Sentences with phrase «practicing meaningful community»

In his March column, Outstanding Young Educator Award winner Brad Kuntz says that by practicing meaningful community engagement,...

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Yoga, Service, & Community (YSC) is a unique, experiential placement which supports those on the path of personal growth and spiritual development, with on - going classes focused on philosophy and practice, living a meaningful life, and mind - body awareness through yoga and healthy living.

«At the same time, there is a strong evidence - base indicating that the use of dramatic enquiry — a drama - based practice where the teacher and pupils work in roles within a fiction to explore a story in a particular setting with developing characters — as well as the creation of a «community of writers», where the teacher writes alongside the children as a role model, can make the process of writing more meaningful for children.»

We'll explore Discovery Education Espresso resources, online tools and share tips from the Discovery Education Community to help identify areas which need further support or revision, develop a deeper understanding of key concepts, and practice specific techniques — making SATs revision engaging, fun and meaningful for pupils.

The report highlights such practices in an attempt to promote meaningful conversations across communities engaged in secondary school renewal.

Each of these three layers of support is designed to foster meaningful communities of practice, and each layer involves the expertise of existing

The National Network of Schools in Partnership, a non-profit organization working to help schools install, improve and enhance community engagement and partnership programs, is offering SoCal and Bay Area charter schools the opportunity to learn best practices on how to increase their reciprocal, meaningful and sustainable community engagement programs.

Founded in 2010, Eskolta has engaged in over 100 projects in which we work alongside educators in public schools to research, develop, implement, and codify effective practices for innovatively engaging adolescents in school and preparing them for meaningful careers, college success, community involvement, and engaged citizenship.

This seminar, co-sponsored by Clear Lake Community School District, is appropriate for K - 12 teachers who want to create quality assessments and items in order to get meaningful and actionable results from their classroom assessment practice.

Rather, we should treat the creation of these schools as a means to enhance the reflectiveness of educators, develop authoritative communities of practice, provide meaningful options for families, and improve academic, civic, and personal outcomes for young people.

We facilitate the use of data by those preparing for, or engaged in, meaningful actions to replace harsh and ineffective disciplinary policies and practices with approaches that are effective for children, schools and their communities.

This movement came to be known as «developmentally appropriate curricula» or «developmentally appropriate practices,» and in some communities has transformed rigid classrooms into bustling centers of meaningful activity.

Teachers should offer: (1) collaborative learning, which entails collaborative intellectual exchanges among students and ensures that all classroom participants are actively involved in the learning process; (2) meaningful learning, which builds on student experiences and knowledge by making connections to significant events in their lives; and (3) cultural resources, which pro-actively build on the cultural, family, and community assets, values and practices students bring from home (Boykin & Noguera, 2011; Ramani & Siegler, 2011; Yeager & Walton, 2011).

Through a cycle of professional inquiry, collegial interactions, collaboration moderated by protocols, meaningful development of professional learning goals, data collection, and ongoing reflection educators will not only transform their practice, but their learning communities as well.

By empowering communities to have a meaningful voice in transportation decisions, institutionalizing «best practices» internally and externally across DOT programs, and sharpening enforcement tools to ensure compliance, the Department ensures that EJ is an integral and effective part of all of its activities.

Becky Clawson, Practice Manager, and Dr. Kelly Gellasch of CARE accepted the Smart CEO Cornerstone Award honoring businesses making a meaningful and lasting impact in their local communities.

Common among the exhibiting artists and contributors to our program is an attention to contemporary social currents, responsible production practices, and meaningful community partnerships.

Willats» practice suggests a new way for artists to work in society, opening up the function of the art gallery and encouraging productive and meaningful dialogues between galleries and their surrounding communities.

«Miranda's curatorial practice also reveals a deep commitment to making meaningful connections between artists and local communities; I know she looks forward to engaging with Louisville's vibrant contemporary art community,» said chief curator Scott Erbes in a press statement, underscoring the important role regional museums play in fostering the art scenes in their cities.

Setting aside the time to engage in these practices, while using a framework for discussion, was described by most teachers as meaningful and worthwhile, as it strengthened the trust in the teacher community.

In these collaborations, community and school partners were involved in formulating research needs and questions, providing funding, supporting data collection, and disseminating research reports, as university researchers in turn gained experience in applying and communicating developmental and educational research to practitioners in locally meaningful and practice - relevant ways (Kershaw et al. 2005; Schonert - Reichl et al. 2010).

Building community, engaging in meaningful communication and learning collaboratively are facets of restorative practices important to creating a positive climate in schools.