Sentences with phrase «standard academic track»

The New York Genome Center has many other open positions, in other research groups and e.g. in the bioinformatics team outside of the standard academic track.

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Instead, we try to pretend that most, if not all, should be on an almost exclusively academic track, thereby requiring that standards of achievement be lowered and curricula watered down to accommodate the average to below - average ability student.

The first track is standards - based: Set clear, high expectations in core academic subjects; test students regularly to see which schools and students are clearing the bar; and hold schools (and perhaps also educators and pupils) to account for the results.

The disappointing track record of this approach in achieving its ambitious goals resulted, in 2009, in its adherents proposing national — rather than state — academic standards and testing: Common Core.

Forty - six states and the District of Columbia are on track to adopt the Common Core by 2014, but federal support for new academic standards is likely to diminish if Mitt Romney is elected in November.

The N.C.A.A. began tracking and publicizing the Academic Progress Rate (A.P.R.) for individual sports programs, by college, in 2004; those that fall below certain standards can be hit with penalties like losing scholarships.

Some standards include setting up a governing board for each school system to oversee operations and ensure the charters live up to their service commitment and to track student data to improve programs to boost academic success.

Indiana is on track to become the first state to pull out of a national initiative to share academic standards known as the Common Core.

If you have a question about the new academic standards Indiana is on track to adopt, reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook or email and submit your question.

The state sets academic standards, and the objectivity of an independent, statewide exam helps state, city, district, and school leaders know if students are progressing and on track.

Schools must ensure that all students are on track to graduate, prepared for college.Public schools can do what they choose to educate their students within certain limits and parameters, but they are accountable for educating all learners to high academic standards and outcomes regardless of differing characteristics of those learners.

Student Growth Objectives (SGOs): Developing and tracking SGOs provides a structured way to think about academic standards, assessing what students know and can do, and adjusting instruction to help students meet short and long term learning goals.

A bipartisan bill introduced this week that would loosen academic standards for private voucher schools is on a fast track to be voted on by the Senate next week.

Strong technical skills, particularly in integrating technology in the classroom to drive academic achievement Demonstrated volunteer or community service At least one (or more) of the following: o National Board Certificationo TAP Experience (sign on bonus for TAP certification) o Core Knowledge Experienceo Experience with Blended Learningo At least two years of successful teaching in an urban environment ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS: An Elementary School teacher is required to perform the following duties: Plan and implement a blended learning environment, providing direct and indirect instruction in the areas of Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Health, and Mathematics based on state standards Participation in all TAP requirements, focusing on data - driven instruction Create inviting, innovative and engaging learning environment that develops student critical thinking and problem solving skills Prepare students for strong academic achievement and passing of all required assessments Communicate regularly with parents Continually assess student progress toward mastery of standards and keep students and parents well informed of student progress by collecting and tracking data, providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, and occasional parent / teacher conferences Work with the Special Education teachers and administration to serve special needs students in the classroom Attend all grade level and staff meetings and attend designated school functions outside of school hours Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom you are responsible Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff Perform necessary duties including but not limited to morning, lunch, dismissal, and after - school duties Preforms other duties, as deemed appropriate, by the principal Dress professionally and uphold all school policies

At the Incubator School, teachers leverage technology to individually tailor student learning and track progress toward challenging academic standards.

Charter schools and test scores fit into four broad goals that Obama wants states to pursue - tougher academic standards, better ways to recruit and keep effective teachers, a method of tracking student performance and a plan of action to turn around failing schools.

Common Core — This time last year Indiana was on track to adopt the nationally - crafted academic standards and take new state tests in 2015.

Indiana signed onto the Common Core in 2010 and is on track to fully implement the new academic standards by the 2014 - 15 school year.

LAUSD plans a Common Core makeover for its elementary report cards The report card changes are being proposed as part of a plan to better help parents track how well students are mastering the expectations spelled out in new sets of academic standards.

-- Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three year timetable, getting PA back on track to supporting schools based on the level needed to meet state academic standards

Miller describes the CORE Districts» approach to gauging student progress as the «Power of Two» — tracking proficiency with the percentage of students meeting standards and measuring academic growth by looking at student - level progress from year to year.

The Linked Learning approach integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track.

Currently, PS 191, PS 199, PS 87, and PS 452 are General Education schools, where all students are placed in identical classes, featuring the standard curriculum and no tracking based on academic ability.

Like Indiana, Florida is one of 46 states on track to adopt the new Common Core academic standards.

-- Restore the nearly $ 1 billion in state funding level cuts (made in each of the last two years) over a three year timetable, getting PA back on track to supporting schools based on the level needed to meet state academic standards.

As Rothman points out, it's important that educators in Indiana and the other 44 states on track to make the transition by 2014 understand how the new academic standards will shape their teaching.

The money includes $ 4.35 billion in competitive grants for states that make the most progress in raising academic standards, tracking student gains, boosting teacher quality and improving failing schools.

Chief among them: using data to track students and improve their achievement; spreading uniform, rigorous academic standards across states; improving teacher quality; and turning around the worst - performing schools.

Programs such as Linked Learning, which according to its website, «integrates rigorous academics that meet college - ready standards with sequenced, high - quality career - technical education, work - based learning, and supports to help students stay on track,» have seen positive outcomes for students.51 A seven - year longitudinal study comparing students who participated in Linked Learning to those who did not showed that the program completers were less likely to drop out and more likely to graduate from high school.

Mastery of Academic Skills and Content: This year, students in all grades are tracking their own achievement using data binders that keep record of performance on academic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of LeadAcademic Skills and Content: This year, students in all grades are tracking their own achievement using data binders that keep record of performance on academic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of Leadacademic standards and character expectations (otherwise known as Habits of Leadership).

So, they have individual sessions themselves in the academic track but then part of what they baked into the programming was actually going out and attending sessions that are relevant to law schools and faculty, and talking to vendors in the hall and really getting a better feel for what practice management means and why it's so important to start teaching in law school because as we all know they don't, and as a whole, I mean, there is obviously a few schools that do, but as a whole it's not part of a standard curriculum and they are very excited about that and they even have one co-session that they are doing with the incubator consortium that's being held at the exact same time.

I have a verifiable track record of establishing academic standards, overseeing that they are properly implemented, and ensuring that all teachers are equipped with the necessary resources they need to meet assigned benchmarks.

She is an expert at managing the learning process and is proud of her track record of raising academic standards.