Sentences with phrase «for urban school leadership»

She recently won a $ 1.5 million federal grant for urban school leadership, to be spent over five years.

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This July, she brought her leadership team to the National Institute for Urban School Leaders (USL).

«I am coming back to active leadership because I have missed my passion — the on the ground battle for our children who attend urban public schools.

His recent research includes a four - year study of urban school leadership, an examination of the implications of social class for African - American parents»...

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool district to a panel of faculty judges.

Core courses and electives are taught by recognized leaders from across Harvard's graduate programs in fields like data - based education reform, organizational change and innovation, and effective leadership strategies for urban schools.

This marks DISD's fourth leadership change in 11 years — a rate that's actually pretty typical for America's urban school systems, and that illuminates why it can be so hard for districts to make sustained progress.

Under her leadership, the school launched the Doctor of Education Leadership Program, a first - of - its - kind practice - based education doctoral program; created a universitywide Ph.D. in Education; established the Urban Scholars Fellowship which provides full tuition to teachers from urban schools; and significantly increased financial aid for master's and doctoral studUrban Scholars Fellowship which provides full tuition to teachers from urban schools; and significantly increased financial aid for master's and doctoral studurban schools; and significantly increased financial aid for master's and doctoral students.

One of PPE's core leadership programs is the National Institute for Urban School Leaders (NIUSL)-- being held on campus July 14 — 19.

As Elissa begins her year at HGSE, Joe is continuing to look for leadership opportunities in an urban charter school — one that he hopes may lead to future work together.

For reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConferenFor reducing the achievement gap between the Atlanta Public Schools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools and the State of Georgia, lowering the dropout rate, cutting back the number of teacher vacancies, and renovating and consolidating some of Atlantas schools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Confschools, Atlanta superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall earned the 2006 Richard R. Green Award, the nations highest honor for urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall Conferenfor urban education leadership, at the Council of the Great City Schools 50th Annual Fall ConfSchools 50th Annual Fall Conference.

Under Bob's leadership, Envision Education put in practice a highly successful redesign model that has opened a path to college and college retention for underserved urban students at Envision's three Bay Area arts and technology high schools.

Robinson, Lloyd and Rowe noted that: «Instructional leadership theory has its empirical origins in studies undertaken during the late 1970's and 80's of schools in poor urban communities where students succeeded despite the odds... these schools typically had strong instructional leadership, including a learning climate free of disruption, a system of clear teaching objectives, and high teacher expectations for students.»

A mayor's capacity for leadership addresses a significant problem that has plagued urban education for decades - namely, shifting and rival coalitions backing school reform, weak and unstable school boards, and frequent changes of superintendents.

That capacity for leadership addresses a significant problem that has plagued urban education for decades - namely, shifting and rival coalitions backing school reform, weak and unstable school boards, and frequent changes of superintendents.

This required focusing on specific areas of leadership practice separately (e.g., methods of clinical supervision, school - improvement planning, classroom walk - throughs, uses of student performance data), or within comprehensive guidelines or frameworks for leadership practice.240 In one of the higher - performing urban districts in our sample, district officials organized a three - year principaldevelopment program based on Marzano «s balanced leadership program.

LUMIN provides safe, Christian schools focused on educational success, leadership development and spiritual growth; and has set the standard for effective, Christ - centered, results oriented urban education.

The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards and fosters effective leadership for excellence and equity in public education, with a specific focus on underrepresented studUrban Boards of Education (CUBE) supports urban school boards and fosters effective leadership for excellence and equity in public education, with a specific focus on underrepresented studurban school boards and fosters effective leadership for excellence and equity in public education, with a specific focus on underrepresented students.

Her work broadly focuses on urban school reform, data - informed leadership for equity, and how educators make sense of policy implementation.

Even where urban and high - poverty school districts emphasize public engagement, the policies and preferences tend to «trickle down» to schools only in the form of mandated representation on school councils — a weak strategy for distributing leadership.

Facilitating African American parental involvement in urban schools: Opportunities for school leadership.

I am a leadership and teacher coach, consultant, and trainer with a particular passion for urban schools.

In a series of columns in ASCD Express, the cofounder of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban sSchools, a nonprofit for education reform, shares promising practices in principal leadership for improving some of the nation's most challenged urban schoolsschools.

In addition to being a key - team member for many of CTAC's partnerships, Mr. Eglinton served as CTAC's co-project director for the TIF - supported Leadership for Educators» Advanced Performance Initiative (LEAP) with the Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, directed CTAC's National Urban Reform Network, led site research and evaluations teams in Christina (DE) Denver (CO) and Newark (NJ) and trained district leadership teams, community collaboratives, corporate leadership groups and policymaking bodies at local, state and national levels.

Canton Middle School, like too many urban schools, had been held hostage for decades — by tradition, central authority, low expectations, and ineffective leadership.

Mr. Conley has 20 years of experience in urban education, and has been deeply involved in classroom teaching, school leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 mischool leadership, and district - level decision making in Baltimore for more than 10 of those years Mr. Conley previously served two years as an assistant superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 miSchool District of Philadelphia, most recently overseeing 22 elementary, middle, and high schools serving 11,000 students with an annual budget of $ 74 million.

And Houston, under the former leadership of Bush's Secretary of Education Rod Paige and an enlightened board of trustees, has been a beacon for urban school reform, having achieved well - deserved recognition as the best urban school district in America.

Walking the walk: Portraits in leadership for family engagement in urban schools.

Clearly, a major centerpiece of George W. Bush's success as Governor of Texas and a significant plank in the platform for his Presidential candidacy was his leadership of the Texas public education reforms in accountability and standards of the mid to late 1990's, and nowhere were these reforms in more evidence than in Houston, which was recognized as the best urban school district in America in 2002.

As a welcoming school principal, McCarthy worked closely with Beverly LaCoste, leadership coach with the College's Center for Urban Education Leadership, to develop strategies to ensure a smooth transition for both the incoming Yale students and the returning Harvard students.

LEADERSHIP NOW MORE THAN EVER: BUILDING THE PIPELINE FOR THE FUTURE IN URBAN SCHOOLS Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm Michigan - Texas, 1st Floor

He has trained over 2,000 school leaders nationwide and is the Data - Driven Instruction faculty member for New Leaders for New Schools, the leading national urban school leadership training program.

DEVELOPING PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP FOR BETTER INSTRUCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN URBAN SCHOOLS Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:15 am — 10:30 am Marriott 4, 2nd Floor

The Broad Academy is a leadership development program for urban school system superintendents.

Victoria E. Romero taught elementary students in one suburban and two urban school districts; significantly improved the academic standing of two schools as a principal; and coached administrators, directors, and school leadership teams for sustainable school improvement in five school districts.

Working with diverse populations from coast to coast, and from our southern to northern borders, it is this passion for commitment that makes Treviño an effective leader and one of the country's leading trainers and teachers in the areas of effective school board governance, urban education, the politics of education, and the foundations of educational leadership.

Many of our school leaders have, or are currently participating in, leadership development programs with the Center For Urban Teaching in Milwaukee.

Richard has served as associate director of the Harvard Change Leadership Group, director for UConn's Institute for Urban School Improvement, and faculty member of the department of education leadership at UConn.

She has served in a leadership and consulting capacity with numerous organizations such as: Center for Supportive Schools, GradNation Conference, Leading With Love, Circle of Community Leadership, Building Bridges, School Turnaround Leadership Network, Juggling Life (board member), Mercer County Gang Task Force, GGrant 94 ft. Academic Sports Academy, Roots Heritage Urban Food Hub, Jackie Robinson Park of Fame, and YOU - Turn Productions.

Under Johnson's leadership, the district teamed up with EdVestors, a nonprofit that raises private donations for urban school improvement, to help expand arts instruction during the school day and build up the system's school programs and partnerships.

The NAACP and most of the traditional black leadership, much of the Democratic Party establishment, and other organizations with a reputation for advocacy on low - income, urban, and minority issues are staunch foes of private school choice - despite the overwhelming support for school choice among the populations for whom they claim to speak.

In this previous role, and in addition to the summer school leadership development program, Castenzio served as a resource for aspiring urban teacher candidates and beginning teachers by working to ensure that they were equipped with the initial training necessary to be highly effective in the urban classroom.

The Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) Award for Urban School Board Excellence was created in 2004 to recognize the leadership of urban school districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its studUrban Boards of Education (CUBE) Award for Urban School Board Excellence was created in 2004 to recognize the leadership of urban school districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its studUrban School Board Excellence was created in 2004 to recognize the leadership of urban school districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its stuSchool Board Excellence was created in 2004 to recognize the leadership of urban school districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its studurban school districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its stuschool districts where effective school board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its stuschool board governance has an impact on student achievement, and this year's winner has more than demonstrated its leadership in reshaping the academic program and the success of its students.

CUBE supports urban school boards and fosters effective leadership for excellence and equity in public education, with a specific focus on underrepresented students.

At a panel discussion on teacher leadership, principal Joe Shoffner, EdD Urban Education Leadership» 16, describes strategies for crafting a school environment that cares for the whole student.

Along the way, I helped start several non-profits focused on teaching and leadership in urban schools — including the Boston Teacher Residency, the Boston Leadership Institute and Teach for America.

Under her leadership, the district's lowest - performing elementary schools have made significant academic gains, and the Cincinnati school system became Ohio's first and only urban school district to earn an «effective» rating on the Ohio Report Card for school years 2009 - 10 and 2010 - 11.

In this interview about their ASCD book, Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott, educators with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, explain what fearless leadership looks like and share their hopeful vision for urban schUrban Alliance for Effective Education, explain what fearless leadership looks like and share their hopeful vision for urban schurban schools.

The Center for Urban Education Leadership is sought after by school districts, institutions of higher education, government agencies and policymakers for its years of demonstrated expertise in school leadership development.

The other two are: Leadership for Learning Improvement in Urban Schools reports on how urban school leaders help improve student learning by setting high expectations for their schools, provide meaningful staff training, and organize teachers to share leadership for carrying out improvement ageUrban Schools reports on how urban school leaders help improve student learning by setting high expectations for their schools, provide meaningful staff training, and organize teachers to share leadership for carrying out improvement aSchools reports on how urban school leaders help improve student learning by setting high expectations for their schools, provide meaningful staff training, and organize teachers to share leadership for carrying out improvement ageurban school leaders help improve student learning by setting high expectations for their schools, provide meaningful staff training, and organize teachers to share leadership for carrying out improvement aschools, provide meaningful staff training, and organize teachers to share leadership for carrying out improvement agendas.