Sentences with phrase «through character education»

These organizations focus on fostering character development through character education, service - learning, civic education, social - emotional learning and similar initiatives.

Most of the school districts have reached consensus on the values their communities want to stress through character education.

This is demonstrated through character education, respect of diverse learners and educators, frequent self - assessment opportunities, and individual and school - wide community service opportunities.

It has allowed me to create confidence in myself through character education.

Because of this, like many things in today's society, the school has had to take on the responsibility of teaching these principles through character education programs.

Take time away from the online instruction periodically to have whole - group conversations about the social skills presented through the character education piece of the program.

The awards are for unique and specific exemplary practices that encourage the ethical, social and academic growth of kindergarten through senior high school students through character education.

Through character education, «students learn how to be their best selves and how to do their best work while making school a place where students and educators feel comfortable and able to work.»

The award recognizes schools and school districts that have improved the «behavior and learning of their students through character education.»

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It is through education, not only in schools but also in homes and in other institutions and by a variety of agencies, that individual character is formed and social patterns are» propagated.

O.K. Foods is very active in First Tee, which «provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life - enhancing values such as confidence, perseverance and judgment through golf and character education,» the organization says.

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The author has followed some of urban America's poorest young people through their secondary school careers over some years, tracking their rocky road towards higher education and revealing how their teachers are compensating for the missing investment in their early years by fostering what Tough sums up as «character».

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

June 16th and June 17th Mainstage: Super Sprowtz Super Sprowtz is a children's education and entertainment media company that teaches and promotes healthy eating, fitness and sustainability through super-hero vegetable characters, books, a television series, on - line games and videos, live performances and educational products.

Almost every school from kindergarten through high school now includes some sort of program that encourages golden - rule values and behavior, according to Esther Schaeffer, CEO and executive director of Character Education Partnership, a Washington, D.C., umbrella organization.

«4 - H helps shape the mind and character of children and young adults through meaningful hands - on education.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

Education shapes the mind and character of learners as we impart knowledge, values, and skills through practice, policy, and research.

This essay explores these questions through the study of character education in six schools.

At the very least, they can help to instill a sense of hope and optimism in their students — by getting them ready for college and / or a satisfying career, by embracing high - quality technical education, and by developing in them character traits like drive and prudence, both via classroom instruction and through extracurricular activities.

Teacher, educationalist and examiner Anthony Kerr - Dineen delivered a much ‑ talked ‑ about presentation on the role of character education in young people: how zest, grit, self - control, curiosity, optimism, social intelligence and gratitude (the so ‑ called «super seven»), can be developed in young people through the performing arts.

Working through a local character - education program called Alchemy, they struggle to balance the effects of their upbringing with their drive to succeed academically.

Features one character growing through the years and education experience.

Character education helps young people think through their choices in life and find strength in basic American values.

When presented to students through a lively pedagogy of received wisdom, such as may be found in common maxims and precepts, these moral traditions can provide a compelling historical dimension to character education.

The awards, introduced by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in 2015, celebrate excellence and diversity in character education, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across theEducation Secretary Nicky Morgan in 2015, celebrate excellence and diversity in character education, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across theeducation, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

We at the Harvard Graduate School of Education are privileged to have an effect on the mind and character of learners through our work at the nexus of practice, policy, and research.

Through service learning projects and character education, they learn to be the change in our city.

Following the announcement of the original 21 winners, Mr Ierston said: «Character education is delivered through our leadership specialism and provides a strong backbone from which our children learn to make the right choices in life.

Character and Leadership Development — Character development is considered a fundamental purpose of education and will be fostered through a child - centered educational model built on high behavioral and academic expectations.

Principal Shane Ierston told Schools Week: «Character education is delivered through our leadership specialism and provides a strong backbone from which our children learn to make the right choices in life.

Our mission through our instructional programs, professional learning community (PLC), and mentoring programs is to help educators and administrators promote an organized and effective implementation of social - emotional learning (SEL), school culture and climate, and character education initiatives and programs in their K - 12 schools and districts.

This is when we began the serious task of taking a critical look at our school - wide discipline system, through the eyes of the Character Education Partnership's 11 Principles and our own core values.

Character Education is woven through the Lower School program, emphasizing positive reinforcement and explicit values.

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From singing / playing in unison to practicing self - expression through musical composition, music education helps develop children in all areas: social, emotional, cognitive, character, and physical.

Reilly keeps up with the character education program through the school newsletter so she can emphasize the traits at home.

In the primary grades, students gain the skills through hands - on service learning projects and character education lessons.

January 27, 2015 — Washington, D.C. — Character.org (formerly the Character Education Partnership), a national advocate and leader in the movement to educate, inspire and empower young people to be ethical and engaged citizens through reclaiming our schools for character, is pleased to announce that 165 schools and districts (representing over 110,000 students and 21 states) have applied to be considered for State and National Schools of Character recCharacter.org (formerly the Character Education Partnership), a national advocate and leader in the movement to educate, inspire and empower young people to be ethical and engaged citizens through reclaiming our schools for character, is pleased to announce that 165 schools and districts (representing over 110,000 students and 21 states) have applied to be considered for State and National Schools of Character recCharacter Education Partnership), a national advocate and leader in the movement to educate, inspire and empower young people to be ethical and engaged citizens through reclaiming our schools for character, is pleased to announce that 165 schools and districts (representing over 110,000 students and 21 states) have applied to be considered for State and National Schools of Character reccharacter, is pleased to announce that 165 schools and districts (representing over 110,000 students and 21 states) have applied to be considered for State and National Schools of Character recCharacter recognition.

We strive to create prepared, confident citizens of the world through rigorous academic experiences, innovative global leadership programs, character education and close student - teacher relationships.

Though our neighborhoods are historically under - served, we provide a world - class, well - rounded education to our scholars through a classical curriculum that includes art, music, Latin, debate and character education.

They will learn through values based education programs how to establish respectful and productive interpersonal relationships through daily interactions and about the qualities of leadership and character that result in being responsible decision - makers and problem - solvers.

These schools have gone through a continuous improvement process following the Eleven Principles of Effective Character Education (Character.org) and have been evaluated by experienced experts and practitioners in the field and deemed to have successfully met the criteria to selection as Schools of Character.

By tracing personal development through mastery statements on a continuum from «emerging» through to «excellent», Bay House School in Gosport is focusing on alternative progress measures, while Honeywood School in Essex has applied «character» education to learning dispositions, with «showcase» reviews assessed through both practical (holistic) and pragmatic (subject - based) interpretations.

The educational focus of TCGDC is to meet the needs of every learner through a unique combination of researched best practices including Transformation Education, TEACCH, on - line learning, Project Based Learning, Character Development, Arts Integration and Information and Communication Technology.

Thus, the task at hand was to codify this new program through the lens of Principle # 6 that defines character education to include a «meaningful and challenging curriculum that respects all learners, developing their character and helping them to succeed.»

First introduced in 2015 by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the awards celebrate excellence and diversity in this field, recognising that character is already being encouraged, nurtured and developed alongside academic rigour through a variety of programmes inside and outside schools across the country.

Lions Quest PreK - 12 programs use a social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum to teach character education, drug and bullying prevention, and service - learning through comprehensive lesson plans that educators use in the classroom.

Through rigorous academic and character education, we love and push each other to reach our happiest and highest selves.