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Need exists for ‘solid, objective’ ways
to measure teachers’ effectiveness

    While school leaders frequently hear education reformers say that effective teaching is defined by improvements to student learning, those reformers issue conflicting statements on how to measure such effectiveness and use those assessments to improve teaching. That’s the contention of a new issue brief, Measuring and Improving the Effectiveness of High School Teachers, presented by the Alliance for Excellent Education this spring.

 

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Partnership Principal
Blanca Cavazos,
of Arvin High School in
Arvin
, CA


Listen to Blanca!

     

   The biggest challenge facing Blanca Cavazos as principal of California’s Arvin High School is helping her 2,642 students and their families understand they are just as capable as other young people when provided opportunities. While that hasn’t always been an easy task in her 10 years at the school, there is increasing evidence that she and the Arvin staff are succeeding.

     “Our students have the same aspirations as other teenagers,” she said. “They want a better life than what their parents have. Many want to continue their education after high school, and they want to go into a field that is not seasonal.”

     While the aspirations of Arvin High students are similar to other young people, the road that faces them in reaching their goals can be more challenging. Living in a farming, rural, migrant community, they encounter a number of obstacles ranging from high poverty to having to contribute to their family income.


  

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California Schools magazine Spring 2007

If you ask me: Partnership can help high school principals

by F. James Hoffmann


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• Sli '08 Fact Sheet

• Update #1 - 4/08


Update #2 - 5/08

Principals to receive Institute registration materials in April

    Three national acclaimed presenters will highlight the keynote sessions at this year’s Principals’ Partnership Summer Leadership Institute, discussing principal leadership, making schools great, and recognizing and celebrating differences in people.

    The 7th annual Institute, supported by the Union Pacific Foundation, is expected to draw more than 750 principals from 21 states. It is scheduled from July 14-17. Partnership members are urged to register at their earliest convenience.

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MASSP recognizes Union Pacific and The Principals' Partnership program

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ROSEVILLE Chamber of Commerce, California BECOME Award

     The Roseville Chamber of Commerce (COC) honored Union Pacific with the BECOME award (Business, Educators, & Communities Organized to Maximize Education) for three small to larger sized local businesses. This was particularly meaningful for UP since the Chamber usually does not recognize national corporations.

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ACSA recognizes Union Pacific and The Principals' Partnership program

     On February 7, 2008 the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) at its Delegate Assembly meeting in Ontario, California recognized Union Pacific's Principals' Partnership Program for its support of high school principals throughout the nation.

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