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with urban district leaders, teachers, and partners over the last several years, and it articulates a core Read more about Developing a Professional Learning System for Adults in Service of Student Learning -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
As the
leader of the Chicago Public Schools, America's third - largest
urban school
district, Arne has launched key initiatives all
with a singular aim: improving student performance.
Through those choices, we see a number of incredibly talented
leaders from EP and other talent networks voting
with their feet in deciding to join Kaya Henderson at DCPS or other strong
leaders in reform - minded
urban districts across the country.
The foundation has already committed some $ 135 million to overhauling fundamental aspects of
urban school
districts: identifying new sources of talent for positions of authority; developing alternative training methods for managers, principals, and teachers union
leaders; creating new tools for analyzing performance data; and working
with school boards to help those sometimes obstructionist bodies become more focused on student learning than on petty power plays.
Urban school
districts tend to lose their focus, hopping from reform to reform, as new
leaders with ideas of their own take the helm.
With increasing teacher - turnover rates in high - poverty and
urban districts, school and
district leaders need to make sure that the job is satisfying and rewarding — and quality collaboration time can help lower turnover rates.
will each work
with two states, and four
urban districts within each state, to form the first cohorts of
leaders to participate in the programs.
The Reach Institute for School Leadership seeks to partner
with schools,
districts and LEAs to train, credential and support teacher and
leaders that are committed to creating and sustaining effective
urban schools.
The public school system has mostly failed to provide those
urban minority communities
with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy
leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school
district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.
As a former high school and middle school principal, she implemented several service learning and community anti-bullying and harassment programs, and worked
with large
urban districts on building internal leadership capacity and minority
leader recruitment.
Unlike most large
urban districts, who partner
with external organizations to provide coaching to their
leaders, our
district chose to meet this need by creating an internal service provider.
Prior to EducationSuperHighway, Jeff worked
with the
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the cou
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital
leaders and implement strategies in large
urban districts across the cou
urban districts across the country.
She has worked closely
with large
urban districts, suburban
districts, small rural
districts, regional offices of education, and association
leaders.
In a report drawn from a convening of school
district superintendents, charter
leaders, school finance experts, and other education experts in Houston earlier this year, CRPE recommends that
urban districts and charter schools collaborate to solve the problems associated
with declining enrollment so that all students can have access to a high - quality education.
The findings were also based on interviews
with school
leaders from eight
districts across Montana, representing both
urban and rural
districts and varying in size.
Duet or Duel addresses the intricate dance of instructional
leaders with conceptualizations of reading instruction within an
urban district, and it would be beneficial to also consider how these
leaders engage
with other logics of the education field.
For example, after reading Chapter 6, «The Social Cost of Leadership Churn: The Case of an
Urban School
District,» I wondered about the school district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships with their peers in other schools and with central office
District,» I wondered about the school
district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships with their peers in other schools and with central office
district's role in supporting teachers in developing collaborative relationships
with their peers in other schools and
with central office
leaders.
Chiefs for Change continues to expand into the ranks of school
district leaders,
with two
urban schools chiefs among the four new members.
The Quality Schools Compact effort is an outgrowth of a roundtable discussion that occurred last February between 13 major
urban school
district superintendents matched
with charter
leaders from each of those cities.
With programs in 12
urban districts across nine states and the
District, New
Leaders accepts only about 100 new leaders eac
Leaders accepts only about 100 new
leaders eac
leaders each year.
His research has examined: 1) how school reform intersects
with equitable community development,
with a focus on school and community
leaders and 2) how geography influences educational opportunity for children of color in
urban school
districts.
The work will capitalize on the greatest asset within Grand Rapids»
urban schools — highly effective teachers — by training up to 300 teacher
leaders along
with their principals and
district administrators.
Elsewhere, similar solutions are likely in the near future, as the trend of hiring
leaders with backgrounds in business, law, politics, the media or the military to run large
urban school
districts has shown little sign of abating.
Recent research from the Council of Great City Schools found that 86 percent of
urban districts have teacher
leader roles, but only 32 percent offer specialized training for the responsibilities that go
with those titles.
· Provide
district leaders who are knowledgeable about education and
urban contexts and skillful in collaborative and democratic decision - making processes, starting
with a credentialed superintendent of CPS, and transitioning from mayoral control to a democratically elected school board that is accountable to the public.
Sponsored by The Council of the Great City Colleges of Education, an affiliate group of deans working
with urban school
leaders, the award honors an outstanding partnership between a university and an
urban school
district that has had a positive, substantial impact on student learning.
He draws from 39 years of educational experience in
urban, suburban, and rural school
district settings as he trains and works
with teachers, teacher
leaders, school
leaders, and
district leaders across North America.
The study finds that in states
with larger proportions of rural SIG schools (in comparison to states
with more
urban and suburban
districts), significantly fewer school
leaders reported that replacing principals to meet SIG requirements helped improve student achievement.
Jonathan LeVine Gallery is proud to announce its program during Art Basel - Miami 2010,
Urban Alchemists — a group exhibition and public mural project presented in association
with Tony Goldman, art patron and
leader in the restoration and transformation of declining historic
districts into thriving cultural destinations.