Sentences with phrase «schools in challenging environments»

The creation of a comprehensive report that outlines specific strategies to assist schools in challenging environments

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When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

Similarly, the USDA's HealthierUS Schools Challenge, launched in 2010 to encourage healthier school environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeSchools Challenge, launched in 2010 to encourage healthier school environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafetschool environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafetSchool Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeschools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeterias.

This blog is really important to me — I truly want to help others by writing about my own challenges and successes in transforming my kids» school food environment.

MINDFUL MAKERS is a professional development program for preschools and elementary schools wanting to create a more safe and nurturing learning environment for students, even in the face of challenging behavior.

RoyalCrest Academy is an independent co-educational elementary private school with a simple but remarkable vision: to provide a nurturing environment in which to challenge students from pre-school through the Grade 8.

The HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) is a voluntary initiative that recognizes schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actSchool Challenge (HUSSC) is a voluntary initiative that recognizes schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actSchool Lunch Program that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actschool environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activity.

The USDA HealthierUS School Challenge is a voluntary initiative, established in 2004, to recognize schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actSchool Challenge is a voluntary initiative, established in 2004, to recognize schools participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actSchool Lunch Program (NSLP) that have created healthier school environments through promotion of nutrition and physical actschool environments through promotion of nutrition and physical activity.

Based on a developmental understanding of the learning process and view of the child that takes human spirituality seriously, Summerfield Waldorf School offers students a comprehensive learning environment designed to challenge and support them in strengthening their cognitive, emotional and intentional abilities.

«If we can't instill confidence in the young families that live here, that have chosen to make a life here, that they can send their children to school and receive good instruction and be in a safe environment, if we can't do that, then we are going to face very significant challenges in our future,» Maxwell said.

Across the Southern Tier 32 school buildings under the Rock on Café program have been awarded HealthierUS Scholol Challenge Awards from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for their achievement in creating a healthier school environment through nutritious meals, nutrition education, and physical activity.

With nearly 11,000 students in 10 schools, the City School District of New Rochelle, through an active partnership amongst community, parents, staff and students, provides a high - quality and challenging education for every child, in a safe, nurturing environment that embraces rich diversity and drives success.

WILLSBORO — Willsboro Central School teacher Ashley Hooper gave her students a challenge in October: If 60 percent of the class achieved mastery on the Living Environment Regents Exam, she would allow them to cut her long hair.

But lead author Vincent Post of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the School of the Environment at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, said in a statement that the potential use of this vast water store must not be ignored in the face of coming water challenges.

Predominantly white schools — and workplaces — face significant challenges in creating inclusive and welcoming environments, but various methods are available to do so.

«We were drawn to this collaboration because in spite of the different environments, cultures, histories, climates and identities of the two regions, we were asking the same kinds of questions about human capacities to address challenging climate conditions,» says lead author Margaret C. Nelson, President's Professor in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change.

«This study challenges the bottom - up bias that some scientists have — that microbes are running the show, and phytoplankton and plants are all that matter,» says Joe Roman, a whale expert in UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.

«The inclination in some secondary schools is that young men of color from urban environments need a lot of help, that they're behind, so we give them all of this support that doesn't really challenge them to actually be better,» said Warren, MSU assistant professor of teacher education.

The school would combine the departments of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; Horticulture; and Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science under one roof that will allow the college to make new investments to increase capacity and tackle the many challenges in agriculture and food security, the green industry, plant biology, and the environment.

Teaching a core tested subject like middle school math in the challenging environment of urban public schools is a high - stakes game.

The 2015 Schools Conference session included Tony Dolan of Curtins discussing «Transport and access issues for school construction projects» and Gareth Woodfin, HLM, discussing inclusion in a session entitled «Challenges faced in designing facilities to accommodate both mainstream and special education needs under one roof and how they were overcome to provide an inclusive learning environment for the local community».

Learn how two educators motivated and engaged their faculty to master the challenges of learning how to teach in a 1:1 environment, by gamifying their school's PD.

Reading the results of Riley's survey and observing the systems, environments and day - to - day challenges faced by those working in our schools, it can be readily interpreted that many of these challenges can easily be perceived by school staff as threats, therefore undermining their wellbeing if they respond with classic survival mechanisms.

These include: commissioning an independent evaluation of how CfE is being implemented «on the ground»; improving the quality of information available on the aspects of CfE that matter, not those that are most «readily measurable»; simplifying and clarifying core guidance on the CfE; giving local authorities a more central role in implementing the curriculum; and creating «stimulating and challenging learning environments» in secondary schools in areas of deprivation.

The term is most often used to describe kids who have emotional problems that interfere with school performance, come from dysfunctional home environments, have had some problem with the law, and / or have been frequent behavioral challenges in school.

Do you incorporate design challenges in your learning environment — during the regular school day or in informal education settings?

«Leading and managing in the multifaceted and dynamic environment of an urban school system is an incredible challenge that is complicated further by the heavy day - to - day demands of the job,» says Kim Clark, dean of HBS.

Our own theories would suggest that companies offering one - off learning games or «the best» math activity that complements the main curriculum — in other words, companies that do not offer a full course worth of curriculum — will struggle to sell into public schools because their business model will remain challenged in the current environment.

Learning - centered school leaders know how to create a professional environment in which all the adults in a school are constantly improving their own skills and knowledge, and challenging each other to serve the needs of every student.

Based in Houston, the nonprofit in which McDonald serves as national director of strategic initiatives places low - income, urban high school seniors into challenging work environments such as Continental Airlines, Exxon, and NASA.

We finally moved to ensure that our kids would be academically challenged and in a positive school environment.

«When teaching about space, the biggest challenge is presenting the content in a way that makes it real for the students,» says Jamie Welebob, a science teacher at the Odyssey School, a learning environment for dyslexic students in Stevenson, Maryland, who has used Amazing Space resources.

In poorly performing schools, there are usually more challenges to contend with, such as demoralized staff (which often leads to high turnover), increasing pressures from district staff to meet adequate yearly progress targets on standardized tests, and physical environments that are poorly maintained and often unsafe.

The current challenges in schools in the UK are leading to a new understanding that we need to approach things differently to find ways to equip staff, parents and pupils with the environment they need in order to fulfil their different roles well and sustain their own wellbeing.

In an excerpt from his new book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess describes how his own experiences as a student and a teacher, often in a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every chilIn an excerpt from his new book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess describes how his own experiences as a student and a teacher, often in a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every chilin a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every child.

He said, «In the present environment of high stakes testing, budgetary challenges, increased demands on educators and competition for students attention, everyone in the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogIn the present environment of high stakes testing, budgetary challenges, increased demands on educators and competition for students attention, everyone in the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogin the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogy.

The 84 educators and architects who turned out for last week's Programs in Professional Education institute, Learning Environments for Tomorrow: Next Practices for Educators and Architects (LEFT), are a testament to the challenges faced by those reenvisioning and rebuilding our schools.

The four - day leadership development program drew on the expertise and research of Harvard faculty and leading practitioners in framing the challenges faced by charter schools and their school communities while also addressing the larger state - level policy environment.

However, ensuring this continues to be the case is a challenge that school administrators have to grapple with on a daily basis in an ever - changing environment.

Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»

For this to happen, they need to have appropriate skills and values, which they will be more likely to acquire when they are in a caring, respectful, and supportive, yet challenging school environment.

Guest blogger Ted Hasselbring, a research professor in Special Education at Vanderbilt University, introduces Udio, an online environment designed to engage and support middle school students who face literacy challenges.

In a challenging period for the education built environment industry, the sixth Building Schools Exhibition and Conference (BSEC) at London's ExCeL proved successful and a major destination for education and industry leaders, attracting delegations and decision makers from across the globe, with 49 per cent at director level and above.

Create a safe environment: Like Becky Putzier, a librarian at the Bertchi School in Seattle, you may find it challenging just getting to the point where you can collaborate with another teacher.

By gamifying their school's PD, two educators motivated and engaged their faculty to master the challenges of learning how to teach in a 1:1 environment.

A bare majority of Americans support increasing the salaries of those teaching in challenging school environments instead of using the same funds to offer all teachers a smaller pay increase.

The goal is to address the many challenges schools, learners, and education departments with digital solutions that need to be built in and for the emerging market classroom in order to suit the learning environment and be effective.

Judges from Viking, provider of everyday essentials to schools, and competition partner, Eastpoint, were impressed by Shajeevana's design and it was clear she evaluated her environment and the challenges pupils do face in school.

Much of this comes down to carefully selecting a good governance team and ensuring that they fully understand what is expected and required of them — their responsibilities in setting out the strategic direction for the school and steering it through what is a challenging economic environment for the education sector.

We identified schools as essential environments for tackling these wider societal challenges; they act as a microcosm of broader society and represent a key stage in life for shaping and developing how one looks at the world.