Sentences with phrase «model of accountability»

A new model of accountability based on teacher professionalism would produce better results than test - based accountability.
«The American model of accountability drove the decision on Paterno, which is that «accountability» means losing your job,» says John Allen, CNN's chief Vatican analyst.
Sees no objection to looking at other models of accountability around the world citing his visit to New Zealand when he was Cabinet secretary.
This page contains materials and links that analyze and critique standardized test - driven models of accountability, such as the «No Child Left Behind «Act; and that propose, discuss and evaluate different approaches to accountability.
This comes at a time when more communities are moving away from «punishment only» toward new models of accountability.

Not exact matches

The current impasse between the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Government is the result of a clash between the Government's business model, based on a lack of transparency, and accountability; non-evidenced based decision - making; and hostility to public debate and discussion; and, a Parliamentary Budget Officer business model with the exact opposite principles.
Portfolio Manager for Smith Barney where he created a business model that demanded higher levels of accountability to investors.
I'm not sure that something like this could have been heard above the din that came from a failed financial model, the loss of an admittedly cool place to worship, and the general pushback against any sort of moral accountability.
Calvin and Luther put the pope in a practical and theoretical dilemma by condemning his Godlike infallibility while at the same time not failing to offer the pope the model of God's fallibility and accountability in Christ.
Update (Aug. 12): One of Mark Driscoll's advisers who recently resigned, Paul Tripp, stated today that Mars Hill's accountability model «will never be able to do what it was designed to do.»
This heavily lay - led movement tends to gravitate toward nondenominational, house church models disconnected from a larger body, both in terms of support and accountability.
Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: A collaborative between the Commissioner of Education and the state school boards association that created the Nutrition and Fitness Policy Guidelines (2004), a model school fitness and nutrition policy consistent with the 16 V.S.A. 216 (2004).
Additional Accountability Requirements: None Additional Content Requirements: None Guidance Materials: The Office of Public Instruction provides links to established policies and models on its website.
The Sociocracy and Holocracy models described elsewhere in Leadtogether newsletter, and the book by Frederic Laloux, «Reinventing Organizations» all offer ways that organizations can be more collaborative and overcome the lack of natural accountability.
What is also of grave concern to AIMS Ireland is the number of failures at national level identified in the report including timely access to maternity services, inadequate staffing levels for safe care, a maternity care model that hasn't been revised in 59 years despite numerous national and international reports and recommendations, a lack of accountability and governance, an absence of reviews of clinical practices in units and the lack of a national maternity services strategy, all of which we have seen recommended on previous inquests without reform.
A Sustainable History model requires an inclusion in societal institutions of minimum criteria of good governance that meet human dignity needs which are: reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation and inclusiveness.
In a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Director of ACEP, Benjamin Boakye, he said «In spite of many implementation challenges, the PRMA has been a model for many countries and Ghana can only do better at improving on transparency and accountability around the use of the oil revenues.
To that end, the most successful and durable governance models will be those that balance between the ever - present tensions between the three attributes of human nature (emotionality, amorality and egoism), on the one hand, and the nine human dignity needs (reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation, inclusiveness), on the other.
«When you have that level of accountability, I don't believe there's a need for a state receivership model because it's abundantly clear who's responsible and what tools we're going to put in place.»
«Changes to accountability, changes to central structures and changes to pay and conditions, which if mismanaged could threaten the impartial model of policing that has existed for 180 years and is revered across the world.»
In March last year, the then General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers Christine Blower called for Ofsted to be replaced with «A new model of school accountability, one that involves school self - evaluation and is designed in discussion with the profession.»
«The de Blasio administration has not created a national model to address police killings — it's created a model of deflection from accountability,» said Yul - san Liem, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform.
Hinges friends of friends model supposedly encourage good behavior because of social accountability, and I did find Hinge users to be more polite and.
Hinges friends of friends model supposedly encourage good behavior because of social accountability, and I did find Hinge users to.
Hinges friends of friends model supposedly encourage good behavior because of social accountability, and I did find Hinge users to be more polite and well - spoken than Tinder or OkCupid dwellers.
(The Education Department's approval of North Carolina's application is provisional, pending a review of its accountability system that is separate from the growth - model review process.)
With this in mind and whatever the governance structure in place (single converter or a more complex multi academy trust model), it is essential that governing body members understand their role in ensuring that risk and risk management is taken seriously and is part of their accountability to parents, the wider public and other stakeholders.
He is currently directing studies that will explore new methods for evaluating gains in scores on high - stakes tests and evaluate the use of value - added models in educational accountability systems.
Advisory board chair Robert Granger argues that this is «a more rational model,» creating efficient lines of accountability and ensuring that the director and commissioner will be compatible.
That model, I think, is now well known across the state: standards - based curriculum, radically better assessments,... a fair but rigorous accountability system which, as you know, the Regents will soon put into regulations creating the framework of evaluation for principals and teachers.
This model strengthens shared vision, school developmental planning and creates a culture of mutual accountability.
Model two would deploy «behavior modification» accountability methods, refined through decades of public sector reform, to force low - performing schools and districts to set goals, assess effectiveness, and do better.
«Embedded within NCLB's accountability system are three distinct, discernible models of educational change that have been awkwardly welded together.
He first argues that all of the seven Cs principles are essential — that working with them is «more like multiplication than addition» — and makes the case for embracing the true charter model rather than a «charter - lite» approach of limited autonomy and accountability.
Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.
Section 1 Experience and performance as a senior leader Section 2 Self - awareness and self - management Section 3 Delivering continuous improvement Section 4 Modelling excellence in teaching Section 5 Learning focus Section 6 Efficient and effective Section 7 Personal Drive and Accountability Of course, every form will be unique to the individual, however knowing how much it would have helped me has led me to offer it on here.
One of the problems that arose with the previous accountability regime was that it funneled schools toward one model.
The inspections would be based off the school inspectorate model used as part of the accountability and school improvement process in England.
In short, charter schools were built on a model of empowerment and accountability, which made great organizational sense.
Fifteen years ago, having judiciously reviewed the record and the criticisms of charter schools (Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education), Finn and Manno were willing to render a judgment, arguing then that «schooling based on choice, autonomy, and accountability can undergird a new model of public education.»
While games do not fit into the current model of assessment for accountability, they do offer the opportunity to engage and attract learners while providing information useful for making immediate on - the - ground adjustments to teaching and learning plans.
In 2008, the NEA unveiled the «Great Public Schools for Every Student by 2020» project, in which the union committed to «creating models for state - based educational improvement,» «developing a new framework for accountability systems that support authentic student learning,» and «fostering a constructive relationship with U.S. Department of Education leadership.»
All states that meet federal criteria will now be allowed to take part in the U.S. Department of Education's 2 - year - old experiment with «growth models,» which let states measure individual students» achievement gains as a way of ensuring accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Current time - and age - based accountability measures have a stronghold on schools, even those trying to break away from the factory model of education.
To that end, Smarick encourages private school leaders to think about three key areas of opportunity: building a school network structure, encouraging incubation of high - potential schools, and considering an authorizer model as a way to quell concerns over accountability to the public and policymakers.
Dashboard Alternative School Status Program (PDF) An explanation of the Dashboard Alternative (DASS) replacing the Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM).
And governor - turned - education reformer Jeb Bush wants the entire country to emulate Florida's model of charters, vouchers, standards, school - based accountability, better data, and a limited form of merit pay.
LJAF's investments in K - 12 education seek to advance the portfolio model of school governance, an alternative structure that promotes a decentralized administration, more school choice for families, and increased flexibility and accountability for educators.
Together, PASA, the Providence Public School District, partner schools, and the community of program partners have developed shared goals, a collaborative practice of community educators within the school day, and joint accountability through a PASA / District shared learning model that includes teacher and community educators co-teaching, a data - sharing agreement, and the creation of an expanded learning model that offers high school credits for high quality out - of - school experiences.
In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.
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