Sentences with phrase «practices of the school building»

Creating a culture of coaching through giving and receiving feedback ensures that there is a system to transform the practices of the school building.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The idea of non-traditional hiring practices wasn't groundbreaking, but McKinsey's systematic approach — building alliances outside of the business schools, and engineering «internal market receptivity» within the MBA - heavy McKinsey organization — was.

Alan has 20 years of financial and consulting experience, having served as Director of the Interfunctional Management Consulting Program at Rutgers Graduate School of Management, a program he helped build into one of the largest business school - based management consulting practices in the coSchool of Management, a program he helped build into one of the largest business school - based management consulting practices in the coschool - based management consulting practices in the country.

Special attention should be given to the practice of scheduling religious services and to the use of Church buildings by these groups, including the facilities of Catholic schools and colleges.

Community and team building not only takes place on our practice fields, it's practiced every day and in every corner of this school.

Those skeptics (and others) point out that in the 1960s and 1970s, «project - based learning» was used in some low - income schools as a euphemism for the practice of having poor kids build Lego models and doodle in coloring books while the rich kids across town learned how to read and do math.

Clubs and groups are a great opportunity for your children to practice socializing with new friends and, away from the pressures of school, this can really help with insecurities and help build confidence.

The introduction of mindfulness and regulation practices, tools for building emotional intelligence practically and playfully, and positive discipline practices designed to be integrated into everyday life at school and / or home.

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The Lunch Box also shares best practices from around the United States — building a network of school food changemakers.

Highlights include establishment of a trail system that is mostly wheelchair accessible; programs reaching out to 40 schools and 230,000 residents within a two - mile radius; and, in partnership with the city of Boston, creation of the George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center, which models environmentally sound building practices.

At the four high schools on the Brandeis campus on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the sports teams now practice in the hallway because the Success Academy elementary charter school in the building gets sole use of the gym after school, says Jeff Picca, the chapter leader at the Global Learning Collaborative HS.

A pair of Republican state senators expressed concerns Wednesday about the timing of a University of Wisconsin - Madison plan to build a $ 27.7 million ice arena that would serve as a practice facility for the school's men's and women's hockey teams.

Thirty - four of the 36 students who make up Clinton High School's First robotics team cluster on the full - size practice playing field they built in a Nypro corporation warehouse.

The 20 Challenges, addressed by a team of education experts, range from «Enable students to build on their own enduring, science - related interests» to «Shift incentives to encourage education research on the real problems of practice as they exist in school settings.»

Many built a network of support with educators outside their school who were also implementing research - based science teaching practices.

Just as repeated practice of Sun Salutations builds strength and stamina, so regular meditation enhances the brain's capacity for perception, awareness, and efficiency in processing, says Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Through GE we have been able to establish a well researched and practiced framework on which to build every aspect of our school,» said Noles.

In response to this report, the government has said it will take a «holistic school - based approach» to help schools tackle these issues, which will be based on three areas of work: supporting schools to produce their own new codes of practice, building our evidence base, and setting up an advisory group.

So, ensuring the safety and health of everyone who uses the school site requires a huge amount of thought and planning, whether it is practicing fire evacuations or keeping an eye on the weather, and needs the building of a culture where everyone takes responsibility.

Our kids lose so much of what they build over the school year because they don't practice their skills during the summer, a 5 - minute check - in can go a really long way.

On December 12, 2014, The Leading Edge of Early Childhood Education brought together leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to engage with the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

As an example of a district imitating successful charter - school practices, Denver Public Schools is, as Education Week has reported, «aiming to re-create within its own buildings the innovation seen in top charter schools, and keep the state funding.Schools is, as Education Week has reported, «aiming to re-create within its own buildings the innovation seen in top charter schools, and keep the state funding.schools, and keep the state funding.»

Encourage networking The Independent Academies Association (IAA) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) have joined forces to work with IAAS (Independent Academies Assured Services) to develop a Quality Mark for services and to encourage networking of schools and academies to share and build good and effective practice.

Hobby said: «Schools rightly have autonomy over HR practices, but we should be able to expect the government to supply the basics for them to work within — funding, buildings and, of course, enough high quality people.

We hope the campaign will leave a lasting legacy of evidence - based programmes and effective practice in the region, building on the good work already under way in schools.»

«The goal of this program is to build a new kind of school - university partnership that provides a solid, long - term foundation for meaningful connection of research and practice,» Fischer says.

As part of a new faculty research effort called Research Schools, Professor Kurt Fischer hopes to bridge the gap between research and practice, and build a new foundation for promoting strong, useful educational research.

In that time, we've learned a lot about building creative school cultures based on two essential design practices: changing your point of view and prototyping.

«The Center will reinforce and extend the work of faculty across Harvard's schools and build on the historic research strengths of the School of Education and its tradition of influencing educational practice,» says Harvard University Provost Harvey Fineberg.

The growing amount of educational exchanges and joint projects in between students, instructors, teachers, schools and diverse institutions in order to organize activities with similar goals and strategies contributed greatly to the development of common research, reflection and practices that enriched their work and created strong tights in the process of building human rights knowledge.

So that it's not just a dyad that is building this supportive relationship but also a school that is full of positive energy and the kids are really wanting to go there and in effect really moving from punitive disciplinary practices perhaps to more relational (so to speak) discipline practices but in a positive direction.

I will shine a light on those schools that are inspiring their students both to learn the building blocks of citizenship and to practice the habits of citizenship.

To build the agenda we used our Blended Learning Universe to recruit innovative school leaders and educators to share their tactics and practices at the cutting edge of school innovation.

Train and drill — Develop procedures for classroom and school drills, determine ways of evacuating the building, and practice the drills to determine their effectiveness.

In the future, she hopes to continue researching this topic and study best practices, with the ultimate goal of building the dream school that first brought her to the Ed Sschool that first brought her to the Ed SchoolSchool.

In consecutive core courses on «Learning in and through the Arts» and «Research, Policy, and Practice,» students build the foundation for their professional identities as advocates for the multidisciplinary application of the arts, building on this groundwork with courses from other programs at HGSE and other schools at Harvard.

It gives parents of children pre K - 12 practical ideas for building children's «EQ» — their social, emotional and character development using the same evidence - based practices found to work in schools.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Professor Nonie Lesaux and Associate Professor Stephanie Jones, faculty chairs of the institute, examine the latest thinking, research, and practice in building and sustaining high - quality pre-K systems, schools, and classrooms.

The latter is one of nine principles of learning formulated by the Institute for Learning that I direct at the University of Pittsburgh to provide assistance to school systems in building organizational and instructional practices that will enable their students to meet higher achievement standards.

Respondents said the main reasons to learn a language in school was to develop pupils» understanding of cultural practices (77 %), build pupils» interpersonal skills (74 %) and to establish a path for lifelong learning (61 %).

â $ œThe goal of this program is to build a new kind of school - university partnership that provides a solid, long - term foundation for meaningful connection of research and practice, â $ Fischer says.

â $ œThe goal of this program, â $ according to Fischer, â $ œis to build a new kind of school - university partnership that provides a solid, long - term foundation for meaningful connection of research and practice.

Christine Cawsey AM is Principal of Rooty Hill High School and the co-author of Leading for Learning — Building a School of Professional Practice (ACER, 2009).

Corwin partners with schools and systems to deliver training and tools that build capacity, have positive change on instructional practices, and put students at the heart of all we do.

The new research schools - which will each receive # 200,000 in funding over three years — will become focal points of evidence - based practice in their region and build networks between large numbers of schools.

TIE was ideal — it equips you to take advantage of the enormous space for innovation in education; to engage with international leaders in the field; to gain a deep understanding of education policy, leadership practices, school cultures, and student and teacher needs; to build invaluable contacts.

The foundation estimates more than 600 000 students in the high school age group could benefit from more flexible and inclusive learning approaches; and the good news is there are already plenty of examples of effective practice across the country to build on.

In Kelly School, which is discussed in the book, these characteristics were built through a set of interrelated organizational routines including close monitoring of each student's academic progress, an explicit link between students» outcomes and teachers» practices, weekly 90 - minute professional development meetings focused on instructional improvement, and the cultivation of a formal and informal discourse emphasizing high expectations, cultural responsiveness, and teachers» responsibility for student learning.