Sentences with phrase «shifting needs of the school»

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We need to shift our approach from the old - school «outreach» model to an «in - reach» model, which actively cultivates and incorporates the thoughts of influencers and stakeholders in every facet of business, from product development to content co-creation to crisis communications.

We desperately need to shift the focus of our schools to collaboration, play and interpersonal skills.

Specifically, a shift in attitude, away from evaluative and instrumental views of education (e.g, «I complete school work to get a grade, or because I need a degree to get a job,») and toward a sense of purpose and connection.

Make no mistake, the gravity of this agenda has shifted away from the majority party; one need not look any further than the Governor's riff on charter schools and their importance to the minority community.

Within the development of these school - wide policies, several shifts need to happen.

«Mind Shift» Urged for Public Schools (The Worcester Telegram) Paul Reville delivered a lecture at Clark University and discussed how we need to continue to improve schools, and the importance of a more holistic approach to instructing and nurturing stSchools (The Worcester Telegram) Paul Reville delivered a lecture at Clark University and discussed how we need to continue to improve schools, and the importance of a more holistic approach to instructing and nurturing stschools, and the importance of a more holistic approach to instructing and nurturing students.

Weighted student funding (WSF) As with most major reforms of school finance, doing WSF right entails complex formulas, oft - changing allocations of money (when a kid shifts schools, for example, or moves to the next grade, or her needs change), sophisticated building - level budgeting, and the integration of dollars from multiple sources that carry different requirements.

But according to research published in Families, School, and the Adolescent, a book coedited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nancy Hill, parents who want to help their secondary school children stay on track academically may need to shift strategic School, and the Adolescent, a book coedited by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Nancy Hill, parents who want to help their secondary school children stay on track academically may need to shift strategic School of Education Professor Nancy Hill, parents who want to help their secondary school children stay on track academically may need to shift strategic school children stay on track academically may need to shift strategic gears.

Le and Dewar: If we truly believe that creativity is an essential ingredient in a child's development, then we need to shift completely away from the cells and bells model of school design — with classrooms as cells and the school bell indicating the time to move from one to another.

Though I am not yet sure what role I will play in shifting paradigms, I am heartened by the growing awareness of the need for trauma - sensitive schools and urgency for addressing inequities.

Blended learning, the mix of online learning in brick - and - mortar schools, can shift how teachers allocate their time by allowing them to actually work with students based on individual students» needs, rather than simply lecturing to an entire class that may have vastly different levels of understanding.

Only time will tell whether the shift from schools to academies will be a positive move and there is little doubt that the infrastructure that needs to be put in place will be just one of the problems that needs to be addressed.

These are just some of the shifts that have impacted students» ability to manage their work and their schedules; if we want kids today to have a shot at negotiating their way through school, we have to arm them with the skills they need to do so.

These shifts allow schools to meet the immediate needs of students that pre-empt distracting or destructive behaviors.

«When this [new structure] came out and the focus shifted away from management to leadership, I felt there was a great opportunity for us as a school, and as a diocese, and as a state in lots of ways, to really address the needs of our Middle Leaders in terms of professionally developing them,» MacMaster reflects.

The current governmental mandate and the shifting role of schools reflect the need for students to be engaged in the community

Although many aspects of teaching translate across personalized and traditional settings, the schools driving personalized learning forward often find that their teachers need some additional skills and mindset shifts that they just don't pick up in traditional teacher preparation.

The broad policy addresses the need to shift the general culture of the way that schools operate and think about learning.

In 2013 when Newark Public Schools began to roll out blended learning in some of its K - 8 schools, the school leadership of both Quitman and Chancellor elementary schools knew that for it to succeed, they needed to support their teachers and help them shift their teaching prSchools began to roll out blended learning in some of its K - 8 schools, the school leadership of both Quitman and Chancellor elementary schools knew that for it to succeed, they needed to support their teachers and help them shift their teaching prschools, the school leadership of both Quitman and Chancellor elementary schools knew that for it to succeed, they needed to support their teachers and help them shift their teaching prschools knew that for it to succeed, they needed to support their teachers and help them shift their teaching practice.

To that end, CZI is aspiring to foster «a collaborative community of leading researchers, practitioners, advocates, and policymakers committed to: continuing to explore and advance the science, including by testing new research methodologies that surface the unique needs of individual children; designing and providing the tools and systems of support necessary to help educators and school leaders implement SoLD - aligned practice shifts; advancing science - informed national, state and district policies; and working to limit practices and policies that the science makes clear are detrimental to children's learning and development.»

Instead of funding the interests and priorities of the academic community, the federal government needs to shift its focus toward enabling researchers to support a culture of evidence discovery within school agencies.

Bernard Koontz of Highline Public Schools asked, «What leadership moves can best support needed shifts in belief systems to fully value the potential of bilingualism, and understand it as a right for students?»

At a time of growing national recognition of the need for a policy shift to more successful approaches to school reform, this collection of mini-briefs identifies affirmative, research - based approaches to reform in areas including school choice, portfolio district reform, and teacher deprofessionalization.

To identify the effects of peers, they need to find situations in which students have been arbitrarily or randomly shifted among classrooms or schools.

We ca n`t say a priori whether shifting the weight of emphasis from informal to formal evidence for decision making will improve schools; it is an empirical question.226 The current emphasis on using student performance data to guide improvement efforts also calls for greater attention by those in schools to measurable patterns of student performance at the school level, or by student sub-groups, in addition to the conventional interest in individual student needs and progress.

Some school districts shifted to a 4 - day week not because of financial needs, but others did so to make it easier to schedule sporting events or after - school activities.

Meanwhile, Couch said the focus of Florida schools needs to shift back toward a student's overall academic achievement.

At the helm of Illinois» Farmington Central School district, Superintendent Asplund has ushered in innovations that are exposing students to opportunities and skills they will need to find their footing in a dramatically shifting local economy.

Heads need to change between 30 and 50 per cent of the teaching staff at a failing secondary school in their first three years if they want to see a successful «culture shift», according to new research into the behaviour of successful turnaround heads.

The cultural shift needed to embed and extend the use of online teaching across the school was achieved through the positive support and commitment of the principals in the Visiting Teachers» schools, combined with the success of the professional development activities offered by the Visiting Teachers to their school - based colleagues.

«I urge this commission to really try to figure out what it takes to meet the outcomes that we desire and not to tie your hands prematurely and leave it up to the legislature to decide what's feasible, what kind of shifting of budget priorities need to be made and if tax increases are what we need to fund our schools,» said Chandra Villanueva, an analyst with the left - leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities.

Though the improving economy might play a role in this shift, factors such as the short - term commitment requirements of TFA members, the placement of inexperienced teachers in high - needs and hard - to - staff schools, and the increasing number of alternative certification programs, have all contributed to this drop.

To better meet the needs of today's learners, more and more school systems are shifting away from traditional teaching practices.

In addition, putting excellent teachers and their teams in charge of students» learning lets schools shift supplemental instruction specialists (except ESL and special needs) back into classroom teaching roles, with higher pay.

Before we could begin to redefine roles and shift authority, however, we needed to overcome a serious obstacle: the resistance of many veteran teachers to the establishment of a collaborative school - based decision - making body.

Chapman said state officials analyzed results of SIG schools shifting from year two to year three of the grant and let districts know «if your achievement is flat or declining, we need to talk.»

As demographics continue to shift across the country, more schools are serving the needs of English - language learners.

And at the same time, the school budget reflects NO meaningful and corresponding increase in the number of special education teachers and professionals that would be needed if Bridgeport shifted all those special education students back into city's traditional schools.

What is needed instead is a fundamental shift in direction in federal education policy, and ESSA is not it; therefore every family that can afford it should opt out of state schooling whenever possible until No Child Left Behind's failed strategy for social improvement via annual testing and publishing the results is abandoned entirely, and until Sacramento gets serious about subsidiary devolution, which implies that assessing and reporting on the results of local schools should be left to the local districts, whose citizens may have different priorities and values that the state and federal governments should learn to respect.

The attention needs to shift; behind Denver, Aurora is home to the largest number of the state's failing schools in a single district, and some of the lowest academic achievement in the metro area.

Now Congress, states and school boards need to step up with real monetary support to help schools make the shift from a culture of exclusion to one of inclusion, equity and achievement.

The design of America's schools needs to shift from adult - centered and standardized to student - centered and individualized.

Our country is in dire need of comprehensive education reform that embraces a new way of thinking — a shift from a world of schooling to a world of learning.

This means, of course, that more people need to be brought into the leadership arena — which also means that the image of the school administrator as the «buck stops here kind of guy (or gal)» needs to radically shift.

So having that shift of peace of mind and seeing your child learning is worth finding the right school, and for that you need to attempt different school settings, from hospital schooling, homeschooling, private placements to public schools.

The theory of teacher development articulated above demands a shift in the structure of professional learning in schools toward professional learning for teachers that is: 1) aligned to the behaviors, skills, and knowledge that define effective teaching, 2) individualized to the learner (s), taking different forms depending on the experience, skills, and needs of the specific teacher (s), and 3) embedded in the context of teaching: ongoing and collaborative.

Teachers» explanations indicated that the shift of teachers» perceptions on useful PD and their technology PD needs may have been triggered by the changes at the school and district level, including technology infrastructure and resources, budgets for technology PD, technology integration agendas, and decisions made by administrators.

Schools that truly meet the needs of black students work to shift their environment and practices to empower black students, and they have specific strategies for helping students strengthen these mindsets.

The shift of teachers» needs focusing on mobile apps might be due to increasing adoption rates of 1:1 or bring - your - own - device (BYOD) initiatives in school districts that make technology resources more accessible to teachers.

He spoke about how there has been a rush to judgment and lack of collaboration in some schools around this issue, noting that though some districts have shifted codes of conduct away from extremely punitive measures, teachers didn't consistently receive the professional development they need.