Sentences with phrase «small group of parents»

Finally, the relatively small groups of parents in the study constitute another of its limitations.

It is designed as a 12 - session program to be used with small groups of parents, and as a one - day seminar for large numbers of parents.

It was originally designed as a 15 - session program to be used with small groups of parents.

Parent Revolution organizers went door to door, and then held house meetings for small groups of parents.

The Parents Plus and Working Things Out Programmes are designed as collaborative educational / therapeutic courses to be delivered by trained professionals to small groups of parents over six to twelve weeks.

The CICC's New Confident Parenting Program is designed as a ten - session program to be used with small groups of parents.

More professionals need to take a leadership role in providing opportunities for small groups of parents to meet in community settings such as churches or schools in order to create a sense of connection, support, and to lessen the isolation and alienation parents often face.

The local vicar, Rev Giles Walter, who has been involved with the school for 24 years, issued a statement: «The behaviour of this small group of parents has hurled a hand grenade into a previously happy and harmonious environment.

Nonetheless the head teacher gave in to the small group of parents and has banned CrossTeach from being involved in assemblies.

These extremists have been spouting hate, abuse and according to one small group of parents, causing their children to be «exposed to potentially damaging ideology».

The Woodland Charter School began its journey in 2009 with a small group of parents seeking educational options for their children.

Attending a Sleep Sense seminar provides a comfortable environment where a small group of parents get together and learn how to SOLVE their children's sleep problems.

Education Otherwise (EO) was formed by a small group of parents in 1977 and has evolved into a large self - help organisation which offers support and information to members.

Waldorf Academy Biography In 1986 a small group of parents in the downtown area of Toronto came together inspired by a vision of a new kind of school for their children — a Waldorf school.

Potty Training: Visit any parenting community or play date, and you're sure to find at least a small group of parents talking about whether their child is using the potty.

There is a small group of parents who are trying to change the ways of food service at our school, but it seems to be an uphill battle.

I was working with a small group of parents to look at food programing alternatives, and we were meeting with the district, but the group was not getting anywhere.

There is a small group of parents, religious groups and predominantly Tory politicians who swing into action every time sex education is mentioned.

Meanwhile, a small group of parents rallied on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday afternoon to decry the weaponry surge.

A small group of parents, teachers and friends highlighted this fact by lighting 180 luminous bags in front of Old County Hall on Monday, roughly the number of opioid overdose deaths cases confirmed by the Health Department so far this year.

A small group of parents and supporters turned out last night, trying to mobilize against the school board closing School 115, what was once Pinnacle Charter School.

Last year, McReynolds says, a small group of parents got kids interested in participating in the Valentines for Veterans program.

The opinion, which had been expected last fall, upheld every aspect of a law that had been challenged by poor school districts, wealthy districts, the state, and even a small group of parents who argued that the mediocrity of Texas schools should be constitutional grounds to allow vouchers to send children to private schools.

Having long criticized laws like the federal No Child Left Behind act and Indiana's Public Law 221 for relying too heavily on test scores, small groups of parents are planning to have their students «Opt Out» of statewide testing this spring.

A small group of parents and educators meet at an Indianapolis art gallery.

A video of a high school football game looped in the background as Charter Schools USA staff spoke to a small group of parents and staff from Emmerich Manual High School and Emma Donna Middle School.

Our organization evolved from a small group of parent volunteers who happened to also be credentialed educators; dedicating their time, expertise and licensure to charter schools in an effort to assist charter schools in maintaining special education compliance as well as fulfilling parent volunteer hours required by those Charter Schools.

On the day of the school board meeting, Comienza organized a small group of parents to watch kids who were dropped off at school at 6 a.m..

A small group of parents in Adelanto, Calif., became the first in the nation Thursday to choose a charter operator to take over their neighborhood school through the controversial «parent...

Now, small groups of parents and concerned citizens have organized to disrupt negative perceptions of public schools, enroll their children in their neighborhood school, and partner respectfully with staff and current families to invest in making that school a learning environment worthy of all children.

A small group of parents in Adelanto, Calif., became the first in the nation Thursday to choose a charter operator to take over their neighborhood school through the controversial «parent trigger» law.

This small group of parents met irregularly to share ideas, discuss policy, and navigate the unchartered waters of charter schools together.

We do not believe the decision to establish a new charter school or to convert a traditional public school to a charter should be made just by government officials or by a small group of parents, as the consequences will affect the entire community.»

In my experience working with numerous policy and practice issues with school districts over the years, if a small group of parents exert their influence and assert that something is essential to the education and well - being of students that are not currently being addressed, schools and school districts have no choice but to take notice and respond.

Springboard was formed in 1986 by a small group of parents living in North Somerset, who all had pre-school age children with special educational needs and could not find the support they required during the early years of their children's lives.

Berstein et al. (2000) interestingly points out that in Baumrind's study there were a small group of parents, so called harmonious or democratic parents, who apparently had raised «well - adjusted» and happy children without using the means of high control.

In my experience working with numerous policy and practice issues with school districts over the years, if a small group of parents exert their influence and assert that something is essential to the education and well - being of students that is not currently being addressed, schools and school districts have no choice but to take notice and respond.