Sentences with phrase «assessment research community»

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The Steering Group agreed the terms of reference for the review and, in consultation with the UK Human Geography community, appointed an International Panel of leading international experts, chaired by Professor David Ley, University of British Columbia, Canada The International Panel visited the UK for one week in May 2012 and met with about 150 stakeholders in UK Human Geography Prior to its UK visit, the Panel was provided with a range of background data including: Overviews of research trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Millsresearch trends and outputs since 2000 completed by representatives of the nine Human Geography sub-disciplines Two - page assessments by Heads of UK Geography Departments of strengths, weaknesses, overall health, and future opportunities and challenges to Human Geography in the UK (15 submissions were received) A statistical profile of UK Human Geography: Briefing Document: Statistical Overview and Commentary by Paul Wakeling (2012) Bibliometric Data for the ESRC International Benchmarking Review of Human Geography by Thomson Reuters (2012) A Short Introduction to UK Research Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian MillsResearch Funding Policy by David Mills (2012) Survey of Users of Human Geography Research by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian MillsResearch by Steve Johnson, David Gibbs and Ian Mills (2012).

Recent Activity RCP Assesses Mississippi Program's Novel Public Health and Community Engagement Partnership In March 2017, RCP conducted an assessment of the Mississippi IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) program, a five - year cycle - competitive $ 20 million NIH - funded program designed to enhance biomedical research capacity throughout thResearch Excellence (Mississippi INBRE) program, a five - year cycle - competitive $ 20 million NIH - funded program designed to enhance biomedical research capacity throughout thresearch capacity throughout the state.

It gave information about the performance of my research in the scientific community and an assessment of the global visibility and significance of my work.»

-- The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change.

BIOACID III bridges between different branches of ocean acidification research and provide an assessment of short - to long - term responses and their underlying mechanisms at the level of organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems to multiple drivers leading up to ecosystem services.

A professor of German, Frank has held a number of roles in the subject community, including being President of the Association for German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland and was a member of panels for the national assessment of research (RAE and REF).

The Parthenon Group market research study found that few other leadership development models provided comprehensive in - field support through mentoring, assessment, community support, job placement, and professional development.

She was project assistant for the Washington Gap Analysis Project, the first statewide assessment of biodiversity, and continues to conduct biodiversity research and implementation of NatureMapping data for county and community planning.

Use the research, tools, and community you'll find with MyWays to launch your school - change initiative and reimagine your learning and assessment designs.

So how can states build on the research base and knowledge regarding high - quality assessments in order to design systems that do not just meet the requirements of federal law but actually drive student learning to a higher level — especially for students from marginalized communities?

At the same time, the research community expressed concern about the skills - based conceptualizations that were guiding assessment and instruction in reading (see Curtis & Glaser, 1983; Guthrie & Kirsch, 1984; Linn, 1986); they were less concerned with writing because, as we noted previously, writing process and direct assessment of writing had gained popularity in the 1970s.

The second component of the research engaged teachers in a Community of Practice — an electronic learning community — as they implemented rubric assessments in their clCommunity of Practice — an electronic learning community — as they implemented rubric assessments in their clcommunity — as they implemented rubric assessments in their classrooms.

The plan includes a guaranteed and viable curriculum for mathematics and science, research - based instructional design and strategies, assessments that inform teaching and learning, aligned resources that include instructional technology, system - wide ongoing professional development, and broad community and constituency engagement.

He has also contributed to the research community by researching issues concerning diverse populations, assessment, technology and language.

Pick your reason to not partake: The total lack of research behind this assessment so there is no reliability or validity to it what so ever, they are using our kids to norm reference their assessment, for free, the subjectively set cut scores done by vote, not science, that have been set to intentionally fail 60 - 70 % of our students and their teachers which in turn allows for a whole other set of things to happen to schools and communities, the pending lawsuit against SBAC in Missouri where a judge issued a restraining order against the state from making payments, that we now also have to pay to them (where is that MOU?)

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

Teacher leaders (1) foster a collaborative culture to support educator development and student learning; (2) use research to improve practice and student learning; (3) promote professional learning for continual improvement; (4) facilitate improvements in instruction and student learning; (5) promote the use of assessments and data for school and district improvement; (6) improve outreach and collaboration with families and community; and (7) advocate for student learning and the teaching profession.

New Teacher Center describes strong induction programs as those that include instructional mentoring for new teachers by carefully selected, well - prepared mentors; formative assessment for teachers and support systems to drive continuous improvement; professional learning communities for mentors and new teachers; engaged principals; and supportive school environments and district policies.9 Research suggests that regular contact between beginning teachers and mentors over a period of at least two years can propel improved teaching and greater student learning.10

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

3 — Includes those activities listed in medium rating, as well as the following: principal or administrative staff are strong leaders who also get teachers involved in leadership, time is provided for teachers to operate as a collaborative learning community, leadership helps the school use data to reflect on where they are and where they want to be (not just student assessment data, but current research on best practices), teachers express high satisfaction with school administration.

Drawing from fully sketched portraits of several education communities globally, the research provides designs related to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and whole child development.

The first phase of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research's needs assessment work on behalf of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.

I had the pleasure of attending a panel with two teachers and a student who explained the power of their approach to performance based assessments that allowed students to do research over time, develop a thesis, and present their findings to a panel comprised of teachers, administrators, parents and community members.

Research has shown us that teachers» actions in their classrooms have twice the impact on student achievement as do school policies regarding curriculum, assessment, staff collegiality, and community involvement (Marzano, 2003a).

Teaching and Research Interests: Differentiated instruction; Literacy assessment; Supporting new teachers; Integrating UDL across all learning environments; Community relations: home / school connections; Self - reflection as a means to inform teaching and learning.

Our books provide strategies for using formative assessment in professional learning communities (PLCs), teacher action research, and other forms of professional learning.

They are providing a number of new assessment tools for the research community.

We rely on our own assessment, feedback from ALLi Advisors and the wider author community, Internet research and sometimes mystery shopping to make our evaluations.

The primary audiences for this assessment are potential partners and organizations, particularly those in the research community, with which the ONMS can collaborate to address the requirements defined in the assessment.

The goal is to provide the Arctic research community and other users of Arctic climate information with access to climate variability and change data on the smaller spatial scales that are needed for improved fundamental understanding and for decision support applications and assessment research.

Requires the President to: (1) establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decision makers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change; (2) develop a National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan for Program implementation; and (3) submit to Congress an outline of the Plan within a year, a completed Plan within three years, and revised plans at least once every five years thereafter.

The combination of scientific and participatory research streams, including literature reviews, community consultations, agroclimatic risk evaluation, policy and capacity assessments, provides a basis for identifying climate risks in the focus sector and regions and prioritizing measures to manage them.

-- The President shall establish an interagency United States Global Change Research Program to improve understanding of global change, to respond to the information needs of communities and decisionmakers, and to provide periodic assessments of the vulnerability of the United States and other regions to global and regional climate change.

The involvement of the climate research community as users is a cornerstone of this CCI Land Cover project and is planned throughout the project for 3 different milestones: the users» requirements, the product specifications and the impact assessment.

EPA is only one of numerous U.S. government agencies that conduct and support research related to climate change and is not designed to conduct, on its own, the vast body of scientific research that is reviewed in the IPCC Assessments, nor to carry out the massive assessment process embodied in the IPCC reports, which involves hundreds of authors and reviewers who make up most of the leadership of the international climate research community.

Solar geoengineering is now at a critical point where assessment by the climate impacts research community is urgently required to advance any discussion of how solar geoengineering could contribute to reducing climate risks.

To quote again from Rial et al 2004 — it «is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate.»

His research focuses on urban air pollution, climate change, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment.

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual,... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate..»

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest under various conditions, and whether they reflect a climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate.»

While an assessment of the ban's economic impact on Arctic communities must be considered before moving forward, I have hope that the work of the Arctic Council in completing that research will allow us to move ahead without significant delay.

«We would like to see the research community in Nepal and other developing countries tackle local questions and provide us with scientific literature that can feed into the new AR6 and future assessments.»

He proposed a list of new tasks for the water research and management community: develop global water assessment capabilities on a par with the current IPCC assessments for climate; expand monitoring and models; introduce a regular reporting system similar to that of the IPCC; carry out a comprehensive freshwater biodiversity survey to act as a benchmark; provide technical tools such as databases, scenarios and conflict research to reconcile competing water uses; and expand the focus on local basics and watersheds to a global basis.

We recommend that the new scenarios be used not only in the IPCC's future assessments of climate change, its impacts, and adaptation and mitigation options, but also as the basis for analyses by the wider research and policy community of climate change and other environmental problems.

Today — due to the important, irreplaceable values of its Arctic waters for Indigenous, Alaska Native and local communities» subsistence and cultures, wildlife and wildlife habitat, and scientific research; the vulnerability of these ecosystems to an oil spill; and the unique logistical, operational, safety, and scientific challenges and risks of oil extraction and spill response in Arctic waters — the United States is designating the vast majority of U.S. waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing, and Canada will designate all Arctic Canadian waters as indefinitely off limits to future offshore Arctic oil and gas licensing, to be reviewed every five years through a climate and marine science - based life - cycle assessment.

He was a career assessment coordinator and research assistant on a $ 1.3 million dollar Community Employment Education Center grant from the Office of Adult and Vocational Education and a Faculty Research Associate on a grant from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Edresearch assistant on a $ 1.3 million dollar Community Employment Education Center grant from the Office of Adult and Vocational Education and a Faculty Research Associate on a grant from the National Research Center for Career and Technical EdResearch Associate on a grant from the National Research Center for Career and Technical EdResearch Center for Career and Technical Education.

Urgent research and assessment is required to determine the impacts on Indigenous people's health in remote and regional communities to ensure that residents on these communities have access to basic services including primary health care and the health services they require.

The American Psychological Association (APA) describes the role of psychologists as including the following: assessment, diagnosis, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, creating / monitoring programs of treatment, offering therapy, rehabilitation of clients into community, developing programs for behavioral and mental health services, consulting with other professionals and staff, and conducting evidence - based research.

Several of the most commonly identified risk factors in previous research were identified in this study, including being male, membership in a single - parent or stepfamily, 5 high levels of parent - reported childhood activity, 23,24 maternal mental health problems, 25 and a history of teenage parenthood.26 What is relatively novel about this report is the consideration of the joint effects of psychosocial risk factors, while controlling for multiple indicators of social class and the assessment of both accidents and illnesses in a large community sample followed prospectively since pregnancy.

The Section goals address a variety of domains, including counseling center research, training of future psychologists, individual and group treatment of students, assessment in student populations, consulting with faculty and staff, outreach programming to campus communities, and administrative issues.