Sentences with phrase «issues in school leadership»

Learn how NISL has adapted best practices in military leadership development to help states and districts address the three biggest issues in school leadership in this article for the National School Boards Association publication, The State Education Standard.

Stay up - to - date on the most important issues in school leadership with this podcast series, School Leader's Review.

Hear real principals talk about the most important issues in school leadership in this classic NASSP podcast series, School Leader's Review.

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«Our alumni are in leadership positions on all continents: starting schools and even universities (for example Wyoming Catholic College), running pro-life programmes and post-abortion healing programmes (in the US, throughout Europe, and even in China), entering in politics (an Austrian graduate from our MMF program, Gudrun Kugler, is now a member of the Austrian Federal Parliament and she is in charge of women's, family and human rights issues).

In the not too distant past, clergy were seen as pivotal spiritual and intellectual leaders, and theological schools were seen as providing vital leadership for congregational ministry and for grappling with broader intellectual and social issues.

Conversations are frank, and real problems are tackled: poor RE in Catholic schools, grave worries about plans for sex education there, pressures on the young from social media, a longing for strong leadership on some of these issues from Bishops.

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

Part of the issue: nobody in District leadership had ever seen a real school lunch, just the ones that got «dressed up for company.»

LeadTogether allows individuals to collaborate with colleagues through forums, to meet and converse one - on - one with peers online, and to access comprehensive information in regular newsletters, blogs and other sources filled with insights on issues related to governance, leadership and school development.

Opinions are the sole perspective of the various authors and are meant to facilitate a deeper understanding and a vibrant discussion of issues related to collaboration, leadership and school organization in Waldorf and other independent schools.

Former Schools Secretary and now Labour leadership contender, Ed Balls, has written in today's Observer about the issue of immigration.

The leadership of technical universities in Ghana had also issued a two - week ultimatum to government to immediately constitute governing councils for their respective schools.

This was contained in a memo issued and made available to pressmen by the leadership of the institution's SRC just as copies of the statement were pasted around the school premises.

The city school District issued a statement saying leadership at the school «alerted police to a rumor» of a gun in the building.

Other educational issues in the interview include the difficulties in getting experienced teachers into troubled schools, programs to aid outside professionals with a desire to teach, and the need for greater accountability in school leadership.

«I want to thank Speaker Heastie and the Assembly majority for their leadership on so many issues — from school funding and workplace protections to tax policy and women's equality — that are critical to the lives of average New Yorkers,» UFT president Michael Mulgrew said in a statement.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

The focus of Dr. Eckert's research was leadership issues that affect medical school basic science departments in research intensive universities.

Diversity across leadership teams is a highly important issue that until recently has not been valued in many schools.

The Wallace Foundation has funded leadership improvement efforts in public schools in 24 states and has issued more than 70 reports on school leadership, from how principals are trained to how they are evaluated.

She has written extensively on education policy issues including school leadership and the use of technologies in schools, school improvement, professional standards and on a range of issues relating to school leadership.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

And, the size of the school, the staffing complement, the administration and the inexperience — when you wrap that all together — presents significant issues in terms of leadership.

JH: Well, in school leadership — there are a couple of big issues there.

In the Spring 2010 issue of Ed Next, Dale Mezzacappa described the struggles of the Microsoft - designed school in its first three years, which included leadership turnover, hiring problems, and changing directives from the school districIn the Spring 2010 issue of Ed Next, Dale Mezzacappa described the struggles of the Microsoft - designed school in its first three years, which included leadership turnover, hiring problems, and changing directives from the school districin its first three years, which included leadership turnover, hiring problems, and changing directives from the school district.

Despite those challenges, district officials report making progress on some of the issues we observed over the course of our work in Baltimore, particularly in supporting school leadership.

Los Angeles — In a speech to Hispanic school - board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standardIn a speech to Hispanic school - board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standardin upgrading educational standards.

The second session focuses on a specific on - the - job problem — a «real» school issue — in which the leader played a leadership role.

«The success of the program is measured by the increase in attendance rates, the decrease in behaviour issues, increase in higher results in school reports, and the increase in the number of girls being involved in school sporting teams and nominating for leadership roles in the school.»

The wide - ranging concept of leadership is one of the most studied topics in all of academia; however ~ the more specific issue of educational leadership has gained attention in recent years due to the increased expectations of public schools to improve student achievement.

As an experienced leader in education, Nathan actively mentors teachers and principals, and consults nationally and internationally on issues of educational reform, leadership and teaching with a commitment to equity, and the critical role of arts and creativity in schools.

Instead of this being seen as a government issue that's out of the hands of a school, by instilling senior leadership members with a business growth drive mentality, productivity can in fact increase and this will automatically feed down in to lower members of staff.

«While principals benefit from the extensive management and leadership development routinely available within the business sector, business leaders are given the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the immense complexity, ambiguity and challenges faced by school principals and the social issues that drive some of the major dysfunction in South African society.»

The Executive Development Program addresses a comprehensive set of leadership skills, issues and challenges intended to dramatically improve instruction in the classroom and the practice of school leadership.

The executive leadership training programs will provide an opportunity for participating state and district teams to work more collaboratively in such areas as leading change and team development, leadership for instructional improvement, methods to accelerate leader performance, addressing stakeholder engagement around critical state and local issues, and sustaining improvements in school and student achievement.

Of 114 editorials on education in the city's two major newspapers, the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times, between August 1995 and March 1997, three out of four endorsed the district leadership's complete exercise of power over school policy issues.

Mr. Toth is actively involved in research and development, gives public presentations, and advises education leaders on issues of leadership and teacher effectiveness, school improvement, and professional development systems.

In this situation, it seems likely that there are fundamental social, resource, and perhaps leadership issues affecting student engagement and performance in schools, such that significant improvement without changes in those fundamental conditions is unlikely, even through curricular and instructional improvements informed by detailed analyses of assessment datIn this situation, it seems likely that there are fundamental social, resource, and perhaps leadership issues affecting student engagement and performance in schools, such that significant improvement without changes in those fundamental conditions is unlikely, even through curricular and instructional improvements informed by detailed analyses of assessment datin schools, such that significant improvement without changes in those fundamental conditions is unlikely, even through curricular and instructional improvements informed by detailed analyses of assessment datin those fundamental conditions is unlikely, even through curricular and instructional improvements informed by detailed analyses of assessment data.

We extend heartfelt thanks to the superintendents, principals, district administrators, teachers, school board and community members, and state leaders in education who welcomed us into their busy work lives, providing time to talk with us, to observe in classrooms, and to complete surveys, all of which gave us the most complete national data set ever assembled to better understand issues in educational leadership.

Published in January 2001 by the Wake Task Force on Teacher Excellence, exploring issues of quality teaching in the public schools, this report influenced future work in teacher leadership by WakeEd and the Wake County Public School System.

While parents and taxpayers should have no more concern about the religious affiliation of Gülenist charter school leadership than they do about the heavy religious presence in other charters, these latest allegations do bring a separate issue to the forefront.

The articles in this issue of Principal magazine provide a forward - looking overview of school technology leadership — from comprehensive topics like digital equity to specific strategies like using digital badges to motivate students.

Rather than «blaming» ELL students for, assumed low achievement, these articles force students to address issues in schools and leadership.

Ms. Elliot cited her work in Guilford, North Carolina: when deciding whether to issue a suspension, she recommended schools gather their leadership teams and compare past student infractions to the current infraction at hand.

Student voice initiatives can range from students giving teachers their opinions about school issues to youth assuming leadership roles in reform efforts.

In a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators, policymakers and others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school educatioIn a detailed 2010 survey, school and district administrators, policymakers and others declared principal leadership among the most pressing matters on a list of issues in public school educatioin public school education.

In addition to funding projects in 28 states and numerous school districts within them, Wallace has issued more than 70 research reports and other publications covering school leadership, on topics ranging from how principals are trained to how they are evaluated on the joIn addition to funding projects in 28 states and numerous school districts within them, Wallace has issued more than 70 research reports and other publications covering school leadership, on topics ranging from how principals are trained to how they are evaluated on the join 28 states and numerous school districts within them, Wallace has issued more than 70 research reports and other publications covering school leadership, on topics ranging from how principals are trained to how they are evaluated on the job.

If the principal is the designee responsible for a school's quality, including student academic growth, then wouldn't it make more sense to simply move school leadership teams around, instead of forcibly relocating entire student bodies, resulting in commuting and logistical issues for multiple families?

The reality for schools across the country is that, effectively serving students is an issue both of ensuring a qualified candidate pool along with progressive thinking in school leadership.

Working in some of the poorest, most challenging rural places, the RSCT involves young people in learning linked to their communities, improves the quality of teaching and school leadership, advocates for appropriate state educational policies, and addresses the critical issue of funding for rural schools.