Sentences with phrase «upon school administrators»

The solution is to support all public schools, call upon school administrators to do their job (they do have the means to identify, retrain and failing those actions, to fire bad teachers) and wake parents up to the fact that when parents are fully engaged, their children and the children of others will benefit from effective teaching.

Not exact matches

For lawmakers to truly curb government spending across New York State they need to get public school teacher and administrator salaries, as well as the five - and six - figure payouts many of them receive upon retiring, back into the realm of what's normal for middle - income earners.

«The problem with it is... No. 1, it was suddenly put upon teachers and students and administrators and schools.

Critics of NCLB's testing and accountability requirements have a litany of complaints: The tests are inaccurate, schools and teachers should not be responsible for the test performance of unprepared or unmotivated students, the measure of school inadequacy used under NCLB is misleading, the tests narrow the curriculum to what is being tested, and burdens imposed upon teachers and administrators are excessively onerous.

Some administrators have taken it upon themselves to change the school climate.

But rather than crumble in the face of an economic boycott, says Gregory A. Christi, the school's principal, administrators tried to impress upon protesters the benefits of good nutrition and physical fitness.

The board of education or BOCES shall appoint the members of the team, a majority of which shall be teachers, which shall include the superintendent of schools or his or her designee in the case of school districts or the district superintendent or his or her designee in the case of BOCES; school administrators upon designation by the administrators» collective bargaining organization; teachers upon designation by the teachers» collective bargaining organization; at least one parent upon designation by the established parent groups in the district or in their absence, by the superintendent in the case of a school district or district superintendent in the case of a BOCES; and one or more curriculum specialists, meaning a teacher or administrator whose primary job responsibility involves the development or evaluation of curricula, upon designation by the district or teachers» collective bargaining organization or both.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

The team, a majority of which shall be teachers, shall include the superintendent of the district for which the team was formed or his or her designee; school administrators upon designation by the administrators» collective bargaining organization; teachers upon designation by the teachers» collective bargaining organization; at least one parent upon designation by the established parent groups in the district, or, in their absence, by the chancellor in the case of a high school division, a special education division or a chancellor's district, or by the board of education of the community school district in the case of a community school district; one or more curriculum specialists, meaning a teacher or administrator whose primary job responsibility involves the development or evaluation of curricula, upon designation by either or both the teachers» collective bargaining organization, or by the chancellor in the case of a high school division, a special education division or a chancellor's district, or by the board of education of the community school district in the case of a community school district.

duties of school administrators and superintendents upon receipt of a report pursuant to Education Law, section 1128, and the additional duties of superintendents pursuant to Education Law, section 1128 - a;

the duties of school administrators and superintendents upon receipt of a written report alleging child abuse in an educational setting pursuant to Education Law, section 1128;

What happens next depends upon the school's resources — how much money is available for testing and how many trained test administrators and special education teachers they have available to perform individual tests and assessments.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a school district that received an exemption under Florida's Race to the Top Memorandum of Understanding for Phase 2, as provided in s. (D)(2)(ii) of the memorandum, is allowed to base 40 percent, instead of 50 percent, of instructional personnel and school administrator performance evaluations upon student learning growth under s. 1012.34, as amended by this act.

The instructional personnel and school administrator evaluation systems base at least 40 percent of an employee's performance evaluation upon student performance and that student performance is the single greatest component of an employee's evaluation.

In determining the grandfathered salary schedule for instructional personnel, a district school board must base a portion of each employee's compensation upon performance demonstrated under s. 1012.34 and shall provide differentiated pay for both instructional personnel and school administrators based upon district - determined factors, including, but not limited to, additional responsibilities, school demographics, critical shortage areas, and level of job performance difficulties.

At least 50 percent of a classroom teacher's or school administrator's performance evaluation, or 40 percent if less than 3 years of student performance data are available, shall be based upon learning growth or achievement of the teacher's students or, for a school administrator, the students attending that school; the remaining portion shall be based upon factors identified in district - determined, state - approved evaluation system plans.

When an allegation of misconduct by instructional personnel or school administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01, is received, if the alleged misconduct affects the health, safety, or welfare of a student, the district school superintendent in consultation with the school principal, or upon the request of the Commissioner of Education, must immediately suspend the instructional personnel or school administrators from regularly assigned duties, with pay, and reassign the suspended personnel or administrators to positions that do not require direct contact with students in the district school system.

Upon receipt of a written FOIA request, the FOIA Coordinator shall immediately forward notice of the request, specifically describing each public record requested to all administrator's within the School District (hereinafter «FOIA Notice»).

AMP allows educators and administrators to coordinate assessments and curriculum in order to track results across an entire school district and to evaluate students» progress toward agreed - upon learning goals.

The information gathered would enable the development of a coherent coordinated system that will routinely let teachers, students and parents know how students are doing academically and provide teachers, school administrators and elected decision - makers with accurate data upon which to base policy.

Educators and administrators left inspired by what they learned from the Denver Public Schools team eager to improve upon their own work at home.

Jan Perry, Executive Director America's Finest Charter School, expounds upon the freedom school administrators have at charter public schools and how that leads to a better education forSchool, expounds upon the freedom school administrators have at charter public schools and how that leads to a better education forschool administrators have at charter public schools and how that leads to a better education for kids.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state board voted Wednesday to allow 13 school districts in Arkansas to continue using teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards, despite a warning from the state's top attorney that the licensing law they relied upon was intended for private businesses.

Thes best administrators know that a positive school culture is based upon the overall satisfaction and safety of the students, staff, and community members — and they also know that if they don't intentionally lead the shaping of the school culture, others will!

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

They are a good resource to school and district administrators in bringing issues of concern forward and in providing feedback, upon request.

Teachers won't embrace the power of data if they're worried that it will be used to rate them or compare them to their peers, and administrators will be similarly cautious if they're led to believe that their entire evaluation hinges upon their school's performance data and that data alone.

Khourey - Bowers et al. (2005) found that the involvement of school administrators in selecting teacher leaders resulted in a pool of teacher leaders who demonstrated strong knowledge of reform based teaching practices upon selection, based on baseline assessments.

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Upon receipt of written allegations of research misconduct, the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School shall promptly provide a copy of such written allegations to the budget executive and budget administrator of the area in which the accused individual is primarily employed, and the Director of The Office For Research Protections.

This week's edition is fairly abbreviated, with stories touching upon the challenges that increased pro se litigation create for public interest advocates and for court administrators, continued coverage of the debate about the autonomy of public - interest clinical programs at state - run law schools, and more.