Sentences with phrase «schools engage students»

Successful middle schools engage students in all aspects of their learning.

We began offering workshops and on - site support helping middle - level schools engage students in learning by building caring, supportive communities.

Schools engage students and adults collectively in determining appropriate outcomes for infractions.

Attendance improves when schools engage students and parents in positive ways and when schools provide mentors for chronically absent students.

In particular, I'm interested in learning more about the ways schools engage students in things such as decision - making, school governance, curriculum design and assessment of learning.

Printable article Successful middle schools engage students in all aspects of their learning.

The restorative - justice program at Ypislanti High School engages students in peer mediation in a «conflict resolution center.»

The school engages its students in various extra-curricular activities to support their social development including a school council, a knitting club and a gardening club.

The Resilience Charter School engages students through authentic relationships and project - based learning, empowering them to think critically, persevere with grit, design creative solutions, and act with mindfulness and compassion.»

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Klawe started with the hypothesis that if Harvey Mudd created an environment that was supportive and engaging for everyone; if the school built confidence and community among underrepresented groups; and if it demystified the path to success, a diverse group of students would be attracted to the college and succeed there.

Some 30 faculty members at the school were engaged in the review, along with alumni and students.

About a third of employers say they are getting the workers they need, in part because they are engaged in the training process, communicating directly with schools and students to develop course work or to the let institutions know what skills new hires need.

Business schools are reaching for real - life examples to teach old - school business practices in an effort to engage their students.

The Haskayne Career Centre is working closely with our faculty partners to plan a number of events to engage with Haskayne School of Business students.

Wade — whose return to Miami at February's trade deadline came just before the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and who worked to pay tribute to the fallen students there and engage with the survivors after that tragedy — asked Shaw what he hoped would come of his experience at the Waffle House and its aftermath.

«This strong vote of confidence from the AACSB demonstrates the tremendous progress we have made at Haskayne to improve the student experience, research important business topics and engage with our community,» says Jim Dewald, dean of the school.

In December 2017, another young white supremacist, William Atchison, engaged in a shooting spree at a high school in northwest New Mexico, killing two students before shooting himself.

Students work in small groups as they engage the contexts of the school of theology, Emory University and the city of Atlanta.

Ka does engage in genuinely serious discussions about God with one religious high school student.

We want to see that students are involved and engaged right where they are in high school, in hopes that will translate right into college.

From Whitehead's personal and professional experience, the university was the logical place for the imagination of the student to engage the principles mastered in secondary school.

At Islamic schools we found students and staff actively engaged in an ongoing assessment of which elements of American culture could be accepted and which should be rejected and, in the latter case, what form that rejection should take.

Those who engage in theological schooling, students and faculty, must themselves be engaged in these more inclusive activities also, not because we learn by doing, but because «we do not learn the meaning of deeds without doing».

In his new book, The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction, Professor Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, one of the most prolific and engaging students of the new constitutional order, engages this question.

In 1824, a group of theological students at Yale Divinity School signed a compact «to go to the State of Illinois for the purpose of establishing a seminary of learning such as shall best be adopted to the exigencies of that country — a part of us to engage in instruction in the seminary; the other to occupy, as preachers, important stations in the surrounding country.»

To continue engaging younger students, Robert and his staff also plan to introduce the district's new salad bar mascot and lunch superhero in March, to get students «super» - excited about healthy school food.

GENYOUth Foundation, formed by National Dairy Council and National Football League (NFL) engages students, schools, communities, business partners and thought leaders to help fund Fuel Up To Play 60.

Robert Cuellar's voice is cheerful and enthusiastic as he begins to describe his school's vibrant salad bar program, the importance of educating and engaging students with healthy eating, and how his own children motivate him to continue to improve school food every day.

Consisting primarily of local chefs and restaurateurs, the Council remains on a mission to shift MPS towards more wholesome, unprocessed schools meals by engaging students through food education, creating new recipes, and other strategies.

Developed by education communication specialists Kids Media, the Australian Organic Schools website has been designed to engage teachers, students, canteen managers / volunteers and parents / carers, highlighting the benefits of healthy eating and growing food.

During the third annual Food Waste & Hunger Summit, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack drew attention to efforts like The Campus Kitchens Project, which engages college and high school students to gather unused food from dining halls, grocery stores, restaurants and farmers» markets and deliver it to the less fortunate.

Dryden, NY - On Monday, Dryden Middle School hosted their first Health and Wellness Day, with local businesses coming together to engage students -LSB-...]

A new charter school in Brooklyn uses a sports - oriented curriculum to engage high - risk students

Little Medical School, designed and developed by board certified physicians, engages students with hands - on medical demonstrations, crafts, songs and games.

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In fact, enlisting my students in the shared project of creating an engaging classroom has been my most successful attempt to push back against the pressures to «do school.»

But then, once a basic level of calm prevailed in the school, the coaches turned their attention to encouraging what they called cooperative learning, a pedagogical approach that promoted student engagement in the learning process: less lecture time; fewer repetitive worksheets; more time spent working in small groups, solving problems, engaging in discussions, and collaborating on longer - term creative projects.

Pope's book is about high school students who «do school,» gaming the system, cheating, getting by, and otherwise performing school without engaging in actual learning.

What I've learned from my research is that in addition to making sure our classroom practices are engaging, we also need to talk to students directly about their beliefs about school, helping them see how disengagement works against them, and what engagement actually is.

Even when confronted with assignments specifically designed to engage them, and even when students are aware of the teacher's desire to engage them, students describe their school experiences in disengaged terms.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

When I visited another EL school in the spring of 2015, the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (known as WHEELS) in Upper Manhattan, almost every classroom I visited was engaged in some kind of elaborate discussion or creative project that demanded involvement from every stschool in the spring of 2015, the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (known as WHEELS) in Upper Manhattan, almost every classroom I visited was engaged in some kind of elaborate discussion or creative project that demanded involvement from every stSchool (known as WHEELS) in Upper Manhattan, almost every classroom I visited was engaged in some kind of elaborate discussion or creative project that demanded involvement from every student.

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.

All students engage in community service, as does the School itself through our Crossroads Community Outreach Foundation, which models the service expected of our students.

When students feel able to meet parent expectations, they are less likely to be worried and stressed about their schoolwork and less likely to suffer from physical symptoms of stress and Students are more motivated and engaged in school, and are more likely to persevere when they feel supported by their students feel able to meet parent expectations, they are less likely to be worried and stressed about their schoolwork and less likely to suffer from physical symptoms of stress and Students are more motivated and engaged in school, and are more likely to persevere when they feel supported by their Students are more motivated and engaged in school, and are more likely to persevere when they feel supported by their teachers

At the Vancouver Waldorf School, students learn from an early age to engage in their own learning process.

The faculty artfully integrates State - adopted educational standards into the school's curriculum while creating a vibrant and stimulating environment that not only engages, but improves student attention and develops a life - long passion for learning.

The school district will engage a committee composed of students, parents, teachers, (including teachers of physical education), administrators, food service professionals, health professionals, and other interested community members in developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing district - wide nutrition and physical activity goals.

Solutions are found through food service training, chef instructor training, insightful school lunch economics and engaging young students to explore new foods and learn the joys of cooking.

To make his case against flavored milk, Oliver engaged in some eye - catching (though perhaps slightly misleading) stunts, like filling a school bus to near - bursting with white sand to demonstrate the amount of sugar offered to LASUD students each week in flavored milk.