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Mattheus, Deborah; Loos, Joanne R.; Vogeler, Azeema – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: School-based dental sealant programs are noted to increase sealant uptake among children, especially those from low-income families and those living in rural and underserved areas. However, nationally school-based dental sealant programs are substantially underutilized. This paper describes a partnership approach to a school-based…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dental Health, School Activities, Program Development
Crystal L. Wilkinson Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Responding to an identified need for more research around the effectiveness or consequences of school safety plans (Croft et al., 2019) and the finding that parents and children often felt unsafe on school campuses (Jones, 2018), the central purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of school district stakeholders regarding one…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Safety, Stakeholders, School Activities
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Spencer, Gayle; Smedick, William – Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 2020
The purpose of this review is to highlight the differences in the new contextual statement and standards from past editions, as well as to discuss and provide examples of how CAS Standards can be utilized by Campus Activities Professionals.
Descriptors: Standards, Higher Education, School Activities, Educational Planning
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Hatton, Holly; Howard, Lionel C.; Tekleselassie, Abebayehu A. – Planning and Changing, 2017
Programming for students is a primary task of building principals that has increased in intricacy as the role of accountability in education has evolved. Despite this, little research exists which examines how principals program for students in light of social, community, and policy influences. Research which reflects upon the lived experiences of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Principals, Influences, Elementary Schools
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Pike, Gary R.; Bringle, Robert G.; Hatcher, Julie A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2014
Faculty and staff at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed several tools to assess campus civic engagement initiatives. This chapter describes the IUPUI Faculty Survey and the Civic-Minded Graduate Scale, and reports on findings from campus-based assessment and research.
Descriptors: Campuses, Teacher Surveys, Graduate Surveys, Program Descriptions
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Ross, Denise; Pinder, Glen; Coles-White, D'Jaris – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
Elementary charter schools increasingly serve students who are at-risk for reading challenges, giving them a critical role in establishing literacy for young children. This article examines the complexities of starting early childhood literacy programs in charter schools. Specifically, the first year of K-3 literacy programs in a new and a…
Descriptors: Barriers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Influences
O'Toole-Curran, Janette J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The descriptive survey employed in this study explored current assessment practices of learning outcomes, including the resources used and the learning outcomes assessed for student programming board leaders. The researcher collected data through document review and phone interviews. She interviewed 21 student activities and union advisors who are…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Unions, Faculty Advisers, Student Leadership
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Fraser, Neil – School Science Review, 2010
Secondary schools are tasked with becoming sustainable institutions but this can be difficult to achieve because of a lack of time, shortage of project ideas and limited environmental management expertise. The Eco-Schools initiative exists to overcome these issues, and lessons learned from some schools in Scotland can help other schools implement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment)
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Vidourek, Rebecca A.; King, Keith A. – Journal of Drug Education, 2010
A total of 7488 7th-12th grade African-American students completed a survey assessing factors associated with recent alcohol use. Results indicated that 13.6% used alcohol in the past month. A series of odds ratios revealed that making good grades, participating in school activities, attending church, and having parents/teachers talk about the…
Descriptors: School Activities, Health Personnel, Secondary School Students, Risk
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Mitra, Dana L.; Sanders, Felicia C.; Perkins, Daniel F. – Applied Developmental Science, 2010
The term "youth-adult partnership" increasingly is being used to define a relationship in which both youth and adults have the potential to contribute to decision making processes, to learn from one another, and to promote change. Establishing a relationship with an "intermediary organization" can provide much needed stability and sustainability…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, High School Students, Youth, Adults
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Dimopoulos, Dimitrios I.; Paraskevopoulos, Stefanos; Pantis, John D. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2009
This paper describes the design of an educational module which aims to raise awareness and change the attitudes of elementary school students about focal endangered species in protected areas. The proposed design builds on, and extends the General Teaching Model. The educational module which was developed through this approach was pilot-tested in…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
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Wright, Robin; John, Lindsay; Sheel, Julia – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2007
We discuss some of the lessons the investigators learned during the development, implementation, and dissemination phases of the National Arts and Youth Demonstration Project (NAYDP). The lessons learned are relevant to various groups involved in large-scale, multi-site, community-based intervention studies: parents, youth, researchers, project…
Descriptors: School Activities, Research Methodology, Parent Participation, Demonstration Programs
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
After-school programs are popular with parents and the community, but are a lot of extra work for headteachers and the staff involved. This book will provide headteachers and administrators with the guidance they need to build a successful and sustainable after-school program. Based on a national study conducted by the author, this hands-on…
Descriptors: School Activities, After School Programs, Principals, Guides
US Department of Education, 2006
This guidance offers a renewed vision for the use of the schoolwide program, both as a reform strategy and as a means of realizing the high standards for student achievement envisioned by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). It is intended to be used as a companion document to the statute and regulations, as well as a technical assistance…
Descriptors: School Activities, Strategic Planning, Needs Assessment, Federal Legislation
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Boxer, Paul; Musher-Eizenman, Dara; Dubow, Eric F.; Danner, Stephanie; Heretick, Donna M. L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
This article describes qualitative and quantitative assessment based on responses of 221 teachers from nine elementary schools in two districts (urban and suburban) to inform plans for reducing and preventing student aggression. Teachers' perceptions of students' aggressive behavior and beliefs were validated against students' self-reports and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Activities, Program Development, Prevention