Sentences with phrase «parents run the program»

We budget about $ 45 per student because our teachers and parents run the program.

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Paul Critelli, one of the program's teachers, told me that many parents feel overwhelmed trying to get two or three kids ready for school each morning, and that their instinct is often to «sacrifice the anxious kid» in order to avoid morning hysterics and keep the family train running on time.

We appreciate our hospital system, our legal home births, our midwifery model of care (particularly in our neck of the woods with the incredible program running at UBC) and supportive communities for breastfeeding and natural parenting.

Run student and parent awareness programs, talk to the faculty at a local high school, and work on having any of the Challenge Success founders speak at your local school.

Which is why he runs not just a charter school but also a parenting program and an all - day prekindergarten and an after - school tutoring program and family - support centers.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

There are millions of poor kids who only eat because of free and reduced - cost meal programs at public schools, and still tons of kids are running meal account deficits because their parents can't or won't pay their account balances, and it's the kids who suffer in that case.

But the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the lunch program, says it is acceptable to give students an alternative (such as lactose - free milk, soy milk or almond milk) if a parent submits a simple request.

The National Parenting Product Awards is one of the longest running and most respected awards programs in the country.

Years later, she runs the Parenting in the Workplace Institute, has written both an ebook titled Babies at Work: Bringing New Life to the Workplace, and just released a how - to guide for parents and companies interested in implementing a babies in the workplace program.

By: Sheana Ochoa This morning my two - year - old and I attended a class sponsored by a Los Angeles - run program, Ready by Five — the idea being both parents and children attend a mock classroom situation wherein all the skills a child needs when he starts kindergarten will be acquired, from playing with other children to picking up -LSB-...]

These programs help preemie parents cope and to have more positive feelings in the long run.

But even with the most dedicated parents running the local youth sports programs, terrible things can happen.

Benefits Of Optimal Breastfeeding Support (B.O.O.B.S.) is a volunteer run, no cost program, designed to offer peer support in the first 8 weeks of a parent's breastfeeding journey.

In my first book, Whatever it Takes, I wrote a lot about Baby College, a nine - week parenting program that the Harlem Children's Zone has been running for more than a decade.

Sonja is a National Trainer for the «Parents as Teachers» program, run by Macquarie University, NSW.

This Baby Boot Camp is a part of Marine Family Services and is run by the New Parent Support Program.

By Friday, some parents had elected to keep their children home from the Tiny Tot program, which runs for two hours on mornings and afternoons three days a week.

Kathryn ran a parent education program for 6 years in Colorado, and was recently trained as a Positive Discipline Parent Eduparent education program for 6 years in Colorado, and was recently trained as a Positive Discipline Parent EduParent Educator.

During that time Joy worked as a counselor for children and parents, presented at workshops related to issues around being adopted, facilitated Spence - Chapin's Kids Groups, ran Teen Forums and helped to create a youth Mentorship program for domestic and international adoptees.

Klenke said the fact that the parents also help to run the market makes the program feel less like a handout.

While usually run as an 8 week program, Dr Kaylene Henderson sometimes presents a condensed «weekend workshop» format - rarely offered in Australia, yet perfect for busy parents.

But who should sports programs — whether school - based or independently run — hire to educate athletes, coaches, and parents about concussions?

This year has been a year of great independence — Tyler began first grade, joined the French Immersion Program that requires him to complete his homework independently, speaks a language that neither of his parents understand, runs around the neighborhood alone calling for friends, plays independently at home with his sibling and peers, and generally has a whole life at school and on the playing field that feels mostly separate from his father and me.

At 11:15 a.m., Success Academy Founder and CEO Eva Moskowitz and parents of Success Academy students hold press conference to announce first court date in a lawsuit seeking to keep the network's pre-K program running, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Duncan Kirkwood, a Public Advocate with the District Parent Coordinating Council says, over the program's 9 - year run Parent Facilitators had to sign contracts, log hours and attend mandatory meetings.

The agency was ostensibly dedicated to helping parents navigate the school system, but prosecutors said employees there and at another nonprofit organization she ran stole more than $ 100,000 in state grants instead of spending the money on programming.

Then her parents heard that a nearby health center offered a program run by the Public Health Foundation of India and Sangath, Patel's health care organization, and that a neighbor's son had gotten help there.

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Those of us who run programs, solicit feedback from students, their parents and even their home teachers.

Have you run into challenges with parent pushback about your technology program?

The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which allows low - income Washington D.C. children to use school vouchers to attend the private schools of their parents» choice, was scheduled to be terminated as its funding had run its course.

Facing a dilapidated set of facilities that discouraged academic improvement and scared off middle - class parents, Vallas and the equally ambitious Chico, who recently announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate, embarked on a $ 2.5 billion school construction and renovation program that was at one point the largest building project in the nation, according to Vallas.

A plan to transfer Head Start programs run by the Chicago public schools to community - based centers has put the popular preschool program for disadvantaged children at the center of an emotional dispute pitting agency against agency and parent against parent.

After a dispiriting experience at the D.C. charter school, he moved back home in 2004, and that summer ran a summer program for children at his local food cooperative, telling parents that if they liked his approach, he'd homeschool them for free in the fall to test out his model.

Debate continues about the validity of these findings, but there is no denying that these programs operated in a far different social and demographic setting than programs today and that they were «hothouse» programs: Run by top - notch specialists, the programs served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child rearing.

Parents in particular have been saying that the amount of time children spend in school, especially with afterschool programs, combined with the amount of homework given — as early as kindergarten — is leaving students with little time to run around, eat dinner with their families, or even get enough sleep.

Initially, run and staffed by mums and dads, school committees, volunteers and members of parent - teacher associations, before and after school care programs are now required by law to be staffed with childcare trained and qualified professionals with current first aid certificates and anaphylaxis training.

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One school ran an «urban expeditions» program where parents introduced teachers to city neighborhoods.

The University of Maryland's Douglas Besharov calls them «hothouse programs,» noting that they were «run by top - notch specialists,... served fewer than 200 children, cost at least $ 15,000 per child per year in today's dollars, often involved multiple years of services, had well - trained teachers, and instructed parents on effective child - rearing.

Those who have said they'd like to apply include a couple who run a Montessori preschool in Enumclaw and want to expand to grades K - 3; another couple who operate a home - school support program in Mount Vernon and wish to offer a tradition - based schoolhouse education to K - 12 students; a parents» group in Lewis County that hoped to keep Packwood Elementary School open despite school board plans to close it; and the principal of a private K - 8 school in Seattle seeking to add a charter high school.

Rahm and his cronies ignore and disrespect elected, parent - run local school councils while pushing education privatizers» phony «parent empowerment» programs like school choice and the parent trigger.

Echoing Jesus» remarks during the opening plenary, Rosazlia called for the elimination of zero tolerance policies in schools, instead promoting a network of parent - run peace centers where students lead their own restorative justice programs.

I know that some parents with gifted students are interested in a gifted program, I do not currently have enough information to know whether we have sufficient interest to sustain a gifted program or what the costs of establishing and running such a program would be.

School parent groups plan family events, run programs and projects and execute fundraisers every month throughout the entire year.

If your Parent Teacher Home Visits program has been running strong for at least two years, let's talk about certifying your experienced educators and families to become your local training team.

The Tribune's own investigation into Arizona's long - running tuition tax credit program found that an untold number of STOs, schools and parents are using the tax credits in ways that violate federal tax laws governing charitable donations.

A popular parent - education program in Sandpoint, far to the north, was the brainchild of Dick Cvitanich, the former superintendent, said Marcia Wilson, the executive director of the Panhandle Alliance for Education, a local philanthropy that runs parenting classes.

The newly invigorated group ran an array of parent involvement activities, hosted four wildly popular «Fun Blast» events for students, organized welcome overnights for 6th graders, sponsored overnight field trips, created an inspiring career day for 8th graders, helped build an outdoor recreation center for the school, created a new grade parent volunteer program, ran monthly teacher appreciation activities, relaunched a program to curb bullying and aggression, and lots more.