Sentences with phrase «student ownership of their school»

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Looking ahead, the company is focused on beefing up mobile offerings, helping teachers share information within schools, and creating ways for students take ownership of their behavior.

At Waldorf, students are encouraged to view middle school as a transitional stage during which they learn to take ownership of their identity, education, and community.

Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed: Rethinking Character and Intelligence, and Russell Shaw, head of Georgetown Day School, argue that poor high school preparation and a lack of student ownership have contributed to the world's highest college dropoutSchool, argue that poor high school preparation and a lack of student ownership have contributed to the world's highest college dropoutschool preparation and a lack of student ownership have contributed to the world's highest college dropout rate.

The UK GRAD programme, best known to PhD students for the GRAD school courses that help them take ownership of their personal development, is responsible for helping universities to develop their training programmes.

It's not just what students learn at school that prepares them for life, but the environment they learn in and the responsibility they are given to take ownership of their education.

Cabral suspects that this is true because, as members of the school's founding class, students feel a sense of pride and ownership of the place.

Reframing school as a series of choices helps students internalize a sense of ownership, control, and responsibility for their decisions.

As educators, we hope to develop students» ability to take ownership and responsibility of their learning, yet many schools fail to provide authentic learning experiences and don't help students see the relevance in their learning.

This includes how teachers and schools can better recognise that students learn differently, and give students more ownership over the time, place, path and pace of learning.

Teachers who implement a proactive management plan developed in collaboration with the students at the beginning of the school year may have fewer issues as student cell phone ownership increases throughout the year.

The Mint: Start Your Own Business This site, sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Life, provides middle school and high school students with advice, quizzes, pro and con discussions of business ownership, and other business education resources.

The work coming out of the private sector can be useful in helping schools to think about the issue of ownership for students.

David Hopkins, who Morris appointed to the key role of head of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills, believes that «when students begin to take ownership of the learning behavior, you see something quite transformational taking place inside the school, because then it is the students who actually control learning rather than the teacher.»

«I began student - led conferences to involve the students in their learning and to give them ownership of it,» said Sherri Clifford, a second grade teacher at Hagemann Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri.

During projects sponsored by organizations such as iEARN, book shares such as The Global Read Aloud, or within - school scavenger hunts such as Edventure Quests, students can express their voices and take ownership of work through networked collaboration and building relationships with a broader global audience.

To get students really involved and to give them a feeling of ownership over the school's energy saving plans, we've come up with a few ideas to get them excited and engaged with the programme.

But exploring examples of what the rules and routines look like together gives students ownership around these agreements, which will pay off the entire school year.

Students have opportunities to take leadership roles, be involved in collaborative group work and to feel ownership of their school's projects and take pride in their own achievements.

The school believes that encouraging students to take ownership of their time needs to start early on.

«Having students take ownership of the recycling that is done here at the school has been a great outcome of the Waste Wise Schools program,» McLernon said.

In this lesson students will practice and reinforce their knowledge of the following concepts and themes learned in Units 3 and 4: • Vocabulary related to school and appearance • Correct punctuation and accents • Possessive adjectives demonstrating ownership Students will also learn a new culture topic that complements the themes learned in previous units: Celebrations, food, and traditions from Spanish - speaking costudents will practice and reinforce their knowledge of the following concepts and themes learned in Units 3 and 4: • Vocabulary related to school and appearance • Correct punctuation and accents • Possessive adjectives demonstrating ownership Students will also learn a new culture topic that complements the themes learned in previous units: Celebrations, food, and traditions from Spanish - speaking coStudents will also learn a new culture topic that complements the themes learned in previous units: Celebrations, food, and traditions from Spanish - speaking countries.

By allowing schools and districts to develop their own performance goals aligned with their programs, existing performance, and needs of students, ownership of school improvement will lie with the stakeholders closest to the students.»

One of the principles guiding the transformation work at Sammamish is that student achievement and engagement will increase when students have more ownership of their school community.

The byproducts that Young didn't anticipate, however, were the school - wide improvements in positive behavior and the sense of ownership and power that the students felt from knowing they has a choice.

Static art installations are a very powerful way of students having impact on, and ownership of, their school grounds, small plinths and hidden corners can offer ideal display opportunities.

After Parkville teachers identified students most likely to reach the proficient level on the state tests with some focused remediation, extra help before and after school ramps up and students are told to «take ownership» of their learning.

What is the most effective way to increase students» ownership of the work they do in your class and / or school?

This article reviews the research on 1:1 computing programs in schools, where 1:1 is defined as students having ownership of the computer.

Teachers should allow students the chance to take ownership of their school's energy and environmental issues, so that they can not just lead the change within their school community, but also further afield, says Luke Wynne of Global Action Plan.

The Tech Detectives Club was created at Black River Middle School in Chester, New Jersey as a way for students to take ownership of the technology they utilize during their various learning experiences.

«Student voice is an often missed element of promoting a positive school climate, where students take ownership of their learning experience.

Students in PowerMyLearning partner schools increase mastery and ownership of learning.

By providing school cultures that emphasize life skills and attending to their social - emotional development, you can support students as they learn to take appropriate ownership of their learning.

Meanwhile, the Summit Public Schools charter network is offering its own innovative self - paced, project - based learning model for free to districts looking to give students more ownership of their education.

On the positive side of the proposition, it is certainly a good thing for students in elementary school to know what it is to master a topic and thereby develop a sense of ownership.

Engaged Classrooms: Learning and Teaching for Rigor, Creativity, and Ownership is $ 200.00 per person; this includes breakfast, lunch, and a copy of Activators: Classroom Strategies for Engaging Middle and High School Students.

Participants will see how Project - Based Learning, student ownership of their learning, authentic assessments, and creating a democratic school community all lead to high levels of student agency and success.

(Carl Glickman, Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy, Inc.) Minnesota New Country is one of the most important schools in the country: it demonstrates what can happen when students take ownership for their own learning and when teachers take ownership for the learning environment; it demonstrates that small rural schools can thrive and help all students sSchools, Education, and Democracy, Inc.) Minnesota New Country is one of the most important schools in the country: it demonstrates what can happen when students take ownership for their own learning and when teachers take ownership for the learning environment; it demonstrates that small rural schools can thrive and help all students sschools in the country: it demonstrates what can happen when students take ownership for their own learning and when teachers take ownership for the learning environment; it demonstrates that small rural schools can thrive and help all students sschools can thrive and help all students succeed.

NSBA continues to work closely with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a final education bill that underscores the importance of local governance and community ownership, so that our nation's 90,000 school board members will be better positioned to offer all students a world - class public education.

«Today's passage of S. 1177 and the House's recent passage of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act — both of which include local governance provisions — are promising signs that the final bill will incorporate provisions to support community ownership of all public schools.»

One of our readers, a middle school language teacher, has also written us to say that she enlists help from her students in writing goals — their collaboration helps them buy in and feel a sense of ownership for their learning targets.

When students have a sense of ownership and agency over their safety in schools, they become empowered to research, plan, implement and evaluate safety and related issues.

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NSBA will continue to monitor the progress and advocate for a final education bill that underscores the importance of local governance and community ownership, so that our nation's 90,000 school board members will be better positioned to offer all students a world - class public education.

Schools should offer meaningful roles in decision making to students to promote student learning and an atmosphere of participation, responsibility, and ownership.

The middle school years set the stage for students to take ownership of their learning and academic futures.

As debate commenced today for floor action of the Senate's Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177), NSBA sent a letter to all 100 U.S. Senators urging their strong support for moving forward on a final bill that restores community ownership to local school districts, maximizes authorized funding for Title I, and advances academic achievement among all students.

Educators trying to control students» behavior through punishments take away student ownership of their own education, which affects every other part of their schooling and beyond into their out - of - school experiences, too.

Bedford Elementary School will capitalize on their work with Leader in Me to increase student leadership within the school and community, as well as taking ownership of their learning and academic outSchool will capitalize on their work with Leader in Me to increase student leadership within the school and community, as well as taking ownership of their learning and academic outschool and community, as well as taking ownership of their learning and academic outcomes.

The school will capitalize on Leader in Me to help students take ownership of their learning and achievement.