Sentences with phrase «improvement planning efforts»

Local school improvement planning efforts are set to begin this upcoming fall and will have serious implications for those schools defined as «underperforming» under a given state's accountability system.

Arne Duncan, the new U.S. secretary of education, got this right in Chicago when he made «student connection» one of four outcomes that need to be measured in his school improvement plan efforts alongside student outcomes, academic progress, and school characteristics.

To facilitate her school improvement plan efforts, Illinois CSI assisted Dr. Abdullah with data collection and review.

Not exact matches

If Damore was on a performance improvement plan and this was his last ditch effort to save his job, then, no, he's not protected.

In our continuing efforts to improve the plan sponsor and participant experience with our Retirement Directions website, accessible through www.retirementdirections.com, we are pleased to announce several improvements that will be introduced in the third quarter of this year.

The example of postwar Kenya, where the total fertility rate apparently rose from about six to nearly eight during a generation of substantial improvements in health, and despite nearly twenty years of family planning efforts, should make it clear that increasing parents» freedom to choose will serve the purposes of parents, whether or not these are in accordance with the preference or ideology of the government and its advisers.

To spearhead these efforts, a volunteer Green Team comprised of employees is active throughout the vineyard and winery operations to implement ideas, identify areas of improvement and seek opportunities to innovate under the guidance of the company's five - year sustainability plan.

It doesn't apply because on occasion folks here need to vent their spleen but if we were being consistent with the concept of performance improvement plans (PIP) developed without offending we would just say Brad did the best he could, or Al maximized his effort in being the GM, and other such things.

The improvement in effort and urgency after the break was encouraging and the discipline to stick to our game - plan right up until the final whistle, was admirable.

Efforts to restore the lagoon to its former glory and to update other facilities at the Northwest Side park were initiated over the weekend, when Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago Park District Superintendent David Doig announced a $ 1.2 million improvement plan.

This evidence supports the strong focus on obesity reduction efforts in the Prevention Agenda 2013 - 17, the state's health improvement plan.

In an effort to create more jobs and affordable housing, the city plans to spend nearly $ 17 million on infrastructure improvements in an industrial part of the neighborhood.

Last week the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) disclosed plans for a World Cereal Center that would consolidate efforts at the Mexico - based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the Philippines» International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

In the 19th century, she said, city planning helped curb outreaks of infectious disease through improvements in sanitation, housing and efforts to separate housing and industrial areas.

Dubbed the DPS Renaissance Plan 2012, the purpose was to engage proven charter - school operators in the district's school - improvement effort.

Generate an explicit theory of action and first - draft action plan that connects instructional rounds within your organizational landscape and other professional learning structures and instructional improvement efforts

The kind of plan I describe is a systematic plan for designing, implementing, evaluating and learning from individual improvement efforts.

This plan, along with her other reform efforts, has resulted in a consistent pattern of improvement in literacy, mathematics, science, and social science for students on all grade levels as measured on a variety of assessments.

In these projects, students will help plan, implement, or assess a significant improvement effort that is of high priority to the organization, test their own theories of change, and reflect on their own leadership styles.

Nebraska and Florida reported that they are working on content standards, but these efforts are not exclusively part of either state's systemic - improvement plan.

Instead, legislation requires the academy's sponsor to communicate plans for improvement to the parents of registered pupils at the school — and in reality this is likely to be joint effort.

Based on the school improvement plan, that team should choose four goals (two academic goals, one behavioral, and one focused on improving school climate) on which it will focus its efforts.

SEDL provides a continuum of services to develop the capacity of educators to evaluate school improvement efforts, including using evaluation designs, methods, and analyses to help plan and implement programs, policies, and practices.

Many cities will experience annual deficits (see this simulation) and no predictability in planning, which in turn prevents long - term improvement efforts.

The department shall require school districts and BOCES to report on an annual basis information related to the school district's efforts to address the performance of teachers whose performance is evaluated as unsatisfactory, including information related to the implementation of teacher improvement plans for teachers so evaluated.

A district - improvement plan existed on paper, but it was not an operative document guiding district improvement efforts.

Thus, as the federal government continues to review and approve states» plans and states begin to implement their new accountability frameworks and school improvement strategies, they must work together to remember the teachers standing in front of our nation's classrooms — for they are critical to all of these other efforts and, ultimately, will have the most impact on their students» learning.

This effort entailed formation of five curriculum cadres, a school - site council, and a school - improvement planning process.

«No improvement effort has ever succeeded in the absence of thoughtfully planned and well implemented professional development.»

Whereas TSI school improvement efforts are overseen by the district, each CSI school must implement a school - specific comprehensive intervention plan that is developed by its district but is approved, monitored, and regularly reviewed by its state education agency (SEA).

Through the Meaningful Student and Family Engagement initiative, OKF increased district and school capacity to ensure the voices and priorities of over 500 youth and families of color were included in school improvement processes and reform efforts — including development of school plans, budgets, and policies at the district level and at three partner schools.

There is an effort to reflect on what works internally, while externally a cycle of improvement informs plans for the next phase of development.

These schools, identified for targeted support and improvement (TSI), must develop and implement their own intervention plan that focuses improvement efforts on the particular subgroup (s) that caused it to be identified for TSI.

She said that the standards are central to the district's curriculum and school improvement efforts, and that the district has no plans to change course no matter what the Legislature does.

Nampa, where 66 percent of the district's students qualify for free or reduced price lunch, has launched a series of improvement efforts including plans for a new empowerment high school that will embrace blended learning opportunities.

In her past and present roles she has been successful at developing strategic school - wide plans related to school improvement, assessment transformation, expansion of curriculum and turnaround school efforts.

After fly fishing on Oregon's McKenzie River, Steve Fleischman connects his experience to the Every Student Succeeds Act and the practical choices educators make when determining how rigorous evidence should be when planning their school improvement efforts.

By tracking and reviewing data that shows the results of these efforts, you can evaluate progress and make improvements to personalized learning plans.

One problem, he said, was that the Education Department was allowing principals to ignore the improvement plans that were created at each school through a joint effort of administrators, union chapter leaders and parents.

Leaders may have responsibilities in this plan as well as the teacher — remember this is a joint effort of improvement!

Blank concludes that if states choose the right kind of non-academic indicators to include in their plans, they will be encouraging educators to explore with families and their broader community how to address the challenges and build sustainable improvement efforts.

Schools can use the rubric to help create, organize, and assess their improvement plans and efforts; districts can use it to facilitate and coach co-creation of effective SIPs; and SEAs can use it to better conceptualize how they support districts — especially those with low - performing schools — in analyzing their SIPs.

This service provides a comprehensive campus review process designed to effectively inform improvement, strengthen strategic planning efforts, and stimulate sustainable change.

Cleveland's Plan for Transforming Schools, the citywide plan to ensure quality schools for all children, was launched in 2012 by civic leaders and continues to drive improvement effoPlan for Transforming Schools, the citywide plan to ensure quality schools for all children, was launched in 2012 by civic leaders and continues to drive improvement effoplan to ensure quality schools for all children, was launched in 2012 by civic leaders and continues to drive improvement efforts.

™ proved to be a step - by - step guide: 1) analyze and apply critical judgement; 2) identify performance factors; 3) plan and record the work; 4) monitor progress: 5) organize and manage improvement efforts; 6) guide collaborative efforts; 7) build capacity within school personnel; 8) demonstrate organizational sensitivity; 9) monitor accountability and adoption of the improvement process within school personnel; and, finally, 10) implement the school improvement process with a focus on sustainability.

Huge shifts in pedagogical practice and that takes visionary leadership and a strong administrative team to...» plan, implement, monitor, and adjust improvement efforts, as well as to review and align district strategies, policies, protocols, practices, processes, curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, and myriad other systems that must work synchronously to meet achievement and instructional goals.

«I knew how much effort and how much planning any little improvement would take, and not all of these schools had done any of it.»

In - class and on - the - job practice supports school improvement planning, intervention planning and management, implementation, evaluation and sustainability efforts.

In this issue, we highlight how to identify the need and create a vision for your facilities planning efforts, recent groundbreaking ceremonies for school improvement projects, and an upcoming CEFPI tour of the Vantage Program at Minnetonka Public Schools.

The Center for Educational Improvement (CEI) is collaborating with educational leaders in Scandinavia to plan and conduct mutually supportive, cross-cultural efforts that further instructional leadership and prepare students to engage with the world.