Sentences with phrase «student outcome goals»

In response, the motion to close the schools also called for Saavedra to convene a committee of stakeholders to develop a long - term plan for facilities use to support student outcome goals and grow enrollment and also to seek community feedback on how to best repurpose Kazen and Athens to «serve South San students directly, advance the board's student outcome goals and grow enrollment.»

The authors argue that examining these artifacts can help schools gain a fresh perspective on their policies, practices, and culture; better align human resources with student outcome goals; identify conditions that support or constrain teaching quality; and generally foster more equitable infrastructures for teaching and learning.

One of the conditions we highlight is that districts should have a culture of joint responsibility for achieving shared student outcome goals.

The district's Measure N update shares student outcome goals for Measure N implementation, a snapshot of where each school is in the planning process, proposed implementation timelines, and specific updates from schools including Bunche Academy, Leadership Public Schools, and Fremont.

With that understanding, the board and superintendent can agree upon the most important student outcome goals for their district.

Not exact matches

These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

To help achieve the Governor's goal of encouraging efficiency and results, the Executive Budget allocates $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that demonstrate significant improvement in their student performance outcomes and another $ 250 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to school districts that undertake long - term structural changes which reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The goals of these strategies would be to ensure that career outcomes are noted for all trainees, so that individuals contemplating biomedical research training and selecting a training institution would have access to current information about the career outcomes of students and postdoctorates from those institutions.

The evaluation will demonstrate how MAVEN's outcomes address SMD's goals in engaging Americans in NASA's mission, attracting and retaining students in STEM disciplines and strengthening NASA and the Nation's future workforce.

Information provided by SMD - funded E / PO programs is disseminated via this section of the SMD E / PO Community Workspace (/ page / 5324) with the goal of providing information about what E / PO efforts are being carried out, the numbers of individuals reached, program effectiveness, and how program outcomes are benefiting students, educators, and the public.

But if the goal is improving student outcomes over the long term — not just generating short - term excitement — then policymakers may want to tie «free college» proposals to broader investments in higher education that make the college experience better, not just cheaper.

But, if there's a bottom line goal, it should always be better student outcomes.

If the goal is to ensure that students are truly college and career ready and that gaps in opportunities and outcomes are closed, these measures should include:

The purpose of this project is to perform the evaluation portion of a randomized control trial designed to assess the impact of The Match School Foundation, Inc.'s teacher training program for novice teachers on outcomes such as achievement growth of teachers» students, principal ratings, and retention with the ultimate goal of improving K - 12 education.

The goal is to find pairs of high schools that have similar student bodies but produce different outcomes.

And to truly meet the goal of improving student outcomes, we need to do it now.

All teachers who reach certain goals get a bonus; but 50 percent of that bonus is awarded for teaching skills (a classroom - based evaluation) that are not tied to student outcomes and 50 percent for student achievement gains that are not part of the teaching skills evaluation.

The overarching goal must be to improve student outcomes, which means a focus on turning around (rather than simply punishing) low - performing schools.

Teach For America alums Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin created the Knowledge Is Power Program in 1994 with the goal of improving academic outcomes for underserved students.

«The key to making your students» learning experiences worthwhile is to focus your planning on instructional goals that are phrased in terms of desired student outcomes.»

Students in the MCII elaborated in writing on both the positive outcomes and obstacles of the goal by imagining as vividly as possible.

Our goal for this class was to illustrate to students the importance and value of the direction words and how they impacted the outcome of the program design.

If the goal is ultimately to create a student - centered educational system — that prizes student - learning outcomes and not where the learning occurs — then what should be done about that?

As charter schools come to the fore in the national education debate, 69 charter school educators attended the Ed School's Programs in Professional Education institute, Charter Schools: Practices for High Performance, in July with the goal of developing skills and strategies to build capacity and improve student outcomes.

«We, and our skilled Authorised Education Partners, understand that technology has to be intelligently implemented to improve the education outcomes of students — that's the primary goal.»

By taking the time to plan your overarching and individual goals, no matter what changes are made throughout the year, your team will be able to adapt and thrive, with all staff members using their drive and enthusiasm to further the goals of the school, and more importantly, the outcomes of their students.

The benefits of embedding an environmental behaviour change programme into an empowering project for school children are ample and through GAP's experience, we've seen the most successful outcomes delivered where students are encouraged to own the process from beginning to end and develop the necessary tools to reach their goals.

This acts as a real motivator for staff, as they feel part of a wider network that is working together towards the same ultimate goal: improving student outcomes.

Teacher actions such as having big goals for students, planning purposefully with that goal in mind, and working relentlessly, all have proven to have significant positive effects on student outcomes.

Students can test their outcome goal by checking that it is well formed and doesn't conflict with other areas in their life.

Again, if the goal is to raise test scores and other outcomes for disadvantaged students, educators will quickly settle on a «no - excuses» model — because it works.

We can more effectively reach our goal of increasing educational outcomes for all students if we increase the capacity and the number of organizations that serve and support students and their communities, including our FBOs.

«With the passage of EHA, public schools were now mandated to provide a «free and appropriate public education» with the ultimate goal of preparing students for positive postsecondary outcomes such as employment or postsecondary education.»

But the best programs, she says, identify their desired outcomes and have those goals drive all aspects of their program — student recruitment, program development, staff training — and measure themselves against those goals.

It established an outcomes - based framework to set goals of American student achievement relative to students in other nations.

Much of the focus in assessments is on outcomes: Did students meet learning goals?

Education reform is a well - intentioned effort to improve outcomes for all students that is undercut by a misguided focus on achieving those goals on the cheap.

The plan sets a target of 66 % of working - age New Mexicans earning a college degree or post-secondary credential by the year 2030 — a rigorous goal given the current attainment rate of 45 %.1 The plan also sets a vision for New Mexico to be the fastest growing state in the nation when it comes to student outcomes, with a goal to increase the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness to more than 60 % on the state English language arts (ELA) and math assessments.2 These efforts are significant considering New Mexico's historically lower student academic proficiency rates compared to other states and to national averages3, and demonstrate how leaders are driving a sense of urgency to improve.

Funded by: Smith Richardson Foundation via subcontract w / Brown University Amount: $ 10,843 Dates: 1/1/17 — 7/1/20 Summary: In collaboration with researchers from Brown University Dr. Jones will examine the effects of Boston Public School's autonomous hiring policy reform on student, teacher, and school outcomes, with the broader goal of examining the nature and challenges of the teacher hiring and match process in large urban school districts.

Action By More than 80 Colleges and Universities: Over 80 colleges and universities are — in addition to their efforts in other categories — taking actions like engaging in new efforts to recruit students who might not otherwise attend their university, expanding need - based aid for low - income students, setting new goals for increasing the share of low - income students, committing to additional community college transfers and taking new steps to improve outcomes for low - income students once they arrive on campus.

Assess learning outcomes achievement, monitor students» performance against program goals, and share valuable feedback to promote deeper reflection on student learning experiences.

Our district has one goal: making our students college - and career - ready, and we have multiple choices to achieve that outcome.

[23] The designated ESEA requirements that can be set aside in states that obtain such waivers include some of the most significant outcome accountability requirements, such as the requirement that states set performance standards for schools and LEAs aiming toward a goal of 100 percent student proficiency in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013 - 14 school year and take a variety of specific actions with respect to all schools and districts that fail to make adequate yearly progress toward this goal.

Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.

At least 12 states described in their ESSA plan a vision to align K - 12 outcomes and post-secondary attainment goals to ensure students are graduating high school and college with the necessary knowledge and skills.7

Those high - performing schools did things like «set measurable goals on standards based tests and benchmark tests across all proficiency levels, grades, and subjects»; create school missions that were «future oriented,» with curricula and instruction designed to prepare students to succeed in a rigorous high - school curriculum; include improvement of student outcomes «as part of the evaluation of the superintendent, the principal, and the teachers»; and communicate to parents and students «their responsibility as well for student learning, including parent contracts, turning in homework, attending class, and asking for help when needed.»

With an eye on outcomes, our goal is to do the right thing for students.

«The ultimate goal of the study is to further develop the existing literature on school outcomes for LGBT students of color, and to explore possible interventions that might address the existing gaps in academic achievement and mental health,» she says.

Operationalizing the goal and the promise of a 21st Century education must lead to higher quality of life outcomes for students of Future Is Now Preparatory.

Although the approach differs, the goal is the same: to create schools that serve both high - income and low - income students and ultimately improve academic and life outcomes for all students.