Sentences with phrase «other building administrators»

The typical teacher evaluation in public education consists of a single, fleeting classroom visit by a principal or other building administrator untrained in evaluation who wields a checklist of classroom conditions and teacher behaviors that often don't focus directly on the quality of instruction.

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For instance, the Administrator said through the Schools Support Project, the Foundation hoped to answer to infrastructural needs of schools in Lagos State and work with manufacturers of building and construction materials, building technology professionals and other well meaning sponsors to help refurbish and upgrade public schools, while the Foundation has so far won three awards for projects executed at Government Technical College, Agidingbi; St. Jude's Primary School, Ebute Metta and Ojokoro Community Library.

The Post's interviews with parents and staffers at JHS / MS 80, as well as public documents, painted a picture of a school where students are allowed to shirk their studies, hurt each other and play on computers in rat - infested buildings, while administrators turned a blind eye and even discouraged staffers from reporting violence.

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

The EPA's stance, however, was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2007, and one of the first actions of Lisa Jackson, the new EPA administrator under the Obama administration, was to declare CO2 and other greenhouse gases a threat to public health and welfare and release a proposed endangerment finding largely built on the earlier ignored analysis.

The study found that even if teachers move to a more supportive district, they have a hard time trusting or building positive relationships with other teachers and administrators.

«When it's more important than ever to cut energy costs and reduce pollution in our communities, organizations across America are making their buildings more efficient, raising the bar in energy efficiency and lowering the amount of carbon pollution and other emissions in the air we breathe,» said EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in a statement.

Like those other films, Gallery is divided into a series of segments highlighting different aspects of the institution: the tour guides explaining a work or an artist; the craftsmen and women building frames, gallery spaces, designing and testing lighting; restorers at work fixing paintings damaged by time; and administrators debating the best ways to persevere the museums brand and grow its audience.

Partner Build Grow, a new action guide from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, helps administrators, civic leaders, program directors, and other advocates develop plans to maintain and strengthen programs that give children the emotional and behavioral skills they need to thrive.

Each of these archives presents practical ideas to help principals and other school administrators build awareness and skills.

5 - 8 — Quality standards: «Quest for Excellence Conference,» sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and others, for education administrators, to be held at the Washington Hilton and Towers in Washington, D.C. Contact: Q.E.C., N.I.S.T., Building 101, A-537, Gaithersburg, Md. 20899; fax: [phone].

His presentation will cover the blueprints for building a solid security program across endpoints as well as mobile devices and tablets for administrators and other users.

At Centerpoint, time for a monthly wellness group — where teachers, administrators, and social workers support each other on their personal wellness goals like exercising and creating work - life balance — is built into the professional development schedule.

Technology can be used to advance learning by bringing exciting curricula based on real - world problems into the classroom, providing scaffolds and tools to enhance learning, such as modeling programs and visualization tools, giving students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision, and building local and global communities that include teachers, administrators, students, parents, practicing scientists, and other interested people expanding opportunities for teacher learning.

Remember that it's a good idea to ask your administrator if there is a school - wide policy, as well as connecting with other teachers in your building about their policies.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

The Agency recommends that the constituent school district Superintendent consult prior to the meeting with school board members, administrators at the central and building levels, district employees, union representatives, parents and community leaders and to the extent necessary also other units of government.

In a confidential Sept. 12, 2013 document, the State Budget Office estimated that the costs of training the teachers and administrators on the new tool, the cost of the tool and other expenses would be $ 93.9 million in the first «build» year and $ 144.4 million in the year after that.

Building administrators, school counselors, administrative staff, and other school support positions face a different picture.

The cuts span administrators at the district's central office to positions in the departments of curriculum and instruction, human resources, technical services, building services, and the office of multilingual and global education, among others.

But, like any other strategy for improving STEM teaching and learning, buy - in from teachers and administrators is pivotal in determining teacher participation and a supportive context for the PLCs at the building and district levels.

But, like any other strategy for improving STEM teaching and learning, buy - in from teachers and administrators is pivotal in ensuring teacher participation and a supportive context for the PLCs at the building and district levels.

SoundOut facilitates professional capacity building activities for educators, administrators and other adults who work in education.

We facilitate high - level professional development workshops for classroom educators, building administrators and other school staff.

The association is comprised of human resource administrators and other central office or building - level administrators who are passionate about recruiting and retaining outstanding minority candidates.

Recognizing the challenges associated with use of student growth and assessment data in the high stakes evaluation of teachers and administrators, MASSP in collaboration with MASA has designed a one day institute April 25, 2018 for central office and K - 12 building administrators, teacher leaders, and others responsible for managing student data to come together as a team to revisit current practice, identify areas of strength and challenge within their system, and make plans to further address growth requirements for the future.

As Common Core and other standards begin to focus increasingly on rigor, teachers and administrators should be aware of the many built - in opportunities within the Marzano model for ensuring that lessons are rigorous and robust enough for students.

Resources from the Sci Academy, North Star Academy, West Denver Prep, the Indiana DOE, and others are included to give administrators and district leaders models from which to build.

The local worked with its state affiliate, the Oregon Education Association, and NEA's Priority Schools Campaign to host a symposium, bringing together school staff, building administrators, district and association leadership, and other key education stakeholders.

The solutions would start with economically diverse housing options in all towns in CT, quality pre-natal care, quality pediatric care, high school courses on parenting, in - home parenting classes for teens, a robust curriculum rich in the arts, social sciences, science, math, and character education, lots of playtime in a safe literature rich environment for pre-schoolers, summer school and before and after school care provided by TFA or some other organization of young recent college graduates, small class size, teacher leaders instead of building administrators, and collaboration time built into the school day.

The elites, you know, get names like Phillips Exeter Kent Choate Miss Porter's etc, but the poor get Knowledge Is Power Achievement Character Building YES to Success and other such names that Roald Dahl's Miss Trunchbull could only dream of (except that she thought no children could achieve — she was the perfect school administrator!

Collaboration within and outside of school buildings — allows for teachers to mentor and be mentored by colleagues, to observe and learn from colleagues, to be observed by administrators and peers receiving non-judgmental, non-punitive feedback, and to connect with peers across schools, districts and states using networks and other structures.

Written for teacher educators, higher education administrators, policy makers, and others concerned with issues of race, the book is comprised of four parts that each represent a distinct perspective on the struggle for racial justice: contributors reflect on their experiences working as educators of Color to transform the culture of predominately White institutions, navigating the challenges of whiteness within teacher education, building transformational bridges within classrooms, and training current and inservice teachers through concrete models of racial justice.

In the late 1990s, the recently diversified Annandale High School in Virginia pulled together administrators, teachers, parents, and other elements in its community to build an accepting climate and draw students from all cultural groups into advanced classes.

When the video library is built out, administrators no longer need to find «coverage» so teachers can visit classrooms of others — they can simply go to the video library

Master's degree programs include: School Building / District Leadership (which trains future principals, district leaders and administrators) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (preparing teachers to instruct English - language learners) and Teaching Children with Disabilities in Childhood Education (aimed to prepare teachers to work with students with exceptionalities in grades 1 through 6).

The focus is always on what is best for students and how can teachers, administrators and other staff members be supported to provide the best opportunities for the nearly 30,000 students who enter our building each day.

We talked to principals, deans, and other administrators about creating a culture of coaching in their school buildings where feedback is given...

She works with schools and districts, as well as with state agencies and other educational organizations nationwide, to build systems to support high student performance through standards - based curriculum, instruction, and assessment design and implementation with a focus on the Common Core State Standards; leadership development and coaching for administrators, instructional coaches, and leadership teams; process facilitation and professional development workshops; data analysis and use; and program evaluation, collaborative data analysis, and curriculum audits.

This will entail boosting the capacity of support staff (coaches, mentors, department heads, and administrators) to build resilience in others; it's usually not something that's learned through professional programs.

School division administrators, building administrators, school improvement teams, grade level or content area teams, individual teachers, and other stakeholders in the school improvement process may use the TCM series as a means of professional development.

A noteworthy aspect of Iowa's initiative is its focus on the role that school principals and other administrators need to play in cultivating and facilitating the work of these new teacher leaders within buildings and districts.

This group has gone out and talked to their administrators and found other teachers in buildings and within the district that seem to be willing to take risks, wanted to learn... And so this thing is growing and mushrooming, and it's an exciting time.

Finally, advocates of antiracism argue that racism will be reduced as teachers and administrators build alliances and coalitions with other equity - conscious groups and agencies in the broader community.

There is a significant drop in the rating of the next-most influential role: building - level administrators other than the principal, typically the assistant principal (M = 4.75).

Building principals, assistant principals and other school administrators engage frequently with students in conversations to address inappropriate behavior.

Brimming with passion, written from the heart, and informed by hard - earned experience, this transformative book is essential reading for principals and other building - level administrators determined to reinvigorate their practice, revitalize their staff, and — most importantly — guarantee the strongest outcomes for students.

Among their other responsibilities, professors in residence take on the informal role of coach for teachers in the graduate program, teachers who want to do action research, building administrators, and district administrators.

ESSA also clarifies the term «school leader» as the principal or assistant principal in the school building — an important and much - needed distinction to avoid confusion with other school district administrators.