Sentences with phrase «kids improve their practice»

Either way, we still have to do the hard work of learning how to help people who are dedicated to kids improve their practice.

Not exact matches

To improve best practices in school, to lessen developmentally inappropriate demands on kids, to insure that they learn to make healthy choices, to support parents.

Give your kids a fun and colorful opportunity to strengthen hand muscles and improve fine motor and coordination skills with a Ribbon Confetti Cutting Practice.

When it comes to extracurricular activities, you really can't beat kids» sports.Joining a sports team, or competing individually, helps your child stay active, practice and learn sportsmanship, improve social skills and concentration, and develop a hobby they can enjoy for life.

Kids often dread the drive home following practice or competition when they are told all the things they can improve upon by well - intentioned parents.

Disney will also continue its practice (instituted in 2006) of automatically including healthful beverages and sides, such as carrots and low - fat milk, in all kids» meals served in Disney's theme parks (unlike McDonald's recently «improved» Happy Meal where parents must opt - in for milk over soda), while promising to further reduce the sodium in its kids meals and to offer more balanced kids» breakfast options.

This cute little spider doesn't just keep kids busy — she can help them practice number identification and improve their fine motor skills too!

This allowed the researchers to see if the kids» virtual practice could improve their skills in the physical world.

«This gives teachers an opportunity to reflect on their teaching, work with other teachers while not being with kids, and work on practices that they want to improve.»

Search and download the following free applications for iPad and let your kids practice and improve their spelling skills while playing games.

Even though his goals in enrolling in the Prevention Science and Practice Program (PSP) were to improve his research skills and broaden his knowledge in the key areas of restorative practices and adolescent literacy, he made sure to have time for the kids.

«Even though I was always really gung - ho about my youth - serving projects and programs — and they got done, with varying levels of success — I knew that I needed to learn more of the theory and research to improve my practice, and gain the skills to develop programs that would effectively serve the unique needs and assets of the kids I work with, many of whom come from pretty tough circumstances,» she says.

Combine the struggles in improving literacy with low levels of classroom management skills among many teachers (another problem traceable to ed schools), the arbitrary nature of traditional school discipline practices, and the problems within American public education attributable to racialist practices such as ability grouping, and it is little wonder why the overuse of suspensions is such a problem for our kids.

The work included advocating for practices we believed were central to improving teaching and learning, including data analysis to identify who was learning (and not) and the importance of a knowledge - rich curriculum for all kids.

More importantly, families are recognizing that the «experts» really don't know what they are doing, that it is the very practices championed by traditionalists — from near - lifetime employment for teachers regardless of their ability to help kids succeed;, to the overuse of the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems)-- are the underlying reason why schools fail to improve student achievement.

Going forward, our work to improve and increase great educational opportunities for kids and communities will be much stronger because of the ability to link practices to outcomes.

This may make for a longer year from start to finish, but with some days built in for long weekends for students it will give the kids a brief break from learning and the teachers will have a chance to meet with colleagues, focus on improving their instructional practices, and plan more engaging lessons.

And will improve the educational landscape by collaborating and sharing best practices with others and proving what is possible for all kids.

We work with partners to improve policy to help all students thrive and share promising practices and stories to demonstrate that all kids CAN succeed.

Last line of sidebar should have read,»... benefit your craft, improve your practice, and (again) help your kids.

From both decades of research and the craft knowledge of educators who've jumped in and turned around schools, we know these practices generally yield improvement: (1) a focus on what kids need to learn: (2) collaboration on instruction and assessment; (3) examining assessment data; (4) using patterns in data to improve instruction; and (5) building trusting relationships.

And that reducing overuse of suspensions and expulsions improves school cultures for everyone as well as helps keeps kids often - targeted by traditional discipline practice on the path to graduation.

With the help of literacy, math, and leadership experts, TCSD created a vibrant adult learning community focused on improving practice and outcomes for kids.

Teton County School District created a vibrant adult learning community focused on improving practice and outcomes for kids.

These are the kids that could have been scientists and doctors one day and improved all our lives when we are old, but because of the predatory practices of for - profit schools like Westwood and student loan lenders, they will not.

When parents learn how these companies can take advantage of our kids, they will join us in demanding the industry change its ways and improve certain practices.»

It highlights positive policies and practices that have improved child health and development and features stories from several states on advocacy efforts that have improved outcomes for kids and families.

ACT Raising Safe Kids Program is a universal parenting program designed to promote positive parenting and prevent child maltreatment by fostering knowledge and skills that change or improve parenting practices.

Tuning into Kids: Improving emotion socialization practices in parents of preschool children — findings from a community trial.