Sentences with phrase «specific district supports»

Offer school transformation packages to attract effective principals with financial incentives, specific district supports, and increased autonomy.

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«Although we can not comment on the specific facts of the allegation, we believe the conduct ascribed to Senator Klein is thoroughly at odds with our experience as women working with him as well as his strong support for women's rights across New York and particularly in the 34th Senate District.

Campaign finance reform advocates kicked off a mailing campaign this week, targeting specific districts as they ratchet up their efforts in support of a public financing system.

But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who declined to participate will be under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.

When asked what issues he would focus on to serve specifically the town / village of Harrison, Buchwald said that he would continue to push for the passage of a local hotel occupancy tax, attempt to relieve some of the property tax burden specific to Harrison, seek funding to repave the state roads within the town, and continue his support of the «great Harrison Central School District.»

Many of the sessions supported technology / instructional technology and content - specific topics focused on district goals.

Looking back on those 2015 sessions, Radden says she can easily remember specific talks and experiences that helped her assess her leadership style, made her more confident in expressing her opinions, and taught her how to transfer the experience to the classroom — skills that can be difficult to hone when you don't have time (or district support) to step away from the day - to - day of teaching.

Some communities are coming to the aid of their schools with educational foundations that support either a specific building or an entire district.

The district has a staff social worker in charge of LGBTQ - specific staff training and family support, and last year the district adopted the LGBTQ professional development program Welcoming Schools.

«Our recommendation would be that every school district have specific, proven programs for reducing stress and for helping administrative, teaching, and support staff manage stress and improve communication and problem solving skills,» urged McCraty.

The goal of the school district needs to be supporting each teacher in his or her tech growth with training that is content specific and tiered to the levels of ability.

District data systems should also support routine evaluation of instructional programs, practices, and decisions by linking student participation in specific endeavors with standards - based assessments.

She has collaborated closely with the Education Service Center 20 in Texas and the Maricopa County Education Service Agency in Arizona to support multiple districts simultaneously with school design work, career pathway development, and creating role - specific professional learning modules She is leading a project to consider how innovative staffing models can maximize personalized learning in a variety of district, charter, and private schools.

The School and District Improvement (SDI) Collaborative supports states as they work to support struggling schools and districts, turn around the lowest - performing schools, and close achievement gaps for all students and for specific subgroup populations.

This variation suggests that in some districts there may be a gap between the «vision» and strategic plan for improved instruction, on the one hand, and, on the other, the way in which specific support for improved instruction is delivered at the school level.

-- Define social & emotional learning (SEL) and why it is essential to students» success — Understand key research relating SEL skills to student success — Relate district / organization goals to SEL — Integrate SEL into existing district / organization frameworks and protocols — Design a comprehensive approach to screening, assessing, promoting, and evaluating SEL competencies using the DESSA — Select a quality SEL curricula aligned to your specific needs — Learn how to integrate SEL - supporting practices into everyday interactions — Use SEL data to plan for instruction and intervention

Their chronic absence rate dropped, and for long - term foster youth, it fell sharply, by 30 percent — the result of targeting specific supports to these students, district staff said.

Coordinate district support for school improvement across organizational units (e.g., supervision, curriculum and instruction, staff development, human resources) in relation to district priorities, expectations for professional practice, and a shared understanding of the goals and needs of specific schools.

However, demonstrating compliance with these federal fiscal requirements — for example, comparability, in which districts must show that they provide «comparable services» in high and low poverty schools through state and local dollars — as well as the specific rules that govern each federal program, can introduce unnecessary burdens that distract from the overall goal of providing additional support to low - income schools and disadvantaged students.

The principal introduces, • Professional development (both in terms of the theoretical knowledge of Second Language Acquisition and specific strategies for ELLs) • Teacher observations (understanding the classroom context and needs of ELL students) • Building Staff Knowledge (role of ESL teachers in instructional planning) • District support (aligning programs district wide and developing responsive pDistrict support (aligning programs district wide and developing responsive pdistrict wide and developing responsive programs)

Matching Teacher - Led Professional Learning Costs With Sustainable Funding Sources: Overview chart of funding sources for teacher - led professional learning, as well as a description of some broad and specific cost categories; districts and schools interested in fully and sustainably funding teacher - led professional learning can use this chart as a guide to considering how different funding sources might be used to support a range of professional learning activities http://opportunityculture.org/teacher-led-professional-learning/funding-for-teacher-led-professional-learning/

The bill, expected to be taken up by the U.S. Senate as early as next week, contains specific legislative language on local governance that restores the balance between federal and local government and provides states and school districts the flexibility needed to support student learning and achievement.

CEL tailors each partnership to a specific district, with services that include leadership coaching, subject matter coaching, guided walkthroughs, central office transformation, and support for aligning practices system - wide in support of student learning.

While this program is still in its infancy, «schools now have a system in place to seek specific, deliberate student support across the district and community,» says Ullman.

Hillsborough County Public Schools, a large district covering the Tampa, Fla., area, has six full - time coaches who work weekly with some 45 novice principals and provide intensive coaching for veteran principals who need support in specific areas.

Two unique opportunities exist within ESSA for states to utilize funding that would have gone to districts under past federal formulas, but can now be used for specific programs or purposes like personalized learning, credit recovery, or programs that support school leaders or principals.

More and more districts are able to generate individualized insights that they can act on to provide the needed support or response to a specific student too.

Under the Ninth Circuit's decision, NSBA argues, school districts must give «primary consideration» to the parents» desire for specific services, programs, placements or supports — regardless of whether they are appropriate.

Refinement — As district's work to refine the teacher evaluation plan, CEC offers many specific supports in the following areas.

CEC carefully personalizes support to a district or school's specific needs, and our services can include training, facilitation, and coaching.

The intent of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is to give districts more flexibility with their state funding but at the same time to create a new school finance system that recognizes that students with specific demographic factors need greater support to address their academic needs and improve educational outcomes: English Learners, low income students and foster youth.

If an application is denied by a district school board, that school board shall, within 10 calendar days, articulate in writing the specific reasons based upon good cause supporting its denial of the charter application.

Those instructional strategies are further supported by specific intervention options based on materials available in the school or district that support targeted skills areas.

New York State School Boards Association: «Tending to Our Youth» The report recommends specific actions that school districts can take to increase school safety, including ways to identify possible warning signs of students at - risk and provide support to students who do not feel that they belong in the school community.

While CEC is often approached by districts or schools looking for a specific support, our preferred path is to to carefully assess the district or school's needs first.

Ingham Intermediate School District is committed to the practice and implementation of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and will use Response to Intervention (RtI) data and the following considerations to determine the existence of a Specific Learning Disability.

The district's educational equity department houses a number of specific supports for new students and their families.

The LCFF holds great promise for foster youth, but in order for that to become a reality, districts and counties need to develop strong goals and sets of actions specific to foster youth in their Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAP) to ensure foster youth receive the supports and services they need to succeed in school and thrive in life.

MASSP will provide follow - up dimension specific webinars to support the transition of MI district to version 3 and support their learning around this work.

Well ahead of the curve, New York City also created a district - specific training academy for principals to ensure they had the necessary skills to support high levels of autonomy.

Oklahoma also supports differential pay for those teaching at high - need schools but leaves it up to the school district to determine the specifics: «Districts shall be encouraged to provide completed schedules to reflect district policies and circumstances, including... special incentives for teachers in districts with specific geographical attributeDistricts shall be encouraged to provide completed schedules to reflect district policies and circumstances, including... special incentives for teachers in districts with specific geographical attributedistricts with specific geographical attributes.»

School - based teams may consist of teachers with students in the same grade - level across content areas, teachers with students in different grades but in the same content area, or teachers with principals and district administrators supporting them around a specific focus area.

The platform provides clients a secure single - sign - on portal to deliver apps specifically designed to support the use of student data for specific district functions.

Even while allowing for school - and district - specific customization, the turnaround practices provide a strong research based framework within which ESE structures an array of turnaround services and supports, which can be tailored to fit a wide variety of school and district needs.

Pairs of Foundation - supported consultants visit these districts monthly to create solutions to district - specific problems and improve learning for all students.

For instance, schools and districts can help ensure the effective use of human capital by hiring and assigning qualified faculty and staff to roles that best support the student acquisition of academic and college and career pathway - specific knowledge.

The CEIS program design form is to be used by districts using IDEA funds to support the unique needs of a specific group of students who are not eligible for special education programs and services and who are demonstrating low academic or behavior performance.

Also in December, the Barr Foundation awarded ConnectEd a two - year grant to support Linked Learning initiatives in Massachusetts, with specific focus and support for Holyoke School District and Boston Public Schools.

This webinar presentation will identify specific areas of the new law that directly support early childhood education, and explore how states and districts can provide programmatic opportunities, including professional learning, to help facilitate collaborative efforts between principals, teachers, early childhood educators and related practitioners.

Taking Steps Toward PK - 3 Success offers National Education Association (NEA) affiliates specific advice on state and district policies addressing class size, supporting full - day Prekindergarten and Kindergarten programs, promoting high quality teachers, targeting professional development to improve PreK - 3rd practice, clarifying the role of para-educators (especially in support of bilingual and bicultural children), and providing for adequate planning time for teachers within grades and between grades to develop integrated and coherent programs and practices throughout the age span (alignment).