Sentences with phrase «elementary school youth»

This study includes middle — and high school — aged youth but does not address elementary school youth.

He has facilitated the addition of CLC programming at multiple school sites, incorporated ESL classes for families into OST programming, developed academic transition programs and summer learning programs for elementary school youth.

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Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

And, because we know middle school isn't the only time for parents to have ongoing conversations with youth about sexuality topics, we offer age - appropriate workshops for parents of children in early childhood, elementary and high school.

The IOM and the National Research Council formed an expert committee to review the science of sports - related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, as well as in military personnel and their dependents.

From encouraging toddlers to play outside and go for walks and co-ed sports and free play for elementary school age children to competitive and non-competitive youth sports for older kids, daily physical activity is important.

The class was recorded as part of the AIB Network's series, «Yippee Kay - Yay Namaste Yoga,» which offers yoga programs for elementary, middle and high school - age youth.

This course will prepare teachers to adapt yoga techniques for elementary through high school aged youth and lead classes that are trauma - sensitive, age - appropriate, and engaging.

The Films4Families jury was comprised of five elementary and middle school students that viewed seven Films4Families films to award the Youth Jury Award for Best Films4Families Feature.

«Studies found that elementary schools were pretty well taken care of with after - school child care, and high schools had such high - caliber programs as youth - leadership development and arts and theater,» says Salmons, who points out that middle school students, meanwhile, were vastly underserved.

One example is Summer Scholars in Denver, a year - round program partnering with up to twenty Denver elementary schools serving about 1,750 youth from low - income backgrounds each year.

Prior to becoming a superintendent, she worked in many different facets of education including as classroom teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels, principal at the middle school level, director of the Upward Bound Program for first - generation college - bound students, and director of the Basic Skills Academy for at - risk high school youth.

In many communities, out - of - school youth sports programs are available only for students in elementary and middle school, while high school sports programs are often open only to those who are good enough to «make the team.»

Affirming Rogers» earlier point, the Globe article noted, «Middle schools were conceived in the 1970s and»80s as a nurturing bridge from early elementary grades to high school, but critics say they now more often resemble a swamp, where urban youth sink into educational failure.»

Easier Youth Version — suitable for elementary school audiences, special education classes, classroom readings with young student actors, and those needing an abbreviated version

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

Ground Rules for Discussion (PDF): An activity for upper elementary, middle and high school students to help create ground rules that promote a safe and supportive atmosphere where youth feel comfortable and where they perceive that their ideas and feelings are accepted and valued.

Based in a School of Education, we are particularly focused on children and youth, and on educational and sport / performance settings, including elementary, middle, and high schools, college counseling centers, and college athletic teams.

Beyond lesson plans, bully proofing, conflict management, discipline and academic achievement, Tribes TLC offers collaborative skills, community agreements, meaningful participation, strategies for integrating curriculum, and professional development in elementary, middle and high school, leadership, afterschool youth development programs and administration.

The most recent 2016 report shows that chronic absence affects 7.3 % of California elementary school students, with disproportionately high rates of absenteeism and suspensions for youth of color, as well as low - income, homeless, foster and special education students.

I have been coached by incredible coaches at every level, from my first experience on a youth community league in elementary school, to being coached by two NCAA National Coaches of the Year at the University of Northern Iowa, to eventually being coached as a member of the 2004 Olympic training volleyball team.

Student courts can happen in elementary, middle, and high school, and when they operate outside schools, they are youth courts.

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

K - 8 Youth Development provides rigorous academic interventions, college prep workshops, civic engagement projects, STEM / arts enrichment activities, and health / nutrition programming to vulnerable elementary and middle school students in an out - of - school - time setting.

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Secondary students as «Youth Educators» and parent volunteers as «Parent Educators» also were trained in the group learning process to facilitate drug education curriculum in elementary schools, intermediate and high schools.

Comprehensive curriculum lessons for elementary, middle and high school students to educate youth about cyberbullying.

Let's look at a sample composed of elementary schools that are larger than the median charter elementary enrollment, and where the foster youth population is higher than 2.26 % (The reason I chose those numbers is in footnotes) ¹.

Of a sample size of 344 elementary schools, there are 33 Elementary schools with a foster youth population higher than 2.26 %.

CMS» Tim Morgan spoke proudly of the district's Project L.I.F.T. program, a public - private partnership for which the business community granted CMS $ 50 million over five years to develop innovative instructional methods and provide wraparound services for at - risk youth at West Charlotte High School and its feeder elementary and middle schools.

What I am saying is that ALL of the elementary schools in our sample that have disproportionately high numbers of foster youth are traditional schools.

Christina Russell is a Managing Director at Policy Studies Associates, Inc., a Washington - based firm that conducts research and evaluation in education and youth development, specializing in the assessment of strategies to improve student learning in the elementary and secondary grades and to enhance the effectiveness of out - of - school time programs for children and youth.

OregonASK is currently facilitating a cohort of programs utilizing web literacy resources to facilitate upper elementary and middle school aged youth in developing 21st Century Skills.

These indicators are grouped into the following seven categories: student enrollment and demographics; dropout rate and high school completion; student attendance, suspensions and expulsions; elementary and middle school student achievement; high school performance; youth labor force participation; and youth civic engagement.

Vetter previously worked as Director of Programs and Services at Open Circle, a nationally recognized elementary school social and emotional learning program; consulted on the Second Step social and emotional learning program for preschool through middle school; directed suicide and youth violence prevention programs at the Virginia Department of Health; and consulted with numerous schools and districts on effective implementation of social and emotional learning.

The L.A. Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, the Heart of Los Angeles community center, and two elementary schools are partnering in the study.

Geared toward elementary school readers, Hickory Doc's Tales helps youth transition to chapter books, and it encourages a host of creative writing opportunities and exercises.

Houston, TX About Blog The Houston Independent School District exists to strengthen the social and economic foundation of Houston by assuring its youth the highest - quality elementary and secondary education available anywhere.

MPA hosted two Youth Art Shows celebrating works by Fairfax County Public School elementary, middle and high school art students from both the Langley and McLean pyrSchool elementary, middle and high school art students from both the Langley and McLean pyrschool art students from both the Langley and McLean pyramids.

In addition, the IHSA must provide all school districts, including elementary schools, with educational materials regarding the risks associated with youth head injuries.

Some Inuit children were educated in mission schools in Labrador as early as the 1790s; however, formal European - style education for Inuit youth only began on a national scale in the 1950s with the construction of elementary and residential schools throughout major settlements in the Arctic, including Baffin Island.

Jonathan serves as the recruitment advisor on the BOT for a local fraternity chapter and coaches youth basketball and football in the community, most recently being part of a Super Bowl winning elementary school team.

Coordinated outdoor programs to promote health education in elementary, middle and high school - aged youth

• Tutored and mentored at - risk youth in an after - school program at Title1 elementary school.

Created free youth summer dance camp for elementary school children in the Pine Tree area.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS * Coached a Novice Wrestling Team to become top twenty in the state of California for two consecutive years * Promoted to shift leader after six months of working at Sodexo * Awarded Bloss Academic Scholarship PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS * Treasurer for St. Patrick's church youth group for the summer of 2011 * After School Volunteer at Mitchell Senior elementary from Jan 2010 to March 2011 August2014 - May2015 April 2012 - January 2013 2015.

Houston, TX About Blog The Houston Independent School District exists to strengthen the social and economic foundation of Houston by assuring its youth the highest - quality elementary and secondary education available anywhere.

• Habitat for Humanity — Building homes for those less fortunate, 1995 — 2009 • Youth Friends — Mentor for three inner - city elementary school children, 1998 — 2000 • The Kansas City Free Health Clinic — Health Care Provider, 1998 — 2000

Overall, we found that social behaviors in second grade made a greater difference in how much youth were bullied among boys during elementary school and among girls through middle school.

Houston, TX About Blog The Houston Independent School District exists to strengthen the social and economic foundation of Houston by assuring its youth the highest - quality elementary and secondary education available anywhere.