Sentences with phrase «learning opportunities focus»

Our members are working to connect principals with high - quality professional learning opportunities focused on building schools and supporting teachers that prioritize the whole child.

Created to advance and inspire teacher innovation, KQED Teach offers a collection of hands - on professional learning opportunities all focused on the new Media Literacy.

Alexandria, VA (10/01/2013)-- ASCD, the global community dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading, announces 23 face - to - face learning opportunities focused on helping educators align instruction to the new Common Core State Standards.

Air Base K - 8 Center, Castle Creek Elementary, Surfside Elementary and Wilton Manors Elementary schools were recognized as 2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools for their efforts to reduce environmental costs, improve the health and wellness of students and staff, and provide learning opportunities focused on the environment that incorporate science, mathematics, technology, civic skills, and green pathways.

Congratulations to Gove Elementary School for their efforts to reduce environmental costs, improve the health and wellness of students and staff, and provide learning opportunities focused on the environment that incorporate science, mathematics, technology, civic skills, and green pathways.

The award recognized Manatee Elementary School and Odyssey Charter School in Brevard County and Pine View School for the Gifted in Sarasota County for their efforts to reduce environmental costs, improve the health and wellness of students and staff, and provide learning opportunities focused on the environment that incorporate science, mathematics, technology, civic skills, and green pathways.

In addition to offering extensive, high - quality learning opportunities focused on curriculum and instruction, the programs typically offered supports in the form of mentoring, participation in principals» networks and study groups, collegial school visits, and peer coaching.

The report evaluates key factors of preparation and development programs such as strong organizational partnerships, support for learning, authentic learning opportunities, and learning opportunities focused on improving instruction and creating school environments of continual learning and improvement.

This report reviews these provisions in four major areas: (1) access to learning opportunities focused on higher - order thinking skills; (2) multiple measures of equity; (3) resource equity; and (4) evidence - based interventions.

Educators can move from passively allowing students to lead school culture to actively encouraging them for taking responsibility for it through learning opportunities focused on their roles.

First, the state will develop principal professional learning opportunities focused on implementing teacher evaluations with an emphasis on providing high - quality feedback that improves classroom instruction, as well as developing, implementing, and sustaining distributed leadership models.

Libby dreamed of delivering learning opportunities focused on preparing mental health clinicians, early intervention professionals, early childhood educators, and family support specialists to form collaborative relationships with parents, practitioners and caregivers for the health and well - being of young children.

Not exact matches

Solution: Focus first on compensation and benefits, and then shift over to the overall work environment — the work culture, team building, learning opportunities, professional development, less micro management, etc..

For example, Gallup has discovered that when teams focus on improving recognition or boosting opportunities for learning and growing, strong workplace friendships are more likely.

CEO Global Network is a CEO and executive peer group organization that creates opportunities for learning and development through monthly group meetings led by experienced CEOs, targeted one - to - one mentoring, and focused learning events throughout the year — including the GREAT CEOs Speaker Series.

Employees will be grateful for the opportunity to grow and learn from experts and will come out of these experiences more motivated and focused.

«I learned the value of trying to find opportunities rather than to focus on the negatives.

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

In my view, our role as business leaders in uncertain times such as these is to remain positive, focus on what we do well, closely monitor global trends, investigate new opportunities for growth, diversify our economy, and learn from the experts — which is exactly where The Vancouver Board of Trade comes in.

The briefing focused on a vision of STEM learning opportunities as a network of charging stations in which children power up their learning by plugging into activities at school, after school, at science centers and libraries, as well as online.

Integrating these emerging career pathways and learning opportunities into a better STEM pipeline is an important focus shared between educators and students.

From helping entrepreneurs launch and grow high - impact ventures to capturing global market opportunities for our ventures, MaRS focuses its work on four main sectors: Energy & Environment (Cleantech), Finance & Commerce (FinTech), Health, and Work & Learning.

Their new fund focuses on high - opportunity sectors including Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and the Industrial Internet of Things.

This position is a great learning opportunity for a social media marketer to engage in hands - on experience focused on building a community.

If our perspective is right, if our trust is in the One who both opens and closes doors, and if we focus more on our relationship with Him and less on the door, we will see every closed door as an opportunity to learn something about ourselves and our God.

Now I'm focused primarily on email marketing, using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and learning how to code; it's an amazing opportunity.

Focusing on peace for Christians gives them an opportunity to break out of their comfort zone and learn to build better relationships with brothers and sisters from different backgrounds and social classes.

With members from around the world focused on learning about Food Chemistry and its advances; this is your best opportunity to reach the largest assemblage of participants from the Food Chemistry community.

Prime Youth Sports is a unique program that provides girls the opportunity to participate in sports camps and on AAU teams that are focused on giving its campers and players the opportunity to develop sport - specific skills, gain confidence, and learn the value of hard work and teamwork.

Our primary focus is the introductory experience, but we have valuable learning opportunities for students of all levels.

We focus on creating a safe and nurturing environment which offers opportunities to explore and discover; a place where children learn to care about and cooperate with others, as well as play independently.

We will discuss the importance of empathy and how we can help our children persist in the face of obstacles, see failure as an opportunity to learn and enjoy the process because they are not solely focused on the outcome.

• The need to exercising self - compassion as you process emotions • Emotional purging in a conscious way to move to an easier parenting journey • Moving passed mindfulness and consciousness to peacefulness • Functioning as a peaceful human being • Moving from «doing» to «being» • The value of peaceful presence, free of emotional trigger, for your kids • Modelling ownership of behavior for your kids • Peacefulness as a practice that takes time • Parenting as an extension of nature: gradually forging new pathways in your relationships and being expansive, not staying «stuck» • The healing power of authenticity with your kids • Aiming for perseverance and presence, not perfection • Exercising compassion for others and recognizing we don't know their struggles • Learning how not to try to control others and focus on self to remain peaceful • Journalling as a practice to release emotions • Finding opportunities for stillness • Releasing others from the responsibility for reading your mind • Shifting to a solution focus to create momentum • Fear: being curious about it to avoid being driven by it • Showing up in your own home to make a difference in the world • Practical ways to nourish yourself • Unconditional love — what does that look like?

Find schedule opportunities to give them your undivided one - on - one focus and attention: pray, learn, laugh, and play together.

It helps me focus on keeping interactions strife - free so they can be learning experiences and opportunities for my kids to learn self - control without feeling like I'm backing them into a corner.

These learning opportunities are about teaching them how overly aggressive play can cause injury and to focus on technique; or how verbal statements can affect the other team negatively.

- strengthening the upper body and core muscles for other gross motor tasks - strengthening the upper body and core muscles to create a stable base for fine motor skills - developing stability in the bones of the shoulder joint (the ball and socket joints of the shoulders and hips are shallow and unstable at birth but are molded into stronger, more stable joints through weight - bearing)- visual development to quickly shift focus from near to far - hand - eye - coordination - providing plentiful early opportunities for motor planning (movement problem - solving)- refining balance - integrating the movement (vestibular), pressure & stretch (proprioceptive), visual and touch (tactile) sensory systems - learning to coordinate movements where two sides of the body are doing different movements - learning to coordinate upper body and lower body movements - developing body awareness and spatial awareness - fostering independence

These measures are focused on tackling drug use among offenders and providing opportunities for offenders to learn the new skills which might help them to a life away from crime outside prison.»

«We also need to embed employability in education, with a greater focus from schools on employability outcomes for their pupils, and with management modules becoming mandatory in higher education, to give students in different disciplines more opportunities to learn to lead.»

Project BOOST (Building Options and Opportunities for Students) is an enrichment program that serves both elementary and middle school students, focusing on providing academic, cultural and community service learning opportunities for kids.

This Meeting offers Fellows opportunities to present their research, learn more about the research supported by the Office of Science and the scientific user facilities, and participate in seminars focused on professional development for careers in the sciences.

Peisner - Feinberg said focusing on classroom quality — especially on the instructional environments of dual - language learners — is essential to understanding how to maximize their opportunities for learning.

For example, if you and your fellow postdocs would like to learn about career opportunities in industry and biotech, you'll need to invite a variety of companies focusing on areas ranging from clinical trials to biotech start - ups to big pharma.

Young children with disruptive behaviors have fewer opportunities to learn in school than their focused peers, and are at risk for lower levels of academic achievement.

When we learned about plans by the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies to focus on new treatments for our wounded warriors, we saw it as an opportunity to give back to those who put themselves in harm's way while serving our country.

«Planning an entire week of events focused on our postdocs was intended to recognize and thank them for their scientific contributions, and to create some special learning and networking opportunities.

This summer, children have an opportunity to learn mindfulness, enjoy fun yoga games, practice meditation and engage in yoga postures that teach focus, concentration and determination.

Having said that, it is equally important for yoga teachers to allow for moments of silence as silence is equally important in yoga learning and allows an opportunity to the learners to reflect and focus on their individual practice.

When I first learned that Hugh Jackman was staring in the new updated film, I was thrilled, yet only to be disappointed at the missed opportunities of the filmmakers to delve deeper — and the focus of untruths.

Teaching the new curriculum outside the classroom will focus on inspiring and engaging opportunities for learning outside the classroom (LOtC) in the new national curriculum at the University of Derby Enterprise Centre on 4th December 2014.