Sentences with phrase «on school district management»

In the process of reviewing budgets, studying potential impact of state legislative policy, and working with fellow board members I have been through an immersion course on school district management.

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In the spring of 2016, schools in these eight districts began using a new assessment system that includes a measurement, based on student self - reports, of students» growth mindset, self - efficacy, self - management, and social awareness.

That kind of investigative journalistic experience comes in very handy when taking on the explosive topic he addresses today: are big food service management companies (FSMC's) like Chartwells, Aramark and Sodexo passing on to school districts — as required by law — the millions of dollars in rebates and «volume discounts» they receive from food manufacturers like Kellogg's, Pepperidge Farm and others?

In 1993, he helped initiate a lawsuit against Kane County and the Settler's Hill landfill, which is operated by Waste Management, on behalf of the school district.

I'm on the Houston ISD Food Services PAC but only recently found out — thanks to fellow school food blogger Ed Bruske — that if your district has outsourced its food services to a food service management company (as mine has), federal regulations actually mandate the formation of such a committee.

In May, Sodexo School Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Services, a division of international catering firm Sodexo Inc., which provides food management to more than 470 U.S. school districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generschool districts, became the first foodservice provider to sign on to School Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier GenerSchool Beverage and Competitive Food Guidelines developed by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Bruske questioned whether the volume discounts and rebates (called «kickbacks» by some) offered by these manufacturers to food service management companies (FSMCs) like Aramark, Sodexo and Chartwells are being passed on — as required by federal law — to the school districts.

The 2013 - 14 Executive Budget and Management Plan builds on two years of balanced, fiscally responsible budgeting and invests in economic development, education reform, rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, provides support to local governments and school districts, and includes no new taxes or fees.

«In most school districts, you have constant dialogue between labor and management on how to improve the teaching and learning process, and those kinds of conversations happen all through the year,» Korn said.

More information on his study of school district management is available at www.williamouchi.com.

Months before taking office, he engaged in an extended effort to educate himself on the problems and prospects of urban — school district management.

And the topics covered in those pages extend far beyond bread - and - butter questions of salary and benefits; there are dozens of clauses covering a district's ability to evaluate, transfer, terminate, and manage the workload of teachers, all having potentially serious effects on the management of schools and student achievement.

Watch for a lot of new work from CRPE's new crop of brilliant analysts on the state education agencies of the future, district - charter collaboration, the costs of blended - learning models, charter schools and special education, and, of course, more research and tools for portfolio management.

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 jSchool 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 jSchool 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 jschool districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool district to a panel of faculty judges.

These dynamics set the stage for the current confrontation in the United States between the unions and the teachers on one side and, increasingly, school district management, legislatures, governors, and the public on the other.

There are also large numbers of classrooms in the [Boston school] district â $» maybe a third â $» where there's very little learning going on because teachers are spending so much time on behavior management, even when it's just a few kids.

In management consulting, the crucial assumptions are that 1) each organization possesses a unique culture and set of goals; therefore, the same intervention is likely to elicit different results depending on a school's history, organization, personnel, and politics; and 2) suggestions for change should creatively blend knowledge from many different sources — from general organizational theories, from deep insight into the district or schools under study, and from «craft» knowledge of what is likely to improve schools or districts with particular characteristics.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), based at Harvard, will help states and districts assemble and analyze their student and teacher data, providing policymakers with much needed information about trends on student graduation and college - going, the effectiveness of teachers and schools, and human capital management.

Proponents of such top - down management argue that many schools would simply fail if they were left to sink or swim on their own, with no assistance from the district.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

«The capacity of the authority should necessarily include the ability to invoke a form of receivership on the school district, suspending the authority of the local board and management, if it is concluded that good - faith reform implementation is not occurring,» said a report approved by the board.

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 presSchool 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 presSchool 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 presschool districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present...

In Minnesota, failing to reach a contract agreement with teachers on time can cost a school district — and not just in terms of labor - management reputation.

The Askwith Forum on November 20 featured a discussion on successful education leadership with former leaders from school districts and charter management organizations.

There are charter leaders who flout the rules on enrollment and financial management and there are school district leaders who engage in truly egregious financial and HR practices.

Based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, SDP partners with school districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy deciSchool of Education, SDP partners with school districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decischool districts, charter networks, state agencies, and nonprofits to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

The Strategic Data Project partners with school districts, charter school networks, and state education agencies to bring high quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

Grossman is an authority on nonprofit and school district management, and a Senior Fellow and retired professor of management practice at HBS.

The Strategic Data Project (SDP), housed at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, partners with school districts, school networks, and state agencies to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

At schools under for - profit management, students learned on average 25 percent of a standard deviation more in math each year of the six years of the intervention than they would have had the school been under district management.

Part of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, SDP partners with school districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofit organizations to bring high - quality research methods and data analysis to bear on strategic management and policy decisions.

The reading performance of students at the five schools was, on average, 18 percent of a standard deviation below what could have been expected had the schools been under district management, a difference that is statistically significant in three of the six years.

At schools under nonprofit management, students learned, on average for the six years, 21 percent of a standard deviation less in math each year than they would have had their school remained under district management.

Specifically designed to address the robust management, reporting, and single sign - on needs of schools and districts

guidelines and programs for in - service education programs for all district staff members to ensure effective implementation of school policy on school conduct and discipline, including but not limited to, guidelines on promoting a safe and supportive school climate while discouraging, among other things, harassment, bullying and discrimination against students by students and / or school employees; and including safe and supportive school climate concepts in the curriculum and classroom management; and

Add in the growing number of cities pursuing school portfolio management (which focuses on both charters and traditional district - run schools), and the urgent need to train administrators with the skills to thoughtfully manage what Edfuel calls «the autonomous and accountable public schools sector» is even more apparent.

I typically focus on two issues: effective charter school authorization and effective management of portfolio school districts.

She helps manage the learning management system, creates professional - development courses, writes the virtual school's blog, runs the district's professional - development Twitter chat, and is working on the issue of interoperability to make sure district software and technology work together seamlessly.

Specifically, Levenson offers four pieces of advice to schools and districts: focus on reading and integration with general education, rethink deployment of support staff, design more sophisticated metrics to gauge teacher effectiveness, and employ more strategic management structures.

That includes pressing charter management on issues of accountability, just as we do in district schools.

At Fort Zumwalt School District and Del Mar Union School District, talent management professionals use Records — PeopleAdmin's electronic recordkeeping solution with an integrated module that streamlines onboarding — to offer new hires a paperless onboarding process so school leaders and employees can focus on what really maSchool District and Del Mar Union School District, talent management professionals use Records — PeopleAdmin's electronic recordkeeping solution with an integrated module that streamlines onboarding — to offer new hires a paperless onboarding process so school leaders and employees can focus on what really maSchool District, talent management professionals use Records — PeopleAdmin's electronic recordkeeping solution with an integrated module that streamlines onboarding — to offer new hires a paperless onboarding process so school leaders and employees can focus on what really maschool leaders and employees can focus on what really matters.

The School Leadership Initiative is equipping four school districts to find, support, and retain effective principals through a three year district cohort project to help them implement best practices on principal talent management strategies that have been identified in research by our exSchool Leadership Initiative is equipping four school districts to find, support, and retain effective principals through a three year district cohort project to help them implement best practices on principal talent management strategies that have been identified in research by our exschool districts to find, support, and retain effective principals through a three year district cohort project to help them implement best practices on principal talent management strategies that have been identified in research by our experts.

This laser focus on broader districtwide goals means Boston has avoided the pitfalls of similar family - related offices in many other districts, where schools become caught up in what experts call «random acts of family engagement,» says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the director of its education policy and management program.

«For more than 30 years, CEC has partnered with schools and districts under the theory that labor - management collaboration has a critical impact on student achievement, school climate and teacher performance,» says CEC Co-Executive Director Jo Anderson.

I think the real power of having a group of autonomous schools overseen by an independent non-profit is what it will do to break up the district monopoly on school management.

Reducing or eliminating funding for these programs would also be especially harmful to charter management organizations that recruit heavily from the AmeriCorps alumni network, including KIPP, Success Academy Charter Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proSchools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the proschools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the program.36

In addition, district and school leaders will gain actionable insights about the impact of school culture and labor - management collaboration on the successful implementation of standards and student achievement.

Since these school boards aren't usually involved in the day - to - day management of employees, and rely on the recommendations and advice of superintendents, supervisors, and human resource employees in making employment decisions, most — if not all — school districts could be severely affected.

Mayor DeStefano and School Superintendent Mayo are on record as to favoring a public - private management of the district in the search for what works in boosting student achievement.

She coaches school leaders and leadership teams to develop effective instructional practices focused on student achievement, to create systems for organizational effectiveness in management and to create coherence within school districts and schools.