Sentences with phrase «school capacity through»

Errata In the article, «Every Family Engaged = Every Child Ahead: Building School Capacity through NCLB Parent Participation Requirements,» in the January issue of the IDRA Newsletter, the author states: «The current NCLB iteration has five major leverage points for parents, as Anne T. Henderson has effectively identified (2002).

Building school capacity through professional development: Conceptual and empirical considerations.

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The schools recognize this problem and through special education classes and projects attempt to provide the opportunity for each person to function at the maximum level of his capacities.

Sierra Waldorf School is dedicated to cultivating the capacities of each child through a developmentally respectful education based on the work of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Waldorf Education.

Through a rigorous curriculum integrating the academic, the artistic, and the practical, the Waldorf School of Princeton developes and directs children's capacities for learning.

Through years of daily artistic expression and an academically challenging curriculum, Waldorf education culminates in the high school grades with a conscious awakening of all the human capacities.

Waldorf Education spans early childhood through high school, and, at each developmental stage — from toddler to young adult — addresses the student's growing capacity for thinking, feeling, and willing (doing).

Promotes sustainable, high - quality out - of - school youth development programs through advocacy and capacity building to enhance the welfare of Pennsylvania's children, youth, and families.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.

Every dollar you donate strengthens our capacity to reach out to schools and families through education, research, scholarships and service.

He said the South Korean government was committed to improving health care for newborns and quality education through capacity building of teachers, circuit supervisors and school management committees.

In the absence of a dedicated on - site professional developer, schools build capacity through distributive PD that taps its own faculty as mentors.

The bursary — for post-graduate teacher training courses starting in August — is the latest in a series of measures the Scottish Government is taking to recruit more teachers and develop Scotland's STEM capacity through school subjects such as maths, computing science, physics and technical education.

Too much of the assistance that was provided through the law was spread too thinly to have the kind of impact to help schools build the capacity that they needed to improve instruction and see long - term gains in student achievement.

Over time, the master teacher has the capacity to improve the whole - school culture through excellence in teaching.

What are the most important cognitive capacities that should underpin your students» learning across their classes and through their school experience?

Scottsdale Unified has the capacity to serve 38,000 students but educates only 25,000 — 4,000 of whom opted for Scottsdale schools through open enrollment.

Developing Leadership Capacity Through Strategic Action: A Campaign Approach to Transforming High Schools in Los Angeles Unified School District.

I've been roaming the globe in search of effective strategies for educating high - ability youngsters, particularly kids from disadvantaged circumstances who rarely have parents with the knowledge and means to steer them through the education maze and obtain the kind of schooling (and / or supplementation or acceleration) that will make the most of their above - average capacity to learn.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Through the program, the university provides free professional learning and resource kits to dozens of schools in low SES (socioeconomic status) areas to build staff capacity in teaching robotics - based curriculum activities.

For 10 years, the capacity to engage through the use of protocols has been developed through collaborative research with Project Zero (a Harvard Graduate School of Education research group) on Cultures of Thinking.

The eight chapters are underpinned by the following themes, questions and points of reflection: Creating a preferred future — leading change; Leadership as a moral activity; Learning as the core purpose of school leadership; Leading through collaboration and cooperation; Building capacity — sharing leadership; Leading through relationships; Leadership and personal resilience; and Why leadership?

«Kids who have a significant involvement in an extracurricular activity have a capacity for focus, self - discipline, and time management that I see lacking in kids who just went through school focused on their GPA,» he told me.

«They have the training and expertise to really drive forward effective SRE in schools, but with numbers dropping all the time school nurses simply don't have the capacity to follow this through.

The greatest insight we have gained in our work with school districts across the continent is that organisation that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to become PLCs through reading or even training.

This long - term, whole - school approach focusses on improving the skills and capacity of all staff (including non-teaching staff) through various means, including action learning projects and peer - to - peer support and coaching.

The focus has always been on supporting staff and with a vision and framework to embed a long - term, whole - school approach improving the skills and capacity of all staff (including non-teaching staff) through various means, including action learning projects and peer coaching.

The Kindergarten, which will have capacity for 40 children, will open in January 2016 giving the Endowed Schools the opportunity to educate pupils from three years all the way through to sixth form.

We need to develop a capacity for self - reflection and inquire into our indoctrination, into the beliefs and images we have absorbed through our culture, our parents, our schools, our religions, etc..

Topics of discussion include: • Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness • Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps • Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems • Leading a district - wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students All school and district - based leaders, and K - 12 educators are invited to attend.

In this chapter, I will address school - and district - level leadership for teacher workforce development through improving teacher learning and capacity.

The ISE program supports innovation in anywhere, anytime, lifelong learning, through investments in research, development, infrastructure, and capacity - building for STEM learning outside formal school settings.

NTC builds capacity through district partnerships to develop effective teachers and school leaders on the job.

This fall, we're adding a second grade to our school, and we'll continue growing grade by grade until we reach full capacity in 2014 with 550 students in kindergarten through fourth grade.

City Manager Robert Healy emphasized that «the Academy responds to the City's priorities and vision defined in the Cambridge Agenda for Children by expanding capacity of existing out of school time programs through partnership and by focusing on the goal of success in school.»

She believes that every child has the capacity to be a successful learner and through her work as an authorizer, she strives to empower great schools in serving their students.

This includes supporting our county schools through Michigan's School Improvement Framework, as well as developing educational leaders» capacity to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Each year 100 more would be added until the school reached capacity, with 100 students in each grade from sixth through 12th.

Our mission is to improve learning by building capacity in schools, families, and communities through applied research and development.

Through application of effective PDS practices, we hope to help increase teacher leader capacity in our partner districts and school sites.

A new brief from the National Governors Association makes the case for building the capacity of school principals at the preschool through grade three levels, and cites UIC's partnership with Chicago Public Schools on early education principal preparation.

Seeding Equity in Education through Dialogue Project Valuing and engaging family and community leadership in San Antonio and the region IDRA's SEED project strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policy and...

Built upon the idea that school improvement needs structures and procedures that support sustainability, ASCD's Capacity Building solution is customized for each partner through a highly consultative process that focuses on building awareness, skill development, implementation, and maintenance of targeted educational behaviors over time.

The Lower School soon reached full capacity, with 244 children in Pre-K through 8th grade.

It also recognises that, although «quick wins» can be rapidly achieved through focused intervention, sustainable improvement takes time to embed, and is entirely dependent on building the capacity and capability of the school's own team.

Additionally, schools will build capacity for sustained, continuous improvement in social and emotional learning through Open Circle peer coaches, parent group facilitators, and multi-departmental social and emotional learning leadership teams.

In that capacity she worked with teachers and administrators in low - performing schools to improve teacher effectiveness through the use of data to inform instructional practices.

Through the Meaningful Student and Family Engagement initiative, OKF increased district and school capacity to ensure the voices and priorities of over 500 youth and families of color were included in school improvement processes and reform efforts — including development of school plans, budgets, and policies at the district level and at three partner schools.

Schools and districts in need of solutions to address challenges will work with CCE's field of experts to develop plans for improvement and strengthen capacity through one - on - one coaching, data - based inquiry, and professional development.