Sentences with phrase «practice improvement from»

Guided Care, a new model of comprehensive health care for people with multiple chronic conditions, has received the 2009 Medical Economics Award for Innovation in Practice Improvement from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and Medical Economics magazine.

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His psychologism reorients the search for guidance away from reason toward human nature itself and therefore favors widely distributed and long - established practices over novel schemes of improvement.

For participants who have self - assessed their operations against the 227 best management practices in 14 areas from the Code of Sustainable Winegrowing Self - Assessment Workbook, the 2009 report indicates that a majority of the 227 practices showed an improvement in average self - assessment scores since the 2004 report.

We were honored to receive our official sustainability certification from the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA), the industry - leading program that audits sustainable practices and continuous improvement among California wineries and vineyards.

Enhanced wine quality is another benefit of the industry's adoption of best practices — such as drip irrigation, canopy management, knowledge of wine quality and viticultural improvements — from the Code Workbook.

Appropriate management practices could increase carbon sinks and energy efficiency improvements and production of energy from crops and residues would result in a further mitigation potential, or a cumulative carbon storage95.

Hospitals will benefit from the development of knowledge, skills and capacity in evidenced - based maternity practices, breastfeeding subject matter, quality improvement processes, change management and practical strategies to address opportunities related to the safe execution of evidence based maternity practices supportive of optimal infant nutrition.

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

Despite substantial improvement, as of 2013, implementation of several of these maternity care practices and policies was far from optimal.

Dissemination of these individualized reports, as well as dissemination of surveillance data from the mPINC survey, including state reports § and key publications (13), might have contributed to these improvements in maternity care practices.

The national improvements in maternity care supportive of breastfeeding from 2007 to 2013 are substantial; however, more work is needed to ensure that all women have access to evidence - based maternity care policies and practices supportive of breastfeeding.

The Improvement Foundation are offering an integrated programme of support to help tackle healthcare associated infections specifically in Care Homes, the programme includes themed interactive workshops where professionals from across the PCT can come together to offer practical support and share experiences and good practice with experts from the Department of Health and Health Protection Agency.

Sheehan's campaign manager Steve Napier said those numbers were a reflection of voters» satisfaction with Sheehan's job performance and improvements to the city ranging from the installation of new stairs and wheelchair access at Lincoln Park to playing fields and bathrooms at Arbor Hill Park, and larger advances such as more equitable hiring practices.

While discussion ranged from disagreement with past practices at the cemetery to suggestions for improvement, nearly every speaker began by praising the beauty of the Blue Mountain Cemetery, which one called the most attractive in Ulster County.

Many of our ideas about domestication derive from Charles Darwin, whose ideas in turn were strongly influenced by British animal - breeding practices during the 19th century, a period when landowners vigorously pursued systematic livestock improvement.

According to a November BioScience article by Robert Fischman and Vicky Meretsky of Indiana University and their coauthors, the service may not always be adequately planning for an altered future, but best practices from several plans point the way for improvement.

The researchers believe that some of the increase comes from improvements in water conservation practices, though some was simply the result of inefficient irrigation, for example, water seeping out of unlined ditches into aquifers.

With generous funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) over the last 15 years, Afghanistan research organizations and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have helped supply Afghan farmers with improved varieties and farming practices to boost production of maize and wheat.

The seminar focused on the experience sharing in land resource management from stakeholder agencies in Thailand which relevant to best practices on land improvement, forest management, economics of land degradation and LDN baseline and target setting.

I've been practicing and following its methods my whole life: from finding my ikigai («purpose») to keeping kaizen («continuous improvement») throughout my work.

Besides the gripping strength improvements you will get from practicing hanging from the bar, you are going to teach your body the correct muscle activation that is needed for a proper pull - up.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology / American Urological Association 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline states: «Men who are taking 5 - ARIs for benign conditions such as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) may benefit from... understanding that the improvement of LUTS relief should be weighed with the potential risks of high - grade prostate cancer from 5 - ARIs.»

A 2004 Harvard study showed that a daily yoga practice resulted in statistically significant improvements in sleep in people suffering from insomnia (3).

Advantages for you: flexible schedule; work from home; unlimited earnings; payments every Monday; wages in euro; conversion to hryvnia according to the exchange rate on the moment of payment; system of bonuses and awards; training and assistance during the work; improvement and practice of English language; interesting introductions, contacts, gifts; career growth.

Kate Copping - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Using Data to Develop Collaborative Practice and Improve Student Learning Outcomes Dr Bronte Nicholls and Jason Loke, Australian Science and Mathematics School, South Australia Using New Technology for Classroom Assessment: An iPad app to measure learning in dance education Sue Mullane - Sunshine Special Developmental School, Victoria Dr Kim Dunphy - Making Dance Matter, Victoria Effective Differentiation: Changing outcomes in a multi-campus school Yvonne Reilly and Jodie Parsons - Sunshine College, Victoria Improving Numeracy Outcomes: Findings from an intervention program Michaela Epstein - Chaffey Secondary College, Victoria Workshop: Developing Rubrics and Guttman Charts to Target All Students» Zones of Proximal Development Holly Bishop - Westgarth Primary School, Victoria Bree Bishop - Carwatha College P - 12, Victoria Raising the Bar: School Improvement in action Beth Gilligan, Selina Kinne, Andrew Pritchard, Kate Longey and Fred O'Leary - Dominic College, Tasmania Teacher Feedback: Creating a positive culture for reform Peta Ranieri - John Wollaston Anglican Community School, Western Australia

All leaders, regardless of role, should be working at the improvement of instructional practice and performance, rather than working to shield their institutions from outside interference.

Whilst giving a nod to examples of good practice, the tone of the letter was one of serious concern about whether or not MAT Trustees were any better at driving improvements in educational provision (particularly for those children who most need it) than the local authority from which the academies came.

What I found is that schools that exceed expectations — as well as those that are making significant improvement from a base of overall poor performance — engage in the extensive practice of six research - informed instructional strategies and develop a culture that communicates high expectations and support for all students.

If you have identified a problem of practice, have been collaborating on an improvement project, and have some outcomes to share from your experience, EPPC 2016 will be a great place to present.

If, however, teachers must choose a smaller number of practices on which to focus their improvement efforts (for example, because of limited time or professional development opportunities), our results suggest that math achievement would likely benefit most from improvements in classroom management skills before turning to instructional issues.

Bureaucratic barriers to school autonomy and improvement remain, from costly contract - driven funding obligations to middle - management practices that limit school budget flexibility.

Fortunately, findings from two generations of school improvement efforts, lessons from similar work in other industries, and a budding practice among reform - minded superintendents are pointing to a promising alternative.

Teachers need practice and appropriate protocols, which can be obtained from outside the school or developed internally, to develop their capacity to look at student work as a means of instructional improvement.

This article has been adapted from a presentation «Senior Secondary Re-imagined: Improving Practice at the Noosa Pengari Steiner school» given at the 2014 ACER Excellence in Professional Practice Conference entitled Teachers Driving School Improvement.

Feedback from schools revealed that, although schools sometimes found the results of the review confronting, it was valuable in identifying areas of practice requiring attention and in designing whole - school improvement plans.

In 1963, researchers argued that «the teaching of formal grammar has a negligible or, because it usually displaces some instruction and practice in actual composition, even a harmful effect on the improvement of writing,» and over 250 studies since that time, as well as a meta - analysis from the Carnegie Corporation in 2011, have widely supported that statement.

The following year, it invited a team from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to carry out a review of practice against the nine domains of the National School Improvement Tool (NSIT).

This new PACE brief «Building System Knowledge for Continuous Improvement: Early Lessons from the CORE Districts» highlights lessons educators can use to refine their own continuous improvementImprovement: Early Lessons from the CORE Districts» highlights lessons educators can use to refine their own continuous improvementimprovement practices.

He received his doctorate from St. John's University where he conducted a study on the effectiveness of classroom observation practices for the purpose of instructional improvement.

TNTP also reviewed the broader research literature and commented on findings from the most rigorous studies that had been done by the Institute of Education Sciences: «teachers who received the best of the best [professional development] were no more likely to see large, lasting improvements in their practice, knowledge, or student learning.

In particular, rich data on SIG schools in one of the studies shows that schools improved both by differentially retaining their most experienced teachers and by providing teachers with increased supports for instructional improvement such as opportunities to visit each other's classrooms and to receive meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from school leaders.

360 Edition (INSPIRE - 360)-- This instrument enables the educational leadership preparation program to document leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators in the schools where program graduates work from the perspective of subordinate teachers and superordinate district leader (s).

Leader in Practice Edition (INSPIRE - LP)-- This instrument enables the educational leadership preparation programs to document leadership practices and school improvement and organizational indicators from the perspective of program graduates who are working as school principals.

These include Alignment Institutes; the ADP Assessment Consortium, which allows states to share best practices and drive improvements in effective assessment; and the College - and Career - Ready Policy Institute, a comprehensive technical assistance effort supporting work in eight states with support from a number of other national partners.

School Board Leadership Resource Center and Center for Public Education Briefing Room: These two resources bring you school improvement research, best practices and examples from high - performing school systems, and expert guidance that can help your school board set a course for improving student achievement and district excellence.

With insights from expert practitioners, this book helps schools make the shift to best - practice assessment for districtwide improvements in student learning.

Moving from novice to emerging, accomplished and expert, each level of practice describes the appropriate leadership behaviors for each of the four dimensions of instructional leadership (vision, mission and learning - focused culture, improvement of instructional practice, allocation of resources, and management of systems and processes) and their subdimensions.

For example, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Education (USED i3) program, middle school and high school Algebra I teachers in 18 rural school systems in Virginia are working in a virtual networked improvement community to innovate solutions to their problems of practice.

And with one out of every four ed schools allowing students to practice their teaching abroad or across country far away from local classrooms, far too many aspiring teachers aren't getting the supervision they need to either stay on course or get additional tips for improvement.

Be inspired and motivated by hearing the Relentless Principal's thoughts on everything from school improvement and culture to disrupting current archaic education practices.