Sentences with phrase «important as a school leader»

«It is important as a school leader to have the ability to control how money is spent, and to hire and fire,» he said.

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Marty says nothing about what this challenge might mean for theological schools, whose attention to these topics will play an important role in educating the people — pastors, denominational employees, lay leaders and the like — whom he frequently singles out as important interpreters and «brokers» of the public involvement of religious groups.

«By convening leaders throughout the community as part of the Buffalo Schools STEM Experience, Mayor Brown and all involved have taken another important step toward improving student success in STEM from cradle to career.

Moreover, leadership and learning are important areas when it comes to people's beliefs; political, symbolic and business leaders have a major impact on our lives, as well as the school and university leaders, and — not the least — those who lead the learning that takes place in those organizations: the teachers.

As school leaders, we have to do the difficult work of weighing student data, staff input, and external pressures, and selecting what is most important to help us reach our mission.

«We are hoping that these important state leaders will be intellectually stimulated, exposed to some new tools and perspectives, refreshed by a chance to reflect in the company of experienced, knowledgeable peers and faculty, and generally reinvigorated as they approach a new school year,» Reville says, adding that it is also an opportunity for participants to form continuing relationships with HGSE and its faculty.

Most important though, as the leader of the school you must take time to describe and teach the expectations that you want to see, hear, and feel.

«I can recall taking [her course on school reform] and really learning how to defend my positions because Kay always had some question about why I was taking a certain position... she taught me that challenging students to face the values they hold closest to their heart is important in developing their potential as leaders.»

In terms of school changes, MATs listed firing school leaders on conversion as one of the important changes and three - quarters of MATs stated that they regularly move around teachers and senior leaders between their schools.

In this post, I am going to try to make the case for why this one word is arguably the most important word for every teacher, school leader and student to meet her or his peak potential as a learner and as an individual.

Sometimes we hear people say, «Teaching about sustainability in schools is important as young people are the leaders of our future.»

Although principals have long been seen as important to the success of schools, a new set of working papers from some prominent education researchers aims to promote a better understanding of the extent to which school leaders matter and why.

Mathematica's survey of online school leaders gives important insight as to why students may not be making gains: online charter schools offer only 3 to 6 hours of «synchronous» (teachers and students in «live» contact online) instruction per week; school leaders say they struggle the most with student engagement; and it's clear that parents are expected to play an active role in instruction and in making sure that students stay on track.

In today's budget sensitive economy it's becoming increasingly important for school leaders to find a way to achieve a high level of ICT delivery and support whilst also keeping costs down, and taking back control of their ICT, and in the school's that don't currently have an IT partner, 27 % are currently reviewing this option as they become more forward - thinking.

You might ask the site leader as well as staff, students, and parents, «What's really important at this school?»

However, with these media opening up the world, it is important that, as school leaders, we share our learning back.

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.

Business leaders interviewed ranked the following skills as most important for junior members of staff to develop: • Time management 45 % • Prioritisation 39 % • Social skills 39 % • Team work 38 % • Communication skills 38 % Natasha Kizzie, Director of Marketing at NCS Trust, says: ³ Doing well at school is of course immensely important for young people ¹ s futures, not just in terms of grades but in learning how to apply themselves to an activity, to prioritise effectively and to commit to seeing tasks through.

Another that's just as important is the fact that governments are now so much more ambitious about what school leaders are to achieve.

Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt, director of the Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) Program, is pleased that Dockterman's course was added to the TIE curriculum as it asks, he says, important questions such as «What does the term [adaptive learning] mean to school leaders, teachers, artificial intelligence researchers, and students?

As a result of extensive meta - analytic work, Marzano, Waters and McNulty concluded: «A highly effective school leader can have a dramatic influence on the overall academic achievement of students... Leadership has long been perceived to be important to the effective functioning of organisations in general and, more recently, of schools in particular.

It is vitally important that we engage with school heads and leaders to make them aware of the many benefits that music brings to a children's overall education and their well being as future citizens.

The NCRPP research use survey focuses on the core of «research use» in three related, but separate, constructs: the ways that school and district leaders 1) apply research in their decision - making processes; 2) value research as an important component for decision - making; and 3) evaluate research quality.

Since principal leadership is so important, systems should require school leaders to have teaching experience with students similar to those who attend the school, as well as having served as a teachers union official.

5 Reasons Why PBL May Not Be Working at Your School TeachThought.com Drew Perkins makes important points school leaders should consider if they really want PBL to take root, for example: «Your projects are asking questions important to teachers, not to your students» and «You haven't engaged in the collaborative PBL process as a leader but you're expecting your teachers to.&School TeachThought.com Drew Perkins makes important points school leaders should consider if they really want PBL to take root, for example: «Your projects are asking questions important to teachers, not to your students» and «You haven't engaged in the collaborative PBL process as a leader but you're expecting your teachers to.&school leaders should consider if they really want PBL to take root, for example: «Your projects are asking questions important to teachers, not to your students» and «You haven't engaged in the collaborative PBL process as a leader but you're expecting your teachers to.»

Although it makes some important changes to NCLB, such as eliminating AYP mandates, the proposed ESSA would not accomplish important policy priorities of allowing states to make funding for Title I portable, allowing states to completely opt out through the A-PLUS provision, or cutting programs and spending that have accumulated over the decades in a manner that has failed students and burdened school leaders with red tape.

As transformational turnaround school leaders, it is important for us to get above the clouds and take stock of where we are.

Just as important, city and district leaders should create funding structures and partnerships to make sure that charter school autonomies and entrepreneurialism lead to innovations and improvements in special education.

As director of the ABC Community Schools Partnership in Albuquerque, he has been a natural leader as well as a unifying force in our Community School Leadership Network, and his vision of «Building on the Past, Embracing the Present, and Preparing our Future,» is the right message for the Coalition at this important timAs director of the ABC Community Schools Partnership in Albuquerque, he has been a natural leader as well as a unifying force in our Community School Leadership Network, and his vision of «Building on the Past, Embracing the Present, and Preparing our Future,» is the right message for the Coalition at this important timas well as a unifying force in our Community School Leadership Network, and his vision of «Building on the Past, Embracing the Present, and Preparing our Future,» is the right message for the Coalition at this important timas a unifying force in our Community School Leadership Network, and his vision of «Building on the Past, Embracing the Present, and Preparing our Future,» is the right message for the Coalition at this important time.

In a study of 5 schools found to be most effective out of a sample of 741 schools which were part of a study of compensatory reading programs, Wilder (1977) found the following factors common to all 5 schools: reading was identified as an important instructional goal; leadership in the reading program was provided by either the principal or reading specialist; attention was given to basic skills; a breadth of materials was made available; and ideas were communicated across teachers, a process which was typically fostered by the program leader.

Release time among teacher leaders varies: teacher leaders may receive no release time, indicating that teacher leader responsibilities occur during the regular school schedule or on the teacher leader's own time; part - time release, in which a teacher leader's classroom may serve as an important aspect of his / her leadership role (such as by inviting other teachers in to observe a demonstration lesson); or full - time release, which allows a teacher leader to work with teachers as they engage in instruction in their own classrooms.

Also, education leaders point out, another important benefit of charter schools is better student behavior and character education that can not be measured in the same way as academic proficiency.

We'll consider factors, including current leadership experiences that can indicate if you're ready to move into larger positions, and discover how to be supported as you make this important transition from assistant to principal or from teacher leader in the classroom to school leader and key person in the school, community, state and beyond.

As a school leader, any time you implement something new in your school — be it a new technology, protocol, or methodology — it is important to get buy - in from all stakeholders to help ensure the success of that initiative.

From an experience perspective, I thought it was important to bring experience growing up in public schools on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, serving as a senior leader in the central office of a large, complex public school system in Chicago — with over 600 schools serving almost 400,000 students — and as an executive at a nationwide nonprofit working through state agencies and local districts to support public education.

AAE, as the leader of a growing professional educator network, believes that the charter school movement is an important component in creating a first - class public school system.

There's also evidence that effective school leadership influences early childhood achievement, as leaders play a critical role in improving classroom instruction — the most important factor related to the success of young students.

Schools in Holland see the Leader in Me as supporting them to deliver what is most important — happy, resilient and self - directed learners with good character who can work well with others.

As a school leader, an important part of your job is to develop leaders within your building — from assistant principals to instructional coaches to teachers.

As this work evolves, it is important to cultivate and support leaders who bring diverse voices and perspectives to the movement, particularly those who represent communities that are currently not well served by our public schools.

In high - poverty schools, making this connection is particularly vital to student success — and the principal has an important role to play as leader.

As important, the initiative will allow the districts to evaluate the performance of these novice school leaders once they are on the job — and then provide them with mentoring and other forms of professional development that address needs determined by the evaluations.

«At the beginning of this new school year, we need our district and union leaders to move past the stalemate and instead, focus their energy on the important work of implementing the new system as a tool to have meaningful conversations about how teachers and students keep growing.»

I believe it is very important for the leaders of our schools to be highly qualified, as it sets a positive model for new teachers and keeps the seasoned teachers aiming high.

We believe it is important for school leaders, in the context of an accountability measure, to know that there is as much consistency as possible across schools.

Just as it is important for educators in a school district and in individual schools to have a shared vision and a common language around what quality teaching looks and sounds like, it is essential that district and school leaders have a shared vision and common language on both the definition of instructional leadership and the description of effective instructional leadership behaviors.

This topic is often important as the school year winds down in May or June and school leaders review data and set goals for the following year.

So although I'm an aspiring school leader, and I need that guidance from somebody else, it's important for me to give back as an educator for 17 years to share what I know about special education and about teaching.

Listening posts that provide opportunities for school leaders to listen / learn as well as share important information with the community.

As a school leader in school culture and climate, you may be called upon to explain what these terms means and why they are important.