Ms. Villacorta, who was born in Guatemala and dreamed of being a teacher since she was a little girl, is one of the hundreds of dedicated and deeply caring teachers who, through IDRA's Transition to Teaching programs are developing and honing their skills to teach in high -
need districts around the state of Texas.
Not exact matches
That «s because the areas
around the newly rebuilt Lions Pool
need landscaping, and neither the park
district nor the Lions Club, which operates the facility, can pay for the work.
«My feeling all along was the
District 181 people were wrongly telling everyone we
needed the school right away and the school board had to go in there with a sledgehammer and bat everyone
around until they laid down and did what we demanded.»
Although partnerships vary depending on the
needs of the
district and local users, common practices from
around the country can help alleviate any concerns about expanding access to school facilities.
Clayton Babies Sleep Consulting was created to serve local families, school
districts and community agencies and has now grown to help families
around the world get the sleep they
need.
His conference, he said, doesn't want to see «600 school
districts around the state not get the funding that is
needed to educate our children... We probably will put forward some legislation to deal with this situation before we leave.»
«It could be something that New York's teachers and school
districts could really get their arms
around and I think New York's parents would love because it differentiates instruction to the
needs of individual kids.»
«For a plan to truly improve the
district's future, we
needed certainty all
around.»
While much has been written about the politics of race and ethnicity within this
District, there is no question that our campaign focused on bringing the community together
around our shared
needs and struggles.»
Any elective figure will naturally engender resentments over time, and for McDonald they all resurfaced during his hour of
need, political people
around the
district told me.
«While much has been written about the politics of race and ethnicity within this
District, there is no question that our campaign focused on bringing the community together
around our shared
needs and struggles,» Mr. Espiallat said.
That's what Rochester Superintendent Bolgen Vargas says the
district needs in order to put in place a successful school turn -
around plan for East High School.
They
need them
around Halcottsville, in the 19th Congressional
District, where the party should be able to prevail but keeps falling short.
«Growing the transit - oriented
district around CTfastrak is exactly what New Britain
needs to grow our economy and move the city forward,» Sen. Theresa Gerratana, D - New Britain, said in announcing the aid.
I'm going to bring community leader, other elected officials at the local, state and federal level, have access to other financial and human resources to give the school board and the superintendent what's
needed to turn the city
around, which is to turn the school
district around.
«It is crucial that parents and members of the public know that this bond proposition, which will greatly benefit students in urban school
districts around Westchester, will
need support on Election Day,» said Williams.
Most recently, he has worked to distribute fliers in small businesses
around his
district informing trafficked women that they can call 311 if they
need help escaping that life.
If elected to the new Queens congressional
district centered
around Flushing, Bayside allergist Dr. Robert Mittman wants to fight to change the health care system he said is in dire
need of help.?
There is no
district like it and we can do report after report and they will all say the same thing, that East Ramapo is in trouble and
needs drastic changes to turn things
around.»
According to the DOE's Executive Budget Hearing Report from May 16, 2016, a good portion of the budgeted headcount growth for the current fiscal year is in response to rising
need around special education students and properly serving those students in
district schools.
Lavine, who has proposed mayoral control of the city school
district, said bold, outside - the - box thinking is also
needed to turn
around Syracuse's struggling schools.
The
district designated 13 «community schools» this year to provide wrap -
around services and extended hours for families to get the help they
need.
«I called school
districts around the country and, especially when they heard I had an M.B.A., they'd say things to me like, - Well, we can transfer you to our business department, we
need an accountant.»
I believe we
need a new school - delivery and governance model that is city - specific and city - driven and that such a system should replace the
district, not work
around it.
Moreover, the Supreme Court, in its 1974 Milliken v. Bradley decision, ruled that the suburban
districts around Detroit did not
need to desegregate, on the grounds that they had never practiced explicit state - sponsored segregation.
Katie, i can't answer for a
district but we generally encourage folks to get the people in place who understand that systems should be built
around stakeholder
needs.
In school
districts around the country, handwritten notes, calls home, and face - to - face meetings are rapidly ceding ground to new technologies that better meet the
needs of parents and schools.
In discussions with school
districts around the country, the foundation learned that many schools are in
need of high - quality STEM educators.
We also offer facilitator training and a leadership academy to help you strengthen your skills
around leading an ELL - focused learning community, facilitate training on ELL strategies, and increase your school or
district's capacity to address the unique
needs of ELL students.
In this day and age, a student's education
need not be limited to the four walls of the classroom nor the lines drawn
around his school
district.
Practical tools you can use to build public understanding and engagement
around major educational issues, to help you create the public and community support your
district needs for success.
In addition, I work with teachers, leaders, and
districts around the country to build the capacity
needed to have rich conversations about learning space design.
That's what Rochester Superintendent Bolgen Vargas says the
district needs in order to put in place a successful school turn -
around plan for East High School.
Utilizing his twenty plus years of working closely with students as a building leader, Dr. Dillon can work with student groups to build mission, vision, and common language
around the
needed changes in a school or
district.
Teachers and
districts need to organize backward
around two kinds of standards: those standards that will be met at the unit level and those standards that will be met through a year's worth of work.
Her choice from among leading educators and administrators from other
districts around the country reflected a strong desire by the board to keep the
district in the hands of someone well versed on the challenges facing the
district, someone who would not
need months of on - the - job learning to become familiar with issues, schools and personnel.
In addition to a clear, coherent, and coordinated
district plan for turning
around the lowest - performing schools, there is an equally important
need for a strong commitment to comprehensively executing the plan (Council of Great City Schools, 2015).
Schools and
districts around the country are grappling with teacher shortages that threaten educational opportunities and outcomes, particularly for our highest -
need students.
Over the years, the Quaver team has fostered partnerships with school
districts around the United States, serving their specific
needs by collaborating on custom content development and standards alignment projects.
27 year old Kasey Hansen is a special
needs teacher, working at multiple schools throughout the Granite School
District around Salt Lake City, UT each day, and she proudly carries a concealed weapon.
This op - ed urges state lawmakers to require transparency from school
districts, specifically
around reporting the amount of LCFF funds they receive to support high -
needs students, how they spent those dollars, and how those investments will directly benefit high -
needs students.
Sharing this information broadly will hold our state and our schools accountable for having well - thought - out assessment plans with our students»
needs at their core.This much -
needed transparency
around student testing will also help schools and
districts to learn best practices from one another about how best to gather the data educators
need without sacrificing the instruction time so vital to student learning.
In order to use supplemental or concentration grand dollars on facilities,
districts must answer two key questions
around how these investments relate to its stated LCAP goals for high -
needs students.
In the last few years,
districts have been providing professional development
around emotional disorders and more staff to counsel children with
needs.
While it is encouraging that so many school
districts around the country are implementing the MTSS framework, the focus
needs to shift from implementation to sustainability.
Thus, in order for school improvement and turn -
around to succeed, it
needs to be done at each involved school and
district site using intensive and sustained activities that include:
CEC's diagnostic process often uncovers unexpected
needs in a
district or school, such as underlying issues
around communication and trust between labor and management that can sabotage progress on concrete academic goals.
These include: · Use of instructional programs and curricula that support state and
district standards and of high quality testing systems that accurately measure achievement of the standards through a variety of measurement techniques · Professional development to prepare all teachers to teach to the standards · Commitment to providing remedial help to children who
need it and sufficient resources for schools to meet the standards · Better communication to school staff, students, parents and the community about the content, purposes and consequences of standards · Alignment of standards, assessment and curricula, coupled with appropriate incentives for students and schools that meet the standards In the unlikely event that all of these efforts, including a change in school leadership, fail over a 3 - year period to «turn the school
around,» drastic action is required.
Built to help implement ESEA / ESSA with impact and demonstrable outcomes, we help all
districts and schools to succeed across its different student, staff, school, and state requirements — but we also specialize in helping
districts and schools that
need (officially or unofficially) comprehensive school improvement or turn -
around assistance.
And while some people feel hostile about that, I like that it sets a
need for the
district to take actions
around the very things that caused schools to be less than successful.