Creating Effective Schools: An Inservice Program for Enhancing
School Learning Climate and Achievement, by Wilbur Brookover, Laurence Beamer, Helen Efthim, Douglas Hathaway, Lawrence Lezotte, Stephen Miller, Joseph Passalacque, and Louis Tornatzky, 1982 (Learning Publications Inc., Box 1326 — Dept. CE, Holmes Beach, Fla. 33509).
Not exact matches
Peace Builders is an inclusive
school climate pro-gram, which creates a peaceful
learning environment, decreasing violence and disruptive behavior while increasing positive respectful, thoughtful behavior.
By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring
climate, this book is an invaluable resource for
school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design
learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to
learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.
California's evolving knowledge and commitment to social emotional
learning can be seen in the state's adoption of
school climate and parent engagement, as meaningful state indicators.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing
School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school disci
School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive
Learning Collaborative and Community
Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve
school disci
school discipline.
Its UFT Teacher Center helps our members devise strategies that help them to enhance instruction, and the UFT — DOE restorative justice partnership, the Professional
Learning Collaborative, trains every staff member in the building, reducing behavior incidents and improving
school climate.
The UFT is currently interviewing candidates to run an independent assessment of the impact of the Community
Learning Schools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating s
Schools Initiative on student achievement and
school climate in the participating
schoolsschools.
Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle
school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to
learn about the fundamental principles of weather and
climate.
«We're glad the governor went to global warming
school, but he didn't
learn the lessons from it,» said David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, about the governor's recent meetings with
climate scientists.
That finding is meant to contradict the stereotype of Americans
learning little science in
school and being oblivious to or willfully ignorant of the scientific consensus on everything from
climate change to evolution.
«We take what we have
learned from the past
climate and applied it to better understand what to expect moving forward with the current state of the changing global
climate,» said study co-author Ali Pourmand, an associate professor of marine geosciences at the UM Rosenstiel
School.»
Yoga 4 Classrooms is a ChildLight Yoga affiliate focused on providing professional development training for K - 12
schools and individual
school professionals interested in sustainably implementing yoga & mindfulness in their classrooms and
schools to improve self - regulation,
learning and
climate.
These are all basic requirements for readiness to
learn and for a positive and healthy
school climate.
These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas:
school administrators,
school union leadership,
school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and
climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated
learning by students.
The group decided to form a committee and brainstorm ways students and teachers could improve the
school climate and help people
learn to respect one another's differences.
-- data on
school climate, student and teacher supports, and
learning opportunities from student, teacher, and parent surveys.
Those conversations are far too rare in the teaching profession, and this is another way that National Board Certification is helping to improve the
climate of
learning in our
schools.
One researcher suggested that recent studies saying current middle
school programs focus more on developing a nurturing
climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some principals to drop service -
learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.
If you need help justifying this work, or want ideas for starting points, the Council for
Learning Outside the Classroom campaign has done a brilliant job addressing the issues that stop schools taking learning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with climate change and sustain
Learning Outside the Classroom campaign has done a brilliant job addressing the issues that stop
schools taking
learning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with climate change and sustain
learning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with
climate change and sustainability.
Fink and Geller: We believe that conversations about the Common Core must include a sustained focus on character education, social - emotional
learning, and positive
school climate.
Create a positive
school culture and
climate that includes high - quality teaching and
learning, safety, caring relationships, supportive, and challenging
learning environments, sense of community and inclusion for all students and subgroups, and distributed staff leadership
Principals praised their positive influence on student
learning and
school climate.
It would be nice if the site also covered practices related to
school climate and / or social - emotional
learning, but the selection of topics here is no doubt limited by the stringent standards that practices must meet in order to be deemed «research - based.»
Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in
school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional
learning, a positive
school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012).
Schools realize the importance of SEL and / or character for their broader purposes of developing the whole student, fostering academic achievement, promoting positive behavior, and creating a positive culture and
climate for
learning.
Opportunity - to -
learn indicators should include curriculum access and participation, sufficient resources, and measures of
school climate.
«The focus will be to have discussions about our
school, the
climate, the concept of ethical responsibility, and what it means for us as a
learning community,» he says, starting with topics suggested in the survey results.
It's even possible that a change in the D.C.
school climate accelerated
learning gains.
Bring the
climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepe
climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global
Learning Programme to support
schools wishing to use the 2015 UN
Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepe
Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate
climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepe
climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdependence.
Teachers need manageable technology that does not distract from teaching and
learning; they need instructional coaches who can effectively use the footage for professional
learning; and they need a supportive
school climate for sharing challenging moments in the classroom.
As well as a purely economic decision, solar on
school roofs can be useful for
learning by providing a starting point for a discussion on energy,
climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.
Candidates must
learn to develop «a classroom and
school climate that values diversity... [an awareness] of different teaching and
learning styles shaped by cultural influences... dispositions that respect and value differences» and «skills for working in diverse settings.»
Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public
Schools (City
Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City
Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and
learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and
climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.
Conversely, in a toxic
school culture and
climate,
learning by all will not take place effectively, and what is
learned may be sustainably negative and harmful.
«The purpose of teacher retreats is to create a separate experience that enhances positive
school climate, develop collegiality, take the teachers out of the building, and provide a new
learning experiences for a day,» Myrna Rubel, principal of the middle
school division, told Education World.
Bring the
climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global
Learning Programme to support
schools wishin...
First, they profile some district - run
schools that have created coherent instructional programs and maintained social
climates that support
learning, apparently without selecting their students.
Although Benveniste, Carnoy, and Rothstein provided little information on how the
schools were chosen or how data were collected and analyzed, it is clear that they looked at
school organization, the
learning climate, teaching methods, and relationships with parents.
Parents» satisfaction with private
schools is based on the
climate they maintain, but this can have no connection with student
learning.
From The Highly Engaged Classroom to
School Engagement, Disengagement,
Learning Supports, &
School Climate (PDF) to «Strengthening Student Engagement,» the books and articles that have been written on the subject of increasing student engagement could fill a gluttonous orca.
A sustained positive
school climate promotes students» social, mental and emotional development, and behavioural and
learning outcomes, while guaranteeing both physical and social safety (Zullig et al., 2010, Loukas and Robinson, 2004).
Before tackling the most significant
school challenges,
schools need to build their own local resource expertise in the model of a professional
learning community that builds competence and networking regarding
school culture and
climate and social - emotional and character development.
Bullying Bullying can create a
climate of fear and anxiety in a
school, distract students from their schoolwork, and impede their ability to
learn.
Strong arts programs are also linked to improving certain communication and critical - thinking skills, as well as student motivation for
learning and
school climate, the analysis released last week found.
A
school questionnaire, answered by the principal (or the principal's delegate), sought descriptive information about
school characteristics, instructional time, resources and technology,
school climate for
learning, students»
school readiness, and principal preparation and experience.
Leveraging a grant and supportive partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional
Learning (CASEL)-- a nonprofit organization that supports SEL programs in nine other districts in the nation — Washoe has worked to improve
school climate and culture, parent engagement, and student voice in all 98
schools in the district.
This Spotlight considers the digital divide in how teachers
learn to use technology, how teachers are trained to address race and equity in the classroom, and the links between
school climate and achievement gaps.
University of Pennsylvania researchers recently found that social - emotional
learning and this kind of positive
school climate are linked.
During the webinar, we will share the processes and resources districts can use to: • Develop literacy around
school climate / culture and social - emotional
learning • Understand survey data in order to surface key insights • Create
school site and district action plans for promoting positive
school climate and SEL SBCUSD and 400 other districts partner with Panorama Education to collect and use
school climate and SEL data and to deliver professional development trainings and workshops.
A
learning tool As well as a purely economic decision, solar on your
school's roof can also be used as a
learning tool and as a starting point for a discussion on energy,
climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.