Sentences with phrase «issued guidance for schools»

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

Malcolm Trobe, ASCL deputy general secretary, said: «ASCL is meeting with Muslim faith leaders to discuss this year's Ramadan and plans to issue guidance for schools and colleges ahead of the summer exams season.

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Conference calls upon the National Executive to: (a) consider issuing a specific action instruction on interventions and teaching outside the school day; (b) strengthen the Action Short of Strike Action guidance to members, reminding them of their rights regarding working time and (c) continue to campaign for inspection bodies in the UK to include the inspection of work / life balance and workload in their frameworks.

The Department for Education issued statutory guidance in July 2014 which requires the appointment of a Virtual School Head (VSH) in every local authority and the provision of a Personal Education Plan (PEP) for every child in care - but not for adopted children.

In the past, teachers often would send students, particularly those of color, to guidance counselor Tyosho Curtis's office for disciplinary issues that arose in their elementary school.

But Wednesday morning, the U.S. Department of Education took an executive action that I support strongly, issuing new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

Use Our School is an online provision of advice and guidance on how to make the case for community use, operating safely, legal issues, managing finances and enterprising ideas.

Acer Computer Australia has launched its BYOD Education Project that packages guidance for schools and parents on managing the complex Bring Your Own Device issue; a fit - for - purpose product range of devices suitable for the education environment; and the availability of accredited partners to assist institutions with their technology strategies.

In early October, the Education Funding Agency issued the much anticipated design guidance for the schools that will be built under the Government's Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

The U.S. Department of Education issued new guidance for the Public Charter Schools Program that will allow charters to use «weighted lotteries» without forfeiting their chance to receive federal start - up funds.

«Kids often move emotionally before they move physically,» said Susan Titterton, a guidance counselor at Morristown (Vermont) Elementary School, in a recent issue of The Responsive Classroom, published by the Northeast Foundation for Children.

The administration has also revoked rules and guidance dealing with other issues, including Obama - era protections for transgender students, and it is in the process of reviewing guidance aimed at preventing discriminatory school discipline on which, in testimony before Congress, DeVos said she would «defer to the judgment of state and local officials.»

Chris Cook, education correspondent for the Financial Times, recently covered the issue, reporting that while conventional schools can call on their local authorities for help, academies do not have access to council funds and, in some cases, maybe denied access to advice and guidance.

School resource officers, additional guidance counselors, and professional development for educators can help schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety iSchool resource officers, additional guidance counselors, and professional development for educators can help schools head off tragedies such as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety iSchool in Newtown, Conn., last December, witnesses told members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee at a recent hearing last week on school safety ischool safety issues.

«Generation Inactive» has put the issue of children's activity and fitness back on the national agenda and it has been encouraging to see Nike's recent «Designed to move: Active Schools» report which shares ukactive's call for a whole school day approach to physical activity, bringing it to life by providing practical guidance for school leaders on how they can make their school and active one.

«Good estate management for schools» covers issues ranging from guidance on health and safety management to advice on how to minimise energy and water usage.

Buchanan, who is also headteacher of Ashford school in Kent, said the desire among teachers to organise trips «had not diminished» but guidance from the Department for Education (DfE)-- Keeping Children Safe in Education — updated in September last year was «less clear» on the issue of foreign exchange trips than previously and placed an onus on schools to carry out vetting and barring checks on host families in England.

Last month, the Department for Education updated its guidance on the application criteria for free school bids, and included a new option for social need, describing this as opening a school to «address a social issue» such as bringing together pupils from different faiths or ethnic groups.

In related news, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice issued joint guidance documents a couple of months ago for K — 12 schools and higher - education institutions that outline permitted race - conscious and race - neutral strategies for promoting racial diversity.

On June 15, 2015, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to the National School Boards Association's (NSBA) General Counsel Francisco M. Negrón, Jr. responding to his March 5, 2015 letter to OCR regarding the regulatory guidance it issued in November 2014 on the subject of the Americans with Disabilities Title II «effective communication» regulation.

(c) Beginning with teacher evaluations for the 2015 - 2016 school year, if a teacher's schedule is comprised of grade levels, courses, or subjects for which the value - added progress dimension prescribed by section 3302.021 of the Revised Code or an alternative student academic progress measure if adopted under division (C)(1)(e) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code does not apply, nor is student progress determinable using the assessments required by division (B)(2) of this section, the teacher's student academic growth factor shall be determined using a method of attributing student growth determined in accordance with guidance issued by the department of education.

The Education Department on Thursday issued guidance for some states to renew their waivers through the 2015 - 16 school year.

It urges Secretary King to make issuing specific guidance for addressing principals and other school leaders under ESSA a high priority.

Previous administrations have adjusted the pace of enforcement based on their ideology and political will.32 For example, then - President Richard Nixon ordered the OCR to not issue clarification to guidance around school integration in hopes of slowing desegregation.33 Then - OCR Director Leon Panetta was forced to resign after he contradicted the president and agreed to issue clarification.34 At any given time, the OCR must evaluate violations of federal civil rights laws; it will now be up to Education Secretary DeVos to decide if violations are addressed or swept under the rug.

Federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that we can bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and support all students to succeed in communities across our nation.

Twenty - three major organizations from across the country also signed a letter sent to Secretary DeVos, in which they stressed: «This federal guidance remains essential for holding our school systems accountable at the local level and for keeping this issue at the center of the national dialogue so that communities can work together to create solutions that bring an end to racial and discipline disparities and provide support so that all students can succeed in our nation.»

This has included issuing guidance that effectively stops Office for Civil Rights investigators from looking at three years of past complaints to prove that a district or other school operators has engaged in systematic overspending of Black, Latino, and Native children, as well as the hiring of Hans Bader, a vocal opponent of school discipline reform.

That 2014 civil rights guidance — jointly issued by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice — put schools on notice that they may be found in violation of federal civil rights laws if they enforce intentially discriminatory rules or if their policies lead to disproportionately higher rates of discipline for students in one racial group, even if those policies were written without discriminatory intent.

«For children in urban communities with increased class sizes and decreased funding, the tests are a way to prove that the schools are failing so they can be closed and re-opened as charter schools,» said Morna McDermott, a founding organizer of United Opt Out, which issues state - by - state guidance on the topic.

The Advancement Project and Dignity in Schools Campaign have developed a tool - kit for groups working on school - to - prison pipeline issues, and in particular, working to retain the Obama package of guidances on school discipline, which Betsy DeVos is proposing to rescind.

The legislation provides no implementation guidance to schools, but the state's school board association issued interim guidance for districts after the law was approved.

For example, schools may need to address issues of safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93 Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health programsFor example, schools may need to address issues of safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93 Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health progschools may need to address issues of safety when evaluating how to reduce rates of disciplinary actions.93 Schools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health progSchools should also prioritize funding for positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health programsfor positive supports and guidance, including school - based counseling and mental health programs.94

«The U.S. DOE in collaboration with the U.S. DOJ has already issued «best practice» guidance for reducing disparities in school discipline on the basis of race, color, sex and disability,» Wojnaroski wrote in her reply.

The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.

8:30 AM — 9:15 AM Understanding the Changing Legal Landscape Under the Trump Administration (CLICK HERE for presentation) The U.S. Department of Education is withdrawing regulations and guidance released by the Obama Administration and is issuing new guidance in a number of areas that affect school districts.

In January 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights issued a joint federal guidance stating that school discipline was discriminatory based on race and ethnicity and that exclusionary discipline «creates the potential for significant, negative educational and long - term outcomes, and can contribute to what has been termed the «school to prison pipeline»» (Joint «Dear Colleague Letter», 2014).

As the National Governing Body for Surfing in England, Surfing England issues clear guidance to Local Authorities and Beach Owners that they should only accept surf schools and surf coaches who are registered with the Surfing England.

Hopefully the trial judge in Madden v. Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School will address this very issue and provide guidance for occupiers and their liability insurers alike.

The Arc of the Ozarks, St. Paul, MN 9/2009 to Present Behavior Support Technician • Confer with school nurses and teachers to determine types of behavior issues certain students are facing • Assess each child for behavior issues by conferring with them individually and in groups • Determine strategic behavior support programs for each individual student • Conduct classroom observations to determine behavior intervention plans • Hold meetings with teachers and social workers to determine need for intervention • Plan intervention policies and provide guidance to school personnel on how to execute them • Take and record students» histories and document reasons that may have contributed to behavior issues • Supervise students» interactions with their peers and take notes to determine plans of action • Document progress of each student after careful observation

The PSHE association, the Sex Education Forum and UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) have useful guidance for schools and colleges about discussing issues such as pornography and «sexting».

The government has issued statutory guidance to schools on Keeping Children Safe in Education 2016 and the school should have a formal procedure for dealing with sexting, so it's important to ask the school for this.