Sentences with phrase «need jobs in this district»

We need jobs in this district, and that's where my priorities will be.»

«We need jobs in this district and we need to reverse Washington's tax and spend and regulatory culture so that we can add jobs and spur Upstate's fragile economy.»

Not exact matches

My bottom line is this: empowering kids to speak up about their food is a fantastic idea, and districts doing a legitimately bad job in preparing school meals certainly need to be taken to task.

«Design that building with your needs, knowing that the Park District will be in there the day you cut the ribbon, and then internally, we can do a good job,» Park District Associate Director Ken Brissa said.

Of those (and there were many), four main issues were selected for further, immediate action: the issue of competitive foods and a la carte foods; the need for nutrition education; the need to coordinate with other groups in our community seeking similar goals; and the need for Food Services to do a better job communicating with the larger district community.

Faso spoke about how, throughout his travels in the district, people talk about the need for jobs, a better economy and lower taxes and regulations.

Now, after serving almost two years in the Assembly, Espinal is running for City Council in District 37, less because of his commitment to service than because his former boss, CM Erik Dilan, is term limited and needs a new job.

WBFO's Eileen Buckley says the district is in need of substitutes for all district jobs.

With the latest scandals in the headlines we need fair districts openly arrived at that would guarantee competitive elections, not districts that guarantee jobs for the incumbent.

«We need to do enormous and aggressive investment in solar and wind infrastructure that is going to create jobs all across our district,» Beals said.

Washington is in dire need of a true representative of the people who will stand up and fight for limited government, cut taxes, rein in spending, and most importantly create jobs and opportunities for the people of his district and our country.

Gibson has said that fracking could provide much - needed jobs to parts of his district, mostly near the Southern Tier where natural gas is found in large reserves, underground in the Marcellus Shale.

With less than three weeks to go until the Democratic primary for Rep. Charles Rangel's seat in Congress, he and his top rival, Sen. Adriano Espaillat, courted voters by promising to bring sorely needed jobs to the struggling Harlem and Bronx neighborhoods that make up much of their district.

For many of us, the job's biggest impact is in the district, helping the constituents who hire us.I have been proud to work with colleagues and community leaders to secure millions for public housing, new waterfront parks and flood resiliency after Hurricane Sandy; make local improvements, like bringing a pool to enliven Brooklyn Bridge Park and cherry trees to beautify Chinatown; and advocate for constituents in need — to save a home, pay for life - changing surgery or cut through bureaucratic red tape.

When the County Executive, Comptroller, County Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, or a department head, needs legislative approval for some action which is required for the proper functioning of county government, be it the approval of the annual budget or the change in the title of a county job, a letter is sent to the legislature, often accompanied by additional information which can be used by the legislators in making a decision on the matter.

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

Bunny needs the work, having lost, in succession, the full pension due a retired police major, his golden parachute running security for Johns Hopkins (both casualties of his experiment, «Hamsterdam,» to legalize drugs in his district, which yielded both a 14 % drop in violent crime and a massive political shitstorm), and his security job at a downtown hotel (the result of his failing to give special treatment to a «friend of the hotel» who beats up a hooker).

The Linked Learning initiative is building a half - dozen or more career pathways in each of nine school districts, on the theory that students can get all the math, English, science, and social studies they need for a university, along with technical and job skills, but do it in a way that makes learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work experience.

Arne Duncan, the Obama administration's secretary of education, having previously served as schools superintendent in Chicago, one of the nation's most troubled school districts, gave back - to - back speeches early in his tenure decrying the state of the field: «By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation's 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st - century classroom,» and «America's university - based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary thinking.»

Last summer, for example, the Camden, New Jersey, school board outsourced its substitute hiring to a private vendor because the job was so onerous: between teachers calling in sick or on leave, the district needed to find subs for up to 40 percent of its teachers each day, it told the local newspaper.

Educational consultant Lisa Dabbs, who supports pre-service and new teachers, and Rachel Gleischman from TNTP, which helps districts and states recruit and train new teachers, will discuss what prospective teachers need to look for during the job search to land in a supportive school environment.

They're putting their kids in charters but that means the district schools need to right - size by cutting jobs, and that affects their cousin.

With increasing teacher - turnover rates in high - poverty and urban districts, school and district leaders need to make sure that the job is satisfying and rewarding — and quality collaboration time can help lower turnover rates.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

High school students with jobs, students with behavioral issues, students needing to catch up on skills, and students struggling with learning disabilities were among those in the larger district student population who found it difficult to complete their high school requirements and obtain a diploma.

Schools in facilitative districts did the best job of identifying and addressing school needs and approaches to change.

The congressional rhetoric surrounding this clean - up job of NCLB is that the states and local districts need to be freed from federal requirements because they know what to do in education and will be able to do it on their own.

School districts do not compensate teachers similarly to college - educated professionals in other fields or provide teachers with the resources they need to do their jobs well.

I happened to be one of those proponents based first on my close understanding of the challenges she faced when she entered the job, the tough decisions she has made over the last two years, and the leadership direction of the district which is now rooted in the theory that in order to improve student learning we need most to improve the quality of teaching and leadership.

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 an apparent surprise to GOP leaders, rank and file members of the House voted down an economic development bill Tuesday that because of unusual legislative maneuvering needed to pass to pave the way a bill that would have allowed local school districts to save more teacher assistants» jobs.

At the same time, however, they didn't properly set a funding formula, resulting in districts being unable to access all of the funds they need to preserve jobs for this fall.

However, district leaders don't have all the information they need when it comes to understanding which elements of a principals» background connect most to student success, as well as the elements that lead some principals to stay in their jobs longer than others.

Schools and districts, they say, will not necessarily hire teachers with adjunct permits in large numbers, but need the flexibility to hire the best non-traditional applicants for teaching jobs.

Representatives from Lockheed Martin, the Onondaga County District Attorney's office, local law enforcement, the Syracuse City School District and a number of other professions spent time speaking with the students about the education they would need to succeed in a particular job.

«Most school districts in Mississippi provide the necessary services for children that have special needs, and there are some that do an excellent job.

In places where the supply of teachers is already limited, districts may need to provide higher teacher salaries or improve working conditions to make up for the diminished job security that accompanies tenure reform.»

Program leaders are seeking additional funding that would allow them to provide bonuses to those who take jobs in critical needs districts.

«Hispanic, Vietnamese, Korean — we need them all,» said Ruth Wilson, the district personnel assistant who in recent months has attended job fairs at several local colleges to recruit teachers.

Research shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter scDistrict of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter scdistrict and charter schools.15

The goal is to test the following: If an urban district, and its principal training programs, provide a large number of talented aspiring principals with the right pre-service training and on - the - job support, the result will be a pipeline of principals able to improve teacher quality and student achievement, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

In which they said «state governments and local districts need to do a much better job overseeing these schools, which now educate more than two million students.

As a result, quality state - and district - level programs are needed to identify promising school leaders and provide them with high - quality training and professional development, including mentoring and shadowing, placement in high - need schools, and continued on - the - job support.

«I thought I was doing a good job teaching (math), but I wasn't going to the depth that I needed to,» said training program participant Marilyn Cox, a 3rd grade teacher at Weaverville Elementary in Trinity County's Trinity Alps Unified School District.

To probe these questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather meaningful evidence on whether and how better leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.

«In general, I think that your staff and you have done a good job of trying to meet the needs in the district with the limited funds we have,» board member Monica Ratliff told heIn general, I think that your staff and you have done a good job of trying to meet the needs in the district with the limited funds we have,» board member Monica Ratliff told hein the district with the limited funds we have,» board member Monica Ratliff told her.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Collaborates with colleagues and school administrators to plan professional learning that is team - based, job - embedded, sustained over time, aligned with content standards, and linked to school / district improvement goals; b) Uses information about adult learning to respond to the diverse learning needs of colleagues by identifying, promoting, and facilitating varied and differentiated professional learning; c) Facilitates professional learning among colleagues; d) Identifies and uses appropriate technologies to promote collaborative and differentiated professional learning; e) Works with colleagues to collect, analyze, and disseminate data related to the quality of professional learning and its effect on teaching and student learning; f) Advocates for sufficient preparation, time, and support for colleagues to work in teams to engage in job - embedded professional learning; g) Provides constructive feedback to colleagues to strengthen teaching practice and improve student learning; and h) Uses information about emerging education, economic, and social trends in planning and facilitating professional learning.

Following each training session, supports are provided to districts so that, at the end of the training, participants will know how to: • Determine a school's greatest area of need (GAN) • Write a SMART school - improvement goal • Use SMART targets for progress monitoring • Use a variety of templates and graphic organizers to foster collaboration in their districts and schools • Lead the SMART School Improvement Process • Support schools in the development of action plans for carrying out school - wide improvement strategies • Coach teams and individuals in the use of SMART tools, templates and methods • Facilitate job - embedded professional learning The cost of the year - long training is $ 3,200 per participant and includes materials, training and coaching.

Overton took issue with the argument from some lawmakers in the General Assembly who say that districts simply need to do a better job managing the funds they have been allocated by the state.

But, Chu continues, districts need the flexibility to consider job candidates who would work well in the classroom, even if they don't have education degrees.