Sentences with phrase «begin local conversations»

Ginger Ostro of Advance Illinois discusses how her state carried out stakeholder engagement; while Opportunity Institute's Molly Mauer writes how states can help school districts begin local conversations needed to draft their own ESSA plans.

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Such an action would provide the public, as well as local officials, with the information needed to begin a conversation about ways to remedy the problems that exist.

The best experiences can come from the most humble beginnings, and once Melissa had struck up conversation with a local (needing a restroom... haha!)

Bringing a fresh voice to Olympia and local districts has already begun to open the eyes of decision makers and create a more rich and nuanced conversation.

To effectively implement and scale evidence - based practices, conversations must begin at a local level where teachers can use these strategies to improve student outcomes.

OnTrack Greenville began several years ago in a conversation Royster had with local United Way leaders, who were already pursuing efforts to break multigenerational cycles of poverty in the community.

Even small planning or implementation grants can spur local educators to begin to hold conversations about new approaches to how, when, where, and at what pace high school students learn and demonstrate their learning for credit.

You'll hear conversations about local news and happenings and if you're there during peak times see people beginning or ending their days.

The conversation began with Oak Park real estate, as it is owned and operated by Chicago artists over 30, moved on to local luminary Michelle Grabner's recent departure for Milwaukee, and then dipped...

Although the projects are presented separately, the intervention of each of these artists in the space generates an out - of - synch conversation between their practices on the basis of the idea of the local, global, historical, technological and performative, beginning with the shared horizon of dissidence.

And through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.

Still, conversations began shortly thereafter, with local bitcoin exchanges agreeing in February to pause withdrawals for one month while perceived issues were addressed.

Car Salesman — Nissan of Greater Puget Sound — 4/2010 -5 / 2015 ● Assisted customers as they arrived on the lot by asking questions and engaging in conversation to determine their needs ● Demonstrated vehicle features and explained options as well as pricing structure ● Negotiated with customers to agree on a final price and vehicle options; increased sales of optionals by 10 % on a per - customer basis in first 12 months ● Provided attentive follow - up after the sale for customer retentionSales Floor Lead — Harmon Motors — 9 / 2015 - Present ● Manage the sales floor and supervise four car salesmen at busy local dealership ● Assist customers at all phases of the sale from inquiry to closing, including test drives, financing, and follow - up ● Communicate clearly with sales manager to agree on final pricing for vehicles and for achieving sales goals ● Conduct biweekly sales training workshops for staff and monitor sales goal motivation program; salespeople increased their overall sales figures by 20 % in the first six months after training program began