While teacher unions and other
organizations representing administrators, policymakers, and school chiefs all claim to be acting on behalf of children, they are all by their very nature really only looking out for their own best interests - that's what they're there for.
Not exact matches
In school districts or BOCES in which teachers or
administrators are not
represented by a collective bargaining
organization, teachers or
administrators shall be designated by their peers in a manner prescribed by the Board of Education or BOCES.
The Secretary specifically invites advice and recommendations from State and local education
administrators, parents, teachers and teacher
organizations, principals, other school leaders (including charter school leaders), paraprofessionals, members of local boards of education, civil rights and other
organizations representing the interests of students (including historically underserved students), representatives of the business community, and other
organizations involved with the implementation and operation of title I programs.
«There will not only be a challenge for us, but also ACSA and CSBA» — the Association of California School
Administrators and the California School Boards Association,
organizations representing school
administrators and school boards — «will have to step up and make sure the climate will be one of transparency, inclusiveness and participation.»
Wesley Smith, executive director of the Association for California School
Administrators, which
represents about 17,000 district superintendents and other school
administrators, said the issue was of «great concern» to his
organization.
While much of the opposition came from groups to which this new alternative
represents a healthy competitive threat, it is instructive to note that significant support for the new rule came from
organizations representing school boards and school
administrators and personnel directors, who are, after all, the primary customers of SBEC and the teacher preparation system.
He is backed by the Legislature, the State Board of Education (whose members he appoints), as well as other key education constituencies such as the state's leading teachers unions and professional
organizations representing school
administrators and school board members.
American Association of School
Administrators (AASA) National
organization representing school
administrators
CLAS serves ten different affiliate
organizations representing each type of
administrator in Alabama's public schools and school systems.
The statement of support — found at NewAccountability.org —
represents a group that includes school
administrators, teachers, support staff, and civil rights and community
organizations.
The group includes among its members many of the state's largest school districts as well as statewide
organizations representing school boards,
administrators, business officers and county superintendents.
Professions
represented in this multidisciplinary
organization include
administrators, counselors, dieticians, nutritionists, health educators, physical educators, psychologists, school health coordinators, school nurses, school physicians, and social workers.
Katherine Joyce is executive director of the N.C. Association of School
Administrators, an
organization of school chiefs
representing administrators in Raleigh.