Not exact matches
EHS is the
principal agency for the advertising, sponsorship, email, and mobile opportunities of more than 75 of the
leading healthcare professional societies, associations, and media companies; consumer health sites; and other
quality digital partners in the pharmaceutical / healthcare vertical.
A research group
led by Junichi Isoya, professor emeritus, University of Tsukuba and Tokuyuki Teraji,
principal researcher, Optical and Electronic Materials Unit, NIMS, has successfully fabricated for the first time in the world single - photon sources of SiV (silicon vacancy) centers — one of the color centers in diamond during the growth of thin film diamond, which have high purity and crystalline
quality — by introducing them at extremely low concentrations.
The imaging software — developed and currently in use only at Cincinnati Children's — mathematically determines the lowest possible radiation dose for the patient before a scan is performed, according to the study
led by David Larson, MD, radiology
quality and safety director at the medical center and
principal architect of the technology.
The report, «Learning To
Lead,
Leading To Learn: Improving School
Quality Through
Principal Professional Development,» stresses the need for continual, hands - on training in the classroom for
principals.
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.»
Although better
principals may also attract and hire more - effective teachers, the absence of reliable
quality measures for new teachers and the fact that many
principals have little control over new hires
lead us to focus specifically on turnover.
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.
This notion of
quality remaining at the forefront throughout changing organisational structures is a view echoed by Stuart Rimmer,
principal of Great Yarmouth FE College and a former director of
quality at a
leading North West college.
89, Ed.D.» 95,
lead principal investigator on the study, said, «Access and
quality are the two great challenges for arts education.
The Institute's CEO Jim Davies recommended that school communities create space for
principals to get to the core business —
leading quality teaching and learning in their schools — and find ways the
principal can put effort into the things that account for students in classrooms.
This groundbreaking report documents the
qualities of eight exemplary
principal training programs and concludes, in the words of
lead author and Stanford professor Linda Darling - Hammond, that «high - performing
principals are not just born, but can be made.»
Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to
Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to
Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher &
Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to
Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for
Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to
Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great
Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High -
Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful
Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?
The extent to which
principals have a shared vision and deep understanding of high -
quality teaching is the extent to which they can
lead for instructional improvement.
Watched Wendy Kopp (of TFA fame) on Charlie Rose last night, and she affirmed the importance of the
quality of leadership in schools, citing one particular school and the
principal who
led it.
The white paper «From Procedures to Partnership --- Redesigning
Principal Supervision To Help
Principals Lead for High -
quality Teaching and Learning» provides insight into:
The brief, «
Leading for Early Success: Building School
Principals» Capacity to
Lead High -
Quality Early Education,» includes a case study of Illinois and cites UIC's partnership with Chicago Public Schools on early education
principal preparation.
We will support evidence - based policy reforms aimed at ensuring
principals have the autonomy and data they need to
lead schools with strong cultures focused on improving teaching and learning, and that they are trained to use teacher evaluations to deliver high -
quality observations and feedback.
We need to do more to boost the supply of high -
quality principals to ensure that every school is
led by a highly prepared leader who can drive student achievement.
2015 Session The funding priority was to increase funds for the Network for
Quality Teaching and Learning and prioritize funding for the expansion of the School District Collaboaration Fund (state - funded CLASS process); the Oregon Beginning Teacher and
Principal Mentoring Program; completion and evaluation of the TeachOregon teacher preparation pilots; and funding for the new
Leading for Learning initiative for new and current administrators.
Nevertheless, creating more robust teacher and
principal evaluation systems will not, in isolation,
lead to significant improvements in educator
quality.
I have always considered myself an advocate for
principals and the need for
quality professional development that builds leadership capacity and enables us to
lead for the future.
The community of practice will involve a series of supports including in - person and virtual meetings, and program tools that will assist
principals leading quality early education programs in Indiana.
High -
quality school leadership is outlined in the Australian Professional Standard for
Principals and the Leadership Profiles (
Principal Standard) and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (Teacher Standards) at the Highly Accomplished and
Lead career stages.
The NYC Leadership Academy, in partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has developed «Ready to
Lead: Designing Residencies for Better
Principal Preparation» to share insights into the
qualities of well - designed residency programs.
Breakthrough
Principals leads readers through these processes step by step, drawing on case studies to illuminate how real principals have approached common problems, and providing practical guidance and tools that principals and teams can use to build a shared vision while increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high - performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help student
Principals leads readers through these processes step by step, drawing on case studies to illuminate how real
principals have approached common problems, and providing practical guidance and tools that principals and teams can use to build a shared vision while increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high - performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help student
principals have approached common problems, and providing practical guidance and tools that
principals and teams can use to build a shared vision while increasing the quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high - performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help student
principals and teams can use to build a shared vision while increasing the
quality of teaching and learning; improving school culture; attracting and supporting high - performing teachers; and involving parents and community to help students achieve.
Foremost among their findings is that the
principals who
lead these schools do not rely on ineffable
qualities like supersized charisma; rather, they enact a common set of actions and practices that, when implemented continuously and with fidelity, reliably enable teachers, students, and schools to thrive.
Judith consults, has
led library and leadership associations, and has published and presented extensively including acting as committee co - chair /
principal writer of Achieving Information Literacy Through
Quality School Library Programs: The Vision and Standards for School Library Programs in Canada (Canadian Library Association 2003, 2006) and project coordinator / contributing writer for
Leading Learning: Standards Of Practice For School Library Learning Commons In Canada (Canadian Library Association, 2014).
The coalition further notes that investments in SLRSP «can amplify other investments in educator
quality and
lead to improved outcomes for educators, students, and families,» and that «a relatively small federal investment can have a huge influence on locally - driven efforts to get well - prepared, well - supported
principals in our highest - need schools.»
States must send strong messages that high -
quality internships for aspiring
principals are essential to prepare future school administrators who are able to effectively
lead teaching and learning improvement.
Unfortunately, many
principal preparation programs and school systems currently lack sufficient training to teach
principals how to design and
lead quality early childhood programs.
Resources: Robyn Breece, marketing manager, M / I Homes, Indianapolis, Ind.; Jeffrey Cohen, contractor, Canada & Klein LT, Chicago, Ill.; Michael Glassman, landscape designer, Michael Glassman & Associates, Sacramento, Calif.; Story Hedges, senior technical professional, entomologist, Terminix International, Memphis, Tenn.; Sean Murphy, DIY specialist, Build.com, Chico, Calif.; Karen Parziale, stager The Real Estate Staging Studio, Hoboken, N.J.; Sheri Ann Richerson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving and Starting (Alpha Books, DK Publishing), Mark Schmidt,
principal scientist, John Deere, Cary, N.C.; Robert Weitz, environmental testing for
lead, asbestos, indoor air
quality, RTK Ennvironmental Group, Stamford, Conn..
Led by Opticos Founding
Principal Daniel Parolek, this session will explain, illustrate, and compare examples of high -
quality, medium - density housing types such as duplexes, fourplexes, and bungalow courts called Missing Middle Housing.