Sentences with phrase «impacting change in our district»

More importantly, we seek to recruit value and results - oriented teachers committed to impacting change in our district.

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«I am worried that because of the impact that gerrymandering has had on many of the districts that it may be hard to make big changes» in the 2018 elections, Powell said.

A study done by the Park District found that while there will be an increase in vehicles, there is «adequate access to the site,» and so the change will generate a «limited impact on the surrounding road network.»

Sal Valenza of the West New York School District in New Jersey, which also serves primarily Latino students who overwhelmingly receive free and reduced lunch, has also had positive feedback from the students and administrators, and says changes to nutritional standards nationwide could have a big impact.

In particular section 5 prohibits these jurisdictions from legislating any changes to their voter laws without preapproval from the US Attorney General or the US District court for D.C. to ensure the law will not impact protected minority groups.

President Obama carried Higgins» current district with just 55 percent of the vote in 2008 and if his lines change even slightly, it could impact his re-election chances — paticularly if he has to face off against a fellow Democrat first.

Democratic lawmakers who represent districts outside of New York City (i.e. those impacted by the tax cap) have called for some changes, including ones addressing payments - in - lieu - of - taxes.

NYSUT, meanwhile, backed a study to determine whether any changes to the funding formula is necessary, which would also take into consideration the impact on a small school district when a resident receives a windfall through inheritance or winning the lottery — a factor that throw aid formulations out of whack in areas with few wealthy people.

De Blasio's allies also see leverage over Skelos in school funding, where microscopic changes can drastically impact which school districts — including those on Long Island that Skelos holds sacred — get what.

Upon reviewing the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's (NFTA) proposed cuts and changes to service, Legislator Joseph C. Lorigo became increasingly concerned about the negative impact they would have on the constituents in the 10th District, if approved.

Changes in requirements for site plan reviews in the commercial districts are needed, and the impact of development in Neighborhood Commercial (NC) districts on the neighbors has not been resolved.

For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.

In order to remove the confounding influence of unobserved factors that have an impact on both school spending and student outcomes, we calculate how much spending in a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variablIn order to remove the confounding influence of unobserved factors that have an impact on both school spending and student outcomes, we calculate how much spending in a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variablin a given school district would have been predicted to change due solely to the passage of an SFR, and use that prediction, rather than the spending change the district actually experienced, as our key variable.

Only 41 percent of school districts and 60 percent of eligible charter schools signed on for changes needed to participate in the Obama administration's Race to the Top contest in which states can win extra federal funding to ease the impact of steep budget cuts.

It is my goal here to show how within an individual state (where, as most recently proposed, portability's fiscal impact would be), portability would change the distribution of Title I funds across all districts, and within a district, across schools currently participating in Title I versus those who do not.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

Some nonprofit charter management organizations (CMOs) have been launched specifically to respond to this opportunity, including Education for Change, in Oakland; others, such as Mastery Charter Schools, in Philadelphia, partner with districts to extend their impact.

Hamilton School District superintendent Kathleen Cooke said the changes had afforded teachers a greater role in developing curricula and a greater impact on school - level decisions.

In this webinar, Karen Cator, chief executive officer of Digital Promise and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, will lead a conversation with assistant state superintendents from the Florida, Tennessee, and Delaware Departments of Education to discuss: • Each state's work on competency - based professional development using micro-credentials, • What changes they believe states and districts will look to make in the future, and • What the impact on teacher quality and retention will bIn this webinar, Karen Cator, chief executive officer of Digital Promise and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, will lead a conversation with assistant state superintendents from the Florida, Tennessee, and Delaware Departments of Education to discuss: • Each state's work on competency - based professional development using micro-credentials, • What changes they believe states and districts will look to make in the future, and • What the impact on teacher quality and retention will bin the future, and • What the impact on teacher quality and retention will be.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

Abstract: This article analyzes the impact of classroom characteristics and opportunity wages on four possible labor market choices of teachers in Florida: remaining at their present school, switching schools within a school district, changing school districts, and leaving teaching.

Through these efforts teachers will be able to will enhance school climate, make a difference in the lives of their students, change the fabric of their classroom communities and impact systemic change in their districts.

In our effort to better understand the logic behind these parents» school choices, as well as the impact of these urban demographic changes on public schools, we conducted in - depth interviews with dozens of parents participating in a kindergarten lottery in one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York CitIn our effort to better understand the logic behind these parents» school choices, as well as the impact of these urban demographic changes on public schools, we conducted in - depth interviews with dozens of parents participating in a kindergarten lottery in one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York Citin - depth interviews with dozens of parents participating in a kindergarten lottery in one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York Citin a kindergarten lottery in one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York Citin one of the increasingly white community school districts in New York Citin New York City.

Rather than waiting to see how those changes would affect their schools, the district set out in 2008 to incorporate a bold vision into its strategic plan: Vancouver would create an «opportunity zone» where schools would focus on addressing the impact of poverty that can affect students» classroom performance.

One of the communities vulnerable to potential Impact Aid changes is Wagner Community School District, located on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

Whatever the reason, a change in the population of students tested can have an impact on school test score patterns and signal a weakening in schools» «holding power,» especially for the school's or district's most vulnerable students.

In this conversation with Outreach Director Bridget Lee, Andrea discusses the impact class size can have on student achievement and the changes she's seen over time in the districIn this conversation with Outreach Director Bridget Lee, Andrea discusses the impact class size can have on student achievement and the changes she's seen over time in the districin the district.

Some groups that are pressing for changes in the state's school funding system represent the interests of a small number of school districts that see themselves as somehow «unfairly» impacted by the state's recapture provisions.

So, while we discovered an abundance of research emphasizing the impact of a positive school climate, the challenge for our group was to listen to each other - and to the broader community of educators and stakeholders - and identify recommendations that would create meaningful change in our district.

In this Issue Brief, prepared by Public Impact for The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement at Learning Point Associates, we offer seven steps for district leaders to support the dramatic change required to turn around chronic low performance.

The organization has scored some huge advocacy wins at the state legislature in recent years to benefit charter schools including changes to zoning laws, impact fees, property taxes and the transferring of academic credits between charters and districts.

Over the past couple of years, there have been several changes legislative and policy changes that have impacted special education and disability services in the District of Columbia.

In an effort to answer this question, the Consortium for Education Change (CEC) in 2017 commissioned an independent study of SW TURN impacts on participating school districtIn an effort to answer this question, the Consortium for Education Change (CEC) in 2017 commissioned an independent study of SW TURN impacts on participating school districtin 2017 commissioned an independent study of SW TURN impacts on participating school districts.

Since the members of the illegal Board of Education refused to do their jobs, Bridgeport residents should step in and demand that Vallas explain the following: (1) What factors did he use to decide that the cut in out of district placements should be 20 %, (2) how many Bridgeport students will be impacted by this cut, (3) how many IEPs have been changed to remove the out - of - district placements that had previously been ordered, and (4) how many children have been moved back into the school system to date.

The change resulted in Woodland receiving about $ 165,000 less than it otherwise would have while the impact to Fremont was about $ 25,000, according to a joint statement from the districts released this week.

The changes to the rules that govern charter schools and who can make those changes will impact all future charter school petitions in the district, which oversees more charters than any in the nation.

CORE works with district and school leaders to not only design and implement MTSS frameworks but to drive the changes in process and performance that are needed for MTSS to truly impact student achievement.

At the NYC Leadership Academy, we believe in meeting districts where they are, supporting them in having the hard conversations about the existence and impact of personal and systemic racism on students, and then helping them develop strategies for making and maintaining change that will work for their communities.

Assist the district to create local self - monitoring mechanism that clearly documents changes and impact in the area of concern.

While CFJ student members make changes in their districts, they come together to make an impact on the statewide level as well.

Our coaches support leaders in making changes in instructional quality and organizational capacity at the school and district levels to drive change that impacts students.

It would be helpful to do more in - depth investigation of each district's results, along with some third party evaluations to see what was, and was not, implemented, and how changes impacted student outcomes.

Through its work, the Connecticut Center for School Change continues to make significant impact in school districts across the state.

How districts communicate with schools and introduce, support and monitor changes in teaching loads has an impact on how those changes are received and implemented.

In July, AASA spearheaded the introduction of an important bill in Congress that will provide districts with flexibility to ensure they are not wrongly penalized for changes in their special education funding levels that in no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilitieIn July, AASA spearheaded the introduction of an important bill in Congress that will provide districts with flexibility to ensure they are not wrongly penalized for changes in their special education funding levels that in no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilitiein Congress that will provide districts with flexibility to ensure they are not wrongly penalized for changes in their special education funding levels that in no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilitiein their special education funding levels that in no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilitiein no way impact the provision of special education to students with disabilities.

Changes to the application of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), impacting every student in grades three through eight, is as part of a broader effort to help districts spend less time testing students and more time teaching.

The Teacher Impact Grants will enable teachers to have a greater impact on the quality of teaching in their classrooms, schools, and districts — and assume greater ownership of student outcomes — by using their robust expertise to accelerate positive change in professional learning at all lImpact Grants will enable teachers to have a greater impact on the quality of teaching in their classrooms, schools, and districts — and assume greater ownership of student outcomes — by using their robust expertise to accelerate positive change in professional learning at all limpact on the quality of teaching in their classrooms, schools, and districts — and assume greater ownership of student outcomes — by using their robust expertise to accelerate positive change in professional learning at all levels.

But Upstate / Downstate offers new evidence that changes in school effectiveness - what schools and districts do to improve their impact on student and adult learning - can play as powerful a role in local and regional achievement as race and family income do.

In this era of change, districts, researchers, and edtech developers are looking for the catalysts to impact education reform.

Also absent in the district plan is the budget impact of the changes and additional staff requirements.