Sentences with phrase «principal in»

«In every profession, whether it is directing movies or being a principal in a school, it's hard to get people who are good at everything,» he says.

The reaction of the principal in a gentrifying neighborhood's school to the arrival of more - demanding parents largely determined whether the white, upper - middle - class families stayed at the school in spite of the yelling and other incidents, or left.

The only person I found who even counted the participating districts was Jon Duim, a principal in Oak Park Unified School District, north of Malibu, for his 2013 dissertation for the University of Southern California.

«Nearly one in three» of the principals surveyed said they planned to retire by 1992, and almost 56 percent said they would retire within 10 years, according to «The K - 8 Principal in 1988.»

While there are a myriad of reasons to say that can't happen in my organization because we are too large, we are too small, we are too diverse, we are too international, or we are too specialized, the reality is that I have always been a teaching principal in schools as large and diverse as 3400 and as small...

That question had followed him through his education career, which began as a middle school English Language Arts teacher in Baltimore under Teach For America to his time as an assistant principal in a Greenville middle school.

Again, I was fortunate that the hiring team at Hawkins Elementary School had the confidence in my decision - making skills to hire me as interim principal in January 2001.

Every principal in the city, in turn, must cut his or her budget by 10 percent.

Franklin School Rahway, New Jersey Grades K - 5 Margaret Morales, principal In our school, teams are formed across grade levels and subject areas.

Once a fourth - grade teacher, I recently began my work as an elementary assistant principal in another district.

I take a deep breath and ask the parent why he thinks I am the worst principal in the history of the school.

Not only did I make it through what turned out not to be an ordeal, but it was during that week that I was contacted by a principal in another school district to interview for a leadership role in his school.

He joins me for this School Improvement podcast to talk more about the role of a principal in building and maintaining a positive school culture.

Hiawatha Elementary School Othello, Washington Grades K - 6 Heather Franklin, principal In our K - 6 elementary school we have grade - level teams.

No Child Left Behind encouraged the replacement of the principal in persistently low - performing schools, and the Obama administration has made this a requirement for schools undergoing federally funded turnarounds.

Kim Marshall was sixth - grade teacher, central office curriculum director, and elementary principal in the Boston Public Schools for 32 years.

I am a father of two young (6 and 9) children who has had the pleasure and privilege of being an instructional aide, a high - school English teacher, a secondary ELA coordinator and an assistant principal in multiple districts, from semi-rural Maine to New York City.

13, a principal in Vermont, uses less distracting ways to help students.

My father was a school principal in my hometown, so all of my teachers knew me and my family.

School boards oversee the individual or entity responsible for the day - to - day operation of the school — a principal in the case of an independently operated school, a management organization in the case of a school that is part of a network.

Nevertheless, even the most conservative of our three methodological approaches suggests substantial variation in principal effectiveness: a principal in the top 16 percent of the quality distribution will produce annual student gains that are 0.05 standard deviations higher than an average principal for all students in their school.

When I finally became a principal in 1987, I thought I could make a difference for teachers and kids.

She spent a year as an assistant principal in nearby Arlington County.

At Robinson Elementary School, a visitor might find the principal in the cafeteria.

(In November, Julian left Los Altos to become assistant principal in the Milpitas Unified School District.)

Reville began his educational career as a practitioner: first as a VISTA volunteer / youth worker, then as a teacher and principal in two urban, alternative high schools.

I am a principal in one of the towns that is a plaintiff in the lawsuit [challenging the legality of New Hampshire's school - funding method].

Ruth Wright Hayre, who 32 years ago became the first black high - school principal in Philadelphia, wants to ignite the same pioneering spirit in some of the youngest Philadelphians.

In the Principal's Office — a fun show hosted by a principal in which other principals and «school people» are his guests.

In comparison, the firing of Ballou's principal in the summer of 2005 — the second sacking in as many years — seemed like a mercifully dull event.

As I see it, you'd have to be crazy as a principal in New York State to give your teachers bad evaluations.

Besides, says Seleznow, a former principal in Montgomery County, Maryland, «There's no experience that can totally prepare you for your first principalship.»

A former high school principal in DeKalb County, Mr. Pritchett is the district's executive director of business and plant services and the point person for the largest school...

«I block out an hour each morning for classroom walkthroughs,» he said, adding, «I feel it is imperative for students and teachers to see their principal in the classroom as much as possible.

I have been a principal in two different schools for a total of 14 years.

My principal in New Jersey, she continued, was totally different.

An assistant principal in Alabama filed a federal lawsuit last week challenging classroom prayers, Bible distribution, and other religious practices he contends his school district has long condoned in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Before becoming a principal in 1983, Mr. Harduar taught elementary school and served as an assistant principal in Anchorage, Alaska.

Before joining the FBI, Mr. Cousins, 55, was a Spanish teacher and an assistant principal in Omaha, Neb..

Being recognized as a productive principal in an inner - city school where scores increased each year made others notice.

Collins, who became the high school principal in August, hired an attendance officer after he noticed that some students had missed as many as ten days of school by mid-October.

I am a principal in Texas of one of the first grade 3 - 6 TEA approved Public school Virtual Academy - I would like some pointers when discussing accountability with potential parents who are opposed to high stakes testing and love our school this year but would rather their child not participate in the STAAR testing required by TEA.

In fact, the first ever STI product came directly at the request of a high school principal in the United States who had a problem with false fire alarms.

I studied the state requirements, stayed up late to write a proposal, and brought it to the assistant principal in charge of scheduling.

Its hero, Jefferson Pierce, played by Cress Williams, has the power to control electricity and shoot lightning bolts from his hands, but when the story begins he is in retirement as a school principal in the fictional city of Freeland.

Tanisha Cidel, who played the principal in the film was key to the film's casting process and the local knowledge of Jennifer Radzikowski, the film's unit production manager, was instrumental to facilitating the film's production.

Dean Norris played as Richard Tyler, a pompous and disgruntled principal in the school.

The principal in The Breakfast Club is an exaggerated caricature of a bad guy and James Spader in Pretty in Pink?

He is best known for his scowling, obstreperous portrayals of minor authority figures: the principal in The Breakfast Club (1985), the police chief in Die Hard (1988), and so on.

A fixture of Frank Capra films, Harry Holman showed up as the high school principal in Capra's Yuletide perennial It's a Wonderful Life.