Sentences with phrase «promote whole child 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.
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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.
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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.»
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«By promoting the development of the whole child throughout their culture, Butterfield Trail Middle School has changed the conversation about education,» said Delisle.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Since 2007, ASCD has advocated for a more comprehensive and coordinated approach to education that promotes the development of the whole child.
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.
Students at Community of Peace Academy receive an academically rigorous, whole - child education within a school environment that values community and promotes peace.
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.
Illinois ASCD has been working hard to promote a whole child approach to education in the state.
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.
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.
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.
«I am a firm believer that health and education are symbiotic, and ASCD's work on the Whole Child Initiative aims 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,» said Carter.
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?
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.»
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.
We also invest in changing the paradigm of education — from the prevailing performance - based models, which focus on competition — to new approaches that promote not only academics, but the social and emotional well - being of the «whole child.»
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NIOST's work bridges the fields of child care, education, and youth development in order to promote programming that addresses the development of the whole child.
As NIOST's director, Gannett ensures that research bridges the fields of child care, education, and youth development in order to promote programming that addresses the whole child.