Sentences with phrase «excellent initiative of»
Excellent initiative of Orlowski at the Register to translate parts of the Japanese report.
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We're excited to be partnering with the Company of Young Professionals program in 2016 - 17, to expand this excellent networking and development initiative to young leaders in Richmond,» said Rob Akimow, Chair of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
MEC has been a customer of Bullfrog Power since 2007, and has a long history in Vancouver, making them an excellent bridge between SPEC's education programs and Bullfrog's energy initiatives.
RA rolled out an excellent implementation guide for Latin American coffee farmers, which I'll be writing about, and told me about a couple of other upcoming initiatives that I am excited about — in spite of what the expression on my face might suggest.
Quality, affordable, varied food and drink options paired with a number of fan - first initiatives will make for an excellent stadium experience... all in a spaceship.
150 no - doubt excellent projects are up for consideration, and you could do your part to help 20 of them receive valuable prizes (i.e., funding) by voting for your favorite initiatives (up to 10) today.
(For inspiration, see this excellent case study of how Facebook Ads helped defeat a Florida ballot initiative in 2011.)
Supporting the alliance, Ian McInnes from the Association of Chief Police Officers crime prevention initiatives said: «There are excellent examples to show designing - out crime works.
We are always looking at new and better ways to make the highway even safer, and Governor Cuomo's Text Stops initiative is an excellent way for drivers to stay in touch while recognizing the dangers of using mobile devices while driving.»
This initiative is an excellent opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the industry and the wider community, and will allow sites to show their efforts towards improving the image of construction.
Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of Families for Excellent Schools, said de Blasio's initiatives «would do little to change the tale of two school systems.»
But none of this may matter in the long run because it's an excellent field operation and GOTV initiative that will win the office of Borough President.
«In the past, time abroad showed initiative, but in the current climate, promotion is more likely to be based on publications, the topic of specialisation... and excellent references,» says Tracy Hussell, education secretary of the British Society of Immunology.
«In many ways it is an excellent initiative,» says Joel Duff, Ontario chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, «and for the first time in Canada, a segment of the student population is going have a guaranteed minimum standard in terms of accessibility.»
The Offensive Sciences, unique initiative in Europe, allows for the first time to support excellent cross-border research projects thanks to the cofinancing granted by States of Bade - Wurtemberg and of Rhineland - Palatinate, the Region Alsace and of the European Union.
Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, said: «I am proud that this excellent initiative continues to provide such an invaluable service.
From that line of thinking was born Opportunity Culture, an initiative to try this idea: Let school teams with teachers on them redesign jobs and use age - appropriate technology to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to many more students, for more pay, within regular budgets, adding more planning time, and having them take full accountability for the learning of all the students they serve.
Chief Executive of Schools Plus, Rosemary Conn said the new awards initiative are «an excellent way for all Australians to recognise their most inspiring teachers».
Initiatives such as this challenge open up a world of possibilities to apprentices and enable them to use what they've learned and demonstrate their skills and creativity for an excellent cause.
Sharon Barry, Westminster Kingsway College Programme Manager, says: «This type of initiative is an excellent way for our apprentices to compete at the very highest level in a real - world business environment.
-- April 8, 2015 Planning a High - Poverty School Overhaul — January 29, 2015 Four Keys to Recruiting Excellent Teachers — January 15, 2015 Nashville's Student Teachers Earn, Learn, and Support Teacher - Leaders — December 16, 2014 Opportunity Culture Voices on Video: Nashville Educators — December 4, 2014 How the STEM Teacher Shortage Fails U.S. Kids — and How To Fix It — November 6, 2014 5 - Step Guide to Sustainable, High - Paid Teacher Career Paths — October 29, 2014 Public Impact Update: Policies States Need to Reach Every Student with Excellent Teaching — October 15, 2014 New Website on Teacher - Led Professional Learning — July 23, 2014 Getting the Best Principal: Solutions to Great - Principal Pipeline Woes Doing the Math on Opportunity Culture's Early Impact — June 24, 2014 N&O Editor Sees Solution to N.C. Education «Angst and Alarm»: Opportunity Culture Models — June 9, 2014 Large Pay, Learning, and Economic Gains Projected with Statewide Opportunity Culture Implementation — May 13, 2014 Cabarrus County Schools Join National Push to Extend Reach of Excellent Teachers — May 12, 2014 Public Impact Co-Directors» Op - Ed: Be Bold on Teacher Pay — May 5, 2014 New videos: Charlotte schools pay more to attract, leverage, keep best teachers — April 29, 2014 Case studies: Opening blended - learning charter schools — March 20, 2014 Syracuse, N.Y., schools join Opportunity Culture initiative — March 6, 2014 What do teachers say about an Opportunity Culture?
However, states and school districts often struggle to prepare and retain high - quality educators, and in 2014, the Department of Education made having an equal distribution of effective teachers a national priority with its announcement of the «Excellent Educators for All» initiative.
Future Ready Librarians is an extension of the Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative at the Alliance for Excellent Education aimed at connecting school librarians to the strategic work of school districts.
Following the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the PED launched NMRISING, a statewide initiative to inform the development of New Mexico's state plan7 and build upon the momentum of recent student success.8 The plan reinforces the PED's commitment to robust CCR standards and assessments, meaningful school accountability, a commitment to ensure that all students are served by excellent educators, and dynamic strategies for turning around the state's struggling schools.
The Harlandale Independent School District, in south - central San Antonio, Texas, has joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of School Commissioners and Superintendent Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee are pleased to join The Mind Trust in announcing a new initiative that will leverage the talent of excellent leaders, the power of a new law, and the support of district resources to multiply the number of high quality schools serving students in IPS.
Dillon does an excellent job exposing just how wide a net of influence Gates has cast — particularly since the implosion of his «small schools» initiative.
In 2011, we launched our Opportunity Culture initiative to help the U.S. close achievement gaps and meet rising global standards by extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.
Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education launched the Excellent Educators for All initiative to support states and districts in ensuring that students of color and low - income students have equitable access to excellent eExcellent Educators for All initiative to support states and districts in ensuring that students of color and low - income students have equitable access to excellent eexcellent educators.
Their Opportunity Culture initiative helps districts and schools create highly paid, high impact teacher leader roles that extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students.
The new lobbying entity includes most of the same groups that spent in excess of $ 6 million lobbying for Malloy's initial education reform initiative, including ConnCAN, the Achievement First, Inc. charter school management company, the Northeast Charter School Network and Families for Excellent Schools, another pro-charter group entity.
States are submitting their educator equity plans to the U.S. Department of Education as part of the department's «Excellent Educators for All» initiative — which aims to ensure that every student has an effective educator — launching teachers and teacher quality back into the spotlight.
Over the past year and a half, Families for Excellent Schools — using a variety of aliases — has spent nearly $ 1.5 million in a record - breaking effort to lobby and persuade Connecticut legislators to support Governor Dannel Malloy's unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory «education reform» initiatives.
This year Families for Excellent Schools has spent nearly $ 1.2 million lobbying in favor of Governor Malloy's charter school and education reform initiatives.
Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, announced Future Ready Librarians, an expansion of the FRS initiative aimed at positioning librarians as leaders in the digital transformation of learning.
Our work with OSSI represents an excellent example of working at multiple levels across an initiative — from big - picture organizational work to customized one - on - one work with teachers and school leaders.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has made Texas the first state to support multiple districts in creating anb Opportunity Culture, joining the national initiative designed to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams to more students, for more pay, within recurring budgets.
In keeping with Acura's «Safety Through Innovation» initiative, the 2012 ZDX provides excellent safety for its passengers, including the application of Acura's Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) body structure.
Given how lowpriced VIZ's subscriptions are, around the same as 3 - 4 issues of the print magazine, this looks to be an excellent value for potential subscribers, and a different take from other initiatives not just by charging a subscription fee, but also by teaming it up directly with the print edition.
I want to acknowledge two particular sources of inspiration for this madcap initiative: Nina Amir, whose book How To Blog A Book inspired me to publicly blog the first drafts; and Joanna Penn, whose excellent podcast and website The Creative Penn have helped me to chart out a (hopefully!)
The paper was an excellent summary of how various initiatives have contributed, over time, to changes in canine health and welfare.
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Each project serves not only to deliver an artistically excellent and socially relevant body of work, but most importantly, to identify the people and initiatives that already are creating change in our community — and that we can invest in and create with in the future.
The United Nations Food Gardens initiative was developed from the premise that community food gardens can serve as an excellent source of local produce while also empowering communities to grow food in an increasingly urbanizing world.
This and other top - down approaches while appearing to present an excellent solution on paper - often results in exclusion of effective community - based initiatives.
«This (Secrets of the Masters) report contains the kind of excellent advice David Freeman provided to us on strategic planning, client development and leadership development initiatives.
This kind of session is an excellent way for a firm to test the waters regarding a knowledge strategy initiative.
Lord Bourne, former parliamentary under secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, said: «This new initiative from M&S is an excellent example of private enterprise working with its customers to produce clean, green energy and support local community groups.
This survey presents an excellent, comprehensive overview that should be of interest to every law firm involved in or contemplating a diversity initiative.