Sentences with phrase «centers on community engagement»

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District officials and the school board have come to realize that encouraging more parent centers on school campuses leads to more community engagement, higher attendance and eventually better test scores and higher graduation rates.

His past experiences include serving as the director of community engagement for the Tennessee Charter School Center, working as a strategist on numerous political races throughout the country, and leading the Governor's Children's Cabinet.

This single - day training session, to be held at The Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center, will provide an overview of the state charter petition process and discuss ways in which stakeholders can develop a strong charter petition, specifically focusing on school governance, academic and financial accountability, and community engagement.

The group focused on six key issues: balancing school accountability and collaboration among school employees; transforming schools into community centers; supporting parent engagement and family services; building strong «cradle - to - career» models; funding; and promoting higher education.

For more information on best practices around family engagement that puts teachers and families at the center of your efforts, as well as some tips for how to think about this in an LCFF / LCAP context, see the chapter I co-authored, Why Family Engagement Matters, on the California Community Schools Network website.

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

Today, Kristin Ehrgood is the driving force behind Flamboyan Foundation's goals, which center on education advocacy and family engagement in Washington, D.C., and on fostering strong school leadership and building the island's philanthropic and nonprofit communities in Puerto Rico.

18th Street Arts Center, a vibrant artist residency and community resource for public engagement in the heart of Santa Monica celebrates its 24th year with its Annual Benefit Dinner on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

Los Angeles, CA — 18th Street Arts Center, a vibrant artist residency and community resource for public engagement in the heart of Santa Monica celebrates its 24th year with its Annual Benefit Dinner on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

In addition, she has taught courses on building community engagement in public health efforts for the South Central Public Health Leadership Institute, the Centers for Disease Control, and Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and has facilitated strategic planning processes for groups such as the City of New Orleans, National Network of Public Health Institutes, and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

«I can't wait to see how his works and engagements connect with members of the Evanston Art Center community on many levels — from fostering entirely new ways of understanding history to cultivating deeper senses of visual literacy.»

The Institute for American Art will produce a year's worth of programming centering on artistic production and community engagement.

As part of the 15 - month, multi-phase engagement and exhibition, Hank Willis Thomas: Philly Block Project, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will present «The Meadows,» a temporary outdoor community arts park on N. American Street.

Postscript: Randy Olson has posted an interesting piece on his Web site today proposing that the community seeking public trust and engagement on climate change would do well to study the practices of two organizations fighting for science - based behavior in very different arenas: the federal Centers For Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Science Education (on evolution in the classroom).

Our work will be centered on building stronger relationships among communities, organizations, and stakeholders in order to mobilize for climate action statewide around the environmental justice, the public health benefits of a clean energy, green jobs and a just transition, and increased political engagement of underrepresented communities.

Add a layer of company research beyond what is often recommended by career centers to include an evaluation of employer's workplace policies related to LGBTQ employees, including: • domestic partner benefits, • nondiscrimination policies based on sexual orientation or gender identity, • LGBTQ employee resource or affinity groups, • and the type of employer engagement in the local LGBTQ community.

Putting the Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework to Work in Your Program: Integrating Strategies for Program Progress (ISPP)(PDF - 1,198 KB) United States Office of Head Start, National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (2012) Explores examples of engagement strategies that lead to progress in reaching each of the Framework's Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Outcomes.

The Other Side of the Desk: Honoring Diverse Voices and Restoring Effective Practice in Child Welfare and Family Services (PDF - 336 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (2006) Describes a process for parent engagement that emphasizes mutual understanding about family experiences within the child welfare system, perspectives of child welfare professionals, and the influence each party has on the other.

Parent Leadership and Involvement FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (2010) Lists several, linked publications on parent support, education, engagement, and leadership.

Putting the Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework to Work in Your Program: Integrating Strategies for Program Progress (ISPP)(PDF - 1,198 KB) National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (2012) Helps Head Start professionals understand the framework for engaging parents, families, and communities, and explores strategies for reaching the framework's parent and family engagement outcomes.