Sentences with phrase «staff at this school use»

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As for the conclusion of Aidan O'Neill QC, that schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff who refuse to use stories or textbooks promoting same - sex marriage and that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their children from lessons, does that sound at all unlikely, given the cases of the Strasbourg four, which were considered by the European Court of Justice in September?

Getting students excited within school walls is important, however Robert and his staff at Laredo ISD also use their community resources to expand their salad bar program from the inside out.

Baseline pre-injury and post-injury neuropsychological or neurocognitive testing is now commonplace at the professional and collegiate level, and has become more and more common at the high school level as well, with a recent study showing computerized neuropsychological testing being used to assess fully 41.2 % of concussions at schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff in the 2009 - 2010 year, [2] an increase of 15.5 % from the 25.7 % of concussions in which such testing was used in assessing concussions during the 2008 - 2009 school year.

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) follow a written health care plan (provided by your doctor) that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) provide a written health care plan that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

Already, Shedd offers free admission to Chicago Park District youth groups and staffs, Illinois school teachers and K - 12 groups, active duty military personnel and first responders, and families with children using Kids Museum Passports available at Chicago Public Library branches.

In California, the person in charge may designate another member of the school nutrition staff to be on site when the kitchen is in use, as long as the supervisor ensures that all employees have adequate knowledge of the applicable food safety requirements.16 In South Carolina and Texas, however, the designated person must be present at all times.17

Legislative leaders in the Democrat - controlled General Assembly have already announced an ambitious gun - control agenda, including expansion of the state's existing assault weapons ban to cover the Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle and high - capacity ammunition magazines used by Adam Lanza in killing 20 first - graders and six adult staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Staff at Hoosick Falls Elementary School are using an innovative process to help their students work through their social relationships and build more positive connections with others.

«Revise their codes of conduct and adopt policies intended to create a school environment free from harassment and discrimination; Adopt guidelines to be used in school training programs to raise awareness and sensitivity of school employees to these issues and to enable them to respond appropriately; and Designate at least one staff member in each school to be trained in non-discriminatory instructional and counseling methods and handling human relations.

The funds will be available to schools starting in September and can be used at principals» discretion to hire staff, buy materials and pay for various programs.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

The NFL PLAY 60 FitnessGram Partnership Project was used to evaluate student progress as recorded by teachers at participating schools who received training on how to use of the FitnessGram program by staff from The Cooper Institute, a non-profit agency that coordinated the study, and study author Greg Welk, professor at Iowa State University and Scientific Director of FitnessGram.

Using powers granted under an ongoing state of emergency, the government fired 2346 more university staff, closed 15 private universities — leaving tens of thousands of students in the lurch — and launched a fresh wave of firings at secondary schools.

The New York Film Academy is a purveyor of great cinematography of any genre, but faculty staff at the filmmaking school particularly enjoy a good film noir, especially when using it to teach students the nuances of expressionism.

In addition, weekly staff meetings — for at least the first six to eight weeks of school — will be used to reinforce newly - acquired teaching skills, discuss their value to the learning process, and get buy - in from the staff members who didn't attend the conference.

Having now used OST at my school in staff meetings, in our strategic planning process, and even my own classroom, I have to agree with OpenSpaceWorld that «OST is a simple way to run productive meetings for five to 2,000 + people, and a powerful approach to leadership in any kind of organization.»

Instead of working from small offices in each learning area, members of staff at Macgregor Primary School (including members of the executive team and learning support assistants) now use one workspace in the new staffroom.

Staff at GCC decided to use peer mentoring at the school to provide a positive role model for the students, especially the girls.

If, at any point, there is an emergency or change in circumstances, the students can use the button to alert the relevant staff at the associated school by email, text or phone call.

In fact, the company is so confident that pupils and staff will love using Planet Sherston that they are counting on schools to invest in some of the additional paid for modules that can be added to Planet Sherston at any time.

WHAT TO DO WHEN ENCOUNTERING SUSPICIOUS ITEMS The following protocol should be abided to by a school's staff member should a suspicious item be identified at the establishment: • Use the following HOT protocol to confirm if the item exhibits suspicious characteristics • Is the item Hidden?

Most schools the company works with have at least one ongoing issues around ICT, whether that's around reducing costs or keeping a tighter rein on the IT budget without any financial surprises, recruiting and retaining good technical staff, developing an effective strategy, or building trust in ICT with your teachers so they feel more empowered to use technology in the classroom.

«School staff should use their professional judgment in identifying children who might be at risk of radicalisation and act proportionately.

Alicia, Clearly, the Title I funds are directed at low performing schools... but, our opinion is that we can affect the performance of ALL schools by using our funds to provide parent training and professional development opporunities for staff about strategies that will ultimaeley improve learning opportunities for all students.

In this Q&A, Therese Joyce shares some of the strategies being used to support staff wellbeing at her school.

Brown Bag It is a professional development activity that staff developer Melba Smithwick has used successfully at Paul R. Haas Middle School in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Richard Kesin, principal of the 530 - pupil Glen Rock Middle School, said staff members are getting used to the media presence at the sSchool, said staff members are getting used to the media presence at the schoolschool.

At this K - 5 magnet school based on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, staff members use all kinds of ways to reach students and tap their interests and skills — including knitting.

Staff at the college started with the idea of a traditional school garden typically aimed at a lower year level and imagined a redesign more like a laboratory for a senior cohort; a higher standard facility where students can do research, capture data and make use of technology.

This was one of the key findings from the large - scale Deployment and Impact of Support Staff (DISS) study, which looked at typical ways in which TAs were being used in UK schools, and the impact they were having on pupil attainment.

Deputy Headteacher, Shaun Allison, at Durrington High School, talks here about how staff used an «Assessment Innovation Fund» to develop a method of «assessing without levels» in KS3.

The qualification has been designed specifically for schools, to help them improve the standards of e-safety amongst staff and young people, and follows a 2010 report2 by Ofsted that recommends that schools should: • audit the training needs of all staff and provide training to improve their knowledge of and expertise in the safe and appropriate use of new technologies • work closely with all families to help them ensure that their children use new technologies safely and responsibly both at home and at school • provide an age - related, comprehensive curriculum for e-safety which enables pupils to become safe and responsible users of new technologies.

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It was used to delivery to staff at my school, where we have been focusing on «reading for pleasure».

At this school, staff use an evidence - informed framework to reflect on and improve the quality of their set assessment tasks.

Additionally, staff at Wirreanda Secondary School are intrigued by the Flipped / Blended Learning movement and some keen staff members are ready to create resources for use by learners.

Here is what some recent buyers of this book have said: Incredible value for money; As a school governor with children at my school, I can highly recommend these resources; These resources have given my staff a new buzz and sense of purpose... Fantastic; As we train new staff, mostly in - house, these have been invaluable; Totally transformed my class in just one day... Now they are hungry to push themselves; We use these resources throughout the school and our grades keep going up!!!

Teaching staff at the all - girls school are using the WordPress platform to create their own digital portfolios.

By chance, a member of the computing staff had come across KRCS at a workshop and, following further investigation and a visit to BETT, the school saw the potential to totally change the way it created, presented, investigated and used technology in the classroom.

Staff at this New South Wales school are using data to monitor student growth and measure how students are progressing through their learning.

Staff members at San Mateo - Foster City School District have been using lesson study for five years, and once teachers start, most stay with it, according to Hurd.

There are smarter, better ways to approach the challenge at hand: expand the hiring pool beyond recent college graduates; staff schools in ways that squeeze more value out of talented teachers; and use technology to make it easier for teachers to be highly effective.

Furthermore, our research shows that board members of higher - performing D.C. charter schools, when compared to those at lower - performing ones, are more knowledgeable about their schools (particularly relative to its performance rating, demographics, and financial outlook), and more apt to evaluate their leaders using staff satisfaction as a factor in doing so.

For schools, they have found that there can be a number of benefits for lockdown facilities, not just in terms of emergency situations, but for providing additional protection for the children and staff at the school, or using lockdown outside of hours in order to ensure that the building is safe and on site assets are protected around the clock.

At Hanover, the sensory room is directly across from the school office, which makes it easy to keep tabs on the room and to ensure that the staff is using it correctly and that equipment is being maintained properly.

Designed to take the stress out of organising a school trip, Toolkit from Travelopia is a personal online trip portal that can be used to change a quote from participating operators and into a school's very own interactive tour website, accessible by staff and parents at the click of the button and from any device.

Carla Tantillo went on to start Mindful Practices, and she and her staff work with teachers and students — including those at her mother's school — to use yoga for behavior management and relaxation.

I put this document together to show the other Maths staff at my school how to use Wordle but it can be used by teachers of all subjects at all levels.

Help staff understand the cost of energy use at school by putting it into comparative figures they can relate to.