Not exact matches
If he's successful, and this appears to be a viable path
for players who want to turn pro out of high
school, this could be a
positive development
for the NBA — which doesn't want to
change the age limit, but does want talent
in the G League — and
for college basketball.
Teachers and those responsible
for linking the intervention to
schools also felt that involvement
in the intervention produced
positive changes in reading behaviour and attitudes towards reading among participating children.
This month's spotlight is on MEDIAGIRLS, an organization whose mission is to teach girls and young women — mainly
in underserved
schools in the Boston area — how to harness the power of media
for positive change.
In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours
in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
in school each year, it's clear that
in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raqu
in -
school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate
school breakfast programs, can be an engine
for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.»
This will be a terrific opportunity
for us all to share ideas on how to create
positive change in schools and communities.
In other words, a
positive school food story
for a
change!
While some green efforts
in schools set out to change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights, for instance, is a positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green Schools Energy Curr
schools set out to
change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights,
for instance, is a
positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green
Schools Energy Curr
Schools Energy Curriculum.
«There is a clear opportunity
for positive change, but the economic and regulatory incentives
for such
change are not yet
in place,» said Naylor, the William Wrigley Professor
in the
School of Earth Sciences and director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford.
Kate Copping - Westgarth Primary
School, Victoria Using Data to Develop Collaborative Practice and Improve Student Learning Outcomes Dr Bronte Nicholls and Jason Loke, Australian Science and Mathematics School, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
School, Victoria Using Data to Develop Collaborative Practice and Improve Student Learning Outcomes Dr Bronte Nicholls and Jason Loke, Australian Science and Mathematics
School, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
School, South Australia Using New Technology
for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning
in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental
School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation:
Changing outcomes
in a multi-campus
school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary
School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar:
School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Aus
School Improvement
in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a
positive culture
for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community
School, Western Aus
School, Western Australia
In addition to this,
school children often have some remarkably creative and innovative ideas
for how
positive change could be achieved.
The national Centre of Excellence
for Mental Health
in Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education
Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting
schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education
schools in making
positive changes at all levels of the UK's education system.
The new federal grant to study the effectiveness of preschool programs
in Boston Public
Schools will provide evidence of what should be sustained and
changed to ensure
positive outcomes
for young children,» Payzant said.
According to the three - year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle
school science and math teachers
in all three states report
in surveys that they are making
positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching
for better teaching methods.
And just a few months ago, Democratic lawmakers put federal taxpayers on the hook
for another $ 23 billion
in «edujobs» funds — without demanding a scintilla of
positive change from American
schools in return.
Greenhouse Sports» intensive
school - based sports programmes achieve
positive behavioural
change, reduce absenteeism and raise academic performance
for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16,
in some of London's most deprived areas, according to study.
With 56 % of children with intellectual disabilities highlighting they have cried due to bullying, Play Unified aims to empower young people to drive
positive social
change in their
schools by: tackling bullying, promoting equality and forging friendships
for young people with and without ID.
Steps
for creating
positive change at under - resourced
schools include celebrating existing successes, allowing time to grow
for school leadership, including the youth
in school decision - making, and networking with other
schools for inspiration.
Empathy has the capacity to transform individual lives
for the better while helping to bring about
positive social
change in schools and communities worldwide.
In his brilliant forward
for the book, Andy Hargreaves (Boston College) writes, «This is one of the most extraordinarily powerful books on
school improvement and
positive systemic
change I have ever read.
Greenhouse Sports» intensive
school - based sports programmes achieve
positive behavioural
change, reduce absenteeism and raise academic performance
for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16,
in some of London's most deprived areas, according to a study released by Loughborough University.
Ian Stockford, Ofqual's executive director
for general qualifications, said Ofqual had made sure it engaged with boards on the proposals, adding that it was «worth recognising» that the
changes were ultimately aimed at
changing behaviours to prevent
schools indiscriminately challenging marks
in the hope of a
positive outcome.
The mission of the Antioch Center
for School Renewal is to work with schools and communities to make lasting, positive change in the day to day school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and res
School Renewal is to work with
schools and communities to make lasting,
positive change in the day to day
school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and res
school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and research.
The Educating
for Democracy
in the Digital Age (EDDA) initiative is seeking to leverage web 2.0 tools and civic education best practices to provide all Oakland Unified
School District high school students civic learning opportunities that prepare them to make positive change in their commun
School District high
school students civic learning opportunities that prepare them to make positive change in their commun
school students civic learning opportunities that prepare them to make
positive change in their communities.
There can be no reasonable doubt that testing has created momentum
for positive change — particularly
in schools that serve our neediest and most neglected children.
Most recently, I led on researching, designing, and implementing the
School Partnership
for Art and Civic Engagement (SPACE), aimed at empowering Chicago teens to create
positive change in their communities.
They work collaboratively with colleagues to identify, implement, and monitor the effects of instructional practices; share responsibility
for making
changes and promoting risk taking and innovation to achieve
positive student outcomes; use their expertise productively to engage
in problem solving; and contribute to a
positive school culture by encouraging commitment to continuous improvement, developing trusting relationships, and fostering communication.
Participants will learn the procedures
for creating and leading an infrastructure
in a
school to initiate, guide, manage, and sustain
positive changes in SEL, CD, and SCC.
Ongoing participation
in the community will be an important part of your continued implementation support system, and essential
for long - term, sustainable success
in bringing
positive change to your
school or district.
As a
school leader, I believe that differentiating support and consistently advocating
for students and staff fosters lasting
positive change in both academic achievement and
school culture.
By Melanie Sharpton, MSN, RN, ERSN, Benjamin Russell High
School,
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changes have made a
positive impact
for school nurses across Alabama in responding to; sudden anaphylactic emerge
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in responding to; sudden anaphylactic emergencies.
Parent engagement
in addressing challenging behavior across a variety of settings (e.g.,
school settings, community settings,
in the home) is a critical component of meaningful, lasting,
positive behavior
change for learners.
In E4E - New York, a teacher - driven policy paper from 2015, Climate
Change: Creating Safe, Supportive
Schools for All Students, presented recommendations to create
positive, student - centered
school climates.
Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their
schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities
for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance
for professional learning and growth.28
For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance
For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result
in little to no
positive change in school performance.30
Community uplift theory
for positive change of African Americans
in urban
schools.
«New York Assembly Bill 3873 will
change the course
for a generation of students by ensuring
schools work with families to promote
positive discipline strategies and social emotional learning; practices collectively known as restorative justice,» said Claudia Whittingham, special education teacher at PS 59
in Brooklyn and member of E4E - New York.
Others realized that if video cameras were used as tools
for control, they could profoundly damage teacher morale and decrease the likelihood of any
positive change occurring
in schools.
I ask not that public
school special educators and administrators circumvent special education guidelines and laws but that they approach the process with their brains and put their hearts
in their practices to allow
for positive changes in special education.
Last year's education select committee report into academies and free
schools put it baldly: «Current evidence does not allow us to draw conclusions on whether academies
in themselves are a
positive force
for change.»
So, while we discovered an abundance of research emphasizing the impact of a
positive school climate, the challenge
for our group was to listen to each other - and to the broader community of educators and stakeholders - and identify recommendations that would create meaningful
change in our district.
The goal of my education career has been to work
for positive changes in curriculum, instruction and educational management that result
in improving the quality of student achievement,
school climate, and professional expertise and culture.
I am outraged that Steven Adamowski is Special Master of Windham and New London, and was Superintendent of Hartford
Schools, where he
changed what it meant to graduate so that he could instantly improve Hartford's graduation rate; where he manipulated stats to make it look like he had «closed the achievement gap;» and finally, where he parleyed every
positive soundbite
in the toadying Hartford Courant into a bonus or raise
for himself.
The event, held at the Rubin Museum
in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting
positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High
School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Comm
School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer
School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Comm
School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High
School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Comm
School, who, after facing significant challenges during
school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Comm
school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled
in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students
in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of
school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Comm
school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.
We wrote this action guide
for educators ready to start making
positive changes to better serve black and brown students
in their
schools.
It is clear from this study that GE not only increases student achievement, but it also creates
positive attitudinal and behavioral
changes for principals, teachers and students at
schools,
in classrooms as well as
in other domains.
So even though we might support small
schools in the end, there are a lot issues that need to be addressed first
in order to make the
change a
positive one
for students.
In addition, two Alliance reports from the Climate
Change series offer specific federal, state, and local policy recommendations
for fostering a
positive school climate by ensuring greater access to rigorous coursework and high - quality teaching.
This evidence - based, blended program will address multiple dimensions
for transforming, creating, and sustaining a
positive school culture and climate with a focus on training teams of elementary
school staff (teachers,
school mental health providers, and administrators)
in the core concepts of social emotional learning, systems
change, and coaching.
For the sake of this article, governance efficacy is defined as the power of school boards, among others, to change the face of education in their communities through positive and appropriate policymaking, equitable resource allocation and transparent accountability for all stakeholde
For the sake of this article, governance efficacy is defined as the power of
school boards, among others, to
change the face of education
in their communities through
positive and appropriate policymaking, equitable resource allocation and transparent accountability
for all stakeholde
for all stakeholders.
An educator who has operated 14 award - winning charter public
schools where college is the expectation
for all graduates, Dr. Rodriguez will provide a depth of experience, passion
for educating our children and a thoughtful vision on how to effect
positive change in the district.
This section of the Middle
School Matters Field Guide lays out principles for schools to follow in implementing change that will affect the school climate, culture, and partnerships (across schools, families, and communities) in a positiv
School Matters Field Guide lays out principles
for schools to follow
in implementing
change that will affect the
school climate, culture, and partnerships (across schools, families, and communities) in a positiv
school climate, culture, and partnerships (across
schools, families, and communities)
in a
positive way.