Sentences with phrase «key goal of schooling»

Administrators in the district's Center for Teaching and Learning sought a scalable professional development solution that would support efforts to better align professional development to the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards and meet key goals of the school system's Strategic Plan 2014.

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In accordance with AACSB Assurance of Learning standards, the Haskayne School of Business has identified key learning goals and objectives for each of our major programs.

A key goal of the study was to understand how creationist interest groups, science interest groups, public opinion about evolution and political climate influence the political - reform process related to how evolution is taught in schools.

Short subject description The goal of the summer school is to introduce researchers from various fields to key concepts, state - of - the - art methods, and computer tools in statistical genetics that can be applied in the social and medical sciences.

Partnerships with organizations outside the classroom — and a solid roster of field trips — have been key to the school's goals.

Making Caring Common will host a summit in summer 2016 convening admissions leaders and high school and parent representatives from across the country with the goal of developing a two - year plan to implement key elements of Turning the Tide nationwide.

NCLB requires annual testing of students in reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 (and at least once in grades 10 through 12) and that states rate schools, both as a whole and for key subgroups, with regard to whether they are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward their state's proficiency goals.

The goal of Leading 21st Century High Schools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high sSchools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high schoolsschools.

The goals included: narrowing the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

PAI is happy to work with a school's executive group, specific teams, or deliver whole - of - school professional development, in whichever areas are needed to help a school improve its key improvement goals.

California's new school funding system is driving districts in diverse regions of the state to shift their resources to achieve one of the key goals laid out in the sweeping financial reform effort — graduating students so they are ready for college or careers.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

Doyle's goal of a mayoral takeover of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)-- a step he says is key to getting RTTT money — is on life support.

Her emphasis on teamwork across schools and organizational units was a key element of her strategic agenda to develop greater consensus and coordination focused on directions for improvement and alignment with state and local goals.

MABE's goal for professional development is to promote student achievement and effective local governance of schools by ensuring that all school board members understand the NSBA Key Work Model for effective school board leadership.

A key goal of the program is to create a safe and supportive environment where mentees can be comfortable asking their mentors for academic assistance; discussing barriers to achieving academic success; and learning from mentors about college, graduate school, and other career opportunities that are available post-high school.

Miles» teacher transition is a good illustration of key practice No. 5: Principals manage people, data, and processes with the goal of school improvement.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

A key goal of the guide is to help schools develop a bridge between college and career readiness efforts through the use of ILPs and help youth achieve prosperous and productive lives.

EdisonLearning works in collaboration with primary schools to help bring about a lasting improvement against the key measures that define school success, and the achievement of individual school goals and aspirations.

(Calif.) With a key committee vote set for today on legislation that would place a $ 9 billion, statewide school facilities bond on the November ballot, one group backing the proposal is already nearly a third of the way toward reaching its campaign finance goal of $ 1.6 million.

Family engagement is key to both effective transitions from pre-K to elementary school and successfully addressing chronic absence, a goal many states propose as part of an accountability indicator.

Schmuhl said expecting mastery, and supporting students to reach it, should close achievement gaps — a key goal of many school improvement efforts.

Furthermore, research shows that schools can work on certain key factors — such as strong student - teacher relationships, the relevance of coursework to students» future goals and the coordination of instructional and programmatic systems — and through those efforts, boost attendance.

School counselors have one of «the most underappreciated jobs» in the country but are key to in the White House's goal to have more students pursue education after high school, first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday in OrSchool counselors have one of «the most underappreciated jobs» in the country but are key to in the White House's goal to have more students pursue education after high school, first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday in Orschool, first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday in Orlando.

Further, one of the Carnegie Corporation's key goals for project schools is the development of school - based medical and mental health resources.

In particular, since a key goal of TURN is to create positive change in school and district practice by promoting innovative ideas among union and district leaders, APA's evaluation focused on the following target: To identify districts that have implemented substantive changes in schools as a direct result of participating in SW TURN.

In contrast, program leaders suggest that larger groups may be needed to establish school, district, or project goals — or when it is important to ensure representation from key groups of teachers, such as PLCs working on cross-grade alignment or articulation.

The Trinity Charter Schools long range strategic plan for technology was created to address the four key areas of the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006 - 2020; as a result, all goals and objectives presented in the LRSPT fall into one of four categories:

As a key role, MCAN will make strategic investments in high schools prioritizing innovative systems change work in support of the Big Goal.

Wendy Lecker puts her finger on two things of great importance: first, certain of the power brokers in public education in Connecticut are determined to increase the number of privately managed charter schools, and they are using every opportunity that presents itself — from the Sheff settlement to the Turnaround option in Obama's Race to the Top — to pursue just this goal; and second, a key factor in the advance of school privatization is «the corporate education «reform» industry's narrative... that our public education system is failing.»

A key goal of the study is to provide researchers and policymakers with enhanced understanding of the school and non-school influences associated with mathematics and reading achievement, socioemotional health, and positive life development during the middle grades years and beyond.

The 90 percent goal is a key element in a 387 - page ESSA plan the Illinois State Board of Education submitted last month to the federal government, outlining how students of all backgrounds will be assessed and grow academically, as well as how schools will be rated under myriad factors other than test scores.

It advances the efficient implementation of decisions, maximizes the range of knowledge and experience that go into school administration, makes all key administrative decisions visible to all, holds everyone accountable for the effective management of the school, promotes harmonious administration, cultivates the civic goals of schooling, and may likely increase teacher retention.

He was particularly ruffled early after the law's passage in 2001 when school districts argued that they could never meet one of its key goals — having 100 percent of their students score proficient or above by 2014 on state exams.

The democratic and distributed leadership model advances the efficient implementation of decisions, maximizes the range of knowledge and experience that go into school administration, makes all key administrative decisions visible to all, holds everyone accountable for the effective management of the school, promotes harmonious administration, cultivates the civic goals of schooling, and may likely increase teacher retention.

A second key element of the establishing the big picture for the School Improvement Plan is to identify specific practices that will support the achievement of student goals.

The concept has gained momentum at a rate of 4 % a year (America's Digital Schools 2008) as a key to transforming education, enhancing economic goals and preparing students to succeed in a global marketplace.

The Transition Advisory Team worked to identify key issues impacting students, schools, districts, and the California Department of Education and set goals to address them.

Bringing together a mix of researchers and practitioners, With the Best of Intentions examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts and looks at some of the key lessons — for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders — of philanthropic contributions to schools and school systems.

Our experience at Abraham Lincoln High School suggests that the keys to overcoming resistance include a systematic approach that incorporates clear and consistent communication, modeling, realistic goal setting, and demonstrations of the value of the change.

In this webinar, our goal is to have principals describe how they manage these three key components; people, data, and processes with the end goal in mind of school improvement.

The idea was that the key policies and practices that affect the success of school leaders — the standards that define high - quality leadership and provide a basis for holding leaders accountable; the training that prepares leaders for their role as catalysts for learning; and the range of conditions and incentives that help or hinder those leaders — are most likely to be successful and sustained if they are both well - coordinated and aligned to the goal of improved student learning at all levels of public education: state, district and school.

Key metrics such as student core class assignments, teacher prep time, gender balance, and teacher load are updated in real - time as you build so you can quickly see the impact of your decisions and ensure you're making progress on your school's unique goals.

Using the most up - to - date facts and figures in 2013, TCSA's Strategic Plan is intended to act as a «road map» for future growth, establishing priority impact areas and defining key tactics that will be necessary to achieve our long term goal of increasing the number of children who have access to a high quality charter school education.

The Oakland - based work has formed a structure that comprises the core design of this prospectus: a fellowship of 28 teachers from 16 schools or organizations working together to build individual maker - centered learning practices and think through new ideas as a learning community; a leadership team made up of educators able to offer personalized professional development according to the needs of participants; a grants program designed to provide schools and organizations with the tools and materials needed to reach their goals; thoughtful partnerships with key organizations in the field; and a primary focus on equity in the work.

The National Hispanic Council of School Board Members (NHC) promotes the goals and vision of NSBA and provides leadership and a foundation to school board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public educSchool Board Members (NHC) promotes the goals and vision of NSBA and provides leadership and a foundation to school board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public educschool board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public education.

The mission of the National Hispanic Council of School Board Members is to promote the goals and vision of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and to provide leadership and a foundation to school board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public educSchool Board Members is to promote the goals and vision of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and to provide leadership and a foundation to school board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public educSchool Boards Association (NSBA) and to provide leadership and a foundation to school board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public educschool board members for student educational opportunities through collaboration with key stakeholders to foster excellence and equity in public education.

Only 41 percent of those surveyed said they thought Common Core would make American schools more competitive globally — a key goal of the initiative.