Sentences with phrase «new leader accountability»

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For any other leader with a measure of accountability, humility, and a conscience, growing and learning new skills to overcome blind spots that are a detriment to the company's success is par for the course.

Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean announced that if his party forms government on May 5, he would introduce an Accountability Act as the new government's first bill in the Legislative Assembly.

It may not be what «the new» mantra for «church» is, but going back to ministry after being away for a time has shown me that to the many that are disenfranchised the «new» way or the pie in the sky of what the church should be... is ending up with a lack of loyalty to the cause, a lack of accountability to leaders — move on if you don't like this or that, complain about whatever and never really commit to the hard things.

«Mayoral control hearings are necessary to provide transparency, accountability, and a better understanding of the long - term vision for educating all of New York City's students,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

In New York, parent leaders of the anti-testing movement observed that Washington's retreat from issues of teacher accountability would leave Albany with sole responsibility.

Speaking at the G20 African Partnership Conference in Berlin, Germany, he said African leader «must first facilitate the building of a new sustainable African civilization where there is accountable governance... rule of law, individual liberties and human rights, where the principles of democratic accountability are guaranteed and where we mobilize the immeasurable vast resources of Africa to resolve Africans problems.

While these new changes will take some time to put into operation, this investment will increase efficiencies as well as provide greater transparency and accountability,» said Majority Leader Joseph Morelle.

A new report by the Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed how «55 politicians, high - level public officials and leaders allegedly stole N1.354 tr...

The prosecutor, Preet Bharara, speaking at the New York Law School on Friday, castigated how deal - making has long been done in Albany — by «three men in a room» (the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader), who work in secret and without accountability to decide most vital issues.

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, has commissioned a review into the new intrusive capabilities of British intelligence agencies and the legal framework in which they operate, after failing to persuade David Cameron that the coalition government should act now to tighten the accountability of Britain's spies.

Not only has the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver begun, but the trial of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos is set to begin next week; and, there was the recent release of a report by a state ethics review commission calling for changes as well as a national study assessing state government accountability and transparency giving New York a «D -» grade.

Jane Swift, Former Governor of Massachusetts State Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, New York's 25th District City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, New York City's 6th District Nomiki Konst, Founder and President of The Accountability Project and former Congressional candidate in Arizona District Leader Jenifer Rajkumar, Lower East Side Moderated by Heidi Sieck, Chief Operating Officer, Civic Hall

Mindful of both the challenges the country faces and the new opportunity that state leaders have to set matters right, the analysis in High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA does two things.

Senior leaders in higher education face a daunting set of challenges: fiscal constraints, heightened accountability, new competitors, emerging technologies, substantial demographic change, and questions about the relevance and effectiveness of higher education.

By developing a framework for effective teacher teams that includes five criteria — leadership, task focus, collaborative climate, structure and process, and personal accountability — Troen and Boles provide school leaders with the tools needed to navigate this relatively new terrain and to make effective teacher teams a reality.

Regardless of the reform strategy — whether new standards, or accountability, or small schools, or parental choice, or teacher effectiveness — there is an underlying weakness in the U.S. education system which has hampered every effort up to now: most consequential decisions are made by district and state leaders, yet these leaders lack the infrastructure to learn quickly what's working and what's not.

To thrive in this new environment, school leaders will need a background in fields where accountability for performance is a part of their everyday working lives.

The CORE districts are early adopters of the new accountability paradigm: local leaders using multiple measures of school performance and working together to figure out collectively what works best for struggling schools.

To start that work, Salem — like the other five cities — has created a «children's cabinet,» which brings city leaders together to create new connections and a sense of shared accountability.

Third, today's focus on results - based education, combined with plenty more data on school performance in an era of educational accountability, means that reform - minded education leaders are getting bolder about closing bad schools — and sometimes (but not always) opening new ones in the same building.

Rather than detaching from or merely arguing against state accountability policies, Superintendent Wauters met with state leaders to talk about the importance of having state assessments and accountability measures aligned with the new state focus.

Because ESSA will enable school leaders to design new approaches to accountability, that should be able to devise new ways of teaching and learning since what gets measured gets taught.

Surely, state leaders in Idaho will come across parts of MESH as they work to craft a new accountability system and let's hope that they don't just pass by it.

In addition, principals urged congressional leaders to emphasize that under the new law, states can shift accountability systems in a way that will appropriately factor student growth measures, including individual student growth, as part of a differentiated accountability model.

Beyond the class - size mandate, we continue to call on education leaders to implement real accountability and transparency in all the new school choice efforts.

In response to union leaders» campaign against accountability, aided ably by the Long Island - based group New York State Allies for Education (NYSAE: see billboard above), StudentsFirstNY just sent out a counter-message to parents urging them to allow their children to participate in testing.

Jindal, a wonkish former Rhodes Scholar who had long since sought to establish himself as a cutting - edge leader in accountability - based education reform, had enthusiastically supported creating the new reading, writing and math standards as a way to teach students to think analytically, better prepare them to compete in a global economy, and quantify their progress using common tests.

What is especially interesting about this new award is that Burris is a leader in the fight against test - based accountability in New York Stanew award is that Burris is a leader in the fight against test - based accountability in New York StaNew York State.

Above and beyond a universal focus on improved student achievement and accountability, many leaders use strategic plans as a means to articulate approaches to emerging challenges, to set a new path, and meet new needs.

Instead of going back to an accountability approach that was supposedly «demoralizing» teachers and school leaders charged with helping poor and minority kids succeed, Petrilli and others prefer the new approaches, which attempt to focus on the growth schools and districts make in helping our most - vulnerable.

KM: Accountability is often a challenge for new leaders.

The Committee has been an active participant with the Kentucky Department of Education and other stakeholders in creating a new accountability system for the state that sets ambitious goals for student learning, educates and empowers parents with information about schools, and provides state and local education leaders and policymakers with data to help make more informed decisions to improve opportunities for each student.

A coalition of organizations representing business, education advocates, civil rights groups and community leaders applauds last week's unanimous vote by Kentucky Board of Education to approve a new, more robust school accountability system and commends Commissioner, Stephen Pruitt, and the Kentucky Department of Education for their work on the new framework.

In addition to setting high standards for all, New York City learned from the research related to small schools and youth development, which emphasized the critical importance of strong leaders, accountability, assessment, caring relationships with adults, and engaging youth in demanding activities.

Specifically, I present how leaders — from the assistant superintendent and coaches to teachers — created new forms of reading instruction melding the principles and practices of Accountability First and Just Read.

In this session, leaders discuss how the Marzano Causal Teacher Evaluation Model was developed to assist school leaders to be effective managers of staff: from the initial hire of a new teacher, through mentoring, support, and professional development, to accountability, retention, and promotion.

As a district or school leader, how do you take the opportunity presented by a new teacher evaluation model to truly marry growth with accountability in teacher practice?

As states transition from No Child Left Behind to using their new authority under ESSA, Anne Wicks and William McKenzie of the George W. Bush Institute write in The 74 that it is critical for all stakeholders — federal officials, advocacy organizations, and policymakers — provide proper oversight to make sure states «implement their plans with fidelity and support the education leaders who use accountability as a key tool to help all kids achieve.»

The mayor's stated goals were to bring in new leadership, create greater accountability, empower educators and parents, and give local leaders a voice in their local schools.

As a member of the task force, I am excited for the opportunity to join my colleagues in making recommendations to craft a new structure to improve California's education system focused on inclusive education practices, high expectations for students and education leaders, and providing evidence - based instruction and learning supports so that all students have an opportunity to learn the standards in all core subject areas, which will ultimately lead to increased accountability and academic success for all.

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

Gov. Scott Walker and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers have invited legislative, education and business leaders to join them on a task force that will design a new school accountability system for Wisconsin.

CCSA released two new accountability tools that provide a variety of school level data for every traditional district school and charter public school across the state to help school leaders, teachers, families, charter school authorizers and school communities make critical decisions.

A new report (PDF) from the Congressional Research Service, Congress's nonpartisan investigative arm, explores these changes in six areas: accountability for student achievement; distribution of Title I grants; fiscal accountability; educator quality, equity, and effectiveness; grants to support teachers and school leaders; and targeted support versus block grants.

Their essay includes lessons learned from The A Word: Accountability — The Dirty Word of Today's Education Reform, a new Bush Institute series of interviews with respected education leaders.

This guide, Leveraging Summer for Student Success, shows how significant changes in California school financing and accountability systems under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) are right now providing educators, school leaders and communities a new opportunity to reinvent and reinvest in summer learning programs.

As a member of the New Leaders Policy Advisory Committee, James has advocated for maintaining annual federal assessment requirements in the recently authorized Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), with accountability focused on student growth.

A Civil Rights coalition, Including New Leaders, Release Joint Statement on Proposed ESSA Accountability Regulations.

In letters to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, New Leaders joins 29 organizations, along with educators and parents across the country, in calling for the maintenance of federal accountability regulations.

New Leaders» Statement on the Senate HELP Committee's mark up of the Elementary and Secondary School Act urges stronger provisions related to accountability.