Sentences with phrase «school leadership initiative»

Research about a Wallace Foundation school leadership initiative in six large school districts provides insights that may offer districts a way forward, as described in this Wallace Perspective, an update of a 2016 publication.

His association with the Wallace Foundation led to numerous contributions to the foundation's creation and support of school leadership initiatives.

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The review and the changes that will result from it comes on top of a decision to build a new $ 200 million modern home for the business school on the waterfront of Lake Michigan, a reorganization of the school's top leadership, and the creation and launch of Kellogg's new branding campaign — all initiatives driven by Blount since her arrival some 18 months ago.

The GOP leadership of the Florida House and Senate quickly stood with Scott in backing a broad package of legislative initiatives, including funding for increased school security and setting up a new process to take guns out of the hands of those deemed to pose a danger.

In a country where alcoholism, gun violence, and drugs lure a lot of young people (particularly young men) into destructive lifestyles, World Vision has implemented leadership initiatives, after - school programs, and peace programs that seem to be making a difference, particularly among sponsored children who grow into adults.

It was with the initiative of Barsauma and under the leadership of Narsai, the school was restarted in Nisibis.

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

In April my administration released our comprehensive report on countywide school district expenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusschool district expenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusSchool District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusschool districts in future shared services discussions.

Such attacks are unlikely to be unleashed on Ms. Davids, an unemployed single mother, and the NYC Parents Union because they have been past allies of the UFT regarding parent leadership, supporting the community schools initiative, pushing charter schools to enroll more special ed students, and keeping teacher evaluations private.

There are many other factors to consider, such as administrators making time to visit classrooms, capable instructional leadership, clear expectations and common language around school or district initiatives, creating a culture of risk taking, etc..

Inconsistent Transportation: When late buses were impacting our ability to get teachers to their PLC Data Team meetings on Thursdays, our central office and union leadership identified the problem during a no - agenda meeting — the need to change district bus schedules to accommodate all schools — and worked with our transportation provider and building administrators to ensure that we didn't jeopardize this initiative moving forward.

Both district and school leadership provide a critical bridge between most reform initiatives and their consequences for students.

As part of the Charlotte County initiative, administrative staff members read and discussed the book From Good Schools to Great Schools, engaged in leadership training, and then trained staff at school sites.

According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»

This initiative sets into a motion a coordinated set of high - impact actions, investments, and partnerships that will significantly increase the Ed School's capacity for research, innovation, outreach, and leadership development in early childhood education.

His tenure follows the controversial leadership of former superintendent Cami Anderson, who led a series of unpopular initiatives in quick succession, including a new citywide enrollment plan and lottery that allowed parents to choose any traditional or charter school in the city, closures of underenrolled or poorly performing schools, mass firings of teachers and principals, and a new merit - pay program for teachers.

For the last 13 years Matt has worked in charity leadership as a director of local youth and community services, as Operations Director at School Councils UK, a national education charity specialising in youth participation and active citizenship in schools, and more recently leading on the delivery of ThinkForward, the successful Social Impact Bond funded, five year education - to - employment initiative.

We are failing to leverage the immense knowledge of our content experts in schools, districts and state initiatives, and at the same time, failing to continuously develop those content experts so they may move into meaningful leadership roles in which they expand the scope of their impact by supporting and developing others.

A joint initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Business School, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) evolved out of the desire to improve the management and leadership competencies of public school leaders in order to help improve student perforSchool of Education and the Harvard Business School, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) evolved out of the desire to improve the management and leadership competencies of public school leaders in order to help improve student perforSchool, the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) evolved out of the desire to improve the management and leadership competencies of public school leaders in order to help improve student perforschool leaders in order to help improve student performance.

The gap is becoming a crisis in schools where leadership has supported or initiated purchasing initiatives (especially such high - profile technologies as tablets, laptops, Internet - connected handhelds and such high - volume technologies as handhelds and AlphaSmart) that create expectations within the school community, and then has failed to articulate or energize a vision for using those technologies.

Initiatives must be tailored to meet the needs of the school and community and this highlights the essential nature of good leadership and school community governance.

She has taught in city and country high schools, held a national leadership role with MindMatters (the national mental health in schools initiative) and lectured at universities and tertiary institutions in South Australia and England.

With leadership and resources from the Mayor's Office, the school district, and partners across the city, a new initiative called the Oakland Promise is re-envisioning how cities can make college a reality for all young people.

We have some initiatives going, especially in the area of professional development, that will serve school leaders and school decision - makers — and we do think that's a place to play — but certainly leadership from the very top is a prerequisite.

Working conditions and teacher retention: Several new initiatives aimed to improve school leadership, the ability of school leadership to recruit and retain effective teachers, the school learning environment, and teacher supports.

The school leadership team is adamant that the improvements can be ascribed to the school's participation in an initiative that is based on solid research, along with a collaborative enquiry approach where evidence, committed leadership, and a culture of learning drive change and improvement.

Join literacy curriculum experts Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University, and Shawn Mahoney, Ph.D., chief academic officer at McGraw - Hill Education, to discover proven methods and high - impact solutions to enrich school and district literacy initiatives.

For the last 13 years Matt has worked in charity leadership as a director of local youth and community services, as Operations Director at School Councils UK, a national education charity specialising in youth participation and active citizenship in schools, and more recently leading on the delivery of ThinkForward, the successful Social Impact Bond funded, five - year education - to - employment initiative.

Each city in the consortium is unique: Oakland is BAM's largest city, is the only city located west of the Mississippi River, and has faced several external challenges during early phases of the initiative, including a transition in school district leadership and a public school budget crisis.

This evidence - based professional development program supports whole school change initiatives by strengthening shared leadership, positive relationships, and relational trust in the adult community.

Wallace currently has initiatives in six areas: afterschool, arts education, building audiences for the arts, expanded learning, school leadership and summer learning.

The program will build on Harvard's existing leadership programs, including the Public Education Leadership Program (PELP)(a joint initiative of Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education), and the Superintendent Leadership Program at the Kennedy School, in which the Graduate School of Education also participates.

When 11 initiatives aimed at improving school leadership were outlined in these pages at the beginning of 2000, I, like many others, welcomed the news.

• School librarians have deep expertise in digital literacy skills; have well - developed instructional strategies based on thinking critically, communicating creatively in a variety of media, and solving problems creatively; and are often role models for strong leadership, initiative, and other career and life skills.

Institutional theories take a different view, arguing that schools (like other major social service sectors) are so constrained by public expectations that they have limited options for becoming very different.137 Public agencies that have limited autonomy, owing to extensive public oversight, find it difficult to develop their own policies and initiatives for change.138 This does not mean that successful leadership activity in schools is impossible, but it does not come easily.

More complex and coordinated patterns of distributed leadership appear when school improvement initiatives focus directly on student learning goals, as distinct from the implementation of specific programs.

«Districts look at policy initiatives as only attending to instruction and fail to marshal the leadership and organizational resources of schools to support that instructional improvement work,» Cosner said.

Through teaching, counseling, coordinating and advocating, Lauren's experience has continued to leave her enthusiastic and connected to the middle school brain, the middle school pedagogy and how leadership in middle school influences all other initiatives in K - 12 and beyond.

The district, by necessity, had to rely on principals «instructional leadership and on expertise from the regional education center or independent consultants to support school - and district - wide improvement initiatives.

Third, district and school leaders must consider the kinds of organizational and leadership capacities that are necessary for schools to productively enact policy initiatives and they must diagnose and then develop those capacities within local schools across the district.

The main topics covered were: 1) the respondent «s perceptions of the major state - level policy initiatives of importance over the last few years (allowing the respondent to determine the starting year / policy); 2) specific policy initiatives in two arenas: accountability and promoting school leadership; 3) a discussion of the policy initiators and actors, and their stakes and stands on major policy initiatives; and 4) their comments about the way in which groups and individuals work together or separately to exercise influence over educational policy.

Hargreaves and Fink (2006) conclude that the post-succession process is best managed when the departing leader leaves a legacy of distributed leadership marked by shared vision, investment, and capacity that ensures the sustainability of school improvement initiatives.

For example, the 2006 «21st Century Skills» initiative sought to ensure that students would be globally competitive, that teachers would be up - to - date technologically, and that school and district leadership would foster instructional innovations.

District leaders faced with struggling schools were less rather than more likely to sponsor leadership - development initiatives or to provide strategic help to principals; they focused instead on recruiting a different sort of administrator.

We want to make certain that initiatives such as Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and school leadership evaluation are implemented with fidelity, in ways that really do improve our schools, rather than being merely a matter of compliance.»

Since joining The Mind Trust in 2016, White has led The Mind Trust's partnership with the Relay Graduate School of Education's National Principals Academy Fellowship and has developed several groundbreaking initiatives that provide educators across Indianapolis with expert instructional, operational, and executive leadership support.

Rather, it is to demonstrate an increasing effort of divisions within SEAs to focus more on developing the capacity of LEA leadership so that LEAs can in turn take more of an initiative to develop school leaders.

Starting this month, Oregon education reform organization The Chalkboard Project is embarking on a new initiative that will bring leadership training to 71 school administrators responsible for 41 percent of Oregon's K - 12 students.

Recent national policy initiatives, such as implementation of Common Core State Standards, teacher evaluation, and school leadership evaluation, have raised new questions about the future of public education.

Motivated to enter politics after a «life - shattering, perspective - shattering» experience as a Baltimore City Schools teacher, Bill's time in the classroom continues to inform his legislative efforts, most recently his leadership on the passage of an unprecedented $ 1 billion initiative to renovate and rebuild 35 city sSchools teacher, Bill's time in the classroom continues to inform his legislative efforts, most recently his leadership on the passage of an unprecedented $ 1 billion initiative to renovate and rebuild 35 city schoolsschools.