Sentences with phrase «in urban school settings»

Program at USC in K -12 Leadership in Urban School Settings and committed to developing and coordinating educational programs and sessions that instill student participation and scholastic achievement successes.

Program — K - 12 Leadership in Urban School Settings Concentration University of California, Los Angeles • CA Master of Education — 1994 University of California, Los Angeles • CA B.A. in English — 1981 University of California, Los Angeles • CA Professional Clear Single Subject Credential in English — UCLA — 1984 Bilingual Certificate of Competence — Spanish — 1991

Mrs. Teso is a National Board Certified Teacher committed to serving children in urban school settings.

His publications address the motivations, beliefs and pedagogies of teachers of color, particularly in urban school settings, and seeks conceptualize and foreground teaching and learning practices that improve student engagement and performance in school.

Orr students generated excitement and opened dialogue with their unconventional video dispelling pervasive myths and countering negative stereotypes about youth in urban school settings in America.

Insight in Action In an urban school setting, full - time teacher leaders worked with elementary school teachers to help them improve their instruction.

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Instead of teaching their own positive convictions, which can help overcome a dehumanizing orthodoxy and so transform the life of the church, these schools seem to think that they will transform society and church by offering this or that course in urban studies, by relocating the setting of education to the places «where people live,» and by increased field experiences.

There are precious few schools following this model, but American society would benefit from more of them, and from their being more accessible to a wider socioeconomic demographic range in urban, suburban, and rural settings.»

They also work in rural and urban hospitals, hospital emergency rooms, urgent and ambulatory care centers, military hospitals, physical therapy clinics, secondary schools, colleges / universities, youth leagues, commercial settings and professional sports teams.

Design, Setting, and Participants This descriptive, longitudinal study examined changes in the nutritional quality of 1741630 school meals at 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in an urban school district in Washington state.

Leaders of both the Urban School Food Alliance and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation are set to meet in Chicago next week.

White sees a military school as an opportunity to open doors that are often closed to children in an urban setting.

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is set to reward school children who partake in the assembly's «Me and my tree competition», which forms part of the Kumasi Urban Forestry Project.

This mini urban spot oozes all the old - school cool of a classic drive - in, but has a more intimate setting (only 50 cars a night can get in; there's more room for those on bikes or with blankets).

The Violators is set around the Birkenhead docks in Liverpool and concerns the coming - of - age of 15 - year - old Shelly (Lauren McQueen), a school drop - out who fills her days listlessly walking across this urban wasteland.

A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buiSchool District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buischool with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

The initiative aims to extend and strengthen the range and quality of the services these professionals provide in all kinds of school settings: public and independent; rural, suburban, and urban; and elementary and secondary.

The lab set up four different models in four cities with low - performing urban school districts — Chicago, Dallas, New York City, and Washington, D.C. — and over two school years, handed out a total of $ 6.3 million to 38,000 students.

New Mexico's charter cap shields small districts from enrollment loss, and as a result, the state's charters cluster primarily in urban settings (51 percent of charter schools operate there compared to 21 percent of New Mexico's district schools) and in suburbs (which host 12.3 percent of the state's charters but only 8.2 percent of its district schools).

They range from East London Arts and Music in Tower Hamlets which was set up by award - winning urban music artists with the support of major music labels to widen access to the creative industries to Discovery School in Newcastle, a 14 - 19 school that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the NorthSchool in Newcastle, a 14 - 19 school that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the Northschool that focusses on the industries that are helping to regenerate the North East.

In particular they will have three years minimum of direct work experience or significant volunteer work in urban education settings (primarily urban schools, but also community organizations, non-profits, government agencies, etc.In particular they will have three years minimum of direct work experience or significant volunteer work in urban education settings (primarily urban schools, but also community organizations, non-profits, government agencies, etc.in urban education settings (primarily urban schools, but also community organizations, non-profits, government agencies, etc.).

Similarly, when urban districts need to close a set of schools in order to consolidate, they increasingly ensure that school quality is the first consideration — preserve high performers and close low performers.

At the same time, participating faculty will conduct research aimed at measuring the effectiveness of the program, identifying the key underlying forces that are shaping educational leadership in urban school systems, and developing a set of powerful ideas to enable district leadership teams to create high performing systems.

For Dickstein, this kind of research is the perfect complement to two years at the Ed School spent researching teacher training in urban settings.

Dubbed «charter school deserts,» these areas are predominantly located in urban and rural settings and represent populations of students in most need of alternative school options.

In Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, the University of Cincinnati, and the school district overhauled teacher training based on their analysis of what is required to be an effective teacher in an urban settinIn Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, the University of Cincinnati, and the school district overhauled teacher training based on their analysis of what is required to be an effective teacher in an urban settinin an urban setting.

Over the course of his teaching career Nicholls has worked for a number of government schools in both rural and urban settings.

So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools Charles M. Payne (Harvard Education Press) Payne, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, here sets out to explain «the sociology of failure» of urban reUrban Schools Charles M. Payne (Harvard Education Press) Payne, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, here sets out to explain «the sociology of failure» of urban reurban reform.

«Many of the teachers — who worked at all grade levels in both public and charter schools, in urban and suburban settings — did their best to cobble together lessons on their own, while also managing the intense demands of the first years of teaching,» says Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, director of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers.

Because rural school communities vary widely, «generic» improvement plans designed for large urban districts usually do not work as well in rural settings, according to the authors of a new book on rural education programs.

«The project has the potential to impact all teachers,» he says, «from a novice teacher in a rural setting looking for advice on how to set up classroom routines, to a veteran teacher in an urban school looking for a new spin to teach a concept.»

These advantages also apply in urban settings, where the unions have lots of potential competitors: business, community, ethnic, and religious groups that could (and sometimes do) get involved in school - board elections.

On reflection, the finding was not too surprising: Shuttering schools nearly always sets off a torrent of political backlash, as authorities in Chicago, Philadelphia, and other urban districts have learned in recent years.

TEP focuses on preparing individuals for careers as middle or high school teachers in urban settings.

«Our evidence suggests that, on average, students do worse academically when they attend middle schools than when they attend K — 8 schools — and that this is true in urban, suburban, and rural settings.

The initiative aims to help the helpers, extending and strengthening the range and quality of the services these professionals provide in all kinds of school settings: public and independent; rural, suburban, and urban; and elementary and secondary.

An urban, public school focus — Every component of TEP is designed to prepare you for success teaching in urban settings.

In short, the takeaway from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more effective than traditional public schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these schools succeed or noIn short, the takeaway from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more effective than traditional public schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these schools succeed or noin urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these schools succeed or noin determining whether these schools succeed or not.

She adds students in remote Indigenous settings also face more barriers to completing schooling than those in regional or urban settings.

In the 1970's, my experience with High Schools» counselors in the urban educational setting in a General Motors «GM» town were slanted towards vocational education and not Higher EIn the 1970's, my experience with High Schools» counselors in the urban educational setting in a General Motors «GM» town were slanted towards vocational education and not Higher Ein the urban educational setting in a General Motors «GM» town were slanted towards vocational education and not Higher Ein a General Motors «GM» town were slanted towards vocational education and not Higher Ed.

Even though Mary Grassa O'Neill, managing director of the newly merged Principals» Center and Programs in Professional Education, has years of hands - on experience as a school leader in urban and suburban settings, she adamantly claims that she is «only a practitioner working among a genius faculty of researchers.»

Then the word spread, other teachers liked the concept, the principal gave permission to set aside the regular curriculum temporarily, and 115 kids — fully a third of the students at Springfield Middle School, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nSchool, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote nschool in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote novels.

In Massachusetts, strong authorizing policies and a healthy supply of teacher talent have combined to produce a set of urban charter schools with stellar track records.

Amistad Academy Using chants, rewards, consequences, and lots of hard work, staff members at Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, are helping urban students set and meet goals.

«Students with disabilities served in urban settings, in which minorities predominate, have higher likelihood of being placed in segregated settings, and lower likelihood of accessing challenging curricula,» said Tom Hehir, lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Located in medium - and large - sized school districts, the schools confront many of the educational challenges found in low - income urban settings.

Now, as an education consultant, Anderson works with schools in rural, urban, and suburban settings across the United States.

In an era when education leaders are held accountable for raising the academic performance of all students, the job of leading today's schools has seriously outpaced the available training, especially for state and district leaders who set policy for and lead complex urban districts.

Among frequently repeated charges is that charter schools are fundamentally destructive to the concept of public education for all and contributors to even greater segregation in urban settings in particular.

Many of these articles relate to teacher research in an urban education setting or school reform experiences.