Sentences with phrase «new roles for school»

The Act also specifies new roles for school districts in reform activity.

A new role for school reports.

Earlier this semester, Dean James Ryan announced that Domonic Rollins would be joining the HGSE community as senior diversity and inclusion officer and special assistant to the deans, a new role for the school.

Not exact matches

Mayer left school at the age of 12 and stepped into the role of breadwinner at a young age, supporting his parents and four siblings by, among other things, collecting heavy scrap metal for resale during brutally cold Canadian winters in New Brunswick.

After twelve years in ministry, she is transitioning to a new role as Program Coordinator for a foundation serving high school students in NYC and Kalamazoo, MI.

It also means that churches and religious schools and seminaries must take a new and completely different view of the profound role television is assuming in our culture, unless they are prepared to abdicate their own role as the place where people search and find meaning, faith and value for their lives.

In his essay «A New Humanism for Europe: The Role of the Universities», to which Franchi and Davis refer, Benedict XVI puts it like this: «How urgent is the need to rediscover the unity of knowledge and to counter the tendency to fragmentation and lack of communicability that is all too often the case in our schools!»

Along with being a Diamond Level donor, Frontera Produce also plays an active role in the recruitment of new talent from agricultural universities around the United States by visiting schools to promote the Foundation and encourage college students to look for careers in the fresh produce industry.

The Cherokee County School District recently hosted a New Leaders Reception for the School Board to meet the educators recommended by the Superintendent of Schools for leadership roles including Principal posts.

One morning a week, the program provides gentle support for new parents in their role as their child's first teacher, and a gentle transition between home and school life for the young child.

Commenting on plans for local authorities to decide where new schools should open, Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «This is a clear admission that the free school policy has not effectively addressed local need for new places and concedes the vital role of the local authority in funding for new school places and the right of the local authority to select the provider.

At a panel discussion at GWU's School of New Media and Public Affairs on Monday, Rospars described in particular the vital role of online video content, whose power the campaign recognized from the beginning — very early in the race, Obama's team already included a videographer and screenwriter / producer squad to shoot footage both for internal / documentary purposes and (more importantly) for use in public as a persuasive tool.

A Saratoga County native and alumna of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, she has worked in reporter and editor roles at newspapers in Utica and Binghamton, and most recently for the Press of Atlantic City in New Jersey.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

«I can't thank you all enough,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew told delegates at the Dec. 7 Delegate Assembly, of their role leading up to the state Legislature's Dec. 6 agreement that will make the state tax system more progressive and earmark $ 800 million of the new revenue for schools statewide.

Welcoming an overflow crowd filled with many new delegates to the Oct. 17 Delegate Assembly, the first of the school year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew thanked them for stepping up to a leadership role at a critical juncture for public education.

Noting the union's role in creating new models for educational success, Mulgrew shared details of his recent trip to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he, City Comptroller John Liu, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and delegates from the UFT's six community learning schools in its pilot program spoke to Cincinnati educators about the unique community schools model they have pioneered.

CECs allow for parent involvement at the Community School District level and play an essential role in shaping education policies for New York City public schools.

In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

The UFT - United Federation of Teachers has played a key role in bringing Pre-K for All, 3 - K for All, AP for All and the highest graduation rates in our city's history to New York City Department of Education schools.

His words were echoed in the Commons by Schools Minister Nick Gibb who said: «We see a new and stronger role for local authorities emerging over the years as champions of parents and pupils, challenging rather than defending underperforming schools.Schools Minister Nick Gibb who said: «We see a new and stronger role for local authorities emerging over the years as champions of parents and pupils, challenging rather than defending underperforming schools.schools.»

New York State United Teachers, which filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

ALBANY — In a shot directly at Mayor de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

«Gov. Cuomo's proposed budget reflects his deep understanding and appreciation of public schools and the important role charter schools play in the public education system, particularly for the highest needs students,» said James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School Center.

New York State United Teachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that Paladino's comments violated his duty as a board member and role model for the school community.

Paladino, in addition to his current role as a Buffalo School Board member, previously ran for governor and was one of President - Elect Donald Trump's strongest and most active campaigners in New York State.

They argued that all of these make her «extraordinarily well qualified for her next role as Chancellor of New York City Public Schools.»

«There has been no greater champion of charter schools in a public role than I have been, for years now, before charter schools became popular,» Tisch told reporters at a Crain's New York event held at the Yale Club.

Frank McNamara and Michael Paternostro aren't spending any time together in their new roles as school resource officers for Grand Island.

I also want to thank the members of the Assembly for their efforts to stop the wholesale closing of schools in New York City and to give communities a bigger role in deciding where and how schools should be co-located in their districts.

A new review of research out today outlines roles and recommendations for peers, parents, schools and new media platforms to stop bullying.

Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine have developed a new tool for studying a key process in cells called G - protein signaling, which plays a central role in the normal functioning of cells and can go awry to cause severe disease, including cancers.

In addition to her role as director and teacher in both the preclinical and clinical medical school programs in psychiatry, Dr. Poag has contributed to NYU School of Medicine's C21 Curriculum, collaborating with numerous departments to create novel teaching tools including online modules, interdisciplinary selectives, and activities at the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences Simulation Cschool programs in psychiatry, Dr. Poag has contributed to NYU School of Medicine's C21 Curriculum, collaborating with numerous departments to create novel teaching tools including online modules, interdisciplinary selectives, and activities at the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences Simulation CSchool of Medicine's C21 Curriculum, collaborating with numerous departments to create novel teaching tools including online modules, interdisciplinary selectives, and activities at the New York Simulation Center for the Health Sciences Simulation Center.

Leslie (whose parents are Scottish aristocrats, who live in a castle near Aberdeen that's been the family home for 500 years) graduated from prestigious drama school LAMDA (whose alumni include Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and John Lithgow) in 2008, and swiftly booked a role in Annie Griffin «s acclaimed TV drama «New Town,» which won her a New Talent award at the Scottish BAFTAs.

It advises this should be done through involvement in part - time Masters courses, encouraging them to share excellence with other schools and defining new career paths for teachers who wish to remain in the classroom instead of taking on management roles.

This week, Shell is launching a brand new national, curriculum linked schools competition - The Bright Ideas Challenge - which aims to inspire future scientists and engineers - to understand the role their STEM learning can play in shaping a more positive future for everyone.

In her new role, Hill will further pursue her work on the ways ethnicity and socioeconomic status shape parenting and their engagement with school on behalf of their children, including a research project on the familial and school - based relational supports that help youth envision meaningful futures, manage their concerns about job market, and plan for post high school success.

The report makes four recommendations: Develop a new generation of school leaders by supporting career progression; Explore expanding the pool of candidates for non-teaching executive roles to those outside the profession; Support leaders more effectively and provide clear career pathways; Build positive perceptions of school leadership to encourage more teachers to step - up.

This work has included the creation of a new qualification for headship designed to effectively prepare teachers to take on the vital role of head teacher in our schools.

«Councils will also need a greater role in judging and approving applications for new schools to make sure they're appropriate for communities, and will need to be able to place vulnerable children in the schools that can offer them the best support.»

These events provide excellent opportunities for networking and allows Dave to seek out new work streams for Havering and Naace, with Dave also holding the role of Business Development Lead within the Havering Education Services» school Improvement team.

To prepare for his new role as school disciplinarian, Lester studied the districts discipline policy and relied on personal experience.

School leaders summit Exclusively focused for those with a leadership role in a school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share School leaders summit Exclusively focused for those with a leadership role in a school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share school, the School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share School Leaders Summit will address innovative new ways to enhance education in schools and provide an atmosphere where like - minded educators can learn, network and share ideas.

The new School Governor Induction e-learning module addresses the need for more tailored governor training for professionals with busy schedules, and is a bid to improve retention rates among governors in their first year of the role.

The New York charter law envisions a school built with the support of community leaders, and Klinsky was not a natural for such a role.

American philanthropy, by local and national foundations, corporations, and wealthy individuals, has played many important roles in K — 12 education: creating new schools, underwriting research, funding scholarships, testing hypotheses, generating new curricula, invoking ideals, setting agendas, bolstering training, and building a case for policy changes.

What's most heartening: In Charlotte - Mecklenburg's Project L.I.F.T., the candidates were so eager to work in this new type of school that many who were not selected for Opportunity Culture advanced roles were willing to take regular teaching jobs in those schools, just to get a foot in the door for future openings.

The promising new leaders act as ambassadors for the school and take an active role in representing the views of their fellow students.

They created new research and curricular roles for themselves while teaching, brought full - time graduate school teaching interns into their classrooms, and included special needs students full - time in their classrooms.

Young, who is known for his book «How to Lose Friends and Alienate People», will take up the role from January and has said he believes the target of opening 500 new free schools by 2020 isn't ambitious enough and should be raised to 750.