As the end of the school year approaches, schools across SFSD set aside time to honor students who have made significant academic and personal achievements. All four high schools have held honoring ceremonies this past week to shine a spotlight on these exceptional students. National Honor Society, perfect attendance, straight A seniors, seal of biliteracy recipients, students of the month, and many more are all honored for their commitment to excellence. More photos from the events here! https://lnkd.in/gKUiCGWi
🎉 Exciting to see Toledo Public Schools on the American Association of School Personnel Administrators 2024 recognition list for the William L. Hunter Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award!
This #AASPA award recognizes districts making outstanding contributions through the implementation of innovative and comprehensive teacher and leader development programs primarily focused on strategies designed to increase staff diversity.
Research shows that urban and low-income schools encounter greater difficulty in recruiting qualified teachers (Ingersoll & May, 2016), principals (Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond, 2017), counselors (Miranda & Arredondo, 2020), school psychologists (Henderson et al., 2016), and paraprofessionals (Rockoff et al., 2011). One solution showing promise is providing current staff career advancement opportunities that result in increased responsibility, compensation, and impact. TPS refers to these programs as Grow Your Own (#GYO) and has 25 years of experience successfully targeting and filling traditionally hard-to-staff vacancies in high need schools.
TPS has found that implementing GYO strategies, providing support for individuals to ensure they can attain a license, and developing comprehensive recruiting materials to attract candidates can help the district work towards a more diverse teacher and administrator workforce.
Given the state of educator staffing shortages, these programs have become essential in filling vacancies. TPS has seven current and active programs built to develop and support individuals interested in teaching or leading in a TPS building. All of these innovative programs have worked to increase the number of teachers in classrooms and leaders in buildings!
TPS is always looking to lead the way and do what is best for students!
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Here to share the 50-State scan of arts education policies that I have been working on these past months! This resource offers information for 13 different arts education policy areas! Please check it out!
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In the 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education, the pursuit of educational equity has seen major strides forward and significant pushbacks. What progress has been made, what can be learned from setbacks, and what can be done to ensure all students to have the opportunity to learn? Some of the country’s leading education and civil rights researchers ask these questions in a collection of reports released in conjunction with the anniversary and produced for the Spencer Foundation, Learning Policy Institute, and the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators (CAASA). https://lnkd.in/gtvw437W
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"Are you passionate about education and supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Apply for the Anthony D Turner Memorial Scholarship today and join me for a panel discussion at the presentation ceremony! Let's empower future leaders together. #HBCU#Education#Scholarship"
Over the past few days, in the wake of an unfathomable tragedy that took the lives of three cherished UNLV faculty members, numerous stories have been shared about their remarkable lives and the very real and lasting impact they had on the students, colleagues, families and loved ones that they cared so deeply about – and who cared so deeply about them.
We continue to mourn the tragic loss of Lee Business School professors Dr. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez, and College of Liberal Arts professor Dr. Naoko Takemaru.
At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, we’ll gather together as a university community on campus for a memorial vigil to honor and remember the lives and remarkable legacies of these dedicated and beloved educators.
The vigil will be held outdoors on the north end of the Academic Mall near the Lee Pascal Rose Garden, just east of the Carlson Education Building and south of the UNLV Performing Arts Center buildings.
Members of the university community will have the opportunity to be together, to grieve together, and to honor the lives of three colleagues, friends, and mentors who will never be forgotten. https://lnkd.in/gcy8tqtQ
Carnegie Foundation's mission, to catalyze transformational change in education, finds deep resonance in this month of remembrance and celebration of the Black community.
Yet, as Black History Month comes to an end, we must also acknowledge the systemic barriers that remain. The fight for equity and justice in education is far from over. It requires our focused commitment to undo the structures that perpetuate inequality and to build, in their place, systems that uplift the voices of students from underrepresented backgrounds.
In honoring the legacy of Black History Month, the Carnegie Foundation pledges to integrate its spirit into our daily endeavors. Our work seeks to advance educational, social, and economic opportunity at scale, aiming to make a transformative impact in the lives of those we serve. By addressing these challenges head-on, we ensure that our mission manifests in impactful actions that resonate throughout generations.
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