Sentences with phrase «school career toward»

Imagine working hard during your whole high school career toward a goal.

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Located just blocks from Canada's business centre and part of the University of Toronto, the Rotman School is ideally positioned to help you connect with top employers and take the first steps toward a fulfilling career.

Toward the end of my career I completed a master's degree in criminal justice so that I could teach beyond the streets, and I wrote my master's thesis on the subject of preventing school shootings.

«By convening leaders throughout the community as part of the Buffalo Schools STEM Experience, Mayor Brown and all involved have taken another important step toward improving student success in STEM from cradle to career.

They must also go toward construction or renovation of spaces within school buildings to serve as health suites, adult education spaces, guidance suites, resource rooms, remedial rooms, parent / community rooms, and career and technical education classrooms.

So, toward the end of her undergraduate career, Smith applied to graduate school and was accepted into the Ph.D. program in Physiological Chemistry at Ohio State University.

She began her tenure there, when it was the School of Medicine Career Center in 2008, developing curriculum and resources for all biosciences trainees to explore and define a path toward their own careers of choice.

In another life, I would be applying to law schools and working toward a career as a lawyer.

Some observers fear, however, that a shift toward career preparation would ease the pressure on schools to provide top - notch academics for every child, reproducing a dynamic that has harmed generations of students: Those perceived to be «college material» are immersed in challenging courses, while those sized up as less capable or motivated get a watered - down education.

A student who is excited about being in the driver's seat and steering toward learning success may well be destined to become an independent thinker on the way to charting a responsible course for school, career, and life.

The foundation's Teacher Advancement Program, which provides training opportunities to help teachers climb a career ladder toward higher salaries based on their performance, is now in place in 85 schools and is poised for a major expansion, with states and the federal government offering financial support.

Studies have shown that when young people start secondary school, just as many girls as boys have positive attitudes toward science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects and careers.

According to researchers at the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, schools can move toward retaining new teachers by accounting for the different career experiences, types of teacher preparation, and career orientations of the two groups.

All were geared toward a system in which «elementary students were provided with career awareness integrated into the regular curriculum; middle - school students explored technology anchored in career applications; and high - school students were provided with early career counseling and assessment, and with structured programs of study, including appropriate work experience and seamless postsecondary articulation.»

That parents strongly believe the schools provide safety (physical, emotional, intellectual), short - and long - term academic and career opportunities, and social benefits for their children will likely go a long way toward ensuring the survival of the schools, if not their expansion or replication.

The product of a collaboration involving the local school system, a federal agency, a professional association, and private foundations and universities, the pilot effort is designed to both encourage young people to stay in school and gently nudge them toward careers in public service.

Ultimately, Cancino says, they're working toward parent empowerment, by which parents have a real voice in how higher education, school financing, and their children's future careers work.

First step: enrolling in the Ed School's Language and Literacy Program (L&L) and working toward her master's so that she could resume her career as a foreign language teacher.

Attitudes of certain high school seniors toward science and scientific careers.

Schools, districts and states need adequate resources to address the needs of students, particularly as we ratchet up the momentum toward college and career readiness for all students.

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.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

Serving nearly 2.7 million students, 4,200 public schools, 28 colleges, 192,000 teachers, 47,000 college professors and administrators, and 321,000 full - time staff throughout the state, the department enhances the economic self - sufficiency of Floridians through programs and services geared toward college, workforce education, apprenticeships, job - specific skills, and career development.

Gives students a first step toward career success and helps you prepare them for life beyond school.

Goal: Provide planning expertise and support to all interested districts and charter schools across Missouri in the implementation of digital learning to move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship.

The draft also eliminates performance targets, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting underprivileged students, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.»

The first step toward achieving that unified vision is an independent, bipartisan look at how we fund Michigan's public schools so every student, regardless of his or her background, has the opportunity to become college and career ready.

Despite overwhelming odds, given inequitable charter funding and fast - paced reform - oriented timelines that all public schools are working to meet, Side by Side students are reaching achievement levels that guarantee they are on track to college and career readiness as they head toward high school.

Finally, the Committee supports high school graduation requirements that ensure all students graduate with exposure to the full range of Kentucky's higher academic standards and with experiences that put them on a strong path toward success in college and careers.

At AJLA, we are working toward creating a community that encompasses the mission of our school and moves students on to college and career readiness.

To get everyone in the school working toward the same goal of preparing every child for college and career readiness, teachers must adhere to the same standards and assessments for all students in a given grade level and content area.

This is the first step in the right direction toward ensuring that our students, as they step into high schools, remain on track to graduate college and become career - ready.

Whether you are a high school student with big ambitions for a career as a classroom teacher, a young professional looking to take your skills as a coach, counselor, or administrator to the next level, or even a lifelong educator interested in an advanced degree, our admissions team will help guide you toward the program that's right for you.

Dual Enrollment - Dual enrollment allows Florida public high school students to earn credit toward both high school graduation and a college degree or career certificate by taking dual enrollment courses.

The needs are certainly immense, and we now know more than ever about how to engage altruistic high school students to help guide them toward careers in teaching.

The bill also establishes that all schools in California will use new computer testing being developed by a consortium of states aimed at measuring student progress toward college and career readiness.

Rather public schools can be more effective working toward a view of «equity» which recognizes that some children may need more resources and support in order to become college - and career - ready graduates.

Through these strategies, we can ensure that students leave high school not just with a diploma — but with the academic skills, interpersonal confidence, and joy in learning that will propel them toward success in post-secondary education and careers.

Propelled toward making a difference for all students, early in her career Molly dedicated over eight years to teaching and learning, where she contributed to growing students as a mathematics instructor, and growing teachers as a Cognitive Coach, for White Pine Middle School and Arrowwood Elementary, respectively.

What changes will be necessary for the school or district to move toward full implementation of the CCSS and prepare all students to be college - and career - ready.

He asked that school administrators revise their brochures and college materials to highlight how many students have received two - year degrees as one way to change an attitude toward the careers.

Overview This webinar examined how states» education accountability systems can be refined to more accurately measure progress toward high school graduation and college and career readiness for all students, including those pursuing alternative pathways to graduation.

They've created themed academies to steer even ninth - graders toward economically viable career choices and broken big high schools into small ones to prevent the all - too - common teenage descent into anonymity.

«At Cincinnati Public Schools, we encourage our students to think beyond graduation, and take steps toward identifying and transitioning into meaningful careers,» said Laura Mitchell, Deputy Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer.

The West Virginia EDGE (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early) program is an early enrollment option specifically designed to enable high school students and adult learners to earn college credit in career / technical courses toward the completion of a technical associate degree.

Meandering Toward Graduation, a report from EdTrust explores that issue, highlighting the gulf between the growing expectation that all students be «college and career ready» and the realities of high school curriculum that are poorly preparing students to achieve their postsecondary goals.

NGLC defines breakthrough schools as those that commit to helping students develop genuine college and career readiness by personalizing learning to match student needs; incorporating mastery - based student progress toward rigorous Common Core - linked learning; enlisting students in managing their own learning, in part through the use of technology; and using financially sustainable models capable of serving a growing number of students over time.

Future Ready is a free, bold new effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship.

California's plan for high - quality teaching and learning is designed to keep school districts up to date on the progress students are making toward graduating ready for college - level coursework and atwenty - first century career.

Choice B: Young college grads with degrees in their desired career area — who complete 5 weeks of education training which includes teaching a class 1 hour daily and a small group 1 hour daily, pass the state required tests, continue basic education classes after they begin teaching, are hired with the district paying a minimum of $ 5,000 per teacher to a private organization, are paid salary and benefits negotiated by the district's union, are sought by big corporations, banks, and Wall Street because of their service and skills gained from 2 years of teaching, after 2 years get discounts and benefits from grad schools and employers, after 2 years receive $ 11,000 toward further degrees in education or that initial career choice, and after 2 years are now «experts» in education seeking positions in government to influence education policy.