Sentences with phrase «make schools and classrooms»

The spring 2015 symposium addressed the issue of poverty as it relates to school reform and education improvement efforts, and in spring 2016, the symposium addressed the engagement gap and how we can make our schools and classrooms environments where young people thrive.

Digital graphic resource for teachers for making any school and classroom projects such as for creating bulletin board, printable, worksheet, classroom decor, craft materials, activities and games, and for more educational and fun projects.

Christmas ornaments Digital graphic resource for teachers for making any school and classroom projects such as for creating bulletin board, printable, worksheet, classroom decor, craft materials, activities and games, and for more educational and fun projects.

Alexandria, VA (04/27/2016)-- ASCD has announced its 2016 Whole Child Symposium, titled «The Engagement Gap,» which will focus on how to make each school and each classroom an all - engaging environment.

ASCD's upcoming Whole Child Symposium will examine the student engagement gap and what can be done to make every school and classroom all - engaging learning environments.

«The Teacher Impact Grants will provide teacher leaders across the nation opportunities to develop, expand, and evaluate innovative and ambitious projects focused on making their schools and classrooms more effective communities of learning,» said Deborah S. Delisle, ASCD Executive Director and CEO.

Join us for the 2016 Whole Child Symposium, titled «The Engagement Gap,» which will focus on how to make each school and each classroom...

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Making substantial resources available to schools, at their discretion, for security measures, including the opportunity to purchase enhanced security screening, install classroom panic buttons wired directly to law enforcement and hire additional school resource officers.

And I know because I'm from Maryland and own 17 guns, one of which is an AR - 15, and I would never go into a school and shoot it up starting by bombing the glass door, then proceeding to the principle's office (never liked priciples — their pddles were too hard), then going classroom by classrom making sure not to skip bathrooms or closeAnd I know because I'm from Maryland and own 17 guns, one of which is an AR - 15, and I would never go into a school and shoot it up starting by bombing the glass door, then proceeding to the principle's office (never liked priciples — their pddles were too hard), then going classroom by classrom making sure not to skip bathrooms or closeand own 17 guns, one of which is an AR - 15, and I would never go into a school and shoot it up starting by bombing the glass door, then proceeding to the principle's office (never liked priciples — their pddles were too hard), then going classroom by classrom making sure not to skip bathrooms or closeand I would never go into a school and shoot it up starting by bombing the glass door, then proceeding to the principle's office (never liked priciples — their pddles were too hard), then going classroom by classrom making sure not to skip bathrooms or closeand shoot it up starting by bombing the glass door, then proceeding to the principle's office (never liked priciples — their pddles were too hard), then going classroom by classrom making sure not to skip bathrooms or closets.

Creative church schools work hard to make everything that occurs in the classroom (worship, problems in interpersonal relationships, teaching - learning, and so forth), laboratories in which religious truths can be brought to life and experienced.

I can hardly bring my - self even to attend church any more, partly because of the all - male language and symbolism of the services, partly because women are expected to stay in the kitchen and the church school classroom and the pew, and partly because even the Bible seems to make women inferior.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

That creates more stress, which often feeds into behavior problems, which leads, in the classroom, to stigmatization and punishment, which keeps their stress levels elevated, which makes it still harder to concentrate — and so on, and so on, throughout elementary school.

What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

With such a wide variety of products available for your child to use throughout the school year, help you organize your home, and restock your child's classroom, SchoolSpecialty.com makes it easy to have a successful school year thanks to easy to use website that puts competitively priced products you need and want at your fingertips for home delivery.

(A great idea, but make sure you check with the school and it doesn't interrupt plans in your child's classroom.)

Our passion for the breakfast - in - the - classroom model for school breakfast is rooted in many things, including one point Ellen made in «Kids Need Breakfast to Succeed», excerpted above — when breakfast is moved out of the cafeteria and into the classroom, participation goes up without fail (emphasis ours).

By moving breakfast service to the classroom, after the first bell rings, and making it free for all students is a proven method for increasing school breakfast participation.

When every eligible student is enrolled in their free school meal program, and more students are eating breakfast and lunch, all students have access to the healthy, fresh, local food that farm to school makes available in the cafeteria and classroom.

As I entered the classroom Tuesday, they were reading Sylvia's Spinach before tasting Spinach Lasagna, enjoying the Spinach Brownies they had made themselves, and going out to check on their newly planted spinach seeds in the school garden.

I told her he wasn't supposed to be in anything but a Special Ed contained classroom and she told me that his classroom was «unable to take attendance» (which makes no sense but whatever) so he would arrive at school, go into the General Education classroom (during the most unstructured time of day), stay for a few minutes and then go to his Special Ed classroom.

This school year, after McMinnville implemented the Community Eligibility Provision — making breakfast and lunch free for all students — Hiatt - Henry saw another uptick in the number of breakfasts served, but not to the magnitude she saw when she brought breakfast into the classroom.

Our kids have a reward system that they use in their classrooms at school that seems to work great so the hubby suggested that I make one similar so I designed and cut one using my Cricut Explore.

Although «sex education» has made its way into high school classrooms, truly meaningful discussions about the spiritual implications of haphazard sexual behavior, and / or about the importance of conceiving babies consciously, gestating them in loving and trauma - free wombs, birthing them gently, and parenting them consciously, are sadly absent.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

They observe this correlation firsthand as they cultivate the school garden using materials they find in their everyday classroom lives, and in return, the garden provides educational tools, such as samples for botany classes and plants that can be made into natural dyes for fiber arts projects.

That the stupid cookie or candy included, or the extra bag of cheetos is going to make them banshees in the classroom where your and my child are trying to focus... I would say that even in most districts that the nutritional value on a reimbursable tray is probably better than the brown bag that is being brought to school by most!

While I feel I've made a lot of strides nationally on The Lunch Tray by bringing these issues to the fore and assisting readers around the country at their children's schools, at my own son's elementary school my principal has declined to make any modifications to practices like birthday cupcakes in the classroom.

Take pictures of the school, the teacher and the classroom and make a story geared specifically to your child.

There are a couple of experimental classroom interventions that I think seem particularly promising, including Tools of the Mind, which uses extended make - believe play and other teaching strategies to develop self - regulation in 4 - and 5 - year - olds, and OneGoal, the Chicago - based high school program that teaches juniors and seniors a particular set of non-cognitive skills designed to help them persist in college.

«Teachers can make a huge difference in individual classrooms and schools, and how we prepare teachers is very important,» Tough told me in a recent interview.

Healthy Schools BC Resources page offers many custom made resources designed to support multiple aspects of health and wellness promotion in the classroom, school and school community.

Kevin Huffman's can - do attitude helped make the implementation of his school's breakfast cart program a reality and ensured up to 100 more students are ready for the classroom every day, with a 30 percent increase in school breakfast participation.

To make the process easier for you and to get the best match for both chefs and schools, Chefs Move to Schools is built around three tracks — the classroom, the cafeteria, and culinary training /schools, Chefs Move to Schools is built around three tracks — the classroom, the cafeteria, and culinary training /Schools is built around three tracks — the classroom, the cafeteria, and culinary training / demos.

Instead, what teachers need to do to help develop those qualities in their students is create an environment, in the classroom and the school as a whole, that makes students motivated to persevere.

Make sure the plan addresses key issues that require attention in the classroom and elsewhere in the school.

Make sure you're connected with us on social media, because we'll be talking school breakfast and breakfast - in - the - classroom all week long and we want to hear from you!

Extensive research shows that the single most effective intervention a school can make to increase breakfast participation is to move breakfast after the bell in some form (classroom, grab and go, second chance, breakfast at snack time, etc..)

Organic food advocate Greg Christian, Chicago's answer to Alice Waters, argues that every school should have an organic garden on site, teach sustainable agriculture in the classroom, and serve food that's organic and made from scratch, everyday.

Lucky for us, we have a left leaning school board who do support our efforts and who understand that this is an investment they make in our students which pays big dividends in terms of better focus in the classroom and improved educational outcomes.

With many children getting 50 percent or more of their daily calories in school, making sure these foods are nutritious is critical, and studies show that kids who eat healthy do better in the classroom.

The recent ham and cheese sandwich assembly line recently unfolding in a first grade classroom at this District 36 elementary school reflects the school's four Peace Power principles — recognize, stop put - downs, work together and make peace, said Principal Julie Pfeffer.

By making small tweaks to the menu to feature student favorites, and moving assembly to the front of the house, participation at the high school has increased by 100 - 125 breakfasts per day; breakfast - in - the - classroom is increasing participation at the elementary and middle school level as well — it's up 55 percent at Lake Elementary!

Universal breakfast - in - the - classroom and the Community Eligibility Provision are a perfect fit; CEP allows districts to bring universal breakfast within reach, making it financially sustainable for more schools than ever before.

Up first is National School Breakfast Week (March 1 - 6) celebrations in cafeterias around the country, so make sure you check in with us for great photos, stories, and scratch recipes from some of our favorite breakfast - in - the - classroom programs.

Take a look at our recent blog post on school breakfast and breakfast in the classroom resources for school nutrition professionals to learn more about how alternate delivery models and CEP can help you implement BIC and make it sustainable.

This policy brief outlines the reasons educators need to learn more about adoption issues, explains the negative consequences of a lack of knowledge, and proposes steps that teachers, schools, curriculum developers and institutions of higher education can make progress toward placing all children and families on a level playing field in the classroom and beyond.

The DCE also touched on progress made under the areas of health and education and employment and mentioned the absorption of the Azeem - Namoo Community Secondary School, where it is supported with E Block dormitory and classroom accommodation with science laboratory to improve on its standard.