Sentences with phrase «other school evaluations»

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The documents show that Cruz was very much on the radar screen of mental health professionals and the Broward County school system, yet very little appears to have been done other than these evaluations.

I / WE HEREBY RELEASE, WAIVE, DISCHARGE AND COVENANT NOT TO SUE the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities used by the participant, including its owners, managers, promoters, lessees of premises used to conduct the event or program, premises and event inspectors, underwriters, consultants and others who give recommendations, directions, or instructions to engage in risk evaluation or loss control activities regarding the CHICAGO SPORT & SOCIAL CLUB, INC. («CSSC») and its affiliates (CSSC and its affiliates are referred to collectively as the «CLUB»), the sufficiency of which consideration is expressly acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, do hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, insurers, assigns, attorneys, representatives, agents, beneficiaries, legatees, representatives, successors, assigns and any other persons who may make claims on my behalf (collectively the «RELEASORS») OR ALL SPORTS SERIES / PARK DISTRICT OF HIGHLAND PARK / WINDY CITY FIELD HOUSE / CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT / FITNESS FORMULA CLUBS (FFC — UNION STATION) / URBANA PARK DISTRICT / MADISON PARKS ORGANIZATION / ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL / LANSING PARKS / CITY OF BLOOMINGTON / UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS — LAKE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL / CAMP OJIBWA / AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION facilities or events held at such facility and each of them, their directors, officers, agents, employees, all for the purposes herein referred to as «Releasee»... FROM ALL LIABILITY TO THE UNDERSIGNED, my / our personal representatives, assigns, executors, heirs and next to kin FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND ANY CLAIMS OR DEMANDS THEREFORE ON ACCOUNT OF ANY INJURY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEATH OF THE PARTICIPANT OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE EVENT (S) CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE RELEASEE OR OTHERWISE.

While we know that not every camp can engage in a large evaluation process, we hope that our findings will be useful to others and inspire reflection about how camps can excel as high quality learning environments where kids can practice many of the essential skills they need for school, job, and relationship success.

1) Removal of the student from the activity when the student is suspected of having sustained a concussion or other head injury, 2) Evaluation, and 3) Return to full participation in school activities.

Other: The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction developed an evaluation document How Well Are We Doing With Wellness, which was distributed to all schools.

17) Measured outcomes / Research evaluation (fathers, children, other participants, home - school links)

The evaluation revealed that the nutrition integrity project had a positive impact beyond the schools that participated in the pilot; once the benefits of combi ovens were explained and publicized, other schools wanted to follow suit, either through the program or by finding other creative ways to finance their purchases.

Cuomo has had an at - times truculent relationship with teachers unions, especially when it comes to support for charter schools and other concerns of the education reform movement, such as stronger teacher evaluations.

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straSchools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straschools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

The increase in school aid is contingent on passage of a package of changes to teacher evaluation, tenure, and other procedures called the Education Opportunity Agenda.

While he has protected and promoted the growth of charter schools, other aspects of his education policy have not gone as planned - these include the rollout of the common core learning standards and tougher teacher evaluations by tying them more closely to the results of student standardized test scores.

Contrary to what Cuomo (and a lot of other people) say, there's NO amount of teacher evaluation AND / OR school aid on the face of the earth that will improve a lot of failing schools.

On the other side are teachers unions demanding more money for traditional school budgets and a move away from test - based evaluations, not heavier reliance on them.

Other points — rejiggering the teacher evaluation process, taking over failing schools — are more contentious.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

He and his wife chose to opt out their fifth grade son from taking the Common Core - aligned exams this year because they believe the tests were used for other purposes than what they were meant for, such as teacher evaluations and school funding.

Some lawmakers want to fix a recently passed law that requires a fast turn around for new teacher evaluations, while others would like a tax break for donors that would help private schools.

Not long ago, many prominent Democrats — including President Barack Obama — supported charter schools and other centrist education policies, such as linking teacher evaluations to standardized test scores.

«If it's what I think it is, one side down the matrix is still one test... and the other side is performance evaluation by the school district,» she said.

In all other schools, Mulgrew stressed, principals and staff could be using the Danielson rubric for professional development, but it can not be used for teacher evaluation or any other purposes.

In this view, Cuomo will cave on most of his other proposals — like merit pay and stiffer teacher evaluation standards — as long as he gets a higher cap on the number of charter schools in the state.

Cuomo noted the effort to create an objective evaluation system that could be used to improve faculty and schools statewide as well as for layoffs is being watched closely by unions representing other types of workers.

Among other details, the governor has proposed tougher teacher evaluations that would make it easier to fire underperforming teachers, and fewer limits on charter schools.

A bipartisan draft bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the original name of the federal education legislation, would bar the federal government from requiring states to use student test scores in teacher evaluations or forcing closure or other sanctions on struggling schools.

The state committed to adopting the Common Core standards, tying teacher evaluations to test scores, turning around or closing low - performing schools and increasing the number of charter schools, among other things.

BOX 23, A-15-4; 30219212 / 734979 SAPA Requests for Translations of SAPA materials, 1966 - 1968 Prerequisites for SAPA The Psychological Basis of SAPA, 1965 Requests for SAPA to be Used in Canada, 1966 - 1968 Requests for Assistance with Inservice programs, 1967 - 1968 Schools Using SAPA, 1966 - 1968 Speakers on SAPA for NSTA and Other Meetings, 1968 Suggestions for Revisions of Part 4, 1967 - 1968 Suggestions for Revisions of the Commentary, 1967 - 1968 Summer Institutes for SAPA, Locations, 1968 Summer Institutes for SAPA, Announcement Forms, 1968 Inservice Programs, 1968 - 1969 Consultant Recommendations, 1967 - 1968 Inquiries About Films, 1968 Inquiries About Kits, 1967 - 1968 Inquiries About Evaluations, 1968 Tryout Teacher List, 1967 - 1968 Tryout Centers, 1967 - 1968 Tryout Feedback Forms, 1967 - 1968 Tryout Center Coordinators, 1967 - 1968 Cancelled Tryout Centers, 1967 - 1968 Volunteer Teachers for Parts F & G, 1967 - 1968 List of Teachers for Tryout Centers, 1963 - 1966 Tucson, AZ, Dr. Ed McCullough, 1964 - 1968 Tallahassee, FL, Mr. VanPierce, 1964 - 1968 Chicago, IL, University of Chicago, Miss Illa Podendorf, 1965 - 1969 Monmouth, IL, Professor David Allison, 1964 - 1968 Overland Park, KS, Mr. R. Scott Irwin and Mrs. John Muller, 1964 - 1968 Baltimore, MD, Mr. Daniel Rochowiak, 1964 - 1968 Kern County, CA, Mr. Dale Easter and Mr. Edward Price, 1964 - 1967 Philadelphia, PA, Mrs. Margaret Efraemson, 1968 Austin, TX, Dr. David Butts, 1968 Seattle, WA, Mrs. Louisa Crook, 1968 Oshkosh, WI, Dr. Robert White, 1968 John R. Mayer, personal correspondence, 1966 - 1969 Teacher Response Sheets, 1966 - 1967 Overland, KS Oshkosh, WI Monmouth, IL Baltimore, MD Teacher Response Checklist SAPA Feedback, 1965 - 1966 Using Time Space Relations Communicating Observing Formulating Models Defining Operationally Interpreting Data Classifying (2 Folders) Measuring Inferring Predicting Formulating Hypothesis Controlling Variables Experimenting Using Numbers SAPA Response Sheets for Competency Measures, 1966

'» It is not hard to picture other problematic scenarios: An autonomous drone strikes a school; a loan - evaluation program disproportionally denies applications from minorities; a system like Deep Patient makes a specious diagnosis.

«We already know from a 2014 evaluation by FPG that the school readiness skills of children who attend Georgia's Pre-K significantly improve across a wide range of language, literacy, math, and other measures,» Early said.

It is uncertain whether other school districts can replicate these effects, because they depend on factors that many have little control over (including the local supply of high - performing teachers), as well as those they do control (for instance, the introduction of meaningful teacher evaluation).

Extended day and year, a relentless focus on academic achievement, value - added evaluations for teachers, data - driven decision - making, and others were scooped up by schools impelled to keep up with the Joneses» College Prep.

A Guide to Implementing Student - Led Conferences in Your School: This presentation, authored by Patti Kinney of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, is chock - full of information for school leaders, including info about SLC benefits, sample letters, scripts, evaluation forms, frequently asked questions, and otherSchool: This presentation, authored by Patti Kinney of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, is chock - full of information for school leaders, including info about SLC benefits, sample letters, scripts, evaluation forms, frequently asked questions, and otherSchool Principals, is chock - full of information for school leaders, including info about SLC benefits, sample letters, scripts, evaluation forms, frequently asked questions, and otherschool leaders, including info about SLC benefits, sample letters, scripts, evaluation forms, frequently asked questions, and other tips.

Schools operating under the alternative contract would be free to evaluate teachers based on student performance and evaluation, as well as classroom observation and other evidence.

But all previous evaluations of the effects of private schools or of school voucher programs reported test - score results for both reading and math, or a composite measure of the two, even if the researchers thought that one or the other was a better measure of school performance.

Traditionally, teacher evaluation systems relied heavily on classroom observations conducted by principals or other school administrators, sometimes with the help of rubrics or checklists.

The random - assignment evaluation will be extended to include all approximately 1,800 schools in Tennessee (half assigned to implement EPP, the other half to a business - as - usual control).

The evaluation will be used by the University and the City of Unley to develop a program which can be rolled out to other schools in South Australia.

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

The 2,308 students in the OSP study make it the largest school voucher evaluation in the U.S., making the achievement results even more compelling when compared to results from other, similar experimental evaluations of education policies undertaken by the federal government.

A high - school English teacher in her ninth year, Keigan and other fellows have been involved in shaping the details of SB 191, the Colorado reform bill that made major changes to teacher - related policies, including evaluations and tenure.

Drawing on an evaluation of the Montclair model and other research, the report concludes that school - choice plans based on magnet schools «appear most promising in meeting the educational goals of achieving racial balance, providing quality education, and offering diverse educational programs.»

Instead of an impressionistic study of the sort offered by Mirel, the kinds of reports that would be helpful to education professionals, and ultimately to students, include evaluations of designs that track individual student performance year to year; the percentage of students reaching local and state standards; a more widely disseminated study of design implementation so others can benefit from lessons learned; and the establishment of a district - wide roadmap for bringing comprehensive school improvement to fruition.

This compares favorably with the results of a RAND evaluation of schools that have initiated other comprehensive school reform programs.

Your article on the Milwaukee school - choice evaluation («New Studies on Private Choice Contradict Each Other,» Sept. 4, 1996) accurately reports that our study of the Milwaukee choice program found that choice students outperformed a comparable control group of Milwaukee Public Schools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice sSchools students on standardized tests by a considerable amount after three and four years of experience in the choice schoolsschools.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

Though the decision received wide coverage (per above) and throws New York school districts a curve (they are supposed to have an evaluation policy in place by September 1), it's not clear that the decision will have any major implications for other states that are considering linking teacher evaluations to test scores (except as inducement to make sure their regulations correspond to their laws).

Thus I would expect that they would seek to differentiate themselves from other schools with claims of superior student achievement (difficult to prove in the absence of sophisticated and costly evaluations by third parties) and by using marketing images to persuade parents and school boards that they offer a superior education.

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How widespread is teacher opposition to rigorous teacher evaluations, school accountability, teacher pension reform, merit pay, charter schools, school vouchers, and other items on the reform agenda?

Accountability systems have worked well with other reforms — such as effective choice policies, the expansion of early - childhood - education and other school - readiness programs, and efforts to improve the teaching force through evaluation and tenure reform — to improve education for children around the country.