Sentences with phrase «as public educators»

Act as public educators and advocates for appropriate use of service dogs, with particular focus on psychiatric service dog partnership, which is often less - familiar and subject to discriminatory practice

It is easy to forget that many charter school and private school educators entered education for the same humanistic, child - centered reasons as public educators.

Dromm focused his campaign on depicting Sears as less than effective during her two terms and on his knowledge of education issues from two decades as a public educator.

Kami Thordarson has worked in many roles as a public educator — from classroom teacher to professional development and curriculum designer.

During his thirty year career as a public educator he has served as both an elementary school and middle school teacher, an elementary and middle school principal for fourteen years and for the past seven years as a central services district leader.

I have worked as a public educator for 42 1/2 years.

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She has previously worked as a public health educator and crisis counselor at Washington, DC nonprofits, and as an ESL teacher for primary school & university students, as well as working adults.

Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

If a dozen different public school systems were to embark on a five - year experiment as part of a larger nation - wide experiment encouraged by federal dollars, local teams of educators, parents and community leaders would need to devise appropriate local models.

To be sure, perhaps nothing else should be expected in a public school setting, but as a Catholic educator, I felt the not - uncommon sense that Christmas was again being sanitized before my eyes.

Dewey, who died in 1952 after reigning for more than fifty years as America's most influential public philosopher and educator, appreciated that the churches had not gone out of business, and that they could even be useful in promoting peace, fighting economic injustice, and, more generally, in «stimulating action» for what he called «a divine kingdom on earth.»

Worse, as Shakeshaft points out, «national data indicate that few [public school] administrators report educator sexual misconduct to the police or district attorney.

Likewise, homeschooling seems to mitigate the negative effects of low levels of parents» education on student achievement — a finding that's especially intriguing since these parents are the educators — as well as the negative effects of family socioeconomic variables and race displayed in public schools.

After all, it was through political and legal struggles over many years, and as a result of compromises, that other Western democracies recognized the pluralistic nature of a free society and adopted policies protecting the rights of parents and of educators to maintain and receive public funding for faith - based schools.

Should I have the money, and a child in the public education system, I belive I could take the issue to court and win that educators must always preface any remark that deals with the theory of evolution with statements such as: «it is thought» or «there is reason to believe» or some or qualifying statement indicating that it is just a theory, not fact.

Lactation Educators ™ are found teaching community and hospital based breastfeeding classes, as peer breastfeeding counselors in hospital and public health settings, facilitating support groups, running pump rental stations and providing phone support.

We'll continue to work toward the deepening of public Waldorf education as we offer keynotes and workshops for both seasoned Waldorf educators and those new to the work.

Understanding child development — as the beginning of human development — is a foundational principle in all that we do as Public Waldorf educators.

As a public education advocate and founding member of Parents Across America, I'm one of many who are speaking up for empowering parents and educators to set the direction for our education policy — not the billionaires, hedge - funders and corporate titans who are currently driving it.

An educator since 1985, Tommi has worked as a class teacher, subject teacher, and block teacher for grades K - 8 and, prior to pursuing Waldorf Education, taught kindergarten and first grade in the public school system.

Each of the voices in this conversation brings a breadth of experience, research, and knowledge — and BOND is a tremendous opportunity to bring it all together: research on infant / early child development, attachment, sociology, public health, education, the experience of medical professionals, pediatric support professionals, educators, volunteer, and manufacturers, and of course, our collective minds and skills as a service community working to strengthen human bonding and family health.

The task force itself is a model of collaboration and includes leaders from health related fields including family medicine, midwifery, health administration, obstetrics, public health, pediatrics, and ethics as well as consumers and childbirth educators.

In addition to helping parents make the best and most appropriate decision for themselves, the information provided here should also be of use to educators, health professionals, public health officials, the media, sleep researchers, child protective services, coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other social scientists, as well as researchers in a variety the developmental fields including human biology.

She has served as an educator and instructional leader in inner - city public, bilingual and charter schools.

Working as an educator in a public children's museum we see and interact with hundreds of different children and they all have different needs.

His exemplary and unblemished record of over 30 years as a social worker, an educator, and a public servant speaks for itself.

As Public Comment Period Ends, The Education Trust — New York, Educators for Excellence, New York Educator Voice Fellowship and High Achievement New York Urge State Education Leaders to Maintain High Standards and Deliver the Tools and Support Educators Need Albany — To reach their full potential, all New York State students — especially those...

Protests against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's harmful public education agenda peaked in New York City on March 12, when parents, their children and educators joined hands to form a human chain around their buildings before or after classes as if to protect them from the governor's proposals.

As of Thursday, the U.F.T.'s homepage read, «Join the fight: Gov. Cuomo has turned his back on public school educators and the students they teach.

Steiner was roundly criticized for heeding Mayor Bloomberg's request to grant Black a waiver to run the nation's largest public school system even though she had no experience as an educator.

The database below shows the gross pay for roughly 250,000 educators at public schools in New York state during the 2015 - 16 school year, as reported by the New York State Teachers Retirement System.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

Over the years, state lawmakers have stripped away school funding as well as the wages, pensions, workplace rights and health benefits of public school educators.

Join Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones at the New Possibilities for Public Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tePublic Education: Rally for Kids and Schools as they stand with educators and parents dedicated to saving public schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against tepublic schools and talk about how to fight back against the test and punish regime rampant in schools, the privatization of education, and the attacks against teachers

As the Oct. 7 deadline fast approached, educators at almost 350 public schools across New York City prepared themselves and their school communities for the crushing loss of more than 700 school support staff — including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, crossing guards and others — who were set to be let go by the city in the largest layoff at a single city agency since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002.

Romano cites his client's «exemplary and unblemished record of over 30 years as a social worker, an educator and a public servant.»

Educators from Brooklyn Technical HS and Murrow HS attended the press conference to drive home what their students are missing as a result of the state's failure to meet its financial obligation to public schools.

As an educator and activist, Brian has become a leading voice in discussions about public education.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the UFT, said: «The pension and retirement funds of New York State educators, public employees and unionists should avoid investing in private equity funds, such as New Mountain Capital or other private equity funds, that maximize profits by denying the most fundamental rights of workers.

STPF Director Jennifer Pearl, 2002 - 03 Executive Branch Fellow, brings an inquisitive and data - driven mentality to the position, bolstered by 12 years of experience at the National Science Foundation, training as a mathematician and her upbringing in a family of public school educators.

As a professor, I would be required to wear multiple hats — those of an administrator, a teacher, a mentor, a businesswoman, a researcher, an educator, a policy reviewer, an entrepreneur, a public relations person, a negotiator, a deal broker, a consultant, a speaker, a presenter, a writer, a reader, and more — all rolled into one.

«The findings demonstrate that gossip is intimately linked to mate competition and not solely the product of a female gender stereotype that may be viewed as pejorative,» states Davis, who believes that therapists, counsellors, educators, and the general public should rethink their stance about gossip.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Development of online citizen science products such as Google Mercury, Mercury Mappers, Geo Hunters; production and publication of printed and e-book versions of plain language book «Exploring the Inner Solar System»; production of podcasts featuring MESSENGER; evaluation and dissemination of MESSENGER educational products via AAAS's SciLinks site for educators; public programs at AAAS featuring MESSENGER.

I am proud to stand up my professional relationships to such scrutiny as serving the best interests of my academic science and role as a public - sector educator.

Wilkinson would also like to see more community awareness regarding the availability emergency contraception, such as advertising from a variety of sources, like drug companies, sex educators, community health workers and public health departments.

Through a variety of fields, Dr. Pizzorno has continually strengthened natural medicine's place in the healthcare world, as a writer, promoter, researcher and educator; from authoring or co-authoring ten books, including Textbook of Natural Medicine and Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine as well as acting as founding editor of Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal; to founding SaluGenecists, Inc. a promoter of personalized integrative guidance for the public; to traveling the world as a lecturer and consultant as an expert in the field.

Now as a nutrition educator and researcher, she is passionate about increasing the public's knowledge about all aspects of nutrition — including what is being done to our food supply, and its link to chronic conditions.

Dr. Shaver also spends her time as an active volunteer, working with the American Red Cross, and the Peace Corps, including four years served in the Central African Republic as a public health educator.

She has been sharing yoga and mindfulness practices with children, teens and adults in studio, childcare, preschool, public school, and homeschool settings, as well as teaching athletes, coaches and educators at area universities and school districts, for over 17 years.