Sentences with phrase «promote whole child»

Across the globe, educators face a timely and complex issue: What is the next generation accountability system that will promote a whole child approach to education?

«The needs to promote a whole child education and to reduce the overreliance on standardized testing are just two of many priorities that span all education systems across the globe,» said David Griffith, ASCD director of public policy.

Illinois ASCD has been working hard to promote a whole child approach to education in the state.

ASCD's public policy team is proud to continue our work to promote whole child education on behalf of our members, and we will continue to update you on our efforts related to well - rounded education, the Common Core State Standards, educator professional development, and more in future editions of Capitol Connection.

Such strategies align with ASCD's work to promote whole child education, which asserts that children must be safe and healthy to learn and achieve at high levels.

This is all part of the school's culture of promoting the whole child.

ASCD believes this next - generation approach to school accountability is essential to promoting a whole child approach to education, enhancing understanding of student progress, and ensuring that no single indicator of student achievement defines success.

Arkansas Governor Michael Beebe signed a new bill into law that promotes a whole child approach to educating the state's children.

ASCD has long promoted a whole child approach to education, and we are pleased that Congress has recognized the value of this approach by broadening the range of indicators states are required to use to measure student achievement and school quality.

Alexandria, VA (8/29/13)-- ASCD, the global leader in providing programs, products, and services to support the success of each learner, is pleased to announce that CEO and Executive Director Dr. Gene R. Carter has received the Best Health Promotion Practice Award at the 21st IUHPE World Conference in Thailand for his service promoting a whole child approach to education and fostering greater alignment between the health and education sectors.

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«Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long term development and success of children.»

Alton Park Child Development Center offers a warm and secure environment promoting the fullest possible development of the whole cChild Development Center offers a warm and secure environment promoting the fullest possible development of the whole childchild.

Located in Baltimore, Maryland, the company provides a structured curriculum that focuses on developing the whole child and promoting school readiness.

«The whole idea here is to promote good teaching and when we try to work with the leadership of the union, it's standing in the way of any kind of promoting great teaching and certainly it's not working for the interests of our children,» Bloomberg said.

For this reason, children who drink skim milk have diarrhea at rates three to five times greater than children who drink whole milk.12 Cholesterol in butterfat promotes health of the intestinal wall and protects against cancer of the colon.13 Short and medium chain fatty acids protect against pathogens and have strong anti-fungal effects.14 Butter thus has an important role to play in the treatment of candida overgrowth.

In Session 3, you will deepen your understanding of the distinguishing features of a learning group and five strategies for promoting group learning in an educational setting: nurturing children's capacities to learn together; designing engaging tasks that benefit from a group perspective; facilitating conversations that deepen learning; forming groups intentionally; and choreographing individual, small - group, and whole - class learning.

«Just to repeat the main message: we are committed to the development of the whole child, and we have strong programs to support students» development across all learning areas, and the areas that are often not formally assessed actually promote a school's character.»

They are the only «philosophies» that stress problem - solving and critical - thinking skills, promote cooperation and tolerance, and address the «whole child.»

As you think about what safety means and looks like in our schools, I recommend reading ASCD's Whole Child Initiative that includes six tenets promoting long - term development and success for all children.

The Whole Child model seeks to work with best practices to achieve engaging and challenging instruction, develop a school culture that promotes a healthy and safe climate for student learning and leadership that involves faculty, students, parents and the community to maximize the supportive potential in school and provide for long - term student success with sustainable strategies.

For 2017, there were recommendations in the areas of ensuring equity, promoting excellence, and supporting educators (http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/policy/2017-ASCD-Policy-Recommendations.pdf) and positions related to standards development and implementation, educating students in a changing world, the whole child, health and learning, closing the achievement gap, and multiple measures of assessment.

Additionally, we control, promote and educate with a broad and bold definition of «success:» A successful child is whole — safe, connected, cared for, healthy, challenged, and hopeful.

and «do school sanctioned activities promote the development of the whole child?»

Vision in Action: The ASCD Whole Child Award is designed to recognize schools that that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole cWhole Child Award is designed to recognize schools that that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole cChild Award is designed to recognize schools that that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole cwhole childchild.

The Foundation's mission is to support the work of organizations and systems that promote the development of the whole child.

With a focus on teaching the whole child in an academically advanced environment, the staff work to establish norms of highly successful and socially - motivated individuals in a community that promotes collaboration, leadership, and celebrates the diversity of the students, families, and staff.

«By promoting the development of the whole child throughout their culture, Butterfield Trail Middle School has changed the conversation about education,» said Delisle.

This award acknowledges those schools that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child, making sure each child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

One of the Eight Big Ideas, «Educate the Whole Child,» has four lines of effort: providing social - emotional learning supports, promoting healthy choices, strengthening student - teacher relationships, and expanding early childhood opportunities.

The value of SEL, he stresses, is that it «helps educators be reflective and more intentional about educating the whole child and how to promote their competencies more broadly.

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation caused many schools to place an enormous emphasis on promoting academic skills at the expense of addressing the needs of the «whole child.&rChild Left Behind (NCLB) legislation caused many schools to place an enormous emphasis on promoting academic skills at the expense of addressing the needs of the «whole child.&rchild.»

As part of its initiative to promote the development of the whole child, ASCD has made innovative high school redesign a top legislative priority.

El Dorado's focus is the creation of an environment that promotes teaching the whole child.

Central to that aspiration is an educational system that promotes development of the «whole child.»

With initiatives like the ASCD Emerging Leaders program, Teach to Lead, the ASCD Student Growth Center, and the Whole Child for the Whole World program, ASCD is cultivating the education leaders of tomorrow and broadening its advocacy efforts to promote awareness of and support for the comprehensive needs of students.

In this role she helps to engage ASCD members in education advocacy and promotes education policies that support the whole child.

Since 2007, ASCD has advocated for a more comprehensive and coordinated approach to education that promotes the development of the whole child.

Aguas is committed to educating the whole child by promoting a genuine sense of community where students learn cooperatively, are intellectually challenged, and have their learning needs met through differentiated instruction.

Promoting Student Achievement through Improved Health Policy is a quick primer of the CDC's «Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child» model, which highlights 10 important areas for connecting health and learning: health education; physical education and physical activity; nutrition; school health services; counseling, psychological, and social services; employee wellness; safe physical environments, social and emotional school climate; family engagement; and community involvement.

Great teachers do more than promote the student's academic learning — they teach the whole child.

Texas ASCD's Whole Child approach is an effort to move from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement as measured by test scores in core subjects to a broader definition that promotes the long - term development and success of all children.

Students at Community of Peace Academy receive an academically rigorous, whole - child education within a school environment that values community and promotes peace.

The ASCD Whole Child approach is an effort to transition from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of all children.

Social and emotional learning featured prominently in the act, which defined safe and supportive schools as those that ``... foster a safe, positive, healthy and inclusive whole - school learning environment that (i) enable students to develop positive relationships with adults and peers, regulate their emotions and behavior, achieve academic and non-academic success in school and maintain physical and psychological health and well - being and (ii) integrate services and align initiatives that promote students» behavioral health, including social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, trauma sensitivity, dropout prevention, truancy reduction, children's mental health, foster care and homeless youth education, inclusion of students with disabilities, positive behavioral approaches that reduce suspensions and expulsions and other similar initiatives.»

ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an associationwide effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of children who are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged within a sustainable approach to education and community engagement.

This award acknowledges those schools that have changed the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the development of the whole child: a child who is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.

Our Mission... New England School of Montessori promotes self confidence and joy through active learning, empowering the whole child to become a compassionate world citizen.

This conference offers educators to learn suicide prevention skills; understanding of and appreciation for the history and culture of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes; cultural sensitivity for educators and other adults who impact Native American students; emotional and social needs of Native American students; empowering youth to develop leadership skills and choose healthy lifestyles; and promoting understanding, building relationships and generating ideas for engaging families and the community in education of the whole child.

He promoted the idea of meeting the needs of the whole child by expanding pre-kindergarten and after - school and summer programs, increasing access to health care and mental health services, and promoting nutritious food and regular exercise.

Launched in 2007, ASCD's Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long - term development and success of children.