Sentences with phrase «school as a safe space»

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And while these issues can not be discussed without considering other deeply troubling problems such as mental health treatment and school security, they need to be discussed if our country is going to move any closer to authentically providing our children with safe spaces to learn.

Common Roads, as the youth programming arm of the Center, serves LGBT youth in Central Pennsylvania through weekly group meetings in Harrisburg and Lancaster, support for area high school and college gay - straight alliances (GSAs) and community education and training on creating a safe space for LGBT youth.

These proposals are a reflection of the wide variety of community needs that delegates analyzed such as more access to technology in schools, senior - friendly spaces, safe public housing, quality recreation and parks.

Are more motivated to do well in school Are more connected to their school Get along better with others See their school as being a more civil and safe space to be

Lavery concluded the letter by calling on the education, housing and Home Office to look at this issue as a priority and ensure that schools and public spaces are made safe, through the introduction of mandatory sprinkler systems.

As a result of those hearings in 1992, former Massachusetts Governor William Weld created the first - in - the - nation Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth and released a groundbreaking report making policy recommendations for how to make Massachusetts schools safer educational spaces for LGBT youth.

And as political philosopher Meira Levinson explained, schools themselves may not always be perceived as safe spaces.

Sometimes it's as simple as putting up safe space signs, or a sign that says a classroom or school is welcoming of all identities; reprimanding a student who uses the phrase «that's so gay»; or reading a book with an LGBTQ protagonist.

The deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month is a stark reminder that no place is immune to traumatic events, even designated «safe» spaces such as public schools.

schools to provide safe spaces for students and to consider offering services such as counseling or other resources.

As the recipient of six individual grants from the U.S. Department of Education (totaling $ 33.6 million), as well as three CDFI awards (totaling $ 3 million), CSDC has partnered with charter schools to develop over 6 million square feet of safe, affordable, state - of - the - art educational space across the country, providing access to academic excellence for more than 66,000 students so faAs the recipient of six individual grants from the U.S. Department of Education (totaling $ 33.6 million), as well as three CDFI awards (totaling $ 3 million), CSDC has partnered with charter schools to develop over 6 million square feet of safe, affordable, state - of - the - art educational space across the country, providing access to academic excellence for more than 66,000 students so faas well as three CDFI awards (totaling $ 3 million), CSDC has partnered with charter schools to develop over 6 million square feet of safe, affordable, state - of - the - art educational space across the country, providing access to academic excellence for more than 66,000 students so faas three CDFI awards (totaling $ 3 million), CSDC has partnered with charter schools to develop over 6 million square feet of safe, affordable, state - of - the - art educational space across the country, providing access to academic excellence for more than 66,000 students so far.

Aside from their role serving as a «safe space» for students after school hours, today's Out - of - School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly dischool hours, today's Out - of - School - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly diSchool - Time (OST) programs - which include after - school, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly dischool, summer, and other holistic extended - learning opportunities - are innovative, outcomes - based, and surprisingly diverse.

Quality programs may provide children and youth with academic support and enrichment (1), supportive social environments (2, 3, 4), or simply serve as a safe space for children and youth to spend their out - of - school time (5, 6).

Stella Connell Levy, president and executive director of the Restorative Schools Vision Project — a human rights organization that uses restorative justice to keep kids in school when they make mistakes — emphasizes that the circle and other such activities come to function as «safe spaces.»

«Specifically, we documented how the Mills Teacher Scholars Teacher Leadership Network meetings (a) offered safe thinking spaces that positioned teachers as intellectual professionals who could socially construct knowledge and learn together, (b) allowed teachers to surface and name the complexities and uncertainties inherent to teaching that would undoubtedly arise as they sought to facilitate learning communities at their school sites, and (c) provided guidance for teachers through a parallel process, that is, modeling for them and supporting them in experiencing firsthand what they would be responsible for enacting and scaffolding with their teaching colleagues.»

For example, classroom conditions such as teacher expectations, availability of learning supports, and safety affect student self - confidence, mindset, and performance.69 Optimal school and classroom settings create safe spaces for social and emotional learning, and in turn, effective SEL programs establish caring learning environments and improve classroom management and teaching.

As a school, one of our greatest responsibilities is to build classrooms and a school culture that holds space for students to feel mentally, physically, and emotionally safe, secure, and empowered to realize their dreams.

School leaders and teachers work to cultivate a sense of community within the school that serves as a foundation for a safe learning School leaders and teachers work to cultivate a sense of community within the school that serves as a foundation for a safe learning school that serves as a foundation for a safe learning space.

Through these events, these schools became a resource in response to families» needs and established themselves as a safe space that families could trust.

Though these resources were not explicitly imagined as affecting school climate, they were seen as desirable to families with LGBT students — perhaps in the hope that if schools were not able to provide a safe space for students, there would be support in other places for them.

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