Sentences with phrase «strengthening school»

In addition to supporting home visiting, the report recommends investment in high quality early education programs, such as Head Start, and strengthening school health programs through improved nutrition standards and physical education programs.

Seton is embracing the rich traditions and legacy of St. Catherine and strengthening our school to prepare students for success in the 21st century by providing:

These changes were possible because of some additional staffing that was worked out with the other schools in the district, and have had good results so far, both in terms of strengthening our school community (improving the way students treat each other and giving us a forum to strengthen students» sense of belonging and safety), as well as strengthening academics.

Although both VASC and VSCA have similar goals of strengthening the school counseling profession, they are two different organizations.

As the world gets smaller and demands on students increase, strengthening school leadership to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps is crucial.

NISL is proud of the dedication to improvement that these professionals demonstrate and is grateful for their knowledge and skills that are brought to bear on furthering NISL's mission and strengthening school leadership across the country.

The NYC Leadership Academy is committed to improving academic success for students by strengthening school leadership quality and practice nationwide.

«As Congress seeks ways to support the well - being and success of America's next generation, there is strong evidence that strengthening school nutrition programs is part of the solution,» said SNA President Dr. Lynn Harvey, RDN, LDN, FAND, SNS.

«A key lesson from America's experiment with No Child Left Behind is that state and federal policy have not been effective in strengthening school effectiveness at scale,» concludes the Report.

WSD's Green School initiatives are also providing leadership and mentoring opportunities for students in all grades, and strengthening our school community through a shared purpose.

«New Leaders is serving an important role in our nation's future by strengthening school leadership in the public education system which will help ensure students are prepared with the skills needed to keep the U.S. competitive and our communities healthy,» said Chris Chadwick, president of Boeing Military Aircraft and New Leaders board member.

SLRSP is the only federal program dedicated specifically to strengthening school leadership.

In 2010, former charter - school leader David Hill was named director of academic operations for the so - called Jubilee Schools, and he instituted changes across the network — extending the school day, strengthening school culture, putting more emphasis on attracting and retaining high - quality teachers and principals.

By developing these upstander behaviors, students learn that they can play a role in strengthening their school community and Mexico's democracy.

* Focused on strengthening the school's organizational capacity and resources while increasing effective and efficient staff collaboration and leadership;

«My focus will be on strengthening every school and fostering a shared vision of high quality instruction, accountability and responsibility of transforming students into life - long learners and prepared citizens,» he added.

They include the implementation of a new largely skills - based school curriculum in line with what was recommended by Professor Graham Donaldson's review, retaining free breakfasts in primary schools and «lunch and fun clubs» during school holidays, continuing to prioritise tackling the impact of poverty on education, strengthening school leadership, and creating over 100,000 new apprenticeships.

Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana, authors of Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School - Family Partnerships (ASCD, 2016).

The study shows that leadership makes its mark largely by strengthening a school's professional community, an environment where teachers work together to improve classroom instruction.

In taking the steps to strengthening a school's community, teachers and staff need the opportunity to understand all inner - workings of the school.

Parental demand for academic performance is a key element in the view that strengthening school choice will drive up school performance.

In its 1998 mission statement the school district declared that the schools» problems would be addressed by «strengthening school effectiveness through decentralization.»

We believe in strengthening school systems, not as systems where one size fits all, but as systems that work for all.

Engaging children in the storytelling arts can easily enhance curriculum and social - emotional learning while building confidence and strengthening the school community.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).

How to maximize school counselors» impact and influence on college enrollments were central to the «College Opportunity Agenda: Strengthening School Counseling and College Advising» event held this week by the Harvard Graduate School of Education in partnership with the White House's College Opportunity Agenda.

Strengthening School - Industry STEM Skills Partnerships.

The remaining $ 60 million will help USC expand what will be renamed the Keck School of Medicine, strengthening the school's endowment, scholarship funds, and faculty.

Senate Republicans have approved measures aimed at strengthening school safety in recent weeks, including measures aimed at funding school resource officers, a move Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he is opposed to and has backed traditional gun control legislation.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan did not speak publicly but he did issue a statement, saying the GOP is «hard at work on a comprehensive school safety plan» that will include strengthening school security.

While several Senate GOP lawmakers have expressed a willingness to back new gun control legislation such as tighter background checks and a ban bump stocks, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said his conference's «primary focus» remains on strengthening school security.

Obama administration goals for the legislation include: (1) improving nutrition standards for school meals; (2) increasing participation in school meal programs; (3) increasing parent and student education about healthy eating; (4) establishing nutrition standards for the so called «a la carte» foods (see my School Lunch FAQs for more information on these); (5) promoting increased consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low - and fat - free dairy products; (6) strengthening school wellness policies and promoting physical activity in schools; (7) training people who provide school meals and providing them with better equipment; and (8) enhancing food safety.

Whichever organization is at your child's school, you can be assured that their main goal is one of strengthening the school itself and supporting children's education.

Specific goals regarding campus Christian life and strengthening the school's relationship to the church have been incorporated into the college's long - range plan.

America's non-alcoholic beverage industry applauds First Lady Michelle Obama's common - sense efforts to strengthen school wellness policies, including support for aligning food and beverage signage in schools to reflect what is allowed under U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations.

«Mrs. Obama's efforts to continue to strengthen school wellness make sense for the well - being of our schoolchildren,» said ABA President and CEO Susan Neely.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — America's non-alcoholic beverage industry applauds First Lady Michelle Obama's common - sense efforts to strengthen school wellness policies, including support for aligning food and beverage signage in schools to reflect what is allowed under U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations.

By anticipating the impact on feeding programs now, and employing practices to stay «ahead of the curve,» the goal was to send managers and directors back to their districts with a list of strategies to help them strengthen their school breakfast programs.

2004 FRAC, the Child Nutrition Forum, and allies obtain a child nutrition reauthorization law that strengthens school breakfast and lunch, summer food, child care food, and WIC programs.

Such generosity strengthens the School's mission by providing resources for student needs, faculty and staff salaries, financial aid, and community outreach.

However, according to Erika Dolan, President of the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and a School Food Service Director in Waterbury / Duxbury, the new nutrition rules have encouraged Vermont schools to, «add more variety to school meals, and strengthen school food service staff cooking and customer service skills,» such that Vermont schools now lead the nation in implementing best practices in school meals.

«Making the Case for Breakfast» featured speakers Christy Felling and Marla Caplon, who spoke on why school breakfast is so important, and strategies to help school nutrition professionals make the case to stakeholders — administrators, custodians, and teachers — to implement and strengthen school breakfast programs.

For two years, I've been working to create healthier classrooms, stop junk food rewards, strengthen our school district wellness policy and push for fresh, wholesome cafeteria food — and there are days that I am just not sure how much more I have left in me.

The bill, largely the same as the version introduced last Congress, would give school districts and food service administrators the tools and resources they need to prepare meals that meet the updated USDA school food standards by providing loan guarantees for kitchen infrastructure and equipment upgrades, authorizing grants for small but critical equipment purchases, and supporting innovative training opportunities to strengthen the school food service workforce.

The second results area (Pillar 2) focuses on improving the quality of education in 125 selected low - performing SHS through: (i) strengthened school management and accountability; (ii) improved mathematics and science teaching and learning; (iii) expanded information, communication technology and internet connectivity in schools; and (iv) the implementation of school performance partnership plans.

«Our Senate Republican Majority is hard at work on a comprehensive school safety plan that will ensure the state provides the support necessary to strengthen school security and keep students safe,» he said.

We are calling for smart investments and commonsense policies that will strengthen our schools and benefit our students.

Western New Yorkers can count on him to fight for their interests in Albany, from passing the Women's Equality Act and strengthening our schools to lowering the tax burden and fighting for the rights of workers and their families,» Schumer said.

Meanwhile, I've successfully passed major new laws like Jay - J's Law, Jackie's Law and CPS reforms, while fighting aggressively for new investment in our community to create jobs, fix roads and bridges and strengthen our schools.

Republicans countered with calls to strengthen school safety through funding for armed resource officers, a move opposed by Democrats in the Assembly.