Sentences with phrase «as safe places for students»

Less understood or examined however, is how districts, schools, and educators work to cultivate schools as safe places for students (and adults) who do not conform to our «heteronormative» bias.

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On the «Day of Silence» in April 2012, about 90 students wearing white T - shirts printed with «break the silence» attended a campus - hosted discussion about homosexuality, such as whether Wheaton can be considered a «safe place» for gay students.

If you engage your students with a variety of activities, provide personal feedback on assignments, boost your curriculum by taking advantage of the internet tools and resources, and provide safe places for formative assessments (such as practice tests), lots of visuals and a clear direction for success, your body language says: I care about you.

These actions ranged from simpler ones such as finding a safe place to stow student records, to more complex contingency planning, such as mapping of most vulnerable structures, planning for evacuation of children and their families, and provision of temporary schooling alternatives.

You may want to host the book blog on another site if the content wouldn't be relevant for the entire school community (parents, students, etc.) We chose Weebly as the hosting site for our online book blog, and we didn't connect it with our school website because we wanted a safe place for teachers to share their ideas and reactions to a book that wasn't pertinent for parents and students.

If students call for their campus to be a safe space — a place where racist, sexist, and any kind of discriminatory words and actions are not tolerated — are they infringing on the First Amendment rights of other students, faculty, and staff to say and do as they are legally allowed?

With three out of four students in the U.S. lacking access to summer learning programs and a shortage of interested K - 12 students in STEM subjects, Boys & Girls Clubs serve as a partner to schools by providing a safe and supportive place for youth to learn without limits during out - of - school time.

In these challenging times, schools — more than ever before — need to be seen as neighborhood «lighthouses», providing a safe learning environment for students and a rallying place for parents and the community.

As with the high school reviews, it is important to remember that while every school experiences some school safety related concerns, and while they may vary, schools are generally safe places for students and staff.

And as Park Hill continues to seek new ways to more efficiently manage talent — whether by enhancing applicant screening using data - based assessments, designing more effective professional development, or ensuring the most qualified substitute teachers are placed in classrooms — TalentEd will continue to deliver the support and services they need to meet their mission: «Through the expertise of a motivated staff... [to] provide a meaningful education in a safe, caring environment to prepare each student for success in life.»

Though these resources were not explicitly imagined as affecting school climate, they were seen as desirable to families with LGBT students — perhaps in the hope that if schools were not able to provide a safe space for students, there would be support in other places for them.