Sentences with phrase «like leading educators»

The brief also provides spotlights on several teacher leader programs throughout the country, including programs led by Denver Public Schools, Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools, and nonprofits like Leading Educators and Teach Plus.

Following the example of counter-protesters who took action in the face of hate (including a great many educators), we are steadfast in our belief that we must be even more committed to owning our personal responsibility to dismantle white supremacy in our institutions - be they nonprofits like Leading Educators or the school districts from which our students and families rightfully expect excellent, bias - free education.

Not exact matches

This new component of SFWSC, the most respected and influential international spirits competition of its kind, features an all - star panel of judges, led by SFWSC's Director of Judging and leading bar professional, Tony Abou - Ganim, and including the likes of best - selling author and whiskey expert Fred Minnick and Ziggy Eschliman, award - winning radio and television personality and educator, who will blind taste cocktail recipes submitted by some of the industry's most respected leaders including author and beverage consultant Kimberly Haasarud and James Beard - honored cocktail historian, David Wondrich.

Many British home educators, who start by using structure a bit like a school day, find themselves veering more and more to autonomous child - led learning, exploring new topics together, and following the child's own need to learn at their own rate.

It feels like Stone the educator is leading you by the hand, taking time out to explain some of the more delicate intricacies of the murky stuff that goes on behind closed doors.

Those who are already skeptical about using tests to judge schools and educators will find a lot to like, while those in favor of the practice will be challenged by the evidence presented that test - based accountability can lead schools to engage in unproductive practices.

And groups like Educators for Excellence are right that well - trained teachers and well - led schools can do a lot to curtail discipline problems before they even start — through engaging curricula, strong relationships with students and parents, positive school cultures, and more.

But the flaws in techniques like value - added assessment do not automatically lead to the conclusion that those techniques shouldn't be used to hold educators accountable.

Supporting initiatives, like those led by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, will equip educators with the training they need to deliver high - quality learning opportunities for all students,» said La June Montgomery Tabron, WKKF president and CEO.

That role led Pace to like - minded technology educators with whom he began to collaborate.

This holistic approach has yielded results in places like Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City, where educators have engaged parents and the community to boost the graduation rate of Hispanic students by 70 percent; and Denver, where the teacher - led Math and Science Leadership Academy is taking a collaborative approach that focuses on mentoring and professional development to boost student achievement; and in Las Vegas, where a teacher empowerment program has led to remarkable gains, including at Culley Elementary School, a «high achieving» school where only five years ago, less than a quarter of students were at grade level.

Read about the new groups formed by «teacherpreneurs» who are using social media to lead one another; the programs like PAR that empower educators to evaluate and support colleagues and improve practice; and the efforts in some areas where teachers manage whole schools.

Educators like Marvin are turning around low - performing schools by leading reform and bringing about significant change.

Teaching students to identify what to highlight takes terrific educators like you to implement ideas and facilitate the kind of purposeful highlighting that leads to student academic success.

A concern some educators have expressed about showing students previous grades is that it could lead to students choosing what look like easier courses in order to get higher grades, resulting in grade inflation.

Our program engages the educators in a year of professional development through the Florida Teacher Lead Network, connects them within an alumni network to further their skill set, and provides opportunities to work with educators at events like the Governor's Summit.

... Groups like Education Minnesota, Educators 4 Excellence, Generation Next, ISAIAH and the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership are leading the way through effective organizing and a focus on social justice to make schools into the kinds of places that deserve to serve Minnesota's kids.

In his message, Arne mentioned Educators 4 Excellence as an example of how, «As a country, we're beginning to change those dynamics and teachers are leading the change — through their unions or with grassroots groups like Teach Plus and Educators 4 Excellence.»

Like many educators, her passion to challenge her own thinking led her to earning a master's degree from Webster University and specialist degree from the University of Central Missouri.

«Trainings like this, where NEA leads open discussions around the C.A.R.E themes, offer educators a forum to dig deep into the challenges in their schools.

We know that those types of experiences will lead to educators experiencing a visit from a former student, like the one I had from Rasheen.

The shift is leading some educators and college admissions officers to fear that the revised test will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different language at home — like immigrants and the poor.

Two new grants created in the 2011 budget exemplify the ways we can direct funding to encourage innovation and support successful programs and educators: the Excellence in Performance Grant for Teachers provides 15 million dollars over two years for districts to reward their best teachers, and the Innovation Fund Grant — which gave ten Indiana schools, districts, and organizations each a portion of 5 million dollars to support ground breaking new programs, like the one at Herron High School, a charter school here in Indianapolis led by Janet McNeal, who joins us tonight.

Like every other experience I have had with Leading Educators, this experience taught me an unbelievable amount.

This starts with building partnerships with leading experts, advocates, and educators like you who believe that equity reform must be enacted and integrated at all levels of the education system.

When the U.S. Secretary of Education remains silent on incidents and actions like these, she misses an opportunity to lead by sending a message that discrimination and neglect of public school students and educators will not be tolerated.

Seasoned educators will lead groups in the discovery of some of the seasonal visitors passing through the grounds, like bright butterflies and delicate hummingbirds.

Robyn Greenspan writes like a journalist; thinks like a marketer; leads like an educator; operates like a publisher; and leverages new media and digital communications like a social technologist.