Sentences with phrase «increasing school capacity»

A # 215 million funding boost to transform the lives of thousands of children with special educational needs and disabilities, by increasing school capacity and making it easier for them to access good school places, has today (4 March 2017) been announced by Edward Timpson, Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families.

The commission is focused on three goals: increasing school capacity, improving funding efficiency, and simplifying the program application process.

The # 215m capital funding has to be spent on increasing school capacity and boosting access for these pupils to good schools.

Not exact matches

Schools Without Failure, for example, applies his approach to increasing the capacity of schools to help develop more effective and responsible children andSchools Without Failure, for example, applies his approach to increasing the capacity of schools to help develop more effective and responsible children andschools to help develop more effective and responsible children and youth.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary sCapacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary scapacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

SADA have taken steps to help improve the quality of education in the northern part of Ghana, increase age appropriate primary school enrolment, build capacity, improve gender parity in schools, etc..

This target was imposed upon Local Education Authorities, which are required to draw up detailed class size plans and to restrict admissions or increase teaching capacity at particular schools to enable the targets to be met.

corresponding increase in housing, schooling and health capacity

One project focuses specifically on increasing the capacity of school health professionals to address LGBTQ bullying.

According to Dr. Mark R. Lovell and a colleague from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, «We hypothesized that the use of ImPACT would result in an increased capacity to detect and measure post-concussive abnormalities in cheerleaders compared with symptom assessment alone.»

Lead author Dr Roel Brienen, from the School of Geography at the University of Leeds, said: «Tree mortality rates have increased by more than a third since the mid-1980s, and this is affecting the Amazon's capacity to store carbon.»

The school would combine the departments of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science under one roof that will allow the college to make new investments to increase capacity and tackle the many challenges in agriculture and food security, the green industry, plant biology, and the environment.

The increase in demand for places at the school meant there was an urgent requirement for more capacity and the current school wasn't in a location to be modified successfully.

Meanwhile, Chatham Primary School will also increase its capacity from 45 pupils in each year group to 60.

Although the buildings are subject to planning permission, the changes would see the school capacity increase from 412 to 420.

During the four - year pilot period, A + schools showed growth on North Carolina's accountability tests, relative to the state, as well as improvements in organizational capacity and community partnerships, and increased channels of communication.

The Department for Education will target its programmes to ensure children get the best start in the early years, to build teaching and leadership capacity in schools, to increase access to university, to strengthen technical pathways for young people, and work with employers to improve young people's access to the right advice and experiences.

Increasing each teacher's capacity to redesign and assess their own practice demands new ways of thinking, opportunities for deep collaboration and the willingness of school leaders to engage with academic and professional partners who will challenge, reflect and provide evidence for each school to create its own evidence - informed practices and protocols.

Building school capacity to support students from Australian Defence Force families during parental deployment says that many Australian school students have a parent deployed to a war zone due to Australia's increased involvement in international conflict over the past 15 years.

The Grove School, a primary in Devon, received its new building following # 4 million of work, giving it not only outstanding new facilities but also the capability to increase its capacity from 210 to 315 pupils.

School systems prosper when they have opportunities to learn from a research and data capacity that can inform school design and tactics to increase graduation, writes Michele CSchool systems prosper when they have opportunities to learn from a research and data capacity that can inform school design and tactics to increase graduation, writes Michele Cschool design and tactics to increase graduation, writes Michele Cahill.

After the funding ended, Hampton High School approached its school board and made an argument for how the instructional coach role had developed their capacity to collaborate, increased student engagement, and was essential to their school's continued gSchool approached its school board and made an argument for how the instructional coach role had developed their capacity to collaborate, increased student engagement, and was essential to their school's continued gschool board and made an argument for how the instructional coach role had developed their capacity to collaborate, increased student engagement, and was essential to their school's continued gschool's continued growth.

With pupil numbers on the increase and school places more contested, Jackie Maginnis, of the Modular Portable Building Association, looks at the fast capacity that modular buildings hold to construct more than just basic classrooms.

Results from our 2009 national poll tell us that a solid research finding has the capacity to shift public support for charter schools from 39 to 53 percent, a substantial increase (see «The Persuadable Public,» features).

This steady exodus means that low - income students are routinely taught by inexperienced teachers, that students experience the disruption and loss caused by teacher turnover, and that schools do not increase their instructional capacity over time.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

Together, we have already numerous accomplishments, such as increasing preparedness capacities for schools and communities, producing disaster risk management plans for World Heritage Sites, training the media on ESD and improving their reporting in related issues.

«Many schools have come to recognize the potential of increasing their instructional capacity by creating leadership roles for expert teachers, but they seldom are organized to prepare teachers for that work,» she says.

This initiative sets into a motion a coordinated set of high - impact actions, investments, and partnerships that will significantly increase the Ed School's capacity for research, innovation, outreach, and leadership development in early childhood education.

That squares with a complaint I heard from Harvard's Susan Moore Johnson, that TFA's two - year commitment «isn't designed to increase the capacity of a school over time.»

Ed - tech Online is a comprehensive Web - based directory of Department of Education grants that are geared towards increasing the technological capacity of public schools.

I relish the opportunities to help increase capacity for leadership and improvement in our school's staff.

With Bedford experiencing an above - average population boom, resulting in a rise in pupil numbers, Bedford Borough Council has embraced standardised designs and partnership working to increase the capacity of many of its schools

Both schools plan to increase their capacity from 420 pupils to 630 pupils, and to expand from two form entry to three.

She said: «I have made it a personal mission to increase the capacity and diversity of the school system so that there is a good school place that caters to the individual needs and abilities of every single child, whatever their background and wherever they live.

«Districts don't use the skills of these expert teachers very effectively and so, as a result, not much is done to increase the instructional capacity of the schools.»

Put quite simply — if you increase the number of connected pupil devices in your school — you will need to upgrade your Wi - Fi systems (which were probably originally built just to connect your staff and the school office) and you will need to increase your broadband speed and capacity.

Ironically, the expansion of student legal rights, rather than enhancing youth outcomes, has increased the extent to which schools have relied on authoritarian measures, decreased the moral authority of educators, and diminished the capacity of schools to socialize young people effectively.

Both schools have managed to increase their capacity as a result of the refurbishments, with Bank View extending its intake from 120 to 150 pupils and Redbridge increasing from 90 to 120 pupil places.

Some of the funding for this increased capacity comes from the schools themselves, some from grants and some from government funding.

Lacey's involvement in a number of research projects related to the sustainability of school leadership in Australian schools has led her to devise a strategy to increase leadership capacity to sustain peak performance while assisting school leaders to develop balance in their lives.

I continue to strive to increase student achievement and build capacity in our District by providing mentoring and guidance to administrators and their school teams.

Additionally, proponents say, by staggering students» vacations and schedules schools can increase capacity by 25 to 50 percent, avoiding the need to construct costly new buildings.

Mr Stokes told The Educator increasing schools» capacity to accomodate students would be a priority, as the state's population is expected to grow by 28 per cent over the next 20 years, with an additional 164,000 public school students in NSW by 2031.

Local Authorities and Further Education Institutions have proposed # 2.3 billion of projects, which meet the investment objectives of Band B of the Programme including: addressing growth in demand for Welsh medium education; reductions of surplus capacity and inefficiency in the system; expansion of schools and colleges in areas of increased demand for educational services; and making assets available for community use where demand exists.

If we need to expand the school in the coming years, we would definitely consider an off - site solution again, which would give us the opportunity to increase capacity very quickly and easily.»

One school increased school meals turnover by more than # 12,000 in the six months after starting to make little changes — such as buddy systems to help younger students feel more confident in the dining area, re-arranging tables to improve capacity and allowing packed lunch students to sit with school lunch students.

All proceeds raised by the 5cent campaign will support our local leaders removing barriers to accessing education, providing children with the resources they need to stay in school and increasing their capacity to succeed.

MATSITI has previously published a Teacher Workforce Scoping Plan - a blueprint for a national effort to increase the number and capacity of Indigenous teachers and leaders in the government and non-government school sectors.

Increasing the capacity of the school three-fold creates extra places for pupils that are sorely needed in Tower Hamlets, where demand for places is expected to rise by as much as 38 % by 2022.