Sentences with phrase «learning places in the community»

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Aside from earning badges and selling cookies, Girl Scouts engage in community service, using the skills they learn to help make the world a better place.

I can imagine that in about a decade, when you come to Khan Academy, you'll literally feel like you're in a virtual place of learning and in a community.

So we learned about generations of indigenous children who had been removed from their homes, their parents, their communities, and their families to be placed in government - sponsored religious schools beginning officially in 1880 so the «Indian» could be educated out of them.

Celibacy is not simply the absence of sex but a spiritual discipline, by which we learn to place God, sex, and Christian community in the right perspective and understand the value of controlling sexual desires.

They might be some of the best places to go to learn about powerful prayer, costly discipleship, death to self, life in community.

After the late Council there did take place in the centres of higher learning in the Church this wholesale jettisoning of the traditional wisdom of the Church, and I am bound to say that the undue subordination of all things to Ecumenism helped the process on, for the theology of the non-Catholic ecclesial communities has long been enervated by the same rationalist principles.

In our book Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus, John Pattison and I make the case that our local churches are the place where the politics of God's kingdom are beginning to emerge, the communities in which we are learning to seek the peace and flourishing that God intends for all humanitIn our book Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus, John Pattison and I make the case that our local churches are the place where the politics of God's kingdom are beginning to emerge, the communities in which we are learning to seek the peace and flourishing that God intends for all humanitin the Patient Way of Jesus, John Pattison and I make the case that our local churches are the place where the politics of God's kingdom are beginning to emerge, the communities in which we are learning to seek the peace and flourishing that God intends for all humanitin which we are learning to seek the peace and flourishing that God intends for all humanity.

And it means listening to the stories of survivors, identifying our blind spots, learning from our mistakes, and vowing to do everything in our power to make our churches and faith communities safer places to worship and grow together.

However, many bloggers such as yourself, David, Frogist, NL, etc. seem not to have any interest in learning from religion (which makes me wonder why you're here in the first place, no offense) other than to incite the Christian community which, for the most part, overwhelmingly disagrees with ordaining openly gay pastors.

A core group of courageous laymen, working with the clergy and, most desirably, representing a majority of the churches in a community, needs to be deployed in the right places, learning the facts and pulling the right levers.

Most of us mature only part way — we learn, hopefully, to place our family or our community or our deity nearer the center of our lives, but only in rare cases do we really vanquish that limitless quality, that striving, that grasping.

Learning and teaching are activities that any good community requires, and while they often take place in schools and universities, they also occur in construction trades and farms.

JCYS Michael R. Lutz Family Center — Lakeview 957 W. Grace Street Chicago, IL 60613 [phone] [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/LutzChicago/ At JCYS we believe in celebrating life with each unique child, inspiring a love of learning and embracing their family in order to make the JCYS community and the world a more wonderful and joyful place.

In an effort to provide a forum for parents to ask questions and learn more about the transition taking place within the Arlington Heights Park District Soccer program, the community is invited to attend an informational meeting.

Anna Maria: After years of sharing the love of making through a screen, I foresee Craft South to be a place where any one can walk in, any time, for any reason, and share what they are working on, learn something, knit, sew, stitch, talk, buy beautiful materials for all of it and be an important part of a community of crafters.

He has learned a greater sense of community, tolerance for others, confidence in himself, greater appreciation for his own family and life situation, understanding of his place in the world and his personal commitment to life as a Christian...

This is a great place to learn more about how you can support breastfeeding mothers in your community.

One hundred percent of the proceeds go to Bright Endeavors participants who are not only learning job skills to gain independence, but also understanding their place in the broader world, how they fit into their communities, and how they can have an impact on the world.

To put this in everyday terms, parents treat their children as they would a new coworker or employee, a new member of their church or community club, or their friends and adult family members — they would come from a place of great compassion, forgiveness, and patience as the child is learning about their place in the world.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

The last place in which we find learning disabled people living are Assessment Treatment Units, often hidden away on the edges of industrial estates, and certainly far from typical communities, these are the modern equivalent of Bedlam.

County Legislators were disappointed to learn that Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently vetoed the State Legislature's request to extend the program until March 2017 but are hopeful that a new plan will be in place soon that addresses the needs of the Erie County community.

«She believed in libraries as places where communities are empowered and inspired, where children can nurture a love of learning and discovery and where adults can gain the skills they need to adapt to a changing workforce,» Walcott added.

We believe that education is a human right and we want to ensure that New York City public schools are places of learning in which all stakeholders (parents, students, educators, non-pedagogical staff, administrators and the community) are engaged in a democratic process to provide a free and quality education to all its students, from Pre-school to College.

You will learn a lot about the community and your place in it.

I am thrilled to be working as the LCN's recruitment and community outreach coordinator, and to be learning from the many studies that take place in the lab.

The Undoing Aging conference, a collaboration between the SENS Research Foundation and Michael Greve's Forever Healthy Foundation, took place on March 15 - 17 in Berlin, and it saw many researchers, advocates, investors, and other important members of the longevity community gather together to learn about the latest progress in rejuvenation biotechnology.

«I think this is an absolute gem available to anyone in the valley for a whole host of reasons including the wonderful community, the level of acceptance anyone who walks through the door experiences, the level of teaching & learning that goes on, the transformational power of the practice & the pleasantness of being in the studio, It is a powerful, positive, holy place.»

This retreat invites people affected by cancer, including caregivers, to enjoy a place of peace, calm, community, and information as you learn essential tools for creating health and wellness in your daily life.

If you are looking to learn a lot in the company of a community of like - minded individuals, this is the place to be.

We attended a Charity Event orgarnised by Fatma Hanke that took place at the Martin Luther Church here in Hamburg where we not only had some tasty foods, got to purchases original Maasai Accessories, enjoyed live dance performances but also had an opportunity to learn more about issues affecting the girl child in the nomadic communities.

Concentrate on enjoying your hobbies, learning new things, excelling at work, spending time with family and friends, and participating in your community — and the rest will fall into place!

True digital transformation will take place when organizations embrace the potential of social learning both in relation to «formally» designed and delivered content: Social elements embedded within digital content, and in its own right; informal problem solving, sharing, communities of practice, and user - generated content.

Place - based learning engages students in their community, including their physical environment, local culture, history, or people.

Despite all of the human support in place and the meticulously calculated planning, it will take time for students, faculty and the greater school community to adapt to a transformative learning device.

With place - based learning, students get to see the results of their work in their community.

«We will work closely with our partners to agree the pace of delivery and put in place investment plans that are affordable and meet our shared ambition to create sustainable learning environments that meet the needs of our communities.»

«I had never seen poverty like that,» Dabrieo says of the community in which he was placed, admitting he often questioned his students for not doing their homework only to learn they had been working or that their families» generators ran out of oil.

The teacher evaluation program that is in place in Los Angeles, according to the petition, «does not comply with the Stull Act» and «perpetuates a fraud on the community» by letting teachers get high evaluation ratings whether or not their students are learning the material listed in the curriculum - content standards.

He has worked collaboratively with staff, students, and the community to develop a strategic planning framework for MCPS that is aligned with the skills and knowledge students will need in college and the work place — academic excellence, creative problem solving, and social emotional learning.

«With this partnership, we are putting the right conditions in place to realize progress across the 2030 Agenda, to harness ICTs for quality learning, and to empower adolescent girls and young women with the confidence and skills they need to lead productive lives and shape a better future for themselves, their communities and nations.»

Somewhere in the midst of all this, there is a powerful, pragmatic way forward, and in a few places, Klein draws a breath and points to it: to balancing tougher entry into the teaching profession with a more professional experience once inside it; to content - rich curricula that are truly worth teaching; to technology in the service of new forms of learning; and to sophisticated partnerships between those in the schools and the families, community leaders, philanthropic institutions, administrators, and taxpayers beyond the school walls.

In these places, accelerated students are learning more and learning faster than they were 10 years ago — tackling more - complex material than many people in the advanced - math community had thought possiblIn these places, accelerated students are learning more and learning faster than they were 10 years ago — tackling more - complex material than many people in the advanced - math community had thought possiblin the advanced - math community had thought possible.

As I got to know my students, I learned about the people who were important in their lives — siblings, cousins, parents, grandparents — as well as the places, activities, and traditions they cherished in their communities (locally and in native countries their families had emigrated from).

Similarly, Engaging Places, focused on learning outside the classroom and helping young people to appreciate the built environment in their local communities.

Important places for me to stop along my path include: undergraduate professor in a college - based teacher education program, professional development specialist for teacher collaborations, and director of community - based learning center that uses culturally responsive arts for academic support and life skills.

The Rural School and Community Trust, which emerged from the Annenberg initiative, defines place - based education as learning grounded in «the unique history, environment, culture, economy, literature, and art of a particular place.»

A community where all students feel free from bias, discrimination, and harassment is a place where bullying is less likely to occur, where it will be handled in ways that seek to understand and address students» real needs, and where children's cognitive and psychological resources are freed up to focus on learning.

Lifelong learning takes place in the workplace, in colleges, libraries, clubs and professional bodies, in the community and at home.

The SEL strategies are more individualized by having the students learn better who they are, how they can work with others, and their place in this community.