Sentences with phrase «with other districts in your area»

SNA's Keys to Excellence is a state of the art online self - assessment tool that allows you to compare your school nutrition program's performance with other districts in your area and around the country.

Not exact matches

But if it becomes reality, the proposal would fit well with efforts by the Chicago Park District and other city agencies to add park space in park - poor areas throughout the city.

Clauson said the organization also works with several other park districts in the area, including Arlington Heights, Streamwood and Carol Stream.

Several schools and hospitals in the Chicago area use sensory equipment to help people with disabilities regulate their emotions or stimulate their senses but the equipment is rarer in public recreational settings like a park district, said local occupational therapists and a representative from Flaghouse, the company that sold the sensory equipment to SEASPAR and other Chicago organizations.

Aside from the extreme interest in academic considerations following a concussion generated by the presentation, another common area of conversation at the exhibit booth was what schools or districts without a certified athletic trainer (AT) do to monitor and manage student - athletes with concussions and other sport - related injuries.

Identifying trainers who understand the material, know how to train and motivate adults, and leave trainees feeling satisfied by the experience — and sharing this information with other school districts in the area.

Roger Kotecki, vice chairman of the Forest Preserve District's Land Acquisition Committee, said the 4.9 - acre acquisition — along with the other land operated by the Glen Ellyn Park District — means there will be about 20 acres of open space in the area of St. Charles and Geneva Roads.

The 42nd Senate district in the Hudson Valley is one of several seats Democrats in the state Senate hope to be competitive in this fall, with others around the New York City metropolitan area and on Long Island.

«If we go to a different echelon of candidates, where they may have a district that doesn't include all of Erie County, they have to go get known in different areas other than where they're most familiar with,» said Langworthy.

To keep up with the growing number of children, she said, the district needs to make about 19 hires — most in the instructional areas, with others being additional support and security staff.

Other finalists met privately with Paterson in December and January, including Gillibrand, then a sophomore member from the old 20th District, which followed the Hudson Valley from Poughkeepsie to Lake Placid but was gerrymandered around Democrat - rich areas in like Albany and Troy.

State leaders, however, are close to an agreement on spending $ 300 million for pre-Kindergarten programs for New York City, with other districts receiving aid as long as they demonstrate a willingness for pre-K in their area.

A spokeman for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's, whose district includes the area, said they are aware of the incident and have been in regular contact with the 6th Precinct about it and other similar incidents.

«I knew I'd be losing 21,000 constituents just to reach a parity with the other districts, but that could have been done in a way to keep the geographic areas contiguous.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

Chautauqua County, at the same time, joined southern Erie County and portions of the City of Buffalo in the 27th, areas that had also never been in the same district with each other.

UFT members from Districts 1, 2 and Manhattan high schools from those areas came together with UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other UFT officers and staff to discuss everything from U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to the #PublicSchoolProud campaign at a May 4 Meet the President event in Chelsea.

When the Mount Carmel Area School District in eastern Pennsylvania adopted a strict dress code for its elementary school in 2000, it did not sit well with Carmine and Maria Scicchitano and a handful of other district District in eastern Pennsylvania adopted a strict dress code for its elementary school in 2000, it did not sit well with Carmine and Maria Scicchitano and a handful of other district district parents.

The fact that 72.6 percent of Ohio's charter schools operate in urban areas likely has something to do with the fact that the state's suburbs continue to opt out of enrolling students from other districts.

In an area with so many choices, a town's reputation and real - estate values depend heavily on the quality of its local school district, giving residents added incentive to ensure that their schools compare favorably with those in other townIn an area with so many choices, a town's reputation and real - estate values depend heavily on the quality of its local school district, giving residents added incentive to ensure that their schools compare favorably with those in other townin other towns.

Controlling for other factors, houses in districts with higher - performing government schools are more expensive than those in areas with lower - performing schools.

We compare certain categories with other districts so we can show we are spending more efficiently in certain areas.»

The university is working with the Los Angeles district and others in the area to identify bilingual instructional assistants who may want to become teachers and is also trying to get the word out to bilingual high school students interested in teaching, Sarmiento said.

This guarantee, developed in partnership with the Center for Educational Leadership, offers side - by - side coaching and other professional development work at no cost to the district or the graduate, if the new principal or district leaders notice that he or she is not demonstrating the exit standards in certain key competency areas.

If superintendents are not 100 percent satisfied with the performance of new K - 12 school leaders in certain key competency areas, the program graduate will be provided with side - by - side coaching and other professional development work at no cost to the district or the graduate.

Locally, Imagine Schools operates schools in Prince George's County and Baltimore County, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, with plans to open more schools, in other areas, soon.

Franklin is looking for opportunities to work with other schools, districts and the business community in any of these areas.

That plan, commonly referred to as a levy swap, would have caused property taxes to go up in some areas, including Seattle and some school districts with high property values, but it would have lowered the overall property taxes in many other districts.

House lawmakers say they are keenly interested in legislative action next month that would either delay implementation of a new law requiring districts to reduce class sizes in grades K - 3 and / or provide additional funds to districts so that complying with the mandate doesn't result in harm to other areas of instruction.

But the concept has perhaps especially resonated with educators across the country: Earlier this year, school districts in the San Francisco area announced plans to begin testing students on grit and other forms of emotional intelligence; other schools have instituted things like Grit Week, in which students set goals for their scores on upcoming standardized tests.

In 1992, parent Alice Miller connected with Don Shalvey, superintendent of San Carlos School District in the Bay Area, and the two joined with other parents, educators and community leaders to found California's first charter school - the San Carlos Charter Learning CenteIn 1992, parent Alice Miller connected with Don Shalvey, superintendent of San Carlos School District in the Bay Area, and the two joined with other parents, educators and community leaders to found California's first charter school - the San Carlos Charter Learning Centein the Bay Area, and the two joined with other parents, educators and community leaders to found California's first charter school - the San Carlos Charter Learning Center.

Academic performance when a district is under state control is usually mixed, the report concluded, with increases in some areas, and decreases in others.

I attended a Faculty Focus Meeting with Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Antwan Wilson where he expressed a desire to make Oakland the best and most desirable school district in the Bay Area for both teachers and students, but right now, as one veteran OUSD teacher told me, «Oakland does a great job of training teachers for other districtsDistrict Superintendent Antwan Wilson where he expressed a desire to make Oakland the best and most desirable school district in the Bay Area for both teachers and students, but right now, as one veteran OUSD teacher told me, «Oakland does a great job of training teachers for other districtsdistrict in the Bay Area for both teachers and students, but right now, as one veteran OUSD teacher told me, «Oakland does a great job of training teachers for other districts.»

The result was a natural experiment: some low - spending districts, mainly in rural areas, ended up with higher funding per student, whereas other school districts did not.

Some districts limit the use of aides to certain areas, such as assisting with special education students, working in bilingual classrooms or helping supervise very large classes (such as P.E.); others provide aides to help teachers in the regular classroom.

Some districts limit the use of aides to certain areas, such as assisting with special education students, working in bilingual classrooms or helping to supervise very large classes (such as P.E.); others provide aides to help teachers in the regular classroom.

Historically, City funding allowed SFUSD to pay teachers a bit more than other school districts in the immediate area (more than Oakland, exactly on par with San Leandro, and below Menlo Park, Pleasanton, etc.).

The vision of El Dorado's M+MI projects is to enhance student achievement by integrating music learning with other academic areas in partnerships with local arts learning organizations (MuST and SF Opera), partner laboratory schools (Oakland Unified and Ravenswood School District Learning Laboratory Schools), and support and guidance from the Music - in - Education National Consortium (New England Conservatory Research Center).

Across the country, school districts in rural areas and other pockets with low bandwidth are confronting a difficult task of administering new Common Core - aligned standardized tests to students online.

To ensure that my students learn, I work closely with other teachers (in and out of my school district) who are getting the job done (students perform well on standardized assessments), I research constantly in areas I feel weakest, and I invest in my own professional development.

We have prepared teachers in high - need areas that were identified by school districts, such as bilingual / ESL, special education, math, science and other subjects with an added supplemental certification in ESL and special education.

States and districts with large unfunded liabilities are now scrambling to find the dollars to pay up, resulting in painful cuts in other areas, including salary reductions for current teachers.

Additionally, we plan to disseminate results to other PUMA school districts who are unable to participate at this time, with the goal of inviting a majority of Houston - area districts to work with us in improving the education of our preservice teachers.

Johnson, who works with schools in the Charlotte and surrounding areas, says other school districts like Cumberland County are exploring the idea of creating a specific policy and examining how current state and federal law address the topic.

Among the other districts in the heart of the metro area, Gwinnett and Cherokee counties had the next best scores, with four and a half points.

These meetings are intended to give CFOs and their counterparts in academics, HR, or other areas when it makes sense, an opportunity to wrestle with the most challenging issues district financial leaders must face.

In the upper grades of elementary school and in middle and high school, the district is teaching English and subject area content simultaneously, working with the language skills necessary to understand other subjects, such as math and sciencIn the upper grades of elementary school and in middle and high school, the district is teaching English and subject area content simultaneously, working with the language skills necessary to understand other subjects, such as math and sciencin middle and high school, the district is teaching English and subject area content simultaneously, working with the language skills necessary to understand other subjects, such as math and science.

Roughly ten percent of the special needs student population statewide isn't covered by state funds, says DPI's Hussey, placing a heavy burden on local districts to come up with the extra resources necessary to serve them at a time when locals also face increased costs in other areas of educational need that they are trying to cover thanks to decreased state investments.

The IDRA EAC - South has assisted several districts with school integration plans and is available to assist others in Region II * with technical assistance in this area.

Distinguished — earned through evidence of leadership, including a letter of recommendation from the principal and two other teachers; a nomination from the district with student performance information and analysis of student growth; and meeting criteria set by the commissioner and being in the top 25 percent of all teachers in the state who teach in a similar certification area in student growth average over three years.