Sentences with phrase «new professional development effort»

Innovative Lancashire primary school embarks on new professional development effort empowering educators to use digital content to improve achievement, and prepare students for the challenges of tomorrow.

London, United Kingdom (27 October 2015)-- Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content for primary schools, announced that it has partnered with Flakefleet Primary School in Fleetwood, Lancashire on a new professional development effort that will support teachers as they prepare today's students to meet tomorrow's challenges.

Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content for school classrooms, has announced that it has partnered with Mission Grove Primary School in Walthamstow, London on a new professional development effort that will support teachers as they prepare today's students to meet tomorrow's challenges.

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«The New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute applauds Senator Klein and the IDC's efforts to ensure that all of New York City's youngest residents and their parents have access to safe, secure early childhood care and education programs.

As part of our efforts, we have produced collaborative professional development workshops on a variety of topics with our peer groups in Arizona, California, Oregon, Ohio, New Jersey and North Carolina.

Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning into the classroom.

Some of these might be categorized as efforts to build the capacity of the current system by simply paying for professional development sessions on particular topics; others might be thought of as attempts to change the system by developing new approaches to hiring, compensating, and evaluating teachers.

Elmore's efforts to change this began during his work in a New York City school district, where professional development for principals included spending time every day inside classrooms to re-familiarize themselves with the teaching environment.

During his first five years as chief of Boston schools, Payzant focused the district on literacy instruction, creating a new team of literacy coaches who worked with classroom teachers in a small set of schools, using money freed up from an «audit» of professional development endeavors that revealed too many disparate efforts around the district.

As federal officials weigh proposals to improve the quality of mathematics and science education, a new report highlights state - led efforts to recruit new teachers into those subject areas and boost their skills through professional development programs.

Most education reform efforts focus on what teachers are doing — professional development, new curricula, bonuses and incentives to raise scores, and so on.

Only a few have made sustained efforts at capacity building (such as Missouri «s 1993 Outstanding Schools Act provided funding for a state - wide teacher professional development system, or New Jersey «s provision of significant additional resources to high poverty «Abbott» school districts).

Previously she was Co-Director of SRI International's Center for Education Policy where she led research studies on the preparation and induction of new teachers, teacher professional development and teacher leadership, and systems reform efforts.

All three studies described school reform efforts that utilized teacher leaders in addition to other strategies, such as the use of a new curriculum (Balfanz et al., 2006), professional development workshops for teachers and changes in the structure of the school day (Ruby, 2006), or a training program for school administrators (Weaver & Dick, 2009).

We order new textbooks, address curricula, concentrate professional development efforts on ways to increase student achievement, investigate new strategies to enhance students» academic progress and improve their behavior, and meet throughout the year in our professional learning communities to discuss what is and is not working.

As educators face new standards and classroom challenges, they will find solutions for prioritizing school improvement efforts, working with difficult students, bringing joy into teaching and learning, and teaching vocabulary effectively in these new professional development publications.

The Utah Common Core Academy professional development event this summer was an unprecedented, large - scale effort to give educators the tools they need to successfully implement the new Utah Common Core.

These efforts have included everything from new programs in the classroom, to special assemblies, to supporting specialists, to additional professional development for our staff.

However, a frequent challenge that both teachers and facilitators face is that the understanding and familiarity necessary to actually bring new concepts into the classroom demands much more time and effort than traditional professional development sessions require.

Therefore educators and policy makers in the Arab world should communicate these concepts pragmatically as well as theoretically, starting with formulating a new vision for education in the Arab World, a deep and continuous revision of their curriculums, setting standards for equal chances in professional development, and making serious efforts in creating an educational philosophy not only for gender equity, but rather for human justice.

District reform efforts often include the establishment of new school - based teacher leader positions (e.g., literacy coaches) to work with principals and with district consultants to provide professional development assistance (e.g., demonstrations, in - class coaching, school professional development, or PD, arrangements) to individual teachers and teams of teachers in the targeted focuses of reform.

That's why Murray said Jackson is also stepping up efforts to hire new teachers by increasing starting pay and offering curriculum support and professional development opportunities.

Amelia was getting pushback from her efforts to suggest new teaching ideas and bring in schoolwide professional development.

A collaborative effort between Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University regarding news, developments and continuing legal education in New York - area ethics and professional responsibility law.

However, in order to maximize new client engagements from these alliances, a proactive effort staffed with highly capable business development professionals and characterized by consistent, informed follow up to the close of new client engagements — is an absolute requirement.

To obtain a challenging position where my abilities will enhance a corporate effort and provide me with an opportunity for personal and professional development as I grow with an organization by starting a new career.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Time Warner Cable, New York • NY 1994 — 2011 Regional Serviceability Project Manager (2009 — 2011) Regional Network Operating Center (RNOC) Analyst (2008 — 2009) Workforce Management (2006 — 2008) Business Operations Analyst (2004 — 2006) Administration Department (1996 — 2004) Customer Service Representative (1994 — 1996) Developed and implemented an Automation of Serviceability tool that promoted communication between call center staff and Construction and Engineering departments and assisted market development efforts within the Northeast market area to expand market share and business growth, and dramatically improved turnaround rates from 90 days to 4 days.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Global Partnership Schools, New York • NY 2011 — Present Regional Developmental Consultant Provide key business development initiatives, company vision, initiative recommendations on values, beliefs, approaches and business programs and financial models for effective revenue generating efforts and business transformation and restart for schools and global Village Academics.

QUALIFICATIONS Package development professional with notable success in development and launch of new initiatives and substantial cost saving efforts excellent written and oral communication skills ability to work effectively across different functions, and with diverse groups.

In an effort to demonstrate a continued commitment to the leadership and professional development of MCA members, along with the advancement of our state association and the counseling profession as a whole, the MCA awards graduate counseling students (master's or doctoral), new professionals (one year post graduation), AND experienced professionals as Emerging Leaders.

Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.

Previously she was Co-Director of SRI International's Center for Education Policy where she led research studies on the preparation and induction of new teachers, teacher professional development and teacher leadership, and systems reform efforts.

A new requirement under Unification Efforts and Support of the REALTOR ® Organization (Section 4 in the Core Standards) is designed to recognize and promote the importance of professional development for members, says Kessler.

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