Sentences with phrase «small learning communities where»

In those cases where small schools are not feasible, district and school leaders should break down large middle - grades schools into smaller schools or small learning communities where teams of teachers share small groups of students (sometimes called clusters or houses).

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In 2000, I left Drake to join the Career Academy Support Network, where I was a consultant to schools and school districts from around the country in school redesign, project - based learning, small learning communities, and school leadership.

The report, two years in the making, calls on America's high schools to evolve into smaller communities where students and adults know each other well, the curriculum emphasizes depth over breadth, and a flexible, active learning process replaces the factory - era model of teachers lecturing to rows of students.

Students at Northwest Passage High School develop self - confidence and academic skills through participation in a small learning community, where instructors are lifelong learners who model integrity, responsibility and respect.

Our model establishes small learning communities, where students are supported by a team of teachers throughout the year.

Pringle also learned about the school's High Point Scholars program where students can participate in project - based learning, service - learning projects, community development work, outdoor education, peer mentoring, small group instruction, and weekly field trips.

The battle is even more illogical, the author contends, when compared with the opposing trend in urban areas, where reform efforts concentrate on breaking down dysfunctionally large schools and forming new, smaller learning communities.

«Now, these are not occasions where everyone sits around and sings kumbaya — the results have shown that even taking a small amount of time to have community discussions on classroom management and discipline has led to increased test scores, because students are comfortable and better adept at learning when they are supported with positive energy.»

Learn about Minnesota New Country School, where teachers created small learning communities, self - directed and project - based learning programs, and authentic assessment.

For example, at Hillside High School — a large, comprehensive high school in San Mateo, Calif. — students are grouped into small learning communities (SLCs) where they meet with teacher advisers daily to participate in activities focusing on community building, tolerance, equity, and social - emotional learning.

Dear Artists of Maine: Where can I find Artist Community (ies) I «m looking for a small house to buy that not too far from the sea in Southern Maine that have good painting artist group (s) that I can learn from or, and paint with.

Luloff conducted a slide presentation documenting her recent trip to India where she learned more about the process of Indian block printing through working alongside a community of textile block printers in a small village called Ajrakpur in the state of Gujarat in Northwestern India near Pakistan.

Villages all over India send disadvantaged members — typically women — to attend the college, where they receive a small stipend to learn skills that can be contributed back to the community to increase technical and financial self - reliance.