Sentences with phrase «class academic culture»

This environment is not good enough to sustain a world - class academic culture.

Not exact matches

The latter case can easily be experienced by anyone who, like myself, frequently commutes between academic and corporate America; another but comparably sharp culture shock can be undergone if one moves between, say, the Harvard Faculty Club and a working - class tavern in South Boston.

Embedded within MD Anderson's culture of innovative academic science and clinical excellence, the institute aligns drug discovery and development research directly with the world - class science and clinical care for which MD Anderson is known.

When introducing a class to the norming process, state that the goal is to develop a class culture that promotes academic achievement.

Ballard's Habits, Community, and Culture class teaches social - emotional skills and what his school calls Habits of Success — promoting qualities like positive academic mindsets and emotional intelligence that are linked to college readiness.

By examining research - based techniques, exploring the role of race, class, and culture in the classroom, and growing effective practices that enable academic growth and close the achievement gap, attendees will leave with a singular blueprint for ways to improve their school.

Activities will depend on the learning goals of the class and the culture of the academic discipline.

But, too often, the only preparation aspiring principals get is university classes that cover mainly the administrative and legal aspects of the job, not the critical work they do to improve academic achievement and create an instructionally supportive culture.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Tom Russo: I came upon value investing at the Stanford Business School in the early 1980s when Berkshire chairman, CEO Warren Buffett came to our class and it was a class taught by Jack McDonald, who is a lone voice in Palo Alto towards thinking about investing as though you are acquiring pieces of companies and then assessing whether you think that the company had competitive advantage that would endure and then coupling those two discoveries into the process of investing regardless of the environmental concerns or academic principles that might be in contradiction to the bold assertion that one might just identify a company with superior economics and a strong culture that could pose the investment for the lifetime of the investor.

Reflecting Pratt's academic culture, the students were immersed in studio practice with a rigorous schedule of classes.

Working collaboratively with administration, faculty, and in - class academic tutors to implement and reinforce all components of a consistent school culture

Assisted in the development and implementation of school - wide academic, behavior, and culture design, including creating policies around scheduling, class cuts, electronic usage, and grading

During class I always set out clear instructional goals to those I teach, promote a culture of excellence at every opportunity and hold my students to extremely high academic standards.