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Leadership Academies: A District Office Perspective, Rick Doll
Leadership Academies: A District Office Perspective, Rick Doll
Educational Considerations
In 2004, public schools across the country found themselves in the middle of an educational shift to standards-based accreditation. Expectations had changed. Schools were being held accountable for the success of all students. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 established the expectation that all schools must successfully educate all students. This federal legislation changed school accreditation to a model based on high-stakes testing.
Inspiring Confidence And Professional Growth In Leadership: Student Perspectives On University-District Partnership Master's Academies, Pilar Mejía, Samrie Devin, Heather Calvert
Inspiring Confidence And Professional Growth In Leadership: Student Perspectives On University-District Partnership Master's Academies, Pilar Mejía, Samrie Devin, Heather Calvert
Educational Considerations
School leadership matters when discussing teacher effectiveness and student performance, and preparation programs need to graduate principals with the skills necessary to lead schools for tomorrow. The traditional approach to preparing educational leaders is no longer getting the job done. It is going to take everyone working together to better prepare those who will lead the schools we need.
Changing From Traditional Practice To A New Model For Preparing Future Leaders, Mary Devin, Donna Augustine-Shaw, Robert F. Hachiya
Changing From Traditional Practice To A New Model For Preparing Future Leaders, Mary Devin, Donna Augustine-Shaw, Robert F. Hachiya
Educational Considerations
In dramatic departure from the traditional format of programs preparing building level leaders, in the last sixteen years the Educational Leadership Department in the College of Education at Kansas State University (KSU) has worked with eight different partners in designing and delivering site-based customized 30-hour master’s degree programs in educational leadership to 19 individual cohorts.
Safety Of Public Is In Expert Hands, Kimetris N. Baltrip
Safety Of Public Is In Expert Hands, Kimetris N. Baltrip
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Standing against the autumn wind on a plot of land adjacent to K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute, three identical purple signs announce: “Future Home of NBAF.”
Cooperative Innovation, Cheryl May
Cooperative Innovation, Cheryl May
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Partnerships among the university, industry and entrepreneurs come together in the Greater Kansas City metro area.
Budding Opportunities, Kelly Hannigan
Budding Opportunities, Kelly Hannigan
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University tapping public, private industry to help meet increasing food demands.
Challenge Accepted; Heartland Plant Innovations, Center For Outcomes Research And Education; Confucius Institute, Stephanie Jacques, Jennifer Tidball
Challenge Accepted; Heartland Plant Innovations, Center For Outcomes Research And Education; Confucius Institute, Stephanie Jacques, Jennifer Tidball
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This sections features business strategies and Kansas State University partnerships with a variety of companies. And "quick bits" on The Heartland Plant Innovations, the Center for Outcomes Research and Education and Confucius Institute.
Changing Traditions: Supervision, Co-Teaching, And Lessons Learned In A Professional Development School Partnership, David S. Allen, Michael Perl, Lori Goodson, Twyla K. Sprouse
Changing Traditions: Supervision, Co-Teaching, And Lessons Learned In A Professional Development School Partnership, David S. Allen, Michael Perl, Lori Goodson, Twyla K. Sprouse
Educational Considerations
Considering how long societies have been educating their youth, the history of teacher education is relatively brief. The first efforts to provide systematic education for teachers with some kind of practical experience occurred in Rheims, France, in the late 17th century when Jean Baptiste De La Salle opened the first normal school.
Blurring The Boundaries: Reflecting On Pds Roles And Responsibilities Through Multiple Lenses, Lotta C. Larson, Amanda D. Lickteig, Vicki S. Sherbert, Deborah A. Nauerth
Blurring The Boundaries: Reflecting On Pds Roles And Responsibilities Through Multiple Lenses, Lotta C. Larson, Amanda D. Lickteig, Vicki S. Sherbert, Deborah A. Nauerth
Educational Considerations
It is well documented that successful Professional Development School (PDS) initiatives are contingent on trusting relationships between the university and school districts.
Theory Into Practice: The Ksu Pds Model, Sally J. Yahnke, M. Gail Shroyer
Theory Into Practice: The Ksu Pds Model, Sally J. Yahnke, M. Gail Shroyer
Educational Considerations
The 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (National Commission of Excellence in Education) “initiated the longest sustained period of attention to public education in the nation’s history and ignited a new wave of interest in teacher preparation.”