Sentences with phrase «core academic building»

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New York City Regional Council CFA Workshop Tuesday, October 4, 2011 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM York College / CUNY Academic Core Building - Room 3D01 94 - 20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd (between Archer & Liberty Avenues), Jamaica, NY 11451 Limited parking available for attendees in the main parking lot on Guy R. Brewer Blvd.

«The Welsh Liberal Democrat policy sets out a new liberal vision for higher education that builds on the core principles that access to higher education should be determined by academic ability and not social background.

Brain Balance establishes a unique plan for each child that includes sensory motor work, eye tracking, core exercises, academic skill training, healthy nutrition, confidence building and many other activities that work to bolster a child's developmental deficits.

The partnership's research builds on educator Howard Gardner's seminal theory of multiple intelligences to indicate that arts education — including the visual arts, dance, music, and drama — enhances a student's ability to acquire core academic skills.

Building on two years of work by the Academic Cabinet, led by Catherine Snow before I arrived, we have made considerable progress in the development of core courses.

Over time, students will build the necessary skills to analyze more complex documents, text, and academic vocabulary, raising performance with the Common Core ELA standards.

Building on earlier work done by the Academic Cabinet, a faculty committee, Lagemann made the development of a case - based core curriculum one of her first priorities as dean.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

It covers the influence the common - core academic standards are likely to have on building the online curricula of the future, the growing emphasis on teaching social skills to virtual school students, how schools are building courses that blend face - to - face and online learning, and the evolving role of e-assessments.

Cobb County Schools describe the Common Core State Standards as a way to build upon the strength of current standards to boost the competitive advantage of American students, who for the first time will have the opportunity to meet the academic standards set by top - performing countries.

Unfortunately, this past school year districts absorbed funding reductions not only by deferring purchases of equipment and maintenance of buildings, but also by laying off classroom teachers, including teachers of core academic subjects.

Here's another way to think about it: Many high school teachers are, in theory, being asked to build a house without a foundation, since their students were presumably not taught a curriculum aligned with the Common Core for most of their prior academic career.

This course develops students» college and career readiness by building skills in critical reading, academic writing, speaking and listening, research and inquiry, and language use as defined by the Common Core State Standards.

Imagine Andrews PCS has selected the Core Knowledge Sequence to provide content standards that will guide coherent content instruction from grade to grade, encouraging steady academic progress as children build their knowledge and skills from one year to the next.

MPS schools put students on the path to academic success through extended literacy blocks to build and reinforce reading skills; rigorous instruction in core subjects; and access to art, music, physical education and technology.

If you have a track record of exceptional impact in your profession or in your community — and you share our core belief that academic achievement should drive all aspects of a school — then we encourage you to join us in Building Excellent Schools.

The academic program of KIPP WAYS Primary is focused on building core foundational academic skills in phonics, reading, writing, and math, enhanced by targeted exposure and instruction in science, social studies, enrichment and character skills.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) promote the academic reasons for providing ample opportunities for students to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations in order to build a foundation for college and career readiness.

They will assist colleagues in the implementation and delivery of Common Core State Standards and build upon their leadership and professional skills that drive student academic achievement.

Casey Vier, Academic Dean of CACPCS, explains, «By building key professional learning goals around the tools in Tools for Conquering the Common Core, we have given all of our teachers an easy - to - understand set of classroom techniques to raise student achievement.»

A combination of core academic courses and enriching Journey classes provides a full - day, project - based learning curriculum that builds students» communication and social skills, enhances leadership skills, and encourages students» creativity.

CORE's mission is to empower Tennessee school districts to build educator capacity through targeted, differentiated academic support resulting in student readiness.

Professional teaching standards (such as INTASC) and student academic standards (such as the Common Core State Standards) should be the foundation upon which professional practice is built.

Charter schools build upon the core academic subjects by creating a school culture or adopting a theme.

Every 21st century skills implementation requires the development of core academic subject knowledge and understanding among all students.Those who can think critically and communicate effectively must build on a base of core academic subject knowledge.

Of course, content - area knowledge is extremely important; building academic skills is still and always will be a core goal of secondary education.

While not much research has been done on programs with this structure (mostly because not many yet exist), we maintain that if all afterschool programs can establish strong building blocks in these core areas, success in academics, social situations, and their future life endeavors will come far easier.

Substantive conversations are critical for English learners because they provide specific opportunities to practice and build on listening and speaking skills using academic language that coincides with language learning standards and converges common core and state standards.

This is about basic maintenance and investment to make sure that our buildings can continue to serve their core academic purposes at a reasonable cost.

The site has a wealth of the latest academic research and resources broken down in eight core areas: Economic Stability, Housing, Safety and Healing, Infrastructure, Public Health, Education, Coalition Building, and Technology.