Sentences with phrase «higher admission standards»

State changes included implementing higher admission standards for teacher preparation programs, improving ways to test content knowledge, and developing higher - quality student teaching experiences.100 A separate report from NCTQ focused on states» progress toward aligning teacher preparation programs to new Common Core academic standards.

Therefore, a second change would combine higher admission standards with better training.

The first is higher admission standards.

(Also: encountered most often at places with high admissions standards.)

In a practice - based teacher education program with rigorous faculty selection criteria and high admissions standards, the best teachers would train the best teaching candidates.

Quality educator preparation programs begin with setting high admissions standards and selecting the best students in the university for those who would become licensed educators to teach and serve Wyoming's K - 12 students and schools.

Not exact matches

Admission to the program is based on criteria that ensure high standards of academic quality and student achievement, as well as diversity.

The policy of missionaries, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, has been to place higher standards of instruction and of conformity to Christian morals for admission to church membership than was customary between Constantine and the nineteenth century.

Education experts don't buy Mayor Bill de Blasio's claim that Albany has to fix the admissions standards for specialized high schools.

Thousands of high school juniors will pull out their pencils and calculators tomorrow morning for a revamped SAT college - admissions test that reflects the most extensive changes in a decade, including principles embodied in the nation's Common Core academic standards.

He also supports education tax credits for parents who send their kids to private schools, and is against «dumbing down» admission standards to the city's elite public high schools.

The group that received the high dose vaccine had a 19.7 percent hospital admission rate versus 20.9 percent in admission for those who received the standard dose vaccine.

If their standards for admission are set too high, they won't be able to fill the seats they have.

The implication is that with no government requirement for open admissions or standard measurement, historically higher - performing private schools would expand access to students eligible for vouchers.

In Britain, too, both Oxford and Cambridge have long pointed to a dearth of students from poorer backgrounds who achieve the standard required in exams at the end of high school to be considered for admission to most courses at those universities.

College and university leaders fear that a high bar for admission would simply drive applicants to other institutions without such high standards.

Standouts among the states are Delaware, which passed a law last year raising admission standards to the highest in the country, and Rhode Island, which will eventually require that each class of students at its education schools score in the top third of everyone taking college entrance exams.

«The mathematics in the Common Core — easily three years of mathematics [in high school] reaching the level of Algebra II — will not by itself prepare students for STEM majors or meet admissions criteria for top universities,» lead math standards writer Jason Zimba has written.

New Orleans public schools have become a national model as it has transformed its failed public school system primarily through an emphasis on high - accountability, open - admission, high - standards charter schools.

There are a number of good ideas being floated, recently and prominently in a January 2013 address to The Pope Center in North Carolina by Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who believes that the weighting of education reform focus should be shifted from student standards to a priority on educator standards, beginning with much higher standards for admission to preparation programs and limiting schools of education to the graduate level.

While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly available data sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.

I am reminded of former UT - Austin President Larry Faulkner's remark from several years ago, commenting on the disconnect between high school graduation standards and college admission standards, that college admission standards are determined professionally while high school graduation standards are determined politically.

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

These include raising the standards for admission to teacher education programs, much more rigorous programs of education in the subjects to be taught and much better training for the craft of teaching, the development of sound analogues to the teaching hospital, much more support for new teachers through apprenticeships with master teachers, creation of real career ladders, compensation that is comparable to that in the high status professions.

States and districts should work together to build the capacity of principals and all teachers — especially content area teachers and career and technical education teachers — to align curriculum and assessments with the expectations of colleges and employers; to offer counseling services that prepare students for high school graduation, college admission, and career success; to engage and motivate students to meet higher standards; and to create positive relationships with parents and community members.

Private colleges set the bar high when it comes to their academic standards and chances of admission, making them an ideal destination for many aspiring college students.

All of these schools, but Harvard, Yale and Princeton especially, enforce admission standards that reject all but the highest - achieving teen.

As an open - admission center, WAGS maintains the highest standards of care that help set the bar for animal adoptions in California.

We remain committed to a sustainable institution that is true to the legacy of Peter Cooper — based on the highest standards of academic excellence and merit - based admission.

These programs might even set higher or additional admissions standards.

What this means is, first, that the standards of admission are high and that the students will benefit from working with excellent comrades from around the world, and, secondly, that they have sustained interrelations with their professors, rather than being exposed to a multitude of lecturers who come and go.

The majority decision provided an opportunity for the high court to clarify the standards for admission of hearsay evidence, says Louis Strezos of Louis P. Strezos and Associate in Toronto, who acted on appeal to the Supreme Court for an intervener, the Criminal Lawyers» Association of Ontario.

Interpretation 501 - 1 deals with academic attrition and an incoming classes» academic credentials, while 501 - 2 focuses on admissions policies and practices and 501 - 3 states that a law school with a cumulative nontransfer attrition rate higher than 20 percent is not in compliance with Standard 501.

To meet the very competitive standard for law school admission, a typical «pre-law» student must afford the real costs of high undergraduate tuition, enrichment activities, LSAT training, LSAT fees, law school application fees, and the opportunity costs of unpaid internships and volunteer activities that are increasingly vital to a law school application.

The policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter are to provide that: (1) the admission of persons to the practice of public accountancy require education and experience commensurate with the requirements of the profession; (2) a person who represents that the person practices public accountancy be qualified to do so; (3) a person licensed as a certified public accountant: (A) maintain high standards of professional competence, integrity, and learning; and (B) demonstrate competence and integrity in all dealings with the public that rely on or imply the special skills of a certified public accountant and not merely in connection with the performance of the attest service;

A high standard of competence and knowledge is required for initial admission to the legal profession.

Maybe the problem is that the schools» admission standards are simultaneously both too low and too high.

The GBX platform and all listed assets will fall under this jurisdiction, requiring a strict due diligence and admissions process that result in a higher standard of token issuance and trading compared to the current landscape.

Nurse — Duties & Responsibilities Provide exceptional patient care and medical team support across multiple medical specialties Utilize ongoing nursing training and psychology background to effectively meet patient needs Oversee patient scheduling, admission, evaluation, and discharge Implement patient care plans as determined by attending physicians Monitor patient progress and inform medical team of status changes Maintain working knowledge of current medical technology, procedures, and standards of care Provide professional and courteous communication with patients and family Educate patients and family members in healthy lifestyles and disease management Oversee confidential patient information, customer service, phones, and other administrative functions as needed Apply extensive accounting, administration, and customer service skills in medical office settings Demonstrate ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure situations Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and integrity

Director of Nursing — Duties & Responsibilities Manage nursing departments for private and public institutions across a number of specialties Skilled in orthopedics, neurology, medical, surgical, and geriatrics Train, schedule, and supervise junior nursing staff ensuring compliance with applicable standards of care Set and strictly adhere to departmental budgets ensuring cost effective operations Maintain working knowledge of current medical technology, procedures, and standards of care Utilize management expertise to enhance patient care while cutting extraneous expenses Oversee patient scheduling, admission, evaluation, and discharge Provide professional and courteous communication with patients and family Assist attending physicians with patient evaluation, monitoring, and implementation of medical care plans Monitor patient condition, chart progress, administer medications, and perform routine procedures Educate patients and family members in healthy lifestyles and disease management Offer guidance and support to junior nurses, lab technicians, and medical technologists Oversee confidential patient information, customer service, phones, and other administrative functions as needed Manage company inventory replenishing medical and office supplies as needed Demonstrate ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure situations Perform all duties with positivity, professionalism, and dedication to high quality patient care

That is ideally what higher entry and admission - to - the - business standards will ultimately accomplish.

C.R.E.A. needs to set higher standards for admission to the profession via candidacy based upon standardized pre-screening tests administered «prior» to candidates being allowed to engage educational courses.