Sentences with phrase «parenting classes in school»

One of the biggest things that I remember talking about in a few of my parenting classes in school was set bedtime for kids.

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«We respectfully ask all parents to acknowledge that students need to be in class every day to benefit from the education they are guaranteed and to avoid falling behind in school and life,» Albuquerque Public Schools principals wrote in a letter to parents, USA Today reports.

And regardless of social class, the stresses and distractions that afflict unemployed parents also afflict their kids, who are more likely to repeat a grade in school, and who on average earn less as adults.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

For while school bells ring throughout An American Childhood, neither classes nor teachers are memorable — except, that is, for the informal instruction in joke - telling offered at home by both parents.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

Selective preschools, tracked classes, small schools within schools and enrichment programs are presented as open to all students but in reality are open only to the children of the most savvy parents — that is, to the children of rich white parents who possess the social and cultural capital to manipulate the institution to serve their needs.

My gay child has a strong father, a two parent household, a upper middle class income, both college graduates, went to church, had a supportive family life, engaged in sports, school activities and I think someone needs to teach you about what the real Jesus would have done.

My low point came on the day I had to fill in for the absent teacher of the Sunday school class for the teen - agers» parents, a bunch of grown - ups who were powerful, outspoken and of a very different persuasion than I when it came to politics and religion.

On the terrain of conservative Protestantism, especially in the regions and social classes where families remain large and strong and where leaders are motivated to send out fleets of buses to scoop up the young while parents are slugabed, any talk of the Sunday school being in trouble would not be comprehensible.

His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle - class peers, you need to change everything in their lives — their schools, their neighborhoods, even the child - rearing practices of their parents.

In addition to his private therapy practice, he is also a speaker and consultant to public and independent schools, and a teacher of parenting classes and classes for daycare teachers.

As a parent of an elementary aged child, and having shared meals in the school cafeteria with my child's class, on more than one occasion, this may actually work.

Attend back - to - school nights to meet the teachers and attend parent - teacher conferences to discuss how your teen is doing in class.

Sunbridge's 542.5 - hour program (inclusive of class time and mentored teaching) exceeds WECAN's minimum expectation of 400 class contact hours, plus mentored teaching or extensive practicum or internship experiences, for lead nursery, pre-school, and kindergarten teachers, extended care providers, and parent - child class leaders in Waldorf schools and early childhood settings.

This takes place through school visits of one to several weeks annually in North America Waldorf schools, working with teachers, classes, staff, and individual students, as well as offering lectures / workshops for parents and the wider community.

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As kids get closer to high school and college applications, many parents struggle with the idea of pushing their kid into every activity, AP class or sport in the hopes of helping them get ahead later in life.

Parents are lobbying to get the start of the school day at Annandale High pushed back so that students get more sleep and can be more focused in class.

Parents have been calling the school to complain about inappropriate content on their kids» math test, and also to ask why this was in a math class in the first place.

All the parents who spoke to the Tribune said they strongly support feeding hungry kids but believe there are better and safer ways to do it, such as promoting the free breakfasts now served in some school cafeterias before class.

Starting at parent - child classes, and continuing through the school years, students are encouraged to spend time outdoors — in all weather conditions — to explore and to challenge their mind and bodies.

I worry when they serve hotdogs at the French school cafeteria, worry when one of the parents brings grapes in for the morning «gouter» for my 3 - year - old's class, worry when my kids are running around at a party eating popcorn and hard candy.

Elementary school children with helicopter parents might find that their parents push them to be in a certain class or have a certain coach for extracurricular activities.

Parent / Child classes meet one morning a week in 9 - 14 week sessions throughout the school year.

Some parents shy away from those names, figuring that their child will be one of a dozen «Pauls» in his class at school.

If there's one thing parents are NOT looking forward to with back - to - school, it's that first letter home that starts «A child in your child's class has head lice.»

For example, my children have two college - educated parents (with graduate degrees), go to a «safe» public school and are in sports and music classes.

Meaning, I've talked to other parents in her class and it turns out a number of the children in my daughter's class already have tutors and have since the beginning of the school year.

In Paul Tough's first book, «Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America,» he focused on the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97 - block area where Canada set about overhauling the neighborhood with comprehensive social programs, such as after - school activities and parenting classes, that extended beyond the classroom and reshaped the childhood experience.

Well, sure, those are great ways to take care of yourself physically, but when you're barely taking care of yourself at all because, say, you're a parent to a young child or an older child with school and homework and music class and soccer, when are you going to fit in at least three workouts at the gym and how are you going to cut fat, cholesterol, carbs, processed foods, and sugar out of your diet?

Having multiple children in different classes in the same grade can be prohibitive for parents who want to give their time to school.

These include Whisconier Middle and Brookfield High School Support Services Staff, as well as the Prince of Peace Preschool Staff in Brookfield, while offering parenting classes in Brookfield and surrounding towns.

We are also working in a few classrooms at South Street School in Danbury, and offering parenting classes there as well.

Earlier this year, a burst of national press covered that practice, in which students are publicly implicated when their parents can't or won't pay school meal bills, sometimes by throwing away a child's hot lunch or distributing meal bills in class.

The next few years were difficult financially and, although enrollment grew steadily and a new class was added each year, the school was heavily in debt and the faculty and Board constantly juggled cash flow crisis with parents lending the school additional monies.

* Positive Discipline * Positive Discipline for Developing Capable People * Building Self - Esteem through Positive Discipline * Keys to Developing Self - Reliance: A Gift to Our Children * The Significant Seven: Life Skills for Adults and Youth * Positive Discipline: Practical Application * Why Children Misbehave and What to Do About It * Parenting Teenagers: · Empowering Teenagers — and Yourself in the Process * Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way: * Classroom Management: Shared Responsibility through Class Meetings: Eliminating your Role as a disciplinarian (The Kids Can Do It Better Anyway) * Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training on class meetings) * We've Got to Keep Meeting Like This (teacher in - service on class meetings) * School Administrators: Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training with Bill Scott, principal of Birney Elementary ScClass Meetings: Eliminating your Role as a disciplinarian (The Kids Can Do It Better Anyway) * Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training on class meetings) * We've Got to Keep Meeting Like This (teacher in - service on class meetings) * School Administrators: Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training with Bill Scott, principal of Birney Elementary Scclass meetings) * We've Got to Keep Meeting Like This (teacher in - service on class meetings) * School Administrators: Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training with Bill Scott, principal of Birney Elementary Scclass meetings) * School Administrators: Positive Discipline in the Classroom (two - day training with Bill Scott, principal of Birney Elementary School)

About 80 % of schools with more than one class in a year group give parents of twins a choice of whether to separate their twins or keep them together.

I was team mom for little league, cheer mom, pta mom, chaperoned school field trips, volunteered as a classroom helper and parent at their schools (when in public school) attended toddler tumbling and mom classes, was a homeschooling parent for one of my kids with leaning disabilities, I didn't have to scramble to figure out what to do about work or where to take my kids for child care if they were sick, I led and was involved with the church groups with my kids, I spent summers with them doing all kinds of things like traveling, visiting grandparents out of town, amusement park trips, swimming, picnics, and hiking, instead of them being stuck with a sitter every summer.

The occassional treat you provide, plus the birthday treats that get brought in approx 3 times a month during the school year, plus the well meaning parents who supply gogurts to the soccer team, plus the after school program that gives out lollipops as bingo prizes, plus the pizza class celebration for being «good,» plus the innumerable other childrens activities that include some sort of «treat» ---- IT HAS TO STOP.

Several mothers gathered in the art room of Tennyson Knolls Elementary School for a parenting class.

Research shows that when fathers / father - figures (resident and non-resident alike) are more involved in the school community beyond just attending sporting events — volunteering, attending class, grade and whole school events, showing up for conferences and getting involved in the parent association — children have been shown to get better grades, go further with their education and actually enjoy school more.

We provide a forum to bring together parents, Board, Faculty, and Administration for discussion of issues of concern to the parents and we ensure that our class parents are informed about what is happening in the school.

At the same time, the class was enjoying store bought, artificially colored cupcakes, go - gurts, goldfish and fruit juice — all parent provided in strict accordance with the nut - free snack policy of the school.

When working as a preschool director and teacher in Waldorf schools in the Chicago area, Bonnie pioneered the development of parent - child classes for families of very young children.

For seven years, she worked for The Help Group, a large non-profit in Los Angeles as a school - based therapist and clinical director, and has co-facilitated social skills groups and taught parenting classes.

She has given presentations about breastfeeding and led support groups in various settings, including a half way house for incarcerated mothers, a crisis pregnancy center, a school for Montessori teachers, and at her church as part of the class attended by expecting and new parents in preparation for the baptism of their baby.

Specifically, we continue to provide parenting classes for the public and with specific school parent groups, in English and Spanish.

WHAT GREAT PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen Center.

From a Parent - Toddler class through the grades, children in a Waldorf school are immersed in stories.