Sentences with phrase «students as school board members»

I have researched more than 40 years of involving students as school board members, and follow national trends carefully.

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For example, the newspaper measures such things as the diversity of the faculty, staff, board members, and students at each school, «languages,» the «international reach of the EMBA,» as well as the amount of research published by professors from each school.

Minorities ought to be invited into the classroom both as faculty members and students, as board members of Christian schools and as teachers.

Working closely with another school team has required me to use all of my Challenge Success experience, as a high school student, as a Challenge Success employee, as a member of the Advisory Board, as a teacher, and as the moderator of a Challenge Success student club.

As a new teacher who strived to bring a love of learning to my high school students, I became a member of the Challenge Success Advisory Board.

The mild - mannered Onstott is one of about 20 students from various Chicago high schools who plan to protest the district's food at the board meeting and present members with other possible paths as they review the bids.

As your Board, we are most proud of what unites SNA's members — a dedication to ensuring all students receive healthy meals at school.

As schools adjust to the needs of the concussed student, we are happy to help educate school board members about the various considerations surrounding this important topic and offer our services as Athletic Trainers as resources to developing the appropriate protocol,» says NYSATA President - Elect Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT and co-presenter of the NYSATA sessioAs schools adjust to the needs of the concussed student, we are happy to help educate school board members about the various considerations surrounding this important topic and offer our services as Athletic Trainers as resources to developing the appropriate protocol,» says NYSATA President - Elect Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT and co-presenter of the NYSATA sessioas Athletic Trainers as resources to developing the appropriate protocol,» says NYSATA President - Elect Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT and co-presenter of the NYSATA sessioas resources to developing the appropriate protocol,» says NYSATA President - Elect Aimee Brunelle, MS, ATC, EMT and co-presenter of the NYSATA session.

Write up a press release lavishing praise on the student nutrition director or his / her boss, whoever it was that agreed to the change you asked for, as well as the school board member (s) who supported you.

She was recognized as Coach of the Year of the Erie County Special Olympics team from 1993 - 2013; served as a volunteer and Board Member for Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center from 1995 — 2000; was recognized by the Department of Special Education, Council for Exceptional Children as Teacher of the Year in 2009; and serves as an advisor for the Erie 2 BOCES Student Council at Ormsby Center & Baker Road school.

Some board members cited the large number of students of color in the city school district and the impact the comments will have on them, as well as the poor example they set.

Recchia was the target of Jon Stewart's biting wit on «The Daily Show With Jon Stewart» last month after the challenger was caught on camera apparently having trouble answering questions from NY1 political reporter Courtney Gross about a U.S. trade agreement and then bragging that his role in setting up an international student exchange program during his days as a member of a local community school board gave him credentials to understand international issues in Congress.

political reporter Courtney Gross about a U.S. trade agreement and then bragging that his role in setting up an international student exchange program during his days as a member of a local community school board gave him credentials to understand international issues in Congress.

As one school board member, reflecting on LA Unified School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology needAs one school board member, reflecting on LA Unified School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology school board member, reflecting on LA Unified School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology School District's attempts to recover from a disastrous iPad roll out last year, told the LA Times, «Why would we treat all our students — whether they are a first - grader or a high school freshman — as if they all had the same technology school freshman — as if they all had the same technology needas if they all had the same technology needs?

Her goal as a school board member is to make sure today's students have an easier time than she did.

We have found that in many schools and districts, parents, students, school board members, teachers, and administrators have embraced the 4C's and use it as the starting point for their 21st century education initiatives.

Davis grew up in Port Arthur, Texas, where her father served as a school board member during the massive effort to desegregate that city's schools, and she was among the first white students to attend a formerly segregated elementary school.

The evidence from South Carolina shows that voters do at least sometimes evaluate school board members on the basis of student learning trends as measured by average school test scores.

Even when we estimated the probability that an incumbent won a majority of the votes in each precinct, or accounted for test - score changes and levels as a function of dollars spent on students, or measured the relationship between an incumbent's vote share in one election and the previous election, the overwhelming weight of the evidence indicated that school board members were not being judged on improvement or weakening in school test scores.

According to a 2002 national survey, student achievement ranks second only to financial concerns as school board members» highest priority.

We analyzed test - score data and election results from 499 races over three election cycles in South Carolina to study whether voters punish and reward incumbent school board members on the basis of changes in student learning, as measured by standardized tests, in district schools.

Yet it's hard for policymakers such as governors, legislators, and even school board members to move the needle on students» intrinsic motivation.

In the weeks after the storm, the superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of New Orleans appeared before the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) urging board members to consider using vouchers as a way for the state and Catholic schools to collaborate in serving the students who remained in the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) urging board members to consider using vouchers as a way for the state and Catholic schools to collaborate in serving the students who remained in the board members to consider using vouchers as a way for the state and Catholic schools to collaborate in serving the students who remained in the city.

According to research sponsored by the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), they include (1) feelings of safety among staff and students; (2) supportive relationships within the school; (3) engagement and empowerment of students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, School Boards Association (NSBA), they include (1) feelings of safety among staff and students; (2) supportive relationships within the school; (3) engagement and empowerment of students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, school; (3) engagement and empowerment of students as valued members and resources in the school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, school community; (4) clear rules and boundaries that are understood by all students and staff; (5) high expectations for academic achievement and appropriate behavior; and (6) trust, respect, and an ethos of caring (Bryant & Kelly, 2006; Elfstrom, Vanderzee, Cuellar, Sink, & Volz, 2006; Perkins, 2006).

I know this as the daughter of public school educators, as a student, as a teacher, as a school board member, and as a mother.

This tailored list of legal and federal advocacy resources includes: a guide for school board members; a Q&A co-authored by NSBA's Center for Public Education and the Data Quality Campaign; and a Phi Delta Kappa magazine article that offers insight on student data privacy efforts as of February 2015.

As a member of the Arizona NBCT Network you are in the unique position to advocate for Board - certification and demonstrate its impact on a school and student learning.

«As the Senate reaches the home stretch for consideration of ESEA, NSBA will continue to advocate on behalf of America's 90,000 school board members for an education law that restores local governance, allocates targeted investments in Title I, and authorizes the resources needed to improve academic achievement for all public school students.»

Gabrielle previously served as a member of the Baltimore County Public Schools Board of Education; a member of the Achievement Initiative for Maryland Minority Students Steering Committee; and the Chair for the Black Policy Conference at the Harvard Kennedy School.

The election of three school board members comes at a particularly important time as the district faces critical budgetary decisions, the need to improve student achievement particularly for chronically underserved students and even greater parent demand for high quality educational options including charter public schools.

Faunce, the school board member who worked at the school as a dean of students in its first years, says the charter school and TeamCFA have no political agenda that makes its way into classrooms.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

Immediately following the release of the Governor's budget, on January 15, several CCSA Board members traveled to Sacramento to meet with legislators and other policymakers, to discuss the budget proposal as well as to advocate for issues that will have lasting effects for charter schools such as the Parcel Tax, Local Control Funding Formula proposal (formerly named Weighted Student Formula) and closing the funding gap for charter schools.

«NSBA applauds lawmakers in the House and Senate for their commitment to passing a modernized law that preserves important federal cornerstones, such as equity and excellence, while establishing a «new federalism» in education policy — upholding local governance and creating a new federal - state - local partnership to ensure that states and local school board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards Associschool board members are better positioned to provide all students with a world class public education,» stated Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director of the National School Boards AssociSchool Boards Association.

Members of the coalition, all of whom were closely involved as active participants in work leading up to the Board's approval of the regulation, pledge to continue to collaborate to ensure that all students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in school and in life and to contribute to Kentucky's future quality of life and prosperity.

Ford, as a school board member for 24 years, helped his 24,000 - student district develop innovative educational programming for students, create a landmark Healthy and Nutritious School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student school board member for 24 years, helped his 24,000 - student district develop innovative educational programming for students, create a landmark Healthy and Nutritious School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student School Environment policy, raise academic standards, and work for a more equitable distribution of district resources to meet student needs.

COSA's 2017 Seminar Committee, under the leadership of COSA Board member Pilar Sokol, New York State School Boards Association, has put together a star - studded program packed with crucial issues school attorney have addressed for fifty years, like religion, free speech, federal regulation, and student rights, as well as cutting - edge operational issues like web accessibility and school technSchool Boards Association, has put together a star - studded program packed with crucial issues school attorney have addressed for fifty years, like religion, free speech, federal regulation, and student rights, as well as cutting - edge operational issues like web accessibility and school technschool attorney have addressed for fifty years, like religion, free speech, federal regulation, and student rights, as well as cutting - edge operational issues like web accessibility and school technschool technology.

According to our interview with Sue Hannahs, director of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Student Leadership and Involvement Office, a high school senior has participated as a full - voting member of the County Board of Education since 1975.

Board members including Moffit and Vander Meulen also contend the charter school as proposed wouldn't have sufficient support staff to serve all students, especially those with special needs.

If the schools are not producing, it is your right as a voter to select new board members who will see to it that your students and your schools succeed.

Charter schools are proud to be partners with LAUSD in working towards our common goal of ensuring that all students in Los Angeles have access to a high - quality education and we look forward to working with Boardmembers Garcia and Galatzan in their leadership roles, as well as Superintendent John Deasy and the rest of the LAUSD board members.»

The first is that Ms. DeVos has no direct experience with public education as a student, employee, parent, or school board member, of which we are aware.

Having accurate and more reliable data will be integral to school board members as they craft policy to ensure an excellent education for every student.

Attitudes belong to all layers of a person's identity, whether it is their role in schools as a student, teacher, paraprofessional, janitor, school board member, or bus driver; as a member of a racial or ethnic group; whether a person is an English Language Learner, is fluent in multiple languages, or is a non-English speaker; and whether a person identifies as poor, working class, low - income, middle income or high income.

«Accountability is at the heart of the charter school movement, and the Member Council has actively supported CCSA in its quest to always put student achievement at the forefront of our work,» said Diane Tavenner, co-founder of four Bay Area charter schools and chair of CCSA's Member Council, as well as a member of the CCSA Board of DireMember Council has actively supported CCSA in its quest to always put student achievement at the forefront of our work,» said Diane Tavenner, co-founder of four Bay Area charter schools and chair of CCSA's Member Council, as well as a member of the CCSA Board of DireMember Council, as well as a member of the CCSA Board of Diremember of the CCSA Board of Directors.

In a guest editorial in Educational Leadership 20 years ago (April 1989), Art Costa suggested five approaches to «reassessing assessment»: (1) reestablish the school as the locus of accountability; (2) expand the range and variety of the assessment techniques used; (3) systematize this variety of assessment procedures by developing schoolwide plans for collection and use of information; (4) reeducate legislators, parents, board members, and the community to help them understand that standardized test scores are inadequate indicators of the quality of schools, teachers, and students; and (5) remind ourselves that the purpose of evaluation is to enable students to evaluate themselves.

Leading for Equity: A Practical Framework for Board Discussion and Action Using a framework developed by the Arizona School Boards Association, participants will unpack five essential and interrelated areas through which school boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational potenBoard Discussion and Action Using a framework developed by the Arizona School Boards Association, participants will unpack five essential and interrelated areas through which school boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational poteSchool Boards Association, participants will unpack five essential and interrelated areas through which school boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational poteBoards Association, participants will unpack five essential and interrelated areas through which school boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational poteschool boards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational poteboards can lead for equity, consider key questions within each, and identify actions board members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational potenboard members can take individually and as a leadership team to ensure personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin or family background of students in their district are not obstacles to achieving educational potential.

We urge all Charter school leaders, board members, parents and students to express their appreciation to Gov. Deal as well as to the Georgia General Assembly for this much - needed boost in funding.

He has been involved with many National Board initiatives as an NBCT including: Coordinator of National Board Support for the Niles School District, Candidate Support Provider for the Illinois National Board Resource Center, member of the 3rd Edition Science Standards Committee, member of the Teacher Leader Competency Framework Committee, reviewer of the updated NBPTS Assessments and Entry Descriptions, and co-author of the Alignment of the National Board Standards and Deeper Learning Student Competencies.

Rosen told school board members that nationally, as in the Madison Metropolitan School District, the number of minority teachers entering the workforce is growing more slowly than the number of minority stuschool board members that nationally, as in the Madison Metropolitan School District, the number of minority teachers entering the workforce is growing more slowly than the number of minority stuSchool District, the number of minority teachers entering the workforce is growing more slowly than the number of minority students.