Sentences with phrase «time as a school leader»

Meloche spent time as a school leader himself before becoming superintendent.

During my time as a school leader, we regularly set a goal to have the most joyful school in the country.

I think back to my time as a school leader and conducting observations.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

According to The New York Times, the young leader served as her school's student body president in high school, was the captain of her volleyball team, started her school's Black Student Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

My small group leaders and then other leaders in the church I grew up going to (which was as relaxed in their preaching as you can find (Presbyterian)-RRB- would confirms this to other high school guys and girls my age that unless he chose to believe in Jesus as the Son of God by the time he died on his deathbed he wouldn't join my Mom and sisters and I in heaven.

Despite seeing little time in the cage while backing up Harmon, White understood that he would be assuming the role of anchor and team leader as «the man» in goal for his final high school season.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and district administrators who have attacked Chicago as having the shortest school day among the nation's 10 largest cities have begun touting this as an accomplishment: CPS officials say the 7.5 - hour day will tie Chicago with Philadelphia as «the leader among the largest cities in instructional time» for...

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Sunday introduced a trio of bills that would extend mayoral control of New York City schools and bolster charter schools at the same time as the legislative session begins to wind down.

As far back as a student leader in my school days, I was once arrested and charged for inciting students, and here we are, an officer of the law is defiling his code of ethics and Ghana is expected to believe there is nothing wrong with what this gentleman has begun, which is a time - bomb; I WILL PETITION THE IGP, IF NOTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS on this gentlemaAs far back as a student leader in my school days, I was once arrested and charged for inciting students, and here we are, an officer of the law is defiling his code of ethics and Ghana is expected to believe there is nothing wrong with what this gentleman has begun, which is a time - bomb; I WILL PETITION THE IGP, IF NOTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS on this gentlemaas a student leader in my school days, I was once arrested and charged for inciting students, and here we are, an officer of the law is defiling his code of ethics and Ghana is expected to believe there is nothing wrong with what this gentleman has begun, which is a time - bomb; I WILL PETITION THE IGP, IF NOTHING IS DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS on this gentleman.

Responding to an email from a New York City deputy mayor's chief of staff, then - REBNY President Steven Spinola wrote in March of 2015 that it did not appear as if the state Senate majority leader at the time, Republican Dean Skelos, had put anything about school governance in his budget bills.

After a video of a charter school teacher angrily scolded a student was reported by The New York Times, Success Academy leader Eva Moskowitz blasted the paper and defended the incident as an «anomaly.»

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) and City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park) sparred over their records and qualifications for Senate at a spirited debate last Thursday at Our Lady of Hope School in Middle Village, with Addabbo portraying himself as a leader who stands up for workers and families during tough fiscal times and Ulrich arguing the effort has not been enough to change New York's economy.

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) and City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park) sparred over their records and qualifications for Senate at a spirited debate last Thursday at Our Lady of Hope School in Middle Village, with Addabbo portraying himself as a leader who stands up for workers and families during tough fiscal times and -LSB-...]

In other areas, such as a proposal to change seniority rules for school teachers or allocate $ 500 million next year in competitive school aid grants, a column titled «Compromise (if any)» is left blank, suggesting more distance between the three leaders at the time the memo was prepared.

«The network currently consists of 950 speakers who donate their time to go into state schools to share their insights, experiences and more about their area of expertise as leaders in their fields through high - profile assembly talks with students.»

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D - Maine) spoke to aspiring litigators at the Albany Law School this month where he discussed his time on Capitol Hill and his role serving the country as special envoy overseas.

«The video lectures allowed for flexibility, as students could repeat sections they didn't understand for clarification and prepare questions to send to section leaders ahead of time, although the video lectures did make it difficult for students to engage directly with the lecturers,» said Stephanie Shiau, PhD, a post-doctoral student in Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and co-first author.

Freedom at last For the first time in history, school leaders, who were trained as teachers, have been given significant freedoms.

I have a few thoughts on how school leaders can encourage a school culture that is feedback tolerant - one that, over time, comes to actively seeks it out as a part of its cultural and structural DNA.

But over time, what we thought of as quality authorizing has morphed into a sort of technocratic risk management for the sector — a process whose own bias, one could argue, accelerated not the growth of charter schools but the replication of one kind of charter school with one specific sort of leader.

By contrast, charter school leaders often spend significant time trying to secure loans or donations to cover facilities costs as well as managing any construction or renovation.

As a school leader or principal, you can often focus more time on improving teaching and learning beyond one classroom, giving others greater confidence and impact.

The anti-bullying coordinator who is now a head of department and struggling to find the time; the eLearning leader who is now part time; or perhaps, the deputy principal who was amongst other things: head of curriculum, coach of the first XI cricket team and an enthusiastic and active advocate for the new visual arts program... is now employed as a principal at another school.

head of department and struggling to find the time; the eLearning leader who is now part time; or perhaps, the deputy principal who was amongst other things: head of curriculum, coach of the first XI cricket team and an enthusiastic and active advocate for the new visual arts program... is now employed as a principal at another school.

In the absence of a compelling reason to retain control centrally, school leaders, as the primary agents of change, should have freedom and flexibility over how best to use their resources (time, people, and money) to create meaningful changes that directly impact students.

Long before the first cohort of 25 students left their full - time jobs and arrived on campus, the idea was ambitious and clear: The Ed School was not going to develop leaders for the education system as it currently exists.

The study, published Wednesday in The American Journal of Family Therapy, found students in the early elementary school years are getting significantly more homework than is recommended by education leaders, in some cases nearly three times as much homework as is recommended.

Managing time is key to success in any job, but especially in your job as a school leader.

Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.

Recasting At - Risk Students as Leaders Education Week, 8/5/14 «I guess I'm a loser,» Michael, 16, told me when I asked why he was going to drop out, «and school is a waste of time.»

As reported in the L.A. Times, «school district and union leaders had previously said they were against shortening the school year because it would hurt instruction and amount to a pay cut for teachers.

The time we spent in Detroit left us with the view that the city has the potential to be the next great example of urban school system renewal, as soon as civic and state leaders are ready to step up.

Most important though, as the leader of the school you must take time to describe and teach the expectations that you want to see, hear, and feel.

In an elementary school, the leader might bend time - use norms by having teachers provide rolling reading instruction as children arrive on buses in the morning.

Clive notes: «Whilst I regularly engage in discussion with school leaders regarding concerns that they have surrounding increased pressure, bureaucracy and diminishing funding, few topics have received quite as much air time as «academies.»

As the summer drew to a close, Senior Lecturer James Honan, one of many HGSE faculty members who devote their time to guiding these administrators through the many challenges in their work, reflected on how the Ed School is making a difference in the professional practice of scores of higher education leaders from across the country and around the world.

As a leader in youth development during out - of - school time, BGCA is redefining the opportunity equation by leveraging the power of after - school and summer programs to ensure academic success and create a stronger generation of future leaders.

As a school leader, how can you create time for teachers and classroom support staff to liaise outside of lessons?

Prior to his time in Chicago, Knowles served as deputy superintendent for teaching and learning at the Boston Public Schools — where he created two organizations devoted to building the pipeline of high quality teachers and school leaders — and served as codirector of the Boston Annenberg Challenge, a nationally recognized effort to improve literacy instruction.

Tom had been at Park Day School as a teacher and leader for 38 years and the evidence of his impact is apparent to me every time I walk on campus.

As you become a school leader, demands on your time will naturally start increasing.

Much has changed in recent times and the role and influence of school leadership has increased as our schools and school leaders have started to take up the responsibility for school improvement not just in their own schools, but right across the system.

Because, we as leaders have to be conscious that our own leaders can get subsumed in the business and activity of schools and they actually need time... it's like cognitive space, to simply focus on one thing, otherwise they never get to it.

Business leaders interviewed ranked the following skills as most important for junior members of staff to develop: • Time management 45 % • Prioritisation 39 % • Social skills 39 % • Team work 38 % • Communication skills 38 % Natasha Kizzie, Director of Marketing at NCS Trust, says: ³ Doing well at school is of course immensely important for young people ¹ s futures, not just in terms of grades but in learning how to apply themselves to an activity, to prioritise effectively and to commit to seeing tasks through.

With most families getting one of their top - ranked schools, the number of satisfied parents could give system and school leaders time to improve the application process further as well as the quality of schools offered.

Teachers received a single - page handout on the seven qualities of effective schools: nuggets such as «the climate of an effective school is NOT OPPRESSIVE,» «the principal acts as an instructional leader,» and effective schools offer the «opportunity to learn and student time on task.»

During his keynote, Digital leadership: changing paradigms for changing times, the senior fellow from the International Center for Leadership in Education in the US shared his personal story of how as a high school principal, he was a «leader with a blindfold on».

For plans covering the time period, February 2, 2004 and thereafter, each school district or BOCES shall describe in its plan how it will provide teachers it employs holding a professional certificate and / or Level III teaching assistant certificate with opportunities to complete 175 hours of professional development or 100 hours of continuing teacher and leader education, as required every five years under Part 80 of this Title;

During the session, Sheninger highlighted seven pillars of effective digital school leaders and talked about how, during his time as a high school principal, he and his staff modeled each pillar.