Sentences with phrase «of positive change in some school»

The Counseling and Development program mission of advocacy, social justice, multiculturalism, and diversity are infused throughout the curriculum and students are taught to be leaders and agents of positive change in the school community and at the local, state, and national levels.

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«As Hunter's President and a graduate of Hunter College High School myself, I know the critical difference a major gift like this can make in bringing positive change to campus,» said Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab.

If he's successful, and this appears to be a viable path for players who want to turn pro out of high school, this could be a positive development for the NBA — which doesn't want to change the age limit, but does want talent in the G League — and for college basketball.

Our schools send teams of educators, parents, and students to our annual conferences and work with our coaches to make positive changes in curriculum and assessment, homework policies, the daily school schedule, and health and wellness programs.

This month's spotlight is on MEDIAGIRLS, an organization whose mission is to teach girls and young women — mainly in underserved schools in the Boston area — how to harness the power of media for positive change.

But a Tribune examination of school food in Illinois» 10 largest districts found small positive changes are possible.

In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raquIn her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raquin school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.&raquin - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.»

At any point in our parenting journeys, we can reflect back on our early days as mothers or fathers and glow in the knowledge of how much we have changed since that... first positive pregnancy test... or our oldest child's birth... or a seemingly endless night of breastfeeding... or our struggle with learning how to do positive discipline... or the first day of school... or our daughter's first basketball win... or our son's first crush... or our child's high school graduation... or our daughter's wedding... or our son's first child...

On Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the La Cañada High School auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famSchool auditorium, school officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and famschool officials will introduce parents to the basic tenets of the program and begin a dialogue about how subtle changes on campus could make a positive difference in the lives of students and families.

So when someone succeeds in making positive changes, I can't help but wonder: How the heck did they do it?!? A few weeks ago, I wrote about the very impressive activities of the Healthy Lifestyles Committee at Matoaka Elementary School in Williamsburg, Va..

Sal Valenza of the West New York School District in New Jersey, which also serves primarily Latino students who overwhelmingly receive free and reduced lunch, has also had positive feedback from the students and administrators, and says changes to nutritional standards nationwide could have a big impact.

They are longtime partners of both the School Nutrition Association and the School Nutrition Foundation, providing financial, human, and administrative resources; Winston Industries is an integral part of SNF's mission to provide our members with greater access to scholarships and grants to help them advance in their careers while making positive, healthy changes in their schools.

To its credit, my son's elementary school has made some positive changes in recent years, including stopping the sale of cookies and brownies at morning recess; banning vending machines in student access areas; and restricting bake sales to once a month or less.

While some green efforts in schools set out to change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights, for instance, is a positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green Schools Energy Currschools set out to change students» behaviors, students conserving electricity by turning off unused lights, for instance, is a positive consequence rather than the driving force of the Green Schools Energy CurrSchools Energy Curriculum.

«There is a clear opportunity for positive change, but the economic and regulatory incentives for such change are not yet in place,» said Naylor, the William Wrigley Professor in the School of Earth Sciences and director of the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford.

«We saw significant and sustained positive changes in terms of attitudes about sexual health and sexual health knowledge,» said Lynn Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and in the Child Study Center.

Rajashree is making inroads to educate children in public schools, ballet classes, gymnastic schools, and sports clubs about the positive effects of yoga — this is where change will happen as children are the future.

Researchers from UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine have determined that consuming a milk fermented with probiotics changed the brain activity of women, producing positive changes in signalling pathways along with emotional responses.

It wasn't until I was in nutrition school and learned more about the causes of my unexplained tiredness, depression and anxiety that I was able to make positive change in my own life.

Kate Copping - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Using Data to Develop Collaborative Practice and Improve Student Learning Outcomes Dr Bronte Nicholls and Jason Loke, Australian Science and Mathematics School, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool, Victoria Using Data to Develop Collaborative Practice and Improve Student Learning Outcomes Dr Bronte Nicholls and Jason Loke, Australian Science and Mathematics School, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Ausschool Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western AusSchool, Western Australia

Alan Krueger and Mikael Lindahl found that changes in years of schooling had a positive effect on economic growth.

In the past three years, the school has gone through a period of incredible change, andthese results have further cemented the fact that the school is heading in a very positive directioIn the past three years, the school has gone through a period of incredible change, andthese results have further cemented the fact that the school is heading in a very positive directioin a very positive direction.

As expected, the school staff was anxious about the change in leadership because Robert had developed strong, positive relationships with many of them.

Getting students and staff involved in saving energy and sharing advice between schools not only cuts energy costs but inspires positive behaviour change and is key to the success of the Ashden's LESS CO2 programme.

According to Alex Green, LESS CO2 programme manager: «From staff awareness to student engagement, the positive change we've seen in the participating schools as a result of the programme has been remarkable, not to mention their reduced carbon emissions.»

In «A Strong Start on Advancing Reform,» Burke argues that the administration has already made some positive strides in improving K — 12 and higher education through policy changes, rescissions of Obama - era regulations, and rhetorical support of school choicIn «A Strong Start on Advancing Reform,» Burke argues that the administration has already made some positive strides in improving K — 12 and higher education through policy changes, rescissions of Obama - era regulations, and rhetorical support of school choicin improving K — 12 and higher education through policy changes, rescissions of Obama - era regulations, and rhetorical support of school choice.

«I was 27 then and had taught in a public school with a culture of failure that prevented any positive change from taking place.

«It's kind of cool being a part of something like this that can affect so much change,» adds 18 - year - old Clare R. «By being persistent, students can change the culture of their school in a positive way.

The national Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education Schools aims to improve the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education schools in making positive changes at all levels of the UK's education system.

By the end of the program, participants will have an easy - to - implement action plan with strategic interventions to immediately use in creating positive changes within their schools.

The new federal grant to study the effectiveness of preschool programs in Boston Public Schools will provide evidence of what should be sustained and changed to ensure positive outcomes for young children,» Payzant said.

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

According to the three - year study, which is being conducted by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp., majorities of elementary and middle school science and math teachers in all three states report in surveys that they are making positive changes in the classroom by focusing on their states» academic standards or searching for better teaching methods.

And just a few months ago, Democratic lawmakers put federal taxpayers on the hook for another $ 23 billion in «edujobs» funds — without demanding a scintilla of positive change from American schools in return.

A change in a community's expectations of students and autonomy given to their leadership will help prove that young people have an incredible ability to organize positive social change to a school's and community's culture.

School leaders believe the increased collaboration has already prompted a positive change in the quality of teaching, and in student thinking and learning.

Greenhouse Sports» intensive school - based sports programmes achieve positive behavioural change, reduce absenteeism and raise academic performance for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16, in some of London's most deprived areas, according to study.

With 56 % of children with intellectual disabilities highlighting they have cried due to bullying, Play Unified aims to empower young people to drive positive social change in their schools by: tackling bullying, promoting equality and forging friendships for young people with and without ID.

Understanding how this transition can be achieved to bring about positive change in these childrens lives is something which nasen care very deeply about and was one of the reasons we established the Outstanding Schools Project.

In his brilliant forward for the book, Andy Hargreaves (Boston College) writes, «This is one of the most extraordinarily powerful books on school improvement and positive systemic change I have ever read.

Greenhouse Sports» intensive school - based sports programmes achieve positive behavioural change, reduce absenteeism and raise academic performance for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16, in some of London's most deprived areas, according to a study released by Loughborough University.

In evaluations carried out last year, more than 90 per cent of the principals involved said the program had improved their «ability to inspire, lead and sustain positive change» in their school communitieIn evaluations carried out last year, more than 90 per cent of the principals involved said the program had improved their «ability to inspire, lead and sustain positive change» in their school communitiein their school communities.

Ian Stockford, Ofqual's executive director for general qualifications, said Ofqual had made sure it engaged with boards on the proposals, adding that it was «worth recognising» that the changes were ultimately aimed at changing behaviours to prevent schools indiscriminately challenging marks in the hope of a positive outcome.

«I've never seen a time like this in all the decades I've worked in the field,» Dede began, admitting that while most of the changes in edtech have been driven by «financial constraints in school,» it's nevertheless driving a lot of change that is positive.

The mission of the Antioch Center for School Renewal is to work with schools and communities to make lasting, positive change in the day to day school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and resSchool Renewal is to work with schools and communities to make lasting, positive change in the day to day school experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and resschool experiences of students, educators and families through engaging instruction, reflection, collaboration, and research.

Maintains an expectation that there will be accountability and action to effect positive change in our lowest - performing schools, where groups of students are not making progress, and where graduation rates are low over extended periods of time.

Deeply personal and insightful, Surreal Change contextualizes the past, present, and future of school reform to help leaders continue to bring about lasting, positive, systemic change in their organizChange contextualizes the past, present, and future of school reform to help leaders continue to bring about lasting, positive, systemic change in their organizchange in their organization.

They work collaboratively with colleagues to identify, implement, and monitor the effects of instructional practices; share responsibility for making changes and promoting risk taking and innovation to achieve positive student outcomes; use their expertise productively to engage in problem solving; and contribute to a positive school culture by encouraging commitment to continuous improvement, developing trusting relationships, and fostering communication.

When the LAUSD Board voted last week to approve 12 new «pilot schools,» it was a small but positive sign of change in a school district long troubled by battles among key stakeholders about to how to best improve LA's many underperforming schools and create successful new options.

Ongoing participation in the community will be an important part of your continued implementation support system, and essential for long - term, sustainable success in bringing positive change to your school or district.