Sentences with phrase «foster positive school environments»

How might states encourage schools to help students develop socially and emotionally, and to foster positive school environments, in the context of new accountability?

Through visibility and participation, I stay connected to my students and teachers, which goes a long way toward fostering a positive school environment.

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Another part of the answer can lie in fostering more positive relationships at school and designing learning environments that benefit students» collaborative problem - solving skills and their attitudes towards collaboration.

School leaders play a critical role in fostering schoolwide activities and policies that promote positive school environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff meSchool leaders play a critical role in fostering schoolwide activities and policies that promote positive school environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff meschool environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff members.

Our staff development has helped school districts throughout North America build the knowledge base needed to create positive school environments that are emotionally and physically safe and that foster independence, integrity, confidence, self - control, kindness, and responsibility.

NSBA is committed to fostering a healthy and positive learning environment for children to succeed, and federal school meal programs are important.

Mission Statement Thedford Public Schools will prepare students for the challenges of life with an environment that fosters positive educational growth.

Each school or district is recognized for its commitment to character education and for fostering a positive environment for social and academic learning.

Parents of her students and fellow school educators say she fosters a positive, calm environment where children love to learn every day.

Hannah Doroteo, a student leader with Californians for Justice in Long Beach, believes «school climate surveys are essential to foster a positive learning environment where my peers and I can succeed.»

Confronted with making critical decisions related to rising diversity in schools and classrooms, few of these school systems and the teachers working in them have prior training in how to foster positive, inclusive educational environments for their diverse student populations.

This includes expanding access to quality early childhood education, full day kindergarten, increasing the amount of time available for learning, raising the bar for powerful instruction, and creating positive, safe, nurturing school environments that are conducive to learning and that foster our students» creativity and motivation.

Federal school meal programs are an important part of fostering a healthy and positive learning environment for children to succeed.

Social and emotional learning featured prominently in the act, which defined safe and supportive schools as those that ``... foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole - school learning environment that (i) enable students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school and maintain physical and psychological health and well - being and (ii) integrate services and align initiatives that promote students» behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children's mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that reduce suspensions and expulsions and other similar initiatives.»

While at HOPE Via, she developed the HOPE Via Parent Leadership Organization and school - wide systems that fostered a positive learning environment for children.

SEL programs such as Committee for Children's Second Step and Steps to Respect curricula can support the elements that contribute to a positive school climate by fostering an environment of respect, inclusion, and safety.

Golden, BC — Since opening in 2011 the Learning Centre at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has combined the Winter Sports School and the daycare, becoming a ski hub fostering a positive family environment.

For Immediate Release: December 14, 2015 REVITALIZED KIDS EXPERIENCE AT KICKING HORSE MOUNTAIN RESORT THIS WINTER Golden, BC — Since opening in 2011 the Learning Centre at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has combined the Winter Sports School and the daycare, becoming a ski hub fostering a positive family environment.

We provide practical advice — insights — for school leaders to make their jobs easier and help them effectively handle legally sensitive situations while fostering positive and productive working environments.»

NSU Teacher Education Program Candidate Regularly assumed role of lead teacher; Supervised an average of 23 students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, schoolyards and on field trips; Enforced the school's student discipline code to deal with problem situations; Preserved the confidentiality of student records and information at all times; Determined student strengths and weaknesses through STAR testing and weekly assessments; Nurtured students» desire to meet and / or surpass their Accelerated Reader goal; Set up lesson materials, bulletin board displays and demonstrations; Fostered oral language development and critical thinking skills during literary discussions; Differentiated instruction for individual student needs; Encouraged personal responsibility while maintaining positive learning environment for all learners; Maintained communication between school and parents via student planners, and parent / teacher conferences.

The court is guided by the best interests of the child, and considers: the relationship of the child with each parent and the ability and disposition of each parent to provide the child with love, affection and guidance, the ability and disposition of each parent to assure that the child receives adequate food, clothing, medical care, other material needs and a safe environment, the ability and disposition of each parent to meet the child's present and future developmental needs, the quality of the child's adjustment to the child's present housing, school and community and the potential effect of any change, the ability and disposition of each parent to foster a positive relationship and frequent and continuing contact with the other parent, including physical contact, except where contact will result in harm to the child or to a parent, the quality of the child's relationship with the primary care provider, if appropriate given the child's age and development, the relationship of the child with any other person who may significantly affect the child, the ability and disposition of the parents to communicate, cooperate with each other and make joint decisions concerning the children where parental rights and responsibilities are to be shared or divided, and any evidence of abuse.

The teacher trainers outlined what needed to be done in schools in order to foster positive learning environments through positive discipline.

School leaders play a critical role in fostering schoolwide activities and policies that promote positive school environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff meSchool leaders play a critical role in fostering schoolwide activities and policies that promote positive school environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff meschool environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff members.

Social and emotional learning featured prominently in the act, which defined safe and supportive schools as those that ``... foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole - school learning environment that (i) enable students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school and maintain physical and psychological health and well - being and (ii) integrate services and align initiatives that promote students» behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children's mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that reduce suspensions and expulsions and other similar initiatives.»

These include fostering «safe, healthy, supportive, and drug free environments that support student academic achievement,» helping to prevent bullying and harassment, improving «instructional practices for developing relationship - building skills, such as effective communication,» providing «mentoring and school counseling to all students,» and «implementation of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports.»

When educators foster a caring school environment and teach core social skills, a virtuous cycle develops in which positive interactions beget more positive interactions.