Sentences with phrase «students in challenging environments»

Both schools serve students in challenging environments.

Placement opportunities are available to a number of Northumbria's undergraduate Social Sciences students in challenging environments such as prisons, youth offending teams, homeless charities and parliamentary offices.

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Students born and raised in the United States face a challenge that was not faced in such acute form by their parents who grew up in a coherently Muslim cultural environment.

The Institute was one of just six winners (of a possible ten) in Phase One of the Educational Programs Challenge, for which it was awarded a $ 25,000 cash prize for its proposal to create a multi-media concussion education intervention designed to create an environment in which student - athletes are not penalized, ostracized, or criticized for honestly reporting their own concussion symptoms as well as those of teammates but are actually encouraged to do so.

MINDFUL MAKERS is a professional development program for preschools and elementary schools wanting to create a more safe and nurturing learning environment for students, even in the face of challenging behavior.

So developing lesson plans and activities that incorporate the different learning styles and skill levels of all students can be a challenge in a traditional classroom environment.

Recognizing that working long hours in a new and intensely challenging environment can also pose challenges to balancing work and home life, a number of programs are in place at Floating Hospital to help ease the transition from student to pediatric specialist.

RoyalCrest Academy is an independent co-educational elementary private school with a simple but remarkable vision: to provide a nurturing environment in which to challenge students from pre-school through the Grade 8.

Based on a developmental understanding of the learning process and view of the child that takes human spirituality seriously, Summerfield Waldorf School offers students a comprehensive learning environment designed to challenge and support them in strengthening their cognitive, emotional and intentional abilities.

With nearly 11,000 students in 10 schools, the City School District of New Rochelle, through an active partnership amongst community, parents, staff and students, provides a high - quality and challenging education for every child, in a safe, nurturing environment that embraces rich diversity and drives success.

Members, including chancellor Merryl Tisch, argued the new evaluation system, which was largely prescribed in law by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature, would penalize teachers who work in the most challenging environments and with the neediest students and even prevent talented individuals from entering the field to begin with.

WILLSBORO — Willsboro Central School teacher Ashley Hooper gave her students a challenge in October: If 60 percent of the class achieved mastery on the Living Environment Regents Exam, she would allow them to cut her long hair.

The main challenge in designing the map, says Shoou - I Yu, a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was finding and following individuals in complex indoor environments where walls and furniture can block the cameras.

«We want to attract the most ambitious and adventurous students who are willing to take on the challenges of learning in a multidisciplinary environment,» White said.

PULLMAN, Wash. — A student team from Washington State University is in New York this week as one of 30 national finalists in NASA's $ 2.5 million 3D - Printed Habitat Challenge to design an environment for Mars exploration using robotics and 3D printers.

Los Angeles, CA About Blog Elizabeth Mestnik Acting Studio is a boutique studio for students who want to learn the art of acting in a challenging and inspiring environment.

This diversity of digital learning styles prompts the necessity to understand and adapt our classroom, tools and teaching style in order to create a learning environment that challenges and empowers all students.

Why shouldn't we immerse our students in learning environments that challenge them to engage in similar interdisciplinary thinking?

Of course, creating an environment where students feel comfortable sharing those «challenging and gorgeous» emotions is no small feat — especially in Sommers» Writing Workshop, which enrolls 50 students.

If students haven't been involved in this type of team - focused environment in the past, however, it can create real challenges for them and for overall classroom management.

Learning - centered school leaders know how to create a professional environment in which all the adults in a school are constantly improving their own skills and knowledge, and challenging each other to serve the needs of every student.

«When teaching about space, the biggest challenge is presenting the content in a way that makes it real for the students,» says Jamie Welebob, a science teacher at the Odyssey School, a learning environment for dyslexic students in Stevenson, Maryland, who has used Amazing Space resources.

Students looking at Earth observation of the poles will be directly observing our South Pole Energy Challenge and seeing what a crucial role they have in understanding and taking care of their environment.»

In an excerpt from his new book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess describes how his own experiences as a student and a teacher, often in a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every chilIn an excerpt from his new book, Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess describes how his own experiences as a student and a teacher, often in a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every chilin a challenging policy environment, inspired his commitment to opening up outdated education systems so that educators, entrepreneurs, parents, and communities can reinvent schooling to better serve every child.

He said, «In the present environment of high stakes testing, budgetary challenges, increased demands on educators and competition for students attention, everyone in the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogIn the present environment of high stakes testing, budgetary challenges, increased demands on educators and competition for students attention, everyone in the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogin the school benefits when humor is part of the pedagogy.

In partnership with the Science Museum and STEM Learning, the BP's Ultimate STEM Challenge is inviting students aged 11 to 14 to use their STEM skills to help reduce our impact on the environment and create a more sustainable future

Needless to say, this gave me a glimpse into the exciting and complex array of challenges faced by administrators and students in a college or university environment.

Moving to a blended learning environment often challenges the way that students are accustomed to operating in the classroom.

Collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, sometimes called the three Cs, can be fostered in K — 12 environments: Students already work in teams, give presentations, write papers, and solve complex challenges.

«We have participated for the last four years, and it's a terrific opportunity for students who need an extra challenge to participate on the Web in a safe environment.

Guest blogger Ted Hasselbring, a research professor in Special Education at Vanderbilt University, introduces Udio, an online environment designed to engage and support middle school students who face literacy challenges.

«Classroom gardening can mean so much more when teachers go «beyond the bean seed» and challenge students to experiment with growing a variety of seeds and plants in differing environments,» he stated.

Students should be challenged and engaged to find their best selves - but should always do so in a safe learning environment.

Gallen says providing in - home learning gives students the chance to gain proficiency of the curriculum in a private setting, away from the distractions and challenges of a classroom environment.

«The vision around the designing of a variety of teaching environments in the new building was to both challenge and stimulate students, providing a flexible and dynamic working environment for all.

In this webinar, our guests will discuss: • Decisions made prior to deployment • What Office 365 looks like for staff / students • Challenges / Solutions to fit K - 12 environment • Real world use cases • New levels of productivity — OneNote • Hardware in the hands of studenIn this webinar, our guests will discuss: • Decisions made prior to deployment • What Office 365 looks like for staff / students • Challenges / Solutions to fit K - 12 environment • Real world use cases • New levels of productivity — OneNote • Hardware in the hands of studenin the hands of students

Sept. 28, 2011: Gifted Students Click on E-Learning Our guests discuss how best to serve gifted students in an online learning environment, as well as what challenges may arise for this population of sStudents Click on E-Learning Our guests discuss how best to serve gifted students in an online learning environment, as well as what challenges may arise for this population of sstudents in an online learning environment, as well as what challenges may arise for this population of studentsstudents.

Through play, students: • Interact socially; • Engage in dramatic play, role play and fantasy; • Extend their creativity and imagination; • Test themselves physically, developing skills and mastery over physical challenges; • Develop ball handling and other skills; • Observe the natural environment; and, • Engage in a range of self - directed activities which aid each individual to develop towards independent adulthood.

A careful assessment of skills, rigorous recruitment of trustees and appropriate training will result in a school board that is equipped to deal with the challenges facing modern schools, leading to a more stable, well ‑ planned school environment for the ultimate beneficiaries, the students, to achieve educational success.

In partnership with the Science Museum and STEM Learning, the BP's Ultimate STEM Challenge is inviting students aged 11 to 14 to use their STEM skills to help reduce our impact on the environment

Our mission at Silverado is to provide a safe, supportive, and challenging environment in which students will become active, reflective, and creative learners who accept responsibility for learning, have pride in their community and are prepared to contribute in a culturally diverse world.

• 21st century learning environments and opportunities are essential to prepare all students for the challenges of work, life, and citizenship in the 21st century and beyond, as well as ensure ongoing innovation in our economy and the health of our democracy.

Few teachers prefer to teach in low - performing high stress schools with high needs students and challenging learning environments.

I also saw the immense relief parents experienced when they found a school where their children would not be forgotten and the love of learning that sprang up in students in a supportive and challenging environment.

Many students may be missing school due to academic ability, social issues, or challenges in their environment.

This is significantly heightened in school environments where paraprofessionals support students with disabilities and those who exhibit challenging behaviors.

Using an existing set of video cases from the Center for the Study of Reading's video series, «Teaching Reading: Strategies from Successful Classrooms,» we developed Reading Classroom Explorer (RCE), a hypermedia learning environment designed to help novices understand that there are many successful tools and approaches available to engage students from diverse cultural, linguistic, and intellectual backgrounds in challenging literacy curricula.

Kody, a student from Idaho Arts Charter School said that «the school allowed him to explore his creativity in a safe environment,» and the «school has prepared him to go into college... with a can - do attitude, and to challenge the normal way of thinking.»

When the most vulnerable students experience school as a safe and supportive learning environment, one in which they feel welcome and respected, engaged and connected, challenged and valued, then it's likely all students feel safe and supported, too.

Students are actively engaged in learning when Highly Qualified teachers provide rich content in a safe and challenging environment.