Sentences with phrase «centered classroom and school»

Use this resource to reflect on your professional journey and discover how to foster productive, heart - centered classrooms and schools.

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Schools also need «local area networks (LANs) to link classrooms, offices, dormitories, libraries, media centers and, in some cases, faculty homes.

It's an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state - level partners as well as the original Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state - level partners as well as the original Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation School Nutrition Foundation (SNF).

At Hersey, seven classrooms, a gymnasium, a fitness center and a band room will be the latest additions, and will be ready next school year.

At Stevenson, voters» approval of a bond issue in 1994 allowed the school to add a pool, performing arts center, 30 classrooms and computer labs, Galloway said.

The center is approximately 17,000 square feet with 10 classroom suites, a cafeteria, a resource room, a large activity gym for before and after school students, and four large play areas separated for age groups.They are open on weekdays from 6:00 am to 6:30 pm.

Coupled with a family - centered approach, PTN grew at a rapid pace to become an organization that has served thousands of children in the classrooms at hundreds of Los Angeles County schools and at our state - of - the - art clinic in Torrance.

Because it was a training center school, our classroom was visited by many Montessori teachers and interns.

It is intended to be used with school age children and is designed to meet the requirements of different settings; for instance, a home school unit, a public school classroom, the local library, or your community center.

The Old Town School owns and operates two facilities situated in Lincoln Square and one in Lincoln Park that include 425 - seat and 150 - seat concert halls, more than 50 classrooms, two music stores, cafe, and resource center.

Instruction: 97 instructional units... including classrooms that all feature smart boards (Dean Rusk MS is CCSD's first school to feature all touchscreen, flat - panel smart boards), computers and additional technology; computer labs; art and music rooms; gymnasium; cafetorium; and a Cyber Café media center and Global Learning Theatre... both featuring CCSD's new prototypical digital learning - friendly design!

The initiative, which has so far cost $ 386 million, centers on equipping schools with resources to better deal with students» needs outside of the classroom, such as medical and mental health services.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner (standing, center) and Syracuse City School District Superintendent Sharon Contreras (standing, right) in a classroom at Dr. Weeks Elementary School.

Projects funded this year include numerous classroom upgrades, the creation of new media centers, library renovations, technology upgrades, playgrounds, auditorium renovations and other physical plant improvements in public schools across The Bronx.

In the previous fiscal year, the school received $ 1.4 million from the Queens delegation to upgrade the theater and dressing room at its Performing Arts Center, as well as $ 1.7 million to renovate its classrooms from Miller, Katz and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, according to Miller's office.

In last week's issue of Science, Andrew Zucker, a senior researcher with the Concord Consortium, a Concord, Mass., nonprofit that studies the use of technology in schools, and Daniel Light, a senior scientist at New York City — based Education Development Center, Inc.'s Center for Children & Technology, pointed out that the falling cost of technology is helping computers get a better foothold in the classroom but cautioned that the impact of classroom PCs is still unknown.

Evaluation of the above learning objectives will consist of a pre / post observational study in New England high school classrooms and will be implemented with the assistance of LSO and Harvard's Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.

Chelsea conducts trainings for yoga instructors and classroom teachers at local yoga studios, community centers, and schools and continues to contribute research findings to educational journals and contemporary publications.

Integrated into the elegantly appointed school along with academic classrooms, a student lounge and student library / media center is SWINA's Student Day Spa.

School districts have to center themselves first and have a vision in the classroom,» said Dance.

This includes funding major renovations to the school's campus, most notably, turning the first floor of Gutman Library into a desperately needed cafe and student center hub that has truly brought the whole school together, and making sure that every classroom renovated during the past few years was done using green, sustainable materials.

School districts have to center themselves first and have a vision in the classroom.

In addition to (or in lieu of) photos of students, consider pictures of cafeteria food, students» shoes, hallway banners, classroom pets, school media centers and so on.

The book includes stories, advice, and how - to articles designed to help high school teachers and their students shift from classrooms that are isolated and teacher - centered to digitally rich environments where learning is student - driven and constantly connected to the global internet.

Reports published by the Neag Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Connecticut have shown that most general education classroom teachers are poorly equipped to meet the needs of the gifted, and that gifted students can spend as much as half the school repeating curriculum and waiting for classmates to catch up.

These students are in classrooms in most school systems — and face some of the steepest odds for graduating from high school — yet only one - third of district - level leaders believe educators in their schools are prepared to effectively teach English - learners, according to an Education Week Research Center survey from late last year.

Manby boils his recommendations into seven areas which I would like to apply to schools and classrooms where students are at the center of decision - making and know it!

Before each school year begins, classroom teachers and the school nurse from McIlvaine Early Childhood Center visit the homes of incoming students to identify potential health risks to students and talk with parents about how they can help their children be successful in their new classes.

Dr. Thornburg's wife, Norma Thornburg, is currently director of emerging technologies for the Thornburg Center, and they work together on the educational holodeck classroom at Colégio Atual, a pre-K to middle school in Recife, Brazil.

He designed and implemented a model for classroom technology centers that earned him the National Distinguished Principals Award from the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Developed by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, the First Amendment Schools Project is designed to move First Amendment's ideas out of textbook discussions and into practice in classrooms and school hallways, while deepening educators» understanding of the First Amendment.

There's some good news for schools and teachers from the Center for American Progress (CAP): more new teachers are staying in the classroom after five years, up nearly 20 percentage points since 2007.

Highlights of the trip included visits to a community youth center and preschool in Casablanca, in which participants had the opportunity to enter classrooms and interact with Moroccan school children.

The average school and classroom designs haven't changed in decades, but some architects maintain that a few renovations could make classrooms more student - centered and lead improvements in test scores.

Schools that often emphasize fun, student - centered classroom activities in instruction, and evolutionary processes over many generations have helped shape humans» interest in those engaging social activities.

Only 35 percent of schools surveyed have some Internet access, and only about 3 percent of all school classrooms, laboratories, and media centers have access to the network, the report, «Advanced Telecommunications in Public Schools K - 12,»schools surveyed have some Internet access, and only about 3 percent of all school classrooms, laboratories, and media centers have access to the network, the report, «Advanced Telecommunications in Public Schools K - 12,»Schools K - 12,» says.

Project Zero's 13 - week online, coach - facilitated course offerings — among them Creating Cultures of Thinking: Learning to Leverage the Eight Forces that Shape the Culture of Groups, Classrooms, and Schools; Multiple Intelligences: Expanding Our Perspectives to Support All Learners; Thinking and Learning in the Maker - Centered Classroom — are grounded in day - to - day teaching and leadership practice.

Through the centers, these teachers deliver classroom coaching and mentoring and assist directly with school - adopted interventions, such as the whole - school - reform program Success for All.

with University of Pittsburgh Professor H. Richard Milner IV, Helen Faison Endowed Chair of Urban Education and director of the Center for Urban Education; editor of Urban Education; and author of Rac (e) ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms.

«Asking high school students to absorb and understand classroom material at 7 a.m. is like asking adults to function in a work environment at 3 a.m.,» Mark Muhowald of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, told NEA Today Online.

Stipek found that children in didactic, content - centered programs generally do better on measures of academic skill than do children in child - centered classrooms, while children in child - centered classrooms worry less about school and have higher expectations for success than children in content - centered classrooms.

Beginning in January 2015, Hill, along with the Center for Education Policy Research Senior Project Manager Barb Gilbert and Instructional Specialist Daniel McGinn, will observe teaching using Samsung tablets placed in 460 middle school classrooms around the country.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.

Every first - period teacher who has looked across a classroom of drooping eyelids and nodding heads is familiar with the effect of a high school day that starts at 7:30 A.M. Jodi Mindell, associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Associated Press, «Sleep not only serves as a restorative function for adolescents» bodies and brains, but it also is a key time when they process what they've learned during the day.»

Schools and classrooms must transform from an industrial era model to one that is learner - centered, is personalized, and leverages the power of technology.

Maybe you are proudest of your school's test results, your athletic teams» prowess, your teachers» skills at involving parents in the classroom, your school's many cultures and how they blend into a true family, your service - learning program, your media center, your Your six pride statements should tell about the biggest successes, your proudest accomplishments, your most valued resources.

Publish a back - to - school newsletter, using classroom photos of the teacher; school personnel, such as principal, nurse, custodians; centers; activities; and students.

I am a science educator and teacher researcher at Education Development Center Inc. (EDC) in Waltham MA who aims to promote science and STEM learning in Early Childhood classrooms, programs, and schools.

According to a report by the Center on Families, Communities, Schools and Children's Learning at Johns Hopkins University, parents who received information from teachers about classroom activities, their children's progress, and how to stimulate learning were more likely to talk with personnel at their children's school, monitor their children's schoolwork and help their children learn.

«Professionals» is a key element not only because there are reference people among professionals in the classroom, the school of patients, the centers, the units, but also because there is an added element: We put some professional on a pedestal every month, when we do an interview using patient questions, and this becomes a television interview to be broadcasted on Twitter and streamed to reach many more people.