Sentences with phrase «challenging responsibilities at»

«They are taking on challenging responsibilities at a key time for the legislature and for the State of New Jersey.

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At a recent Nasdaq luncheon Q&A, Schultz was challenged about his expansive view of «corporate social responsibility»: Was it not the role of the corporation simply to maximize profits for shareholders, who in turn can use the proceeds to do good in the world if they choose?

He launched that challenge right from his first interaction with the class at the program orientation dinner, as he addressed a subject he is particularly passionate about: social responsibility.

Your words, Mark, at the prayer breakfast were 100 % correct: we do have a responsibility to God to do the best we can do... to make good come of heartache... I challenge people reading this to think of and remember the fact that we are AMERICANS and this nation was founded on the very principles of which Mark spoke: a responsibility within ourselves to our Creator to rise to the occasion and make things better... May we all find that courage to do so!

Challenging this status quo at this hour I believe is an essential responsibility.

The churches at this point have a great responsibility not to advocate over-all idealistic solutions but to emphasize the distinctively Christian message that is relevant to these issues, to help their members to see the world without the characteristic American ideological blinders, to challenge many of the prevailing assumptions about the cold war and nuclear armaments, and to encourage the debate on public questions about which most people prefer to be silent.

At work, challenge myself do try some new task or responsibility.

More so than the manager at times, the Irishman took responsibility for ensuring standards remained sky high, challenging players when they failed to match expectations or when their concentration slipped.

Our mission at Wood Creek Academy is to empower each individual to take responsibility for their past and challenge them to be accountable for their future.

«You come at a time of great expectation, you have assumed this great responsibility of office and as is very apparent when anyone spends time with you, they realise that they are with someone who has the interest of the country in his heart and the right spirit with which to approach the challenges.»

Whilst we all have a responsibility to help maintain a unity of Labour purpose and provide a strong Labour voice at this time of unprecedented national uncertainty and lack of government leadership post-Brexit, you are clearly not prepared to accept the special responsibility you have in acting to meet these challenges.

Kellogg said that for her and her running mates, the big challenges facing Hurley are, «Making a change in our local government, protecting the quality of life that we have in Hurley as development pressures move up the Thruway, protecting our water and the beautiful scenic qualities of our town, and maintaining our low tax rates as NYS mandates additional responsibilities to the localities without providing funding (at the same time that they cap our annual budget increases) and as we get additional pressures from New York City to reduce their tax contributions for the reservoir property.»

After being introduced by Save the Children chief executive, Kevin Watkins, Mr Crabb began: «One of the real challenges that we have on the centre - right of British politics... is how we remake and restate the case for our global responsibilities and sticking with our policies to invest in overseas development at a time when there are so many domestic pressures and cut backs in spending.»

Following a visit to classrooms at PS 209 in Whitestone, Queens, UFT President Michael Mulgrew met with new District 25 chapter leaders on Sept. 20 in a discussion of their responsibilities in a time of challenges to public education.

Jessica Wyndham, director of AAAS» Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law program, represented the world's largest general scientific organization at the meeting and laid out the meaning of science, the benefits it contributes to human rights, the obligations of nations that are party to the underlying agreement and the challenges facing implementation.

Then one day, unexpectedly, I received an invitation to speak at a conference entitled «Promoting Responsible Conduct of Research: Policies, Challenges, and Opportunities,» sponsored by Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) and Tufts University School of Medicine.

«We wanted to explore how student - athletes at top - tier universities cope with the dual challenges of meeting the expectations of their teams while simultaneously complying with their responsibilities as university students,» says Dr. Lynsey Romo, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

It's one thing to be a stay - at - home parent, but having the added responsibility of educating them has its own challenges.

One of the most challenging aspects of implementing and sustaining any whole - school program is changes in staff personnel and responsibilities, especially at the start of a new school year.

Merga advises that, where possible, interactive reading should happen both at school and at home and, indeed, teachers may have a greater responsibility as parents could face challenges such as low literacy or not being at home because of high workloads.

Our mission at Silverado is to provide a safe, supportive, and challenging environment in which students will become active, reflective, and creative learners who accept responsibility for learning, have pride in their community and are prepared to contribute in a culturally diverse world.

Empowering Providing all students with the knowledge and skills they need to take responsibility for their lives, to address life's challenges, to function successfully at all levels of society, and to be creators of knowledge.

We all know that being an educator today has its share of challenges and responsibilities: ensuring all students achieve at high levels, acquiring the skills and expertise to support 21st century learning, making sure that cows don't collide with departing school buses... Well, most educators don't have to address this last responsibility, unless you're in Prosser, WA - a small town located about 50 miles from Yakima.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

School districts included trauma, mental health issues, social media (including bullying and other conflicts), immigration status, gang involvement, drug use by students or parents, lack of parental guidance and support, and situational barriers like transportation, jobs, and responsibilities at home among the many challenges that affect student behavior or attendance and can lead to discipline issues.

The study found that even when experienced, high - quality teachers stay at schools with poor retention, they likely suffer from diminished morale, shoulder additional responsibilities for onboarding new teacher hires, and face mounting challenges in maintaining long - term growth plans in their departments.

The assurance that all education stakeholders accept responsibility and hold themselves and each other responsible for every learner having full access to quality education, qualified teachers, challenging curriculum, full opportunity to learn, and appropriate, sufficient support for learning so they can achieve at excellent levels in academic and other student outcomes.

Ideally, many will take up the challenge and take responsibility for implementing specific recommended action steps or launching an initiative of their own directed at achieving the same goals.

In this framework, accountability is defined as: the assurance that all education stakeholders accept responsibility and hold themselves and each other responsible for every learner having full access to quality education, qualified teachers, challenging curriculum, full opportunity to learn, and appropriate, sufficient support for learning so they can achieve at excellent levels in academic and other student outcomes.

Still, I feel an enormous amount of personal responsibility toward our existing shareholders, and honestly, my greatest worry is that the challenges we've had during the recent cycle will provoke any of them to capitulate and chase the market at these levels, possibly capturing some short - term gains, but ultimately doing damage to their financial security.

When you're at this point, you need to start challenging your puppy to take responsibility for getting out.

The game is all about the high score and keeping your teammates alive, and all these responsibilities are dispensed at a challenging but not frustrating rate.

The world is looking at us and unquestionably that attention comes with new responsibilities and challenges.

Becoming a father challenged him to take a harder look at his responsibility.

We seek to share with all Parties to the UNFCCC the vision of, and together with them to consider and adopt in the UNFCCC negotiations, the goal of achieving at least 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this global challenge can only be met by a global response, in particular, by the contributions from all major economies, consistent with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.

When I was a boy, we were taught that each generation had responsibilities to assume and duties to perform with regard to the acknowledgement and acceptance of the challenges that are present to us, so that the next generation can have a chance at a better life.

I can challenge high management at an employee forum where I work to describe where in the organization the responsibility for responding to CC resides, ask at every committee meeting of every organization I'm affiliated with whether there is a way to reduce fuel use in the resolution of the matter before the group.

McKibben's makes clear that we have a responsibility to address the climate change challenge: «this is, at bottom, a moral issue.»

However, the enormity of the challenge facing humanity from climate change and the special responsibilities of high - emitting developed nations in particular has not been covered in the mainstream press at least in the United States.

This guidance document is principally aimed at the tourism industry and government organizations at the different levels, who will have the primary responsibility of developing mitigation and adaptation strategies to respond to the challenges that global climate change will bring to the tourism sector.

Having an additional measure of uncertainty added to the already existing uncertainty of whether people riding bikes will or won't stop at stop signs, likely would not be an addition to the challenges and responsibilities of driving, people that drive would welcome.

A big challenge — and responsibility — for law schools is to dispel the notion that six - figure salaries at megafirms are the norm, she said.

Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law, provides a realistic overview of the challenges facing women in the law as well as detailed guidance and solutions to empower students while supporting law career counselors as they fulfill their responsibilities.

This panel, featuring extraordinary managing partners, examines the critical roles and responsibilities of MPs in firms of all sizes — and what the panelists see as the future challenges and opportunities in firm management, including managing talent at all levels and «getting things done» in ways that most benefit the firm, its people and its clients.

I have now reached a point where I feel that I am ready to ask your permission to take on additional responsibilities and try my hand at new challenges.

At the same time, interactivity via the Internet presents significant challenges for individual attorneys, law firm leaders, and marketers, all whom have distinct ethical responsibilities to their professions, clients and communities.

Most students will take a professional responsibility class at some point in law school and all will face ethical challenges in the practice of law after graduation.

«Employee Use of Counterclaims and Anti-SLAPP Actions to Challenge Restrictive Covenant Claims,» presented at the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2016.

There aren't too many other firms that offer high levels of responsibility «that can be intimidating at times» doing «80 % challenging and interesting work» while clocking off before 7 pm.

The rules, which went into effect on Feb. 1, 2007, and are codified in New York's Code of Professional Responsibility at 22 NYCRR § 1200, were adopted by the four state Appellate Divisions and challenged by Alexander & Catalano, a Syracuse - based personal injury firm, as well as Public Citizen Inc..