Sentences with phrase «school created a safe space»

By offering these types of activities and groups, the school created a safe space for students and encouraged understanding among students from varying backgrounds and identities.

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Tchividjian, who's also a law professor at large evangelical school Liberty University, accused churches of not creating «safe spaces» for victims.

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.

The authors note that public health initiatives that could help make the overall environment healthier include restricting the sale of non-nutritious foods in and around schools; menu labeling and providing incentives for food stores to build outlets in local food deserts; creating safe spaces for physical activity that are monitored to reduce the likelihood of crime; and maintaining smoke - free restaurants and public spaces, among others.

Jodh Dhesi, head teacher of Parkside Community College in Cambridge, said: «We are really pleased to be working in partnership with School Letting Solutions, and aim to create a safe and positive community space for young people to thrive and develop their creative aspirations.»

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.

While we don't formally evaluate MathMobs, outside observers — including colleagues from other disciplines — often remark on how impressive it is to create a safe space in which middle schoolers are comfortable playing math games in public for fun.

We asked Josephine Kim, an educator, counselor, and faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to share her thoughts on the risks the film poses for young people, and how educators can support young viewers and create a safe space to teach about eating disorders and mental health.

Schools need to invest time, energy, and money into establishing safe spaces and creating a positive climate that is welcoming to all.

Growing quickly, it became a magnet for noted law faculty, conveying to students that conservative thought was worthy of consideration and creating a safe space to question law school orthodoxies.

To break through those barriers, Claudia Martinez, a counselor at Boston Latin Academy, created a group called Unafraid Educators, which provides a safe space for undocumented students to find assistance, and which works with educators and counselors across Boston Public Schools.

High school student Shayanna develops her talents at Youth Speaks, a nonprofit that creates a safe space for young people to explore writing and performance skills in the service of bettering their communities.

Create safe spaces and trusting relationships in their schools, with their students and colleagues, and within their communities.

«Doug Lemov is also essential reading for anyone who wants to create a safe learning space for children of all ages by building up habits that will support success throughout school and beyond.»

The Circle of Power and Respect (CPR, a daily community - building meeting) should allow us to create a safe space for working on social - emotional learning and addressing issues around our school culture.

By creating a safe space for anyone who's a little different, and by creating a culture where it's uncool to be a bully or a bystander, GSAs have been proven to better school climate for everyone.

Empowering them by creating safe spaces to engage with and confront the challenges they face outside of the classroom and school environment — support that so often is lacking for students from challenging communities and home lives.

Encourage school leaders to create forums for students to express their opinions, feelings and concerns in safe spaces.

President Obama honored Peeples and the State Teachers of the Year during a recent celebration at the White House, where Peeples remarked on the commitments of great educators by stating, «So many teachers... stay after school to listen to our students, go to their games or concerts, or just create a safe space where they can draw because we are stable and dependable adults.»

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.

Yet, our study illuminates how high schools can make a difference in dropout rates by creating a space where students feel safe and connected to their school and teachers.

Participants will work together with the facilitator to create a safe, supportive learning environment in which each attendee can challenge themselves to grow and learn experimentally.Training Costs per 2 - Day Training: There is no graduate school rate available for this training or repeater discounts due to limited space availability.

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