Sentences with phrase «schools in the intervention group»

For schools in the intervention group, all students received three years of the Get Real curriculum, in 6th, then 7th, and then 8th grades.

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In a landmark experiment in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New EnglanIn a landmark experiment in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New Englanin 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New Englanin New England.

Despite the widened socioeconomic inequalities by the intervention in rates of prolonged exclusive and any breastfeeding, breastfeeding rates were even higher among mothers with the lowest education (secondary school or less) in the intervention group than they were among mothers who completed university in the control group.

If elected, Mr. Giardina pledged to evaluate current law enforcement programs and policies for interdiction and intervention; support 12 - step programs for addiction recovery; double the number of children and teenagers involved in after - school and sports programs sponsored by schools and faith and community - based groups; establish mentorship, apprenticeship, and internship programs that link East Hampton's youth with year - round homeowners and those who visit seasonally; create a volunteer program for those in recovery to be reintegrated into the job market; triple the number of police, firefighters, educators, and medical personnel trained to administer Narcan, and investigate the establishment of an easy - access residential treatment facility available as an alternative or supplement to incarceration.

In 2009 University of Virginia psychologist Christopher S. Hulleman described a semester - long intervention in which one group of high school students wrote about how science related to their lives and another group simply summarized what they had learned in science clasIn 2009 University of Virginia psychologist Christopher S. Hulleman described a semester - long intervention in which one group of high school students wrote about how science related to their lives and another group simply summarized what they had learned in science clasin which one group of high school students wrote about how science related to their lives and another group simply summarized what they had learned in science clasin science class.

However, the date for considering a new four - year contract for the superintendent was delayed as the result of the intervention by the Corporation for Boston, a multi-community group dedicated to easing racial tension in the city since school...

Staff were also asked to indicate how often their school had used six intervention methods in actual cases of bullying (direct sanctions; strengthening the victim; mediation; restorative practice; the support group method; and, the method of shared concern) and their effectiveness.

Those schools that have seen the Pupil Premium provide significant support to budgets are most likely to invest it in small group interventions.

If the treatment and control groups are similar at the beginning of the study, any differences between the two groups that emerge over time can be attributed to the programmatic intervention - in the case at hand, using a voucher to switch from a public to a private school.

More than a dozen groups have joined in drafting a document that outlines the roles education professionals and parents should take to start successful «response to intervention» programs in schools.

The blended - learning environment in Los Altos schools allows for seamless targeted intervention and flexible groupings, as well as real collaboration among students — all of which allows them to exercise their own student voice and choice.

In our main experiment, we randomly assigned each of 3,000 high - achieving, low - income 2011 — 12 high school seniors to the ECO-C Intervention and the same number of students to the control group.

In addition to our main experiment testing the ECO-C Intervention's effects on our target group of high - achieving, low - income students, we also used the same approach to study its effects on students who meet the same test - score criteria but who have estimated family income above the bottom one - third or attended a feeder high school.

Interventions (both in - school and out - of - school) for any particular age group tend to be very similar in purpose, no matter what their label.

It actively involves the community in consistent, comprehensive, multi-level activities which incorporate whole - school approaches, class or other group approaches, individual programs (early intervention), and casework.

If successful, these interventions could be targeted to specific disorders or patient groups, and researchers could explore how they could link across schools and other institutions in families» lives, and in particular how they could offer support to vulnerable populations.

Just to explain that a little bit further, what we found is that the students in the control group, their level of emotional problems stayed at round about stable or went up slightly during the 14 week study period, whereas those that we doing the Burn2Learn program in the intervention school, they saw a drop in their emotional problems.

Intensive interventions, including pulling struggling readers out of class for individual or small - group tutorials, have become increasingly popular in many schools around the country.

The other 2 schools in this group of 8 had implemented early reading interventions without schoolwide reform of their reading program.

Wheeler and Hilltop, K - 2 schools, had daily small - group interventions in each grade.

While the sample of schools in this study is limited, the data nonetheless point to reading success in the most effective schools through a combination of locally or regionally developed small - group interventions set within a homegrown school reform model.

For Classroom Teachers: We are offering a Certificate in Direct Instruction of Social - Emotional Learning and Character Development Interventions, with a focus on classroom, small - group, and after - school contexts.

But Mr. Duncan was already convinced of the need for direct intervention in many failing schools, and the business group's proposal helped shape a sweeping new plan, which Mayor Richard M. Daley announced in June.

About $ 3 million would be spent to develop a rigorous college and technical program at every high school; $ 250,000 to create a central office group charged with raising awareness of institutional racism and giving people the skills and knowledge to dismantle it; $ 575,000 to create partnerships with bilingual communities; and $ 1 million to carry out intervention plans in struggling schools.

At an elementary school in Soledad, in the Salinas Valley, a group of students that have performed moderately on state tests practice reading skills with an intervention teacher.

The School Counseling internship experience engages students in a multitude of school counseling activities including brief individual counseling; group counseling; teacher, administrator, and guardian consultation; and systemic intervenSchool Counseling internship experience engages students in a multitude of school counseling activities including brief individual counseling; group counseling; teacher, administrator, and guardian consultation; and systemic intervenschool counseling activities including brief individual counseling; group counseling; teacher, administrator, and guardian consultation; and systemic interventions.

For example, schools will have to show that there's «clear and rigorous process for providing interventions and supports for low - achieving students in those schools» when one or more at - risk group is missing achievement goals or graduation rate targets over a number of years.

In the elementary schools, the 163 5th grade teachers, who taught all subjects to the same group of students each day, implemented the intervention with their homeroom students.

The vast majority of schools use some form of social - emotional and behavioral screening data to identify students in need of individual or small group interventions (at either Tier 2 or 3).

Hehir points out that interventions for this group are more likely to focus on controlling their disruptive behaviors in school than on providing mental health help or positive interventions to improve students» mental state and behaviors.

Furthermore, the reports also help educators identify trends in each individual student's performance, as well as group - level data that help clarify when class - wide or school - wide intervention and support are needed.

Easy - to - interpret reports help educators identify trends in each individual student's performance, as well as group - level data that help clarify when class - wide or school - wide intervention and support are needed.

Reading intervention services may include the use of: special reading teachers; trained aides; volunteer tutors under the supervision of a certified teacher; computer - based reading tutorial programs; aides to instruct in - class groups while the teacher provides direct instruction to the students who need extra assistance; and extended instructional time in the school day or school year for these students.

Easy - to - interpret reports help educators identify trends in individual student's performance, isolate specific skills by Common Core National Standard that are mastered or need further development, and offer group - level data that help clarify when class - wide or school - wide intervention and support are needed.

Civil rights groups like that Harkin's proposal requires intervention in a school where subgroups fail to make academic goals, writes Klein.

They decide on appropriate interventions, which can include a referral to school psychologist, family counseling, pairing a student up with a mentor, including students in small groups, providing extra support after class / after school, initiating an SST process or a special education assessment, helping students get clean clothes, helping the family secure food or shelter, and any other supports that may be necessary.

Students at Wewoka Elementary walk back to their classrooms after meeting in small groups for ROAR, the school's innovative reading intervention program.

In this randomized evaluation of the Safe & Civil Schools PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) Model, 32 elementary schools in a large urban school district were randomly assigned to either an initial training cohort or a wait - list control grouIn this randomized evaluation of the Safe & Civil Schools PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) Model, 32 elementary schools in a large urban school district were randomly assigned to either an initial training cohort or a wait - list controlSchools PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) Model, 32 elementary schools in a large urban school district were randomly assigned to either an initial training cohort or a wait - list controlschools in a large urban school district were randomly assigned to either an initial training cohort or a wait - list control grouin a large urban school district were randomly assigned to either an initial training cohort or a wait - list control group.

As a result, they may engage in advocacy for the student as part of an overall school reform effort, create counseling groups with other students, or initiate more universal interventions aligned with Tier I of multi-tiered systems of support.

In part because of the increased popularity of programs such as «Response to Intervention,» small group instruction is now commonplace in most schoolIn part because of the increased popularity of programs such as «Response to Intervention,» small group instruction is now commonplace in most schoolin most schools.

The project will have two main components: (1) The implementation of a model, named «The Link Crew High School Orientation and Transition Model,» designed to create a shared experience for freshmen, upperclassmen, and staff, where a group of upperclassmen will serve as mentors and tour guides to help the freshmen understand how to be successful at the high school level; and (2) an overhaul of the In - School Suspension program (ISS) to transform ISS from a traditional punitive intervention to a non-punitive, strengths - based, educational setting based on Ross Greene's «Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS).&School Orientation and Transition Model,» designed to create a shared experience for freshmen, upperclassmen, and staff, where a group of upperclassmen will serve as mentors and tour guides to help the freshmen understand how to be successful at the high school level; and (2) an overhaul of the In - School Suspension program (ISS) to transform ISS from a traditional punitive intervention to a non-punitive, strengths - based, educational setting based on Ross Greene's «Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS).&school level; and (2) an overhaul of the In - School Suspension program (ISS) to transform ISS from a traditional punitive intervention to a non-punitive, strengths - based, educational setting based on Ross Greene's «Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS).&School Suspension program (ISS) to transform ISS from a traditional punitive intervention to a non-punitive, strengths - based, educational setting based on Ross Greene's «Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS).»

Data were collected from both a group of intervention students and a matched control group to address the research question, «Does participation in P3 increase students» interest in and success with the study of mathematics and science in high school?»

«If there is a group of boys in a school who are completely off the wall, they have to be targeted for intervention.

In this context, he facilitated youth participatory action research (YPAR) with a group of high school students, where they researched local problems and developed plans of action to make critical interventions in their communitIn this context, he facilitated youth participatory action research (YPAR) with a group of high school students, where they researched local problems and developed plans of action to make critical interventions in their communitin their community.

The state also requires birth to grade three programs to provide, «Opportunities to observe and practice in early childhood age groups (birth - age 2, ages 3 - 5, and Kindergarten - grade 3) and in all types of early education settings (school settings, child care centers and homes / early intervention services, community agency programs).»

This pooled pot will fund trials to evaluate teaching and learning approaches, as well as intervention programmes, solely focused on raising the attainment of EAL pupils from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and in particular those groups identified by the Strand / Murphy reports as most at - risk of under - achieving at school.

With this flexibility, however, the federal government should require states or districts to take action in schools where all students or groups of students are persistently not making progress, with the most rigorous interventions focused on the schools and students that are furthest behind.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

This movement has been induced by differences in school readiness and academic achievement between socioeconomic and racial / ethnic groups, and has shown that early interventions are cost effective and generally have the capacity to narrow achievement differences.

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).