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2016

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Leadership Academies: A District Office Perspective, Rick Doll Sep 2016

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 Sep 2016

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 Sep 2016

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 May 2016

Safety Of Public Is In Expert Hands, Kimetris N. Baltrip

Seek

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 May 2016

Cooperative Innovation, Cheryl May

Seek

Partnerships among the university, industry and entrepreneurs come together in the Greater Kansas City metro area.