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About the U.S. Department of Education

Overview and Mission Statement

ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.

ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,400 employees and $68 billion budget are dedicated to:

• Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
• Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research.
• Focusing national attention on key educational issues.
• Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

The mission of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) is to empower States, districts, and other organizations to meet the diverse needs of every student by providing leadership, technical assistance, and financial support.

Vision 

Excellence and equity for all students.

Core Values

OESE recognizes that effective organizations are shaped by key enduring values that, when widely shared, believed in and followed, shape our attitudes, decisions and actions.  OESE’s core values are:

• Collaboration
• Accountability

Responsibilities

The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education serves as a principal adviser to the Secretary of Education on everything related to elementary and secondary education.  OESE is responsible for directing, coordinating, and recommending policy for programs designed to:

·Help State and local educational agencies improve the achievement of preschool, elementary, and secondary school students;

·Support equal access to services to help every child achieve. Congress has directed us to pay particular attention to children who are from low-income families, have disabilities or developmental delays, are educationally disadvantaged, or are English Learners, Native American, migrant, homeless, or in foster care;

• Advance educational improvement at the State and local levels; and
• Provide financial assistance to local educational agencies whose local revenues are affected by Federal activities.

Well-Rounded Education Programs Division

The Well-Rounded Education Programs Division administers discretionary grant programs that support activities designed to advance literacy skills, provide professional learning opportunities to teachers, support arts education, and identify and meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students.

The office administers programs that are designed to:

• advance literacy skills for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient students and students with disabilities;
• develop and enhance effective school library programs, which may include providing professional development for school librarians, books, and up-to-date materials to high-need schools;
• build and enhance the ability of elementary schools and secondary schools nationwide to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational needs; and
• support national-level arts education projects and services for children and youth, the implementation of model professional development programs for arts educators and other instructional staff, and the development and dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming.

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Diversity in Our Schools

The DOE is committed to creating and supporting learning environments that reflect the diversity of New York City. We believe all students benefit from diverse and inclusive schools and classrooms. We strive to welcome and support all students, families, and school staff.

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Students do better when they feel protected and supported in the classroom. In the 2019-20 school year, we introduced a new framework for teaching students how to resolve conflict, build relationships, and keep our school communities safe.

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Vision, Mission, and Goals

All California students of the 21st century will attain the highest level of academic knowledge, applied learning and performance skills to ensure fulfilling personal lives and careers and contribute to civic and economic progress in our diverse and changing democratic society.

Create strong, effective schools that provide a wholesome learning environment through incentives that cause a high standard of student accomplishment as measured by a valid, reliable accountability system.

• Standards. Adopt and support rigorous academic content and performance standards in the four core subjects for kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
• Achievement. Ensure that all students are performing at grade level or higher, particularly in reading and math, at the end of each school year, recognizing that a small number of exceptional needs students must be expected, challenged, and assisted to achieve at an individually determined and appropriately high level. Advocate for mandatory intervention for every child not at grade level. Do everything possible to ensure that "the job is done right in the first place".
• Assessment. Maintain policies assuring that all students receive the same nationally normed and standards-based assessments, grades 2 through 11, again recognizing that a small number of exceptional needs students must be separately and individually assessed using appropriate alternative means to determine achievement and progress.
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MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Department of Education is to create learning experiences for its candidates that foster collaboration, professionalism and competence in content and pedagogical knowledge. Through the integration of leadership, scholarship, reflection, and community partnerships, the Department prepares its candidates to be outstanding teachers within diverse and changing communities.

Program Claims (TEAC)

Claim 1: subject matter knowledge.

Candidates demonstrate knowledge in the subject matter they teach. (TEAC Q.P. 1.1, DM3: Subject Matter).

Claim 2: Pedagogical Knowledge

Candidates create effective and appropriate instruction, based on required subject matter knowledge/core standards, and assessments to meet the needs of all learners (TEAC Q.P. 1.2, DM2: Effective Pedagogy).

Claim 3: Caring and Effective Teaching Skill

Candidates demonstrate professional (e.g., caring, appearance, prepared, etc.) dispositions and use effective teaching skills to engage students in learning (TEAC Q.P. 1.3, DM6: Teaching Dispositions, DM4: Environment).

Claim 4: Learning How to Learn

Candidates seek learning experiences as sources of reflection and transfer what is learned to new situations (TEAC Q.P. 1.4.1, DM5- Reflective).

Claim 5: Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity

Candidates understand diversity differences (e.g., age, language, race, gender, ethnicity, etc.) (TEAC Q.P. 1.4.2, DM1-Diversity).

Claim 6: Technology

Candidates use technology to support instruction, extend student learning, and carry out professional responsibilities (TEAC Q.P. 1.4.3, DM2- Effective Pedagogy).

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Become a model organization that strengthens teaching, leading and learning in order to increase educational equity for all students.

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The Department of Basic Education was formed when the former National Department of Education was split into two: Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training. The DBE deals with all schools from Grade R to Grade 12, including adult literacy programmes. The aim of the DBE is to develop, maintain and support a South African school education system for the 21st century.

Our vision is of a South Africa in which all our people will have access to lifelong learning, education and training opportunities, which will, in turn, contribute towards improving the quality of life and building a peaceful, prosperous and democratic South Africa.

Our mission is to provide leadership in the establishment of a South African education system for the 21st century.

People: Upholding the Constitution, being accountable to the Minister, the government and the people of South Africa.

Excellence: Maintaining high standards of performance and professionalism by aiming for excellence in everything we do, including being fair, ethical and trustworthy in all that we do.

Teamwork: Cooperating with one another and with our partners in education in an open and supportive way to achieve shared goals.

Learning: Creating a learning organisation in which staff members seek and share knowledge and information while committing themselves to personal growth.

Innovation: Striving to address the training needs for high-quality service and seeking ways to achieve our goals.

Output 1: Improve the quality of teaching and learning

1.1 Improve teacher capacity and practices.

1.2 Increase access to high-quality learning materials.  

Output 2: Undertake regular assessment to track progress

2.1 Establish a world-class system of standardised national assessments.

2.2 Extract key lessons from ongoing participation in international assessments.  

Output 3: Improve early childhood development

3.1 Universalise access to Grade R.

3.2 Improve the quality of early childhood development.  

Output 4: Ensure a credible outcomesfocused planning and accountability system

4.1 Strengthen school management and promote functional schools.

4.2 Strengthen the capacity of district offices.

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Mission Statement: 

The UPMC Children’s Center for NeuroGenomics (CCNG) is committed to helping children and families with rare genetic neurodegenerative disorders through evaluation, education and intervention. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for children with these disorders and to help them achieve their full potential. 

We do this through our multidisciplinary approach aiming at education, innovative clinical translational research, basic science collaborations and our clinical program that offers interventions including medication management, behavioral and communication support, adaptive equipment and novel clinical research trials. 

History of the program: 

The clinical translational research program (Program for the study of neurodevelopment in rare disorders (NDRD))  was started in 2000 by Dr Maria Escolar to improve our understanding of these genetic neurodegenerative diseases. Its multidisciplinary approach focuses on the interactions of genes, the brain, and their effects on child development and behavior. Over the years, our team has performed thousands of standardized evaluations on children from throughout the United States and around the world, resulting in unparalleled insights into these rare conditions. 

Our  clinical experience , combined with our collaborations and commitment to ongoing clinical research, provides the expertise to assess the multisystem needs of our patients and to plan appropriate management, therapies and palliative care when needed. Children seen through our program receive comprehensive evaluations, including physical and neurological examinations, medical imaging, nutrition and feeding assessments, physical and speech therapy evaluations, followed by treatment plans individualized to their unique needs.

Additionally, the team consults with local health care providers and educators to assist them in proving the best case for our patients with these rare diseases. Importantly, the CCNG program is committed to  training investigators and clinicians  in the diagnosis and comprehensive management of these disorders and building greater awareness throughout the general population and scientific community. 

Research and Clinical Trials

As a national recognized research center, the CCNG participates in some of the latest novel clinical trials which involve human volunteers and are intended to add to our medical understanding. 

Our basic science and translational research efforts have paved the way to describe the natural history and build the standard of care for many rare diseases to date.

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To make an appointment or inquire about the program please call 412-692-6350 or email  [email protected] .

Learn more about the services the CCNG can provide to our patients. 

Find more information about our ongoing clinical and translational research projects and trials.  

The CCNG provides multidisciplinary training to a broad scope of learners. 

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