Sentences with phrase «healthy teaching communities»

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Among them: intensive community gardens that provide a therapeutic space where members are taught how to grow their own vegetables; programs that teach young mothers about proper nutrition; workshops where local residents learn about food security and receive public - speaking training; and after - school classes where tweens whip up healthy meals.

In the next several posts, I am going to make some practical suggestions for how churches can practice healthy teaching, and not only learn the Scriptures, but also put into practice what has been learned in tangible ways in the community.

Michelle is committed to teaching her own girls about eating healthy, local food as well as educating other children who will hopefully take the knowledge into their own families and communities.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

Leah Segedie founded the Mamavation community out of a desire to teach «digital moms healthy living practices to combat disease in their home.»

Not only is this important group within the school community contributing daily to students» academic success, they are also teaching healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime!

Of course, kids need to be taught how to interact in positive ways, use healthy coping skills and be educated on community / family values

Our Nutrition Mission: «Houston ISD will be a leader in child nutrition and wellness by providing the highest level of nutrition possible on our campuses, by providing comprehensive nutrition and wellness education, and by engaging the entire HISD community to teach our children the benefits of making healthy choices.»

Trained chef instructors and community volunteers teach participants to follow recipes and prepare low - cost, healthy meals with the goal of increasing the knowledge and skills needed to develop lifelong healthy eating behaviors.

The HSN School Grant encourages approaches to inquiry such as the Healthy Schools Process as seen in the Healthy Schools BC Resource Guide for Teaching and Learning and the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, which is a framework of inquiry and action to support improvements in health and learning in school communities across British Columbia, as well as the Spiral of Inquiry, developed by the Networks of Inquiry and Innovation (NOII).

Earthworks Institute strives to improve the quality of life for residents of the Greater Rochester area by providing education and mentoring programs that teach invaluable life - skills and social responsibility, while at the same time building healthy, lasting bonds between land and community.

Youth Yoga encourages teamwork, teaches respect, creates a healthy attitude, builds confidence and makes kids aware of a sense of community.

3HO ® Foundation International is a Global Community of people who practice and share the teachings of Yogi Bhajan so that they may serve, inspire, and empower humanity to be healthy, happy, and holy.

Melissa Tamminga lives in Bellingham, Washington, and when she's not teaching English and film studies at Whatcom Community College, frequents the Pickford Film Center; writes about movies for Seattle Screen, on her website, A Journal of Film, and on Letterboxd; and listens to more film podcasts than is healthy for one person.

At this Darwin preschool, teaching sustainable, healthy garden practices has helped connect youngsters to their multicultural community.

They also created materials to teach community residents how to lead healthier lives, and shared what they learned by touring their communities and demonstrating how to garden, how to prepare healthy foods, and how to integrate physical activity into daily living.

Most stores also have a Community Life Champion; apart from working in store, they also go out into the community and meet different people — sometimes even visiting schools and teaching pupils about healthCommunity Life Champion; apart from working in store, they also go out into the community and meet different people — sometimes even visiting schools and teaching pupils about healthcommunity and meet different people — sometimes even visiting schools and teaching pupils about healthy eating.

HOPE COMMUNITY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL will teach, model, encourage and support healthy eating by all students.

The e-book Keeping the Whole Child Healthy and Safe: Reflections on Best Practices in Learning, Teaching, and Leadership outlines a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engTeaching, and Leadership outlines a whole child approach to learning, teaching, and community engteaching, and community engagement.

This program's educational model incorporates Aboriginal Worldviews and perspectives of teaching and learning, designed to ensure that students acquire the skills necessary to form positive and healthy relationships with themselves, with their community and with Mother Earth.

In reflective classroom communities, teaching and learning is a shared endeavor where a healthy exchange of ideas is welcome.

To help students meet this standard, a school must use a coordinated, evidence - based approach that supports learning, teaching, and student growth — in short, the school must create a healthy school community.

As well as providing clinics for much needed veterinary services, they teach community members how to create stable, healthy dog populations.

'» Since Martin Luther King Day became a Day of Service in 1994, many people have answered Dr. King's question in a number of ways — helping their community prepare for a disaster, giving back to schools, teaching their community about healthy lifestyles, supporting military families, and serving as environmental stewards.

Each person is invited, and also expected, to make contributions to the community — these contributions range from keeping the Guild environment ecologically healthy, to teaching art classes / workshops, to facilitating hikes or meditations, as well as other community activities.

I meet urban farmers who teach women from a homeless shelter and inner - city kids to grow healthy food on remediated vacant lots; advocates for sustainable transportation who tirelessly attend hearings and planning meetings; members of community land trusts that provide affordable housing; and conservation land trusts that preserve ecosystems and habitats acre by acre, stream by stream.

Tammy will also launch a fundraising campaign to support a community Cob building in Romania in 2016 «to not only provide a healthy sustainable house for a local family but also to teach the international community how to build their own healthy homes from the ground right under their feet.»

Red Hook was one of the hardest - hit neighborhoods and is home to an amazing community farm — a place that teaches kids from nearby housing projects how to grow healthy food, provides composting for a huge number of residents, hosts a weekly farmers» market, and runs a terrific CSA [community - supported agriculture] program.

Chicago About Blog Using outdoor adventure sports like kayaking, orienteering, cycling, camping and rock climbing, Chicago Adventure Therapy (CAT) helps under - served youth in Chicago have a lasting positive impact on their communities and become healthy adults by teaching effective social skills, increasing participants» sense of possibility, and fostering a sense of empowerment and personal responsibility.

In addition to teaching parents specific skills, home visitors also connect families with additional resources that are available in their communities.32 Hawaii's Healthy Start Program continues to be a statewide program that provides early identification and home - visiting services to families.

As one of the nation's leading providers of medically accurate sex education, Planned Parenthood works closely with the LGBT community on comprehensive sex education that teaches about abstinence as well as contraception, healthy communication about sex, body image, parent - teen communication and gender identity, responsible decision making, and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV / AIDS.

The community - based, outpatient, intensive behavioral treatment involves five major components: 1) Teaching and supporting parenting skills including nurturing and attachment, reinforcement, emotion regulation, supervision, non-harsh discipline, and nutrition; 2) Delivering substance abuse treatment including contingency management, relationship building, day planning, healthy environments and peer choices, and refusal skills; 3) Resource building and provision of ancillary supports including housing, employment, support with court and child welfare attendance; 4) Use of incentives (FAIR bucks to spend in the FAIR store) for success with all treatment components; and 5) Ongoing engagement strategies.

Completed in May 2015, the Gladiolus Education Garden of Delray Beach, Florida now serves to teach the community how to grow healthy foods in a beautiful new setting.