Sentences with phrase «school and system improvement»

We will explore monitoring as a learning conversation and its» connection to leadership practices for school and system improvement processes.

As a dynamic international leader in the field of education, Avis has been acclaimed for her work in leadership development, student achievement, school and system improvement, character development and equity of outcomes for all students.

«Teacher leadership,» the author notes, «is defined as specific roles and responsibilities that recognize the talents of the most effective teachers and deploy them in the service of student learning, adult learning and collaboration, and school and system improvement.»

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Apple, as part of its response, on Tuesday announced improvements in its iWork suite at an event in Chicago, where school bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High Sschool bells and announcements over a public address system directed press and more than 300 teachers into an auditorium at Lane Tech College Prep High SchoolSchool.

The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

Progressive Redesign Opportunity Schools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straSchools of Excellence (PROSE), created under the new UFT - DOE contract, gives schools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement straschools flexibility in designing their schedules, programming, teacher evaluation systems and other aspects of their school environments so that they are able to implement innovative school improvement strategies.

«The key education reforms are dealing with the epidemic of failing schools, improvement to the teacher evaluation system, tenure reform, teacher performance bonuses and scholarships to attract new teachers.

Other schools and school systems use NAPLAN to hold teachers and school leaders accountable for improvement, including making test results part of performance reviews.

... so we create real and permanent pressure in the system to encourage schools to drive improvements.

Critics have carped that the Bloomberg - led system fails to give parents sufficient voice — whatever that means — but the current arrangement is a night - and - day improvement over the old Board of Education, which was not only less accountable to the public, but failed at its most basic mission: improving our schools and teaching our kids.

«The important point here is, if you look at the trend of improvements in schools, the numbers now succeeding at GCSE and accessing A-levels has been a success story of our education system,» he said.

And there was the discordant thud last Wednesday night, when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, declared they were sending their members home without doing one of the few things that actually came with a deadline: extending mayoral control for New York City's schools, a system that both houses and parties view as a vast improvement over the old system of board contrAnd there was the discordant thud last Wednesday night, when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, declared they were sending their members home without doing one of the few things that actually came with a deadline: extending mayoral control for New York City's schools, a system that both houses and parties view as a vast improvement over the old system of board contrand Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, declared they were sending their members home without doing one of the few things that actually came with a deadline: extending mayoral control for New York City's schools, a system that both houses and parties view as a vast improvement over the old system of board contrand parties view as a vast improvement over the old system of board control.

Under the terms of federal School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the School Improvement Grants that the DOE was awarded to help these schools succeed, the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the school district and the union must jointly develop a teacher evaluation system in low - achieving schools that receive the funds.

The negotiations, which both sides agreed to in writing, were aimed at creating a system for fairly evaluating teachers, using both student performance and observation, in the 33 schools receiving federal school improvement grants.

Corcoran High School - $ 35.6 million - Replacement of HVAC systems and related work - Includes library expansion / relocation, cafeteria improvements, bathroom renovations, security improvements, minor interior renovations - Students remain in building during construction

Danforth Middle School - $ 18.5 million - Partial renovations include asbestos abatement, new electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems, Project Lead the Way spaces, gymnasium renovations, athletic field improvements, bathroom renovations, misc.

Henninger High School - $ 37.4 million - Partial renovations include expanded cafeteria, enlarged library, new windows, reconfigured main entrance, gymnasium renovations, spaces for career technical education programs, support spaces, partial mechanical system replacement, bathroom renovations and security improvements - Phased construction with students remaining in building

The city DOE and United Federation of Teachers had spent weeks in closed door meetings trying to hammer out the details of a «meaningful teacher evaluation system» in order to qualify for up to $ 65 million in federal funding in School Improvement Grants over the next two years, which is distributed by the state.

«In addition, we posted an online survey to which 2,400 parents, educators, community members and other stakeholders responded to share feedback on school quality indicators, teacher preparation, school improvement, and accountability system design.»

... Almost a third of schools inspected between September 2012 and June this year fell into the «requires improvement» category following the introduction of the new system, according to figures released today.»

Joining de Blasio on a press call this afternoon, Duncan insisted that the mayoral control system has both led to improvements to local schools and created a rare kind of electoral accountability for educational performance.

«While both bills are improvements — and people may argue about that — it doesn't create a system where we're going to be able to efficiently get the answers about risks of all the chemicals out there,» says David Konisky, an associate professor of public policy at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

A web - based school and district improvement system that is backed by research and provides quality data, electronic reporting, and documentation for Tech news and expert opinion from The Telegraph's technology team.

New York, NY About Blog This is a place for parents, teachers, students — and anyone who has a stake in the improvement of our public school system — to offer ideas, share experiences and advice, and weigh in on policies and educational politics.

Additionally, TransformEd collects and archives longitudinal administrative data to conduct policy analyses for member district leaders and practitioners in order to support the CORE School Quality Improvement System (CORE SQIS).

In Finland, world renowned for its successful public school system, I talked to leading school improvement consultant and teacher, Mikko Salonen (of ENIRDELM, the European education network) about his work to help struggling schools turnaround and become more successful.

In an ideal world, transparency would suffice in prompting families to move their students to better schools and encourage the school system to make needed improvements to keep more families from exiting.

According to the LGA, there isn't capacity within the system to withdraw funding and the proposed reduction will «leave councils with little resource to perform their statutory duties», which includes education welfare, school improvement, admissions, exam validation and recruitment.

«We do not believe there is capacity within the system to withdraw funding and powers for councils to support school improvement and hold schools to account in August 2017 as currently planned by the government.

While serving as chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, Michelle Rhee developed an innovative system of teacher evaluation to incentivize high performance and teacher improvement.

Likewise, in a September 3, 2003, column examining the differences between state and federal accountability systems, Winerip looked at North Carolina, where, he said, some schools that were doing just fine under the state's previous accountability system were now being flagged as needing improvement under NCLB.

It is true, as would - be reformers often argue, that statutes, policies, rules, regulations, contracts, and case law make it tougher than it should be for school and system leaders to drive improvement and, well, lead.

CORE's School Quality Improvement System attempts to provide a balanced view of quality across academics, social - emotional skills, and school clSchool Quality Improvement System attempts to provide a balanced view of quality across academics, social - emotional skills, and school clschool climate.

It's just what happens when school improvement is shaped by policy and the pursuit of system reform — the same way that character and relationships get squeezed when studios figure out what teenage boys want to see.

It discounts real improvements in the city's school system, ignores the tremendous challenges facing some of the city's secondary schools, and distracts from the hard work required to graduate students truly qualified for what comes next.

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.

The Local Government Association (LGA) says that the money should be used to maintain improvement capacity within the schools system, which will be beneficial to both council - maintained schools and academies.

We still maintain a passionate commitment to the public school system and a fervent belief that improvement is not only possible but obligatory.

Both fans and critics of San Diego's closely watched school improvement efforts are applauding the choice of Carl A. Cohn, a former superintendent of the Long Beach, Calif., schools, as the system's next leader.

The report recommends improvement in both the content and delivery of programmes by universities through stronger partnerships with education systems and schools, and the government has accepted most of the recommendations in the report, instructing the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to act immediately.

His advice for further improvement in Poland and abroad — «We have to provide more support for the weakest students, while at the same time we need to better recognize different talents and find multiple ways to make them flourish within the comprehensive school system.»

Withdrawing the «right» for schools to act as their own admissions authority, and engaging with the RSA's proposed Commission on School Admissions to ensure that the «low road to school improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently cSchool Admissions to ensure that the «low road to school improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently cschool improvement» (manipulating the admissions system rather than improving teaching) is permanently closed.

Their comparative advantage is to sustain and develop knowledge about how accountability systems can be made to serve the purposes of school improvement.

She says that NAPLAN should be used to identify areas for improvement at a school or system level in areas such as mathematics and spelling, and not as a tool for measuring teacher performance.

«If Ofsted is still around in 10 years» time, the way we inspect and what we inspect would be very different in the type of school - led improvement system envisioned in the ASCL blueprint,» he said.

States can create a more agile, more American, system of governance that eliminates impediments to improvement, empowers schools to innovate, and uses data to help families find the right schools for their children.

Other initiatives in their school improvement plan (PDF) included Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an operational framework for implementing practices and interventions to improve academic and behavioral outcomes, and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college readiness system with research - based methods for elementary through postsecondary students.

Dept.'s priorities and reform approaches within Race to the Top, and the stimulus - funded school improvement grants are the right reform priorities for your school systems?

School rating system: Dashboard, plus will sort schools into four categories: Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools, Targeted Support and Improvement Schools, Schools in Good Standing, and Recognition schools into four categories: Comprehensive Support and Improvement Schools, Targeted Support and Improvement Schools, Schools in Good Standing, and Recognition Schools, Targeted Support and Improvement Schools, Schools in Good Standing, and Recognition Schools, Schools in Good Standing, and Recognition Schools in Good Standing, and Recognition SchoolsSchools

Each of these programs address a particular problem of practice — using data, observing and analyzing teaching and learning in the classroom, engaging families meaningfully — and provides proven tools, protocols, and approaches for educators to practice and implement together for school and system - wide improvement efforts.