Sentences with phrase «of community engagement efforts»

Establish a series of community engagement efforts in partnership with other community entities and activists to ensure that district plans and actions are informed and supported by the community.

«There is one group in particular that is critical to the success of our community engagement efforts,» he shared.

Prioritize community engagement: The report notes the growing pains of our community engagement efforts.

At last month's rally, Brewer said of the community engagement efforts, «We gave it a chance, we worked with the wonderful tenant leaders, we worked with the task force.

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«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

Community Q&A forums, enabled commenting, and gamification modalities all help to manifest high levels of engagement and discussion, which assist in your retention and acquisition efforts.

Such an effort is a necessary component of any sort of engagement of theology with those who live outside the context of the faith community.

About the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the industry's training and education, career development and community engagement efforts.

If SNS put even a fraction of that effort into community engagement around getting more kids to eat school breakfast, for example, it would yield immediate benefits for the program.

In an effort to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive justice and expand community engagement efforts...

Collaborative research efforts on aging, and engagement of older adults in these scholarly communities promotes reciprocal learning opportunities across generations.

««Katz's Cradles» strengthens our Safe Sleep campaign and community engagement efforts by helping to remove one of the barriers for many parents and caretakers to practicing safe sleep and help ensure their babies remain healthy, happy and safe.»

The researchers conclude that the best way to boost organ donation rates is a multi-pronged approach that includes education and engagement with potential donors and their families, broader community engagement, concerted efforts by hospitals caring for potential donors, and optimized performance of organ procurement organizations who manage organ donation in this country.

Organizing efforts are distinguished from other more orthodox forms of educational change by their collective nature and by the active engagement of parents, teachers, and pupils in the politics of school and community change.

Unlike more orthodox forms of parent and community engagement, organizing efforts are characterized by a focus on building effective power to influence institutions and policy through leadership development, relationship - building, and critical consciousness.

A Parent Engagement Model That Works Parent engagement efforts have resulted in the formation of school / community gardens, increased affordable housing opportunities, safer neighborhoods, better economic opportunities, and increased student achievement.

About the Program Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success focuses on helping educational leaders develop and sustain effective family engagement strategies that unite the efforts of school staff, families and community members.

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 18, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), in partnership with the Learning First Alliance's Get it Right campaign, have developed a communications toolkit to support school leaders and educators» efforts to prepare high school students for success after graduation through effective community engagement.

In addition, she is leading ISBE's efforts to strengthen family and community engagement, a cornerstone of effective schools.

He is identifying the data needed for the planning process including enrollment, school sites, facilities, and funding; creating a timeline; assessing the feasibility of completing a master plan for bond election scenarios; identifying key participants in the planning effort; and identifying community engagement tools.

During the Closing Plenary, Melissa Bryant, an award - winning teacher leader from D.C. Public Schools, brought the audience to tears and filled the room with her infectious passion through her story of home visits and community engagement efforts.

While many of our own donors are supportive of public charter schools, some are more excited about our work to support district school redesign efforts and community engagement.

As a former director of multicultural community engagement at Expect More Arizona, Adriana led the organization's statewide outreach and mobilization efforts within the Hispanic and Native American communities, and served as the spokesperson and point of contact for Spanish - speaking media.

CCSA has launched the «Oakland Campaign: Telling the Charter School Story» on our website that is chock full of resources for your school ranging from how to grow community engagement to improving advocacy efforts with the school district.

For more information on best practices around family engagement that puts teachers and families at the center of your efforts, as well as some tips for how to think about this in an LCFF / LCAP context, see the chapter I co-authored, Why Family Engagement Matters, on the California Community Schools Network website.

OCO's organizing yields important lessons about how communities and educators can come together to generate reform efforts, the challenges and opportunities associated with reforms when they are scaled up, and the importance of community engagement in sustaining reform over time.

They include six outside charter school operators, a former teacher at the school who created a management organization and Superintendent John Deasy, who pledged «to collaborate with the parents and students of 24th Street by implementing the necessary reform efforts to vastly increase student achievement and the community engagement efforts to date.»

By aligning each of the school efforts — professional development, classroom instruction, assessments, and community engagement — with the mission statement and prioritizing whole child support in that mission, Magnolia Elementary has set up a successful and sustainable environment for student growth.

Agency leaders» efforts result in measurable, active stakeholder participation; engagement in the agency; a sense of community; and ownership.

School leaders» efforts result in measurable, active stakeholder participation; engagement in the school; a sense of community; and ownership.

Kentucky's plan is grounded in a year and a half of extensive outreach and engagement efforts with thousands of Kentuckians, including educators at all levels, families, businesses, education partners, policymakers and communities.

In addition, the award will support general operational needs of The Mind Trust, including its aggressive community engagement efforts to ensure those most affected by education reform are engaged in conversation.

Quitman Street School in Newark is an example of how aligning school improvement efforts with investments in health, social services, student supports, and community engagement equip schools with the level of school and community capacity required for success.

Additionally, the department will compile a list of existing resources for schools to use throughout their outreach endeavors, and will provide support and technical assistance through regional team members to assist states and districts with their family and community engagement efforts.

NCASE supports school - age care and summer learning programs by working with state - wide school - age networks and other community partners to expand learning opportunities for school - age children; identifying and promoting family engagement approaches; and coordinating with early childhood and school - age stakeholder groups and other federal programs to maximize effective service delivery models and minimize duplication of efforts.

This discussion will include local community voices in an analysis of how meaningful stakeholder engagement can bring families and community members together with state - level stakeholders and local education agencies to inform and enrich school improvement efforts

The program also extends the efforts of Together for Tomorrow, a cooperative initiative among the Department, CNCS, and the White House Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to boost community engagement in improving outcomes at chronically under - performing schools.

According to the Coalition, all students can achieve high levels of learning if 1) the school has a core instructional program with qualified teachers, a challenging curriculum, and high expectations for all students; 2) students are motivated and engaged in learning — both in school and in community settings; 3) the basic physical, mental, and emotional health needs of young people and their families are recognized and addressed; 4) mutual respect and effective collaboration take place among parents, families, and school staff; and 5) community engagement, together with school efforts, promote a school climate that is safe, supportive, and respectful and that connects students to a broader learning community.

Today Chicago Public Schools (CPS) begins the second phase of engagement with school communities around the District's efforts to address its utilization crisis.

Ongoing community engagement efforts to continue ahead of release of Great Public Schools Now Plan in 2016.

The California Department of Education (CDE) released a communications toolkit on the California School Dashboard Report featuring links to customizable materials designed to support districts and schools with their community engagement efforts.

ASCD supports some of the proposed changes, including the push for stronger family and community engagement, the extended grant period to allow for more planning and pre-implementation activities, efforts to address school climate, and the focus on tying professional development to teacher evaluations.

In addition, he joined Joshua DuBois, special assistant to the president and executive director of the White House Office of Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, at a town hall meeting at Memorial Middle School to announce Together for Tomorrow, a new administration initiative to both spotlight existing community efforts to turn around persistently low - performing schools, and encourage new community engagement that aims to do this for other schools.

ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an associationwide effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

This report highlights the importance of early childhood education and family engagement in community schools and provides case studies of the efforts of nine different communities.

WHEREAS, in addition to recognizing the role parents and caregivers play as invaluable allies in student success, secondary goals of this event include identifying parent and community volunteers whose efforts will help schools increase parent engagement, building strong partnerships with parent and community linked to student learning, laying the foundation for strategic family engagement, and strengthening the partnership between schools and PTA.

In addition, an intentional and consistent effort must be made to move the priorities, values, and engagement of educators, communities, families, and young males of color into alignment regarding the value of school.»

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It describes ways in which districts engage parents and the community in their school - improvement efforts; it explores the impact of such engagement on students; it tells how districts develop school leaders «sense of efficacy; it explains what districts can do to ensure productive leader succession; and it describes ways in which typical and exemplary districts use school data.