Sentences with phrase «lead literacy initiatives»

In the two years following, Ms. Fick taught 5th grade ELA and led literacy initiatives and professional learning at KIPP South Fulton Academy as the English Language Arts department chair.

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In September 2010, Nature Publishing Group, Scientific American's parent organization, became a member of Change the Equation, a CEO - led initiative to cultivate widespread literacy in STEM in the U.S., as part of President Obama's «Educate to Innovate» campaign.

Two years ago, when Arizona launched its statewide literacy initiative Read On Arizona, state leaders looked for guidance in a series of policy and practice memos developed by Professor Nonie Lesaux.The one - page memos, released in 2012 as part of Lesaux's Lead for Literacy initiativeliteracy initiative Read On Arizona, state leaders looked for guidance in a series of policy and practice memos developed by Professor Nonie Lesaux.The one - page memos, released in 2012 as part of Lesaux's Lead for Literacy initiativeLiteracy initiative, are...

The one - page memos, released in 2012 as part of Lesaux's Lead for Literacy initiative, are aimed at educators and policymakers who play a leading role in children's literacy deveLiteracy initiative, are aimed at educators and policymakers who play a leading role in children's literacy develiteracy development.

He is a founder of several interventions for at - risk children, including ReadBoston and WriteBoston, citywide literacy initiatives led by Mayor Menino.

He leads the the READS Lab (Research Enhances Adaptations Designed for Scale in Literacy), a research - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and oLiteracy), a research - based collaborative initiative to identify and scale adaptive solutions for improving children's literacy learning opportunities and oliteracy learning opportunities and outcomes.

Drawing on data from two national pilot programs — Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) and Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND)-- this book looks at effective strategies for implementing system improvement and presents approaches for capitalising on successes, and overcoming the shortcomings of initiative - based reforms.

School - based curriculum and pedagogy initiatives led by teacher leaders include Read It, Speak It, Write It (Early Years Literacy), Growth Mindset Project, Vocab and Spelling Project, Oral Language Project, and a Reading Program.

In addition, # 5.7 million will be invested into initiatives that boost literacy and numeracy skills, through the government's Strategic School Improvement Fund along with a # 7.7 million curriculum fund to encourage the development of high - quality teaching resources by organisations, including by leading cultural and scientific institutions.

The letter argued that the standards would lead to «long hours of instruction» in literacy and math, inappropriate testing, and didactic instruction that would» [cut] off children's initiative, curiosity, and imagination, limiting their later engagement in school and the workplace, not to mention responsible citizenship.»

According to the 2014 NBCT Survey, more than half of NBCTs are teacher leaders at the school, district, state, and national levels, leading Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation, STEM initiatives and programs, peer review and observations, data literacy, personalized learning, technology integration, and professional development.

For the past eight years, she has also led the evaluation of a multi-district PreK — 3rd grade literacy initiative in Minnesota that uses formative assessment and teacher professional development in high - need schools to try to close the achievement gap.

She led the $ 15.5 million national Smarter Summers middle school literacy initiative, served on the steering committee of the Summer Matters Campaign in California, delivered technical assistance for the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading and co-developed the Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment with the David P. Weikart Center.

As part of a summer reading promotion 50 «book bench» sculptures have been placed around London in an initiative led by the National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art.

The issue was explored earlier this month at the UKSG conference in Glasgow, when Seeta Peña Gangadharan from the London School of Economics and Political Science shared insight into the Data Privacy Project, a privacy literacy initiative led by the Brooklyn Public Library.

Some 50 BookBench sculptures have been placed around the capital, in an initiative led by the National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art, the body which specializes in mass appeal public art events and which worked on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic mascot trails.