Sentences with phrase «puts teachers and school leaders»

This approach puts teachers and school leaders squarely in charge of the decisions affecting the schools and students they serve.

We apply «Joy at Work,» a unique organizational culture that puts teachers and school leaders squarely responsible for the decisions affecting the schools and students we serve.

Not exact matches

In other districts informal civic groups will organize a slate of «reform» candidates for school board, and in at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidates.

«AISD officials had to struggle with the competing agendas of numerous outside partners such as Austin's business leaders, the «First Things First» program of the Institute for Research and Reform in Education, the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning's work in «Disciplined Literacy,» the Dana Center for Mathematics at the University of Texas, the Gates and Dell Foundations, and other organizations... As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that....

The changes we are making will put control back in the hands of teachers and school leaders - those who know their pupils best - making sure every single child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.»

Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, has said that» would - be teachers» are being put off the profession because of a complexity of routes into teaching.

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This administration has been a world leader in connecting our schools, classrooms, and libraries to vast Internet information resources, putting modern computers in the hands of teachers and students, and making technology an integral part of lifelong learning.

Our White Paper reforms will ensure we continue to spread excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best, alongside new measures to more swiftly tackle failing and coasting schools.

The latest news also comes as expectations around educational standards continue to increase, and following a Budget which revealed plans to roll out an «achieving educational excellence everywhere» strategy — putting additional pressure on teachers and school leaders.

Missouri should not have a system that puts our neediest communities at a disadvantage when it comes to recruiting talented teachers and states should not impose a tariff on attracting quality teachers and school leaders.

As a school leader, what support mechanisms and professional development opportunities have you put in place to help teachers build their self - efficacy?

«Our white paper reforms are the next step in achieving excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best, alongside new measures to more swiftly tackle failing and coasting schools.

School system leaders across the Baltimore area said they believe the scores will increase quickly in coming years, as teachers and students adjust to the new test and Common Core standards put into effect by most schools three years ago.

The expansion of charter schools, less university - based teacher preparation, and putting digital technology before superb teaching as a way to personalize learning for students do not characterize the policies of international educational leaders like Canada, Finland, or Singapore.

Visible Learningplus takes the theory of Hattie's research and puts it into a practical inquiry model for teachers and school leaders to ask questions of themselves about the impact they are having on student achievement.

In both Liberation and Spirit, the school leaders and teachers have reviewed the results of both TAKS [the state test] and Stanford, and like all good teachers do, they are re-teaching, making adjustments, uncovering the holes, and simply put, teaching more and teaching better.»

A DfE spokesperson said: «The changes we are making will put control back in the hands of teachers and school leaders — those who know their pupils best — making sure every single child has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.»

Online toolkit for school superintendents and principals, teachers, parents, students, community leaders and organizations interested in learning about how to eliminate harsh, push - out discipline practices and put in place solutions that work for all students.

A DfE spokesperson said the white paper reforms were the next step in ensuring every child had access to an «excellent education by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best.

Originally released in 2016, we developed the LEAP Learning Framework alongside teachers, school leaders, and other national experts in order to answer these questions, and to provide educators with a clear definition of personalized learning and the strategies to put it into practice.

I have been fortunate in my career as a primary school teacher and now as an instructional coach to work with building administrators who put students first, and as a teacher leader I strive to be a true example of student - centered teaching and learning.

Currently, in many schools, teacher leaders put their career advancement and reputation on the line when they decide to have a child of their own.

The Department for Education said converting England's schools into academies would put control of children's education in the hands of teachers and school leaders «who know their pupils best».

As Dropout Nation has noted ad nauseam, few of the accountability systems allowed to replace No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress provision are worthy of the name; far too many of them, including the A-to-F grading systems put into place by such states as New Mexico (as well as subterfuges that group all poor and minority students into one super-subgroup) do little to provide data families, policymakers, teachers, and school leaders need to help all students get high - quality education.

Teaching union general secretaries Mary Bousted, of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, Brian Lightman, of the Association of School and College Leaders, Russell Hobby, of the National Association of Head Teachers, Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, and Deborah Lawson, of VOICE, all put their names to a strongly worded letter to the two politicians.

In 2010, former charter - school leader David Hill was named director of academic operations for the so - called Jubilee Schools, and he instituted changes across the network — extending the school day, strengthening school culture, putting more emphasis on attracting and retaining high - quality teachers and principals.

The proposals for alternative league tables, to be published on a free website, are being put forward by the Association of School and College Leaders, the National Association of Head Teachers and the United Learning group, which runs academies and independent schools.

The bill would «put education back in the hands of those who understand their needs best: parents, teachers, states and school boards,» Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.

The Marshall Principal Evaluation Rubrics — 107 districts Multidimensional Principal Performance Rubric (MPPR)-- 102 districts Stronge Leader Effectiveness Performance Evaluation Model — 87 districts Marzano's School Leadership Evaluation Model — 58 districts Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Balanced Leadership: Principal Evaluation System — 55 districts Of the 496 districts reporting so far, virtually every one said it has put in place new «school improvement panels» that will oversee teacher evaluation and professional development in each sSchool Leadership Evaluation Model — 58 districts Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Balanced Leadership: Principal Evaluation System — 55 districts Of the 496 districts reporting so far, virtually every one said it has put in place new «school improvement panels» that will oversee teacher evaluation and professional development in each sschool improvement panels» that will oversee teacher evaluation and professional development in each schoolschool.

Meetings and presentations from public school leaders to the Gates Foundation have brainstormed various ideas, including»... focus on teacher training, putting the best teachers in the most challenging classrooms, giving the best teachers new roles as mentors and coaches while keeping them in front of children, making tenure a meaningful milestone, getting rid of ineffective teachers, and using money to motivate people and schools to move toward these goals.»

It includes putting in place structures that allow school leaders to get into classrooms and work with teachers on instructional matters more frequently.

In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.

But Steve Monaghan, president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, put the blame squarely on Jindal and legislative leaders for fast - tracking changes to teacher tenure, charter school creation and regulation, and private school voucher availability.

«This is about saying, we need to put the power in the hands of the people who best understand the work, getting teachers back in the position of being true leaders, and allowing the principal the space to be the organizational leader of the school.»

Held to a higher standard of accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.

For teachers and school leaders, the terms «formative assessment» and «summative assessment» are put to regular use as they describe the different modes of assessment they adopt.

Achieve Intensive is uniquely designed to put actionable data right at school and district leaders» fingertips, to maximize teacher effectiveness while minimizing planning time and administrative tasks, and to strengthen the home - school connection!

Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (pictured right), said: «Schools can not yet put in place budget plans for the coming years, so we hope the government, and the new Secretary of State, will continue to work with school leaders to ensure this delay is the final one in a debate that has raged for so many years.

I am lucky to work alongside the best team I have ever had the pleasure of working with, and with teachers and leaders across our schools who put the real heart into this work.

The idea of chartered schools as incubators for education change was put forward by progressive educators and teachers union leaders.

A Department for Education spokesman said last year 95.9 % of parents in England received an offer at one of their three preferred primaries last year and said its reforms would «ensure we continue to spread excellence everywhere by putting control in the hands of the teachers and school leaders who know their pupils best».

«It's important that school leaders and governors take PSHE seriously and improve their provision by investing in training for teachers and putting PSHE lessons on the school timetable.

«To dramatically change outcomes for students, we need to put our most effective teachers in front of the students who need them the most, and build opportunities for our most effective teachers to be leaders among their peers,» said Dara Jones - Wilson, executive director of the South Learning Community, in which the schools are located.

It will put together a panel of teachers and school leaders, but said appointments had not been made and was unable to say when it would first meet.

Some teachers and school leaders were put off by the lack of information about Strides.

Earlier today, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero put out a press release calling upon Democrats, «to stage a full public hearing in the Education Committee on the controversial Common Core curriculum and teacher evaluation standards that have caused upheaval in state public schools.»