Sentences with phrase «on effective school improvement»

Dedicated processes and practices focused on the use of research and emerging evidence on effective school improvement

In the spring of 2006, ASCD launched the Healthy School Communities program (PDF) and commenced a pilot study of school - community partnerships in the United States and Canada that focused on effective school improvement efforts.

Before joining the Mayor's Office, she was a school improvement and turnaround specialist for the Indiana Department of Education, where she coached principals in 56 schools on effective school improvement planning and intervention.

Not exact matches

Forty percent of teachers in the Syracuse school district will have to develop improvement plans because they scored below «effective» on their state - mandated performance evaluations, according to preliminary results released by the district.

While planning for the effective implementation of a greater focus on computer science is essential, of equal importance to schools is the preparation for the effective and appropriate use of technology to support school improvement.

Effective professional development is often seen as vital to school success and teacher satisfaction, but it has also been criticized for its cost, often vaguely determined goals, and for the lack of data on resulting teacher and school improvement that characterizes many efforts.

Reacting to the concerns of local school districts, the Alaska State Board of Education has endorsed a concept that will recognize «local diversity» in the implementation of a plan for a statewide school - improvement proposed by the Governor's Task Force on Effective Schooling.

The goal of Leading 21st Century High Schools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high sSchools — being held on campus June 23 — 27 — is to help leaders cultivate effective teaching practices, enhance social dynamics, and implement innovative leadership approaches as key levers in the overall improvement of contemporary high schoolsschools.

Helen Ladd seems to agree that sanctions are effective at inspiring school improvement, suggesting that we agree on my fundamental point about the crucial role of incentives in school reform.

In their report, «Successful School Restructuring,» the researchers at Wisconsin's Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools found that even innovative school improvements, such as portfolio assessment and shared decision making, are less effective without accompanying meaningful student assignments based on deep inSchool Restructuring,» the researchers at Wisconsin's Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools found that even innovative school improvements, such as portfolio assessment and shared decision making, are less effective without accompanying meaningful student assignments based on deep inschool improvements, such as portfolio assessment and shared decision making, are less effective without accompanying meaningful student assignments based on deep inquiry.

The NSIT was built on research into the practices of highly effective schools, defined as schools that make rapid improvements in student performance over time or that perform unusually well given the socioeconomic backgrounds of their student intakes.

Paris, an international expert on literacy, says: «In my experiences working with school improvement teams, every effective innovation had a deeply engaged principal who worked alongside teachers to understand and implement new techniques for teaching and learning.»

In this webinar, the former chief academic officer for Partnerships to Uplift Communities Schools and now the current chief implementation officer at BloomBoard, Kelly Montes De Oca, will discuss how you can drive more effective professional learning across your school or district by using a framework for instructional improvement focused on data and mastery rather than seat time and credit hours.

Our work and the work of other scientists has found that interventions to cultivate mindfulness and kindness in middle school children can be very effective and can lead to improvements on measures of attention, self - regulation, and prosocial behavior.

Assessing the Quality of Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Educational Researcher, May 2011 Commenting on «Common Core Standards: The New U.S. Intended Curriculum,» the authors whether the CCSS are an improvement over most state mathematics standards and question whether schools and districts have the capacity to support effective implementation.

Based on the largest - ever analysis of research on effective school leaders, our school - level leadership PD guides principals in choosing the right focus for school improvement efforts; effectively leading changes in your school; and transforming your school culture into a purposeful community that believes it can make a difference.

With the support of a dynamic school board, Mr. Runcie developed a strategic plan for the district focusing on three key areas: high - quality instruction, continuous improvement, and more effective communications.

The state of Texas has been making a concerted effort to raise the quality of its public charter schools through sound policy reform, effective implementation, and resources to help practitioners zero in on improvement.

Research suggests teacher professional development (PD) is effective when it is hands on, ongoing, tailored to classrooms and integrated into school improvement plans.

And because the Effective Schools model is grounded in research and proven practices, it has evolved to incorporate the latest thinking on leadership, systems theory, and total quality management to become a multifaceted, integrated approach to continuous school improvement and the leadership that is more relevant to today than ever.

The article discusses the use of data - driven decision making in education and school improvement programs, focusing on how its effective implementation can improve student outcomes.

An effective principal also makes sure that notion of academic success for all gets picked up by the faculty and underpins what researchers at the University of Washington describe as a schoolwide learning improvement agenda that focuses on goals for student progress.7 One middle school teacher described what adopting the vision meant for her.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

In response to a query from me on behalf of NCOGS he said:»... we want to ensure that the schools system continues to benefit from the expertise of the best people in local authority teams and it recognises that there is some very effective practice within local authority school improvement teams and we expect that the strongest people in them may establish new academy trusts or take up positions within existing ones.

She has facilitated numerous regional and national workshops on a variety of subjects, including data - based decision making, writing in the content area, formative assessment, continuous school improvement, and effective instructional strategies.

This guidance report sits alongside the EEF's other guidance reports — focused on literacy, maths, effective implementation and making best use of teaching assistants — providing the basis for an overall advance towards evidence - informed school improvement.

Thinking about whether school partnerships drive effective school improvement, our evaluation of The Gaining Ground Strategy (2009 - 11), comprising school - to - school partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attenschool partnerships drive effective school improvement, our evaluation of The Gaining Ground Strategy (2009 - 11), comprising school - to - school partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attenschool improvement, our evaluation of The Gaining Ground Strategy (2009 - 11), comprising school - to - school partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and improvement, our evaluation of The Gaining Ground Strategy (2009 - 11), comprising school - to - school partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attenschool - to - school partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attenschool partnership working; additional support from School Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attenSchool Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and Improvement Partners (SIPs); additional training in Assessment for Learning (AfL); and study support, found that Gaining Ground consistently had a positive effect on pupil attainment and attendance.

We also offer special initiatives to address top issues of the times, such as our current focus on school safety and preserving the sanctity of the classroom, and programming to assist members in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, such as the AACTE Holmes Program and the networked improvement community investigating effective strategies to recruit and retain Black, Hispanic, and Latino men in the teaching profession.

There are plenty of things a proper, declared middle tier could get on with, including: ensuring a supply of good teachers; school improvement support for all schools, especially those in deprived areas; good continuing professional development for teachers and leaders; and an effective system of support for vulnerable pupils, especially those with special needs.

Inspectors said that overall, the trust «provides its schools with very effective support for finance, human resources and estate management», enabling school leaders to focus on school improvement.

Over the past eight years, NAESP has been leading the charge on Capitol Hill on behalf of Pre-K-8 principals to address the many challenges that educators have faced due to the shortsighted one - size - fits - all federal accountability requirements, misguided school improvement schemes, and little to no capacity - building for educators to ensure effective practice is supported.

Often tied to districts» annual budget cycles, effective strategic planning and school improvement focus on the staff and skills, materials and resources, instruction and intervention, and formative and summative evaluations needed to educate a diverse and often complex student body.

To transform their organizations from compliance monitors into more effective drivers of reform, SEAs need to focus on leveraging the authority and funding they have to support school improvement.

The resulting system of support aligns with the ideas presented in CCSSO Principles of Effective School Improvement Systems which are based on current research, evidence, and experience in building effective systems to address low performing schools (CCSEffective School Improvement Systems which are based on current research, evidence, and experience in building effective systems to address low performing schools (CCSeffective systems to address low performing schools (CCSSO, 2017)

As ESSA was drafted in an unusually thoughtful bipartisan process, it drew on what had been learned about effective school improvement from the positive and negative lessons of the No Child Left Behind years.

Gary M. Ratner, Esq., Executive Director, Citizens for Effective Schools, and Chair, FEA Committee on School Improvement and Capacity - building

Our theory of change is predicated on the idea that capacity building in schools, support for teachers and leaders, rigorous curriculum, target setting, ongoing improvement of curriculum and instruction, and promoting effective practice will accelerate student and school achievement.

Getting a well - prepared, well - supported principal in every school is a bipartisan cause, and effective school leadership is critical to delivering on ESSA's promise of local control: strong, sustained, cost - efficient implementation of school improvement strategies that get results for kids in every classroom, every year.

He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books on effective teaching practices, school improvement and schools as professional learning communities.

20 years ago we were on track to make improvements in just the way the Consortium on Chicago School Research has affirmed is the only effective way to improve schools: by addressing all aspects of a school's functioning, and by involving the entire school commSchool Research has affirmed is the only effective way to improve schools: by addressing all aspects of a school's functioning, and by involving the entire school commschool's functioning, and by involving the entire school commschool community.

The Center on School Turnaround (CST) created this training to help a local school board build its own capacity to set effective policy on improvement and turnaround procSchool Turnaround (CST) created this training to help a local school board build its own capacity to set effective policy on improvement and turnaround procschool board build its own capacity to set effective policy on improvement and turnaround processes.

«Pearson and America's Choice share a common vision for school improvement centered on effective instruction, strong school leadership, and sustainable change in the school performance and culture,» said Will Ethridge, Chief Executive Officer for Pearson in North America.

In schools, there is an additional emphasis on the role of evaluations in providing detailed, constructive feedback to all teachers, including those that are considered generally effective already, with data that can inform continuous improvement in practice.

He has published numerous articles on improving student achievement, and his books include The Purposeful Classroom: How to Structure Lessons with Learning Goals in Mind; Enhancing RTI: How to Ensure Success with Effective Classroom Instruction and Intervention; Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom; How to Create a Culture of Achievement in Your School and Classroom, and Using Data to Focus Instructional Improvement.

The most crucial finding was that the most effective schools, based on test score improvement over time after controlling for demographic factors, had developed an unusually high degree of «relational trust» among their administrators, teachers, and parents.

With that knowledge comes a growing recognition that, in an era of accountability, the success of school improvement initiatives depends heavily on having effective leaders on campus.

On the heels of new information about how effective the U.S. Department of Education's controversial School Improvement Grant (SIG) program is, Secretary Duncan announced that nine states — Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania — will receive additional SIG funding to turn around more of their persistently lowest - achieving schools.

A consistent finding of research on school improvement programs and models — even the most effective ones — is that positive outcomes depend on effective implementation that is carried out by highly committed, adequately trained, and well supported educators.

The 5Essentials survey is a school culture and climate assessment that provides insight into a school's strengths and areas of improvement on the five key factors research shows are predictive of school success: Effective Leaders, Collaborative Teachers, Involved Families, Supportive Environment, and Ambitious Instruction.

The following resources were designed to assist states in delivering on the Principles of Effective School Improvement Systems: