Sentences with phrase «school literacy initiative»

She led the $ 15.5 million national Smarter Summers middle school literacy initiative, served on the steering committee of the Summer Matters Campaign in California, delivered technical assistance for the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading and co-developed the Summer Learning Program Quality Assessment with the David P. Weikart Center.

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His focus areas in tackling these issues included literacy and attendance initiatives, an extended school day and a push for a longer school year, and other efforts.

Project 2061, AAAS's long - term science literacy education initiative, launched a new middle school curriculum unit 12 February at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting.

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students...

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of energy.

Those new initiatives range from fighting a fresh war on cancer and developing cleaner energy and transportation systems to doubling spending on competitive agricultural research and improving the computer literacy of U.S. school children.

And Project 2061, the AAAS science literacy initiative, is working with teachers in Colorado, Maryland, Boston, and Washington, D.C., on a module that prepares middle - school students for high school biology — by teaching them chemistry.

In addition, he is looking to work with partners for creative solutions on delivering quality early literacy education, which he sees as a vital initiative for stemming the low - performance culture of Holyoke public schools.

«Across the nation, committed individuals in early education settings, schools, communities, and statehouses are working tirelessly on efforts and initiatives to promote children's literacy development,» says Lesaux.

In 2017 literacy and numeracy support initiatives were among the most commonly funded programs while many schools also invested in additional staff to assist students with disabilities.

Events, competitions, whole - school reading initiatives and book corners can all help to develop a culture of reading for enjoyment - the National Literacy Trust Network offers a wealth of resources and ideas to help teachers to promote reading for pleasure across the school.

This first - of - its - kind initiative will explore the power of personalized interventions on improving children's literacy outcomes, and in doing so, may dramatically change how schools and families teach reading,» said HGSE Dean James E. Ryan.

In the midst of this early literacy crisis, faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) are launching Reach Every Reader, a five - year initiative that will combine both institutions» expertise in cognitive science, reading, learning technologies, and evaluation to help all children thrive and succeed as readers — across schools, homes, and communities.

But while many in the cash - strapped state cheered the $ 12.5 million for raising reading achievement in the neediest schools, others were scrambling to salvage the state's existing literacy initiative after a federal panel suggested it is not aligned with current research in the...

Two additional high schools were supported to start their own literacy initiatives, reaching a thousand more elementary school students.

Over the next few months, 11 faculty members will study four key national policy initiatives — including programs that provide universal coverage of preschool, early literacy instruction, and school initiated improvement — and facilitate interdisciplinary integration of different curriculum subjects using technology.

Its goal is to establish adolescent literacy initiatives with measurable goals, and it funds curriculum materials, instructional tools, and intensive high - quality professional development for teachers, literacy coaches, and school leaders.

Those programs include support for transportation, literacy initiatives, teacher benefits, substance - abuse - prevention programs, bilingual students, gifted - and - talented students, school facilities, and technology.

«Readiness for school is delivered through a focus on literacy and numeracy foundational skills, familiarity with the school programs in which the students will participate in the future, and it provides initiatives that engage parents and other family members with school staff, including the school principal,» the report explains.

School - based curriculum and pedagogy initiatives led by teacher leaders include Read It, Speak It, Write It (Early Years Literacy), Growth Mindset Project, Vocab and Spelling Project, Oral Language Project, and a Reading Program.

In addition, # 5.7 million will be invested into initiatives that boost literacy and numeracy skills, through the government's Strategic School Improvement Fund along with a # 7.7 million curriculum fund to encourage the development of high - quality teaching resources by organisations, including by leading cultural and scientific institutions.

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The scheme aims to improve literacy performance in schools by providing young people in London with specialist reading programmes through Arsenal's Double Club initiative and the IOE's Reading Recovery intervention - a programme which supports five and six - year - olds who struggle with literacy.

The letter argued that the standards would lead to «long hours of instruction» in literacy and math, inappropriate testing, and didactic instruction that would» [cut] off children's initiative, curiosity, and imagination, limiting their later engagement in school and the workplace, not to mention responsible citizenship.»

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.

The program is a five - year initiative to build a web - based screening tool that diagnoses reading problems before kids can even read, and to develop a set of home and school interventions that personalize literacy support for kids, parents, and teachers.

• 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.

In contrast to statewide initiatives on portfolios, several school districts have tried to implement literacy portfolios with the dual focus of accountability and improvement of instruction.

We didn't have the resources to go with all schools at once in the literacy initiative, but still I wish that we had pushed it.

His focus areas in tackling these issues included literacy and attendance initiatives, an extended school day and a push for a longer school year, and other efforts.

This has been the mantra of the leadership team in the San Jose Unified School District as educators in the district finish year four of a multi-year early literacy initiative in 27 schools.

Achieve3000 and Virginia Beach City Public Schools have partnered to create Smarty Summer: Diving into Early Literacy, a new kindergarten reading readiness initiative exclusively for Virginia Beach.

Discovery Education Espresso has a range of resources to complement the literacy initiatives used in your school:

The Center for Collaborative Education is partnering with schools participating in the New Hampshire Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) initiative to support them in building assessment literacy and creating local competency - based assessment systems anchored in performance assessments.

«While we welcome the latest initiative from Welsh Labour ministers to address shortcomings in literacy standards, to succeed, this strategy needs to win the confidence of teachers, parents and school governors,» she added.

As part of a high school reform initiative, 10th grade English language arts teachers and literacy coaches worked with a data coach to define essential questions about students» reading performance.

According to the 2014 NBCT Survey, more than half of NBCTs are teacher leaders at the school, district, state, and national levels, leading Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation, STEM initiatives and programs, peer review and observations, data literacy, personalized learning, technology integration, and professional development.

Grants to New Mexico school districts, charter schools, and regional education cooperatives to support local literacy initiatives.

The Camp Summit primary literacy initiative in Cypress - Fairbanks Independent School District has 2,800 or so «campers» participating in a six - week summer adventure and along with their teachers, having life - changing experiences.

Read the vignette about Christine Quinn and list the things that she did to begin a literacy initiative in her school district.

Read the Ms. Ramirez vignette and make a list of what Ms. Ramirez did to begin a literacy improvement initiative in her school.

In Shelby County Schools, which consolidated in 2013 with Memphis City Schools, the school board has expanded community engagement and literacy initiatives and implemented Key Performance Indicators to help the district leadership monitor the district's effectiveness in meeting the academic, social, and safety needs of students.

Direct aid to public education — Funding appropriated for the operation of public schools, including funding for school employee benefits, Standards of Quality, incentive - based programs, allotment of sales tax and lottery revenues, and specific appropriations for programs such as Governor's Schools and adult literacy initischools, including funding for school employee benefits, Standards of Quality, incentive - based programs, allotment of sales tax and lottery revenues, and specific appropriations for programs such as Governor's Schools and adult literacy initiSchools and adult literacy initiatives.

Read the vignette about Jalma Baker and make a list of the things that Jalma did to help everyone in the school get on board for the literacy initiative.

Evaluation of the Disciplinary Literacy - Professional Learning Community (DL - PLC) initiative in Austin Independent School District.

It prepares district and school administrators and / or leadership teams to: • Make data actionable and competency - based • Use data to bring coherence across improvement initiatives & maximize their impact • Build a system - wide culture of data - literacy and student - focused teaching and learning • Create capacity to collect evidence needed to validate successful implementation and gauge impact on achievement Leaders will learn what it takes to initiate, support, and sustain the meaningful and productive use of data throughout an organization — with an emphasis on how to support teachers» use of data.

Michigan's behavior and literacy support initiative: School psychologist's role.

Mr. Levine has also supported literacy initiatives aligned with the school improvement goal.

Scott is a founding member of many school - wide initiatives including the Literacy Center development team, the Next Generation of Science Standards leadership team, and the Inquiry Lesson / Design Challenge team.

BCPS's library programs at the school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools partners.