Sentences with phrase «about positive school change»

Michael Fullan (@MichaelFul lan1) Learn about positive school change from Fullan, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

«That's not the way to bring about positive school change.

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She tells us about a very positive and inspiring moment that changed her life — and proving her high school counselor wrong.

«I'm not very positive about large concessions or changes that are going to come from China,» said Heiwai Tang, an assistant professor of international economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

She also worked on a self - initiated project designed to help motivate positive change for her peers, which included interviewing her district's congressional candidate, Ro Khanna, about issues concerning high school students who plan to go to college.

On Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the La Cañada High School auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famSchool auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famschool officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and families.

Turning back to school into a celebration is a great way to keep a positive attitude about the change.

So when someone succeeds in making positive changes, I can't help but wonder: How the heck did they do it?!? A few weeks ago, I wrote about the very impressive activities of the Healthy Lifestyles Committee at Matoaka Elementary School in Williamsburg, Va..

«We saw significant and sustained positive changes in terms of attitudes about sexual health and sexual health knowledge,» said Lynn Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and in the Child Study Center.

Rajashree is making inroads to educate children in public schools, ballet classes, gymnastic schools, and sports clubs about the positive effects of yoga — this is where change will happen as children are the future.

It wasn't until I was in nutrition school and learned more about the causes of my unexplained tiredness, depression and anxiety that I was able to make positive change in my own life.

This would allow the children to feel even more a part of the school's management and learn about how changes to processes and products can have a positive impact.

As expected, the school staff was anxious about the change in leadership because Robert had developed strong, positive relationships with many of them.

By supporting psychological wellbeing at this level, it seems clear that there is the potential to bring about huge positive change, not only within the teacher population, but also for students, schools and society as a whole.

Empathy has the capacity to transform individual lives for the better while helping to bring about positive social change in schools and communities worldwide.

Understanding how this transition can be achieved to bring about positive change in these childrens lives is something which nasen care very deeply about and was one of the reasons we established the Outstanding Schools Project.

Whatever the inadequacies of the engagement efforts, shouldn't we focus our criticism first and foremost on those elected officials, union leaders, and activists who were pursuing a strategy of deception and vitriol — who woke up every day seeking to thwart positive change for kids, seeking to prevent the expansion of schools that were getting outsized success for children, seeking to undermine policies designed to increase equitable access to the district's better schools, seeking to gum up efforts to empower parents with choice, and seeking to thwart all efforts aimed at fostering an honest conversation about which educators were truly superlative and which were badly underserving children?

Deeply personal and insightful, Surreal Change contextualizes the past, present, and future of school reform to help leaders continue to bring about lasting, positive, systemic change in their organizChange contextualizes the past, present, and future of school reform to help leaders continue to bring about lasting, positive, systemic change in their organizchange in their organization.

When the LAUSD Board voted last week to approve 12 new «pilot schools,» it was a small but positive sign of change in a school district long troubled by battles among key stakeholders about to how to best improve LA's many underperforming schools and create successful new options.

With the Capturing Kids» Hearts «tools,» our efforts, both academically and culturally, have triggered a change from a negative to a positive mindset about Taft and the perception of our Taft school system.

They are building on their personalized college preparatory program to think big about what's possible for their next high school and how they might integrate and apply those ideas across all their schools to promote positive, multigenerational change.

«tools,» our efforts, both academically and culturally, have triggered a change from a negative to a positive mindset about Taft and the perception of our Taft school system.

When we asked them to think about new school models, many of them were immediately wary, uneasy about accepting the task of thinking outside the box to redesign their school and trusting that their ideas could influence the decision - makers to make positive change.

Against a background of an increasingly autonomous school system, this kind of school - to - school support has a crucial role to play, so what evidence do we have so far about what works in these emerging collaborations to effect positive change?

In two schools with recent leadership changes, however, the feedback was less positive and teachers expressed concern about «unilateral» decision - making.

Learn more about how The Goodwill Excel Center is changing the life of one of our students, Raven, and its positive impact on the Central Texas community, during an interview with School Superintendent Traci Berry, on the iHeartMedia Community Affairs Program.

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

Findings will help inform school officials about the relative costs and benefits of shifting from a punitive system to a more positive approach to behavior change.

«All the participating schools both understand the school improvement model that they are working to, agree that it is an appropriate one to use and think that it is comprehensive; the majority of schools said that they felt they had control over their futures, and plans and a strategy to make positive change happen; 95 % reported that the process made them think about new approaches to school improvement».

He explained that through taking a hard look at data, inquiry helps us get honest about what is really happening in our classrooms and schools and take deliberate action steps toward positive change.

(2017) Learning outside the classroom, Issue 302, p38 Frauman, E. (2010) Incorporating the concept of mindfulness in informal outdoor education settings, Journal of Experiential Education, Vol.33, Issue 3, p225 - 238 Humberstone, B; Stan, I. (2009) Well - being and outdoor pedagogies in primary schooling: The nexus of well - being and safety, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.13, Issue 2, p24 - 32 Marzano, R., Pickering, D. (2007) The case for and against homework, Educational Leadership, Vol.64, Issue 6, p74 - 79 Moffett, P. (2012) Learning about outdoor education through authentic activity, Mathematics Teaching, p12 - 14 Mudd, A. (2007) Outdoor learning in the school grounds (primary), Environmental Education, Vol.84, p5 - 6 Scott, G., Boyd, M., Colquhoun, D. (2013) Changing spaces, changing relationships: the positive impact of learning out of doors, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.17, Issue 1, p47 - 53 Sharpe, D. (2014) Independent thinkers and learners: a critical evaluation of the «Growing Together Schools Programme, Pastoral Care in Education, Vol.32, Issue 3, p197 - 207 Skates, E. (2014) On the up: Learning outside and raising attainment, Primary Geography, Issue 85, p14 - 15 Whawell, G., Tanner, J. (2015) Not like in the classroom, Primary GeograpChanging spaces, changing relationships: the positive impact of learning out of doors, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.17, Issue 1, p47 - 53 Sharpe, D. (2014) Independent thinkers and learners: a critical evaluation of the «Growing Together Schools Programme, Pastoral Care in Education, Vol.32, Issue 3, p197 - 207 Skates, E. (2014) On the up: Learning outside and raising attainment, Primary Geography, Issue 85, p14 - 15 Whawell, G., Tanner, J. (2015) Not like in the classroom, Primary Geograpchanging relationships: the positive impact of learning out of doors, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.17, Issue 1, p47 - 53 Sharpe, D. (2014) Independent thinkers and learners: a critical evaluation of the «Growing Together Schools Programme, Pastoral Care in Education, Vol.32, Issue 3, p197 - 207 Skates, E. (2014) On the up: Learning outside and raising attainment, Primary Geography, Issue 85, p14 - 15 Whawell, G., Tanner, J. (2015) Not like in the classroom, Primary Geography, Vol.

To promote positive discipline, urban schools need to be clear about expectations, state them positively, post them visibly, train students to meet these expectations, and recognize students when they do (Designs for Change, 2003).

Hoffman Glen, 1 an urban elementary school in Virginia serving primarily low - income students, has found that implementing Positive Behavior Support (PBS) brought about changes in student behavior that traditional approaches had not.

The dean and I worked together to try to bring about positive changes to the law school, however, in the end there were forces that were fiercely opposed to any change.»

I am positive that my efforts in identifying training opportunities for teachers and staff members of Wayland Public Schools is what brought about a significant change in the school community, leading to accolades from the school board, and a more profound place in the academic community within Glen.

Synthesizing new research and theory about sexuality with old - school sex - positive information of the sort you didn't learn in sex ed (unless, perhaps, you are a Unitarian, or Scandinavian, or lucky enough to be in Dr. Nagoski's class), I guarantee Come As You Are will open minds and change lives.»

«Helping children to feel good about themselves and the changes ahead supports them to start school feeling positive and confident.

Communities with high concentrations of poverty and a history of disinvestment may have less access to the type of housing that can bring about positive change to local schools.