An informal survey (102 MS & 67 Principals) of how
principals value school librarians, with tips on how to be viewed as leaders in the school.
Not exact matches
My mom, a retired
school principal was very strict when instilling cultural
values in us.
Communicate your
values to the
school's teachers and
principal.
This followed the publication of a new curriculum framework for RE last year, endorsed by the Secretary of State for Education, which included non-religious worldviews on an equal footing to each of the
principal religions, as well as the issuing of Departmental advice recommending that
schools meet the new requirement to promote British
values by teaching about «beliefs such as... humanism» as well as religions.
There is no humor
value to be found in seeing Marschz running for his life from a homicidal
school principal who doesn't want the play to go forward.
One character - education
value is addressed each month,» explained Teri Stokes, the
schools principal.
«The survey suggests that
principals see a real
value in service - learning's ability to underscore and enhance such key things as students» civic engagement and
school - community relationships.»
Fewer
schools serving lower - income communities offer service - learning programs (29 percent versus 36 percent), even though
principals at lower - income
schools place a higher
value on the benefits of service - learning projects.
A teacher's contribution to a
school's community, as assessed by the
principal, was worth 10 percent of the overall evaluation score, while the final 5 percent was based on a measure of the
value - added to student achievement for the
school as a whole.
Larry Davis,
principal at OakLeaf K - 8
School in Middleburg, Florida, knows as well as any principal the value of his school's front office
School in Middleburg, Florida, knows as well as any
principal the
value of his
school's front office
school's front office team.
In an effort to significantly alter the human capital in the nine
schools, 100 percent of
principals, 30 percent of other administrators, and 52 percent of teachers were removed and replaced with individuals who possessed the
values and beliefs consistent with an achievement - driven mantra and, wherever possible, a demonstrated record of achievement.
Student surveys: Many teacher evaluation systems already incorporate the results of student surveys, which research suggests can also predict
school and
principal value - added.
I have visited
schools where the
principal pointed proudly to the long list of programs in the building, as if their sheer number were evidence of real reform activity, whether they bore any relation to one another or had any demonstrated
value.
Included:
Principals offer wise tips for spending a windfall in ways that add true
value to their
schools.
that
principals should «find something to
value in all the
school's teachers.
Our basic
value - added model measures the effectiveness of a
principal by examining the extent to which math achievement in a
school is higher or lower than would be expected based on the characteristics of students in that
school, including their achievement in the prior year.
«It was so exciting to see the dean of HGSE sitting in my
principal's tiny office discussing our
school's mission and
values,» Jackson says.
The summit concluded by adopting a five - part state «action agenda»: restoring
value to the diploma; redesigning the high
school as an institution; strengthening the quality of high -
school teachers and
principals; holding high
schools accountable for their results; and streamlining «education governance.»
School principals value their time because they understand a brutal truth: There is no silver bullet to winning your time back!
When a
principal reads to students, it sends a message to students, parents, and staff that reading is
valued, added Bill Rich, who is
principal at McFall Elementary
School in Middleville, Michigan, and chair NAESPs Read Aloud Award focus group.
Teaching Service Is Part of
Principal's Mission Despite the pressures on schools to focus more on academics, Dr. Shannon Vincent is convinced it's her job as principal to teach students the value of
Principal's Mission Despite the pressures on
schools to focus more on academics, Dr. Shannon Vincent is convinced it's her job as
principal to teach students the value of
principal to teach students the
value of service.
BRAVO
Principals Celebrate Diversity Columnist Sandra Harris says principals make their schools stronger by valuing their students»
Principals Celebrate Diversity Columnist Sandra Harris says
principals make their schools stronger by valuing their students»
principals make their
schools stronger by
valuing their students» diversity.
Discerning parents and
principals understand that
value for money in outside
school hours care is very different from price, says Darren Stevenson, Managing Director of Extend After School
school hours care is very different from price, says Darren Stevenson, Managing Director of Extend After
SchoolSchool Care.
Principals also should provide opportunities to build trust, collaboration, and individual and organizational capacity, as well as employ celebrations to call attention to treasured
school values.
Principals use a range of data management methods and technologies to ensure that the
school's resources and staff are efficiently organised and managed to provide an effective and safe learning environment as well as
value for money.
Leadership is saying «I mean it», «We're going to do this»... «This is what I
value» (this may be a
principal or
school leaders), «This is what we
value».
Further,
principals influence the culture of a
school, including whether students feels safe and
valued.
At West Elementary
School, former principal Paul Young shared that holiday and end - of - year celebrations are key to recognizing the school's valued volun
School, former
principal Paul Young shared that holiday and end - of - year celebrations are key to recognizing the
school's valued volun
school's
valued volunteers.
People in public education unwittingly destroy
school cultures all the time by treating educators as interchangeable cogs, transferring
principals and teachers without regard for a
school's approach and operating assumptions, by creating one - size - fits - all mandates that suggest a
school's distinctiveness is a nuisance, not a
value, and by sending mixed messages and edicts from the central office until people are burned out and resentful.
So there is good reason to fear that
principals in public
schools, if given discretion to reward teachers as they please, will base their decisions on personal relationships rather than on the results of
value - added assessments.
But if
principals were taking advantage of their pre-tenure freedom to fire at will, we'd expect to see the lower -
value - added teachers leaving
schools at much higher rates than their higher -
value - added counterparts, and an increase in dismissals at the tenure decision point between the fourth and fifth years.
«The biggest benefit our parent volunteers bring is that our students see that their parents
value education,» said Tammy Quist,
principal at Estes Park Middle
School in Estes Park, Colorado.
The Alliance home office sets the bar for achievement, the overall Alliance
values, training and educational approach, but
principals are given significant freedom in how they run the
school day - to - day.
The work began with the
principal, administrators, and other
school leaders working with Engaging
Schools to define the
school's
values, beliefs, and student expectations.
What reformers should do is develop the tools that can allow families to make
school overhauls successful; this includes building comprehensive
school data systems that can be used in measuring success, and continuing to advance teacher quality reforms (including comprehensive teacher and
principal evaluations based mostly on
value - added analysis of student test score growth data, a subject of this week's Dropout Nation Podcast) that can allow
school operators of all types to select high - quality talents.
NAESP and Crayola have awarded 20 NAESP members with grants
valued at $ 3,500 to help
principals implement and document innovative arts - education projects at their
schools and share best practices for arts education with fellow educators.
Crayola, in partnership with NAESP's National
Principals Resource Center, will award up to 20
schools with mini-grants
valued at $ 3,000 to help strengthen their arts education programs.
Regardless, and put simply, an SGO / SLO is an annual goal for measuring student growth / learning of the students instructed by teachers (or
principals, for
school - level evaluations) who are not eligible to participate in a
school's or district's
value - added or student growth model.
This might be reasonable when
value - added is used to measure instruction, while a less structured
principal evaluation might capture contributions to the
school community that are unrelated to classroom instruction.
A highly effective
principal might improve the
school's
value - added so that it is more effective than it was in the past, but it is likely to take several years before the combination of staff development, improvements in
school environment, and replacement of ineffective teachers can make the
school a high -
value - added
school.1
Physics lovers might think of
school value - added as velocity and
principal value - added as acceleration.
Even if a district assigns its best
principal to take over that
school, the
school will not instantly become a high -
value - added
school.
The fact that a
principal's effect is indirect and can take years to appear means that
principal value - added is not the same thing as
school value - added.
We found that
school value - added provides minimal information about
principals» contributions.
Value added measures provide information about how
schools are doing, but they may not be convincing measures of the causal effect of the
principal of student learning.
Some states have chosen to include
school value - added (or the
school's median student growth percentile, which is similar to
value - added) as a component in the evaluation of
principals.
In my good friend, Cathy Lassiter's book, Everyday Courage for
School Leaders (2017) she writes about courage and its
value in the work of a
principal.
After talking with more than 1,300 teachers, professional development leaders,
principals, and experts, we were surprised by one thing: While these forms of collaborative PD are backed by research and highly
valued by
school leaders, teachers are far from satisfied with their implementation to date.
The NASSP Statement of
Values is a living document that is expected to evolve in response to the changes in law, policy, and procedure that inevitably, and regularly, affect education.NASSP VALUESRole of the
Principal The principal promotes excellence in school le
Principal The
principal promotes excellence in school le
principal promotes excellence in
school leadership.
A conversation and some time spent with the
principal observing how he or she interacts with people, what kinds of questions they ask and what they
value provides evidence of whether they will accept coaching support and trust me to work with them in the
school.