strategies that aim to directly make a difference to classroom practices in line with the priorities identified for school improvement.

The theme is Collaboration for school improvement.

Some steps that can be used for coaching and mentoring conversations for school improvement are further expanded below.

The main focus of coaching and mentoring conversations for school improvement is to build the competency and capability of teachers, so that they can take steps towards achieving the school's strategic vision and priorities in the curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, and can effectively make judgments about students» progress and outcomes.

But using hope as a strategy for school improvement?

Teacher leadership is also critical for school improvement efforts to succeed.

Another initiative that's prompting change in Mexico's schools is a program designed to provide incentives for school improvement.

The guide, which was scheduled to be unveiled this week at the U.S. Conference of Mayors» winter meeting in Washington, arrives as mayors increasingly — and often controversially — press for school improvement.

State and district guidelines for school improvement planning are focusing too heavily on standards and results - oriented improvements instead of promoting systemic changes to address barriers to teaching and learning, concludes a report from the Center for Mental Health in Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for School Improvement.

JE: The seminar also heard from Robert Marshall, a Senior Project Director for School Improvement at ACER.

The remaining money would be used for professional development related to data analysis (quantitative and qualitative) for school improvement... and maybe just a few lottery tickets.»

As has been shown in places like Houston and Lawrence, Massachusetts, high - dosage tutoring can be an effective lever for school improvement.

At the center is the National Strategies Group for school improvement (about 300 staff members); at each of the nine regions are regional strategies group; in each of the 150 local authorities are the local authority strategies group; and then at each school there is a team made up of the headmaster, parents, teachers and local business leaders.

Rothstein is similarly gloomy about the prospects for school improvement.

The theme of the 2016 conference is Collaboration for school improvement.

The national schools commissioner Sir David Carter spoke at the Westminster Education Forum about his plans for school improvement.

The Bronx elementary school learned to use student data to enhance instruction and meet New York's standard requirement for school improvement.

The South Ward Community Schools Initiative includes $ 10 million for school improvement and $ 2.5 million for dropout prevention services, and is to be funded in part by the Foundation for Newark's Future — the organization that managed the Zuckerberg gift and matching funds, which are now exhausted.

He joins me for this School Improvement podcast to talk more about the role of a principal in building and maintaining a positive school culture.

Invariably when they want to know about how to successfully plan for school improvement, the topic of «alignment» comes up.

«Feedback is most powerful when the expectations are spelled out ahead of time and when feedback is expressed in terms of those expectations,» Craig wrote in My Recipe for School Improvement: Walk - Through Observations on a Handheld Computer.

First off, here's Neil Lloyd from Brisbane's Youth Education and Training Centre, talking about the starting point for school improvement in relation to students» literacy and numeracy skills gaps.

Aside from regular teacher and student feedback, KPSS has a Committee for School Improvement and Local Consultative Committee.

Marie Brennan: «What is your curriculum for school improvement — that's where you start from.

I do not quarrel with the decision to make principals responsible for school improvement and student performance.

Carlas McCauley, «Maximizing ESSA's 7 - Percent Set - Aside for School Improvement,» School Turnaround Learning Community / WestEd, July 21, 2016, available at http://www.schoolturnaroundsupport.org/blog/maximizing-essa%E2%80%99s-7-percent-set-aside (accessed January 17, 2018).

Houston has been unusually clear about its strategy for school improvement.

I am also facilitating a «Students as researchers» project through Catholic Primary Schools, looking at students» attitudes to learning and teaching and making links to elements of the School Improvement Surveys - enabling «Student Voice» is the new way in schools and I applaud any attempts to engage students in making their own recommendations for school improvement.

-- and $ 3.5 billion in designated federal funding for School Improvement Grants is enough to push many an edu - reformer to the brink of hubris, it's fairly clear that no one actually knows what to do.

Will value - added analysis make performance - based evaluations a viable tool for school improvement?

Although the specific allocation for school improvement grants appears to fall well short of the minimum amount required by federal regulations, other sources of federal funds could more than close the gap, if they were directed to low - performing schools.

You might find our article «Coaching and Mentoring for School Improvement» useful.

By Schools for Schools has a very clear underlying strategy for school improvement, which is that all of the challenges that arise in the system already have solutions that exist within the system somewhere.

What was that starting point for your school improvement journey?