Sentences with phrase «director of parents»

Rebecca Wood, LCSW, is the Director of Parents Place in Marin County and is available for in - person, phone, and online...

Rebecca Wood, LCSW, is the Director of Parents Place in Marin County.

... Worst Day Ever» by Kimochis «When Sophie Gets Angry — Really, Really Angry» by Molly Bang «Feelings» by Aliki Rebecca Wood, LCSW, is the Director of Parents Place in Marin County.

Dorian Traube, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Director of Parents as Teachers @ USC Telehealth, is an Associate Professor at the USC School of Social Work.

The entertainment industry has continued to push violent content and has not been willing to confront the impact it has on children, according to Melissa Henson, program director of the Parents Television Council, who participated in the White House meeting.

The Parent Trigger gives parents «no opportunity to choose among more positive reforms, and fails to promote the best practices for parent involvement from the ground up,» as pointed out by Julie Woestehoff, Executive Director of Parents United for Responsible Education of Chicago.

My name is Julie Woestehoff and I am the Executive Director of Parents United for Responsible Education, or PURE, a 26 year old parent - based public school advocacy organization.

As a model for increasing parent power in schools, Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education, points to the local school councils established in the Chicago Public Schools in 1989.

Anne Foster, the executive director of Parents for Public Schools, a national nonprofit group committed to educating, engaging, and mobilizing parents, said that school leaders can sometimes underestimate parents» ability to change schools.

Mark Lehain is the interim director of the New Schools Network and the director of Parents and Teachers for Excellence

Nancy Loome, executive director of the Parents» Campaign, a public - school advocacy group based in Jackson, told the Jackson Free Press in January that the schools can not be wholly blamed for inadequate care of special - needs students.

Maya Martin, Executive Director of Parents Amplifying Voices in Education (PAVE), Josh Boots, Executive Director of EmpowerK12, and representatives from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) provided task force members with an overview of recently held parent feedback sessions on the DC school report card.

«The ISAT was not designed for teacher evaluations, and it shouldn't be used that way,» said Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education.

PAA began with an acquaintance nearly 10 years ago between Leonie Haimson, president of Class Size Matters in New York City, and Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education in Chicago.

Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education, has long argued that the district's policy on holding students back is too heavily based on assessment tests.

«I would definitely wait for test scores before making a decision,» said Rice - Thurston, former executive director of Parents United for the Washington, D.C., public schools, «but more important, I would visit the schools and talk to children and teachers.

According to Newsday, other Democrat contenders include, former Congressional hopeful, David Calone, a venture capitalist who has also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Patty Wipfler is the founder and director of the Parents Leadership Institute, a nonprofit organization in Palo Alto, California.

Sunny is the Founder and Network Director of Parents On Demand, a network for parents looking for family - friendly podcasts.

Karen Friedland - Brown, Director of Parents Place.

He became head of the Individual Capital Management department, and he was a Director of Wertheim Asset Management Services, as well as a Managing Director of the parent company.

She is the owner of CSM Consulting, an educational consulting firm, and founding director of The Parent Education Series in the Sequoia Union High School District.

Siegel and Bryson, the executive director and the director of parenting education, respectively, at the Mindsight Institute in Los Angeles, offer 12 strategies that adults can use to help nurture their children's maturing brains.

«Anger is such a big topic, but it «s unavoidable and something all parents struggle with, «says Samalin, the founder and director of Parent Guidance Workshops in New York, an educational and counseling organization for parents.

But most of us don't ever stop to identify or analyze our own style, and that's unfortunate, according to Nancy Samalin, director of Parent Guidance Workshops in New York.

Professor Helen Ball, Director of Parent - Infant Sleep Lab, Department of Anthropology, Durham University and Chair, Lullaby Trust Scientific Committee.

In addition to her solo practice, Teresa is the Director of Parenting Education for the International Maternity and Parenting Institute, and the Continuing Education Director for the Association of Professional Sleep Consultants.

-LSB-...] Helen Ball BSC, MA, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, where she is Director of the Parent - Infant Sleep Lab and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute.

Helen Ball BSC, MA, PhD, is Professor of Anthropology at Durham University, where she is Director of the Parent - Infant Sleep Lab and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute.

«It's important that parents tune in to their individual child and what the bottle means to them,» said Claire Lerner, director of Parenting Resources at Zero to Three, a parenting resource Web site.

Claire Lerner, LCSW - C, child development specialist; director of parenting resources, Zero to Three.

Remember that there's no one - size - fits - all approach, advises Claire Lerner, LCSW, an American Baby advisor and the director of parenting resources at Zero to Three, the National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families.

Child development specialist Claire Lerner, director of parenting resources for the nonprofit organization Zero to Three, says, «They understand that their actions matter — they can make things happen.

Speaking in support of the resolution, Anthony Harmon, the UFT director of parent and community outreach, who served as an NAACP vice president and a board member under Dr. Martin, called her a «true unionist to her heart.»

The 600,000 member NYSUT announced yesterday they had endorsed Ceasar Zuniga, a director of the Parent - Child Home Network, over Assemblyman Félix Ortiz, a lawmaker who has represented Sunset Park and Red Hook for two decades.

Anthony Harmon, the union's director of parent and community outreach, has been collecting the adopted resolutions.

Members of the American Chinese Parent and Student Council and UFT staff are joined by (from fourth left) UFT Director of Parent and Community Involvement Anthony Harmon, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Making the case for the parent trigger is Ben Austin, executive director of Parent Revolution and former deputy mayor of Los Angeles.

She is a member of the Board of Directors of Parents for Public Schools, Inc..

Ben Austin, former executive director of Parent Revolution who is working for an independent expenditure committee supporting reform candidate Melvoin, said he hears parents talking about this issue when he drops his daughters off at school.

The district has signed a one - year contract with Bruce Guadalupe Community School to teach students in grades K - 8, said Michael Turza, the district's director of parent and student services.

Author Bio: Ben Austin is executive director of Parent Revolution and former deputy mayor of Los Angeles.

This year alone, 70 parent centers opened at district schools and 40 more will open before the end of December, said Rowena Lagrosa, senior executive director of parent, community and student services.

Just a few weeks before the start of the school year, parent Cynthia Ramirez today joined California Congressman George Miller and Ben Austin, executive director of Parent Revolution, to celebrate National Parents Day (tomorrow) and to highlight efforts of parents across the country who used parent trigger law to improve their children's schools.

That's how the state is making look OK low - performing school districts,» said Seth Litt, executive director of Parent Revolution, a Los Angeles - based nonprofit organization that empowers parents striving to improve their children's education.

In the last three years, as the director of Parent Revolution, Austin helped the state pass the nation's first parent trigger law, which offers parents options to improve consistently failing schools by shutting them down altogether, replacing the principal or staff, or conversion to a charter school.

Katie Braude, executive director of the parent advocacy group Speak UP, said in an email: «Shirley served on the Board of Speak UP, and we were honored to have the opportunity to benefit from her wisdom and passion over the past two years.

«There are advocates all over the country that carry her spirit and her mission with them,» said Seth Litt, executive director of Parent Revolution.

«For the first time, a group of parents is going to take back power of the educations of their own kids and select a high - quality nonprofit to transform their failing school,» said Ben Austin, executive director of Parent Revolution, the Los Angeles nonprofit that is bankrolling the parent union.