Sentences with phrase «core academic program»

The Acton Academy, a small private school in Austin, uses personalized learning in its core academic program and compresses it into a 2 1/2 hour period each day.

The study generated an evaluation tool that other schools can use to assess how well they are creating and maintaining a college - going culture, aligning the core academic program with college readiness standards, teaching self - management skills, and helping students understand the complexity of college application and the differences between high school and college.

To that end, we engage students in service learning projects as part of our core academic program.

We rely on community support and generous donations to supplement the core academic program funded by state and federal funds.

Two bond measures, totaling just over $ 400 million dollars would improve student health and safety and modernize facilities that support core academic programs.

Deregulation allows flexibility in others areas such as curriculum and the overall design of its core academic programs.

The student services coordinator works in conjunction with the school's instructional leaders to ensure that the school provides the academic, emotional, and physical services for students who require additional support to thrive within the schools» core academic programs.

The Schoolwide program purpose is to upgrade core academic programs to ensure that all students are achieving high levels of academic proficiency.

At many schools, social emotional learning (SEL) is provided as an add - on to the core academic programming, if at all.

Not exact matches

We have placed an ambitious and expensive program at the heart of theological education at the same time that a concern for proving a solid academic preparation has led the faculty to stress a core curriculum.

With academics at its core, Bay Area Equestrian Club provides equestrian - focused activities and events; volunteer and community service opportunities; rescue horse programs; leadership training for young people; and educational experiences for people interested in the field of veterinary medicine.

(CNN)- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he plans to pull his state out of the Common Core academic standards, announcing an executive order aimed at blocking the testing program in the state.

(CNN)-- Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday he's against Common Core, the academic standards that have many conservatives decrying the program as an overreach of the federal government.

Educators and parents have complained about secrecy surrounding Albany's testing program since the first new assessments based on national Common Core academic standards were administered in spring 2013.

In a CGS survey, which produced answers from 857 deans, directors, and chairs representing 226 institutions, 62 % of respondents «indicated that their institutions and / or graduate programs offer some type of formal professional development program for graduate students in research degree programs to obtain skills beyond core academic research skills,» the report states.

The JST aims for nothing less than to «inculcate safety as a core value and an integral part of academic life,» says chemistry Chair William Tolman in a webinar describing the program.

I am the Associate Director of the BCM Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), Director of the BCM IDDRC and Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) Neurobehavioral Core Facilities, and am the Academic Lead for the behavioral phenotyping component of BCM's Knock Out Mouse Project, an NIH Common Fund Research Program contributing to the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium's overall goal to create and characterize a null allele of every protein - coding gene of the mouse.

Six of the 15 have received funding through the university's Trans - Institutional Programs initiative, which facilitates research and teaching collaborations across disciplines and are a core pillar of the university's Academic Strategic Plan.

The Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program welcomes applications from academics and professionals in every discipline and at all career stages.

The SMS fosters academic excellence and provides a core graduate education program encompassing knowledge, scholarship, communication and professional development.

Our Coaching Psychology Manual is the foundation of the Wellcoaches Core Coach Training & Certification Programs, now used widely in academic courses on coaching psychology and health and wellness coaching, including Coaching Psychology Courses at Harvard University Extension School.

These programs motivate students to engage in learning, not only because the programs are fun but also because they cultivate and celebrate the broad array of talents beyond core academic skills that students possess.

There are two major concerns: a proposed $ 20 billion federal school - voucher program and DeVos's longtime advocacy for more - rigorous academic standards, which has included support for organizations advancing Common Core State Standards.

I think you will discover that our program provides a solid core of required courses as well as flexibility and a range of academic options to help educators address their intellectual and professional interests.

Such programs seem to encourage teachers to focus their work efforts on the areas of student performance that are being measured — primarily the core academic areas of mathematics, science, social studies, and reading.

«Under her guidance, the Ed School has progressed toward a core curriculum, reorganized its master's degree programs and its academic areas, redoubled its efforts to contribute to the improvement of K - 12 education, and worked to strengthen its relationships both with other Harvard schools and with the broader community of professional educators.

To survive, school - to - work programs need funding commitments for state and local partnerships, and they must be at the core of states» efforts to raise academic standards, according to the evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research Inc. of Princeton, N.J.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

Lagemann's deanship has further been marked by major initiatives to develop innovative core courses for the HGSE curriculum, to reorient the school's master's degree programs, and to reorganize its academic organizational structure.

A final example: Standards 1 and 6 address whether teacher prep programs select «teacher candidates of strong academic caliber» and whether «teacher candidates have the broad content preparation necessary to successfully teach to the Common Core State Standards.»

The ChalleNGe Program addresses the needs of the whole adolescent, as evidenced by its eight core components: leadership / followership; academic excellence (i.e., high school diplomas or GED certificates); responsible citizenship; service to the community; life coping skills; physical fitness; health and hygiene; and job skills.

PSA's findings demonstrate that Citizen Schools bridges the transition from middle school to high school and improves performance in core academic courses and high - stakes tests well after students graduate from the program.

Charter schools such as KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) demonstrate nice gains, and charter schools are able to offer core academics and a well - rounded education.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

The Common Core site also states that «these standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K - 12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry - level, credit - bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.

Read about how the Edwards Middle School uses more time to develop a rigorous core curriculum and supplements it with a tiered academic support program called Academic academic support program called Academic Academic Leagues.

The Higher Achievement Evaluation will examine whether out - of - school programs can help students meet the new Common Core standards by pairing an analysis of Higher Achievement's impact on academics with an examination of program fidelity, service contrast, and the extent to which mentors» instruction supports Common Core Common practices, standards, and learning strategies.

My parents — themselves teachers, and fluent in both English and French — sent me to the regular English program (with an hour of «core» or L2 French each day) after Grade 6 because the academic calibre of the French immersion teachers had been so uneven.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Education Program initiated a new strategic initiative in 2010 that focuses on students» mastery of core academic content and their development of deeper learning skills (i.e., critical - thinking, problem - solving, collaboration, communication, and learn - how - to - learn skills).

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a...

The program helps students meet state learning standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; provides homework help; offers students a broad array of enrichment activities that complement their regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the parents and families of students.

KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (DCPS) has a rigorous and intense academic program with a priority on the core subjects of language arts, reading, and math.

Housed at Southside Elementary, Lawrence - Lawson Elementary, Maplewood Elementary, Cataract Elementary and Meadowview Schools, CLCs help students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; offer students a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs; and offer literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

The program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and mathematics; offers students enrichment activities that complement regular academic programs; and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

Second, few educators of the gifted would argue with the core tenets set forth in Turning Points (Carnegie Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with communities.

As with any academic program, the Common Core makes accommodations for special needs students.

This state - administered, federally funded program provides five - year grant funding to establish or expand before - and after - school programs that provide disadvantaged kindergarten through twelfth - grade students (particularly students who attend schools in need of improvement) with academic enrichment opportunities and supportive services to help the students meet state and local standards in core content areas.

In addition to daily core academic and arts classes, we offer a two - way bilingual program and the opportunity to participate in our high - quality school performances.

Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»