Sentences with phrase «promotes academic skills»

Partner Schools Network schools seek to engage students with rigorous interdisciplinary content and methodology that promotes academic skills as well as empathy and ethical awareness.

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.»

The study, made possible by a gift from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, found that teachers who participated in a Facing History seminar and received coaching and support showed significantly greater self - efficacy for creating engaging classrooms and promoting academic skills and civic learning than control group teachers.

It is intended to promote academic skills for preschoolers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and uses instruction and interaction formats that support transition from other to self - regulation.

Not exact matches

The notion promoted by the Canadian technology council that an arts education leads to better results in a wide range of other areas was repeatedly deflated: «There is no evidence for a link between theatre training and overall academic skill... We found no evidence that dance education improves overall academic skills or reading... There is no evidence that training in visual arts improves overall academic skills or literacy.»

this week the Minister of Finance held his seventh National Policy Retreat with business, academic and other «experts» to discuss job creation and economic growth, particularly «issues» related to «skill shortages, labor mobility, internal trade and promoting investment in Canada.»

Social - emotional skills promote positive behavior and academic success.

Waldorf schools seek to develop students» humanity by offering an education that promotes academic excellence, cultivates artistic expression, develops practical skills, and strengthens moral character.

Promote the parent as the child's first most important teacher for helping children not only acquire necessary academic skills and knowledge as well as teaching and sharing values, encouraging and supporting creativity and fostering curiosity and a love for learning.

Ballard's Habits, Community, and Culture class teaches social - emotional skills and what his school calls Habits of Success — promoting qualities like positive academic mindsets and emotional intelligence that are linked to college readiness.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

These charter schools have a «no excuses» orientation and an explicit focus on cultivating non-cognitive skills as a means to promote academic achievement and post-secondary success.

Social and Emotional Learning: «Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace....

As Haskins points out, the early childhood education community has resisted a focus on academic skills in Head Start, concerned that attention to academic skills will dilute efforts to promote positive social and emotional development and that the comprehensive health services that Head Start currently provides will be abandoned.

The central mission of the PSP program is to prepare graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to promote positive, healthy development and academic achievement.

Students pursue a course of study that promotes development of interdisciplinary thinking and research analysis skills and allows for customization based on the academic and professional goals of each individual.

«Through this we ultimately hope to promote deeper learning and develop transformative skills, to improve student learning and academic results.»

Since spending a year with Jobs For the Future traveling the country and researching workplace learning, career pathways, and apprenticeships, I've found that even folks who strive to find the glass half empty tend to be on board with programs that promote rigorous academic education coupled with career - ready skills that can open doors to a bright future.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Dweck, C. S., Walton, G. M., & Cohen, G. L. (2014) Academic Tenacity Mindsets and Skills that Promote Long - Term Learning.

Throughout the primary and secondary curriculum, the subject encourages both individual initiative and team work; it supports academic and vocational learning; introduces critical thinking and reflective practice; and promotes creative learning — so important in fostering lifelong skills of innovation, resilience and the ability to be flexible.

Furthermore, research indicates that high - quality, evidence - based programs and policies that promote social and emotional skills among students can improve academic achievement as well as positive behavior, physical and mental wellbeing, college and career readiness, and economic productivity.

Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum; intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.

The partnership among UNCG, Guilford County Schools, and Winston - Salem / Forsyth County Schools aims to prepare 300 teacher candidates per year with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to incorporate technology to promote academic learning for all students.

Future Is Now Preparatory promotes knowledge and skill acquisition necessary for students to increase their academic participation as scholars, and navigate the global community as responsible local and digital citizens.

According to information from the school, it seeks to promote academic achievement, strong leadership skills and social responsibility in its students through a variety of strategies.

BART prepares all students for success in college by promoting the mastery of academic skills through a rigorous, individualized program.

BART Charter Public School (BART) prepares students for college by promoting mastery of academic skills and content with a strong foundation in arts and technology.

Our goal was to create a school that would meet the individual needs of Providence's diverse students through a maritime - themed curriculum that would promote social and civic skill - building as well as outstanding academic learning.

In addition, we seek to provide leadership, advocacy and technical assistance to promote collaboration between parents, teachers, students and the larger community to ensure that all children develop the academic and social skills that provide a foundation for the challenges of high school and the skills necessary for college and careers in the 21st century.

Should ELLs be taught in bilingual classrooms that promote fluency in their home language and ensure access to core academic content while they develop English language skills?

As you plan for the year ahead, don't forget to incorporate social and emotional learning (SEL) to actively promote students» social and emotional skills, which in turn helps improve the learning and academic outcomes of your students.

Designed to promote self - confidence based on strong academic, critical thinking, and problem solving skills, Open Window School's curriculum reflects the best educational practices in gifted education.

The goal is to promote positive and sustained school climate: a safe, supportive environment that nurtures social and emotional, ethical, and academic skills.

Throughout nearly 300 years of policymaking in the United States, educators have promoted eight broad goals of schooling: basic academic skills, critical thinking and problem solving, social skills and work ethic, citizenship, physical health, emotional health, the arts and literature, and preparation for skilled employment.

Critics charge that school - to - work programs displace basic skills and academic instruction, are impractical and wasteful, invade family privacy, narrow student options, promote societal change (by reducing ability grouping, integrating reshaping traditional gender roles, etc.), and allow the national government to shape school curricula and children's futures.

These efforts promote skills - building and academic engagement in young people, improve public institutions, and ultimately, help create a more equitable country in which a more comprehensive body of voices is represented in decision - making.

They offer a variety of workshops designed to assist students, help provide referrals to campus resources, and promote the development of skills needed for academic success.

Putting this into practice means that effective classroom managers: develop caring, supportive relationships with and among students; organize and implement instruction in ways that optimize students» access to learning; use group management methods that encourage student engagement with academic tasks; promote the development of social emotional learning (self - awareness skills, social skills, self - regulation, responsible decision making, building healthy relationships); and use appropriate interventions to assist students who have behavior problems.

The Chapter will assist Michigan educational and corporate entities in understanding how to plan for the use and successful implementation of academic and information technology to improve student learning, advocate for educational technology needs and to promote the development of leadership skills for educational technology professionals.

At Maya Angelou, our students develop the academic, social, and employment skills they need to build rewarding lives and promote positive change.

This life skill promotes social, emotional, and academic growth.

WriteToLearn provides English language learners (ELLs) the opportunity to focus on fundamental writing skills, while improving reading comprehension and expanding their academic vocabulary — key components that align to the College and Career Readiness Standards and promote acceleration from ELL classification.

Dr. Elias's other books include Social Decision Making Skills: A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Grades (Author), Problem Solving / Decision Making for Social and Academic Success: A School - Based Approach (National Education Association Professional Library), Building Social Problem Solving Skills: Guidelines from a School - Based Program (Jossey - Bass), Social Decision Making and Life Skills Development: Guidelines for Middle School Educators (Aspen), Promoting Student Success Through Group Intervention (Haworth), and Social Problem Solving Interventions in the Schools (Guilford).

The authors provide nine recommendations for colleges to promote entry and completion of programs of study, including providing «roadmaps» to help students understand course sequences and available options, increasing contextualized instruction to integrate basic skills into content courses, and ensuring that academic advising staff are trained to provide students with high - quality guidance on their academic options.

The new academic standards have driven a shift in teaching and learning to promote more problem - solving and critical - thinking skills over memorization and fact gathering.

With an eye toward building the skills, knowledge and behaviors that promote academic success and healthy development of young people, NSLA's experts in Programs and Systems Quality have worked with school districts, summer learning providers and funders across the country to help shape smarter summers, brighter futures for young people.

Programming builds skills, knowledge, and behaviors that promote academic success and healthy development.