Sentences with phrase «greater school capacity»

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«Young people have got the potential to be great employees in a sales capacity, but they're not coming out of school completely job - ready,» says Scarborough.

The influence of birth was so great that many Muslims later became convinced that one did not need to look back to the original sources of the Qur» an and the Sunnah, for they believed wrongly that no one in these Later days has a capacity for reasoning equal to that of the founders of the schools of law.

School - aged kids have a great capacity to learn.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary sCapacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary scapacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

«This school has the capacity we need, with even greater efficiencies, security and technology than our last school construction project... and it's a beautiful building.

«The operational influence and control exercised by Andrew Pallotta and Carl Korn and the capacity in which he serves each entity strongly suggest the activities of the Fund for Great Public Schools constitute «coordination» under NYS election law,» Cox said in the complaint.

«Humans have a great capacity for self - regulation,» says Khalsa, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and research director for Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Massachusetts.

«NAPLAN online will deliver even greater insight into the individual capacity of a student to inform teachers, schools and parents as well as continue to provide the data giving us a national snapshot.»

But if we truly want teacher evaluations to be part of an ongoing cycle of learning and growth, one that helps to cultivate great teachers, then effective policy has to address school capacity, particularly the capacity of traditional public schools.

Yet while school boards» capacity to innovate may be greater in practice than it is in theory, they enjoy less autonomy than other local governments.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

«We underestimate the capacity of kids to do great work, especially in low - income urban schools,» Berger says.

«Teachers and students thrive in the kind of settings that we describe as research - rich, and research - rich schools and colleges are those that are likely to have the greatest capacity for self - evaluation and self - improvement.»

Mayoral control can create greater capacity for change in a school system that has resisted innovation.

The two storey nature of the school buildings allows for a greater student capacity than was available previously, and also plays into the treehouse concept envisaged by the students.

The capacity challenges for states and school districts are immense as they contemplate taking on the new standards, which call for bringing greater depth to science understanding and asking students...

The greatest insight we have gained in our work with school districts across the continent is that organisation that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to become PLCs through reading or even training.

I consider it a mistake to attribute school leadership activities as only residing in formal roles because this denies the greater bulk of the profession opportunities to develop leadership capacities which may lead to other leadership activities in the future, either formal or informal.

Efficiency Examining the idea of efficiency in a school setting, Stephen Morales, chief executive of NASBM wrote in a recent article: «The notion that a drive for greater efficiency is an attack on precious education resources is a result of a narrative perpetuated by a perception that efficiency translates directly into cost cutting, reduced resources and capacity, and ultimately a drop in a school's ability to improve children's life chances.

Our analysis shows that charter schools are increasingly opting out of state plans, especially schools with access to greater administrative capacity and knowledge and thicker labor markets.

We also have some fantastic proof points, demonstrating the capacity of great schools to alter the life prospects of poor kids.

She believes that every child has the capacity to be a successful learner and through her work as an authorizer, she strives to empower great schools in serving their students.

To win a contest «takes capacity and skill and know - how and grant - writing savvy,» said Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of urban public school systems.

«We have used high stakes accountability to its limits; the challenges of the next five years all concern investment in capacity — school places, great teachers and great leaders.

As you apply the timeless principles embodied in The 4 Disciplines of Execution, you will discover greater capacity to both accomplish your school's objectives and help your students learn goal - achievement skills they can use throughout their lives to accomplish their own great purposes.

Alejandro provides Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools Seminars for skills development, self - directedness, improved collaboration, and increased capacity for individuals and teams to reach greater levels of success.

The strategy proposed by the task force relies on a combination of developing demand, building capacity, and transforming institutions to fill empty seats, increase capacity in existing schools, reopen closed schools, and build new Catholic schools in areas that have seen the greatest growth in the Latino population.

Check out the resources on this webpage supporting the framework for building greater support and capacity in schools, homes and communities, so ALL students have the chance to succeed.

They find that there's much greater gain in student achievement in a school when people work collaboratively in teams and when teams of teachers stay together over a period of time and build their collective know ledge and collective capacity.

Sometimes, this means using school improvement funding to build the capacity of current leaders to support the transformation efforts (The Council of the Great City Schools, 2015).

«My argument has been that academy status, especially in chains, provides schools with greater capacity and capability strength in both leadership and teaching, which is what makes the difference.»

«Baum and Krulwich's Artisan Teaching is a great example of the power of collaboration in schools... and should be widely emulated by those interested in building capacity and improving schools.

Charter schools have the capacity to do a better job because they have greater academic flexibility, less bureaucracy and can remove disruptive students.

The nation's schools need a great deal of improvement, of course, but states lack the capacity to improve all of their so - called failing schools at the same time.

The second thing great authorizers do is build the capacity to charter schools, oversee and support their operations, and evaluate their performance in a top - quality manner.

The bottom line is that we do not want to prevent the school organization from becoming «greater than the sum of its parts... [so that]... the social capital that transforms human capital through collegial activities in schools [might increase] the school's overall instructional capacity and, arguably, its success» (p. 118).

Few prescriptions move beyond broad principles, such as «create greater coherence» or «develop superintendent leadership,» to specify in sufficient detail what a central office can do to help schools build their capacity for teaching and learning improvement.

It also suggested that the department reinforce financial risk and due - diligence tests at all academies and for trustees, speed up the process of converting «inadequate» schools, and work on new initiatives to develop capacity in the local areas where need is greatest.

And the federal government, through the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is giving states much greater flexibility to create effective training platforms in schools that promote a personalized, differentiated, targeted, and on - going approach designed to increase teacher capacity through systematic supports.

Great schools build leadership capacity from within the organization.

They all have one thing in common: They undermine our capacity to create great public schools in every neighborhood, by diverting scarce resources that public schools desperately need.

With greater autonomy, the school operator, who is closer to local learners and who better understands local needs and capacities, can adjust the way a given school functions to address the particular needs of its learners.

There are seven content centers that provide research - based technical assistance and support for 15 Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs) and the states they serve, around the following areas: Building State Capacity and Productivity, College and Career Readiness and Success, Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, Great Teachers and Leaders, Innovations in Learning, School Turnaround, and Standards and Assessment Implementation.

Increasing the capacity of great schools across sectors to serve more students.

You don't get great school leaders if you don't have the kind of system leadership to — I think the capacity pipeline in many emerging economies is going to be the biggest challenge that education systems face.

And yet, a place like Achievement First has built such incredible wisdom and capacity for running great schools, what might it mean to combine that wisdom with a fresh approach to doing school?

States have the greatest capacity to change this through their approval of preparation programs and their licensure of school leaders.

It takes a leadership team composed of a school principal and teachers leading in varied capacities to get to greater student success.

With the goal of 20,000 new seats by 2024, we believe that sharing the voices of families in Idaho's many communities can help our schools, educators, and policy leaders build new school capacity in places with the greatest need and demand for better learning options.

The Mind Trust aims not only to grow the capacity of excellent charter schools in Indianapolis, but to bring the best charter models to the city — schools that show that all students, regardless of circumstance, can achieve great results.