Sentences with phrase «school and system»

She leverages all these experiences to design and deliver meaningful programs for school and system leaders.

In other words, school discipline disparities by race are a good indicator of racism in schools and systems.

Our latest report explores the benefits of teacher leadership, and provides a framework for schools and systems to make teacher leadership a driver of improved teaching and learning.

During her career, she has worked with various governments and government agencies around the world to assist with school and system improvement.

Principals and superintendents intent on radically improving schools and systems need to accept and be prepared for a good bit of turbulence.

A big challenge on this score is that there just isn't much material or training out there on how to make schools and systems work for teachers.

She provides technical assistance that helps states, districts, and schools use data and evidence, improve schools and systems, and effectively implement policy initiatives.

When schools and systems aim to improve what matters most, the entire culture and practice in a school building can change.

The focus of this doctoral program is to prepare and develop school and system - level leaders to transform struggling urban schools.

They ask hard questions about what teachers do and how schools and systems can help them do it better.

Rather, it's to recognize that policy can make schools and systems do things, but it can't make them do things well.

Creating the conditions for high - performing schools and systems requires operational metrics beyond student achievement.

Our experience directly supporting schools uniquely positions us to identify limitations and opportunities within schools and systems.

As we examine the individual schools and systems, it is significant to note that the core concepts employed by the schools are diverse and yet surprisingly similar.

Designed to support school and system instruction leaders, this guide offers a practical approach to the challenges of meeting traditional evaluation standards while assessing learning.

We noted how often schools and systems assumed that any teacher in a supervisory position would know how to observe a class and give constructive feedback aimed at improvement.

We deliver operational support services to ensure efficiency, professionalism and economies of scale critical to small schools and systems.

As schools and systems struggle to focus and align the talents of the diverse members of their organization, one critical tool stands out more than any other.

Opportunity and achievement gaps based on race, class, language, or other social difference are being eliminated in excellent schools and systems.

Rather than fund schools and systems, fund students and fund them equally no matter what type of public school they attend.

We have commissioned and developed research into effective induction approaches and conducted scans of current and innovative induction practices to guide schools and systems in improving the experience for beginning teachers.

And school and system leaders use data to evaluate the impact of school - wide and system - wide programs and initiatives to raise achievement levels and close equity gaps.

Virtual learning can cover a course of study or entire grade partially or completely, and a variety of hybrid and other innovative models have been tailored to home, school and system needs.

Leading Change Together explains how you and other adult learners can effect tremendous change in schools and systems.

It looks at school and system level data, how to interpret ICSEA and national and international data.

Teacher contributor Greg Whitby caught up with three school principals at the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta's annual gathering of school and system leaders for 2015.

Building schools and systems where a high quality design process becomes a part of the organization's DNA

Instructional rounds is a powerful form of professional learning aimed at helping schools and systems develop the capacity to educate all children to high levels.

But I've also met scores of practitioners who have learned to navigate bureaucracy and the shoals of policy in order to make schools and systems more supportive of their work.

We will sponsor design projects aimed at conceiving of new schools and systems.

This real - world experience allows us to host study visits, develop and test planning tools, showcase best practices, conduct sustainability institutes and support continuous improvement as schools and systems move through the stages of development from exploring to excelling.

Brittany joined Transcend to partner with school and system leaders to imagine and build innovative learning environments.

Linking up with teachers from other schools and systems through online networks like SAIL can unlock a wealth of new ideas, activities, strategies and support, with students reaping the benefits.»

Results from the School Improvement Grants have shored up previous research showing that pouring money into dysfunctional schools and systems does not work, Smarick said: «I can imagine Betsy DeVos and Donald Trump saying this is exactly why kids need school choice.»

Ann M. Ishimaru, Min Sun, Filiberto Barajas - López, Keisha D. Scarlett, and Eric M. Anderson University of Washington «Collaborating to Build School and Systems Capacity for Racial Equity»

(I've previously noted that the Common Core could weld schools and systems ever more tightly to a one - size notion of grade - level mastery and discourage models that encourage kids to race beyond grade - level material - this is a terrific illustration of that risk.)

They often reminisce about and allude to a time when schools and systems worked for our communities.

In Cage - Busting Leadership, I argued that K — 12 leaders have much more power than they think to create great schools and systems.

Standardized testing is still considered the most effective way of holding schools and systems accountable.

In particular, many school and system leaders are experimenting with complementary indicators that focus on social - emotional learning and career - readiness, topics that resonate with parents and can help place standardized test scores in context.

NCLB required states to adopt standards in reading and math, administer annual tests geared to those standards, use tests to determine which students were proficient, and analyze the outcomes to determine which schools and systems were making «adequate yearly progress» — including the absurd requirement that 100 % of students be proficient by 2014.

Jaime has led accreditation efforts at her school for the past decade and volunteers with AdvancEd to conduct external school and systems reviews.

How One Groundbreaking Set of Rules is Changing the Food in L.A. Schools and the System Behind It Leilani Clark Civil Eats Daniel Blackwood has witnessed a couple of big changes since he started working as a delivery driver for Gold Star Foods, the food distributor for the Los Angeles Unified School District -LSB-...]

Several years ago, I was fortunate to be involved in the founding of the new department of systems biology at Harvard Medical School and the systems biology graduate program.

The task force rightly argues that it is singularly important for academic achievement to be reported in both absolute terms (compared with school and system standards) and value - added terms (student progress over stated periods).

My own hunch is that whether federally urged or not, whether formally embraced by district and state officials or not, fundamental change is coming to underperforming schools and systems.

The critique here illustrates how our current fascination with grade - level assessments can wedge schools and systems ever tighter into age - ordered classrooms, regardless of student need.