Sentences with phrase «years as a parent educator»

The stories are based on true situations I've encountered in my many years as a parent educator.

In her eight years as a parent educator, Claudia Williamson has helped dozens of young parents find a path to success.

Not exact matches

If a dozen different public school systems were to embark on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.

After all, it was through political and legal struggles over many years, and as a result of compromises, that other Western democracies recognized the pluralistic nature of a free society and adopted policies protecting the rights of parents and of educators to maintain and receive public funding for faith - based schools.

While we wait for our government to go through it's usual «slow to respond / proceed cautiously / let's hear both sides for a few years before we spend anything on this issue», my stalwart position remains that, in the meantime, we need to do everything we can as parents, educators, private companies, friends and neighbors to simply offer our kids real, wholesome food over the junk.

Prior to becoming a doula, I worked as a home visitor and parent educator for eight years, helping educate and guide families on pregnancy and early childhood.

Andrea Syms - Brown, IBCLC (International Board - Certified Lactation Consultant) has more than 17 years of experience as a newborn care specialist / educator teaching pre - and postnatal parents to find the humor and joy in care routines for their new baby.

Vanessa Anton has worked with families as a doula, a childbirth educator, and as a parenting educator for more 15 years.

She developed the Peaceful Parenting Inc. programs from her 25 years of experience as a developmental psychologist, trainer and educator and most importantly, as the mother of identical twin sons.

Each year, Tina travels throughout the country as a keynote speaker addressing the issue of bullying and cyberbullying in today's world to students, educators, administrators, parents, youth rallies, counselors, law enforcement, and other professionals.

In tracking the lives of my hundreds of test parents and contacts over the 18 years of my career as a parent educator I find that a 100 % perfect parent does not exist.

Here to explain is Lee Fernandez, a teacher of RIE parenting practices with over 40 years of experience as a parent educator, and a trainer of child care professionals.

She has 50 years of experience as a parent educator, trainer of child care professionals, administrator of child care programs and author.

In addition to her work as a psychologist and parent educator, Dr. Reischer also spent many years working in other roles in private industry, including business consulting at McKinsey & Company.

These are just the tip of the iceberg of what we can expect to learn as our parent educator holds our hand and guides us through not only the prenatal stage but the early months and years of our child's development.

I have worked with young children and parents for over twelve years now, as a preschool teacher, parent educator, and parent coach.

Stephanie brings 25 years nursing experience and clinical experience as a Labor & Delivery RN, high - risk obstetrical home - care nurse and as a parent educator.

«For years, the board has made decisions and then dumped those decisions on educators and parents and students and then come to us as a legislative body and say, «you need to fund what we've mandated,»» Libous said.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

For schools that issue BMI report cards to parents, the researchers recommend providing parents with opportunities to visit with healthcare professionals, such as school nurses or physical educators, at various times throughout the school year.

Now, as I reflect on 18 years in the public school system and, with four children, 58 combined years of Open Houses at many different schools, I offer this advice for educators to reinvent your Parent Open House and share some of your ideas.

Although many parents recall playing dodgeball in their younger years and remember it as a harmless and appropriate sport for K - 12 students, many other parents and educators disagree.

As educators, we know that dialogue with parents might start at events early in the school year, but it definitely doesn't stop there.

You'll come to know the world and human nature in a unique way by visiting schools and communities in your recruiting; talking with educators, parents, and policymakers; hearing thousands of life stories each year as you read applications and take part in admission committee deliberations, and then following the students you admitted throughout their college years and beyond.

These stories highlight the challenges that educators, parents and students are facing as well as the progress they are making through the 2016 - 17 school year.

As national attention increasingly focuses on the importance of children's development in their early years, we have the responsibility — as community members, parents, educators, leaders, and policymakers — to do our part to ensure that young children have the opportunity to thrivAs national attention increasingly focuses on the importance of children's development in their early years, we have the responsibility — as community members, parents, educators, leaders, and policymakers — to do our part to ensure that young children have the opportunity to thrivas community members, parents, educators, leaders, and policymakers — to do our part to ensure that young children have the opportunity to thrive.

Of course, parents and educators can come together and influence state policy, as they've done in recent years in resisting the privatization movement that would use public funds to pay for private school tuition.

As an educator and a parent, I've spent years studying the benefits of social and emotional skill building and I'm passionate about creating tools to help others develop social and emotional competencies with the children in their lives.

As we've heard from a number of parents and educators, some are hesitant to have test scores from the early years of PARCC factor, even minimally, into measurements of student achievement and teacher evaluations.

With the election of Betty Rosa as NYS Board of Regents chancellor on Monday, coupled with standardized test season approaching, many parents and educators are refocusing on this year's opt - out movement.

During her three years as state superintendent of schools, Lillian Lowery guided Maryland through a period of rapid and often tumultuous change with a steady hand and a clear - eyed appreciation of the challenges facing educators, parents and students...

These include: The Undereducation of American Youth, a study of the 16 - to 24 - year - old population in the 50 states; The Answer: Valuing Youth in Schools and Families, which presents strategies for communities, educators and parents working to keep young people in school and to educate those who have dropped out; and Hispanic Families as Valued Partners: An Educator's Guide, which provides background information about minority families and recommendations for involving them in their children's schools.

Forty years ago my educator parents, proud UFT members, regarded Van Buren as a poor choice for us: overcrowded, unsafe, and, most importantly to them, academically inadequate.

Mary Ann Burke has served as a credentialed parent educator and adjunct professor for over thirty years in California's schools.

It's an exciting time of year for students, parents, and educators, alike, as everyone considers the vast potential for the year ahead.

Having spent the last two years working with full - time tutors and a lifetime as the daughter of a teacher, I see the challenges of the education system and the lack of time educators have for one - on - one conferences with parents, creating individualized learning plans, and collaborating with tutors.

With some touting 7 + years implementing mindsets - based social emotional learning, experts and educators converged on Day 2 of the SEL Conference in a storm of collaboration, sharing best practices in the areas of building teacher buy - in, effectively engaging students, educating and integrating parents, as well as, measuring and continually improving program impact.

As our organization has traveled across the state over the past year speaking about school finance and meeting with parents, students, educators, legislators, local officials, and interested community members, one point in particular has rung loud and true in every community no matter the town's size, wealth, demographic makeup, or location — Connecticut needs a school finance system that makes sense.

Teresa Hulleman spent six years as an educator before becoming a full - time parent to her five children.

Parents and educators emphasized summer learning programs» critical role in providing students with new experiences and opportunities — such as field trips and community service projects — that they do not have during the school year.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Testing was the big villain that educators and parents alike wanted to rein in Monday night, as nearly 200 people offered their views on how Ohio should shape its education policies for the next several years under the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

This year was no exception, as we embarked upon a comprehensive and thorough review of our school system, taking counsel from our dedicated stakeholders: pastors, principals, educators, alumni, parents and family members, donors, and prominent innovators from multiple industries.

As a founding principal, she led a team of extraordinary educators, dedicated parents, and supportive community partners who in just three years moved the school to the top - performing middle school in Tennessee.

As a parent and educator, I can share in the frustration of my children taking too many tests in a given year — I think that it is highly unnecessary.

In addition, when college students serve as WINGS Leaders for a year or more, they develop and deepen their own social and emotional skills while building meaningful relationships with kids and healthy relationships with peers leading to the utilization of these skills to gain success professionally as educators, youth leaders, and business leaders and success personally as partners, parents, and mentors.

This year, charter students, parents, educators, and supporters will pick up trash in the Washington Park neighborhood as a way to give back to the greater Bridgeport community.

As an educator for the past 15 years and an assistant principal for the past 8, she has experience working in partnership with parents, teachers, and related service providers.

Oakland, CA About Blog As an educator, Mariana Bissonnette founded Arc Montessori to connect parents to educators earlier so that parents can make the most of their child's important early years.

Oakland, CA About Blog As an educator, Mariana Bissonnette founded Arc Montessori to connect parents to educators earlier so that parents can make the most of their child's important early years.

This comprehensive road safety program for educators, parents and carers of 0 — 8 year old children is delivered in two components: 1) as a professional learning seminar for early childhood educators 2) as a suite of resources for educators, parents and carers, and children.