Sentences with phrase «teachers working with the district»

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Create a mentoring program where Amazon engineers, economists, data scientists, accountants, and other professionals are partnered with hard science teachers in our school districts to help show kids what it's like to work in STEM;

She works tirelessly with teachers in Loudoun County to promote nutrition and wellness in the schools and has been instrumental in enhancing the school garden program for her district.

Similarly, I once met a dynamic culinary arts teacher in my district, Kellie Karavias, who worked with the principal at her former school to completely integrate health and nutrition programs throughout the day, including the building of an in - school, instructional kitchen, «Five a Day Fridays» where children bought fresh fruit and vegetables from a cart each week, and an after - school program that offered counseling and exercise to obese children and their families.

In his current role as neuropsychological consultant to several large school districts in the Boston area, he is on the ground, in schools and working with kids and their teachers several days each week.

Angela has worked for the Orinda School District as an assistant in the special education classroom, working primarily with autistic children, and as a master teacher for the Head Start program in Alameda, Calif..

Paige Abramson Hirsch is a teacher turned lawyer turned educational administrator who currently works as a consultant supporting school districts and charter schools with program analysis and compliance.

Prior to working with the park district I was an Associate Director at a learning center and a fourth grade teacher.

As Director of Curriculum for District 65, Kellie Bae works with principals, assistant principals, district committees, teachers, and subject matter specialists in developing curriculum consistent with district philosophy anDistrict 65, Kellie Bae works with principals, assistant principals, district committees, teachers, and subject matter specialists in developing curriculum consistent with district philosophy andistrict committees, teachers, and subject matter specialists in developing curriculum consistent with district philosophy andistrict philosophy and goals.

«The massive number of teacher layoffs, school closings, cuts to academic programs and extracurricular activities could have been worse had districts not tapped into reserve funds or worked hard to negotiate contract concessions with their employee unions.»

Buffalo Public Schools have added so many immigrants to the student population, the district now has 84 languages spoken in the hallways and 125 teachers have been added to work with these students.

«If you work in a district like that, no matter how effective you are you come out with a scarlet A on your head,» he said, to applause from the audience, which included state legislators, Board of Regents members, school board leaders and teachers union officials.

After his State of the City address, Mayor Brown commented on the students» and parents» efforts and says he also hopes both the school district and teachers federation come up with a solution that works for everyone.

Dr. Cash comes to the Buffalo Public Schools at a pivotal time, when 25 schools have been placed into State Receivership, and the District works to negotiate a new contract with the Buffalo Teachers Union.

«We believe the future is working in teams,» said UFT President Michael Mulgrew as he gathered with teacher leaders in Brooklyn's District 16.

And I stand with the teachers in our district that work day in and day out for our children.

Cash noted through the bargain, the district is «working in close partnership with our teachers and principals to build a solid track to run on to more rapidly grow student proficiency and overall achievement well into the future.»

The three - person police commission now includes Earla Van Kleeck, a former teacher and a town resident for 30 years; John Kurz of Samsonville, whose experience includes 17 years with the Kingston police department as well as work for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); and Bob Krause, whose 40 years as an attorney included work in the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

In the final days leading to the primary, the New York State United Teachers, a powerful teachers» union with ties to the left - leaning Working Families party, used its independent expenditure political action committee to fund $ 178,000 in mailers and ads claiming Grisanti wasn't conservative enough for the dTeachers, a powerful teachers» union with ties to the left - leaning Working Families party, used its independent expenditure political action committee to fund $ 178,000 in mailers and ads claiming Grisanti wasn't conservative enough for the dteachers» union with ties to the left - leaning Working Families party, used its independent expenditure political action committee to fund $ 178,000 in mailers and ads claiming Grisanti wasn't conservative enough for the district.

He has formed new partnerships with teachers in many school districts to engage with hundreds of high school students, working with teachers to develop nanotechnology - focused lesson plans, and inspired art students and teachers to produce a nanotechnology - inspired public art display.

Bank officials, along with Elmo from Sesame Street, celebrated the launch of the program yesterday at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum — it's one of the 14 centers and has received a 2 - year, $ 384,000 grant to work with 20 preschool teachers, 20 aides, and 600 students from public schools in the District of Columbia.

I own an education business and I work with teachers and districts to help improve education.

Using a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the district hired a consultant, William McKersie, to work with a group of administrators and teachers who were tasked with researching the best situations for the smaller learning communities.

A 2005 study by the New Teacher Project, the national nonprofit organization that works with school districts to recruit high - quality teachers, examined five urban districts and concluded that seniority - based transfer privileges written into contracts often force principals «to hire large numbers of teachers they do not want and who may not be a good fit for the job and their school.»

They saw their principal and a former teacher who now works with technology at the school district level, as well as three others they didn't know — one of those three being me.

With experience as a classroom teacher, Director of Staff Development and district - level administrator, Brandon has practical school - based experience that allows him to work closely with schools to aide their developmWith experience as a classroom teacher, Director of Staff Development and district - level administrator, Brandon has practical school - based experience that allows him to work closely with schools to aide their developmwith schools to aide their development.

Although visual literacy methods made art accessible to teachers and students unfamiliar with it, I would have worked more closely with our district's art teachers to bring their expertise into the classroom.

Inconsistent Transportation: When late buses were impacting our ability to get teachers to their PLC Data Team meetings on Thursdays, our central office and union leadership identified the problem during a no - agenda meeting — the need to change district bus schedules to accommodate all schools — and worked with our transportation provider and building administrators to ensure that we didn't jeopardize this initiative moving forward.

«While one principal is at a district meeting, the other is able to observe classroom teachers, conference with parents, and work with students having behavior problems.

Professor Thomas Kane and the team at the Center for Education Policy Research are experts at working closely with districts and harnessing big data to identify effective policies and practices in teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, and learning technologies.

Frank, Several of our teachers initially had the same question... they Googled and then took the search from there, along with working with our district IT team.

Smith wants to research the techniques that teachers with successful students are using with the hope this will provide more insight for many districts that are working to aid the academic achievement of their special education students.

While increasing numbers of school districts offer pay incentives to address math and science staff shortages, the authors conclude that «compensation and working conditions must evolve further if school systems are to address the challenge of staffing math and science classrooms with teachers of strong academic caliber.»

In my prior work as a mentor for new teachers in a highneeds school district, I was often amazed and humbled by the impact that the creativity of passionate teachers, when combined with thoughtful planning and reflection on their practice, had on the students they served.

Poores former SAM enjoyed working with students so much that he enrolled in a certification program, became a classroom teacher, and now is working in the district.

A year ago, Public Impact began working with school design teams of pilot schools in the Charlotte and Nashville public school districts to choose and tailor school models for extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.

Besides gaining access to district buildings, these schools also tend to attract principals and teachers who like the idea of working more closely with districts and being part of systemic reform.

Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.

The black market in test papers is rife and good teachers in good districts earn good money on the side providing students with worked examples.

Districts are too often meeting their needs by hiring untrained educators with emergency licenses and by assigning teachers to work outside their subject areas, he said.

Teachers at LACES probably have more work to do than their counterparts in other districts schools, but the longer hours for staff members pay off in the relationships they build with students and peers, Rutschman said.

The district has worked with local teacher preparation programs to develop the aspiring teacher role.

More teachers believe collaborating with colleagues is essential to their work, but many districts still don't provide time for teachers to learn, share and collaborate.

EdTechTeacher hosts a series of summer workshops on the campus of Harvard University for teachers and school leaders and works with schools and districts throughout the year in the Teaching for the 21st Century program.

The NEA also plans to work with the Community Teachers Institute, a privately funded organization whose goal is to recruit and retain teachers for urban school diTeachers Institute, a privately funded organization whose goal is to recruit and retain teachers for urban school diteachers for urban school districts.

No amount of administrative skill could eliminate the costs to low - income districts of having to re-allocate or retain their more effective teachers to work with their most needy students.

For the last 10 years, she has worked with teachers and leaders in over 75 school districts to improve teacher and student learning.

The 12 administrative subdistricts within the Houston school district hired teacher trainers to provide continuing support, working with teachers individually (in their classrooms) and in small groups.

The foundation has already committed some $ 135 million to overhauling fundamental aspects of urban school districts: identifying new sources of talent for positions of authority; developing alternative training methods for managers, principals, and teachers union leaders; creating new tools for analyzing performance data; and working with school boards to help those sometimes obstructionist bodies become more focused on student learning than on petty power plays.

The exhibit, in which 15 teachers demonstrated their work through posters, attracted an audience of graduate students, administrators, and educators from other communities, as well as representatives from Project Zero and the Center for Collaborative Education, an organization that partners with public schools and districts «to create and sustain effective and equitable schools.»