Sentences with phrase «great school culture»

You grow a great school culture, one at a time, and it takes years.»

Currently, there is much discussion about school culture and what it takes to build great school culture.

Great school culture starts with strong leadership and builds a context for excellence in every area of the school.

Many people have said that great school culture begins with the principal....

HOPE Christian School: Prima was named among the best schools in America by education researcher Samuel Casey Carter and is featured, along with 11 extraordinary schools in his book, On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character.

Twelve schools were ultimately selected for Carter's book, «On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character,» including HOPE Prima.

In 2011, HOPE was recognized as one of the top schools in the country for its strong culture in On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character by Samuel Casey Carter.

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For over a century students have been coming here because they have the fortitude to risk all sorts of collisions: of world cultures in a great city, of religions and churches in an ecumenical cloverleaf, of church and academy in a theological school related to a great university but independent of it.

The pressures for conformity exercised on young people by this culture are often greater than those exercised by parents or schools.

The policy changes offer a golden opportunity for great school leaders and imaginative cooks to lead a transformation of the food culture in their schools.

Your amazing work and commitment has led to so many great examples of schools instilling fabulous school food cultures.

But whilst the support of the head is vital, all teachers have a role to play in fostering a great whole - school food culture.

Not only are we up against a school district food system that is set in it's ways, we're battling a larger food culture that values high calorie, highly processed convenience food AND huge food lobbies that have great influence over Congress and the legislation that is passed.

These are all great points of entry for anyone who wants to shift the culture of food in a school.

Governing bodies are responsible for the provision of school food and play a crucial role in creating and embedding a great school food culture.

To access expert help and support from the brilliant organisations supporting schools and caterers to instil a great school food culture, visit the School Food Plan Action school food culture, visit the School Food Plan Action School Food Plan Action pages.

While the school population reflects the different nationalities of a very diverse greater - Princeton community, the Waldorf curriculum embraces the unifying human elements across all cultures.

But they also found that all schools with great food culture had a few things in common — with one trait being leadership from the Head teacher.

Caroline, Ann Cooper was speaking at a food expo where she addressed the greater food culture that kids live in and the food prejudices they bring to school.

After you've visited Kid Culture, come on over to ourfeminist -LCB- play -RCB- school to check out the great «make and take» tutorials I am sharing to help you gear up for the holiday season.

As I look back on a 30 - plus year career split equally between Harvard Medical School and the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I am struck by the even greater contrasts in culture, values, leadership style, and work ethic between the «Eggheads» of the Ivy League and the «Cheeseheads» in Wisconsin.

«Every time we get a business school to come and do this, they do a great job and the material is didactically the same, but [it doesn't] resonate with scientists because they don't understand the culture,» says Conlan.

Especially in our instant - gratification culture, it's hard to feel like a successful scientist or engineer in grad school when your friends from college have already gotten great jobs, gotten married, bought houses, and started families — all while you're still living with roommates and eating Ramen noodles.

After appearing as a regular on the 1969 - 1970 season of The Dean Martin Show (as well as its 1971 spin - off The Golddiggers), Brooks gained instant pop - culture fame for his brilliant short - subject directorial debut, The Famous Comedian's School, which was highlighted on a 1971 installment of The Great American Dream Machine.

Hannah thoughtlessly comments about the hunky doctors that medical school must be bringing into her cousin's orbit, and Rebecca, understandably offended, observes to Hannah that her dreams are her own, and that she has greater priorities than living Hannah's pop - culture - addled fantasy of the classic doctor's wife.

In her role as education director at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, Vicki writes a weekly blog that provides science - based tips and ideas for promoting the social and emotional well - being of students, teachers, and administrators, as well as methods for creating positive school cultures.

When a principal fails to keep the bar high for who gets to teach in his / her school - and who gets to stay - the teaching culture is eroded and great teachers will be less likely to remain.

All of them require trust, upfront communication, and a little dose of courage — and only you know your particular school's culture — but I have seen great success when teachers give these strategies a try.

If you want to know how to host a great Culture Night at your school, borrow a play from the playbook of Walt Disney Elementary in Mishawaka, Indiana.

There is no better cure for the social ills of our community and no better process for the education of an immigrant class than providing a great teacher, a core curriculum, a disciplined school culture, and strong accountability.

A recent paper published by Public Health England, «The link between pupil health and well ‑ being and attainment: A briefing for head teachers, governors and staff in education settings» (November 2014) presented the following evidence: pupils with better health and well ‑ being are likely to achieve better academically; effective social and emotional competencies are associated with greater health and well ‑ being, and better achievement; the culture, ethos and environment of a school influences the health and well - being of pupils and their readiness to learn; and a positive association exists between academic attainment and physical activity levels of pupils.

When we look back on this era in our history, I believe only then we will understand the power of the web as one of the greatest equalizers of opportunity in our society... So if this is the case, we should encourage and build a culture of participation in a conversation and celebration of our schools online.

There is «no better process for the education of an immigrant class than providing a great teacher, a core curriculum, a disciplined school culture, and strong accountability,» says Rangel.

However, we are also able to cross-reference that inference with context: how does the student usually respond to lessons, what is going on at home, what are you noticing in the general social dynamics of the classroom, did they get in an argument with their best friend this morning, did they eat breakfast, did they sleep well, was a new video game released yesterday, is it particularly humid in the building today, what's going on in the general school culture right now, has this student been taking tests all day, are elements like depression or anxiety potentially relevant, or is it just an «off day» for a great student?

Yet when this culture - first leader took the helm of Tennessee's new Achievement School District in 2011, he concluded that anyone's first move in that role ought to be, «Get a great lawyer, understand the legislation, and understand what you can and can not do right out of the gate.»

While I don't think it, in and of itself, will yield great teaching and learning, I do think it can play a very positive role in promoting coherent school cultures, empowering parents and educators, and fostering a healthy array of educational options.

The demands of ever - greater accountability, smaller budgets, the growing testing culture and monitoring — as well as spiralling workload in schools, is clearly affecting the wellbeing of many students and staff alike.

«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.

The internal ones often leave the greatest scars on themselves and the culture of the school as they seek alliances and attempt to create enemies.

Ultimately, one of the great benefits of the class is that students build strong relationships with their peers, and also embrace and embody the school culture of tolerance, respect, and support for one another.

«Domestic and international research suggest,» notes Berner, «that schools with positive, distinctive cultures, whether religious, philosophical, or pedagogical, have a greater chance of cultivating civic behaviors and sensibilities.»

She would, instead, look to the «great American school system» and a (somehow) renewed culture and family structure to do right by our children.

Sarah Pearson, interim director of New Schools Network, said: «Free schools are already doing great work in their communities to break down barriers between children of different classes, ethnicities, and cuSchools Network, said: «Free schools are already doing great work in their communities to break down barriers between children of different classes, ethnicities, and cuschools are already doing great work in their communities to break down barriers between children of different classes, ethnicities, and cultures.

She talked with me about how technology has been further integrated into the daily life of schools and explained how technology can open up the doors for «for global partnerships and collaboration to grow, increasing opportunities for greater understanding between cultures.»

A recent paper published by Public Health England, «The link between pupil health and well ‑ being and attainment: A briefing for head teachers, governors and staff in education settings» (November 2014) presented the following evidence: pupils with better health and well ‑ being are likely to achieve better academically; effective social and emotional competencies are associated with greater health and well - being, and better achievement; the culture, ethos and environment of a school influences the health and well ‑ being of pupils and their readiness to learn; and a positive association exists between academic attainment and physical activity levels of pupils.

I believe deeply that arts education is of great value in and of itself, not only instrumentally; I believe just as emphatically that education in the arts is the business of all of us, from the home and the family to the neighborhood and the village, from the P - 12 school system to higher education to lifelong learning, culminating in the great and defining legacy of our public culture.

«Schools can potentially play a huge part in encouraging entrepreneurial kids, by creating an awareness of the great stories of entrepreneurship and by supporting a culture where one day starting a business is viewed as a natural option for both girls and boys.

School visits abroad provide further opportunities for pupils to experience challenge, culture and languages, but also call for even greater care, organisation and planning than visits and adventures at home.

How can you have the greatest impact on school culture?

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