Sentences with phrase «role as a school district»

From her role as a school district leader to her leadership in education policy, Nancy has demonstrated a deep commitment...

The writing client needed an education consultant resume and was hoping to combine his two previous fields of employment, Data Analyst and Teacher, into a role as a School District Data Coach.

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And in 2015, Duncan, Obama's secretary of education, pointed to his old friend's district as a national role model and invited Runcie to speak at a White House panel called «Rethink School Discipline.»

In furtherance of that goal, graduates of the Lunch Teachers ® Culinary Boot Camps are recognized as culinary ambassadors who lead the school food reform in their own districts and embrace their essential role in teaching children about the pleasures and benefits of eating real food prepared in a healthful manner.

In his current role as neuropsychological consultant to several large school districts in the Boston area, he is on the ground, in schools and working with kids and their teachers several days each week.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and scSchool Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and scschool districts and schools.

As a former superintendent of LaFayette Central School District in Onondaga County, Lavine could easily transition into the role of mayoral control.

Greater transparency for School Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weSchool Leadership Teams: In order for School Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weSchool Leadership Teams to fulfill their role of serving as advocates for their school communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE weschool communities, superintendents should be required to ensure that all principals in their districts give their leadership teams thorough information about fund allocations, including their schools» Galaxy Table of Organization in addition to the budget summary available on the DOE website.

While I recognize that it is not the Board's nor the district's role or responsibility to take such things into consideration, I do believe that we have an obligation to utilize community resources whenever possible as that only serves to strengthen the community in which the children served by the Buffalo Public Schools live.

Greco has served several roles, ranging from science department head and middle school principal to his current role as district director of STEM.

«The BTF looks for whether he follows through on returning control to the local districts as opposed to control by the state,» he said, pointing to concerns about teacher evaluations and the role of charter schools.

In her role as a monitor for the East Ramapo schools, George - Fields helped the district and school board in thinking through what programs were already in place and creating a plan for progress and change, particularly in terms of curriculum and instruction.

But it would not be feasible to simply add this role on to existing jobs — school and district leaders would need to consider other duties to remove from the plate of those professional staff members who serve as liaisons.

The study examines the unions» goals and leadership as well as the role they played in three small suburban and rural school districts in New York State from the early 1960's to the late 1970's.

To prepare for his new role as school disciplinarian, Lester studied the districts discipline policy and relied on personal experience.

Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summer 2017).

Since the early 1990s, mayors have expanded their roles in school district operations in such cities as Boston; Chicago; Cleveland; Detroit; Harrisburg, Pa.; Oakland, Calif.; and Washington.

An example of a school district that is capitalizing on the library's role as a tech hub is Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS).

In this partnership, the ministry's OFIP team plays various support roles - coach, challenger, facilitator and mobilizer of ideas and knowledge - first to help districts and schools gauge as precisely as possible student needs, and later to put in place the plans to help meet them.

In my role as a special education advocate working primarily in Miami - Dade — the fourth largest public school district in the country — I've participated in hundreds of school meetings.

Deliberate malfeasance has played a role in many a school district's financial distress (as in Compton, California), but Seattle and Oakland fell into difficulty while they seemed to be on the upswing.

My Evergreen Education colleague John Watson, who led the research, has done a good job distilling several of the lessons behind these schools» successes in a series of blog posts that chronicle the importance of leadership in blended learning; the critical role in - person teachers and mentors — not just monitors — play; the persistence district schools must have as they navigate the inevitable bumps on the road to implementing successfully blended learning; and the important role data plays.

Common Core, teacher - evaluation reform, new CBAs, technology, schools within schools — the list goes on endlessly — all of these do nothing to alter the urban district's role as dominant - default school operator.

That's how he frames his role as superintendent of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York, delegating much of the day - to - day work of running a high - poverty turnaround district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big District of Middletown, New York, delegating much of the day - to - day work of running a high - poverty turnaround district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big district of 6,800 students to look ahead and concentrate on the big picture.

Although the institutes offered new administrators an opportunity to grow comfortable with their position — it also strengthened experienced leaders like Noemy Renee Garcia whose dual role as superintendent and principal of Kennedy County - Wide Common School District in Sarita, Texas.

As the traditional urban school district is slowly replaced by a system marked by an array of nongovernmental school providers, new policies (undergirded by a new understanding of the government's role in public schooling) are needed.

The majority of SLP students see themselves working as principals or other educational leadership roles in schools or organizations — many in high - need districts.

As per the former, it's essential for states to allow entities other than districts to authorize schools and to create high expectations for organizations that play that role.

Greater emphasis and attention — by the board, by schools and school districts, and by reformers — to structuring, encouraging, and supporting the leadership roles that NBCTs can and should play could maximize the influence of these teachers as coaches, mentors, and leaders for other teachers.

In her previous role, Dr. Molina was appointed as a member of the California State Board of Education for five years while also serving as the Assistant Superintendent of Academic Improvement and Accountability for the Bakersfield City School District.

The school is among many in the district that embrace their role as community hubs, an approach that some say embodies the strengths of the Canadian education system.

In his current role, as leader of the 16th largest school district in the country, Fryer is charged with educating more than 127,000 students.

Before his role in Kentucky, Dr. Holliday previously served as superintendent of the 20,000 - student Iredell - Statesville school district, where he earned the 2009 North Carolina Superintendent of the Year Award as well as the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, which was created by an act of Congress in 1987 to recognize organizations with long - term improvement in quality and productivity.

A: As the role and responsibilities of media specialists differ significantly district - to - district, the State at this time will not be providing highly specific guidance on evaluating school librarians.

In that role, Chris led the development and operations of a statewide school district designed to transform Tennessee's Priority Schools, those categorized as being in the state's bottom 5 percent.

Like Chicago, these urban districts — such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis and Cleveland — are struggling to figure out the role of failing neighborhood high schools that have been on life support for decades.

Prior to this role, he served as the chief schools officer for the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan, a district charged with turning around some of Detroit's historically lowest performing schools.

Among them are a focus within preschool programs on teaching pre-academic skills; the conceptualization of the role of the adults who provide center - based care as that of a teacher; a bias towards delivering pre-K services through school districts; a press towards common standards and curriculum across pre-K providers; accountability regimens that are tied to children's performance on measures that correlate with later school success; disproportionate spending on four - year - olds as opposed to younger children; and marginalization of the family's responsibility.

Her roles include: membership on the school instructional leadership team and math leadership team; serving as district - wide Unit Study Seminar Facilitator for the BPS Math Department and as a district - level Developing Mathematical Ideas facilitator for the district; and facilitating Math Professional Development Sessions for Math teachers in the district.

What has happened in Gadsden shows how the push to rank schools based on measures like graduation rates — codified by the No Child Left Behind Act and still very much a fact of life in American public education — has transformed the country's approach to secondary education, as scores of districts have outsourced core instruction to computers and downgraded the role of the traditional teacher.

In her current role as Associate Superintendent, Dr. Gray is responsible for integrating the community school strategy into the fabric of the school district.

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

With his massive plan to enroll half of all LA Unified's students into charter schools, billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad is threatening major disruptions at LA Unified, cementing his role as Public Enemy No. 1 to many district and local union leaders.

There is a distinction between districts» roles as school authorizers and service - providers.

These studies reported on preparation programs that provided the opportunity to participants to perform as leaders, whether in a role - play in front of other program participants (Nesbit et al., 2001), while working with classroom teachers in an actual teacher leadership position in a school or district (Howe & Stubbs, 2003), or with the support of a mentor in a teacher leader training program (Harris & Townsend, 2007).

Prior to his current role he served as Chief Academic Officer, Assistant Superintendent, Principal, Associate Principal and Teacher for the School Districts of Pewaukee, Waukesha and Brown Deer.

Other research has pointed to the possibility that top - down and bottom - up approaches need not be viewed as alternatives, but can be combined.235 Recent research on the district role in school - improvement activity has focused increasingly on the identification of specific district - level policies, actions, and conditions that are related to improvement in teachers «and students «performance.

With observed teachers, the focus was on specific activities during the lessons; general approaches to pedagogy; the role of the principal as well as other leaders within the school, district, and state on pedagogy; curricular and pedagogical decision making in the school; professional development; and student learning.

District leaders should acknowledge, and begin to reduce, ways in which secondary school principals are limited in their capacity to exercise instructional leadership by the work required of them in their role as it is currently structured.

When SEA staff members emphasize their role as service providers rather than compliance monitors, they are in a position to improve their relationships with district and school staff.