Sentences with phrase «collaborative community effort»

Jacksonville, which has hit the no - kill threshold through a collaborative community effort led by Rick DuCharme of First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Scott Trebatoski of Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services, and Denise Deisler of Jacksonville Humane Society, was a great host city for the conference, and the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront was the perfect venue.

Along with attendance, testing, GPA checks, and tracking their students post-high school, Build SF uses rubrics for student projects, develops peer assessments, and asks mentors to fill out formal exit surveys on students, based on skills developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, an acclaimed advocacy group dedicated to infusing twenty - first - century skills into education through collaborative community efforts.

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It was more of a collaborative effort rather than me trying to do it and working with the gaming community to help evolve it from the original idea,» Mullin says.

She is known in for her collaborative and mentoring efforts in creating impactful communities, and for creating COHIP, the world's first Coworking and Health Insurance Plan.

The Solar Now paddling centre installation was made possible through a collaborative effort between the City of Vancouver, the North Growth Foundation and Clean Energy Canada, along with support from community sponsors the Great Climate Race, Bullfrog Power and the Community Energy Asscommunity sponsors the Great Climate Race, Bullfrog Power and the Community Energy AssCommunity Energy Association.

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Mightycause has built its leading platform in an effort to further its mission of collaborative philanthropy and give every small cause the technology and tools previously afforded only to the large nonprofit community.

Through a collaborative effort to provide more than 23,000 members with One ConnectionTM to tools and resources for professional education, business success, advocacy and community, FPA has become an indispensable force in the advancement of today's CFP ® professional.

The reasons for describing this are to emphasize the many roles the community pastor plays and why collaborative efforts must be made.

Through this collaborative effort between vintners and growers, sustainability is a concept that has now entered the mainstream thinking and doing of the California wine community.»

Ken galvanized the creation of the Draught Beer Quality Working Group (DBQ) in 2007 and the Draught Beer Quality Manual (DQM) in 2008 via collaborative efforts throughout the brewing community.

It has since grown into a collaborative effort of over 700 local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens across the country.

We believe making school food healthy involves the entire community and our goal is to foster and enhance collaborative efforts to that end.

A new collaborative effort is confronting the problem of high - risk drinking among college and high school students in Chapel Hill and surrounding communities

The Healthy Schools BC Newsletter is a collaborative effort between Healthy Schools BC / DASH and the healthy schools community.

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) People's Garden initiative has grown into a collaborative effort of local and national organizations all working together to establish community and school gardens.

Drapkin heads a collaborative effort begun in 1965 by the educational and business communities to explore sustainable growth for the Hudson Valley.

Collaborative research efforts on aging, and engagement of older adults in these scholarly communities promotes reciprocal learning opportunities across generations.

At the collaborative governance conference, speakers and panel discussions examined case studies, shared best practices and discussed examples of how New York State will continue to serve as a partner in creating sustainable, integrated communities and boosting bottom - up economic development efforts.

«The scope and magnitude of so many challenges we face when addressing quality of life in our communities require the collaborative efforts of both county and city government partnered with the private sector,» Picente said.

In a collaborative effort with another state agency, HCR has partnered with Empire State Development (ESD) to help retain and expand Amsterdam Printing and save 365 jobs by investing $ 900,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and $ 5.6 million in equity.

A collaborative effort was developed between Erie County Department of Social Services Employment Division and community agencies to create the neighborhood hub site model.

Through a collaborative effort with city school teachers, funds are raised through wonderful music concerts to support summer lessons for students at Hochstein School of Music and the Eastman Community Music.

Poughkeepsie, NY... In a collaborative effort, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, the Dutchess County Legislature, and the Health and Human Services Cabinet will host a «Community Forum on Prescription Drug and Opiate Abuse» on Monday, May 19th from 6:30 — 8:30 pm at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie.

Presented in collaboration with Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Public Schools, City of Buffalo, Erie Community College, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Praxair, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Buffalo State and University at Buffalo, this collaborative effort continues to underscore the critical importance of STEM fields to future employment in Buffalo's emerging life sciences and advanced manufacturing industries.

The 8 - hour renovator training class is a collaborative effort of the County's Lead Primary Prevention Program, the Workforce Development Program and Mohawk Valley Community College and will be held from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm on January 27th, 2012 at MVCC's training facility located at 524 Elizabeth Street in Utica.

These efforts continue as New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offer communities the opportunity to compete for tens of millions of redevelopment dollars for the presentation of a thorough, innovative, and collaborative sustainability plan for their region.

The fair is a collaborative effort of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority; City of Utica; Norstar Development USA; Utica Public Library; Workforce Development Board; Mohawk Valley Community College Youthbuild Program; Oneida County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES); Central New York Labor Council; and other partners to connect residents interested in construction employment with local training programs and employers.

«It's vital that this reexamination be a collaborative effort undertaken with the direct involvement of these aggrieved communities, as represented by the Black, Latino / a and Asian Caucus, whose experiences on this and other policing issues will be crucial to ensuring a just solution.»

Collaborative efforts between scientific communities, academic centers, and the federal political establishment need to be encouraged.

«These large differences by person, place and time suggest the need for further research, and may provide an opportunity for community leaders and policy makers to exert collaborative efforts to reduce mortality from legal intervention,» said Drowos.

At the same time, the findings from the study, by the Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, show that health centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communities.

The collaborative nature of the yeast community's effort was nicely summed up in the 1996 Goffeau et al. paper: «Whether they worked in large centers or small laboratories, most of the 600 or so scientists involved in sequencing the yeast genome share the feeling that the worldwide ties created by this venture are of inestimable value to the future of yeast research» and indeed this has proved true.

It requires a sustained and collaborative effort of students, parents, educators and community members who work together to model and practice empathy, thoughtful responses and respect for different backgrounds and perspectives.

It's called expeditionary learning, and it builds on the collaborative, interdisciplinary approach of project learning, then extends the effort out of the classroom into the community.

The Foundation supports the collaborative efforts of public school educators, their unions, school districts, and communities to focus on learning conditions that improve student performance.

Reviewing the mission statement is an annual collaborative effort of faculty, staff, administration, students, parents, and business and community leaders in the area.

It is important to note that breaking the cycle of trauma will require a collaborative effort among leaders in the education, health, social services, child welfare, criminal justice, and community development sectors.

The National Center for Literacy Education The National Center for Literacy Education is a large - scale collaborative effort to provide models for advancing literacy learning in every subject; to identify, support, and celebrate the work of inter-disciplinary professional learning communities in schools; and to pursue critical research questions about literacy learning in every content area.

RocRead is a collaborative, community - wide effort to engage city students in reading.

Indiana enjoyed almost 24 years of steady, collaborative effort to improve public education under Republicans H. Dean Evans and Suellen Reed, but Bennett's election four years ago marked an end to the partnership among policymakers, educators, parents and the business community.

The Native American Community Academy is the collaborative effort and the dream of many educators, parents, professionals and leaders throughout New Mexico.

A collaborative effort of families, schools, and community partners is needed to equip young students with the foundational literacy skills required for future learning and success.

Current efforts supported by PNC include a collaborative initiative in two at - risk Detroit communities that engages families to support vocabulary development for children under age 5.

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, world - wide community effort to increase opportunities for globally - connecting education activities and initiatives.

Some successful community school efforts have pieced together cash and in - kind resources from each of the partners within a collaborative to cover the costs associated with coordination.

A prime example of this is Orange County's successful Evans High Community School, which is a collaborative effort between the district, UCF and other agencies.

HOT School Coaches are integral to the change process and must be transparent in their efforts to create leadership teams who can communicate how the vision of the HOT Schools Program is aligned with the vision of the school community and assist in developing a collaborative culture.

There is a collaborative effort among counselors, administration, teachers, parents, and the community to ensure academic, career, and personal social development.