Sentences with phrase «small groups of parents in»

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.

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A «natural grouping» is a small social unit made up of people whose fives are in some measure interlaced and who provide for each other a stable context in which the orderly transmission of values can take place from parents to children.

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

So begins Pope Michael, a weird, intriguing, and distressing documentary about a young man in a small town in rural eastern Kansas who, after being elected by six people, a group that included his parents and himself, claimed to be the Bishop of Rome.

In a small congregation, groups can be organized on an ad hoc basis in response to particular needs of members; in larger congregations, the size of the congregation may warrant ongoing groups that parents conjoin on a short - term basiIn a small congregation, groups can be organized on an ad hoc basis in response to particular needs of members; in larger congregations, the size of the congregation may warrant ongoing groups that parents conjoin on a short - term basiin response to particular needs of members; in larger congregations, the size of the congregation may warrant ongoing groups that parents conjoin on a short - term basiin larger congregations, the size of the congregation may warrant ongoing groups that parents conjoin on a short - term basis.

In the lay academies of the continent, the «house churches» of Britain, the ecumenical retreat centers in the U. S. and elsewhere, in denominational and local church camps, youth assemblies, parent education and Bible study groups, hundreds of persons are discovering the excitement of life - to - life communication in small groupIn the lay academies of the continent, the «house churches» of Britain, the ecumenical retreat centers in the U. S. and elsewhere, in denominational and local church camps, youth assemblies, parent education and Bible study groups, hundreds of persons are discovering the excitement of life - to - life communication in small groupin the U. S. and elsewhere, in denominational and local church camps, youth assemblies, parent education and Bible study groups, hundreds of persons are discovering the excitement of life - to - life communication in small groupin denominational and local church camps, youth assemblies, parent education and Bible study groups, hundreds of persons are discovering the excitement of life - to - life communication in small groupin small groups.

Discussions of handling a child's anger constructively should be accompanied by small - group opportunities for the parents to work through their own feelings in this area (which is so vital to mental health).

Whether it is done in small groups or couple - by - couple, pastoral preparation of expectant parents should emphasize the emotional needs of infants, a subject which physicians often do not emphasize adequately.

Consequently, the total group — some forty parents — divided into five sharing groups for part of each of six evening sessions, with a teacher or school counselor and parent co-leaders in each small group.

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

We encourage our supporters to connect with Holistic Moms and Attachment Parenting International groups, as they both support cloth diapering as one small part of holistic parenting inParenting International groups, as they both support cloth diapering as one small part of holistic parenting inparenting in general.

The small but mighty staff of Attachment Parenting International (API) is made up of a core group of volunteers dedicated to the Eight Principles and to promoting Attachment Parenting in the community.

While checking in on the baby may be helpful to a small group of babies, our experience has been that the vast majority of babies over four months old become more agitated when their parents go and see them in the midst of crying.

While some parents need the maximum level of one - to - one support from me, others thrive in a small group setting.

It truly seems like it was just the other day that a small group of dear friends and I decided to start a local group affiliated with Attachment Parenting International (API) in Des Moines, Iowa, USA — only the second one in the Midwest.

«The idea of breast - feeding a child until they're a preschooler is still fairly restricted to a small group of women, or at least, it's kept in the closet,» said ABC News parenting contributor Ann Pleshette Murphy.

A small proportion of our co sleeping deaths are horrible accidents that in retrospect could maybe have been prevented (in this group I include babies who fall down the gap between the bed and the wall and get wedged and become asphyxiated, or a baby who rolled out of bed and landed head first into a waste paper basket that had been lined with a plastic bag, or a baby who had been put up on the pillows but had slipped down the gap between the two pillows at the top of the bed and the pillows then moved over her face due to the parents shifting position.

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.

The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.

In early 2009 Jonathon Porritt, chair of the government's Sustainable Development Commission, whacked a hornet's nest by calling parents of more than two children «irresponsible» and blasting mainstream environmental groups for «betraying» their members by fearing to call for small families.

This small group of genes are expressed and functional only from a copy inherited from only from our mother or only from the father, in contrast to the over 20,000 genes expressed from alleles inherited from both parents.

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

Although most of EVC's work is with teachers and students, their parents, friends, and community members join in the dialog during end - of - term screenings of student work and through portfolio roundtables during which students present and comment on their work to a small group of teachers, peers, EVC staff, and others.

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.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesIn 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income familiesin the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

Parents gather around small groups of kids — whose skin colors span shades of ivory and tan and brown — to ask them about their projects and the ways in which these issues are still relevant today.

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.

How did this small group of affluent parents come to have so much information and buy - in so quickly?

In addition to his coaching duties, Rosen makes time to work with small groups of struggling students, host parent programs, and collaborates with small groups of teachers on «lesson studies» — Japanese - style brainstorming sessions designed to help teachers create effective lessons on particularly challenging topics.

Special education teachers typically do the following: • Assess students skills to determine their needs and to develop teaching plans • Adapt lessons to meet the needs of students • Develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for each student • Plan, organize, and assign activities that are specific to each students abilities • Teach and mentor students as a class, in small groups, and one - on - one • Implement IEPs, assess students» performance, and track their progress • Update IEPs throughout the school year to reflect students» progress and goals • Discuss students» progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators • Supervise and mentor teacher assistants who work with students with disabilities • Prepare and help students transition from grade to grade and after graduation Special education teachers in public schools are required to have at least a bachelor's degree and a state - issued certification or license Most states require a degree specifically in special education.

One of their first opportunities to participate will be in focus groups, during which members of the research team will meet with small groups of teachers, parents and students to gather information about how they would be interested in using the map.

The Chicago Teachers Union and a parent group pressed the Chicago Board of Education for clarity on its decision to have students at only a small number of schools take the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exams in reading and math.

Decoding Dyslexia, launched in 2011 by New Jersey parents, is an excellent and inspirational story about how a small group of parents banded together to change education in their home state and in other states.

The National Education Association hosted a National Summit on Family, School, and Community Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith community met for two days of small group and panel discussions.

One DCPS official told a concerned parent in an email that a longer testing window has allowed schools to rotate smaller groups of students through tests rather than testing everyone at the same time, «so that instruction, student services, field trips, science fairs, performances and the like can continue.»

Even in small groups, teachers simply can not provide the same amount of one - on - one attention as a parent can.

Today brought additional reports that a small group of Connecticut superintendents, principals and other school administrators continue to mislead and lie to parents about their fundamental right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test or are engaging in bullying and harassment of students and parents who have decided to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory SBAC testing scheme.

A passel of interlinked right - wing groups that fund and participate in ALEC, including the Koch's astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, the DeVos family's American Federation for Children, and the State Policy Network's Goldwater Institute joined the push to expand the state's voucher program (even though its small scale voucher plan was not popular with parents and not yet full.)

And although there are a handful of parent - led groups working hard in the state, what strikes us about the «movement» is that it has taken hold everywhere, in bigger, county and district - wide groups, but also in small, school - centered groups like ours, and among individual parents across the city and state.

The Special Education Teacher will provide small group and one - on - one instruction to students requiring support in the areas of reading, writing, math and other areas as needed; communicate on - going student progress to parents / guardians, general education teachers, school administration, district personnel and other service professionals via progress reporting and Individual Education Plans; and is responsible for maintaining on - going compliance in accordance with IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

It is helpful for parents to offer to assist their child's teacher by making or locating supplemental materials, helping in the classroom or library, offering expertise to small groups of students, or finding others who can provide other enrichment experiences.

A small army of well - trained counselors help take care of kids, who are divided into five age groups and parents are given beepers during the day in case they'd like to take time for themselves.

The top of the wall is ablaze with fish life: large angelfishes in groups of four or five; every variety of btutterflyfish, always in pairs; large squirrelfishes posing outside their holes; and small grouper, impatient to see the world deeper down, looking and behaving in the same way as their much larger parents.

resources Free online series, including «Faith@Work» and «The World As It Should Be» at Gospel.link Spirituality of Work resources from The Pastoral Center, including small group resources for seven occupations Family and parenting resources at GrowingUpCatholic.com Resources supporting Pope Francis» Joy of the Gospel, including «The Joy of Just Living: Living simply, sustainably, and in solidarity with the poor» Other Simple Living and Ecology resources Simply Advent handouts, inserts for - a-simpler-more-faith-filled-advent-eresource.

A local marketing mastermind collaborative is a group of complementary professionals who serve the same group of people in the same community (i.e., parents with small children in Silver Springs, MD, small business owners in Orange County, CA, or people gearing up for retirement in Hermosa Beach, CA, etc.).

Explorer Insurance's parent company, ICW Group, was established in 1972 to provide a variety of insurance protection for automobile drivers, small business owners, and commercial property owners.

A planning day began Monday morning at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as teachers streamed in and were welcomed by small group of school parents and neighborhood residents carrying welcome back signs and caling out greetings.

• Highly skilled in providing direction to students and enable them to study independently • Well versed in utilizing various instructional equipment and Audio Visual Aids effectively to reinforce learning in the classroom • Proficient in designing and implementing supportive learning activities in collaboration with the teacher • Competent at handling and addressing behavioral problems in young learners and enhancing motivation to learn • Thorough understanding of various cognitive and psychosocial developmental milestones connected with child's age along with associated needs • Hands on experience in activity moderation, teacher's assistance and progress record keeping • Substantial knowledge of various behavior control techniques and strategies • Efficient in designing and executing individualized correctional programs • Proven ability to devise need based learning strategies for physically or mentally challenged children • Demonstrated skills in classroom organization, testing and evaluation • Track record of conducting reinforcement lessons in small groups, covering core subjects including English, math and basic sciences • Excellent skills in analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of designed program and changing the instructional strategies based on the learner's response and progress • Expert in maintaining updated and fully structured classroom bulletin boards to facilitate learning • Adept at determining Individualized learning goals for each student and gauging progress in learning • Well practiced in communicating home assignments to students, answering their queries regarding the same and marking the work done • Effective listening skills along with profound ability to communicate clearly with students, parents and teachers involved

• Assist the teacher in classroom activities while catering for emotional, psychological, social and cognitive needs of physically or mentally disabled students • Provide one to one tutoring and reinforce daily lessons in small groups • Identify weak areas of students and develop individualized lesson plans accordingly • Supervise the children during play and lunchtime • Inculcate strong moral and social values among the students to make them responsible citizens • Facilitate the teacher in conducting various classroom activities • Maintain all teaching aids in an organized manner • Devise need - based AV aids to facilitate teaching process • Assess multiple instructional strategies for effectiveness and change the teaching methodology as per requirement • Carefully record and gauge each student's progress and discuss the same regularly with teachers and parents • Encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities and boost their confidence in all possible ways • Communicate home assignments clearly, mark homework and test papers • Assist students in completing classroom assignments • Maintain daily attendance and early departure records • Discuss individual cases of individual needs and interests with teachers and parents of the student • Develop and implement targeted instructional strategies to cater for particular needs of each student • Observe students» behavior at playtime and chalk out a behavioral intervention plan to address any inappropriate, violent or disruptive behavior • Operate adaptive technological equipment single - handedly • Maintain complete confidentiality of student data • Aid physical, speech and rehabilitative therapists in their sessions and encourage the student to cooperate with them