Sentences with phrase «academic enrichment learning»

Remedial education activities and academic enrichment learning programs, including providing additional assistance to improve students» academic achievement;

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Project BOOST offers our students innovative cultural and academic enrichment opportunities that will greatly influence their educational paths and helps students grow and learn as they move forward in school.

Project BOOST (Building Options and Opportunities for Students) is an enrichment program that serves both elementary and middle school students, focusing on providing academic, cultural and community service learning opportunities for kids.

The Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) Initiative is based on the notion that providing teachers with more time to teach and plan, and giving students additional exposure to academic enrichment and extracurricular activities, will increase student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

21st Century Community Learning Center grant: A grant provided by the U.S Department of Education to community learning centers that provide academic - enrichment opportunities during nonschool hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing Learning Center grant: A grant provided by the U.S Department of Education to community learning centers that provide academic - enrichment opportunities during nonschool hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing learning centers that provide academic - enrichment opportunities during nonschool hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing schools.

Edwards» remarkable success with ELT can be attributed to three key practices: enrichment programs, academic leagues, and continuous professional learning.

Instead, they are schoolwide undertakings incorporating academics with enrichment in ways that make learning more likely to stick.

Research shows that students who take part in high - quality summer learning programs that combine academics, enrichment and physical activity benefit from substantial improvements in their academic achievement, vocabulary and reading skills, social skills, work habits and attitudes, and readiness to learn.

But even though catching up academically wasn't the original reason for Harris's change to the school day (she hoped to afford students more time on academics and enrichment), Harris says she's confident the new schedule has boosted learning.

Because when students lack access to high - quality summer learning and enrichment opportunities, they risk falling prey to «summer learning loss» — a loss in academic skills and knowledge during summer vacation.

(Sec. 4201) The bill makes several administrative changes to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, which supports academic enrichment opportunities for children during non-school hours.

[2] Part B authorizes $ 1.1 billion for 21st Century Community Learning Centers that offer after - school academic enrichment programs.

The program helps students meet state learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; provides homework help; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the parents and families of students.

Academic, enrichment and high school transition program for rising 9th graders at Cleveland, with a special focus on project - based learning and social justice.

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Title IV, Part B) program supports the creation of opportunities for academic enrichment during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing schools.

BRADENTON, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2016)-- Manatee Charter School has been awarded a $ 150,000 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant to reinforce enrichment programs geared toward improving academic performance and enhancing family literacy development and parental involvement.

Depending on how they answer this fundamental question, they may choose to focus on any number of priorities, such as ensuring that young children are ready to learn, improving student attendance, strengthening family involvement in the school, promoting physical and mental health, or providing opportunities for academic enrichment.

The Pumas Promise 21st Century Community Learning Center at Renaissance Charter School at Plantation provides academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students.

The program «surrounds the student» by featuring academic tutoring, project based learning, enrichment activities, field trips and social / emotional support services.

These 4Cs are seeped into all of our Payton experiences that lie within a unique structure of learning, which include daily advisory, academic courses — which are offered at the honors and advanced placement levels, enrichments, and bi-weekly seminars.

With a focus on accelerated academics, habits of success, excellence in enrichment and expeditions, and an awesomely powerful community, the Greenfield model includes increased ownership and personalized learning for students.

Workplace Experience: 1972 - 1979 Private education teacher (reading and study skills for middle and high school) Wood School 1979 - 1982 Director, Learning Dynamics Study Skills Center 1979 - 1982 Adjunct faculty, University of San Diego, Education Dept. 1982 - 1988 Extension faculty, University of California at San Diego Education Dept. 1983 - 1985 Adjunct faculty, National University, Education Dept. 1982 - 1987 Co - founder / Educational Director of SuperCamp Residential academic enrichment skills program 1995 - 2009 Adjunct Faculty, San Diego State University 1996 - 2006 Co-founded The Brain Store (Publishing Company) 1997 - present Co-founder, Jensen Learning Corp..

Duerr applied for and received a 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant through the United States Department of Education, designed to provide academic enrichment for students during nonschool hours and focused specifically on high - poverty, low - performing schools.

This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low performing schools.

Consider, for example, the funds of the 21st Century Community Learning Center, or 21st CCLC, that were established through No Child Left Behind to support academic enrichment activities for students outside of school hours.

Attendees will learn about the CCS mission, vision, values, academic choices, enrichment activities and much more!

Fiske and Ladd argue that North Carolina's letter grades fail to account for the impact that poverty has on academic achievement, and that wrap - around services, like summer enrichment programs and health clinics, are critical to seeing broad - scale improvement in students» learning gains.

The 21st CCLC program supports the creation of community learning centers to provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing schools.

The mission of Lowcountry Leadership Charter School (LLCS) is to provide a safe and exceptional academic environment that cultivates independent learning, character enrichment, and regional awareness while developing accountable leaders, community stewards, and diverse thinkers through project - based experiences.

Services that support student's academic success may be offered at or near the school building, and can include primary, mental, and dental health care; family engagement, including adult education; preschool learning; academic enrichment; expanded afterschool or summer programming; mentoring; postsecondary education; and career options awareness.

To be effective, the concept of expanded learning time requires the complete redesign of a school's educational program in a way that combines academics with enrichment for a well - rounded student experience and that supports teachers by giving them more time for planning, training, and professional development.

Community partnerships, school - based professional development and collaboration, academic enrichment, extended learning time, and integration of student supports were core to our improvement plans.

With a mix of human capital reforms, such as rounding out the teaching force with UCLA graduate students who have expertise in key subjects, added student learning and enrichment programs in and out of classroom, and a new focus on developing a college - going culture of high expectations, UCLA is setting out to take what is, by most measures, a struggling school and drastically improve academic outcomes for all students.

Our high - quality TUITION - FREE education provides: * Strong academic instruction in preparation for college * Extended school day and longer school year * A classroom computer for every student * NO COST after school enrichment program until 6:00 pm * NO COST field trips in nature to extend classroom learning * NO COST high school placement assistance

States encourage schools that choose to expand learning time to add 300 additional hours to the standard school - year schedule, allowing more time for the three key areas: academics, enrichment programming, and teacher collaboration

Manatee Charter School would like to announce to the community it's intent to apply to the 21st Century Community Learning Center program grant to provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high - poverty and low - performing schools.

Utilizing project - based learning explorations, participants become involved in enrichment that reinforces academic concepts, and challenges children to use creative and critical problem - solving as they are immersed in real life science investigations.

During a time when large numbers of low - income children are continuing to fall behind academically, however, an innovative approach to educating them with both academics and enrichment such as sports and arts has emerged: expanded learning time as part of school - reform efforts.

In its current form, the program is designed to provide opportunities for academic enrichment, youth development, and family learning (Harris, 2010).

Through implementation of a developmentally - appropriate, hands - on curriculum, students will be engaged in learning literacy and numeracy that reinforces academic and social development with a focus on phonemic awareness, language enrichment, letters / sounds, decoding and beginning reading and writing.

CAS - CIAC is excited to partner with the McMikle Group and the Windsor Public Schools to offer an innovative summer learning camp that combines leadership, athletics and academic enrichment.

My current projects include overseeing a major building renovation project to provide our students and families with a state - of - the - art learning facility, and designing our internal before and after school program supporting enrichment opportunities for all students and a seamless transition from academic time to after school time.

Local Evaluation Each grantee must conduct an annual independent local program evaluation to assess its progress toward achieving its goal of providing high - quality opportunities for academic enrichment, and positive student learning outcomes.

Our schools also integrate academic learning with enrichment activities and character development to help students develop spiritually, intellectually, socially and physically.

Research promotes a three - pronged approached to Increased Learning Time that includes the following elements: (a) increased academic learning time; (b) increased enrichment activities; (c) and increased teacher collaboration and professional deveLearning Time that includes the following elements: (a) increased academic learning time; (b) increased enrichment activities; (c) and increased teacher collaboration and professional develearning time; (b) increased enrichment activities; (c) and increased teacher collaboration and professional development.

Unfortunately, many of the most important features of the plan, such as extended learning time in core subjects and a longer school day to include enrichment in art, music, and academic tutoring, were never funded at adequate levels by the state.

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) Program provides federal funding for the establishment of community learning centers that provide academic, artistic and cultural enrichment opportunities — during non-school hours — for students, particularly those who attend high poverty and low - performing schools, to meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading, math and Learning Centers (CCLC) Program provides federal funding for the establishment of community learning centers that provide academic, artistic and cultural enrichment opportunities — during non-school hours — for students, particularly those who attend high poverty and low - performing schools, to meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading, math and learning centers that provide academic, artistic and cultural enrichment opportunities — during non-school hours — for students, particularly those who attend high poverty and low - performing schools, to meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading, math and science.

Since 2011, five urban school districts and their partners, the RAND Corporation and Wallace have been working together to find out whether and how voluntary - attendance summer learning programs combining academics and enrichment can help students succeed in school.

Every eight weeks, the regular school schedule pauses, and students take time to hone their academic and enrichment know - how by engaging in learning projects that culminate in performances, competitions or other celebrations.

In MPS, the Turnaround Arts effort will focus on three key areas: additional professional development for arts educators and arts integration education; integration of the five arts disciplines — visual arts, music, dance, theater and media arts — within all content area classrooms; and working with the district's arts partners to provide both in - school and after - school enrichment programs to foster student engagement in learning and incorporating the arts into academic supports.