Sentences with phrase «about change agents»

And, unfortunately, school board members trying to improve their schools must face the harsh reality about change agents.

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Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

Yet the measured and thoughtful Lechem is unequivocal about his organization's status as an agent of change.

Recently I identified five agents of change that I believe investors should know about right now.

So rather than talking about the benefits and features of what you offer, next time think of yourself or your sales team as agents of change and prepare your pitch from that perspective.

previous tory who left for the very thing most PC MLAs and am retains are disgruntled about he ways years ahead of any other in terms of being an agent of change.

But even the people who downplay his significance as an agent of historical change acknowledge the pathbreaking character of his writings, and just about everyone grants that he was the founder of modern Jewish philosophy.

Every created agent is limited to bringing about a change in form only (a sheep can transform grass into its own body matter by digestion), but God — as the ultimate cause of all being — can surely bring about changes at the level of being: converting one entire substance into another.

From the beginning of what we may call the «gender revolution» in the 1970s to now, when the goals of a minority of western agents of change are about to take on a more visible, global and powerfully financed institutional form, the normative and operational activities of the gender equality process has been led by «experts», NGOs, UN Secretariat bureaucrats, panels - not by the man - on - the - street or his legitimate representative.

We can choose to live this way, but then we also have to relinquish any notion of being agents of change in our culture; and we have to accept that the world will not care about what we have to say.

(b) Equipping change agents with skills: Social actionists often stumble over their own ineptness in communication and relationships, and their ambivalence about risk - taking and aggressiveness.

However I patron David because I think there is a place for what he does here and how he goes about doing it that perhaps does give encouragement to those who are on the margins in church which change agents there commonly are.

Sweeney will facilitate an open discussion between these change - agents and the industry at - large, challenging attendees to stretch their thinking about how to transform their business.

The Yankees could still change their minds or claim they never said anything about avoiding pitchers for seven years and $ 28 million per, or the Nationals could deal one of their impending free agents to make space and then decide to go all - in on Scherzer.

Miki's agent suddenly changed his story about how Miki always loved ManU, while there are old videos about him saying how his dream club was Arsenal.

So that was just another agent trying to drum up interest in his client, or have Arsenal changed their minds about buying an unknown for the moment?

Not sure why Ox changed to him, but I think the agent thinks about his own future, as much as his players future.The problem is, any of these other clubs he moves to, he will be expected to be be available, and if not, will rapidly drop down the pecking order.

On this basis, given the fact that the agents know everything, I would suggest this summer, (subject to us not winning the Europa League) will finally bring about a change of manager and the incoming manager will be of a European winning pedigree....

The success of these youngsters has changed the Angels» thinking about free - agent investments.

Watch a film created by Challenge Success and student David Lopez where he interviewed Challenge Success student team members about their experiences as school change agents.

He said: «The Speaker can either be a road block to reform or an agent of reform and change and there's no doubt about it that John Bercow will be that agent of change.»

The goal is two-fold: One, get samples from the sand sheet and learn more about how ash and other particles that landed there from a nearby volcano have changed over time, especially from the effects of wind — a common, persistent weathering agent on Mars.

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When my literary agent Michele first read Mind Over Medicine, she told me that it changed the whole way she thought about her health.

It should be remembered that continuity has never been a priority for the series, as some actresses have played more than one role in different films, and the times always change while the agent remains about the same throughout.

GOD FRIENDED ME stars Brandon Micheal Hall in a humorous, uplifting drama about Miles Finer (Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

Brandon Micheal Hall stars in a humorous, uplifting drama about Miles Finer (Hall), an outspoken atheist whose life is turned upside down when he receives a friend request on social media from God and unwittingly becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

Teachers / leaders believe that success and failure in student learning is about what they, as teachers or leaders, did or did not do... We are change agents!

Known in education circles and beyond as an aggressive agent of change, Barr has been in talks with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about how to boost failing schools and whether Green Dot's methods can serve as a blueprint for fixing schools across the country.

They include Parents as Agents of Change, Getting Serious About Excellence with Equity, Family Engagement as a Shared Responsibility in a Digital Learning Environment, Reframing Family Involvement in Education: Supporting Families to Support Educational Equity, How Can Evaluation Address Racial Equality?

The TEDx Youth Conference offers a powerful way to make learning relevant to students» lives: it helps them develop critical presentation and persuasion skills, provides a space to share their ideas, and asks them to think creatively and critically about how to motivate people to change — helping them become agents of change in their communities and the wider world.

At a panel discussion this Friday, education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the past decade.

I'm thrilled that Education Next is helping to foster that discussion with a convening this Friday, September 16 in Washington DC — where a host of education researchers, change agents, community - and thought - leaders, and policy makers will discuss what we've learned about the country's views on K - 12 education over the past decade.

And that to become the teacher — leaders and change agents they should be, they need to become meta - cognizant about and prioritize their purposes and the kind of teaching, learning, and leadership those purposes require — remembering to keep their students at the center of it all.

He is an enthusiastic, 21st - century change agent that is passionate about every aspect of education and making a difference.

Teaching is not just about preparing students for a particular workforce, but to also become agents of change that have a positive influence within humanity.

I was very surprised how much I learned about my research topic as it was developing but I was more surprised to realize how much I wanted to join a reform movement such as CCSA's team of knowledgeable change agents.

The importance of defining progress can not be understated as it impacts many issues in relationship to effective use of assessment, instructional decision - making, and lastly, the importance of how we think about our work as evaluators, change agents, and adaptive learning experts and the impact these thoughts can have on student achievement and the success of our teaching.

This is the strategies that high - impact teachers use, and administrators brag about, to make the curriculum come to life ensuring their students walk out of their classes ready to be change agents in their communities.

«Developing a warmer socio - emotional climate in the classroom... requires teachers... to believe that their role is that of a change agent — that all students can learn and progress, that achievement for all is changeable and not fixed, and that demonstrating to all students that they care about their learning is both powerful and effective.»

States should be thinking about how they can make a philosophical shift to fully empower localities, schools, educators, and families to become true agents of change.

But if we are sincere about parents being powerful agents of change in their communities then we can't just assume our agenda is their agenda.»

A meta - analysis conducted by Marzano, Waters, and McNulty (2005) found that several promotion - focused behaviors among school leadership are linked to higher levels of student achievement, including (1) serving as a change agent (challenging the status quo and leading efforts that have uncertain outcomes); (2) demonstrating flexibility (being comfortable with major changes and dissent); and (3) being an optimizer (encouraging innovation by portraying a positive attitude about teachers» ability to achieve what may seem to be beyond their grasp).

We have found that, across our nation, educators share similar beliefs, optimism about the future, and a passion for being agents of change.

The most fascinating questions were about impacting students today who appear apathetic, not empathetic, and who seem uninspired to be change agents, unlike during the Civil Rights era.

Fact # 6: This is not about whether Commissioner Pryor, a well - regarded leader and change agent, should be involved in the great education reform debate of 2012.

Good parent change agents don't just stop at uncovering problems or telling others about them.

Information about literary book agents changes frequently, and print editions are six months old the moment they hit the bookstores.

Later on down the road I may change my mind but after years wanting an agent, getting one, firing one and then realizing how great self - publishing was, I never thought another thing about finding another one.

April Eberhardt is literary change agent and author advocate passionate about helping authors be published in the most effective and satisfying way.