Sentences with phrase «growing need districts»

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While there is growing awareness of the health and educational benefits that salad bars provide to kids, many school districts are unable to afford the basic equipment needed to adopt this strategy.

Ultimately, Extension services serve as the bridge school districts need between the locally - grown foods they serve, and a sustainable program that makes a positive impact on Alaska's students.

Additionally, waiver requests must be made available to the public to ensure accountability and provide American farmers and food providers an opportunity to seek out school districts that need affordable American - grown food.»

Park commissioners say the recreation center is needed to keep pace with the needs of a growing community, and the Park District has the money to build it without increasing taxes.

He said the Park District needs to generate more revenue to keep up with the growing population's needs.

NEW LENOX — With a growing residential tax base and a budget limited by a tax cap, the New Lenox Park District needs alternative revenue sources, a park official said recently.

So, for the last decade, the district has been improving and expanding to meet the growing and changing recreational needs of its residents.

Zordan said the Park District's need for independent sewer and water would pose a threat to mature oak trees that grow on the property.

Park District officials say the extra space is needed because both the community and the requests for more recreational programming have grown.

Clark's qualifications and experience, coupled with his enthusiasm, will move the Park District forward in implementing our master plan to serve the growing leisure needs of the community,» said Scott Luken, president of the Park District board.

«The staff and board members of the Hoffman Estates Park District have made an extraordinary effort in the last several years to improve the Park District's areas, facilities, programs and services to meet the growing needs of residents of the community,» read a statement from Ted Flickinger, executive director of the Springfield - based Illinois Association of Park Districts.

The Park District still needs more space to serve a growing population, O'Neill said.

Clayton Babies Sleep Consulting was created to serve local families, school districts and community agencies and has now grown to help families around the world get the sleep they need.

To keep up with the growing number of children, she said, the district needs to make about 19 hires — most in the instructional areas, with others being additional support and security staff.

«The Governor also proposed initiatives to support our youngest children, including expanding opportunities for prekindergarten in high - need school districts and implementing the recommendations of the First 1,000 Days on Medicaid working group so all children start life with the services and supports they need to excel as they grow.

What those higher expenses will do, however, is make it more difficult for districts to restore programs such as art and music — which often suffered cuts in the past — or to add programs where school administrators see a growing need.

Each year the district reassesses the needs to maintain and grow our student programs through committee work and administrative team meetings.

And education advocates and their legislative allies (mostly Democrats) are calling for the governor to increase public education aid, noting the gap between high - needs and wealthy districts is growing ever wider.

The Buffalo area, whose districts need to grow more than anywhere else in the state, might be able to push other districts far enough East as to absorb Mr. Hinchey's territory, but it could be difficult.

According to White, the District needs space because of growing demands from the student population.

«But superintendents are reporting increasing needs among the students their districts serve and those needs are growing at a faster rate than gains in financial condition.»

«Growing the transit - oriented district around CTfastrak is exactly what New Britain needs to grow our economy and move the city forward,» Sen. Theresa Gerratana, D - New Britain, said in announcing the aid.

In comments ahead of the vote, Badger had called for Essex County to pair with school districts to provide resource officers and the need to grow the department without placing a burden on county taxpayers.

«CVH looks forward to working with our PB partners to expand this pilot project to more council districts and into city agencies over the coming years, and working to grow the funds available for community investment so that all needed projects can be fully funded.»

«School districts need to offer in - service workshop and conference opportunities so administrators will continue to share and grow in their professional knowledge,» said Messick.

Some growing Oklahoma school districts have not hired new teachers they need or have made budget cuts because the Governor and the state legislature could not agree on doling out special payments for the districts.

The school district, according to officials, was under no court - imposed obligation to alter its student - assignment patterns this year, but believed some adjustments were needed because of the growing proportion of minority - group students.

The idea that the district needed to adopt a single, uniform approach to reading instruction grew out of one of the superintendent's monthly meetings with the district's teachers of the year, one elected from each campus.

The city will start growing again, and the district at that point will have to start shoving the co-located charters off our school district property because we need the space for our public school population,» he said, also noting the legal challenges involved in trying that.

Project U-Turn, a collaboration among foundations, parents, young people, and youth - serving organizations such as the school district and city agencies in Philadelphia, grew out of research that analyzed a variety of data sources in order to develop a clear picture of the nature of Philadelphia's dropout problem, get a deeper understanding of which students were most likely to drop out, and identify the early - warning signs that should alert teachers, school staff, and parents to the need for interventions.

District central offices have grown by providing services once needed and then building units that continue providing them whether needed or not.

The result is that as central office budgets and staffing have grown, schools control less and less of the overall district budget, and the district can't respond to new needs because all the money is committed to entrenched activities.

Grassa O'Neill stresses that the continuum of education doesn't end with commencement, and her new group strives to establish lifelong learning opportunities for Ed School alumni through its programs, which address a growing need in the field of education.Their institutes attract leaders of pre-K — 12 schools and districts and higher education institutions from all over the world.

For a district that has focused on building a high - quality innovative program, it's often difficult to «tell the story» to the world outside... without using resources that are needed to maintain and grow the program.

Bethan now captains her district sports team, coaches children with special needs at trampolining and is taking a Level One coaching course; and her communication skills and self - confidence have grown to such an extent that she plans to join the Military Preparation College at Farnborough to take a BTEC level 1 in Sport and Active Leisure.

The program, which pairs older and younger students for technological training, grew out of a need to improve students» skills after the school went one - to - one — part of Meriden's larger push to modernize teaching and learning district - wide after Benigni came on board.

New tools, such as the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders» teacher and district teacher leadership self - assessment and readiness tools and the Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession's Teacher Leadership Skills Framework, are available to support this growing need.

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Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really DifferNeed Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really DifferNeed Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Differneed, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

Add in the growing number of cities pursuing school portfolio management (which focuses on both charters and traditional district - run schools), and the urgent need to train administrators with the skills to thoughtfully manage what Edfuel calls «the autonomous and accountable public schools sector» is even more apparent.

At a time of growing national recognition of the need for a policy shift to more successful approaches to school reform, this collection of mini-briefs identifies affirmative, research - based approaches to reform in areas including school choice, portfolio district reform, and teacher deprofessionalization.

Just as I reached the conclusion that urban districts can't be fixed and, therefore, we need to create a new delivery system for public education in America's cities, a large and growing number of reformers interested in teacher preparation believe that we can't trust the old system to change adequately and that, instead, we need to create new pathways into the profession.

«Among them: partnerships between school districts and colleges to help communities grow their own teachers and align recruitment to high - need fields; competitive salaries as well as incentives, financial and otherwise, for hard - to - fill positions; the creation of strong mentoring programs and professional learning communities that make schools places teachers want to be; and effective leadership at the school level to maintain a supportive, collaborative school environment.»

The district needed a way to quickly improve quality at district schools and reduce costs to better compete with the growing charter sector, she said.

Our schools and districts need to be intentional about building education programming and academic support for this growing population.

For Independent Charter Schools, as with district schools, it is important that administrators and teachers understand the growing needs of homeless students.

Teachers from districts within the Eastern Upstate TC Network partner to prepare their classroom implementation strategy plans and data gathering instruments to meet the needs of the growing number of their students who are living in poverty.

In an effort to be more proactive in identifying students» needs and providing them with appropriate services, growing numbers of schools and districts have adopted early warning indicators (EWIs), often drawing on the work of organizations such as the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins and the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

Most practitioners and growing research supports the idea that districts need to dedicate an office or executive level leader whose role and concomitant authority is to insure that each school receives the various and individualized supports it may require (Center for School Turnaround, 2014; Morando Rhim, 2011; Shea & Liu, 2010).

Reading researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA), in conjunction with the local school district, developed Book Buddies as one part of the district's goal to meet the needs of the growing number of children requiring supplemental literacy instruction (Invernizzi, Juel, & Rosemary, 1996; Invernizzi et al., 1997).

Fortunately, OSOL has many assets already aligned: a visionary leader, a talented team, a strong and growing base of families, support from local partners like Oakland Community Organizations [1], and district leadership that is aware of the need to embrace innovation (even when it struggles to do so).