Sentences with phrase «important goal of schools»

Preparing children for citizenship is an important goal of schools.

In fact, here in Australia, according to the Melbourne Declaration, the development of active citizens is one of the two most important goals of schools.

Not exact matches

«A business plan is important because it communicates to everyone involved in the organization what the goals are, and how management plans to get there,» says Drew Starbird, a professor of operations management and information systems at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business.

The authors of a Harvard Business School paper called Goals Gone Wild warn that the use of goal setting can actually cause a shift in focus, away from important but unspecified gGoals Gone Wild warn that the use of goal setting can actually cause a shift in focus, away from important but unspecified goalsgoals.

Teaching Assistants have an important role in the Haskayne School of Business, advancing the achievement of program goals and contributing to the Haskayne learning community.

If the goal that makes a school «theological» is to understand God more truly, and if such understanding comes only indirectly through disciplined study of other «subject matters,» and if study of those subject matters leads to truer understanding of God only insofar as they comprise the Christian thing in their interconnectedness and not in isolation from one another, then clearly it is critically important to study them as elements of the Christian thing construed in some particular, concrete way.

She tells young people that abstinence provides a context in which important goals can be pursued in the right order: health, schooling, and of course, the building up of one's faith.

Kids want to please their parents and fit in with the cultures of their schools; when the main message is that value is a function of performance, then performance is the most important goal.

Let's let them know — without a doubt — that school, education, and achievement are very important, and then become involved ourselves by helping them set goals, being aware of their day - to - day assignments and progress, and providing lots of praise and encouragement.

Foremost among Cook for America's ® goals is to increase the level of self - respect among school food service workers who, all too often, feel as if they are the least important staff members in a school district's hierarchy.

Reducing plate waste — the amount of food discarded by students — is an important goal for school food service departments within their ultimate mission: to support children's health and academic success by ensuring that they are well - nourished.

«This research represents an important step toward the goal of being able to better treat thyroid diseases and being able to permanently rescue thyroid function through the transplantation of a patient's own engineered pluripotent stem cells,» explained co-corresponding author Anthony N. Hollenberg, MD, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at BIDMC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

While building a community and giving teachers a venue where they can share ideas is among the important goals of the yearly Noyce Summit, this year's event also advanced a $ 3.7 million AAAS initiative, funded by NSF, to help stimulate research and foster evidence - based innovations in the preparation of STEM teachers for high - need schools.

«Our goal is to ensure that the important science of the [New England Primate Research Center] will continue to further medical breakthroughs, guided by our unwavering commitment to animal welfare,» the unidentified medical school official wrote in the letter.

The goal behind the Making Sense of Census 2000 kit is to «educate students about the purpose of the census and why it is important for their families to participate in it,» said Kimberly Crews, manager of the Census in Schools project, part of the overall Census 2000 push.

The runner - up goal most often mentioned by principals is academic excellence: 37 percent of the Christian schools indicating religious development as their top education goal said academic excellence was their second most important one.

Although our ultimate goal is a system of schooling that naturally evolves and improves, it's important to keep in mind that the capacity for experimenting and innovating resides in individual schools, not in central offices.

Ultimately, the most important goal for charter folks is to expand the number of great schools in this country.

These efforts are driven by the desire to hold schools accountable for the performance of all their students — a hugely important goal that history does not allow us to take for granted.

The success of the Massachusetts approach has important implications, especially as states roll out the new Common Core standards academic goals for what students should be able to do in reading and math at each grade level to ensure high school students graduate ready for the demands of higher education and the 21st century workforce.

I am sure that schools feel pressure to reach their adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals and administering constant practice tests may seem like the most assured way of raising scores, but so many of the most important needs of students are compromised as a result.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

If the growth of the non-profit Youth Frontiers organization is any indicator, communities and schools see such improvement in school climate as a legitimate and important goal.

In effect, Bush is overruling the Cooke committee by making school readiness — an easily measurable outcome — the single most important goal of Head Start.

Self - esteem is so important in the early years of school life... A story comes to mind of an old friend of mine, who's 62 now; apparently, he has struggled through his life always wondering why his teachers never seemed to notice and encourage him when he was such a great (handball) goal - keeper.

If it happens in your high school class it's likely to be in the context of teacher modelling or to highlight an important part of a text in relation to a learning goal, rather than for pure enjoyment.

In addition, almost two - thirds of the 2,000 technology specialists, teachers, administrators, and school board members surveyed said that the federal E-rate program is very or somewhat important in helping their schools meet technology goals.

Gonski's recommendation for fairer funding of schools clarifies how to accomplish this important national goal.

For teachers using the Responsive Classroom approach, an important goal for the last six weeks of school is to help children know and celebrate what they know.

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.

They represent a handful of private schools in the country today, but their rapid growth and embrace of sought - after «deeper learning» goals raise important questions about how to scale and democratize the approach.

To impart adequate verbal competence is the most important single goal of schooling in any nation.

It is important to remember, says Schwartz, that the goal of high school is no longer just college.

Parents and guardians say that making sure students graduate with the knowledge and academic skills needed to succeed in college is one of schools» most important goals (second only to providing a safe and secure environment for children), according to the AFT poll.

A: In terms of why I do things like ReadBoston and WriteBoston, I started to feel at some point that, because there are so many small projects that schools and communities are involved in, it's very important to get everyone on the same highway — singing from the same hymnbook — about certain goals for kids.

This online, 12 - week program offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Education will enable educators to achieve their aspirations by applying Immunity to Change technique to instead to pursue most important goals and drive organizational performance to new heights.

If policies did result in disproportionality — and thus had an adverse impact on certain groups of students — schools would have to justify them by proving to the Department of Education that their policies were «necessary to meet an important educational goal» and that there's no «comparatively effective alternative policies or practices» that the schools could use instead.

It also really drove home the thought of there almost being too many resources — both monetary and programmatic — in turnaround work, and how to navigate to the most important components to drive our schools to the goal of high student achievement.

I look forward to working closely with her to achieve this goal and to advancing the important work of the School.

Under this «disparate impact analysis,» once federal officials determine that the distribution of any resource disadvantages a protected minority, schools must not only «demonstrate that the policy or practice is necessary to meet an important educational goal,» but also show that there is no «comparably effective alternative policy or practice that would meet the school district's stated educational goal with less of a discriminatory effect.»

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.

At the beginning of a course or school year, it is important for teachers to invest students in individual and broader class goals.

An average school improvement plan, for example, may contain many goals, with no clear prioritization of which are most important.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

«I think aiming for grade - level achievement for all students is still an important goal for K - 12 schools — but not to the detriment of growth and achievement for all students, including those that are achieving at the highest levels,» Hayes says.

While career and college preparation are important goals, they aren't the sum of the purposes of schools: Our educational institutions also have an obligation to prepare students for citizenship and for a reflective, ethical, and well - examined life.

For example, if you ask members of a typical school's faculty or staff to identify the one or two most important goals their school is trying to accomplish, chances are you will hear a variety of answers.

His goal is to be a member of a symphonic orchestra, and both public and private schools of choice were an important part of his educational experience.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

Charter public schools provide school teachers, administrators, and board members the flexibility to shape important decisions about working conditions; the mission, curriculum and instruction, programs and services, schedules, budgeting, and staffing — with the goal of improving educational outcomes for students.