Sentences with phrase «instructional leaders in their schools»

We agree that more must be done to maximize the value of National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) as instructional leaders in schools, particularly in high - needs schools.

Administrators who lead in this manner help create a culture where teachers are, quite rightly, the instructional leaders in a school.

In addition to increasing awareness and building value for arts pedagogy, this session highlights arts educators as instructional leaders in their schools and helps schools to advance along the HOT Continuum from Access to Connection / Correlation to Integration.

If the principal is an instructional leader in your school, they are going to evaluate you on not just whether kids are getting good grades, but on what they see in that classroom.

In addition to being managers, administrators have been encouraged for decades to also be instructional leaders in their schools.

Coursework focuses on critical areas such as English Language Learner (ELL) instruction, cultural competency in the classroom including gender and sexually diverse student identities, evidenced - based frameworks for technology integration, educational leadership, and teacher leader / instructional coaching best practices in order to be instructional leaders in the school / district where employed.

I suggest a better approach for being an instructional leader in our schools while still addressing the day - to - day managerial tasks: Find the right blend.

Our opportunity to shine — and to become indispensable instructional leaders in our schools — is now.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district administrators who have attacked Chicago as having the shortest school day among the nation's 10 largest cities have begun touting this as an accomplishment: CPS officials say the 7.5 - hour day will tie Chicago with Philadelphia as «the leader among the largest cities in instructional time» for...

She has served as an educator and instructional leader in inner - city public, bilingual and charter schools.

To support effective blended learning, leaders should support more flexible budgeting processes that afford schools the chance for strategic decision - making: they can push schools to articulate new instructional models and then step in to fund those models with the right devices.

Like successful business executives, winning coaches, and triumphant politicians, good school leaders have traditionally been viewed as standouts — not because of their expertise in instructional practice (which, after all, is what their business is all about), but because of their individual character traits and actions, «in the heroic American tradition of charismatic leadership,» exlains Elmore.

Murphy imagines a hypothetical model program called Administrative Leaders for Learning — ALL for short — that would be organized to spotlight and connect three overlapping domains of knowledge: instructional practice and learning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and management.

One of the teenagers, listening to the pitch for Deeper Learning Collaborative — a consultant group that brings instructional leaders together to spread deeper learning through their school via coaching and teacher collaboration — pointed out that many systems have teachers with little interest in getting better.

In the past, administrations emphasised school management; tomorrow the focus needs to be on instructional leadership, with leaders supporting, evaluating and developing high - quality teachers, and designing innovative learning environments.

Julia: For school leaders looking to transition their school to nontraditional instructional models like blended learning, what do you view as the key leadership skills they need to successfully steer their school in a new direction?

Designed for all independent school leaders, the program covers topics such as diversity, access, equity, innovative instructional design strategies, online learning, financial sustainability, and the role of independent schools in the context of their communities.

Through a 2 - year professional development program that incorporates continuous quality improvement methods, UBC provides classroom teams and school leaders training and in - classroom coaching to maximize language instructional strategies, instructional time, effective interactions and attendance.

In June 2011, Aikens arrived at the Ed School with her assistant principal, team leaders from four grade levels, and an instructional coach.

«Although there are efforts to create teams of teachers to improve teaching and learning in schools, only recently has there been a broad effort to appoint expert teachers as instructional coaches or teacher leaders,» Johnson says.

The new evaluation systems have forced principals to prioritize classrooms over cafeterias and custodians (and have exposed how poorly prepared many principals are to be instructional leaders) and they have sparked conversations about effective teaching that often simply didn't happen in the past in many schools — developments that teachers say makes their work more appealing.

Teams can be comprised of classroom teachers, instructional leaders, school leaders, administrators, and other educators in a variety of settings (e.g. museums, after - school programs, and other informal learning contexts, etc.).

In the area of school leadership, Shanghai explicitly expects its principals to be strong instructional leaders.

«In Singapore, the demand on school leaders to be effective instructional leaders is very high — schools have the autonomy to explore innovative teaching approaches, and tailor curriculum to meet the needs of students,» says master's student Haslinda Zamani.

But edtech innovations hold real promise for improving student learning outcomes if education leaders use them to redesign classroom and school models in ways that transform teachers» instructional practices.

In some schools, principals are passing off many of the managerial responsibilities or instructional leader duties to teachers, who then get paid a stipend, according to Dr. Ferrandino.

Bringing diverse perspectives on the principalship to the discussion, the panelists will engage in dialogue focused on how instructional leadership, distributed leadership, and accountability impact the work of principals in the 21st century and beyond, as well as how to best mentor and support the next generation of school leaders.

Downloads from the toolkit include a variety of resources to help school leaders, teachers, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and personal learning networks prepare for, launch, and evaluate the success of video observations in school communities.

Most school principals, for example, know they need to reconstruct their work roles from being «plant managers» to «leaders of instructional improvement,» and, in our experience, most of them want to, too.

School leaders must make sure classroom teachers are using instructional strategies in a way that reaches all students and are taking appropriate steps to improve teacher competence when this goal is not being met.

Utilizing the research of HGSE Professor Heather Hill, the workshop explores the role of school leaders and instructional coaches in that process.

So, in addition to the commitment to be in classrooms more, and be more of an instructional leader, one principal may also have a commitment (without realizing it) to be known to the teachers as a principal who is available to them 24/7, or to not finding out about things I don't want to have to deal with, or even to not having my teachers discover I know nothing about high school math.

Principals act as their school's instructional leader, in stark contrast to district schools, where principals, though accountable for school outcomes, have limited control over what's being taught and how.

To date, our work using the distributed perspective has demonstrated the ways that leaders co-construct leadership activity, how leadership practice connects and fails to connect with instructional change, why teachers heed or ignore the guidance of school leaders, and how leadership is practiced differently in different school subjects (e.g. mathematics versus language arts).

To do this, school leaders need to create the conditions through which instructional practices are continually improved in order to meet all students» needs.

Leaders in HP / HP schools credit much of their success to a high level of coherence in the instructional program.

Although building relationships is the most important thing that we can do in our schools, in my opinion being an instructional leader is a close second.

And then once it begins to grow, your job as a principal is to provide what it is that they're asking for, because before you know it, you have a school full of instructional leaders, and your instructional leaders have to be those folks that are in the classroom, knowing what kind of tools they need to do the job that they do everyday.»

He has worked in education for 6 years including work as an educator, teaching assistant, after school program leader, and instructional designer for K - 12, higher education, and adult education.

Instructional leadership (practices that involve the planning, evaluation and improvement of teaching and learning) and distributed leadership (a reflection of leadership being shown by the principal, but also of others acting as leaders in school) are seen as conducive to student learning.

Its important for community leaders to see how the leadership role of the principal has changed [since they were in school] and how instructional delivery has changed to meet the needs of all students.»

In this webinar, two eminent math specialists — the co-authors of the recently published Realizing Rigor in the Mathematics Classroom — will offer practical strategies for district and school instructional leaders on ensuring cohesive implementation of the math standardIn this webinar, two eminent math specialists — the co-authors of the recently published Realizing Rigor in the Mathematics Classroom — will offer practical strategies for district and school instructional leaders on ensuring cohesive implementation of the math standardin the Mathematics Classroom — will offer practical strategies for district and school instructional leaders on ensuring cohesive implementation of the math standards.

We invite you to explore more than 50 high - impact programs for teachers, instructional leaders, school leaders, district administrators, and other education professionals in the following areas:

The theme of the events, «Instructional Coaching and Better Conversations», aims to help school leaders by utilising research - based strategies for teaching, coaching, and learning in a 2 - day format:

School leaders should participate in ongoing training in using data to inform school improvement and instructional decision making and in motivating their staff to engage in these pracSchool leaders should participate in ongoing training in using data to inform school improvement and instructional decision making and in motivating their staff to engage in these pracschool improvement and instructional decision making and in motivating their staff to engage in these practices.

This book highlights the growing sophistication in the use of data by school leaders for instructional and programmatic decisions.

Demonstrated openness to feedback, and a willingness to be reflective in order to grow as an educator and the school - wide instructional leader

Oct. 15, 5 p.m. ET: Using Technology to Personalize Learning in Elementary Schools Two leaders in connected learning will explore strategies that principals and instructional leaders at the elementary level can use to provide more individualized - learning experiences for students, while ensuring that classroom technology is integrated with instruction in ways that are meaningful and augment essential knowledge and skills.

(If you're interested in attending BIE's public workshops for instructional coaches and school / district leaders, go to our Events page.)

This comprehensive software, developed in partnership with Harris School Solutions, makes it easy for teachers, coaches, and school leaders to work together to improve the use of instructional strategies and other professional pracSchool Solutions, makes it easy for teachers, coaches, and school leaders to work together to improve the use of instructional strategies and other professional pracschool leaders to work together to improve the use of instructional strategies and other professional practices.