Sentences with phrase «principal leadership initiatives»

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According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»

His tenure follows the controversial leadership of former superintendent Cami Anderson, who led a series of unpopular initiatives in quick succession, including a new citywide enrollment plan and lottery that allowed parents to choose any traditional or charter school in the city, closures of underenrolled or poorly performing schools, mass firings of teachers and principals, and a new merit - pay program for teachers.

The 2017 Yearbook evaluates states against nine policy areas, with this year's edition including, for the first time, information to reflect teacher diversity initiatives, principal evaluation and support systems, and state support for teacher leadership opportunities.

CEL is supporting Seattle's commitment through two integrated leadership initiatives: the development of professional learning communities for all district principals, and support of the executive team of Seattle's Chief Academic Officer.

The district, by necessity, had to rely on principals «instructional leadership and on expertise from the regional education center or independent consultants to support school - and district - wide improvement initiatives.

Nebraska, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon provide some state - initiated development, but it has been limited or not comprehensive.300 A cursory examination of the principal ratings and the state initiatives (Table 3.3.4) suggests that state leadership development initiatives (or lack thereof) do not necessarily translate into principal attitudes toward the state.

District leaders faced with struggling schools were less rather than more likely to sponsor leadership - development initiatives or to provide strategic help to principals; they focused instead on recruiting a different sort of administrator.

Since joining The Mind Trust in 2016, White has led The Mind Trust's partnership with the Relay Graduate School of Education's National Principals Academy Fellowship and has developed several groundbreaking initiatives that provide educators across Indianapolis with expert instructional, operational, and executive leadership support.

Principal support (or lack thereof) of teacher leaders» work will affect both the nature of leadership initiatives and the scale of their impact on classroom practice.

She conducted regional and national studies over the last 30 years on leadership preparation approaches and school and district reform initiatives, and published numerous books and articles on leadership preparation and its impact, including (with Linda Darling - Hammond and others) Preparing principals for a changing world: Lessons from effective school leadership programs (Jossey - Bass, 2009).

District administrators and other leaders of initiatives external to the school, need to develop principals» understanding about the kinds of support teacher leadership work requires and work with them to get that support in place.

The initiative provided «real time,» tailored professional development to teachers and customized leadership development to the 30 TIPA principals.

Lynn M. Scott is a leadership development consultant who has worked since 2001 on a principal leadership development initiative for the Wallace Foundation, the New York City Leadership Academy, and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).

He is one of the co-developers of the Leadership Performance Planning Worksheet (LPPW) and has worked with NYCLA on a wide variety of national level principal leadership development and leader coach training initiatives.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) launches its MBA in Education Leadership, an entrepreneurial principal preparation initiative that blends school leadership training with business coursework.

It all started when our principal, Ryan McCabe, brought the project and book to our instructional leadership team and challenged us with the feat of rolling out the One Book, One School initiative.

The initiative, Teacher Incentive Performance Award, is a school - wide bonus program that provides focused professional and leadership development to teachers and principals in 30 high need schools.

To probe these questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather meaningful evidence on whether and how better leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.

In the article Support Principals, Transform Schools, the authors describe the positive impact of a leadership coaching initiative in Oakland Public Schools on both teacher and principal turnover.

DPS has received national recognition during this time for several initiatives, including exceptional leadership development programs for teachers, school leaders, and principal supervisors; school choice; collaboration among district - run and charter schools; and promising new schools.

At the state policy level, 46 states have adopted leadership standards for principals, and many have begun aligning them to all components of a school leader's career continuum.125 In addition, recently more than half of states, through a mix of state and federal initiatives, have passed laws to strengthen the evaluation process for principals.3 AAnd under the federal Race to the Top grant, states such as Louisiana and Rhode Island implemented new requirements for principal preparation programs.

Using money provided under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Ronan sent the principals of the elementary - initiative schools — along with teacher leaders — to the University of Virginia's educational leadership training program.

Collegial work groups (e.g., grade level teams, school improvement teams), sharing of expertise, networking of teachers and principals across schools, cross-role leadership and school improvement teams at school and district levels — all these and many other configurations of professional educators collaborating with one another on student achievement - focused district reform initiatives are indicative of a common emphasis on teamwork and professional community as one of the keys to continuous improvement.

$ 800,000 in continued support for our leadership development initiative; offering training, support and leadership development for our Teacher Leaders, Aspiring AP and Principal programs and new School Business Managers.

During the early years of PASS, the initiative provided individual schools with technical assistance including on - site coaches to work directly with the principal and school leadership team.

In this role, he serves as a principal advisor to the Secretary and provides leadership in the development of policies for the Department, generating proposals and providing advice regarding legislative and regulatory initiatives across all modes of transportation.

The Under Secretary for Policy serves as a principal advisor to the Secretary and provides leadership in the development of policies for the Department, generating proposals and providing advice regarding legislative and regulatory initiatives across all modes of transportation.

On his part, Prof. S.G. Kiama, Director, Wangari Maathai Institute applauded Prof. A.W. Mwang» ombe, Principal CAVS; and all for their relentless leadership in initiatives geared towards environmental conservation which is well in line with the works and walks of the late Prof. Wangari Maathai who remarked that, «When we plant a tree, we plant the seed of peace and the seed of hope.»

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Results - oriented, Principal Scientist with demonstrated initiative, creativity and leadership, with expertise in advancing new strategic directions in world - class institutions.