Sentences with phrase «improves expanded learning programs»

Governor Brown signed SB1221 (Hancock) into law in 2014, which improves Expanded Learning programs» impact on students by focusing on summer learning loss and strengthens program quality.

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As the programs are expanding in Ethiopia, India and Pakistan, we hope to learn more about how to make this program work better, either by reducing costs or by improving the services.

Although she admits that «research shows... that marginally expanding in - school time without improving how that time is used does not improve learning» she is confident that «high intensity summer programs» can do the job, as if any such program could be brought to scale.

Teach for America trainers defend the program's reliance on «no excuses» discipline, saying it is the fastest way for corps members to learn to control a classroom, and that they are free to expand their disciplinary toolkit as their practice improves over time.

Expanded learning opportunities complement classroom instruction with programs that build lifelong skills, improve academic performance, and inspire young people to discover their individual passions.

Proposed fund usage will expand teacher and principal residency programs, which provide clinical experience and intensive supports, and support initiatives that improve coherence between educators» pre-service experience, induction, and future professional learning.59

Educators can readily apply our customized products, services, training and tools to improve their own expanded learning programs.

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon and Wisconsin will each receive a supplemental award from the 2013 Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout theirLearning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout theirlearning programs throughout their states.

Developed by the California Department of Education's Afterschool Division in partnership with the California AfterSchool Network's Quality Committee, the Quality Standards for Expanded Learning are a set of clearly defined standards for improving program quality in California.

These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish system coherence by aligning central office and site programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the quality of instructional leadership by providing ongoing professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.

The Commission of Higher Education is working to: 1) improve the quality of teacher preparation and performance; 2) open the level of dialogue among superintendents and principals and higher education teacher preparation programs; 3) expand communication among vertical teams in P - 16 to support students entering post-secondary education; and 4) review and measure learning outcomes at all levels, including higher education and demonstrate significant value - added for post-secondary options.

This document is intended to provide local sites with a resource for improving program quality and is created as one option for Expanded Learning Programs to use.

The Michigan State School Aid Act allocates funding for MIBLSI to pilot a program that will develop, enhance, and expand statewide systems of support for intermediate school districts and schools implementing an evidence - based, multi-tiered behavioral framework for improving behavioral outcomes and learning conditions for all students.

Including expanded learning time in the 21st Century Community Learning Center program is a good policy move that will improve education for many children natlearning time in the 21st Century Community Learning Center program is a good policy move that will improve education for many children natLearning Center program is a good policy move that will improve education for many children nationwide.

Many of the articles in Expanding Minds and Opportunities illustrate how the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, the networks, and many other afterschool efforts can be an important part of the solution to improving our education system.

Early education remains a key issue for policymakers, yet legislation in both chambers of Congress that would expand and improve early learning programs has made little progress.

As the technology and curriculum team see improved student outcomes with technology at school and at home via the AP Blended Learning program, they are looking to expand the take - home learning program within other classrooms to provide similar filtered Internet access Learning program, they are looking to expand the take - home learning program within other classrooms to provide similar filtered Internet access learning program within other classrooms to provide similar filtered Internet access at home.

With tight budgets, there is more interest in both improving quality and increasing access to expanded learning programs.

Our policy work focuses on expanding access to and improving the quality of expanded learning programs (after school and summer) and community schools.

Schools and community groups based in smaller towns and rural communities, however, often do not regard public colleges and universities — which might be 50 or 100 miles away — as a resource for starting up, expanding, or improving afterschool and summer learning programs or for assisting them with their 21st Century Community Learning learning programs or for assisting them with their 21st Century Community Learning Learning Centers.

For example, expanding blended learning programs will require both improved systems and policy changes to succeed on a larger scale.

Now in 2015 the Expanded Learning Partnership — OregonASK, is improving the quality of afterschool & summer programs, through training and technical assistance, public policy and leading the charge for a statewide vision for high quality afterschool and summer programs.

At www.wallacefoundation.org, the foundation maintains an online library about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement, helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to more children, expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens, providing high - quality summer learning programs to disadvantaged children and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students, and helping arts organizations build their audiences.

«Putting in place new leadership and a majority of new staff, new governance, and improved instructional programs, and providing the school with flexibilities such as the ability to select staff, control its budget, and expand student learning time.»

The Summer Matters campaign aims to expand and improve summer learning programs for young people in California, with a focus on children who are most in need.

Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher education, with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed promise in the curricular areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in public schools; the establishment of centres to expand and improve the teaching of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions of higher learning; assistance for the improvement of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement of statistical services at the state level.

The new and improved, second version of the California Afterschool Program Quality Self - Assessment Tool (QSA) and User's Guide were revised with extensive input from the California expanded learning field and released to the field in 2009.

From the one - to - one Chromebook program and expanded use of collaborative Google apps to technology - enhanced classrooms and an online learning management system, Burnsville High School students and staff are using a host of new technology tools to improve learning this year.

Designed to build upon what is learned in the bachelor's class, the new program expands the content to teach owners how to continually improve the performance of their hotels.

Response: We agree with the commenters that the definition of health care operations was unnecessarily limiting with respect to educational activities and expand the definition of health care operations to include «conducting training programs in which students, trainees, or practitioners in areas of health care learn under supervision to practice or improve their skills as health care providers.»

In a graduate program you've chosen to study in an exclusive area of focus, being able to combine that with internship experience abroad not only allows you to improve your cultural awareness, become a better communicator, and help expand your viewpoints by learning things from a different perspective.

We need to consider «success» more broadly, as this term can have many different meanings including but not limited to improved confidence, a stronger sense of identity, gaining employment, improved engagement with the broader community, expanded learning capacity, course completion, entry into a vocational or higher education program, and of course completion of a vocational or higher education program.

Improving access to early learning programs involves not only expanding the number of available slots, but also equalizing the proportion of children served in each state.

She currently directs Improving Contraceptive Options Now, a project focused on expanding family planning options and reducing unintended pregnancy for low - income women, and the Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) summer study, a demonstration testing the effectiveness of a rigorous summer program for preschoolers entering kindergarten in expanding family planning options and reducing unintended pregnancy for low - income women, and the Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) summer study, a demonstration testing the effectiveness of a rigorous summer program for preschoolers entering kindergarten in Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) summer study, a demonstration testing the effectiveness of a rigorous summer program for preschoolers entering kindergarten in the fall.

• Extending and Expanding Evidence - Based, Voluntary Home Visiting: Voluntary home visiting programs enable nurses, social workers, and other professionals to connect families to services and educational support that will improve a child's health, development, and ability to learn.

SRI partnered with the Santa Clara County Office of Education on its Preschool Development Grants — Preschool Pay for Success Feasibility Pilot grant to study using a Pay for Success (PFS) model to initiate and / or expand a high - quality preschool program intended to improve learning outcomes for the...

The Curriculum and Instruction program addresses teacher empowerment and leadership in the expanded roles and responsibilities of teachers in schools, including data - driven assessment for school improvement, professional learning communities, applying research to practice, improving instruction and student learning outcomes, and collaboration with families and communities.