Sentences with phrase «central focus of his practice»

Considering the child as a reflection of the inter-related forces of family and environment is the central focus of his practice.

Understanding the child as an inter-related part of family and environment is the central focus of his practice.

Basta began training as a Gottman Method Couples Therapist in 2002 and this method has become the central focus of his practice.

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After Jesus died and rose from the dead, the new believers understood that the death and resurrection of Jesus was the central event in the history of the world, and that all Christian belief and practice focused around this pivotal event.

Incorporating sustainability practices into its business model is a major focus for Central Waters, which claims to be one of the greenest brewers in the nation.

The 2007 Central Regional Conference schedule offers more than 30 different seminars and culinary demonstrations focusing on the areas of nutritional education, sanitation and safety practices, business management and supervisory skills, lifestyle enrichment and more.

In 2008, our Paragon Vineyard was one of the first vineyards on the Central Coast to become SIP Certified Sustainable, which focuses on environmental preservation, the well - being of employees, and forward - thinking business practices.

Since focusing our attention on an object (ex: breath or mantra) is one of the central practices of meditation, it's no surprise that meditation should help improve our ability to focus and be less susceptible to distractions.

The focus of the practice is to restore the central nervous system and the internal systems of the body.

«A central part of our focus, particularly in the professional learning we do with schools, has been about enabling research to influence practice in ways that can achieve improved outcomes,» Buchanan tells Teacher.

Teacher evaluation that focuses on accurate evidence of practice and supports improvement is central to teachers» development.

Require central office personnel to actively monitor and provide feedback to principals and school - level teams on the implementation of focused instructional practices?

The essential elements of PLCs are widely recognized as: shared values, beliefs, and understandings; a central focus on student achievement (for schools); making one's practice public; collaborating with colleagues; and engaging in reflection.

The framework shares, in practical language, the critical practices of successful school turnaround in four domains, or areas of focus, that research and experience suggest are central to rapid and significant improvement: turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.

This central focus has helped staff build systems and sustainable practices while improving school climate, all of which has improved attendance, academic achievement and student behavior.

Over the next few years, teachers, principals, and key central office leaders focused their learning and practice improvement specifically on the needs of their Hispanic students.

The Summer Leadership Institute focused on helping principals, superintendents and other central office leaders improve their instructional leadership practice and learn new ways to inspire growth in others, while offering new ideas and insights for transforming traditional professional learning with the ultimate goal of providing equity for all students.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Since the beginning of his career, photography has been a central focus of Douglas's practice, utilized at first as a means of preparing for his films and eventually as a powerful pictorial tool in its own right.

Popular factual programming has been the central focus of Collins» multifaceted practice for the last four years.

This is a central focus of my art practice.»

Technique is central to Gabriella's practice, which is focused on using drawing to translate subtleties of expression and movement, initially captured in photography.

This focused exhibition explores how innovative photographic practice became central to the activity of the Bauhaus sculpture workshop in Weimar Germany.

She began spending more time in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua, where she became increasingly fascinated with Latin American art history, and where the conceptual framework of her practice came into focus.

Fragmentation, both spatial and psychological, have been central themes in Samore's practice since the nineties; however, in these portraits, the rupturing of the self is the primary focus.

It focuses on the geographical space of Central and former Eastern Europe with an emphasis on the revolutionary transformation of artistic practice that occurred during the 1960s and 70s.

It focuses on a generation of African women artists who started to work in the early 1990s and in whose practice the body is central.

The Jewish Museum exhibit in which it was featured is a compact and focused show, curated by a talented young Jewish Museum curatorial assistant, Rachel Furnari, featuring work by seven contemporary artists whose wide - ranging explorations of the complicated intersections of national, ethnic, and sexual identities are central to their artistic practice.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

Law firms are so focused on the law part of their practice; they tend to neglect the central gear that keeps the whole business in motion: client intake and conversion.

Derek's practice experience is coupled with his previous service as a Professor of Constitutional Law and International Law at the University of Central Florida (2003 - 2013); and his current, ongoing service as an Auxiliary Professor at Nova Scotia Community College, primarily focusing on teaching Litigation to a new generation of students.

Among them, Firm Central will host a «Lunch n» Learn» on simplifying management of a firm's business so practitioners can focus on building their practice and profitability.

Groot - Alberts has written of repeatedly encountering in Africa, Asia and Pacific the practice of transplanting Western palliative care models onto cultures where the community, not the individual, is the central focus.