Sentences with phrase «of education leadership at»

Richard has served as associate director of the Harvard Change Leadership Group, director for UConn's Institute for Urban School Improvement, and faculty member of the department of education leadership at UConn.

The grants will allow school districts to restructure workloads so that supervisors have fewer principals to manage, more time to spend in schools and more ability to focus on mentoring and solving problems with their principals, said Jody Spiro, director of education leadership at Wallace.

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At Haskayne, we are supporting the University of Calgary's Eyes High vision and advancing business education in the areas that define Calgary and Alberta: ethical leadership, entrepreneurship, and energy.

Prior to assuming his current leadership role at IPT, Don was president of the American Savings Education Council (ASEC).

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

My first contact with prison abolitionists was at a two - day «Alternatives to Prison» seminar where the leadership was provided by Fay Honey Knopp and Jane Kathryn Vella of the Prison Research Education Action Project (PREAP).

Under Johnson's leadership (1999 - 2012), Mass Audubon opened 16 more wildlife sanctuaries across the state, pioneered a comprehensive program of sustainable practices at our properties, and strengthened our commitment to reaching new audiences and urban environmental education.

Three to five years» experience in year - round camp / environmental education programming, non-profit management, program coordination, or environmental education, at least two years of which are in a supervisory capacity; previous experience in camp leadership position preferred.

Achebe stated further that the minimum in that regard would be the recognition by the constitution of the role of the traditional institution in communal life, such as mobilising the community for enlightenment, education, economic empowerment, peace building, safety and security; custodianship of and leadership in advancing «our culture; and the creation of National council of Traditional Rulers at the federal level.

With our economy growing and diversifying at an impressive rate thanks to a dynamic and forward looking leadership and Vision 2020, there are huge opportunities for a further entrenchment of Oman - UK ties in areas such as infrastructure, construction, financial services, energy, science, healthcare, defence and education.

«I don't think the state Education Department has ever been in in a particularly strong position vis - à - vis the Legislature,» said David Bloomfield, professor of educational leadership at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center.

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.

«This is unlikely to make a difference, other than to provide the governor and other leaders with cover for a pre-set agenda,» David Bloomfield, an education leadership professor at Brooklyn College and at the City University of New York Graduate Center, told POLITICO New York.

Of the change in leadership at the Department of Education, Mulgrew said that he had worked constructively with Dennis Walcott in the past, but that ultimately «it doesn't matter who the chancellor is; it's the mayor and his failed policies that matter because the chancellor works for the administration.&raquOf the change in leadership at the Department of Education, Mulgrew said that he had worked constructively with Dennis Walcott in the past, but that ultimately «it doesn't matter who the chancellor is; it's the mayor and his failed policies that matter because the chancellor works for the administration.&raquof Education, Mulgrew said that he had worked constructively with Dennis Walcott in the past, but that ultimately «it doesn't matter who the chancellor is; it's the mayor and his failed policies that matter because the chancellor works for the administration.»

In a thinly - veiled swipe at Eton - educated David Cameron, the one - time leadership rival told a meeting on grammer schools the only winners from the death of the selective education system were the public school boys who now «dominate» Britain.

«We at ECC thank the Legislature for their continued leadership and support of our education - based mission,» said ECC President Jack Quinn.

He then charged governments at states and federal levels to reciprocate by providing good leadership and invest consciously, transparently and heavily in the key sectors of the economy, especially education and energy where the masses can benefit.

His Department of Education, as it's still called 15 years later, had its leadership concentrated at Tweed Courthouse, its headquarters, as well as in individual principals at the city's schools.

The former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, who was one of the first major resignations, urged Corbyn to give up: «This is a very clear result and if Jeremy is to show any leadership quality at all he must now reflect and respond to this overwhelming and unprecedented indication from the parliamentary labour party which includes all wings and all groupings.»

The plan, built on municipalities working together and submitted to the state in accordance with the Property Tax Freeze Credit Law, was prepared by the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach at SUNY New Paltz under the leadership of Dr. Gerald Benjamin.

The Labour leadership election has been a case - in - point: the commonest piece of abuse thrown at Liz Kendall for daring to suggest, for instance, we should not be knee - jerk hostile to parents who want to improve the outcome of the state education system by setting up challenger schools, is that she is a Tory.

From my point of view, the key element in motivating action and positive responses on a wide variety of postdoctoral matters at Berkeley was the leadership shown by President Steve Sample of University of Southern California (USC) in establishing and chairing the Association of American Universities (AAU) Committee on Postdoctoral Education.

Dr. Han and colleagues tell us that at UCSF, the medical center and the office of graduate medical education leadership joined forces to produce a program - specific quality improvement program in 2008.

Joan Lakoski, assistant vice chancellor for science education outreach, health sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and a professor of chemical biology in the university's Clinical and Translational Science Institute, tells Science Careers that CTSAs can lead the charge in showing academia that demonstrated leadership, team science, and entrepreneurship skills are just as valuable as a publication record.

In the past few years, reports by several prestigious bodies have warned that an impending shortage of scientists, engineers, and technical personnel at least partly caused by inadequate K - 12 science education threatens the nation's long - standing scientific leadership in an increasingly competitive, globalized world.

A Fair Chance at Success by E. Francisco, 21 October 2005 The Initiative for Diversity in Education and Leadership (IDEAL) Scholars Program at the University of California, Berkeley allows minority undergraduates to maximize their educational opportunities and leadership potential.

Catching the Democratic leadership by surprise, members voted 292 to 126 to block passage of a 5 - year authorization bill that would have provided healthy increases in the research and education budgets of the National Science Foundation and research programs at the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce.

Reasons given included a desire for autonomy, leadership roles, prestige, high salaries, work variety, and opportunities for one's partner, according to the paper about to be published in CBE - Life Sciences Education (LSE) by researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Harvard Law School, and The Jackson Laboratory.

In May 2015, the Graduate Education Study Group, appointed by VU's Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, recommended that postdoctoral scholars be brought under one umbrella and under the leadership of the Graduate School at VU, including the establishment of a single, centralized office.

FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women (FOCUS) has been an active program at the Perelman School since the 1990s, working to support the advancement and leadership of women in academic medicine and to promote education and research in women's health and women's careers.

The award recognizes «an AFW member whose leadership has advanced the role of women in the WSU system and / or who has demonstrated leadership in higher education, the community or her profession at the local, state, regional, national or international level.»

Developed under the leadership of Edward A. Wynne and Herbert J. Walberg, professors of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the statement asserts that educators must pay greater attention to «the critical issue» of student character development.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

High Tech High Graduate School of Education Established in September 2007 at San Diego's High Tech High village of schools, it offers a master's degree in education in two concentrations: school leadership and teacher leEducation Established in September 2007 at San Diego's High Tech High village of schools, it offers a master's degree in education in two concentrations: school leadership and teacher leeducation in two concentrations: school leadership and teacher leadership.

Governors are focusing much of their attention on two critical areas of education policy — high school and preschool — a 50 - state look at the nation's governors and their leadership on education over the past year shows.

This Education Week special report offers a detailed look at the leadership of governors in shaping their states» education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot Education Week special report offers a detailed look at the leadership of governors in shaping their states» education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot education agendas through legislation, regulatory action, public involvement, and proposal or endorsement of ballot measures.

This series — launched in September 2004 — examines the new approaches to leadership in education at a time of increasing academic expectations on schools.

Everett, principal at of Gust Elementary School in Denver, told Education World that there is a great need to have a leadership team at the building level made up of people who have the same vision for the school.

Here's the bottom line: To make these changes at scale, education policy makers need a new model of system leadership.

Stay with it I know we've been banging this drum at Edutopia for a while now but social media isn't going away and the sooner education leadership embraces it, the sooner we can benefit from its ubiquity, power, and attractive price point (free with cost of a computer and internet).

Some students and alumni came to HGSE because of its focus on urban education and leadership, while others had heard about it through the grapevine at TFA.

On October 13, Governor Jeb Bush spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Askwith Forum on new opportunities for state leadership on K - 12 educatiEducation (HGSE) Askwith Forum on new opportunities for state leadership on K - 12 educationeducation policy

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty judges.

It is not unusual for even the most experienced school and organization leaders to feel exhausted and overwhelmed at times, and so the practice of mindful leadership in education continues to grow.

This new strand came at the perfect time, as Boles, along with Professor Susan Moore Johnson and Senior Lecturer Katherine Merseth, recognized a lack of focus in education on instructional leadership.

For more than 40 years, the Institute for Educational Management (IEM)-- one of the flagship leadership development programs offered by the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) at HGSE — has brought together participants with a variety of perspectives, from a broad range of institutions, to focus on the challenges of organizational change and leadership.

This is a profession in which close to 100 percent of administrators have been trained in educational leadership programs at schools of education and have learned that it's wrongheaded to focus on managing operations or removing mediocre employees.

«We all are trying to look at leadership in different ways,» said Welburn, of the National Association of State Boards of Education.

We learn of a pleasant childhood in Toledo, Ohio, college days at Cornell, training with Teach For America, three grueling but successful years in a Baltimore elementary school, leadership of The New Teacher Project, and testimony at an arbitration hearing where the New York Department of Education squared off against Randi Weingarten and the United Federation of Teachers («She was dazzling,» former New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein tells Whitmire).

«I think Joel Klein and his colleagues have gotten much more traction on reform than any previous leadership team,» said Robert B. Schwartz, the academic dean of the education and management program at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation and management program at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.