Not exact matches
«I am humbled by the incredible grassroots support from
individuals across the
district for the work we have been doing over the last six months to grow Central New York's middle class, create
jobs and spur our local economy,» Maffei said
in a statement.
Toward this end, he has created progressive and visionary programs
in his
district, including Operation Everybody Works (OEW), a pilot program that found a meaningful
job for one
individual a day for a period of 90 consecutive days.
In my nearly 30 years of board service, it has been my privilege to serve with three different superintendents, and three different New York BOCES
District Superintendents, all entirely different
individuals, but none of whom exhibited the total unsuitability for the
job that Mr. Kaufhold's letter reflects.
The
district compared the new councils with legislative bodies
in representative democracies and defined two basic
jobs for them: 1) developing «powerful partnerships» between the school and the community, and 2) setting policy
in «key operational areas» for
individual schools.
Calling the program «possibly the largest, most aggressive overhaul of teacher induction
in the country,» researchers at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, praised the 1.1 million - student
district for spending $ 36 million to put experienced teachers on the
job as full - time mentors, able to give new teachers at least 1 1/4 hours a week of
individual coaching.
That the vast majority of
districts have no teachers deserving of an unsatisfactory rating does not seem to correlate with our knowledge of most professions that routinely have
individuals in them who are not well suited to the
job.
Alternative 5 is an on - the -
job training option which allows an
individual to attain certification
in elementary and secondary teaching areas if the candidate has a bachelor's degree, (a 2.50 GPA overall and at least 30 credits
in the area they wish to pursue certification), and if a local school
district is willing to assume the responsibility for training and supervising the teacher candidate.
Following each training session, supports are provided to
districts so that, at the end of the training, participants will know how to: • Determine a school's greatest area of need (GAN) • Write a SMART school - improvement goal • Use SMART targets for progress monitoring • Use a variety of templates and graphic organizers to foster collaboration
in their
districts and schools • Lead the SMART School Improvement Process • Support schools
in the development of action plans for carrying out school - wide improvement strategies • Coach teams and
individuals in the use of SMART tools, templates and methods • Facilitate
job - embedded professional learning The cost of the year - long training is $ 3,200 per participant and includes materials, training and coaching.
In Kennedy v. Applause, Inc., the
district court held that the plaintiff, who suffered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, was not a qualified
individual with a disability, as she was totally disabled and could not have performed the essential functions of her
job even with reasonable accommodation.
In Miller v. Dep» t of Corrections of the State of Illinois, the
district court held that a blind plaintiff was not a «qualified
individual,» as she was not able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to perform the essential functions of the
job.