Sentences with phrase «community leadership projects»

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A layman can implement his mental health ministry by accepting leadership in community mental health projects.

Award winners are selected based on their initiative, leadership and involvement in projects that embody the spirit of genuine partnership and benefit the overall community.

Under the Governor's leadership, HCR is working with partners around the State to invest resources in projects that have lasting impacts on communities and families.

«Homes and Community Renewal's proud participation in the Prospero Hall project exemplifies Governor Andrew Cuomo's leadership in making more housing opportunities available to New Yorkers who need them most,» said Darryl C. Towns, Commissioner / CEO of NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR).

Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, HCR is investing in projects that improve quality of life and increase opportunities for all New Yorkers to create supportive communities with strong economic foundations.»

«Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, communities across the State are incorporating sustainability and good energy solutions into their projects, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs, and boosting jobs and investment.»

Roger Cleveland and Carson Sorrell were unanimously renamed to their committee leadership positions for another year by the members of the 15 - community Steering Committee for the Oneida County Sanitary Sewer Abatement Project.

Seneca Telecom provides strategic leadership and mission support through collaboration and partnerships within the Government contracting community, aligning tools, resources, and expertise to deliver the highest levels of project execution.

Djimdé is also active in the development of the MalariaGEN Plasmodium falciparum Community Project, and provides leadership to the Plasmodium Diversity Network Africa (PDNA).

He provides leadership to a number of discreet large - scale collaborations including the MalariaGEN Consortial Projects, Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes, Plasmodium falciparum 3000 genomes, and MalariaGEN P. falciparum Community Project, and routinely shares his experience with several other large - scale data - sharing initiatives including the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), PneumoGEN and the African Plasmodium Diversity Network (PDNA).

In addition, he praised her leadership with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in advancing the Weather Research and Forecasting model for climate research, and in projects such as the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program, as demonstration of her prominence in the atmospheric and climate science community.

CBCF Fellows work in congressional member and committee offices, attend leadership development seminars, complete a community service project and produce policy papers.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

In 2000, I left Drake to join the Career Academy Support Network, where I was a consultant to schools and school districts from around the country in school redesign, project - based learning, small learning communities, and school leadership.

The teens can earn their own 35 mm cameras by maintaining good grades in school and by volunteering for community service and leadership projects.

It features a variety of activities, including sports, recreation, community service clubs, leadership projects, and visual and performing arts.

These grants help to support afterschool and summer enrichment activities, community service projects, tutoring and homework help, college and career exploration, leadership services, mentoring opportunities, family engagement, and social development.

Customized support includes assistance with scheduling models, shared leadership systems and committee structures, parent and community engagement, business partnerships, creating environments that support project - based learning and personalization.

Seeding Equity in Education through Dialogue Project Valuing and engaging family and community leadership in San Antonio and the region IDRA's SEED project strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policyProject Valuing and engaging family and community leadership in San Antonio and the region IDRA's SEED project strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policyproject strengthens and mobilizes the capacity for effective, coordinated leadership and partnership with schools to impact policy and...

The promise of CSR models — such as Accelerated School Project, Core Knowledge, Direct Instruction, High Schools That Work, School Development Program, Success for All — and the comprehensive reform that they support is that they are research - based and provide the training and other supports needed to encourage a coordinated approach to improvement that addresses curriculum and instruction, professional development, leadership, parental and community involvement, and other components needed for student success.

Students are involved in leadership opportunities through the National FFA Organization and work together to offer community - based projects on campus.

We begin working increasingly to support existing community - wide initiatives to reduce disparities that result from structural racism, initiatives including Oakland's Promise Neighborhoods and Ready Schools Miami, helping those projects develop leadership at every level to accomplish their equity goals.

Estes Elementary will engage all learners by focusing on kindergarten - readiness, project - and problem - based learning, and passion - based leadership that involves community partners.

In its policy center role, CLPS primarily focuses on youth matters, leadership for community capacity building, local community projects and inter-governmental or institutional collaboration.

The list below represents some of the major projects that CASTLE has completed that continue to be useful to the educational leadership community.

The summits will feature Principal Kevin Bennett, Associate Principal Mary Pat Cumming, and teacher Michael Elston, teacher, from the FAIR School in Minneapolis, MN, who will lead a program on Effective and Successful Models of School Leadership and will participate in a panel discussion with Chinese principals and school leaders on topics such as parent / community involvement in schools, collaborative leadership, student and teacher assessment, project based learning, and student leadership.

The United Arts Council also offers grants to organizations, communities and individual artists and provides services to the community such as advocacy, resource development, professional / leadership development and special projects.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

«None of these [2010 grant terminations] is a surprise, and all could have been predicted at the time the projects were submitted,» said William J. Slotnik, the founder and executive director of the Community Training and Assistance Center, a Boston nonprofit leadership and management organization that has worked with many TIF grantees to develop compensation plans.

Our theory of action calls for: the building and sustaining of a collaborative partnership with the local school district and its school - based leadership; building and sustaining of a collaborative partnership with the philanthropic and business community; providing supplementary supports to students, teachers, and administrators; and tracking and monitoring the progress of projects.

Later this year, local leadership labs will help select projects culled through the summits and the online community at Commit to Lead to develop further.

Civil Rights Project Co-Director Gary Orfield called on the Obama administration and state education officials to «provide leadership to help communities threatened with resegregation to use magnet schools and other methods to create and support integrated schools.»

The California Community College Linked Learning Initiative of the Career Ladders Project, an Oakland - based non-profit, will facilitate leadership meetings, support data exchange and analysis, and provide technical support to the partnering organizations.

Students in YES Prep's schools complete service projects that are high - impact and grow students» leadership skills, including summer enrichment programs with community service; mentorships between older and younger students; student - run service trips; and 50 hours of required community service.29 The high schools also require an ethics course in the senior year that neatly ties into students» service projects.

These projects contribute to the community and provide students with opportunities to assume leadership roles.

The high access learning environment is a fundamental change needing leadership commitment, sustainable funding commitment, many layers of project support, focused curricular goals, and community support.

Small learning community, multiage setting, project - based learning, community engagement, and shared school leadership

In his consulting work, Theron designs curriculum and teacher training materials and works with educators on a wide range of instructional issues, including project - based learning, school and small learning community design, assessment, leadership development, asset mapping, strategic planning documents, and whole - school reform coaching.

Age appropriate and inquiry / project - based learning methods; dual enrollment classes; focused tutoring to less prepared students; increased learning opportunities; relevant professional development opportunities; faculty leadership opportunities; community outreach; small school environment; surveys each year (parent, student, faculty); striving for academic excellence; Charter Counts character education program implemented; teaching critical thinking skills.

Areas of specialty: Small learning community, multiage setting, project - based learning, community engagement, and shared school leadership

«This project is community - driven, and their support for local animals shows their leadership and vision.»

As a program geared toward empowerment and realization of highest potential, Project Unleashed creates stronger individuals and community - based voices of leadership for urban animal welfare issues.

Open to all faculty and staff, these grants fund off - campus student leadership programming, conference travel to present on engaged scholarship, and myriad other projects and programs that advance community engagement at Cornell.

He supports a number of outreach, volunteer, and internship initiatives and projects that promote youth leadership for thriving parks, healthier communities and a more environmentally just society.

The Community Advancement Awards seeks to honor outstanding projects, individuals, and organizations that have made a major contribution to improve the quality of life of their surrounding communities through leadership, veracity, and determination.

Projects of particular interest are those that apply a systemic lens to the root causes of global warming; enroll the leadership of frontline communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate change; push for broad - based civic engagement and community action; and wherever possible leverage the value artists and culture bearers bring to processes for devising and deploying practical solutions to this global crisis.

There were several internal meetings of the Suruí leadership without the participation of project partners, technical meetings with project partners, as well as community assemblies.

Our youth leadership training and alumni services includes professional skill building, webinars, coaching, networking events, workshops, community partnerships, and providing access to resources and relationships to lead and sustain effective campaigns and projects.

Supporting emission reduction projects through the purchase of CERs helps accelerate the global reduction of emissions, gives organizations the opportunity to reinforce their leadership position vis - à - vis climate change and brings sustainable development benefits to communities located in developing countries.

Show leadership and community skills by serving on your journal board for credit, boning up on pro bono projects, and leaving plenty of room for general practice basics.