Sentences with phrase «supports school improvement planning»

Indistar (Dirigo - Star in Maine) supports school improvement planning, implementation, and progress in Priority and Focus schools.

In - class and on - the - job practice supports school improvement planning, intervention planning and management, implementation, evaluation and sustainability efforts.

States may create lists of evidence - based interventions to better support school improvement plans developed by districts and schools; use of the list may be optional or required, depending on the state's policy preference.

Working as part of the school leadership team, these coaches support the school improvement planning and implementation process so that «the doing gets done» and the targeted results in the instructional core of the school are collaboratively achieved.

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Strengthened health - education partnerships, tools for healthy school assessment and planning, and the coordination of existing school - based healthy living programs and resources combine to support improvements in students» health and learning.

«The inclusion of competitive tax parity, a plan that keeps the three Western New York racetrack casinos as vital partners to state and localities, and the assurance that our two successful downstate partners can continue providing good paying jobs and generating significant funding for schools are significant improvements from earlier drafts of this bill and critical to our support,» said Association President James Featherstonhaugh in a statement.

Among other things, the rule requires states to identify low - performing schools for comprehensive or targeted support and improvement, and requires that each state's statewide plan use multiple indicators of student success that are the same for all public schools (including charter schools).

«We do not believe there is capacity within the system to withdraw funding and powers for councils to support school improvement and hold schools to account in August 2017 as currently planned by the government.

While the scrapping of the bill means councils will still have a role in school improvement and support, a planned budget cut would leave them with few resources to help schools.

While planning for the effective implementation of a greater focus on computer science is essential, of equal importance to schools is the preparation for the effective and appropriate use of technology to support school improvement.

Other initiatives in their school improvement plan (PDF) included Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), an operational framework for implementing practices and interventions to improve academic and behavioral outcomes, and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), a college readiness system with research - based methods for elementary through postsecondary students.

Third, in the sections requiring interventions for struggling schools, districts are empowered to «locally develop and implement comprehensive support and improvement plans.»

«Unlike conventional corporate consulting, where experts create a plan for change but are rarely involved in the implementation process,» Wagner explained, «the Change Leadership Group will support the growth and development of school leaders by drawing on their knowledge and working with them on the process of improvement over time.»

This was due to the hard work of the educators in those schools and the Ontario Focused Intervention Partnership (OFIP), a ministry support for schools that assists teachers and administrators in planning, implementing, monitoring and refining a school improvement plan.

«They can be an incentive for students to do their best work, they support the reading and math goals outlined in our School Improvement Plan, and they add interest for parents and visitors.»

Mr Wright said: «This supports so many positive approaches to school led improvement and it leads to far greater awareness and collaboration around strategic planning.

«We are working closely with AMR Consult on an on - going basis to support improvement works for schools, and showcase how carefully planned works improves programmes can improve not only learning environments for staff and pupils but also resource savings for estate managers and caretakers.»

Educater is very excited to announce the launch of its new module SEFonline - an online self - evaluation tool that supports senior school leaders in preparing for Ofsted inspection visits and shaping their school improvement plans.

Using «catch up» funding to support delivery puts it at the heart of school improvement plans as well as giving additional resource for the work.

The proposed regulations go well beyond ESSA's requirements related to school improvement plans for schools identified for comprehensive or targeted support.

Schools with a consistently underperforming subgroup must develop and implement targeted support and improvement plans.

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(a) Each plan shall be developed annually and shall include program objectives, activities, program development and maintenance planning, school counseling curriculum, professional development planning, evaluation methods based on data analysis of program results and closing the gap analysis reports to inform program improvement, and assessment of the resources necessary to support positive student outcomes.

With the support of a dynamic school board, Mr. Runcie developed a strategic plan for the district focusing on three key areas: high - quality instruction, continuous improvement, and more effective communications.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

States must identify schools for comprehensive or targeted support by the beginning of the school year in order to ensure prompt notification to parents and timely development of school improvement plans.

They were Principal Self - Rating on Shared Leadership Skills, Principal Self - Rating on Improvement Planning Focus, Principal Rating of District School Improvement Focus, Principal Rating of District Shared Leadership Skills, District Policies to Support Organizational Learning, and District Focus on Data - Based Decision Making (see Table C1.6.2 in Appendix C).

c.In conjunction with school improvement plans, develop an implementation timeline with associated budget; ensure year - round supports for implementation; monitor progress; and adjust plans at one - year intervals.

As we've supported schools in using this process, we've heard from educators that there is often much room for improvement in the way school meetings are planned and facilitated.

Together, these teams are holding schools accountable and providing support for strategic planning and school improvement, data analysis, and professional development.

(a) Support and increase the success of educators through collaboratively developed school improvement plans that focus on:

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

Trevor plans specific support for schools in the «requires improvement» Ofsted category.

Support and increase the success of educators through collaboratively developed school improvement plans that focus on:

Be designed to support effective instruction and student learning growth, and performance evaluation results must be used when developing district and school level improvement plans.

These schools, identified for targeted support and improvement (TSI), must develop and implement their own intervention plan that focuses improvement efforts on the particular subgroup (s) that caused it to be identified for TSI.

We believe states have a unique opportunity before them: to use new flexibilities under ESSA to do more than just change the metrics by which they hold schools accountable or ensure a plan is in place to support improvement in their state's lowest - performing 5 percent of schools.

Each district inservice plan must be aligned to and support the school - based inservice plans and school improvement plans pursuant to s. 1001.42 (18).

This data, in turn, will inform school improvement plans and help districts decide what services and supports to make available for schools.

Understanding how various indicators are weighted in state plans is important because it ultimately defines which schools and districts will be identified for comprehensive or targeted support and improvement.

In this role, Cara plans and conducts evaluations on a variety of initiatives, such as summer learning programs, community schools, and Common Core - aligned instructional materials, to support continuous improvement in MCPS schools.

FairTest supports the authentic accountability plan proposed by the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) proposed a comprehensive accountability system that uses a balance of local and state assessments to describe school improvement and student progress.

Title I provides flexibility in developing plans to support the development and implementation of school improvement activities, and state and local districts are strongly encouraged to use Title II, Part A funds to improve equitable access to effective teachers.

The proposed investment in Title I, including the increased amount directed to interventions and support for schools in need of improvement, is welcome, as our states and school districts develop new plans to advance academic achievement under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Michigan will use the school improvement process to require LEAs to address a range of transition supports in their plans, including how child records will be transferred, and coordinating comprehensive developmental screening services.

Labour's shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt said of the plans for schools: «Labour supports having the option of converting coasting schools to academy status and the devolution of school improvement decisions away from Whitehall.

CEC helps schools and districts build a blueprint for system improvement by helping them understand their strengths, challenges, and opportunities with in - depth systems assessments and support for strategic planning.

«Our Social Mobility Action Plan set out measures to drive improvements in key skills including numeracy, targets areas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»

When you're dealing with focus and priority schools, it's important to have relationships built and to know your schools, to know their school improvement plans forwards and backwards, to be able to know what types of supports are already in place and what supports we need to add to so that we're not just coming for a one - stop snapshot because, «I'm here to monitor and do a report» — no, this is real support.

The SIP Big Picture site is intended to support educators in building, using, communicating, and monitoring school improvement plans that actively link improvements in student outcomes with improvement in professional practices.