Sentences with phrase «as young people prepare»

As young people prepare for adulthood, outcomes should reflect their ambitions, which could include higher education, employment, independent living and participation in society

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As a result, the negative effects of incarceration were replaced by a positive thrust to prepare the young people to return to school or the workaday world.

We can work for good schools that prepare young people to live as productive members of society capable of appreciating the finer values of our heritage.

A confirmation class supposedly prepares young people to confirm vows made on their behalf if they were baptized as infants.

The Soul Survivor gig brings young people together for worship, teaching and ministry over 5 days with topics as varied as preparing for leadership, sexuality and justice.

When they receive their crowns, their dominions, they then will be prepared to frame earths like unto ours and to people them in the same manner as we have been brought forth by our parents, by our Father and God» (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 283; Journal of Discourses 18:259)

He expressed his own view of the importance of education to his old poet friend Eobanus in March 1523, in a letter which takes us into the Renaissance world of the humanists: «I do not intend that young people should give up poetry and rhetoric... it is through these studies, as through nothing else, that people are really well prepared for grasping sacred truths, as well as for handling them skilfully and successfully.»

People on incapacity benefits will also be made to prepare themselves for work in addition to non-working single parents with children as young as one, but they will not have to actively start work until the child is older.

This moving documentary trailer follows four teams of young people in Chicago as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth poetry slam, Louder Than a Bomb.

We took the four scenarios and we asked ourselves the question: «If these futures do come true in 2028, then how are we going to, as a school, prepare our young people to be balanced global citizens?»

We make collaborative decisions as we gain fresh insight and outsight into better catalyzing the changes needed in educating young people to be prepared for their future.

As educators, it is incumbent upon us to prepare young people for the world that they are inheriting and give them tools to combat hate and work for a democratic and civil society.

European countries such as Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands prepare between 40 and 70 percent of their young people for technical jobs by the age of 20.

The ethics challenge: The breakdown of traditional forms of professional training and socialization that might prepare young people for their increasingly public roles as media makers and community participants.

Being brought up by parents who could — particularly in this day and age — easily be regarded as my very young grandparents, the generation gap, plus their overly concern for my wellbeing and safety, had not prepared me for the harshness that stark poverty brought to people who were burdened with the added worries of having to care for a sick and handicapped child.

It includes not only a historical look at the origins of the network and how it expanded over time, but also a look at the movement it helped spark that is helping young people obtain important skills early on, as well as transition from school to the labor market fully prepared to be successful.

Sixty - nine per cent of young people are worried about parts of their appearance as they prepare to go back to school this week (4 September), research has shown.

Not only will this help them in their own career, but it will assist the young people that they teach by setting an example to follow that will be of benefit to them as they prepare to embark on their own career.

To set and achieve the goal of a college degree, young people need to be developmentally ready, as well as academically and financially prepared.

As part of his work, Lecturer Richard Weissbourd explores how schools can help better prepare young people for romantic relationships.

Schools that see their job as preparing young people to meet the demands of a technology - driven world merely embrace and advance the idea that human needs are no longer our highest priority, that we must adapt to meet the demands of our machines.

As we prepare for Brexit, it is vital that we raise the horizons of young people and give them the opportunity to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.&raquAs we prepare for Brexit, it is vital that we raise the horizons of young people and give them the opportunity to go as far as their talents and hard work will take them.&raquas far as their talents and hard work will take them.&raquas their talents and hard work will take them.»

When young people don't receive financial education, it can mean that they're poorly prepared to manage their own money as they approach adulthood.

As Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's chief inspector said, «The question of how well our school system is preparing young people for the world of work has never been more important.

Beyond specific projects, my preoccupation these days — as I spelled out in a recent paper — is to help people understand that we are already in a social movement that is defining for the 21st century how we prepare young people for life.

«We have asked Natasha and others who have been involved in our work to empower schools and young people to promote good mental health, to continue to work with us as we prepare to launch our activity later this year.»

It is also imperative to show an understanding of the needs of local children and how any new school will meet these needs, whether that's a higher number of pupils with English as an Additional Language or a focus on preparing young people for the world of work.

As we seek to prepare young people with skills for career success, Warren Buffett reminds us what makes great employees:

We set high expectations for our public schools, as we should — to develop students academically, prepare young people for work, equip them to be good citizens, and enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

Across the country, the number of community schools continues to grow, as local educators, community leaders, and others look for equitable, efficient, and effective ways to provide the broad range of supports and services that allow young people to become truly well - prepared to enter college or a career.

As we prepare to spend tomorrow thinking about ways to nurture civic participation in young people, we wanted to republish a great story about two Facing History students whose study of history and the choices people make inspired them to petition the Oxford English Dictionary to add the word upstander to its pages.

Colleges also have an important role to play in preparing young people to fulfill their responsibilities as citizens.

We will ask our speakers to illustrate how they work with beginning teachers to ensure that these new educators are prepared with ways of relating and of acting in their practice to ensure that each of the young people in their classes thrives and grows as human beings.

Despite this general disconnect, innovations exist across the country in effectively leveraging afterschool as part of a collective community agenda to prepare all young people for long - term success.

Education in the United States is diverse in all aspects of operation, except in the expectation held by professional educators that all young people should receive a quality education that effectively prepares them for active and rewarding lives as individuals, parents, workers, and citizens.

She said: «I have added a fifth priority to the department, because academic standards are of course critical, but we also, I think, in terms of our shared ambition for preparing our young people for life in Britain, want to have young people who develop as well - rounded individuals.

She added that she was talking «in terms of preparing children for employment, and the importance of activities such as sport, creativity, debating and the list goes on, ways in which schools will develop the young people they are educating».

It's always seemed to me that schools have a central responsibility to prepare young people to thrive and to succeed as adults, and that a broad and balanced curriculum for all is a core component of that.

While few of us in K - 16 education today see it as merely a process to prepare young people for work, we inherited a system built to do just that.

For example, South Brooklyn Community High School moved from hosting one career day to three in which they provide opportunities for mock interviews with professionals from different industries as well as seminars from Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps prepare young people for professional and personal responsibility.

«We all must be wary of any system that creates a climate where students are viewed as part of the pay equation, rather than young people who deserve a high quality education that prepares them for their future,» says Bill Raabe, NEA's director of Collective Bargaining and Member Benefits.

Lesson resources and examples: As part of the programme, participants will submit a portfolio of resources, materials and work examples to demonstrate your approach to preparing and delivering excellent learning experiences that ensure that all children and young people are making progress.

It will cement our position as a global leader in teaching character and resilience, and will send a clear signal that our young people are being better prepared than ever before to lead tomorrow's Britain.»

As more pupils are raising issues around their gender identity, there is a concern that schools and colleges are not adequately prepared to support and educate young people.

«As a teacher and headteacher I am pleased to be able to contribute to this important work, which will help to make our young people safer and better prepared for the complex world in which they will live.»

School reform is just as much about the three Cs: curriculum (what knowledge and skills students actually learn); counseling (how we prepare young people, professionally and socially, for adult life); and civics (whether we teach students how to participate in American democracy).

As San Bernardino City moves to take Linked Learning «wall - to - wall» throughout all nine of its high schools by 2017, it is also beginning to build a strong foundation in K - 8 to better prepare young people for these emerging new high school opportunities.

As we become more connected and interdependent, how do we prepare young people for the world they will inherit?

As we enter a new era outside the European Union, it is more important than ever that our education system is able to prepare young adults for work in the twenty - first century — because success for our young people and school leavers is success for the UK economy.»

The authors suggest three strategies to address the challenge: 1) school reform should be expanded to include «multiple pathways» for students instead of a narrow «college - for - all» focus; 2) employers should become more engaged in the development and support of these pathways; and 3) as a society, the U.S. should take collective responsibility for educating young people to ensure that they are well prepared for life after school.