Sentences with phrase «principals were in the pipeline»

To make matters worse, only a few qualified principals were in the pipeline.

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Of all the causes that could narrow the pipeline of women in tech from 74 % to 20 %, I suspect the principal contributor is that the environment we've created in tech is simply off - putting to most women.

Not only the terminals but most of the source wells and pipeline infrastructure will be located in B.C., making the provincial government the principal regulator.

«Today, cognitive undersea acoustics is a key wireless communication technology that can be used for a wide range of military, commercial, and scientific applications, including tactical surveillance, offshore exploration, monitoring of subsea machinery such as oil - rigs and pipelines, disaster prevention as well as the study of marine life,» said Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., principal investigator and dean of FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, who is collaborating with Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, professor in FAU's Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and I - SENSE Fellow.

The question the initiative seeks to answer is: «If an urban district and its principal training programs provide large numbers of talented, aspiring principals with the right training and on - the - job evaluation and support, will the result be a pipeline of principals who can improve teaching and student achievement district - wide, especially in schools with the greatest needs?»

Paul Fleming is leading a major effort in Tennessee to build principal pipelines statewide, using an optional 3 percent set - aside permitted under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Tennessee is one of a few states in the nation to undertake a comprehensive approach to developing principal pipelines.

NLC attendees urged congressional leaders to work with their states and districts to make sure that there is a clear understanding of the law, which encourages states to make a strong investment in the principal pipeline — or programs to support aspiring and early career principals — as well as provide on - going support for instructional leadership.

Olson is one of 244 principals in Tampa, Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools, one of six large urban districts across the country that since 2011 have been involved in The Wallace Foundation's «principal pipeline» initiative — designed to grow more effective principals.

The Wallace Foundation is also investing $ 84 million in six districts over the course of six years to support them in building effective principal pipelines by setting high hiring standards; providing effective training; executing selective hiring; and providing ongoing professional development to principals.

New York city is one of six urban school districts taking part in Wallace's principal pipeline initiative to develop a large corps of highly effective school leaders.

The foundation selected these districts from 90 candidates because they already have efforts under way to groom qualified principals and thus are best able to put strong, complete pipelines in place.

In Jordan, I found a group of devoted school leaders who were struggling with many of the same issues school leaders are grappling with stateside: Class sizes are large, student discipline is an issue, the teacher and principal pipeline is impacting human capital, funding is tight, and inequality translates into uneven outcomes for students.

Berg says she's more interested in seeing a package of bills being promoted by Rep. Craig Horn become law, which would invoke more systemic change in public schools through improving the teacher and principal pipelines.

How to Get There NAESP has always been and continues to be an aggressive supporter of principal pipelines, and has long been actively involved in setting and influencing the standards for principal preparation and practice as mentioned above.

Rural schools: Since rural schools are often located far away from the largest teacher prep programs in their state or region, rural principals must be more proactive in creating their teacher pipelines.

With rapid principal turnover in high - need schools and principals retiring each year, districts must have a talent identification pipeline in place to tap future leaders for principal positions so they are able to quickly fill any leadership gaps — both foreseen and unforeseen.

In fact, we're building our own leadership pipeline program, through which we'll groom our best teachers, coaches and [assistant principals] to become outstanding principals.

The goal is to test the following: If an urban district, and its principal training programs, provide a large number of talented aspiring principals with the right pre-service training and on - the - job support, the result will be a pipeline of principals able to improve teacher quality and student achievement, especially in schools with the greatest needs.

More principals are eligible to retire each year, and there are few qualified candidates in the pipeline to replace them.

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.

The program was funded through a $ 12.5 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, with the goal of creating a «principal pipeline» in Prince George's County.

Recent reports from the Alliance to Reform Education Leadership and the Center for American Progress highlight the critical role states play in ensuring highly effective principals are entering the pipeline.

Currently, he is the Principal Investigator on an evaluation of the effects of three high school reform models on student on - track progression through the mathematics and science course pipelines in North Carolina between 1998 and 2010.

And in Rhode Island, programs are required to offer multiple field experiences and a more intense internship to better prepare principals.127 Other states are working to build principal pipeline and development capacity.

Defining standards and competencies for the principal's job was a powerful first step in building a strong principal pipeline, six districts found.

As the education community begins to discuss the implementation of the Every Student Achieves Act (ESSA), which is the latest iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), NAESP has identified one overarching and critical challenge: whether states and districts will take full advantage of new opportunities afforded under the new law to build comprehensive systems to support a robust principal pipeline, and, as a matter of priority, support principals who are currently working in the profession.

Most important, the research finds that it is possible for districts to put in place the four key parts of a strong principal pipeline: apt standards for principals, high - quality pre-service training, rigorous hiring procedures, and tightly aligned on - the - job performance evaluation and support.

These fellowships are designed to strengthen the principal pipeline and build principals» effectiveness in supporting implementation of curriculum standards and supporting administrators» efficacy in the educator evaluation standards of effective administrative leadership.

«Principals in the Pipeline,» a feature article sponsored by Wallace, profiles six districts across the country taking part in a six - year initiative to establish principal «pipelines» — local systems ensuring that a large corps of school leaders is properly trained, hired, and developed on the job.

The Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance advises the Secretary on national and international drug testing and control issues and is the principal advisor to the Secretary on rules related to the drug and alcohol testing of safety - sensitive transportation employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, pipelines, and other transportation industries.

ODAPC advises the Secretary on national and international drug testing and control issues and is the principal advisor to the Secretary on rules related to the drug and alcohol testing of safety - sensitive transportation employees in aviation, trucking, railroads, mass transit, pipelines, and other transportation industries.

Ivan Tashev — principal software architect for Microsoft Research «There are improvements in the way we prepare and train the audio pipeline to meet the higher - quality criteria and higher speech - recognition criteria,» «That means software and...

Smaller updates have been within the pipeline with the addition of Paint Shop and a brand new mode for Ranked Play, however in a group replace relayed on April 6, principal multiplayer designer Greg Reisdorf took to Sledgehammer's official weblog to stipulate main alterations coming to Divisions.

Synapse Principal Economist Liz Stanton's OpEd on natural gas pipelines was recently featured in CommonWealth Magazine.