Sentences with phrase «more effective school leaders»

Create stronger and more effective school leaders and teachers through individualized professional development.

At its best, principal talent management represents a holistic approach to attracting, supporting, and retaining more effective school leaders.

Alvy, a professor in the department of education at Eastern Washington University, and Robbins, an education consultant, talked with Education World about their motivation for writing the book and how they think it can help develop more effective school leaders.

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Our educational and political leaders keep suggesting that bringing people together from diverse backgrounds — whether it is racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, or some combination of the above — makes for better schools, more effective workplaces, and even morally superior environments.

If you're looking for more strategic level input, our half - day mini-conferences / leadership seminars for up to 50 leaders and members of staff (drawn from schools and education departments across a local authority) offer a targeted, cost - effective solution.

For shooting themselves in the collective foot, Albany's leaders could not have chosen a more effective method than their failure Wednesday night to extend Mayor Bill de Blasio's control over New York City schools for at least another year.

To support effective blended learning, leaders should support more flexible budgeting processes that afford schools the chance for strategic decision - making: they can push schools to articulate new instructional models and then step in to fund those models with the right devices.

Caroline Wright, BESA director said, «British teachers are world - leaders in the use of educational - technology in the classroom so it is of great concern that pupils are being denied access to innovative and effective digital learning because of poor internet connectivity in more than half of the UK's schools.

But this proposal would remake the relationships between schools, districts, and states into a far more efficient and effective model, one that would increase agility and remove regulations that limit the autonomy of school leaders.

School leaders say not only is the approach more cost - effective, it's also increased staff engagement and attendance at PD sessions.

What makes school leaders more or less likely to embrace cost - effective alternatives?

The new evaluation systems have forced principals to prioritize classrooms over cafeterias and custodians (and have exposed how poorly prepared many principals are to be instructional leaders) and they have sparked conversations about effective teaching that often simply didn't happen in the past in many schools — developments that teachers say makes their work more appealing.

Parents are far more effective advocates for their children — and for other children in their community — than charter school leaders or policy experts or professional advocates.

• Engage Detroit's land developers, investors, mayor, and community leaders to address safety and transportation issues so families don't have to default to their academically failing neighborhood school just because they have no way to get their child to a safer, more effective school.

As it compiles information on «effective» leader and teacher practices from its third cohort of low - income schools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frschools across the nation, the New York City - based New Leaders for New Schools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - frSchools principal - training program is pushing to make the resulting resources more user - friendly.

Leaders at more effective schools dedicate more than half of the day to these high - value activities.

The report we produced, Putting Learning First: Governing and Managing the Schools for High Achievement, was the CED's fifth education study and the product of more than 10 years of ongoing research and vigorous debate by a committed group of business leaders on the most effective strategies for improving student achievement.

Teachers, parents, school leaders, state policy makers, researchers, and yes, even philosophers, are likely to develop far more nuanced and insightful, empirically justified, and pragmatically effective responses to dilemmas of educational ethics if they explore these issues together...

When there is clarity in the goals and good feedback from the different actors - including industry, school leaders and teachers - it is more likely that over a 5 -10-year period, we would be able to identify and create the conditions that support the most effective uses of ICT in schools.

Developing More Resilient School Administrators People who are resilient — realistic optimists» who adapt to changes and learn from mistakes — often are more effective leadMore Resilient School Administrators People who are resilient — realistic optimists» who adapt to changes and learn from mistakes — often are more effective leadmore effective leaders.

As a result of extensive meta - analytic work, Marzano, Waters and McNulty concluded: «A highly effective school leader can have a dramatic influence on the overall academic achievement of students... Leadership has long been perceived to be important to the effective functioning of organisations in general and, more recently, of schools in particular.

How are states regulating principal - preparation programs, what does ESSA say about training school leadership, and how do «niche» principal - training programs aim to train more - effective school leaders?

His focus is providing school leaders with tools they can use to become more effective and efficient through the use of technology.

With the population continuing to rise, many leaders realized that building more schools was no longer an effective option.

We ask the question: What distinguishes leaders» practices in more effective high schools from those in less effective high schools that serve large proportions of at - risk youth?

NISL programs help current school leaders become more effective in that role — and they are an excellent credential for aspiring school leaders to move into leadership positions.

School leaders must meet two goals to make schools more effective: provide a defensible set of directions and influence people to move in those directions.

We identified a total of four more and less effective high schools using value - added scores (two of each), and we then analyzed interview, observational, and survey data collected in the schools to compare and contrast how leaders support key practices and organizational routines by their staff.

Despite clear research showing the impact that principals can have, more rigorous research and information to guide schools and districts on how to prepare, recruit, support, and retain the most effective school leaders is needed.

We developed the 4 Dimensions of Instructional Leadership ™ to help principals, principal supervisors and other school leaders to become more effective in the improvement of instruction.

There are a number of strategies that we as school leaders can consider, this table, extracted from the EEF guidance report outlines some of the more proven and effective approaches for what is termed as «preparedness»:

Christine Blower, leader of the National Union of Teachers, said: «As the government knows, free schools and academies do not raise standards in any more effective way than maintained schools.»

Whether titled Dean, Assistant School Leader, Coach, or AP, the most successful Assistant Principals are highly effective instructional leaders who are ready to foster and support more student and adult relationships, while deepening learning and driving school cuSchool Leader, Coach, or AP, the most successful Assistant Principals are highly effective instructional leaders who are ready to foster and support more student and adult relationships, while deepening learning and driving school cuschool culture.

This book explores the importance of effective classroom assessment to student achievement and the role of school leaders to model and spark positive change through building teacher literacy, providing targeted professional development, acquiring appropriate technology, and more.

Based on extensive research and interviews with school leaders, teachers, and students, Deeper Learning makes the case for why schools that seek to innovate must empower students with more than just academic knowledge — skills like critical thinking, collaboration, and effective communication.

He has spent the past four years with the New Teacher Center, a national organization in Santa Cruz that works to improve student learning by training new teachers and school leaders to be more effective.

Mindfulness makes leaders more effective with relatively little effort, but be advised that the benefits can be contagious, transforming your school from the inside out.

More recently, the Wallace Foundation has determined that effective principals are «leaders of learning» with five key responsibilities within their schools:

As school leaders work to plan this coming school year's PD activities, attention to the above practices can help that PD be more effective in supporting improved student outcomes.

This suggests that the strategic approach MAT leaders can take towards workforce management might provide an effective mechanism for deploying staff to schools that struggle more with staff recruitment and retention.

Improving PD for teachers appears to be an important pathway for strengthening student learning outcomes, and there are specific steps that school leaders can take to make PD for teachers more effective.

The Reach Institute for School Leadership is committed to a more equitable world in which every student is supported by highly effective and dedicated teachers, who themselves are supported by highly effective and dedicated school leSchool Leadership is committed to a more equitable world in which every student is supported by highly effective and dedicated teachers, who themselves are supported by highly effective and dedicated school leschool leaders.

Mayors and city leaders are effective conveners and can bring together the organizations that may have a role to play in helping more children attend school every day.

As I've seen firsthand over the years and freshly again in Nashville, when instructional leaders can connect professionally for conversations critical to solving problems and sharing best practices, they are more effective and confident in leading their schools and more adept at managing and communicating change.

«This new fellowship will help already successful educators in Indianapolis become even more effective principals and school leaders that will better lead, teach and serve the students in our community.»

Using examples from his own school, Hoerr outlines ways to become a more effective leader and create a culture of learning.

... Throughout this long period, we have been repeatedly frustrated by the gulf between the clear and present need, the burning desire of parents to have more control over the schooling of their children, on the one hand, and the adamant and effective opposition of trade union leaders and educational administrators to any change that would in any way reduce their control of the educational system.

Meaningful Local Engagement Under ESSA: A Handbook for LEA and School Leaders discusses why LEAs should engage locally as well as how to make engagement more effective, and provides tools to aide LEAs as they build an engagement strategy.

We achieved this sign - on rate even though all participating LEAs will have to implement a bold set of policy and practice changes, including using student growth as one of multiple measures in evaluating and compensating teachers and leaders; denying tenure to teachers who are deemed ineffective as gauged partly by student growth; relinquishing control over their persistently lowest - achieving schools; increasing the number of students who are taught by effective teachers; and, in many cases, opening their doors to more charter schools.

Resources to help principals and school leaders become more effective instructional leaders and create schools that provide strong support for teachers to continuously improve their teaching practice — from the Ounce of Prevention Fund