Maryland's plan includes a strong focus on personalized professional learning for new and veteran teachers as well as a strong school system - focused approach to supporting all low performing and high poverty schools, with specific emphasis
on turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shifts.
Not exact matches
A recognized authority
on the psychology of
leadership, negotiations and organizational
turnaround, he has served as an advisor to leaders around the world for more than 40 years.
Tony Robbins is a recognized authority
on the psychology of
leadership, negotiations and organizational
turnaround, and he has served as an advisor to leaders around the world — including American businessmen Peter Guber, Steve Wynn and Marc Benioff — for more than 38 years.
Cuomo spokesman Jon Weinstein said the governor is focused
on solutions and working with the MTA's
leadership and state agencies to advance the $ 843 million transit
turnaround plan «as quickly as possible to stabilize the system.»
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.
Other
leadership actions that nurture school
turnarounds include (1) sending a clear signal that dramatic change is urgently needed, (2) maintaining a consistent focus
on improving instruction, (3) making visible improvements quickly, and (4) building a staff that is committed to the school's improvement goals.
When
turnaround efforts are not
on track, they either need new or dramatically improved
leadership.
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.
She serves
on the CTAC team which guides school
turnaround initiatives nationally, manages national symposia, and coordinates
leadership and networking summits in CTAC's community development initiatives.
District officials tapped some of Springfield's most successful principals to take
on these tough
turnaround assignments, but also realized that much of the principals» past success stemmed from the strong
leadership teams each had built over the years.
The dialogue will focus
on student
leadership in school
turnarounds and the Obama Administration's RESPECT (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence and Collaborative Teaching) initiative, which aims to elevate the teaching profession.
Based
on evidence from schools and NYCLA's experience supporting principals leading
turnaround schools, we have identified a subset of
leadership dimensions and behaviors particularly important for principals as they begin the school
turnaround process.
ADI's work focuses
on district and school improvement, including school
turnaround; state recognition systems, accountability, and support; family and community engagement; and change
leadership and innovation.
That is why we invest in
leadership development, school
turnaround programs, and objective research that helps inform our legislative advocacy positions, based
on proven best practices, not ideology.
As the founder and leader of ED - Volution Education Group, a boutique K - 12 education consulting firm, she has worked with leading sector entrepreneurs and philanthropies
on strategy, new initiative design, partnership creation, growth and launch, and management and the content areas of school
turnaround; charter management; state, city and district redesign; and human capital with special focus
on school
leadership.
Jon has investigated and written
on school
leadership topics, including
turnaround leadership, succession planning for school - level leaders, state and district supports for school leaders, and state policies supporting effective school
leadership.
According to Michael Fullan, author of Leading in a Culture of Change,
leadership can take
on many different forms in school
turnarounds.
(1) Accountability pressures and support from the district combined with (2) strong instructional
leadership, (3) strategic staffing (i.e., strategic recruitment, assignment, and «counseling out» of ineffective staff), (4) intensive professional development, and (5) data use focused
on identifying and assisting struggling students are key components of a school's
turnaround process.
Ultimately, we hope to see North Carolina shift over time to a system where determinations of school performance are based
on more than letter grades, including
leadership and managerial capacity and the processes used by schools to guide their
turnaround efforts.
In contrast, the approach under waivers, dubbed
turnaround, was much more focused — applying only to the 5 percent of schools identified as «priority» schools and based
on key principles outlined by the Department (see sidebar
Turnaround Principles).62 Fewer schools were part of the effort, but in turn, the effort was much more intensive and required significant changes in school operations, culture,
leadership, and practice.63 The hope was that a more disruptive and ambitious strategy will yield dramatic results: after three years, these schools would no longer be in the bottom 5 percent, and another group of schools could be identified to undergo
turnaround.
New America's Roxanne Garza and Melissa Tooley describe district models for
turnaround leadership that have freed up principals to focus
on instructional improvement while devolving some of their administrative tasks.
The authors also note that RTI can be an effective part of school
turnaround by enhancing strong
leadership, a focus
on instruction, and staff commitment and integration.
TISS is a comprehensive support model designed to sustain the successful
turnaround of chronically low - performing New York City (NYC) public schools through the cultivation of effective
leadership practice, focused
on the development of high - functioning teams of school leaders.
The first - hand story of an extraordinary
turnaround, a unique case study in managing a crisis, and a thoughtful reflection
on the computer industry and the principles of
leadership, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
This sample executive resume was written with an emphasis
on innovation
leadership, donor participation and interim roles for
turnaround situations.
The focus is
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