FOR SCHOOLS, IT'S A MATTER OF PRINCIPAL CLASSES WILL BENEFIT FROM GRANT.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Seven schools in the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. will share a three-year, $4.4 million federal grant to help youngsters learn better. Part of the Comprehensive School Reform Grant will pay the salary of a ``floating'' principal who will relieve the principals at the seven schools of daily duties periodically so that they can spend more time observing and working with teachers. ``The principals are delighted to have time to go into the classroom without a concern about having to return to the office to address an issue,'' said Betty Bet´ty n. 1. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. - Arbuthnot. 2. Stiers, assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of educational services. ``This provides them with quality time they need to work with staff and the community to implement the grant.'' Eight Palmdale schools applied for the competitive grant, which totals $1.46 million for the first year in 2004-05, and seven were funded. They are Cactus, Cimarron, Desert Rose, Golden Poppy golden poppy of California. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 627] See : Flower, State , Joshua Hills Joshua Hill can refer to several people:
The state determines which schools are eligible to apply, based on criteria that include demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. and percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches because of their family income. Each school will receive funding based on a fixed amount per student at the school. The grants range from $138,400 at Golden Poppy to $257,000 at Desert Rose, Stiers said. Palmdale has received federal or state school improvement grants in the past, but this is the first time the district will provide a person to help out school principals, Stiers said. ``The thing that most principals need is the gift of time,'' Stiers said. ``The principal-on-assignment would at least once every 10 days go to each of these schools to relieve principals of everyday duties to do classroom observations, meet with leadership teams, and meet with grade-level groups to ensure that the grant is being fully implemented.'' ``It frees up the regular principal so that the regular principal can be more of a curriculum-focused leader,'' said Roger Gallizzi, assistant superintendent of personnel. Stiers said that each school will use the money differently. Some schools will use the funds to provide teachers with additional training to improve their teaching methods, while others will give teachers time to analyze test data to determine youngsters' strengths and weaknesses and how to adjust instruction to meet the needs of those students. ``Some are going to have planning time for teachers so that teachers can come in during the summer when school is not in session and do planning for next year,'' Stiers said. Mary Oleson, who was principal at Mesa Intermediate, has been assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. the role of the floating principal. ``Part of the grant is to allow principals to get into their classrooms so they can help improve the instructional practices of their teachers,'' Oleson said. ``My basic role is to relieve the principal of the day-to-day operations so that they improve their instructional leadership skills instead of being the plant manager at the school.'' Oleson, who has been a school administrator for more than 13 years, says she has been working with a lot of new principals and has turned into a ``sounding board'' for some of them. ``It gives them a chance to dialogue with someone who's been in the field longer than they have,'' Oleson said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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