Sentences with phrase «of curriculum leadership»

A former teacher, Penny's experience includes a number of curriculum leadership roles.

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But a major differentiator is that a third of our curriculum is about leadership.
The Rotman One Year Executive MBA's curriculum was the perfect mix of the analytical skills needed for any senior position and the leadership skills needed for effective problem - solving.
Drawing on the best traditions of Tsinghua and top academic institutions around the world, the curriculum bridges the academic and professional worlds to educate students about leadership and about China's expanding role in the world.
The single most discouraging thing to come out of the sudden leadership race for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario are new promises to roll back the sex education curriculum by candidates in this race.
Existing groups could renegotiate their contracts with new configurations of leadership, fresh curricula, and expanded mission - emphasizing that the call to mission extends to every area and location of life.
The implication is that the causes of the malaise are internal; they are to be found in the structure of the church, the curriculum, the strategy for evangelism, the quality of pastoral leadership, or the general level of Christian commitment.
The minister's technical means may include the biblical languages, knowledge of how to counsel, and a grasp of group leadership or curriculum materials.
His article is based on his convocation address in 1996 inaugurating a new academic year in which YDS, under the leadership of its new dean, Richard Wood, set out to develop new curriculum and programs recommended by a review committee, which was chaired by Kelsey.
Thanks to the leadership of the Dept. and the relevance of it in our time, the concern for social analysis has taken root as an essential aspect of the Christian theological enterprise, not only in the TTS but also in most other Indian theological schools and in the Serampore University curriculum itself.
The supposedly «anti-Western» curricula in higher education reflect the ambitions of our leadership class, not self - flagellating guilt.
Building on an outstanding foundation of curriculum, programming and thought leadership at Drexel, the Close School is the engine driving the expanded culture of entrepreneurship envisioned by the University's strategic plan.
Upon completion of the curriculum, the associate sits for a panel certification interview to validate knowledge and gain exposure to local leadership.
Character Education: State Board of Education Policy 2109 (2005) requires character education to be incorporated into the curriculum for all grades modeled by moral leadership from school administrators, teachers, and students.
As the project's curriculum director, she participated in the development of Benchmarks for Science Literacy and Resources for Science Literacy: Professional Development and, as director, provided leadership for and contributed to the development of Atlas of Science Literacy, Vol.
TM, a paper in the Focus section considered the best way to train people to function well in a translational science environment, reviewing a University of California (UC), Berkeley and UC San Francisco training program and describing the components the authors believe that any translational curriculum must have: «biomedical technology,» «clinical issues,» and «leadership and technology management» followed by a collaborative capstone project.
Successful reform efforts require leadership support, and they should address all aspects of the learning environment — from the curriculum and teaching, to how classrooms are configured, said James Collins, who is the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment at Arizona State University: «You can't fix one point on the continuum and expect the continuum to change.»
She has also provided leadership in graduate education as the director of the base program for the biomedical sciences graduate program from 2011 to 2014, director of the graduate core curriculum from 2012 to 2015 and director of the cellular and molecular biology graduate program from 2011 to present.
I had also already reached many levels of career success: I had two graduate degrees in curriculum and leadership, had become a school administrator, and had increased my salary by $ 50,000.
Recognizing that the exercise of effective leadership must be context specific, the curriculum is designed to identify alternative leadership approaches and strategies.
They are designed to cater for all alternative curriculum students — those within the pupil premium category, in exclusion or inclusion, home education or isolation, school refusers, target groups, or those with low literacy / numeracy levels, to mention just a few — and meet the needs of their teaching assistants, senior leadership and parents.
These school indicators should also incorporate other measures of key ingredients to long - term success, such as student performance in writing and oral presentations, teaching and curriculum quality, student attitudes and culture, attendance, and school leadership and management.
In other words, as external pressures on the teacher increase, due to changes in government policy such as testing and changes in curriculum, the need for those responsible for the running of schools to step up and show true leadership and support becomes ever more important.»
The central focus of professional development and training for teachers and principals should be the educator (teacher or principal) who as a person lives and works within an educational, social and political context in differing ways and engages in curriculum decision making and leadership in unique ways that must be respected and celebrated — there is no sense in a «one - size fits all» approach to training and development;
Reville identified key components of an effective statewide system including leadership support, planning and implementation, better access to data, curriculum and instructional support, professional...
So, when it came to designing this new building, the leadership team was keen to balance this out with the demands of a modern curriculum for 21st Century learners.
When the review group visited Bateman Primary School in June it said the leadership team lacked unity and raised concerns about the «absence of strategic and operational plans to implement the Australian Curriculum».
Both MLE and IEM are focused on building strong leaders and developing management skills of higher education administrators; MLE curriculum addresses leadership challenges confronting deans, while IEM focuses on issues of relevance to presidents, provosts, and vice presidents.
Macpherson, I., Brooker, R. Aspland, T., and Elliott, B. (1998) Putting professional learning up front: A perspective of professional development within the context of collaborative research about curriculum leadership.
Within the core curriculum, one of the most innovative components is personal leadership development.
According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie BY MURIEL SPARK Set in the 1930s, this novel is about a free - spirited teacher at a girl's school in Scotland who ignores the conventional curriculum, bringing her into conflict with the school's leadership.
Along with boosting schools with better curricula, leadership, management practices, and cash, the best of these revival efforts also feature newfound transparency about educational outcomes.
Her interests lie in leadership coaching, the management of organisational change and improvement, educational policy, curriculum, assessment and school improvement.
She taught middle school humanities in several New York City public schools for 11 years and took on various leadership positions serving as a director of middle school curriculum and instruction, curriculum developer, project advisor, and teacher mentor.
In year one, in addition to completing a core curriculum, every student chooses an elective and receives one - on - one leadership coaching to help identify areas of improvement.
Reville identified key components of an effective statewide system including leadership support, planning and implementation, better access to data, curriculum and instructional support, professional development, and building district level capacity.
«It is right at the heart of both our new deal for the education workforce and our leadership strategy which we are in the process of refreshing — and it is more important than ever as we work to develop a new curriculum for Wales.»
She was previously the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at the International School of Bangkok for 11 years and has worked as an educational consultant training teachers and administrators in the US and internationally in school improvement, learning focused curriculum, and teacher lCurriculum and Staff Development at the International School of Bangkok for 11 years and has worked as an educational consultant training teachers and administrators in the US and internationally in school improvement, learning focused curriculum, and teacher lcurriculum, and teacher leadership.
An academy has the flexibility to structure its curriculum in the way that the leadership team think will best suit the needs of the pupils.
You are able to keep learning and pedagogy at the core of the whole school curriculum and central to your leadership practice.
The Governors appointed a new leadership team, which has been relentless in improving every aspect of the organisation from recruiting outstanding staff, to a curriculum that mattered.
Chesterfield continued to work on more multi-age topic - related units and, following conversations with teaching staff, the leadership team requested the development of a two - year curriculum framework — an ongoing process.
In the letter, he outlined that inspectors need to continue to monitor how well they inspect and report on the leadership of the curriculum and «gaming the system».
by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
The long term partnership will see Discovery Education work alongside Brentfield Primary on a range of digital projects, including building curriculum leadership, developing coding expertise and introducing tablet devices into the classroom.
Keen to explore the causes of variation in performance across different types of schools, I'll be looking at the possible driving forces behind a school's high or low performance, such as its geographical location, changes in leadership, freedom to innovate, the nature of the curriculum, recruitment of teachers, and so on.
I think this same factor has come through David Gonski's most recent report that's just been out for the last couple of days, looking again at the administrative dimension of things, versus the more unadulterated educational leadership, curriculum, teaching, learning.
Under the leadership of Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University, the committee undertook a broad and comprehensive exploration of the role of the high school in American life, concluding, significantly, that all public - high - school students should follow a college preparatory curriculum, regardless of their backgrounds, their intention to stay in school through graduation, or their plans to pursue higher education.
The OECD also stated that the focus of continuing reforms should be on «developing high - quality teaching profession, making leadership a key driver of education reform, ensuring equity in learning opportunities and student well - being, and moving towards a new assessment, evaluation and accountability that aligns with the new 21st - century curriculum».
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