Sentences with phrase «goals of the school leaders»

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She also led the development of HBS's innovative FIELD curriculum, which focuses on learning experiences that are experiential and immersive, with the goal of advancing the School's mission to develop leaders who make a difference in the world.

This has several implications for theological education, all of which are entailed in the distinctive twist this view gives to the school's overarching and unifying goal to educate leaders for the church.

My proposal has been that precisely because a theological school is not defined by the goal of educating church leaders it may, as a matter of contingent fact, prepare its students very well for leadership in congregations.

Despite seeing little time in the cage while backing up Harmon, White understood that he would be assuming the role of anchor and team leader as «the man» in goal for his final high school season.

While Zemsky is trying to bring as many projects to fruition as possible, SUNY Poly's new leader is moving to reshape the school and its ambitious economic development goals of years past.

Driven by a shared goal of creating jobs, increasing funding for schools and lowering property taxes, a broad coalition of business leaders, labor unions, economic development professionals and educators announced the formation of NY Jobs Now in support of Referendum # 1 on ballots in November, which would authorize up to four new casinos in upstate New York.

Corporate leaders have, when asked, stood with Mr. de Blasio in support of policy goals they believe will benefit the city, such as mayoral control of city schools.

«Switcher» schools» increased enrollment and the proportion of minority students, tells us the substantive goals of the schools» leaders were achieved.

«One of the Harvard Education Press» founding goals has been to «translate» education research on behalf of education practitioners — school and district leaders, teachers, administrators,» says Douglas Clayton, the director of the Harvard Education Publishing Group.

The International Education Policy program (IEP) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education provides these leaders with the skills, habits of mind and relationships to achieve their goals.

Making Caring Common will host a summit in summer 2016 convening admissions leaders and high school and parent representatives from across the country with the goal of developing a two - year plan to implement key elements of Turning the Tide nationwide.

The goal of this case study is not to critique whether or not the response to the death of Michael Brown was appropriate, but rather to catalyze conversations about how system - level leaders can organize to combat structural racism in schools and communities in pro-active ways to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

BCPS is a part of the Future Ready Schools initiative, and their district leaders implemented these ideas and goals for their library, which could be a good foundation for other districts and schools Schools initiative, and their district leaders implemented these ideas and goals for their library, which could be a good foundation for other districts and schools schools to try.

«Throughout the years, our goal at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has been to prepare leaders with the skill sets, habits of mind, and dispositions to act in order to transform the education sector,» says Dean Kathleen McCartney.

The goal of Leading 21st Century High Schools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high sSchools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high schoolsschools.

Five years ago, civic and education leaders in Cleveland launched the Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.Schools with the goal of ensuring that «every child in Cleveland attends a high - quality school and that every neighborhood has a multitude of schools from which families can choose.schools from which families can choose.»

Another goal states that participants would implement approaches to ensure inclusion of all students; implement practices to close the achievement gap; establish means for collaboration between district departments and schools; develop a plan for sharing lessons learned with other district leaders and to complement succession planning.

The progress data would provide the school leader with a guide to the staff changes that would further improve student learning, and the achievement of early goals would help build support for such changes.

My goals in coming to the Ed School were threefold: expanding my knowledge of how people, early childhood through adolescence, develop moral and ethical behaviors; creating strategies, systems, and tools that educators can use to best preserve and promote moral and ethical growth in the students they teach; and refining the leadership and research skills necessary to further my role as a teacher leader and reformer for the future.

The goal of fostering two - way communication between school and home requires school leaders to be relentless in their insistence that communications be respectful, honest, and timely.

Greetings Students: I challenge you to work hard to accomplish your goals of graduating from high school and college, but also to strive to be leaders in your communities.

Many of the institutes underlying goals are to teach educators strategies and guidance on how to establish priorities and build a base of support in the school, as well as how to become a stronger leader.

Case studies of exceptional schools indicate that school leaders influence learning primarily by galvanizing effort around ambitious goals and by establishing conditions that support teachers and that help students succeed (Togneri and Anderson, 2003).

The third involved business leaders» advocacy of a range of reform ideas, from school choice to higher performance standards, that were not necessarily linked to the goal of systemic...

The proposal being designed by the panel's Republican leaders would share a central feature of the Clinton Administration's Goals 2000 strategy — a requirement that states and school districts adopt challenging academic - performance standards and assessments with which to measure students» progress toward meeting them.

When there is clarity in the goals and good feedback from the different actors - including industry, school leaders and teachers - it is more likely that over a 5 -10-year period, we would be able to identify and create the conditions that support the most effective uses of ICT in schools.

The school itself is seen as an important part of the local community and these schools often find ways to involve business and community leaders in the work of the school, as well as to establish partnerships with other agencies and businesses to advance school goals.

AP: I spent over a year interviewing teachers and school leaders with the goal of identifying and understanding the sorts of real - world challenges that they were grappling with.

Over the last three years, faculty from the Harvard Graduate School of Education have brought together 30 national educational leaders from different corners of the field, representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, with the goal of thinking broadly about what ideas and approaches are likely to lead to a more promising future.

Specifically, they must monitor and challenge schools in relation to the agreed goals of collaborative activities, whilst school leaders share responsibility for the overall management of improvement efforts.

Most school districts have some type of mentorship or principal training program for their future school leaders, but even the most sophisticated programs can fall short of its goal.

«Our research suggests that many senior and middle leaders have a long way to go in terms of setting goals and solving the problems that frequently occur in implementing any strategy,» Bendikson tells RD. «School improvement science suggests that when school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.&School improvement science suggests that when school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.&school leaders really take monitoring and evaluation seriously, they tend to pursue «small wins» in systematic ways, and this can help to build coherent action and teachers» trust in their leaders.»

Boston - native Chi Nguyen has never wavered in his goal of becoming a «transformative school leader» in the Boston Public Schools (BPS).

Driscoll and Ruiz meet bimonthly with the head of Salem's health and social services department and leaders from the schools, the teachers union, community organizations, and foundations to set goals and review their progress.

NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involSchools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involschools, and increasing parent and community involvement.

Reaching the goal of equity and excellence requires school leaders to be courageous.

He eschews micromanaging school leaders and instead works alongside them to help them meet the goals of the district's long - range plan and to improve teacher performance in their schools.

The goal of Game Change is to implement long - term anti-violence and healthy relationship education in Massachusetts schools, with a focus on developing peer leaders at the high school level who can provide trainings to their middle school counterparts.

School leaders must set goals for a program, determine which devices to use, train teachers, get parents on board, and evaluate the impact of the effort.

Topics of discussion include: • Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness • Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps • Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems • Leading a district - wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students All school and district - based leaders, and K - 12 educators are invited to attend.

If you think that the goal of education is to prepare students for the workplace, it's fairly clear where to turn for thoughts about school curricula — you talk to economists and business leaders to try to predict the skills and knowledge kids will need in the future workplace.

While the national discourse focuses on the merits of school choice initiatives in their own right and for their own sakes, as leaders of state and local education systems, as educators of diverse regional, political, and professional backgrounds, we believe that these policies are better thought of as means to critical ends, and that the goal of these and other education policies should be, above all else, the enhancement of skills for America's youngest generation and expanded opportunity for children to thrive as adults.

«It is our goal that with this latest report, leaders will be able to see where they can strengthen their charter laws, learn from the best examples and take action to further advance the health of charter schools in their state and nationally.»

Future Ready Librarians ™ is an expansion of the Future Ready Schools ® initiative aimed at raising awareness among district and school leaders about the valuable role librarians can play in supporting the Future Ready goals of their school and district.

School leaders must meet two goals to make schools more effective: provide a defensible set of directions and influence people to move in those directions.

The superintendent of the Rochester, N.Y., schools is winning applause from teachers and community leaders for advancing an ambitious set of goals for the 35,000 - pupil district.

Additionally, Mary was recently selected to the 2017 cohort of the LEE Public Leaders Fellowship to support her goals of running for school board.

Educational leaders can say, for example, that they want their schools to provide an excellent education for all children, and yet they behave inconsistently with that goal without being aware of their inconsistency.

By the end of two years, the goal is for each state and district team to have well - trained leaders who have had extensive practice in effective problem - solving approaches and to apply them in ways that result in significant improvements in education leadership practices and student learning at the state, district, and school levels.

Our work is motivated by the sheer scale of the Katrina tragedy and the goal of supporting students, educators, and city leaders in their efforts to make the city's schools part of the city's revitalization effort.