Sentences with phrase «year at the alternative school»

He had already experienced the most severe punishment the school district had to offer — a year at the alternative school — so it was no longer a threat.

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He joined the service during his first year of college when his brother, who was in the Marine Corps at the time, suggested it as an alternative to nursing school.

If you disagreed with the use of spanking, you were to sign a form attesting to that at the beginning of each school year, and then were typically required to meet with the school administrators to determine an alternative discipline.

At 10 a.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Education will meet to discuss a number of amendments to education law - including an act in relation to establishing the Asian Lunar New Year school holiday and an act in relation to authorizing the option of assigning community service as an alternative to suspension of students or in conjunction with student suspension.

At the end of that year, they were eligible for a «standard alternative teaching certificate,» enabling them to teach for 4 years in public schools, after which they became eligible for full certification.

Quinton Ma, a 22 - year - old marketing coordinator at Gawker Media, in New York City, started to drink VitaminWater as a middle schooler because it seemed like a healthy alternative to soda.

There are two options for the tasks, page 6 is a general version, and page 7 is an alternative that could be used at the end of Year 6 when discussing starting high school.

At the beginning of the year we prided ourselves as a school that was moving away from traditional textbooks in favor of teacher - created, digital alternatives.

For the past three years, I have been working on the implementation of arts@newman — an alternative, arts - based program for grades 7 - 8 designed to better engage some of those students who find themselves hanging out at the edges of this place we call school.

From directors Jean - Michel Dissard and Gitte Peng, I Learn America follows five students through one school year at International High School at Lafayette, a small, public, alternative high school in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to teaching foreign - born, non-native English speakers who are newly arrived to the United Sschool year at International High School at Lafayette, a small, public, alternative high school in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to teaching foreign - born, non-native English speakers who are newly arrived to the United SSchool at Lafayette, a small, public, alternative high school in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to teaching foreign - born, non-native English speakers who are newly arrived to the United Sschool in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to teaching foreign - born, non-native English speakers who are newly arrived to the United States.

Produced by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School tells the story of the first graduating class at Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk School tells the story of the first graduating class at Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk school for at - risk youth.

Braziller has spent a decade teaching Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO)-- a curriculum that leads students to reflect on themselves through in - depth study of history — and has taught at this public alternative school for 18 years.

I started out at a middle school with an emergency alternative license after two years of teaching first - year college composition.

An alternative way of defining and measuring success at school would be in terms of the progress or growth that students make over the course of a year, regardless of their starting point.

In Ohio, Dungan's daughter had been enrolled at the alternative school at which she had taught, but, having moved in the middle of the school year, there was little time to do research into the options in their new city.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

Mathematics and science reforms at the state level over the past five years have focused on curricula and alternative assessments, a national survey by the Council of Chief State School Officers has found.

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

Continuation schools are alternative high school programs for students sixteen years of age or older, who haven't graduated from high school, are still required to attend school, and who are at risk of not graduating.

Freitag soon discovered The Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, an alternative certification program based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Students spend one year interning at a Fairfax County (Virginia) public school — substituting, observing, assisting teachers, and working with students one - on - one and in small groups — and take summer and evening courses required for certification.

Following this session, at 2:30 pm in the Early Years and SEN Theatre, Magali Ellis, Head of Trinity School, will be sharing her insights into the alternatives in teaching Modern Foreign Languages (MFL).

For purposes of determining adequate yearly progress on the indicator set forth at subparagraph (15)(iv) of this subdivision, the graduation rate cohort for each public school, school district, and charter school for each school year from 2002 - 03 through 2006 - 2007 shall consist of all members of the school or district high school cohort, as defined in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, for the previous school year plus any students excluded from that cohort solely because they transferred to an approved alternative high school equivalency or high school equivalency preparation program.

d. Teacher experience, measured as the percent difference between the percent of teachers in their first or second year of teaching at alternative and regular schools.

No. 1, supra, at 461; Seattle Public Schools Desegregation Planning Office, Proposed Alternative Desegregation Plans: Options for Eliminating Racial Imbalance by the 1979 - 80 School Year (Sept. 1977)(filed with the Court as Exh.

He said some year 11 pupils were moved to alternative provision following a «traumatic period» and that the change was aimed at stabilising the school and meeting the needs of all pupils.

[These schools must have been open at least a year, and alternative provision and special schools are not included.]

I spent the equivalent of one year at the University of Texas and one year acting as Assistant Principal at an Austin Alternative School, defined this time as a school for students who had difficulty adjusting to their assigned scSchool, defined this time as a school for students who had difficulty adjusting to their assigned scschool for students who had difficulty adjusting to their assigned schools.

Kate Leckonby, a Wake County school teacher who took part in a panel session to brainstorm alternative teaching compensation systems at the Emerging Issues Forum, explained how McCrory's proposal would mean a teacher in her ninth year of teaching, like Leckonby, would be making roughly the same amount of money that a teacher in her first year would earn.

An alternative application procedure allows pupils to apply for open enrollment at any time during a school year if certain criteria are met.

Adrienne Dawson, a home health nurse whose 12 - year - old son, Adrian Tucker, is in seventh grade at Berwick Alternative K - 8 School on the east side of Columbus, said she was daunted by the complexity of sample questions she looked at last spring.

After almost 30 years at an alternative high school, Ann Cook now heads a consortium of New York public high schools that assess students with little reliance on standardized tests.

As a consequence, even if full - time workers devoted all of their paid vacation time and holidays to cover school closings, they would still need to find an alternative way to care for their children on at least 13 days throughout the school year.

Successes of the network so far include a 23 - year - old graduate being placed at a primary academy trust, as well as an entrepreneur in his 30s becoming a governor for an alternative provision free school.

When you evaluate your current school, and when you look at potential alternative high school options, be sure to not just think about this current year, but also consider the years ahead.

The analysis, published by the Institute for Public Policy Research, found the proportion of unqualified teachers at alternative providers has risen by nearly four percentage points over the past four years — more than double the increase in other schools.

McClarin Alternative School in College Park, which at 49.9 ranked the lowest in south Fulton schools» 2013 - 14 CCRPI, came out on top in this month's inaugural school climate ratings, based on information gathered during the same schoolSchool in College Park, which at 49.9 ranked the lowest in south Fulton schools» 2013 - 14 CCRPI, came out on top in this month's inaugural school climate ratings, based on information gathered during the same schoolschool climate ratings, based on information gathered during the same schoolschool year.

In the initiative's second year, «Project 2» will focus on post-secondary readiness at the district's alternative high school, where students in high - risk situations can obtain the credits they need to graduate using accelerated quarter terms.

We are excited to host our third Edcamp, bringing together folks from all settings: in past years Edcamp at Centerpoint has included educators from alternative schools, therapeutic schools, public schools, colleges, universities, juvenile detention facilities, mental health programs, non-profits and more.

On top of the flexibility created by last year's alternative certification law, CSP's bill would give charters where at least half of students are impoverished the ability to hire teachers who are licensed in other states and those who have completed alternative licensure programs in other states and taught for at least two years in high - poverty schools.

A district also can opt for the alternative tests at any time to show that a student is ready to be promoted during the school year.

A second characteristic of residencies is a longer clinical placement than is found in most traditional or alternative programs, generally at least a full school year, with residents working under the guidance of an experienced, expert mentor — before becoming the teacher of record.

Lear's focus over the years has been on redesigning high schools, including an early and long interest in alternative schools and work as a senior researcher at the Coalition of Essential Schools, where he was an early advocate for performance assesschools, including an early and long interest in alternative schools and work as a senior researcher at the Coalition of Essential Schools, where he was an early advocate for performance assesschools and work as a senior researcher at the Coalition of Essential Schools, where he was an early advocate for performance assesSchools, where he was an early advocate for performance assessments.

Linda has over 45 years of experience in education as a former teacher, assistant principal, director of an alternative middle school in East Harlem, and faculty member of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College in New York City.

This year I am teaching at an alternative high school.

An alternative provision school in Liverpool for 14 - 19 year olds who are out of school or at risk of exclusion.

She has worked for Burnsville Eagan Savage Schools for the past twenty years as a teacher and currently serves as the principal at the Burnsville Alternative School.

• a new district facility plan for the Hickman County School District • district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation School District • district facility plan amendments for Christian, Clark and McCracken County School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation School Districts • 2013 - 14 Local District Tax Rates Levied • a waiver of 702 KAR 5:060, Section 6 (2) from the Fort Thomas Independent School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation School District • site approval for the proposed new high school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation school, Floyd County • school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation school district indirect cost rates for fiscal year 2014 - 15 • the appointments to the Kentucky School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation School for the Deaf Advisory Board of Christina Nymo - Yance, Debbie Haydon, Jennifer Harris, Sharon White, Michelle Gadberry, and Mike Lafavers • the appointment of former Graves County Superintendent Pete Galloway to fill an at - large seat on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Board of Control • proposed amendments to the KHSAA Bylaws • a request from Kenton County to use an alternative effectiveness and evaluation system

She's the Special Education Coordinator at Jennings Community School for the last 10 years, and has served on the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP) Board for four years as a Regional Director and Director at Large.

Anyone who is against a charter school is indirectly suggesting that they are against offering parents an alternative education system for their students when the current one, during the current school year, for their student at his or her current grade level, is broken.

Students at South Campus, the alternative school, will be joining the Innovations program at the main campus this school year, leaving an empty building.