Sentences with phrase «meaningful changes in our children»

The wisdom begins with her gentle reminder that we have to start with ourselves if we want to make meaningful changes in our children's relationships with each other.

It was also hypothesized that mothers participating in the program would report positive and meaningful changes in their child's behavior, while mothers in the waitlist control group would continue to report the same level of difficulties with their child's behavior.

Not exact matches

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Looking back at 2013, while the food movement made progress in certain areas (such as school food and GMO labeling), when it comes to exploitative food marketing to children meaningful change remains elusive.

The following tips will help you engage your child in a meaningful conversation about your family's residential custody arrangement before deciding whether to change residency at this time.

Marriage, four teenage step - children (one with severe emotional issues), job changes AND I stopped exercising in any meaningful way.

But this strategy, if well executed, could probably effect meaningful change in some schools, and that would be a real win for children at very little cost.

The No Child Left Behind Act does indeed have the potential to change education in America by ushering in meaningful accountability, along with greater opportunity and choices for parents and broader flexibility for state and local decisionmakers.

The London - based Child - to - Child Trust promotes meaningful child participation in health, school - readiness, Disaster Risk Reduction, HIV / AIDS, climate change, inclusive education, and other issues affecting chilChild - to - Child Trust promotes meaningful child participation in health, school - readiness, Disaster Risk Reduction, HIV / AIDS, climate change, inclusive education, and other issues affecting chilChild Trust promotes meaningful child participation in health, school - readiness, Disaster Risk Reduction, HIV / AIDS, climate change, inclusive education, and other issues affecting chilchild participation in health, school - readiness, Disaster Risk Reduction, HIV / AIDS, climate change, inclusive education, and other issues affecting children.

Our ultimate goal is meaningful change in policy and practice that produces substantially larger impacts than current best practices on the learning capacity, health, and future economic and social mobility of vulnerable young children.

First, we know that both system leaders and service providers are key for any meaningful change in how we engage with children and caregivers.

The influential forces of the HGSE student community, faculty, and academic courses have led these projects to take new directions under the umbrella of Wunderkind Life, an organization that seeks to bring out the child prodigy (wunderkind) in every individual, guiding each person in discovering and cultivating a passion that drives meaningful learning and social change in communities.

«The public perception,» says Stanford professor Tom Dee who has researched the law, «seems to be that No Child Left Behind has failed, but the available research evidence suggests it led to meaningful — but not transformational — changes in school performance.»

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

And even failing to make any meaningful changes in the amount of standardized testing that is undermining the ability of Connecticut's teachers to provide children with the instructional time the need.

I don't want the future of this country to be in serious question so we should take meaningful steps today to change the way we teach our children about money and responsibility, and educate them on college (and all other aspects of) finances.

If we do happen to experience a moment of climate clarity, it is exceptionally difficult to use that information in a meaningful way — especially when what is required of us is a change to our way of life, a change that might require great cost (or at least great inconvenience) and still not be enough to save the reefs unless millions of others make those same sacrifices — and teach their children to do the same.

Is an initiative that urges the child in all of us to keep asking the important questions about climate change, and pressure our leaders to commit to more meaningful carbon emission reductions.

Because the events described are most fresh in the minds of today's readers, there is much to be gained from Hughes» experience and his many recommendations for meaningful change in the relationship between Canada and First Nations, including the acute need for restoring health and prospects in the lives of indigenous children and their families.

Active steps are requited to secure a less unrepresentative pool: this requires not merely radical changes in the methods by which the pool is assembled, but a significant investment of money to ensure that rural people can travel the often substantial distances to the place of the trial without financial loss, and a regime that offers meaningful assistance with day care for children and dependent adults.

New York has just begun to change that paradigm in a meaningful way that has the potential to positively impact children and families across the state.

Other advantages of overnights are the normal combination of leisure and «real» time that extended parenting affords, the ability to stay abreast of the constant and complex changes in the child's development, opportunities for effective discipline and teaching that are central to good parenting, and opportunities to reconnect with the child in a meaningful way.

She called for additional Closing the Gap targets to be set on imprisonment, child removal and violence against women in order for meaningful change to be achieved.

In CCPT, a child's experience within the counseling relationship is the factor that is most healing and meaningful in creating lasting, positive changIn CCPT, a child's experience within the counseling relationship is the factor that is most healing and meaningful in creating lasting, positive changin creating lasting, positive change.

Engage in meaningful Shared Leadership ® to create systems change in child welfare, behavioral health, schools, early care, health care, juvenile and adult justice, courts, and developmental disabilities

Clinical videos will illustrate how various interventions promote change and healing with the following issues: Beliefs and attitudes Attachment security in children and adults Traumatic emotions, behaviors, mindsets, and brain / biochemistry Self - regulation Communication and resilience Family dynamics Controlling, defiant and resistant clients Through video case studies, presentation and discussion, you will leave this seminar with practical and effective techniques you can use to help clients achieve symptom reduction, fulfilling lives and meaningful relationships.

When you invest in your child's future through our work together in the Parenting Transformation Program, you create meaningful change, not just for your child, but for your entire family.

We need to help clients grapple with the «D» word, with developing thoughtful, meaningful narratives that can be shared with their children in order to help everyone in the family absorb and digest the process of change.

Generally, curricula are most effective when a) children are active and cognitively engaged in their learning; b) instructional goals are clear; c) teachers have positive and meaningful interactions with students, in turn allowing them to track children» progress and make the necessary changes; d) what is taught builds on children's prior learning; and e) it is comprehensive.