Sentences with phrase «model of excellence»

Through purposeful collaborations with local public schools and other leaders in the field, we are achieving innovation at scale, and informing new models of excellence in educator preparation.
Teachers used samples of student work to develop models of excellence along a six - point scale.
Foremost, Imagine Andrews will serve as a national model of excellence for innovation in public school education for military bases and their surrounding communities across the country.
Russakoff notes that Zuckerberg and then - Newark mayor (now - U.S. Senator) Cory Booker expected to transform Newark's troubled schools into a national model of excellence — in just five years.
Valley Prep Academy was also recognized as a CEP State School of Character (SSOC) to serve as model of excellence within our state by sharing character education best practices.
Because the construal of the Christian thing of which it is an integral part is not only the earliest construal but has been historically much the most influential one, paideia has been the most influential model of excellence in theological schooling.
Furthermore, it furnished approved models of excellence, which served to inspire and direct successive generations of students toward the peaks of civilized achievement.
Oftentimes in education, the most inspiring models of excellence can seem the most difficult to emulate.
But even the successes have downsides, and Vander Ark now knows that the system can ignore a few models of excellence.
To illustrate, the Milken Educator Award, given in the United States, identifies and selects outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers «as evidenced by effective instructional practices and student learning results in the classroom and school» or as evidenced by «accomplishments beyond the classroom that provide models of excellence for the profession» (Milken Family Foundation, n.d.).
«We have successful public schools that are tremendous models of excellence,» said Maddie Fennell, Miller Park Elementary literacy coach and classroom teacher ambassador fellow with the U.S. Department of Education.
Schools that had been failing to educate our children were placed into the Recovery School District (RSD) and now thirteen of these schools have been successfully transformed into models of excellence.
It encompasses not only what we don't do, but also what we do — and what we do, and have done brilliantly for more than seven decades, is introduce innovative programs that advance our mission to Rescue, Nurture, Adopt, and Educate — programs that have become models of excellence and effectiveness throughout the no - kill movement.
Founded in 2006 by attorneys who believe in providing exceptional work product without sacrificing the overall client experience, the firm operates on a three - part model of excellence that focuses equally on knowledge, service, and value.
Serve as models of excellence within their states where they share character education best practices as part of a state - wide network of schools of character
It is the character of these studies» recommendations — and, just as revealing, the sorts of arguments made in support of the recommendations — that exhibit the changing shape of the «Berlin» model of excellence for theological schooling.
Philanthropist Randall B. Terry, Jr. had a vision of a spacious and welcoming veterinary medical center that would be a national model of excellence.
Both schools in Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine School District have been recognized nationally as models of excellence in personalized learning.
My father loved to talk about the Blue Angels as a model of excellence, and as a college coach I modeled my team's post-game debriefs after the Blue Angels».
In current discussions of the nature and purpose of theological education Edward Farley has invoked the older of these two models of excellence in schooling when he describes his book Theologia as an essay «which purports to promote a Christian paideia.»
Schleiermacher had arranged them in precisely that fashion, and ever since then, that picture of the essential movement of theological schooling has ruled wherever the «Berlin» model of excellence in theological education has been adopted.
While firmly endorsing the «Berlin» model of excellence in theological education, Niebuhr is clearly wishing polemically to weight the Wissenschaft side of that model and to counter a perceived tendency to put too much weight on the «professional» side.
Once a model of excellence, the Oakland Raiders turned into the laughing stock of the NFL after losing Super Bowl XXXVII to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Gentlemen, I hope you'll join me in my humble quest to be a model of excellence for my children and grandchildren.
The $ 23.5 million renovation of the 41 - year - old Woodrow Wilson Townhomes stands as a model of excellence in the greening of existing Mitchell - Lama housing.
In North Carolina, Governor Jim Hunt has created «Smart Start,» which is a model of excellence for parents who want some pre - school learning activities for their children.
She has demonstrated that schools comprised almost entirely of English learners, in some of the city's poorest and densest neighborhoods, can achieve extraordinary results and serve as models of excellence.
Support our vision to be the model of excellence in integrated urban education, leading to sustainable success in the communities we serve.
Island Childress has been serving as the Interim CEO of the UChicago Charter School since February and will continue developing UChicago Charter as a model of excellence in fostering high school achievement, college attainment, and young adult success.
A model of excellence in education, a composer, and a guest conductor — Adam Murphy is the heartbeat of music at Reagan High School.»
Through the success of our students, KIPP LA's team and family will serve as a model of excellence and collaborate with others to raise the quality of education in Los Angeles.
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