Sentences with phrase «success of the academic program»

Teachers are the most critical lever that Aurum Prep has to ensure the success of the academic program and student achievement.

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Keri Damen Keri Damen is a program leader, intrapreneur and instructor who manages the academic and business success of a growing portfolio of cutting edge, market - driven business programs designed to advance the careers of learners at U of T's School of Continuing Studies.

«The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego serves kids ages 5 - to 18 - years old with academic success, character development and healthy lifestyle programs at 17 community - based sites county - wide,» notes an event spokesperson.

Participation in these programs and services improve the lives of our members as it teaches them the skills they need to achieve academic and professional success and also how to become confident, healthy and contributing members of society.

As an academic institution, OLPH is dedicated to designing an individualized program of success for each child.

Since then Dr. Popkin has written and produced more than a dozen video and discussion programs, including Active Parenting of Teens; Families in Action; First Five Years; and Parents on Board: Building Academic Success through Parent Involvement.

Evidence Based Parenting: You Can Make A Difference Join us for Coffee and Conversation on Wednesday, November 6 at 8:30 am The discussion will be led by Dr. Anne Townsend, President and Chief Academic Officer of Mariposa Child Success Programs, and current WSB parent.

Every school day, federal child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals that are critical to the health and academic success of more than 30 million students nationwide.

One measure of program success for the foundation will be seeing the majority of the awardees pursuing academic careers.

The study is the first of its kind to examine the effect of Experience Corps, a national volunteer service program that trains seniors to help children in urban public schools with reading and academic success in other areas.

The Pomona College Summer Research Scholars Program provides students with a unique combination of laboratory, academic and professional skill development, designed to facilitate success in biomedicine.

The «graduates» of the fellowship program during the past 40 years best illustrate the success of our approach to training: 95 % are in academic medicine and 61 % are doing primarily laboratory or clinical research (or are administering research).

On a recent Saturday in May, 36 students from the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and their families came to the Ed School to be recognized for their participation in BPS» 10 Boys Initiative, a program aimed at «providing boys of color with the encouragement and support they need to achieve personal and academic success.»

Many of these kids have never witnessed or even imagined the connection between academic success and financial success, Shakur explains; once they realize that nexus, the program shifts, and monetary rewards begin to peter out, replaced by the recognition that education is valuable in its own right.

If career and college success are the end goal of personalized educational programs, we can't pretend that academic mastery is all it takes to succeed.

Following is a look at some of the academic success programs Boys & Girls Clubs have place to provide all youth with the support, resources and opportunities they need to ensure they are on the path to pursue their dreams.

As a leader in youth development during out - of - school time, BGCA is redefining the opportunity equation by leveraging the power of after - school and summer programs to ensure academic success and create a stronger generation of future leaders.

Stipek found that children in didactic, content - centered programs generally do better on measures of academic skill than do children in child - centered classrooms, while children in child - centered classrooms worry less about school and have higher expectations for success than children in content - centered classrooms.

Based on the success of the Sacramento effort, California offered $ 15 million in grants for both the 2000 - 01 and 2001 - 02 academic years to districts throughout the state interested in implementing a home - visit program.

Inspired by data showing that social and emotional skills like perseverance and empathy can improve academic and overall student success, Washoe County launched a district - wide SEL program in 2012, adopting a mission statement of «Every Child, by Name and Face, to Graduation.»

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

Of the 6,000 fifth -, sixth -, and seventh - graders nominated by NYC public schools, 225 are admitted into Prep for Prep's rigorous 14 - month academic program, which is designed to help prepare students for success in independent schools.

Afterschool and other learning programs that occur outside of the traditional K — 12 school day can enhance students» academic success.

This meta - analysis of studies of high - quality afterschool programs across the country illustrates the academic, behavioral, and other gains for students and their families and explains the factors that advance their success.

The program affords the opportunity to bring attention to teachers who successfully employ strategies to increase academic success and narrow the achievement gap among a range of students.

Demonstrated by efforts like the Excellence in Academic Advising program or the Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (IPAAS) initiative, the question of how to improve advising to ensure student success is gaining traction at colleges and univerSuccess (IPAAS) initiative, the question of how to improve advising to ensure student success is gaining traction at colleges and universuccess is gaining traction at colleges and universities.

Decades of best practice, cutting edge research in early education including the Head Start Impact Study, expert advice, and The Secretary's Advisory Committee's recommendations all culminate in a call to action for policy changes that ensure all Head Start programs provide a consistently high quality early learning experience that prepares children for Kindergarten and has long - term effects on their academic success and overall health.

Attendance Works has a valuable Tools and T.A. section that contains a self - assessment tool to help afterschool programs reflect upon their approach to improving school - day attendance, as well as flyers in English and Spanish to help educate parents about the importance of regular attendance for their children's academic success (http://www.attendanceworks.org/).

Roseanna Ander, Jonathan Guryan and Jens Ludwig propose scaling up a daily, individualized tutorial program that would allow students who have fallen behind grade level in math to reengage with regular classroom instruction, likely increasing their chances of graduating high school and achieving the many long - term economic benefits that go along with academic success.

Parent involvement is one of the most important predictors of a student's academic success, in the classroom or in an online program.

Learn about the framework and get a series of tools for creating expanded learning programs that bolster students» global competence and academic success through project - based learning, service learning projects, internships, and other learning experiences outside of school hours and walls.

(a) In grades kindergarten through five, the program shall be designed by a certified school counselor in coordination with the teaching staff, and any appropriate pupil personnel service providers, for the purpose of preparing students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs, to provide information related to college and careers, and to assist students who may exhibit challenges to academic success, including but not limited to attendance or behavioral concerns, and where appropriate make a referral to a properly licensed professional and / or certified pupil personnel service provider, as appropriate, for more targeted supports.

The lower school library program contributes in an essential way to the development of the knowledge and skills so important to academic success.

A key goal of the program is to create a safe and supportive environment where mentees can be comfortable asking their mentors for academic assistance; discussing barriers to achieving academic success; and learning from mentors about college, graduate school, and other career opportunities that are available post-high school.

«We are incredibly pleased to see the results of this study by Dr. Matt Chingos of the Urban Institute, as it confirms what we have known to be true for years: private school choice programs provide families, especially disadvantaged families, greater opportunities to achieve academic success.

A strength of SEL programs is recognized in the implementation support systems that require students to learn, practice, and internalize social skills for their own success and the success of others in a variety of contexts, both academic and nonacademic.

Now, an independent study of the Bay Area's five middle schools operated by KIPP (the Knowledge Is Power Program) concludes that its intense focus on the academic and social success of each individual child does have measurable benefits beyond what traditional schools have achieved - usually.

Combining a strong academic program with wellness and healthy lifestyle principles is proving to be a recipe for success for this school with 55 percent of their students designated as English Language Learners and 80 percent of students who qualify for free and reduced price meals.

This research - based program focuses on the premise of PLAN, TEACH, REFLECT, APPLY, with teachers examining their own classroom practice for the goal of student academic success.

Second, few educators of the gifted would argue with the core tenets set forth in Turning Points (Carnegie Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents, 1989) that middle school programs should: (1) create small communities of learning within larger school settings, (2) teach a solid academic core, (3) ensure success for all students, (4) enable educators closest to students to make important decisions about teaching and learning, (5) staff middle schools with teachers trained to work effectively with early adolescents, (6) promote health and fitness, (7) involve families in the education of learners, and (8) connect schools with communities.

BART prepares all students for success in college by promoting the mastery of academic skills through a rigorous, individualized program.

The new law calls for replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups» and «increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

MSAP prioritizes replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups... by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

-- Nancy Peifer Neil, Loxahatchee, Florida, Identifying the MI Profiles of Associate Degree Program Students According to Academic Success, Gender, Age and Ethnicity.

And this argument has recently seen a major boost with the release of a research report by academics from the University of Arkansas that clearly shows the success of school choice programs worldwide.

The program takes place during the summer and over the course of three days, teachers participate in learning exchanges with area businesses to see firsthand how important the mastery of the Arizona State Academic Workplace Skills Standards is to success in business.

By offering a variety of programs structured to help youngsters learn, your child will achieve lifelong academic success.

One of these programs is City Connects, which uses a «whole child» approach to ensuring academic success.

Following a holistic approach, Conexión Américas has developed nationally - recognized programs that support more than 6,000 Latino families in achieving their American dream annually: learning English, purchasing homes, supporting their children's academic success and path to college, and becoming an integral part of Nashville's social, cultural, and economic vitality.