Sentences with phrase «community leading parenting»

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The organization began as a parent - led effort more than 60 years ago and is now one of the Bay Area's most respected nonprofit organizations, dedicated to improving the quality of life of the people it serves through life skills training, community integration, advocacy and referral information.

Canada The LGBTQ Parenting Connection is a network of agencies and organizations that provide information, resources and support to LGBTQ - led families and work to create healthy and informed communities within which LGBTQ - led families can thrive.

momstown is the leading national parenting community connecting real Canadian moms — with each other and with the brands they use each and every day.

The group should meet regularly with each other and perhaps quarterly with the school district leader, explains lead author Elizabeth Budd, M.P.H. Tapping into existing committees and resources (like the Parent Teacher Association, physical education teachers, and parents and community members with pertinent knowledge or skills) for help also can be key.

Rebecca leads a community of over a million on her Facebook page, Positive Parenting Toddlers and Beyond.

In addition to their efforts to work with the healthcare community to promote safe sleep education, they have partnered with leading infant health and safety organizations to support their mutual interest in educating parents to keep all babies safe.

It's called the PATH Program, and besides being a treasure trove of resources, it's a vibrant online community of leading - edge parents with whom you can share inspiration and feel a sense of belonging that's difficult to find in the mainstream world.

At Concord, he served as the faculty advisor to the nation's first Gay - Straight Alliance (GSA) leading him in 1990 found GLSEN, a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.

Tosha Schore, MA, is mom to three young boys, co-author of Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges, and creator of Parenting Boys Peacefully: A FREE 10 - day Reconnect, where she leads a global community of parents committed to shifting their boys» behaviors through connection.

We aim to lead by example with community harmony through initiatives that facilitate effective parenting, counselling, teaching and community development based on the principles of mutual respect, cooperation, encouragement and social interest.

United and healthy families, with involved parents, can lead to productive and vibrant communities.

The group is facilitated by a member of the LGBTQ Parenting Community but the discussion and topics are led by the group itself.

The Junior League undertook a $ 26.6 million capital campaign and led a statewide team of educational partners, community and business leaders, elected officials, parents, volunteers, children and nationally recognized children's museum experts to plan, develop and build a one - of - a-kind, state - of - the - art, statewide children's museum.

However, evidence from a range of sources released in recent months has been overwhelming in its condemnation of the move, revealing that removing the so - called 50 % cap on religious selection would not only lead to increased levels of segregation in schools and communities, but also damage social mobility and reduce the access of parents to their local schools.

The CBHA (Community Based Housing Association) is a resident - led organisation which has run four estates in Waltham Forest for 20 years, with the Peabody Trust as a parent body.

Parents and community leaders say they fear schools will once again be saddled with kindergarten waitlists, which have led, in the past, to cutting school programs to make room for more children.

Let us start anew with space - based research worthy of a great city, where schools and universities work together, where citizens and communities partner to ensure the success of future generations, where Houstonians lead the charge for students, teachers, parents, scientists and engineers far and wide.

Based on a script by Chris Galletta that finished high on the 2009 Black List, we're expecting an offbeat combination of «Moonrise Kingdom,» «Son Of Rambow» and» Where The Wild Things Are» (we may yet be way off...), and while the film has a trio of newcomers in the lead roles, there's some ace comic talent in the supporting cast, including «Community» actress Alison Brie, and «Parks & Rec» duo Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally as some of the boys» parents.

This organization, according to its Web site, creates «opportunities for kids, teachers, and parents to lead efforts to implement environmental and health improvements in their schools and communities.»

Logos Help Schools Define Missions A chance question at the end of an informal meeting between two parents led to a unique project that rallied an entire school community.

«Parents want the best for their kids, and where they are unhappy with the schools on offer locally the free school programme empowers them to demand more and establish new, high performing, community - led new schools.»

A focus on preventing child neglect by helping adults strengthen their parenting skills could lead not just to safer, happier, and stronger children, but to more resilient communities as well.

Do let students lead demonstrations and experiences for their parents and other parents in the school community.

Logos Help Schools Define Missions A unique project led by two parents has rallied an entire school community.

His leadership also led to the district achieving its best - ever dropout and graduation rates, driven largely by attention to all students, a focus on adult performance, the promotion of choice and school autonomy, and intensive efforts to engage parents and the community.

Since Knapp Elementary held its first «ParentCamp,» its learning community has been engaged in conversations far beyond those 27 discussion sessions led by local parents and teachers.

They interviewed and wrote biographies about change makers in their school and community — from the director of the nearby La Clinica de la Raza to city council and school board members to ASCEND parent Emma Paulino, who led the effort to start the new school.

Community groups such as the Detroit Parent Network, Excellent Schools Detroit, and the Skillman Foundation are leading efforts to inform parents about their options and how to identify a high - quality school.

Episode take - aways: Strategies that lead to willing parent engagement and participation Employing marginal gains theory to enhance pedagogical approaches Allowing young people to fail in order to progress Please pay the knowledge forward and share with your community!

Since Knapp Elementary held its first «ParentCamp» on April 27, our learning community has been engaged in conversations far beyond those 27 discussion sessions led by local parents and teachers.

So parents in some schools communities are seeing the benefit and they can tell the story in the lead up to the election about what's possible when we have needs - based funding in place in our schools — and it's going to be a very positive story.

The ultimate goal line is to lead fulfilling lives, to renew wonderful families, communities, and the joys of parenting.

The resource features papers by Kiersten Beigel, the parent, family, and community engagement lead for the Office of Head Start, on «50 Years of Family Engagement in Head Start» to «Coming Full Circle: Drawing On Personal Experiences to Create a Vision for System - Wide Change» by Mishaela Durán, chief of staff for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, among others.

Survey instruments provide feedback from students, staff, parents, and the community that lead to change too.

Obama Administration to Schools: Clear, Limited Roles for Police Get Police Out of Schools, Coalition of Student, Parent Groups Says Body Cameras on School Police Spark Student Privacy Concerns State Laws That Can Lead to School Arrests Targeted for Change Military Surplus Program Provides Weapons to School Police School Police Should Stay Out of Discipline, Organization Says Community Policing Task Force Has Recommendations for Schools, Too

If it makes sense for families to be lead decisionmakers in education, it also makes sense to measure states and even districts by how they empower those parents to transform education within their own communities, starting with schools in their backyards.

«Increased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents / families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance for improving parent / family engagement.»

Increased awareness of the positive correlations between engaged parents / families and student achievement has led to a number of increased levels of activity at the school building, «community» and district level as well as increased state and federal guidance (and to some extent support) for improving parent / family engagement.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

There were six building level protocols: principal and assistant principals, student support professionals, teacher interview (after observing his or her teaching), 312 lead teacher interview, community representative, and active parents.

As a tribute to Arne's sense of connection to the community and his deep quest for social justice, he personally led a large demonstration at Soldiers Field in Chicago of educators, parents, students, and community leaders to call for an end to gun violence.

- tasking MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL to meet with them, and embrace the community / parent - led plan for Piccolo.

Increased visibility has led to increased trust between the district and various community groups and parents, according to district representatives and community stakeholders.

CEI arts educators lead workshops with parents and families to engage parents in the school community and involve them in their children's education.

I saw schools founded by black parents and black - led community organizations.

More importantly, the most - successful efforts to expand school choice (including Virginia Walden Ford's work in Washington, D.C., Steve Barr's work with Latino communities in Los Angeles, and Parent Revolution's Parent Trigger efforts), have been ones led by poor and minority communities who explicitly made the case for helping their own children escape failure mills that damaged their families for generations.

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.

For over two weeks, a dozen parents, teachers and community members have been leading a hunger strike to save Dyett High School in Chicago — and in so doing they have inspired education justice organizers across the country.

Maxwell will also support the coordination of parent volunteers at the campuses, lead new efforts to enhance student retention, and establish new partnerships with community - based organizations to expand resources for parents.

It grew out of a campaign by parents to save a school and the scheme is now being led by community leaders.