Sentences with phrase «principal in a given school»

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The Wapakoneta Middle School in Ohio has reportedly decided to pander to bigots given the parents of seventh graders the options to have their kids skip the lesson on Islam because «some topics are sensitive,» the principal said to Buzzfeed.

Every day I need to touch Women Online (as creative director), Boston Mamas (as founder / editor), Edit Your Life (as co-host), Brave New World Designs (as designer / co-owner) + Christine Koh LLC (as principal... this includes various freelance projects, including one major managing editor contract) so efficiency and focus really are key, given that I need to cycle through projects during the day and also given that Laurel and Violet are not in after school programs (Jon and I really 50/50 it in terms of covering the after school window... I am so grateful for this)!

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In 1971 the School's campus was expanded further when William Harrer gave his farm (Glen Brook) in Marlborough, New Hampshire, to Peter Curran (former principal of the high school), who in turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the School yeaIn 1971 the School's campus was expanded further when William Harrer gave his farm (Glen Brook) in Marlborough, New Hampshire, to Peter Curran (former principal of the high school), who in turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the SchoolSchool's campus was expanded further when William Harrer gave his farm (Glen Brook) in Marlborough, New Hampshire, to Peter Curran (former principal of the high school), who in turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the School yeain Marlborough, New Hampshire, to Peter Curran (former principal of the high school), who in turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the Schoolschool), who in turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the School yeain turn asked permission to give it to The Waldorf School for programs of study during the SchoolSchool for programs of study during the SchoolSchool year.

These two incidents were reminiscent of other, similar stories I've reported on in the past: in 2011, a Chicago school principal at the Little Village Academy placed an outright ban on home - packed lunches, setting off a barrage of criticism, and in 2012 there were widespread reports that a North Carolina «state inspector» had forced a child to give up her packed lunch of a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice because the meal did not meet USDA guidelines; instead the child was forced to take the school lunch of chicken nuggets.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

If you're looking for ammo, give your school principal a copy of The Use of Food as Reward in Classrooms: The Disadvantages and the Alternatives (while geared toward the state of Kentucky, a national version of this excellent white paper is in the works — so stay tuned!).

Greater transparency for School Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weSchool Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE websitIn order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weSchool Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weschool communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE websitin their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE websitin addition to the budget summary available on the DOE website.

No consequences for teachers or principals related to student scores on state tests in English language arts and math given in grades 3 - 8 until the start of the 2019 - 20 school year.

«Already, three staff members of the school including the Principal have been given a one - month suspension over their involvement in the corporal punishment pending the report of the committee set up by the ministry.»

This limbo was largely the result of a deal that the Bloomberg administration struck with the teachers» union to give principals more control over who worked in their schools.

New York City principals give advice on how public and charter schools can share space in an effective and cooperative manner.

I just gave my daughter - in - law, who is principal of an elementary school with a largely Mexican first generation immigrant population, and who has twin 11 - month - old sons, instructions on how to do a «clean room re-entry into their home.

Phyllis Smith turns a one - dimensional and dithering marshmallow into an interesting study in the conflict between desire and convention, Henry Michael Higgins, is the dolphin - obsessed but otherwise disengaged principal, and they are supported by the usual gaggle of kids found in flicks set in a middle school, played by actors who avoid cutesiness and given a script that sets them up perfectly for the bald truth Elizabeth dumps on them with matter - of - fact disengagement in place of the usual cheery esteem - boost called for by curriculum and compassion.

«On the first day of orientation, my district gives every new teacher a copy of Harry Wong's book The First Days of School,» said Mary Ellen Imbo, principal at Westwood Elementary School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

In this respect, evidence - based practice gives us the observation instruments and recommended protocols but the practice - based evidence of school principals provides the know - how (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, & LeMahieu, 2015).

States like California and districts like Boston, Denver and Houston, among others, have been transitioning to a finance model that gives principals greater authority over their schools» budgets in exchange for being held accountable for student outcomes.

«Our students must use the school - designed homework notebook in which teachers initial each assignment given (as a means of checking that students have properly recorded the assignment) and that parents initial to indicate that they have looked at the completed assignments,» said principal Heather Hamtil of St. Vincent DePaul Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

Among the reasons the chamber participated in Principal For A Day was to give business people a perspective on what the public schools are like today, said Paul Ouellette, the chamber's vice president of community development and education.

Principals in Tennessee judged 98 percent of teachers to be «at expectations» or better last school year, while evaluators in Georgia gave good reviews to 94 percent of teachers taking part in a pilot evaluation program.

«This is not a test, this is a in - school, in - classroom skills check that won't be publicly reported or anything like that that relates to NAPLAN, but will give teachers, principals and parents a consistent platform to say: is my child, is my student actually meeting the type of standards we would expect after around 18 months or so at school?

Influences that Derail Student Learning TribLive, 4/12/13 «Richard Weissbourd, a lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is showing — through research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schools.&School of Education, is showing — through research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schools.&school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schools.»

Superintendent Michael Bennet (2005 - 2008) spearheaded Denver Public Schools» improvement by embracing charter school expansion, giving principals more decision - making power, and using student - based funding, in which dollars followed children to their schools of choice, to spur compeSchools» improvement by embracing charter school expansion, giving principals more decision - making power, and using student - based funding, in which dollars followed children to their schools of choice, to spur compeschools of choice, to spur competition.

In a key factor that enabled the plan to draw union support, committees composed of a principal, a person of the principal's choosing, and two union representatives were allowed to decide how the bonuses should be distributed at any given school.

Given my own experience with high schools in which the principal barely has time to go the bathroom without someone trying to have a conversation with him or her in the hall, it hadn't occurred to me that the principal could be the primary student advocate!

«IB is the very best preparation we can give our kids,» says Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School, in Rockville Centre, New York.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentIn our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parentin the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

Cambridge, MA — When current U.S. education secretary, Arne Duncan, headed the Chicago Public Schools in 2004 - 05, the city implemented a new collective bargaining agreement that covered teacher dismissal policy: principals were given more flexibility to dismiss non-tenured teachers.

Prior to the establishment of Zbar Consulting, Vic was the Assistant Director of Human Resources in the Victorian Department of Education, having earlier been principal advisor to the Chief Executive, giving him an in - depth knowledge of the work of most aspects of the then Office of Schools.

«If I had $ 10,000, I would give teachers something that they are clamoring for: time to spend together,» said Karen Mink, principal at O.C. Allen School in Aurora, Illinois.

This is not surprising in some ways, given problems in current educational practice: we tend to provide less funding, have fewer outstanding teachers and principals, and require less rigorous coursework in schools that serve lower - income students.

Once the survey was done, Huntington and the other 50 middle and high schools that took part in the initiative were given reports in clear, accessible language that summarized the results, plus a set of resources and customized strategies that teachers and principals could use to make changes based on their results.

They have the power to send information home in students» backpacks and, even more importantly, to instruct school principals, counselors, and teachers to give parents information about these options at school - sponsored events such as back - to - school night and during parent / teacher conferences.

A high school principal who lived through a school shooting told Education World that such officers not only help students feel safe but also give them someone in whom to confide.

We asked a principal of an outstanding school in New Brunswick, Canada, what advice he would give to other principals to bring about improvements for Indigenous students.

She and her mentor, then principal Mary Laurie, were given a tall order: Turn around a middle school in which a 13 - year - old and a 15 - year - old had shot each other in a schoolyard incident.

«The goal of Pride is to help young men navigate through not only school, but also through being an adolescent male with the obstacles that they're facing, and then trying to lead them through college, add reinforcement outside of the classroom, and give them very clear insight as to what to expect in college,» says Dion Steele, Urban Prep, Englewood Campus» principal.

This may reflect the fact that it is challenging in high - poverty schools to separate the effects of school circumstances from the quality of the principal, leading district administrators to give principals from high - poverty schools a chance at a different school.

In May, the paper reported (in an article given the headline «Principals Younger and Freer, but Raise Doubts in the Schools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city schoolIn May, the paper reported (in an article given the headline «Principals Younger and Freer, but Raise Doubts in the Schools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city schoolin an article given the headline «Principals Younger and Freer, but Raise Doubts in the Schools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city schoolin the Schools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city sSchools») that «schools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city sschools with academy graduates were less than half as likely to earn A's and almost twice as likely to earn C's or worse» as other city schoolsschools.

But teachers have a direct impact on only those students in their classroom; differences in principal quality affect all students in a given school.

«The most important thing I can give to my teachers is respect for what they do each day,» said Watson, who is principal at St. Jude School in New Lenox, Illinois.

While greater accountability has been welcomed for its role in helping to drive up quality, it can make it harder to recruit Principals both for schools in special measures and those given an outstanding grade before Ofsted changed its criteria.

«If a principal or school board mandates a shift to block scheduling without involving teachers or if many teachers find switching from a 45 - minute to a 90 - minute format difficult and aren't given appropriate training, student outcomes in very similar schools could be different.»

A third aspect of the principal's «culture of success» is that students should be given a chance to demonstrate their strengths and personality in a positive way at school.

Principals Australia Institute is leading the process for principals of all Australian schools to develop a form of certification which is referenced to the Australian Principal Standard, able to be individualised to take account of a given principal's context and is manageable in Principals Australia Institute is leading the process for principals of all Australian schools to develop a form of certification which is referenced to the Australian Principal Standard, able to be individualised to take account of a given principal's context and is manageable in principals of all Australian schools to develop a form of certification which is referenced to the Australian Principal Standard, able to be individualised to take account of a given principal's context and is manageable in iPrincipal Standard, able to be individualised to take account of a given principal's context and is manageable in iprincipal's context and is manageable in its scope.

Districts can move up timelines for teacher resignations and transfers and give principals in hard - to - staff schools first dibs on new entrants and transfers.

The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals and other school administrators with business leaders, in an effort to give school leaders better training on how to manage their employees and get better results.

It is not rich in resources, and because it lacked a legal ventilation hood, the school had given up serving hot lunch until a few years ago, when principal Gary Phillips found a small catering company servicing similar Catholic schools north of the city.

There, one can talk about the main matters of our school Principals in an organized way, with information that each time is interesting and useful for our readers, and which we have been giving so far occasionally through the pages of Magisterio.

David Osborne, senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute, completed an analysis of D.C.'s two sectors, documenting how competition led the district sector to emulate charters in many ways, including more diverse curriculum offerings; new choices of different school models; and reconstituting schools to operate with building level autonomy, especially giving principals freedom to hire all or mostly new staff.