Sentences with phrase «education advocates for their children»

Teachers and staff are trained in providing appropriate social - emotional support, and to help parents and families, the KHSD has increased the number of Parent and Family Centers, which provide parents / guardians with information, knowledge, and resources to become strong education advocates for their child.

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I also worked as a singer / songwriter and music producer and as an education advocate, especially for children.

Barbara Pitkin writes that «Calvin himself appears not to have advocated the use of physical force in response to sin in children; though he recognized the need for parental discipline, his explicit remedies were baptism and education (albeit strict and structural) into faith and morality.»

He's been an advocate for science education in public schools and an expert in making learning entertaining and valuable for children for decades.

By advocating for successful governmental policies, setting standards for professionals in the education industry, and providing professional development seminars, it helps teachers, administrators, parents, related students and other educational support staff to best support and educate the special needs children with whom they work.

Visit helpful sites like one set up by the Military Child Education Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for military kids in the school system, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Military Child Support site.

Children Awaiting Parents provides training services for parents and child welfare professionals that include recruitment and retention of adoptive families, how to navigate the education system, managing adolescent behavior techniques and how to advocate for special needs services.

Pattie Fitzgerald, child safety advocate and recognized expert in the field of childhood sexual abuse prevention education, child abduction prevention, and Internet safety, is the founder of Safely Ever After, Inc, a prevention education and safety program for parents and kids.

Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center (Gundersen NCPTC) works to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communiChild Protection Training Center (Gundersen NCPTC) works to end all forms of child maltreatment through education, training and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communichild maltreatment through education, training and prevention while advocating for and serving children, adult survivors and communities.

Kelly Weygandt RN Clayton Baby Sleep Consulting 314-397-9782 www.claytonbabies.com Education: Registered Nurse, B.S.Nursing, Certified Happiest Baby on the Block Educator, Certified Infant Massage Instructor, Outreach Advocate for the NICHD Safe to Sleep Program Certified Child Sleep Consultant — The Family Sleep Institute Practicing as a CSC: since 2013

Karen also served as the past president of the Broward Association for the Education of Young Children and is a lifelong advocate for developmentally appropriate early childhood eEducation of Young Children and is a lifelong advocate for developmentally appropriate early childhood educationeducation.

You would be amazed at what service projects and groups are out there doing things that you never knew about — dolls and bears made up to be the the weight of your baby (Molly Bears), stuffed animals made out of your baby's clothing and blankets, peer support and parent advocates waiting to help the newly bereaved, personalized jewelry makers (like My Forever Child), stone painters, heart sewers, pillow - making people (Heaven Born for miscarriage), memory - box makers, authors (there are books for almost every subject on this topic waiting to be discovered), research and education groups, story - sharing sites, support groups, chat groups, blogs, Facebook groups, foot / hand print kits, music and funeral planning resources... Consider starting here before starting something new.

Speak to your child's teachers, other parents, special education personnel, advocates in your area, and most importantly to your child, and try to gauge what setting would be the most productive, most beneficial, most stimulating and least threatening place for your child to learn.

Amanda is the author of The Everything Kids» Learning Activities Book and The Everything Parent's Guide to Special Education: A complete step - by - step guide to advocating for your child with special needs.

Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

But I'll also seek to encourage and affirm women, to advocate for the rights of mothers to feed their children with education and support, without judgement - even / especially when they make different choices than me, even / especially when they did not have a choice.

We also sponsor networking and training opportunities for maternity care professionals, including our annual Mother - Friendly Childbirth Symposium, The Birthing Justice Forum, Annual Maternal - Child Health Advocate Awards Recognition, and seminars to support perinatal professional collaboration and continuing education.

«I started the Campaign for Fiscal Equity by walking 150 miles from New York City to Albany to advocate for our children's education,» noted Councilmember Jackson.

A lifelong change agent and advocate for high quality education for all children, Dr. Cash comes to Buffalo, NY, with over 20 years of executive leadership experience in education, and successful outcomes for children as past superintendent in Memphis, Tennessee; and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children's rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading «misinformation» and «wicked insinuations» about amendments relating to inspecting well - being in schools insinuating that proposed changes «would force schools to teach five year - olds about sex».

The UFT put together this resource booklet to help parents navigate the New York City school system and be informed advocates for their child's education.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

(Someone who) certainly has a love of children and is an advocate for children and public education,» Nevergold said.

«I look forward to continuing my efforts to save our children's education from the mismanaged roll - out of the Common Core curriculum, advocate for women's equality and make smart investments to create good local jobs in Dutchess and Putnam counties.»

Advocates for public education are calling for changes in education that will give every child in New York state access to high - quality public education.

Ms. Kittredge is the parent of public school children who attend P.S. 101Q and The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School and has been a strong advocate for education for all of our City's children.

It's why I led the fight for mandatory kindergarten city - wide, it's why I increased the number of pre-K slots available in New York City, it's why I have been a staunch advocate for ensuring that children get access to breakfast at school, and it's why I have made reforming our public education system one of the cornerstones of my campaign.

Collectively, the six districts educate 45 percent of the state's public school children, and the conference seeks to speak with one voice in advocating for urban education issues.

Elizabeth Mumper is CEO of a group called Advocates for Children and former director of pediatric education at the Lynchburg Family Practice Program affiliated with the University of Virginia.

These figures illustrate why it's essential for advocates and policymakers to understand the long - term impact of child poverty and the factors — like parental education and race / ethnicity — that appear to distinguish low - income and poor children from their more economically advantaged peers.»

The Peace black and granite cashmere sweater donates 10 % of the proceeds of this limited edition QI care sweater to Advocated for Children of New York, providing quality education for underprivileged cChildren of New York, providing quality education for underprivileged childrenchildren.

I am in the education field and I advocate for children, especially our African American males.

Kim Sweet is executive director of Advocates for Children of New York, an organization working to secure quality and equal public education services for New York City's most impoverished and vulnerable families.

Muting the Mozart Effect Harvard Gazette, 12/11/13 «Though it has been embraced by everyone from advocates for arts education to parents hoping to encourage their kids to stick with piano lessons, a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young childreeducation to parents hoping to encourage their kids to stick with piano lessons, a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young childreEducation doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young children.»

Bilingual education advocates aren't happy with the bill passed by the House last month to reauthorize funding for the instruction of children with limited English skills.

Beginning with the Serrano court case in California, advocates for changing the way public schools were financed argued that reliance on local property taxes denied children living in property - poor communities the right to a good education.

«From her work with the Making Caring Common project to her leadership as co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative, Stephanie Jones has been a powerful advocate for children,» said Dean James Ryan.

«That's why so many dyslexia advocates in particular have been calling for this type of skills check to be put in place at an early level for many, many years because they know that you can get much, much earlier identi cation, intervention, and therefore assistance to help ensure that the early years of a child's education are successful which then enables them to be successful for the rest of their schooling.»

To reflect on the law's anniversary, the Education Week Commentary editors asked a range of K - 12 education leaders, politicians, teachers, and child advocates for their Education Week Commentary editors asked a range of K - 12 education leaders, politicians, teachers, and child advocates for their education leaders, politicians, teachers, and child advocates for their thoughts.

I have been actively advocating for children rights to an education and for the end to all forms of violence against women and children in my country.

Roy Bostock is the chair of the Committee forEconomic Development (CED), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of business leaders and educators that advocates for strong state and federal government partnerships to ensure high - quality early education for every child.

We'll never close the achievement gap unless schools find ways to work with more families more deeply and respectfully around key academic goals, and unless we support parents as advocates for their children's education.

In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andEducation for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children andeducation, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.

In stark contrast to this tumultuous series of events, a careful look at DeVos's record in Michigan and around the country, where she has spent decades as an advocate for children, philanthropist, and political power broker, reveals a fairly traditional, center - right education reformer.

With the nomination of Betsy DeVos — the soon - to - be former chair of the American Federation for Children and a lifelong school - choice advocate — as the next secretary of education, many folks are now trying to understand for the very first time the role vouchers and private school choice play in the reform universe.

«The best thing I can do is prepare the strongest generation of music teachers as they go off and teach in a program and create quality music education that advocates for the field,» Bernard says, noting that an outstanding music teacher can do terrific things for children, even those with autism.

Our lab actively advocates for honest, data - driven conversations about the failings of the current education delivery system, the impact of poverty on student learning, and the necessity for designing and building new systems that guarantee that our twin educational goals of equity and excellence are achieved for each and every child.

The No Child Left Behind Act imposes the wrong kind of testing on schools, educators need better systems to interpret the test data they get, and the federal government should help pay for the mandates it imposes, according to several advocates who last week addressed a private panel studying the education law and how to improve it.