«I am seeing people start to change their practices, including older teachers, with twenty - plus years, who are suddenly excited about doing things differently,»
says middle school principal Brendan Wilson.
Not exact matches
Sean Gaillard,
principal at Lexington
Middle School in Lexington, North Carolina,
said the technology helps him capture and assess classroom data.
The Wapakoneta
Middle School in Ohio has reportedly decided to pander to bigots given the parents of seventh graders the options to have their kids skip the lesson on Islam because «some topics are sensitive,» the
principal said to Buzzfeed.
«We think it's wonderful that they came to see how we're doing things,»
said Ellie Chin, the assistant
principal of South
Middle School.
The
principal once
said that being able to buy junk food was part of the «allure» of attending
middle school in our district, and the district food services manager insists that kids have a right to a «treat» every day if they want one (never mind that some of them are eating only «treats»).
Larry Meyers,
principal of Westchester
Middle School,
said his district resorted to fast foods about two years ago because «children would dump their lunches at the end of the period.»
«One of our
middle school principals ended up transferring to the high
school where we weren't doing BIC,»
said Hodge.
At Vista
Middle School, Principal Nidia Castro says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her school, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her stu
School,
Principal Nidia Castro
says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her
school, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her stu
school, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her students.
At Vista
Middle School, Principal Nidia Castro says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her s
School,
Principal Nidia Castro
says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her
schoolschool.
Charland was the assistant
principal for about seven years and had been
principal of Franklin
Middle School in the Kenmore - Town of Tonawanda
School District,
said Frontier Superintendent Richard Hughes.
«I don't want to be here,»
said Danny Perez, former
principal of Nativity Mission Center
middle school, «going through files and looking at pictures and thinking about what was here; what could have been here if we could have stayed; what more we could have done.»
Computers used in the workplace are not suited for the classroom, because in most cases they're fragile and too big for elementary and
middle school students» desks,
says Tony Salvadore, a senior
principal engineer with Intel who is also a psychologist and anthropologist.
Police
said Betts, 42, the popular
principal at Shaw
Middle School at Garnet - Patterson, met the suspects charged in his death on a phone chat line in the hours before he was killed April 15 and arranged a meeting with at least one of them.
«Too often, the assessments new teachers use have very little to do with the standards they are expecting students to meet,»
said McCann,
principal at Western View
Middle School, in Corvallis, Oregon.
«It's about time educators started getting the kind of pay that athletes do,»
said Nancy Ondrasik, assistant
principal at Beatty Warren
Middle School in Warren, Pennsylvania.
One researcher suggested that recent studies
saying current
middle school programs focus more on developing a nurturing climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some
principals to drop service - learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.
«The one quality I try to find is a teacher who will be a «Kid magnet,»»
says Steven Podd,
principal at Islip (N.Y.)
Middle School.
«To me, the question is analogous to asking a drowning man if he'd rather have an anchor or an anvil,»
says Joe Lazarski,
principal of Ray
Middle School in Baldwinsville, New York.
D'Astoli —
principal at Thomas Carr College (for secondary years 7 - 8, equivalent to a U.S.
middle school) in Tarneit, Victoria, Australia —
says: «What I look for when employing staff is the ability to inspire students with the importance of the learning.»
Students and teachers at Lowes Grove
Middle School also became more conscious of shutting off lights and computers,
said principal Kathy Kirkpatrick.
Support from the
school district's main office is essential to the success of any principal, says Dee Anna Manitzas, principal at Acclerated Middle School in San An
school district's main office is essential to the success of any
principal,
says Dee Anna Manitzas,
principal at Acclerated
Middle School in San An
School in San Antonio.
«Each of the secretaries I've worked with has been a warm and caring individual, but strong enough not to allow others to run over them,»
said McNeely, who is
principal at Hayden R. Lawrence
Middle School in Deville, Louisiana.
Such is the case with sixth - graders, who are usually nervous about starting
middle school and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders, said Judy Klinek, principal of Florida's Loggers» Run Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus this
middle school and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders, said Judy Klinek, principal of Florida's Loggers» Run Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus this
school and are sometimes much smaller than the eighth - graders,
said Judy Klinek,
principal of Florida's Loggers» Run
Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus this
Middle School, which has 56 portables on its campus this
School, which has 56 portables on its campus this year.
«This position continues to be the focal point of decision - making, especially in a site - base managed
school,» says Alan Rummel, principal at Delahunty Middle School in Hermitage, Pennsyl
school,»
says Alan Rummel,
principal at Delahunty
Middle School in Hermitage, Pennsyl
School in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.
«When we have tried every strategy we know and a child is still routinely failing classes or regularly showing up in the alternative classroom, it really gets me down,»
said Newlin,
principal at Rock Hall (Maryland)
Middle School.
An assistant
principal at the
middle school said to me, «If you offer a partnership to these families, they'll treat your
school like religion.
Richard Kesin,
principal of the 530 - pupil Glen Rock
Middle School, said staff members are getting used to the media presence at the s
School,
said staff members are getting used to the media presence at the
schoolschool.
«I don't do this in an antagonistic fashion,»
said Yeager,
principal of S&S
Middle School in Sadler, Texas.
One of the first districts in New Mexico to switch over, the 558 - student Cimarron Municipal
School District, changed to four - day weeks in 1973, and the schedule remains «overwhelmingly» popular with parents,
said James Gallegos,
principal of the Cimarron elementary and
middle schools.
«I have no doubt that most people on first glance would think this is a valuable safety measure to ensure that we know where students are,»
said Dr. Robert R. Heath,
principal of W. C. Sullivan
Middle School in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Concerned that teachers had been putting in long hours because of new requirements, the
principal of Raymond Park
Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana, set up a room in the school for chair massages one day, said teacher Deborah
School in Indianapolis, Indiana, set up a room in the
school for chair massages one day, said teacher Deborah
school for chair massages one day,
said teacher Deborah Bova.
A
middle school principal, though,
said he didn't think $ 200 for a single GPS device was a justifiable expense.
«Getting out of the office and seeing what's going on in the
school is very important to the welfare of everybody — the students, the parents, and the staff,» said Dee Anna Manitzas, principal at the Accelerated Learning Middle School, in San An
school is very important to the welfare of everybody — the students, the parents, and the staff,»
said Dee Anna Manitzas,
principal at the Accelerated Learning
Middle School, in San An
School, in San Antonio.
There werent many curveballs or sliders,
said Hagen, who is
principal at Saint Michaels (Maryland)
Middle / High
School.
Marcy Cooper, a
principal at Southern
Middle School, near Fort Bragg in North Carolina, says she makes a point of asking school staff and parents about military spouses who may be deployed, and she grants excused absences to students whose parents are coming home on temporary
School, near Fort Bragg in North Carolina,
says she makes a point of asking
school staff and parents about military spouses who may be deployed, and she grants excused absences to students whose parents are coming home on temporary
school staff and parents about military spouses who may be deployed, and she grants excused absences to students whose parents are coming home on temporary leave.
«It is by no means the most important quality in the total
school context, but it has significant implications,» said Graham, principal at Whitney Institute Middle School, in Be
school context, but it has significant implications,»
said Graham,
principal at Whitney Institute
Middle School, in Be
School, in Bermuda.
This parent, who has been supportive of Moskowitz and Success Academy, is planning to speak to her child's
middle school principal about it — the very outcome Moskowitz
says she wants to encourage — but she
said she first needs to figure out how to approach it without getting upset.
«This is a tough chair to sit in,»
said Dr. Robert Wenner,
principal of Sarah A. Scott
Middle School for the Health Sciences, and the other original collaborative member.
«They really have influenced district policy,»
said superintendent of
schools William Andrekopoulos, a former
middle school principal and also an original member of the collaborative.
«I don't miss a meeting unless I'm out of town,»
said Robin Kitzrow, who is in her second year as
principal of Gustav A. Fritsche
Middle School, a charter s
School, a charter
schoolschool.
«
Schools had traditionally been safe havens,»
said Timothy Neville, Kennedy
Middle School principal in Enfield, Connecticut.
Crystal Hoel, a former
middle school language arts teacher at a
school in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,
said, I think public
schools can implement the same strategies, but only if the
principal and / or curriculum director truly believe that all kids can achieve and teachers are held accountable.
Today the incubation period is as short as it has ever been,»
says Flanary, who was a
middle school principal for 12 years in a Washington, D.C., suburb.
Mullen,
principal of Kuss
Middle School,
said the increased pay has led to an increase in applications.
’10, the assistant
principal and a former third - grade and
middle school science teacher,
says the change came in response to feedback that open house was boring and too hectic to accomplish much.
«We make a rule at our
school to keep all stakeholders informed through a variety of communications and media,» said Marguerite McNeely, principal at Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Loui
school to keep all stakeholders informed through a variety of communications and media,»
said Marguerite McNeely,
principal at Lawrence
Middle School in Deville, Loui
School in Deville, Louisiana.
I ask them what they are working on and how they can use what they are learning,
said Yeager,
principal at S & S
Middle School in Sadler, Texas.
04,
principal of the Atlanta Charter
Middle School in Atlanta, Ga., who took courses with Hehir, says that in order to avoid ableism, the mindset in their school is that that everyone has learning differ
School in Atlanta, Ga., who took courses with Hehir,
says that in order to avoid ableism, the mindset in their
school is that that everyone has learning differ
school is that that everyone has learning differences.
John Porter, whose 40 - year career in education includes experience as a teacher and as an administrator and
principal at the elementary,
middle, and high
school levels in Alexandria, Virginia,
says providing the opportunity for such observation, or the opportunity to observe a
middle school science or math teacher at another
school in the district, can lessen teacher frustration.
Mooresville
Middle School Assistant
Principal Angelo DelliSanti
says technology doesn't change education, people do.