Sentences with phrase «school learning climate»

Creating Effective Schools: An Inservice Program for Enhancing School Learning Climate and Achievement, by Wilbur Brookover, Laurence Beamer, Helen Efthim, Douglas Hathaway, Lawrence Lezotte, Stephen Miller, Joseph Passalacque, and Louis Tornatzky, 1982 (Learning Publications Inc., Box 1326 — Dept. CE, Holmes Beach, Fla. 33509).

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Peace Builders is an inclusive school climate pro-gram, which creates a peaceful learning environment, decreasing violence and disruptive behavior while increasing positive respectful, thoughtful behavior.

By focusing on the day - to - day necessities of a healthy schedule; an engaging, personalized, and rigorous curriculum; and a caring climate, this book is an invaluable resource for school leaders, teachers, parents, and students to help them design learning communities where every student feels a sense of belonging, purpose, and motivation to learn the skills necessary to succeed now and in the future.

California's evolving knowledge and commitment to social emotional learning can be seen in the state's adoption of school climate and parent engagement, as meaningful state indicators.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school disciSchool Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school discischool discipline.

Its UFT Teacher Center helps our members devise strategies that help them to enhance instruction, and the UFT — DOE restorative justice partnership, the Professional Learning Collaborative, trains every staff member in the building, reducing behavior incidents and improving school climate.

The UFT is currently interviewing candidates to run an independent assessment of the impact of the Community Learning Schools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating sSchools Initiative on student achievement and school climate in the participating schoolsschools.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

«We're glad the governor went to global warming school, but he didn't learn the lessons from it,» said David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, about the governor's recent meetings with climate scientists.

That finding is meant to contradict the stereotype of Americans learning little science in school and being oblivious to or willfully ignorant of the scientific consensus on everything from climate change to evolution.

«We take what we have learned from the past climate and applied it to better understand what to expect moving forward with the current state of the changing global climate,» said study co-author Ali Pourmand, an associate professor of marine geosciences at the UM Rosenstiel School.»

Yoga 4 Classrooms is a ChildLight Yoga affiliate focused on providing professional development training for K - 12 schools and individual school professionals interested in sustainably implementing yoga & mindfulness in their classrooms and schools to improve self - regulation, learning and climate.

These are all basic requirements for readiness to learn and for a positive and healthy school climate.

These challenges need to be met via regular mindfulness practices as norms in the following areas: school administrators, school union leadership, school structure and process, teacher and classroom structure and climate, effective mindfulness curriculum and QUALIFIED trainers, effective teaching skills, and optimal motivated learning by students.

The group decided to form a committee and brainstorm ways students and teachers could improve the school climate and help people learn to respect one another's differences.

-- data on school climate, student and teacher supports, and learning opportunities from student, teacher, and parent surveys.

Those conversations are far too rare in the teaching profession, and this is another way that National Board Certification is helping to improve the climate of learning in our schools.

One researcher suggested that recent studies saying current middle school programs focus more on developing a nurturing climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some principals to drop service - learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.

If you need help justifying this work, or want ideas for starting points, the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom campaign has done a brilliant job addressing the issues that stop schools taking learning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with climate change and sustainLearning Outside the Classroom campaign has done a brilliant job addressing the issues that stop schools taking learning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with climate change and sustainlearning outdoors www.lotc.org.uk www.realcoolfutures.com contains real case studies of young people who have already found or created jobs to do with climate change and sustainability.

Fink and Geller: We believe that conversations about the Common Core must include a sustained focus on character education, social - emotional learning, and positive school climate.

Create a positive school culture and climate that includes high - quality teaching and learning, safety, caring relationships, supportive, and challenging learning environments, sense of community and inclusion for all students and subgroups, and distributed staff leadership

Principals praised their positive influence on student learning and school climate.

It would be nice if the site also covered practices related to school climate and / or social - emotional learning, but the selection of topics here is no doubt limited by the stringent standards that practices must meet in order to be deemed «research - based.»

Superintendents, principals, and others in positions of authority in school systems are instrumental in providing the vision, time, and resources to support continual professional learning, a positive school climate, and success for all students (Leithwood et al., 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012).

Schools realize the importance of SEL and / or character for their broader purposes of developing the whole student, fostering academic achievement, promoting positive behavior, and creating a positive culture and climate for learning.

Opportunity - to - learn indicators should include curriculum access and participation, sufficient resources, and measures of school climate.

«The focus will be to have discussions about our school, the climate, the concept of ethical responsibility, and what it means for us as a learning community,» he says, starting with topics suggested in the survey results.

It's even possible that a change in the D.C. school climate accelerated learning gains.

Bring the climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepeclimate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepeClimate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdepeclimate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdependence.

Teachers need manageable technology that does not distract from teaching and learning; they need instructional coaches who can effectively use the footage for professional learning; and they need a supportive school climate for sharing challenging moments in the classroom.

As well as a purely economic decision, solar on school roofs can be useful for learning by providing a starting point for a discussion on energy, climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.

Candidates must learn to develop «a classroom and school climate that values diversity... [an awareness] of different teaching and learning styles shaped by cultural influences... dispositions that respect and value differences» and «skills for working in diverse settings.»

Alonso served as CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for six years, where he led a reform effort marked by a rebalancing of authority and responsibility among stakeholders, the building of a coalition in support of City Schools, leading edge labor contracts, and a focus on individual students and teaching and learning that yielded marked improvement in achievement and climate data across all levels, the first increases in enrollment in 40 years, and widespread political and ground root support for what have been divisive reform strategies in other districts.

Conversely, in a toxic school culture and climate, learning by all will not take place effectively, and what is learned may be sustainably negative and harmful.

«The purpose of teacher retreats is to create a separate experience that enhances positive school climate, develop collegiality, take the teachers out of the building, and provide a new learning experiences for a day,» Myrna Rubel, principal of the middle school division, told Education World.

Bring the climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishin...

First, they profile some district - run schools that have created coherent instructional programs and maintained social climates that support learning, apparently without selecting their students.

Although Benveniste, Carnoy, and Rothstein provided little information on how the schools were chosen or how data were collected and analyzed, it is clear that they looked at school organization, the learning climate, teaching methods, and relationships with parents.

Parents» satisfaction with private schools is based on the climate they maintain, but this can have no connection with student learning.

From The Highly Engaged Classroom to School Engagement, Disengagement, Learning Supports, & School Climate (PDF) to «Strengthening Student Engagement,» the books and articles that have been written on the subject of increasing student engagement could fill a gluttonous orca.

A sustained positive school climate promotes students» social, mental and emotional development, and behavioural and learning outcomes, while guaranteeing both physical and social safety (Zullig et al., 2010, Loukas and Robinson, 2004).

Before tackling the most significant school challenges, schools need to build their own local resource expertise in the model of a professional learning community that builds competence and networking regarding school culture and climate and social - emotional and character development.

Bullying Bullying can create a climate of fear and anxiety in a school, distract students from their schoolwork, and impede their ability to learn.

Strong arts programs are also linked to improving certain communication and critical - thinking skills, as well as student motivation for learning and school climate, the analysis released last week found.

A school questionnaire, answered by the principal (or the principal's delegate), sought descriptive information about school characteristics, instructional time, resources and technology, school climate for learning, students» school readiness, and principal preparation and experience.

Leveraging a grant and supportive partnership with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)-- a nonprofit organization that supports SEL programs in nine other districts in the nation — Washoe has worked to improve school climate and culture, parent engagement, and student voice in all 98 schools in the district.

This Spotlight considers the digital divide in how teachers learn to use technology, how teachers are trained to address race and equity in the classroom, and the links between school climate and achievement gaps.

University of Pennsylvania researchers recently found that social - emotional learning and this kind of positive school climate are linked.

During the webinar, we will share the processes and resources districts can use to: • Develop literacy around school climate / culture and social - emotional learning • Understand survey data in order to surface key insights • Create school site and district action plans for promoting positive school climate and SEL SBCUSD and 400 other districts partner with Panorama Education to collect and use school climate and SEL data and to deliver professional development trainings and workshops.

A learning tool As well as a purely economic decision, solar on your school's roof can also be used as a learning tool and as a starting point for a discussion on energy, climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.