Sentences with phrase «local district capacity»

This 2017 event assisted states in rethinking their systems of support and established a state - level community of practice focused on how to build local district capacity to manage school improvement processes.

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It provides in - depth programming that helps grow local food procurement capacity; educates the public about the importance and impact of Good Food; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food policy.

Swing Left is targeting 64 House seats and has activated local, self - organized teams across the country to begin canvassing their respective swing districts — including knocking on doors to survey constituents» concerns, registering new voters at farmers markets and recruiting locals to build up volunteer capacity inside the targeted districts.

On Thursday evening February 9, the Nyack Youth Center was filled almost to capacity as local residents and school district administrators attended a program highlighting key elements of the New York state property tax levy cap.

Its analysis of local authority data suggests about 1,000 of the 2,277 local school planning districts will be over capacity by 2015 - 16, the BBC said.

Over a third of Grand Rapids» schools had fallen below 60 percent of capacity, including two brand - new ones, as more and more families decamped for local charter and private schools, or moved to other districts.

«The capacity of the authority should necessarily include the ability to invoke a form of receivership on the school district, suspending the authority of the local board and management, if it is concluded that good - faith reform implementation is not occurring,» said a report approved by the board.

States have to find ways to not only improve the capacity of districts and schools, but do so in a way that still enables local flexibility.

Third, district and school leaders must consider the kinds of organizational and leadership capacities that are necessary for schools to productively enact policy initiatives and they must diagnose and then develop those capacities within local schools across the district.

Montcalm Area ISD is committed to providing a continuum of supports that builds capacity for all local districts as they implement a Multi-Tier System of Support (MTSS) framework that is durable and sustainable.

Customized Coaching and Support When the way forward to more effective professional relationships isn't clear, SRI's expert staff members and facilitators partner with educators and community members to understand the local context and to develop capacity to create a support plan that will successfully meet the school, district, or organization's goals.

The Department's strategy to improve social mobility has so far centred on identifying 12 «Opportunity Areas» which are local authority districts where educational performance and capacity to improve is low.

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The IDRA EAC - South is one of four federally - funded centers that provide technical assistance and training at the request of school districts and other responsible governmental agencies to build capacity of local educators to ensure a more equitable learning environment for all students.

California is focusing on improving public education with a bold two-fold strategy: rebuilding the capacity and local decision - making power of its about 1,000 school districts with LCFF and implementing the new Common Core standards over this school year and next.

Capacity Building — The district has set aside significant funding to improve community awareness of the importance of attendance in its Local Control Accountability Plan.

Continuous Web - based accessibility to a variety of video clips showing research - based teaching practices in action empowers educators to build local capacity and implement best practices in schools and districts.

Funding for the School Facilities Program is virtually gone and there is a backlog in applications for state assistance... while the state's growing debt service is of concern, it is unclear whether local districts have the capacity to generate sufficient revenue at the local level to meet their specific facility needs.

MIBLSI uses the funds to help build its own capacity to support ISDs and local districts through the PPSC program.

They will then be available to the districts and / or the FDOE as a resource to build capacity at the local and state levels.

Strategies center on five research - driven elements that lead to permanent systemic change: leveraging community assets, improving staff capacity and effectiveness, developing family and community partnerships, improving district and local association capacity and collaboration, and improving student achievement and learning.

Wisconsin DPI supports the CoSN CETL ® Certification Exam to build digital leadership capacity and support local district leadership teams.

Even with this flexibility, T - TESS's encouragement of more informal observations, the addition of more conferences for those who are appraised, and the requirement that everyone (regardless of whether being appraised in a given year) must complete and implement a Goal - Setting and Professional Development plan will likely present capacity challenges to local districts.

CORE offers an intensive process to enable schools, districts and states to build local expertise and capacity in a cost - effective, robust manner.

This two - day Training of Trainers provides districts and states the opportunity to build local expertise and capacity in early literacy that will prepare children to enter elementary school ready for Common Core or other state standards - aligned instruction.

Research about successful school and district leadership practices in contexts such as these is still in its infancy, even though the capacities and motivations of local leaders will significantly determine the effects of such contexts on students.

IDRA is working with staff at the Southern Education Foundation and the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium to develop local capacity in the region among the 2,341 school districts and 29,632 schools with over 1 million educators and 16 million students.

As a consequence, some states simply fail to provide sufficient support to address student needs across districts and differences in local fiscal capacity to meet those needs.

Our capacity - building professional development helps schools and districts implement customized approaches that build local capacity for improved instruction and leadership.

Even worse, some states allocate the majority of their aid with little or no sensitivity to either local district need or fiscal capacity.

The intention of the annual local school finance study is not to blame counties for their effort to support schools, but to examine the capacity and actual effort the state's 100 counties make to support 115 school districts.

This reform must start with a determination of essential education resources and end with a funding formula that accounts for district poverty concentration and local fiscal capacity.

The work centers on five research - driven elements that lead to permanent systemic change: leveraging community assets, improving staff capacity and effectiveness, developing family and community partnerships, improving district and local association capacity and collaboration, and improving student achievement and learning.

Prodded by the courts over concerns about inequities in the local funding capacity of school districts, the 1985 Quality Basic Education Act resulted from 18 months of study by a 41 - member commission appointed by then Gov. Joe Frank Harris.

Future investments in local program capacity can be advanced by recruiting champions for expanded digital learning, including governors, mayors, businesses interests in economic development, as well as chief state school officers, state boards, school districts, and influential nonprofit partners.

Though the actual allocation mechanism can take a couple of different forms, the goal of these formula elements is to equalize access to school revenues among districts to some degree by compensating for differences in the local revenue capacity of a particular locale.

«We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing.»

This substantial increase in local district technology capability for spring 2014 testing raises the immediate question whether a substantial number of districts / schools in Calfornia will have the technology capacity to execute the new plan.

Commitment to data - informed decision - making linked to district standards translates into supports for local educators to develop the capacity to use data and use it well (e.g., training, tools and consultants to help with data analysis, timely data feedback).

(grin)-RSB- The problem is solving the peak load problem on the consortium supplier end causes a technology capacity issue on the local district end...

Formulas that determine which districts are «needy,» and which have the «capacity» to generate more local revenues.

The Department of Education (Department) funds these Centers to provide technical assistance to State education agencies (SEAs) that builds SEA capacity to: support local educational agencies (LEAs or districts) and schools, especially low - performing districts and schools; improve educational outcomes for all students; close achievement gaps; and improve the quality of instruction.

The space also enhanced MCASB's capacity for creative partnerships with local neighborhood associations such as the Funk Zone, Santa Barbara Waterfront, Urban Wine Trail, Stearns Wharf, and the Historic Downtown Santa Barbara Arts District.

It is designed to reduce emissions in six provinces, working with provincial, district and commune authorities, local communities and the private sector, with the objective to «enhance Viet Nam's ability to benefit from future results - based payments for REDD + and undertake transformational changes in the forestry sector», with a focus on «the implementation of national policies, measures and national strategies or action plans that could involve further capacity - building, technology development and transfer and results - based demonstration activities».

This manual provides a set of tools and methods to assess existing structures and capacities of national, district and local institutions with responsibilities for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in order to improve their effectiveness and the integration of DRM concerns into development planning, with particular reference to disaster - prone areas, vulnerable sectors and population groups.

Over the years, Tom has served in various capacities for national, state, and local bar associations, including as co-chair of the Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia from1993 to 1998, which resulted in publication of the Standardized Civil Jury Instructions for the District of Columbia, 1998 revision.

For over 30 years, ETR has been building the capacity of community - based organizations, schools, school districts, and state, county and local agencies in all 50 states and 7 U.S. territories to implement and replicate evidenced - based programs (EBPs) to prevent teen pregnancy, STD / STI and HIV.

This local infrastructure strengthens the state's capacity for program monitoring and for delivering support tailored to the needs of individual districts.