Sentences with phrase «community learning partnerships»

Not exact matches

«P21's mission is to serve as catalyst for 21st century learning to build collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders so that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in a world where change is constant and learning never stops.»

In partnership with the American Heart Association, he's planning on opening several «Food Revolution Kitchens» around the country, community kitchens where people can learn basic cooking skills and nutrition information.

«It's just been a great run, a great partnership and I am very very appreciative to the community and the region at large for embracing what we have to offer here at Naper Settlement and recognizing that learning about history can be fun and it can be rewarding,» Frank said.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The museum also serves as leader in our community, spearheading partnerships with parents, caregivers, educators and like - minded organizations to improve the learning lives of children throughout Chicago.

Learn how Missouri builds on Early Head Start by developing partnerships between EHS and community - based child care providers to provide EHS services to additional children in child care settings.

They are conducted in partnership with the appropriate learned societies that cover the discipline being reviewed, as the remit and recommendations from the review involve the whole academic community The process was overseen by a Steering Group composed of prominent UK academics, users of Human Geography research and funders.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced a partnership between Oneida County and community agencies to help local youth learn the lessons of community service while also learning important lessons about teamwork.

The Rochester Education Foundation is an independent organization whose mission is to provide programs and resources to improve learning and success for all Rochester city public school students through partnerships with educators, business and the community.

Alpha Genesis says the new program will give executives, investors and scientists from larger markets like Boston, San Francisco or Los Angeles an easy way to learn about the South Carolina research community and opportunities for partnerships.

From families with children to partnerships, flat - sharing communities or singles - for one year, the voluntary housholds will document their personal carbon footprint and learn about ways to improve their own climate balance.

Learn from fellow filmmakers and connect with St. Paul's short film community at the Sundance Institute's Short Film Master Class, presented in partnership with FilmNorth and St. Paul Neighborhood Network.

Many organisations and parent bodies aim to build awareness of the benefits that can be gained from schools, communities and parents working together in partnership, whether that's supporting children's learning in the classroom and at home, or helping to improve overall school life and processes.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Nine of ten principals in schools that offer service - learning say it has a positive impact on students» civic engagement, personal and social development, and school - community partnerships.

If we can create learning communities and partnerships that encourage these ongoing conversations, we can continue to to circle back and reexamine our experiences, and continue to challenge our beliefs and biases.

As described below, community partnerships also help to provide students with feedback from diverse stakeholders through internships and service - learning.

Forging community partnerships is one way that schools can access external resources and expertise to further support student programs, staff professional learning and parents.

The «Learn, Create and Share» pedagogy includes a multi media / tech culture that includes digital links between the schools and homes, community television and film festivals and links to government agencies and local, national and international learning and business partnerships.

My desire is to share over time a little bit of visionary hope in and out of the classroom through visual and creative writing, community partnerships, and various Project Based Learning units that will undoubtedly inspire our youth, reestablish more self confidence, and empower them to live a life of perseverance and compassion for others.

Above all else, I learned how challenging — and rewarding — it is to take your passion and skills and direct them towards the most difficult challenges we face in our nation and to do this important work side by side with incredibly talented and committed people and in partnership with underserved students, families, and communities.

Community partnerships must play a key role in expanding learning opportunities.

This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve studePartnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve studepartnerships that improve student outcomes.

Using project - based learning, she has developed strong partnerships with the community, enabling students to innovate and create new solutions to local problems.

«With this partnership, we are putting the right conditions in place to realize progress across the 2030 Agenda, to harness ICTs for quality learning, and to empower adolescent girls and young women with the confidence and skills they need to lead productive lives and shape a better future for themselves, their communities and nations.»

Somewhere in the midst of all this, there is a powerful, pragmatic way forward, and in a few places, Klein draws a breath and points to it: to balancing tougher entry into the teaching profession with a more professional experience once inside it; to content - rich curricula that are truly worth teaching; to technology in the service of new forms of learning; and to sophisticated partnerships between those in the schools and the families, community leaders, philanthropic institutions, administrators, and taxpayers beyond the school walls.

Small schools can also help boost graduation rates among these underserved students by providing them with a new version of the three Rs - rigorous academic coursework, meaningful relationships with instructors who can help them meet high standards, and relevant learning opportunities through internships, community partnerships, and real - world tasks.

Additionally, the partnership will both build and share evidence to explain the value of play with the LEGO Foundation Center on Creativity, Play and Learning, the «Play Futures Network» and the broader community.

Programs range from Stanford Online High School to specialized dropout prevention high schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governor).

After four years of helping to develop the school - community partnership, Cambridge Rindge and Latin teacher Marya Wegman has become a champion of this real - world learning experience.

Public - private partnerships have also drawn on research into students» relationships with digital media to create student - owned learning labs in existing community spaces.

Strong Families, Strong Schools: Building Community Partnerships for Learning, by the U.S. Department of Education.

The series serves as testimony to the idea that learning is most effective as a partnership among communities, schools, teachers, children, and the parents who love them.

A.C.T. Academy has formed community partnerships and business mentorships to foster students» learning experiences.

Highly effective schools apply their resources (staff expertise, funds, facilities) in a targeted manner to maximise student learning and wellbeing, and partnerships with parents and the school community are strategically established to provide access to support and resources not available within the school.

How could you develop student learning partnerships with other schools in your local community?

Use libraries to advocate for school - community partnerships and student learning.

Through forming partnerships with community makerspaces or building a school makerspace, educators and decision makers everywhere have the rare chance to help bring this truly all - inclusive learning experience into their schools, districts, and communities in order to help all students.

IRE is a research, policy, and advocacy organization in Boston that conducts research on how school, family, and community partnerships effectively support children's learning.

School practices are organized into eight categories: student focus and support; school organ - ization and culture; challenging standards and curriculum; active teaching and learning; professional community; leadership and educational vitality; school, family, and community partnerships; and indicators of success.

Around the nation, a new definition of educator is emerging as schools work in partnership with many community - based groups to extend learning beyond the school clock and the building's walls with noncredentialed instructors.

As a top national priority, professional experience is currently being reconceptualised by all partners to include internships, observations, school - based tutorials, joint clinical practices, mentor training, and supervised practicum or community placements — all elements that the recent TEMAG Report says should be designed to provide graduates with multiple opportunities to «learn to teach» through field - based quality mentoring and partnerships.

Haws learned that by participating in a job - shadowing trade arranged by a community partnership organization.

«This partnership will give students a wonderful learning environment, and ample opportunity to engage with civic and community life.

The site brings additional voices to the teacher community through partnerships with Learning Forward, the Teaching Channel, and the CTQ Collaboratory.

Fuel for School began as a partnership between the Real Junk Food Project and Richmond Hill Primary School in Hunslet with the aim of removing hunger as a barrier to learning, highlighting the importance of nutrition and wellbeing in learning, and raising awareness of the vast amounts of wasted (yet perfectly edible) food in our communities.

Dive into examples of successful business and community partnerships to support career readiness, service learning, and afterschool and enrichment programs.

The success of the financial - literacy program at the Ariel Community Academy depends on three major elements: a financial - literacy curriculum that begins early on and is developmentally appropriate, community partnerships that provide connections to reality and parent involvement in financial - literacy learning, and a cultural sensitivity in the methods of instruction that encourage student choice and the development of decision - makinCommunity Academy depends on three major elements: a financial - literacy curriculum that begins early on and is developmentally appropriate, community partnerships that provide connections to reality and parent involvement in financial - literacy learning, and a cultural sensitivity in the methods of instruction that encourage student choice and the development of decision - makincommunity partnerships that provide connections to reality and parent involvement in financial - literacy learning, and a cultural sensitivity in the methods of instruction that encourage student choice and the development of decision - making skills.

While at PSA, she conducted program evaluations and research in the areas of expanded learning time, school - community partnerships, training and support programs for educators, social - emotional learning, and afterschool programming.

A passionate and committed educational advocate, Tonia is a proponent of professional learning communities, and teaching and family partnerships; advocating for families to engage as full partners in their children's education to increase student learning and achievement.