Sentences with phrase «whose leadership in your school»

An administrator whose leadership in your school or district is impressive?

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«Alberto M. Carvalho is a nationally recognized expert on education transformation whose leadership drove Miami - Dade County Public Schools to unprecedented increases in student achievement and graduation rates.

In the unfortunate club of principals and K - 12 administrators whose schools become the site of unthinkable violence, the best source of guidance to navigate the grief, trauma, and leadership challenges that follow are their peers who've been through it.

But what made Levy's ascension so highly symbolic was its unique combination of all the elements of urban school drama: a mayor whose desire to wrest control from the city's elected school board was long voiced; a city fed up with failure on a grand scale and in the long term; a competition between city hall and school leadership to pass the blame; and the realization, finally, that a system the size of a Fortune 500 company might be better led by someone with the skills of a Fortune 500 executive.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

New Orleans (April 5, 2014)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New OrSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in New Orleans.

The search for more competent executive leadership can often roil interest groups within the school system, such as teacher unions and school administrators, whose power is in part tied to having one of their own, a former teacher and administrator, running the system.

Sharon provides cutting edge information and exposes scandals in the corporate education reform movement including charter schools and the Broad Foundation (from whose leadership academy our new CEO, JC Brizard, is a graduate).

Nashville, TN (March 21, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Boards Association's (NSBA) Council of School Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in NashSchool Attorneys (COSA), the national network of attorneys representing K - 12 public school districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool districts whose mission is to support school attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashschool attorneys and provide leadership in legal advocacy for public schools, elected new leaders and directors during its annual meeting in Nashville.

The program, whose expenses are covered by the KIPP school or region and supplemented through any available federal i3 (Investing in Innovation) funds, lasts one year, including a three - day orientation, two leadership development retreats throughout the year, and individualized coaching.

Similarly, in the schools we studied whose plans reflected a belief that teaching and leadership affect student achievement, achievement gains were three times greater than they were in schools whose plans reflected a focus on student demographic characteristics as the primary determinants of student achievement (Reeves, in press).

In terms of school leadership, an administrator whose style is mainly technical would manage the building well.

«It is becoming clearer all the time that the current UTLA leadership isn't threatened by charter schools or other bogeymen — they're actually threatened by the notion that parents in these communities, whose kids have gotten a crappy deal for a generation or more, should have any real power to do something about it.»

These and other pipeline strategies that effect broad - based systems must strike a balance between stability and flexibility in order for them to change as school improvement strategies evolve, say both The Wallace Foundation and education reformers such as Michael Fullan, whose concept of «motion leadership» reflects the need for a systematic culture of continuous reflection and growth.

Principal: Visible, daily SECD leadership across the school: Integrating SECD into school assemblies, morning announcements, faculty meetings, parent meetings, discipline referral practices (for students whose behavior lands them in the principal or asst. principal's office).

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leschool reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leSchool Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

By Allen Mueller In a recent AJC article about Governor Deal's proposed Opportunity School District, Eric Wearne emphasizes the importance of establishing an incubator in Georgia, «whose purpose is to recruit talent and to produce leadership for schools in the OSD.&raquIn a recent AJC article about Governor Deal's proposed Opportunity School District, Eric Wearne emphasizes the importance of establishing an incubator in Georgia, «whose purpose is to recruit talent and to produce leadership for schools in the OSD.&raquin Georgia, «whose purpose is to recruit talent and to produce leadership for schools in the OSD.&raquin the OSD.»

Breakfast in the Classroom was launched in 2011 at almost 300 LAUSD schools with the leadership of LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy and a partnership between the district, the LA Fund (whose members include LA School Report publisher Jamie Lynton) and other advocacy groups.

Teaching Matters urges you to nominate a school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and innovative learning environment.

The first annual Elizabeth Rohatyn Prize for School Innovation, a $ 15,000 award, will go to a New York metropolitan area public school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning enviroSchool Innovation, a $ 15,000 award, will go to a New York metropolitan area public school principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning enviroschool principal whose leadership results in an academically rigorous and technologically innovative learning environment.

It quotes a major Wallace - commissioned research report, whose authors say they «have not found a single case of a school improving its student achievement record in the absence of talented leadership.»

• Identify specific student groups whose needs are not being met; • Work closely with principals and teachers to change adult behavior and provide conditions in which students who have historically struggled can thrive; • Change system policies and practices that are barriers to students» success — school discipline and access to culturally relevant pedagogy are two key areas; • Engage parents to become involved in their children's education and empower them to be advocates; • Work with students through teachers and mentors to cultivate deep relationships and trust; • Provide students with leadership and advocacy opportunities to build agency.

Dr. Patronek became the second Director of the Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy at what is now the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University and was the first Agnes Varis University Chair in Science and Society at Tufts University where he supervised the Graduate Program in Animals and Public Policy, whose graduates have gone on to leadership positions in animal welfare as well as careers in veterinary medicine and law, among others.

«Jane South has an impressive background in combining her leadership experience of Fine Arts programs in the US and Europe with her experience as a practicing artist whose work cuts across disciplines and reflects the intersectional nature of contemporary arts practice,» said Gerry Snyder, dean of the School of Art.