The 49 - year - old
middle school principal set out on Oct. 11 from Royalton, Minn., on a southward hike that would take him to Minneapolis and St. Paul on the fifth day of his journey.
Not exact matches
Phyllis Smith turns a one - dimensional and dithering marshmallow into an interesting study in the conflict between desire and convention, Henry Michael Higgins, is the dolphin - obsessed but otherwise disengaged
principal, and they are supported by the usual gaggle of kids found in flicks
set in a
middle school, played by actors who avoid cutesiness and given a script that
sets them up perfectly for the bald truth Elizabeth dumps on them with matter - of - fact disengagement in place of the usual cheery esteem - boost called for by curriculum and compassion.
When a new Japanese family arrived in the
middle of the
school year, the origami instructors worked with the
principal to encourage these children to sign up for their after -
school class, where they could show off Japanese culture as experts while experiencing the comfort of using their own language in a classroom
setting.
Once the survey was done, Huntington and the other 50
middle and high
schools that took part in the initiative were given reports in clear, accessible language that summarized the results, plus a
set of resources and customized strategies that teachers and
principals could use to make changes based on their results.
Concerned that teachers had been putting in long hours because of new requirements, the
principal of Raymond Park
Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana, set up a room in the school for chair massages one day, said teacher Deborah
School in Indianapolis, Indiana,
set up a room in the
school for chair massages one day, said teacher Deborah
school for chair massages one day, said teacher Deborah Bova.
Then the word spread, other teachers liked the concept, the
principal gave permission to
set aside the regular curriculum temporarily, and 115 kids — fully a third of the students at Springfield
Middle School, an urban school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote n
School, an urban
school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote n
school in Battle Creek, Michigan — wrote novels.
One - size - fits - all models of professional development for
principals (widespread throughout the United States), are unlikely to work well in complex and difficult high
school settings (the same point holds for some larger
middle schools).
He has 37 years of experience in urban and suburban public
schools settings and has held the positions of deputy superintendent for curriculum and instruction, high
school principal, and
middle school principal.
His professional career began as a high
school teacher in Southern California, serving in five diverse
school systems as a teacher, assistant
principal,
principal, and district office administrator in elementary,
middle, and high
school settings.
Walter Chen, the founding
principal of a new Green Dot public
middle school set to open in south Seattle this fall, has a pretty simple...
Sylvan Hills
Middle School Assistant
Principal Monica Blasingame, center, and
Principal Artesza Portee, right, discuss «big life goals» with a student as part of a goal -
setting exercise in Atlanta Public
Schools.
With
middle school principals» sharing their best practices and dire needs, an LA Unified board committee yesterday
set off on a new initiative to improve the academic and social skills of students one
principal described as «hormones with arms and legs.»
In many ways, these outstanding
school leaders reflect the diversity of the dedicated
principals leading
schools across the country — supporting students on the West Coast and East Coast, at the prekindergarten, elementary,
middle, and high
school levels, and in traditional district and charter
school settings.
NASSP's position statement on Tracking and Ability Grouping in
Middle Level and High
Schools suggests that
principals should provide a safe and personalized learning environment for each student while also identifying a
set of essential learnings in which students must demonstrate competency in order to move to the next level.
Enactments positively associated with
principal efficacy include district requirements for improved goal
setting; the establishment of detailed
school - improvement plans; requirements that community people participate in formulating
school - improvement plans; clear articulation of expectations for student outcomes, derived from state policy; support for collaboration between high
schools and
middle schools; support for teachers engaged in using new instructional programs.
Pitler served for 19 years as an elementary and
middle school principal in an urban
setting.