Sentences with phrase «turnaround district leaders»

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It's a remarkable turnaround for a politician who once sold his car two weeks before a primary to raise badly - needed campaign cash, barely won a Democratic district leader race and was told by an opponent that the state attorney general — now Gov. Andrew Cuomo — should investigate him for corruption.

Delaware lawmakers have approved a bailout, teachers have gotten pink slips, and turnaround consultants have been hired — all for a budget crisis that former leaders of the state's largest school district say doesn't exist.

A district leader said they need their charter partners to better understand the political reality of co-locations, turnarounds, and closures, and to find ways to help take some of the political heat or provide cover for those kinds of decisions — which are extremely unpopular with community leaders and board members.

For a district turnaround, the superintendent would need to tap a trusted leader who could cut through the usual district machinery.

To enable more widespread, successful turnarounds in education, state and district leaders need to focus on two critical policy changes.

And in districts where superintendents know which principals they should move into the turnaround schools, there are concerns about what happens to the progress achieved in those leaders» former schools once they are moved.

Frederick Hess and Thomas Gift have argued for developing school restructuring leaders; Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel have recommended that states and districts «fuel the pipeline» of untraditional turnaround specialists.

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While not spreading like wildfire, the idea of turnaround districts has caught the imagination of leaders in a growing list of states.

If district leaders and their union counterparts either disagree on how to overhaul a particular school or submit a proposal for turnaround that the state education secretary deems as too weak, the secretary can override it.

This descriptive, mixed methods study uses survey data from turnaround leaders in all 50 states and in - depth interviews with eight intentionally selected state leaders to launch a discussion about how states support district turnaround efforts.

School and district - wide turnaround can take root only when system leaders recognize the need for change, and work with communities to make those changes.

The teachers union is looking to expand its influence on school boards in the wake of Mayor Lovely Warren's request to be named leader of a receivership district to turnaround the city's worst schools.

The series includes a guide to help district and state leaders choose the best restructuring option for each school, updated in a 2nd edition released in 2009, and white papers identifying what we know from research about when the first four restructuring options under NCLB work: reopening as a charter school, contracting with external providers, turnarounds with new leaders and staff, and state takeovers.

Turnarounds also require different types of support and flexibility from district leaders.

Carrie Hillyard, who leads the turnaround team Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation leaders created to assist five struggling district schools, speaks to State Board of Education members at a public hearing on the future of Glenwood Leadership Academy.

Public Impact produced some of the earliest work guiding states and districts choosing among school turnaround strategies and has been the field leader in providing research, guidance and implementation support for turnarounds within schools, charter restarts and innovation zones.

State and District leaders can help more turnaround - attempt schools succeed by selecting the right principals, training them, helping them transition to school models supported by teacher - leadership, tracking leading indicators of performance, and coaching principals to make needed changes fast.

The district needs to rethink the supports it provides these leaders, and needs to ensure it has high quality candidates to lead the school across the turnaround process.

How can district policies and practices support turnaround school leaders and their teams?

They then recommend that state and district leaders focus on two critical policy changes: (1) creating political will by developing the capacity to take charge of failing schools when districts don't act and (2) fueling the pipeline of K - 12 turnaround leaders.

This descriptive, mixed - methods analysis uses survey data from state - level turnaround leaders in all 50 states and interviews with eight intentionally selected state leaders to launch a discussion about how states support districts in school - turnaround efforts.

To help school districts find candidates with the competencies necessary for the job of school turnaround leader, the four - agency partnership is producing and distributing a professional learning module on these three topics:

As the founder and leader of ED - Volution Education Group, a boutique K - 12 education consulting firm, she has worked with leading sector entrepreneurs and philanthropies on strategy, new initiative design, partnership creation, growth and launch, and management and the content areas of school turnaround; charter management; state, city and district redesign; and human capital with special focus on school leadership.

Research shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schLeaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schleaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter scDistrict of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schleaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter scdistrict and charter schools.15

Jon has investigated and written on school leadership topics, including turnaround leadership, succession planning for school - level leaders, state and district supports for school leaders, and state policies supporting effective school leadership.

The Achievement School District: Lessons from Tennessee reports on the ASD model, including the viability of charter schools within a community - based enrollment system, developing a sustainable teacher and leader pipeline, and collaboration with the Shelby County district - run turnaround effort, calleDistrict: Lessons from Tennessee reports on the ASD model, including the viability of charter schools within a community - based enrollment system, developing a sustainable teacher and leader pipeline, and collaboration with the Shelby County district - run turnaround effort, calledistrict - run turnaround effort, called iZone.

Ms. Williams was placed with the University of Virginia's Darden - Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education in Charlottesville, Va., where she works with school districts around the country to support their school turnaround efforts.

Contrast Grim's statements with the frustrations of the Indianapolis Public Schools leaders, who moved to authorize a lawsuit against the state over its intervention plans Thursday: While the district wants to fight the outright takeover of four other district schools, the much - less - intrusive intervention at Washington means staff can more easily get on board with state - led turnaround efforts.

After transitioning to instructional coaching, Nick supported teacher leaders in their implementation of a drastic rewrite of the district curriculum and assessment plan while working toward a successful school turnaround.

We also present a starting list of leading indicators and a proposed monitoring timetable for district, state, and other education leaders to use in turnaround schools.

District and school leaders should implement turnaround strategies based on evidence from rigorous studies of turnaround efforts in North Carolina and other states, or well - conceived, innovative strategies with sound theoretical foundations.

The ASD has collaborated with high - performing charter operators to conduct school turnarounds in neighborhood schools; collaborated with philanthropic leaders to build a sustainable educator talent pipeline for the bottom 5 percent of the state's schools; engaged neighborhood communities in the process of matching charter operators to schools selected into the ASD; and influenced district - led turnaround efforts.

This three - part professional learning module, developed through a partnership between the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, the Center on School Turnaround, Public Impact, and the University of Virginia Darden / Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education, provides state and district leaders with tools to identify and apply turnaround leader competencies to the selection and development of school turnaround lLeaders, the Center on School Turnaround, Public Impact, and the University of Virginia Darden / Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education, provides state and district leaders with tools to identify and apply turnaround leader competencies to the selection and development of school turnaround lLeaders in Education, provides state and district leaders with tools to identify and apply turnaround leader competencies to the selection and development of school turnaround lleaders with tools to identify and apply turnaround leader competencies to the selection and development of school turnaround leadersleaders.

State and district leaders can understand how to identify, select, and retain great leaders using the research - based competencies specific to successful turnaround leaders, with a new, free three - part professional learning module.

Our specialists build the capacity of district and school leaders to develop, implement, and evaluate improvement efforts, including school transformation and turnaround.