DENNIS LITTKY is director and cofounder of the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center («The Met»), in Providence, R.I., and codirector and cofounder of
The Big Picture Company, a nonprofit education reform organization that creates and supports small, personalized, public high schools that work in tandem with their communities.
The San Diego Met is modeled after
The Big Picture Company's small schools model called «The Met.»
The Big Picture Company is founder of The Met and currently creating 20 new small schools in eight sites across the country as part of the Gates Foundation's small schools initiative.
Ron Wolk, of Warwick, is the founding editor of Education Week and chairman of
the Big Picture Company
Both schools focus on their students» professional prospects by helping them find yearlong internships that form a key part of the curriculum, which
the Big Picture Company in Providence, Rhode Island, supplies.
Instead of collecting a set percentage of each school's revenues,
Big Picture Company is exploring charging established schools fees for specific services.
«We have a design that we are looking to make happen wherever we can,» says Dennis Littky, one of the cofounders who started
the Big Picture Company with «the Met» (the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center) in 1996 in Providence.
At the MET /
Big Picture Company network of small high schools, for example (see «High School's New Face,» the main component of every student's education is the Learn Through Internships program, in which students complete authentic projects with the guidance of expert mentors a minimum of two days a week.
MetWest is one of twenty - seven small public schools around the country — enrollment in each is limited to 150 students — opened since 1996 under the aegis of the nonprofit
Big Picture Company.
Not exact matches
We targeted current leaders, since they exert direct, measurable sway beyond their own boardrooms as they steer their
companies to respond to
big -
picture external conditions: the economy, politics, technology, markets and customers.
Instead, set up regular meetings to discuss not only your current goals, but also how those goals measure up to your
company's longer - term,
big -
picture goals.
Looking at the
bigger picture, Anheuser - Busch's parent
company, AB InBev, has made a commitment to securing 100 percent of its purchased electricity from renewable sources by the year 2025.
On a
big -
picture scale, analysts don't think the number of Apple TV units sold is very meaningful for the
company.
With all the stresses and commitments involved in running a
company, do you ever feel you don't have enough time to do the
big -
picture thinking your business needs to thrive?
Southwest Airlines ($ 2.3 billion in revenues, 15,833 employees nationwide, headquartered in Dallas) shares more information than most
big companies: chairman Herb Kelleher's quarterly letters to employees describe the
big picture, and weekly updates give detailed reports on costs.
When you're in the trenches every day, working long hours to build your dream
company, it's easy to miss the
big picture and get stuck in the weeds.
I personally helped them with their problem, and in the process became concerned about the
bigger picture for this
company.
From a
big picture perspective, the
company will grow as more people move into the province — more than 100,000 people moved into the region last year — and as incomes grow.
The Warrens decided they would have to focus not on the
company's
big financial
picture but on a short - term, simple goal that could energize a young, mobile workforce.
Unless you have a startup that's trying to change the world, like Apple in its early years, I find personal goals that also benefit the
company resonate better with employees than
big -
picture company goals.
Perhaps most important, we need to keep an eye on the
bigger picture — the future of our careers, our
company's main objectives — and stop sweating the small stuff, keeping both cheer - worthy successes and heartbreaking failures in perspective.
Heavy earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco Holdings has shrugged off a credit rating downgrade from Fitch Ratings, with managing director Ian Testrow saying the market should focus on the
big picture of the
company's merger and restructuring plan.
They share the
company road map, and the three - to five - year journey for each top player so that they can clearly understand their objectives, goals, and contributions to the
bigger picture.
Whenever employees provide feedback to one another, ensure they explain and understand the
big picture of how their roles affect the
company.
But like many Silicon Valley
companies that have sprung up in the new millennium, Facebook has a mission statement speaking to a
bigger picture than simply creating new technology.
Your manager can provide you
bigger picture perspectives about the
company and career development in general.
What's more, we train and empower new hires so they are aware of
big -
picture company goals and take a personal desire to achieve them.
As founder, he remains involved in the
company's
big -
picture decisions, but he is no longer involved in the day - to - day operations.
Google may be best known for search and its crazy employee perks, but the
company is constantly cooking up far - out,
big -
picture, enormously ambitious projects.
But the
bigger picture for the New York City
company is how to excel in a marketplace that's becoming increasingly crowded with low - cost options.
One key insider, however, played down that rosy
picture Tuesday, saying that the
company's problems have taken a
bigger toll than it seems.
With this in mind, we compiled a list of
companies, large and small, that embodies this commitment to a
bigger picture of leadership and innovation.
Maybe only a small number of
companies get funded, but the
big picture is the enthusiasm created that will spur entrepreneurs on, reigniting the economy.
Let your staff see more of the
company's
big picture, and your business will benefit from the resulting positive attitudes and creative ideas from employees who stick around longer.
The world's
biggest entertainment
company and owner of NBC and Universal
Pictures said on Tuesday it proposed to offer 12.50 pounds per...
The world's
biggest entertainment
company and owner of NBC and Universal
Pictures, said on Tuesday it had proposed to offer 12.50 pounds per share for Britain's...
The fact that so many
big companies like Target, Sony
Pictures Entertainment, and insurance giant Anthem are being hacked proves that «Cyber security is one of the
biggest problems in the world,» Teller said.
Still, be sure to frequently remind yourself and your team about the
bigger picture — why your
company and work exists in the world.
Start up founders are said to be
Big Picture, the keepers of a
company's vision.
Remind everyone where the
company is headed — the
big picture.
(Heffernan touches on the
big -
picture disservice in the media's insidious practice of narrowing our horizons for profit, rather than expanding them in the public interest: «[Media
companies] know that when we buy a newspaper or a magazine, we aren't looking for a fight... The search for what is familiar and comfortable underlies our media consumption habits in just the same way as it makes us yearn for Mom's mac»n' cheese.»)
Conservative wonks like to dangle images of
companies taking advantage of the
big new influx of funds to build factories and hire workers, because that paints an appealing
picture of what the strategy amounts to.
The full Technology Content Marketing 2018: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends - North America report offers a
big -
picture glimpse into how marketers at tech
companies approach content marketing.
The
big -
picture goal, McNamara said, is to remove the barrier that
companies have in doing large - scale simulation.
Tozer has since sold his shares back to Wilson, but the
company has undergone a rapid expansion — now employing 75 people, increasing sales by 50 % and adding new equipment and processes, including a digital printer capable of putting a
picture on a piece of glass as
big as 283 by 130 inches.
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My Analytics offers powerful, on - demand workforce insight for those seeking a
big -
picture view of
company data in real time.
The most valuable employees understand more than just their jobs; they understand the industries in which their
companies operate, the way in which their
companies functions in
big -
picture terms and the way in which their individual job roles contribute to the success of their firms.
Building in a salary (even just a small one) for yourself from the very beginning will not only make your personal finances more manageable, but it will also help you to keep accurate financial records and see the
big picture of your
company's wellbeing by establishing a clearer
picture from the start of what the
company costs to run.
Within the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Ferro has shared his own views on
company strategy and operations, from
big -
picture issues down to more logistical details.