Sentences with phrase «of excellent principals»

New York Times columnist David Brooks recently penned an op - ed on the importance of excellent principals.

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The Forgotten Depression, Jim Grant's excellent book about the 1920 - 21 downturn and the recovery that followed, has generated a burst of critical commentary from persons anxious to reject the principal conclusion Grant draws from that episode.

API has an excellent resource list, but these are what I consider the essentials, as they illustrate the significance of family connection, unconditionality, communication, and general AP principals.

If you're looking for ammo, give your school principal a copy of The Use of Food as Reward in Classrooms: The Disadvantages and the Alternatives (while geared toward the state of Kentucky, a national version of this excellent white paper is in the works — so stay tuned!).

«The opportunity to collect science data over the next two weeks provides the OSIRIS - REx mission team with an excellent opportunity to practice for operations at Bennu,» said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS - REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

«Overall, working at the agency requires a good technical and scientific knowledge,... an excellent knowledge of the E.U. regulatory procedures and E.U. institutions, and good interpersonal skills,» François Maignen, a principal scientific administrator at the EMEA who supervises some activities on the EudraVigilance programme, writes in an e-mail.

The combination of cross-disciplinary cooperation, talent development and knowledge of the problems facing society inspires excellent research that not only focuses on concrete solutions but also has the potential to create completely new insights of principal significance.

Blessed with excellent memories, Stiller and Childress — present for every day of principal photography at Stiller's behest (and sometimes her chagrin)-- recall the shoot in vivid detail, whether it be the order in which scenes were filmed or the mood of the set on a particular day.

I don't know how practical this is, given the workload most principals have, but even if it isn't the principal who serves as the student advocate, the included list of traits and actions serves as an excellent guideline for whoever assumes that role.

Colorado's excellent Ridgeview Classical Schools, where Moore was the founding principal, «prides itself on the centrality of Socratic discussions, purposeful discussions of literary texts, conceptual approaches to mathematics and science, and a close scrutiny of primary source documents.»

On June 26th ~ the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) ~ the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) ~ the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) ~ The Alliance for Excellent Education ~ and the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform held a briefing on Capitol Hill ~ Absenteeism in the Middle Grades: The Prevalence ~ the Impact ~ and Turning it Around.

If you are the non-paid adviser to the talent show or the co-chair of a celebration of cultures, it gives you excellent experience and makes a principal pay attention to your candidacy.»

At Timothy's school, for example, all of the white families I interviewed rated the teachers «very good,» «great,» or «excellent,» so the principal, Dr. Fox, had a solid starting point for retaining the new families.

If a school is doing well, has a reputation of excellent teaching, [and] is engaging and motivating its students, its achievement almost always stems from the successful leadership of its principal,» said Duncan Klussman, RYHT program volunteer chair and superintendent of Spring Branch ISD.

Some 71 percent of high - school juniors and seniors rate their teachers as «excellent» or «good,» while only 36 percent give their schools similarly high marks, according to a survey released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Sylvan Learning Centers.

Seventy percent of the teachers surveyed also gave «excellent» or «good» ratings to using feedback from principals and administrators...

Helen Parkinson, assistant principal of Ashton - on - Mersey School — which leads an alliance of 11 schools — highlights how being a professional or subject mentor is excellent CPD for staff: «Coaching and mentoring skills and experience in things like handling difficult conversations are transferable to other areas of people's work.

Race, Equity, and Leadership in Schools, a program of The Principals» Center, offers an historical and cultural context for understanding how inequality plays out in schools and provides educators with the skills and confidence to lead more excellent, equitable schools.

-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?

One of the bonuses of Kristina Rizga's excellent Mission High is that it shows what it would take to improve principal quality in high - poverty schools.

On these items, middle - school principals expressed significantly lower levels of agreement with statements indicating that their new and veteran teachers were excellent.

But there were and are numerous excellent educators, principals, and people on the ground who know the system like the back of their hands and want it to improve.

Projects have included: teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through various career stages; incentives for effective teachers who take on instructional leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing leadership development training for teacher leaders and principals, leadership roles for teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation of new salary structures based on effectiveness.

Dr. Paul Manna, a recognized scholar of education and author of the new Wallace Foundation Report, Developing Excellent School Principals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote effective pPrincipals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy, joins the conversation to discuss policy levers available to states to promote effective principalsprincipals.

That leadership is critical in an Opportunity Culture, which extends the reach of their excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets — but applicable to any principals leading turnarounds and those interested in strengthening teacher leadership and enabling a collaborative approach to improving student achievement.

Thetford Academy assistant principal Heather Denny said: «The aim of the event was to challenge the pupils» literacy and numeracy ability and to showcase the excellent work at our feeder schools in Thetford.

Excellent principals also use a variety of assessment tools and techniques to understand teachers» strengths, weaknesses, learning styles and needs.

By leading budgeting, he alleviates the stress on principals and teachers, so they can focus on the core mission of providing students with an excellent education.

While some districts are building internal principal development programs to bolster the quality of their pool, a TNTP study found that assistant and regional superintendents report that «they had far fewer assistant principals — fewer than half in most districts surveyed — ready to become excellent principals than they had openings.»

«There's a tradition of teachers who are really excellent exemplars in the classroom of saying, «I don't want to be a principal because it has nothing to do with instruction,»» says Linda Darling - Hammond, a leading authority on education policy and the teaching profession.

Anson has an excellent track record of being a school leader and developing deans and principals.

Example projects: Ms. Hassel co-authored, among others, numerous practical tools to redesign schools for instructional and leadership excellence; An Excellent Principal for Every School: Transforming Schools into Leadership Machines; Paid Educator Residencies, within Budget; ESSA: New Law, New Opportunity; 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best; Opportunity at the Top; Seizing Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Excellent Teacher; Teacher Tenure Reform; Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance; «The Big U-Turn: How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success» for Education Next; Try, Try Again: How to Triple the Number of Fixed Failing Schools; Importing Leaders for School Turnarounds; Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best; the Public Impact series Competencies for Turnaround Success; School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When?

Joining the Jersey City representatives were Tanya Tenturier, an Elizabeth fourth - grade teacher, principal Genar Mills of Newark's Malcolm X. Shabazz High School, and Bob Fisicaro, coordinator of the statewide pilot evaluation program, Excellent Education New Jersey (EENJ).

At the heart of their recommendations, compiled in two separate policy papers, are the following strategies: empowering principals and educators with more autonomy over staffing; leadership and coaching opportunities for excellent teachers; student - focused professional development designed at the school site; direct investment in community engagement; and financial incentives to attract and keep teachers making progress with their students (based on a multi-measured evaluation system) in hard - to - staff schools.

Keynote speaker Paul Manna, professor of government and public policy at the College of William & Mary and the author of the report, Developing Excellent School Principals to Advance Teaching and Learning: Considerations for State Policy, summarized key findings from his research.

«They urgently need a total transformation: of instruction, data, programs, partners, training, governance, and an excellent teacher in every classroom and an excellent principal in every school.»

These courses are an ideal mechanism for schools, districts, states, and nations to build their technology - related leadership capacity and are an excellent resource for superintendents, principals, district technology coordinators, media specialists, teachers, and other educators interested in the leadership aspects of K - 12 technology.

In training central office leaders to support principals and become instructional leaders, we have a better chance to get excellent principals into all of our schools.

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States or districts provide nonmonetary recognition of excellent performance that can include: master principal certification, flexible work environments, or job sharing.

Before the Excellent Schools Act was amended, teachers, principals and counselors from 15 schools — all with overwhelmingly low - income student populations — were supposed to sit for the June 12 administration of the state's new teacher test (see Examiner, Spring 1998).

Principals are in an excellent position to force back the tide of negativity about US schools.

He served as a middle school teacher and union chapter leader, and spent seven years as a school principal, first at a district middle school and then as the founding principal of a charter high school serving over-age and under - credited students who were court - involved or in foster care He comes to Parent Revolution with a deep belief that all students, from all communities and in all kinds of situations, deserve excellent schools and the opportunities afforded by a high quality education.

The Principal Ambassador Fellowship program was launched by USED in 2013 to forge deeper connections between federal officials and school practitioners, to provide excellent principals with opportunities to learn about the federal policymaking process, and, ultimately, to strengthen federal education policies and programs to better reflect the experience and expertise of great school leaders.

Because their job entails a range of duties, assistant principals must possess excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

His overarching vision, «North Carolina will be the education leader not just in the Southeast or in the nation, but in the world,» is achievable by traveling all five of the following paths: creating prosperity and jobs for graduates, a rewarding career for teachers and principals, instilling a joy of reading and math for every child, excellent innovative learning options for families, and cost effectiveness for taxpayers.

The time is right and the context is set for states to move forward to enact meaningful policies — and remove barriers where needed — to achieve the vision of not just effective, but excellent teachers and principals for every student.

Most recently, he was the founding principal of a charter high school designed to serve students who have the least access to an excellent education, those who are over-age and under - credited and involved with the court system or in foster care.

Lisa Graham Keegan is currently the principal partner at the Keegan Company, where her major projects include serving as a senior advisor to National School Choice Week, a celebration of all excellent education options for students, and as the executive director of A for Arizona, a joint project of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce that seeks to rapidly increase the number of «A» quality public schools in the state.

In the comments section of the survey, several principals reported having excellent special education teachers labeled as «ineffective.»