Sentences with phrase «learning leaders in our district»

I can't be sure of just how many West Vancouver teachers were nominated, but four applications were shared with me, as well as submitted to the paper, and I want to share their stories because they are such key learning leaders in our district:

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Times Ledger: This time around civic leaders in eastern Queens are saying they have learned the lessons from past battles and are planning to make their message loud and clear: The neighborhoods of Glen Oaks, Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Bellerose and Queens Village should be joined in one state Assembly district.

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According to party insiders, district leaders are expecting to receive calls tonight to learn who Chairman Joe Crowley and his advisors have selected to run in the newly - drawn NY - 6.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined at Camp Centerland in Amherst by Erie County Legislator Tom Loughran (5th District), Erie County Commissioner of Social Services Al Dirschberger, Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo Board President Gretchen Gross, community leaders, and enthusiastic children enjoying their first day at summer camp as they begin a summer full of recreational fun and learning.

As a part of this professional development, a team of teachers is engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classrooms.

magazine hosted a videoconference this spring in HGSE's Learning Technologies Center with five national leaders in education: Mitchell Chester, Ed.D.» 91, Assistant Superintendent for Accountability, Ohio Department of Education; Karen Mapp, Ed.D.» 99, Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement, Boston Public Schools; William Moloney, Ed.D.» 79, Colorado Commissioner of Education; Jennifer O'Day, Ed.D.» 73, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research; and Manuel Rivera, Ed.D.» 94, Superintendent, Rochester (NY) City School District.

In order to support school leaders and teachers to become their most effective at using digital technologies with new pedagogies, it is vital that a district support the digital transformation through varied building - level and district - level professional learning opportunities.

And it means that the district provides teacher leaders like Golden to support them in that effort — teacher leaders who meet monthly with the district's academic services division for professional learning to equip them with the skills they need to help schools succeed.

With guidance from Harvard faculty and district and community leaders, participants study best practices in family engagement and identify strategies they can use to promote student learning and improve educational outcomes for all.

For long - term success, schools and districts need to cultivate a pipeline of competent teacher leaders who are trained to share their on - the - ground experience and play an active role in peer - to - peer learning and support.

Administrators» Data Gaps: A Crisis of Confidence We surveyed a national sample of school and district leaders to learn more about their experiences and perspectives regarding the use of data analytics in K - 12 education.

In this role Ross leads professional learning networks for urban school district leaders and senior Congressional Education staffers.

Barbara Treacy is a nationally recognized leader in online and blended learning who works with states, districts, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to enable them to build successful online and blended programs for educators and students.

One of the thorniest challenges facing district leaders today is that of improving teaching and learning — not just in individual schools, but across entire systems of schools.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

Drawing on her background in organizational learning and leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Monica Higgins is helping school and district leaders find solutions to their toughest challenges through collaboration and entrepreneurial thinking.

Urban school leaders who join me at the program will learn more about their personal leadership style and how they can use it most effectively to improve teaching and learning in their schools and districts.

For the last 10 years, she has worked with teachers and leaders in over 75 school districts to improve teacher and student learning.

Mark was recognized as a 2015 Education Week Leaders to Learn From and in 2016 the Meriden Public Schools was a recipient of a National School Boards Association Magna Award, as well as recognition as a District of Distinction from District Administration.

Districts tend to send only administrators to conferences in the hopes that what leaders learn will trickle down to staff.

Leaders in high - performing, high - poverty schools hold a view similar to this one expressed by a superintendent in a Northwest school district: «There is a bright red thread running from every student - learning problem to a problem of practice for teachers, and finally to a problem of practice for leaders.Leaders in high - performing, high - poverty schools hold a view similar to this one expressed by a superintendent in a Northwest school district: «There is a bright red thread running from every student - learning problem to a problem of practice for teachers, and finally to a problem of practice for leaders.leaders.»

Grassa O'Neill stresses that the continuum of education doesn't end with commencement, and her new group strives to establish lifelong learning opportunities for Ed School alumni through its programs, which address a growing need in the field of education.Their institutes attract leaders of pre-K — 12 schools and districts and higher education institutions from all over the world.

«Being selected to participate in a national network of education leaders as a Strategic Data Project partner allows our district to learn from and work with some of the most skilled analysts in the field,» said Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School Ddistrict to learn from and work with some of the most skilled analysts in the field,» said Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent of the Syracuse City School DistrictDistrict.

Bob Lenz, Executive Director of the Buck Institute for Education (BIE), the world leader in Project Based Learning professional development and district implementation of PBL, previously co-founded Envision Education and served as the CEO and Chief of Innovation until 2015.

Marx provides concrete strategies for school and district leaders to: • Engage students, staff, and colleagues in active learning and problem - solving skills, • Build adaptability and resilience in leadership roles, • Keep in touch with rapidly changing institutions and communities, • Understand and plan for the effects of societal development, and • Release ingenuity and creativity in others

Join this webinar to learn what these two Leaders To Learn From are doing in their districts to get parents and communities engaged, and how they are sharing their expertise and best practices with their plearn what these two Leaders To Learn From are doing in their districts to get parents and communities engaged, and how they are sharing their expertise and best practices with their pLearn From are doing in their districts to get parents and communities engaged, and how they are sharing their expertise and best practices with their peers.

For leaders in Washoe County School District, Nev., and Long Beach Unified School District, Calif., supporting students» growth in social - emotional learning (SEL) is critical to their vision of student success.

See how Fort Wayne Community Schools established a core leadership team of principals and district leaders who are key to ensuring all schools are grounded in adult learning designs that result in a positive impact on students.

The annual Leaders To Learn From special report shines a light on forward - thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school sLeaders To Learn From special report shines a light on forward - thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school sleaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school systems.

Many district and school leaders are struggling to put in place personalized learning programs that help students become better problem solvers, more creative thinkers, and highly skilled users of technology.

This webinar features two experienced district leaders who invite you to join in the conversation on the best approaches to «AMPing» up actionable, meaningful, and personalized professional learning.

This annual Leaders To Learn From special report shines a light on forward - thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school sLeaders To Learn From special report shines a light on forward - thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school sleaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school systems.

In this webinar, instructional leaders and district administrators will learn how to bridge the gap between wide - ranging research and classroom applications.

, a collaborative of teachers engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts and thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classrooms.

I am also continually working on improving and expanding our Digital Leadership & Learning practice area at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) to help districts, schools, leaders, and educators initiate sustainable change.

Beck and his staff wrote the grant application with the help of a colleague in the neighboring Montour district, a leader in the Remake Learning community.

In response, school and district leaders are pursuing bold personalized learning approaches that more powerfully address how students learn best.

A team of 15 teachers engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders (see our list below) to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classrooms.

Yet study after study has shown that the training principals typically receive in university programs and from their own districts doesn't do nearly enough to prepare them for their roles as leaders of learning.

The Foundation Series connects the research on school - and district - level leadership; the Framework Series examines the components of the Balanced Leadership Framework; and the Future Series puts it all together, challenging leaders to apply the knowledge, tools, and strategies they've learned in their own districts.

Menlo Park, Calif. — December 15, 2011 — As online learning programs become prevalent in U.S. schools, school and district leaders, teachers, and policy makers are looking for the best ways to use technology to enhance learning.

This guidebook highlights how district leaders can use the research - based FRS framework and free planning resources to leverage opportunities and overcome challenges inherent in their rural setting to transform teaching and create a personalized learning experience for their students.

In a previous post I described the first of three project - based learning (PBL) professional development sessions I facilitated for our Innovate Salisbury team, a team of 15 teachers engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classroomIn a previous post I described the first of three project - based learning (PBL) professional development sessions I facilitated for our Innovate Salisbury team, a team of 15 teachers engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts / thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classroomin our classrooms.

One of our next steps is the development of Innovate Salisbury, a collaborative of teachers engaging with building leaders, district leaders, and other experts and thought leaders to help shape the vision for teaching and learning in our classrooms.

Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

A state's capacity to organize and offer highquality, ongoing professional development, through an academy or institute that can serve a range of needs, appears to help sustain learning opportunities for leaders in districts large and small.

Our competency - based professional learning programs provide state and district leaders with an effective way to offer educators personalized learning opportunities specific to their growth goals and recognize them (both formally and informally) for the skills they've demonstrated in the classroom.

This guidebook highlights how district leaders can use the research - based FRS framework and free planning resources to overcome challenges inherent in their rural setting to transform teaching and create a personalized learning experience for their students.

BloomBoard's personalized professional learning platform has been redesigned inside and out so school and district leaders can give their educators voice and choice in their professional learning.