Sentences with phrase «with urban school leaders»

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.

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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.

The time we spent in Detroit left us with the view that the city has the potential to be the next great example of urban school system renewal, as soon as civic and state leaders are ready to step up.

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.

Memphis is not the first diocese to work with charter leaders to «convert» struggling urban Catholic schools into public charter schools, but its «conversions» are certainly the most prominent.

A unique blend of education - savvy business leaders, a superintendent with stamina, and a mature accountability system has made Houston into the darling of urban school reform.

With a background that includes teaching in independent schools, management consulting, and urban school reform, Holleran — who also spent four years as executive director of Bay Area for New Leaders, a division of New Leaders for New Schools — jumped at the chaschools, management consulting, and urban school reform, Holleran — who also spent four years as executive director of Bay Area for New Leaders, a division of New Leaders for New Schools — jumped at the chaSchools — jumped at the challenge.

Democracy Prep's results are incomparable: 100 percent of graduates are college - bound (two college acceptances are required for graduation); 95 percent pass the Regents exams; and the schools are leaders in urban charter turnaround (with Harlem Prep skyrocketing from the third to the 96th percentile from one school year to the next).

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.

Insight in Action In an urban school setting, full - time teacher leaders worked with elementary school teachers to help them improve their instruction.

I come to you with over 25 years of experience in urban and suburban schools with an organization of 33 years working to support schools and school leaders across the country.

The core of Schools That Can Milwaukee is a group of dedicated educators with experience as urban school leaders and teachers.

As LUMIN Schools achieve record enrollment each year, we are devoted to coaching, supporting and retaining high quality educators, support staff and leaders with a strong commitment to urban education and Christ.

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 University of Chicago Women's Board and the Urban Education Institute volunteer committee welcomed nearly 60 young women from the University of Chicago Charter School's Woodlawn Campus to the Quadrangle Club on Wednesday, May 8 for an opportunity to network with female leaders in Chicago.

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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.

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 couUrban Schools Human Capital Academy to develop human capital leaders and implement strategies in large urban districts across the couurban districts across the country.

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.

That tallies with what a lot of school leaders report: it is difficult to recruit some specialties in the urban north, in particular.

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 leSchool 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 leschool 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 Wallace Foundation published a four - part video series on «A Bold Move to Better Prepare Principals: The Illinois Story,» featuring the Center for Urban Education Leadership's partnership with Chicago Public Schools in developing transformational urban school leaUrban Education Leadership's partnership with Chicago Public Schools in developing transformational urban school leaurban school leaders.

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.

Emily Ustach is director of programs for New Urban Arts, a free, community art studio for high school students in Providence, Rhode Island, with the mission to build a vital community that empowers young people as artists and leaders to develop a creative practice they can sustain throughout their lives.

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.

Proposal for the Haberman Corporate Network for School Leaders: To facilitate a solution to the nationwide teacher crisis, the HEF proposes working with each corporate partner's education liaison to establish satellite training centers in strategic urban sites.

Susan came to STCM with 12 years of teaching and leadership experience in urban schools, serving as a classroom teacher, teacher coach, and instructional leader in Milwaukee schools.

A 20 - year veteran educator in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), Richard is a transformational leader with extensive experience driving innovative programs to improve teacher practice and school design in urban settings.

Working with diverse populations from coast to coast, and from our southern to northern borders, it is this passion for commitment that makes Treviño an effective leader and one of the country's leading trainers and teachers in the areas of effective school board governance, urban education, the politics of education, and the foundations of educational leadership.

Many of our school leaders have, or are currently participating in, leadership development programs with the Center For Urban Teaching in Milwaukee.

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.

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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.

With the Center's collaboration, CPS is now committed to filling every principal vacancy with school leaders trained in the model of the full - year residency that is central to the EdD Urban Education Leadership doctoral progWith the Center's collaboration, CPS is now committed to filling every principal vacancy with school leaders trained in the model of the full - year residency that is central to the EdD Urban Education Leadership doctoral progwith school leaders trained in the model of the full - year residency that is central to the EdD Urban Education Leadership doctoral program.

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.