Sentences with phrase «about an accountability group»

There are other behavioral management techniques that are sometimes used as well, but for the most part, there is very little about an accountability group that is overtly «Christians.»

Not exact matches

While accountability and recovery groups for men abound, safe spaces for women to talk about their porn addictions are essentially non-existent.

You do give some good advice about the importance of prayer, Scripture reading, evangelism, and accountability groups, and I appreciate that.

Following a storm of criticism about the lack of financial accountability on the part of many of the TV evangelists, the groups in the l970s established the Evangelical Council for Financial Acountability to develop financial accounting and reporting principles to which all members must adhere — a kind of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.

Oh sure, the accountability group might pray and talk about the Bible, but in general, there is very little difference between a Christian accountability group and any other form of behavioral management group.

Furthermore, what happens most often in accountability groups is that if a person doesn't want to talk about his sin, all the accountability group does is make him feel more guilty about it, which then makes him fall into the sin even more.

And there is accountability too which I know we will talk probably a little bit more when we talk about kind of the downside of the groups, sometimes what can happen, but accountability is huge and obviously you get that a lot in person and you can really develop those relationships even further.

A human rights group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has said the National Judicial Council must explain to Nigerians what it knows about the alleged attempt by a former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, to induce the embattled Justice John Okoro.

The pretense is that it's about increasing transparency and accountability, but mostly it's about raising their profiles for future office — and fund - raising from special - interest groups while building ties with the lobbyist - consultants who have an outsized say in setting council priorities.

Environmental groups have long raised questions about this track record, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office recently joined the chorus, releasing a report that charges the agency with taking actions that have «impeded... progress in helping assure the public of safe drinking water.»

If you've been following this blog for a while you know that last year I wrote a crazy popular post about «How To Get Rid of Belly Fat For Good» and that is because I was getting a lot of questions from the women in my FREE online fitness accountability group on the subject.

Mitchell Chester: What the accountability system does, and what No Child Left Behind does, is create some transparency in the system and put those of us in the education profession in a position of having to confront the realities about the kind of achievement we're accomplishing with kids — especially kids from groups that traditionally have not been well - served by schools.

They were challenged to set reasonable goals, and to create accountability groups or partners, and to come back to school ready to share out about what they read and how it went.

Talking with this group over the last few months about the future of school accountability has been a pleasure but also reassuring.

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Tom Vander Ark recently wrote about several different approaches to accountability, including John Bailey's idea of state - created «innovation zones» that would free groups of schools from existing accountability systems.

Even some contractors who offer services to SIG schools have raised alarm bells about the lack of accountability for outside groups.

The main topics covered were: 1) the respondent «s perceptions of the major state - level policy initiatives of importance over the last few years (allowing the respondent to determine the starting year / policy); 2) specific policy initiatives in two arenas: accountability and promoting school leadership; 3) a discussion of the policy initiators and actors, and their stakes and stands on major policy initiatives; and 4) their comments about the way in which groups and individuals work together or separately to exercise influence over educational policy.

The AFT also sent the HELP committee a detailed letter Wednesday morning, which in part reflected the civil rights groups» concerns about «limiting accountability to only the lowest 5 percent of schools, and leaving it up to states to address how other schools will be held accountable.»

Even so, lesson planning with a group of teachers can lead to conversations enriched by multiple responses and build agreement about lesson goals, thus building greater accountability within the group.

When Bill Clinton talked about charter schools and accountability in 1992 he was sending a signal that he was a «New» Democrat and not beholden to the Democratic Party's interest group orthodoxy.

He asked that the group consider the more holistic concept of shared responsibility, not just accountability, when thinking about education.

In a letter sent to the Education Department today, these groups express deep concerns about waiver implementation, from how graduation rates are factored into state accountability systems to how subgroups of at - risk students are being helped.

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Teacher unions and market - driven reformers have cheered these developments, but many civil rights groups and accountability hawks worry about what a decreased federal role will mean for struggling students.

This major forum features a discussion about accountability among a diverse group of stakeholders in teacher education, including teacher educators in university and alternate settings, policymakers, and school district leaders.

Over the next couple of months, we will engage our TOSS working group for accountability in further conversation about how we address quick scores during the transition to TNReady.

Today is the last day of Center for Inspired Teaching's two - week Institute, and as the rest of the country talks about the merits and shortcomings of the Obama administration's education plan — particularly its belief that external systems of accountability and extrinsic motivators like performance pay are an essential ingredient in reforming public education — I'm watching the same debate unfold here, on the ground, as a small group of DC teachers prepares for the coming school year.

Goldberg is now part of TEAch, Transparency, Equity and Accountability for Charters, a nonprofit that she said is not anti-charter but is a group educating families about charter schools.

In addition to providing information about research and policy, the site functions as a forum that allows people to share stories of new accountability in action, as well as a source of tools for individuals and groups working to advocate for change.

LCAP Watch is the creation of Education Trust - West, a nonprofit group that advocates for low - income, minority students, along with three - dozen organizations and groups that have agreed to share information on districts» newly passed accountability plans and to spread the word about the new repository.

Bonnie Lesley, a former school administrator and teacher who co-founded the anti-charter school expansion group Texas Kids Can't Wait, said she is concerned about out - of - state groups fueling the «maniacal focus on assessment and accountability» and «constant disparagement of educators.»

Steve and Barrie talk about the benefits of mastermind groups and accountability partners for authors and self - publishers.

Los Angeles - based artist and writer Maya Gurantz talks about: Getting out of the staid confines of where she grew up, and what it was (and is) like being an angry feminist from an early age; her «accountability group,» a group of women artists...

But several environmental groups and marine scientists are raising red flags, while U.S. regulators are asking questions about accountability.

Keith's strategies are premised on his understanding that the chair of the practice group truly wants to move forward on the improvement program, and in fact has a vision about ways in which the practice group can perform better, but lacks the managerial and social skills to envision the required steps, gain buy - in from his colleagues and create accountability so his colleagues actually achieve progress.

According to the website, Roger in 2016 became increasingly concerned about Facebook's lack of accountability in exploiting its platform to «influence elections and disenfranchising different groups.»

Given concerns about the impacts upon patients of such companies passing on the Medicare cuts announced in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (as raised by Aboriginal health and consumer health groups, amongst others), Brooks has called for greater accountability of this corporate sector.

: A teacher talks about how to incorporate student phones to support accountability in small group discussion.

ACCOUNTABLE TALK USING CELL PHONES: A teacher talks about how to incorporate student phones to support accountability in small group discussion.

The full report provides details about the kinds of measures that can be used to support a focus on SEL — for use in a state accountability system, which reveals how different groups of students may be experiencing school and how they are being supported; and for use at the school or district level, to help educators improve classroom and school practices.

Mutual accountability: Members of the group also set goals and talk about their goals.