Sentences with phrase «development leaders of the effort»

The SegWit2X hard fork planned for next week has been called off by a majority of the miners as well as the development leaders of the effort.

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It's former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, characterized by Waymo's attorneys as a rapacious executive whose win - at - all - costs attitude and frustration with his company's self - driving efforts led him to conspire with Levandowski to steal the «sauce» that catapulted Alphabet's self - driving development to be the leader of the pack.

In addition to being a leader in permeate production volumes, the U.S. dairy industry has also been a pioneer in investing significant research and development efforts revealing the sensory, functional and nutritional benefits of whey and milk permeate as cost - saving, flavor - enhancing and sodium - reducing food and beverage ingredients.

Hinckley, Minn. — As part of its continuing effort to promote professional development and career advancement among emerging leaders, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, in support of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is pleased to announce the National Leadership Development Conference on June 21 — 23, 2016 at Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckdevelopment and career advancement among emerging leaders, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, in support of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is pleased to announce the National Leadership Development Conference on June 21 — 23, 2016 at Grand Casino Hinckley in HinckDevelopment Conference on June 21 — 23, 2016 at Grand Casino Hinckley in Hinckley, Minn..

Southern African leaders underline importance of regional efforts for sustainable development

In May, the former head of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and the prior leader of Cuomo's high - tech economic development efforts, will be tried for allegedly conducting kickback and bid - rigging schemes related to economic development contracts between SUNY Poly and state contractors.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is «100 percent supportive» of an effort by upstate business leaders, including many of his top allies, to increase an upstate economic development fund from $ 1.5 billion to $ 2.5 billion.

«The Chairperson of the Commission expresses the commitment of the African Union to working closely with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the leaders of the region, and to support their efforts.»

We expect our chiefs and religious leaders to complement government's efforts by exposing the perpetrators of child marriage so as to safeguard the health and development of our young girls.»

Spota also said Bellone's efforts were designed to thwart district attorney probes of Bellone aides and Bellone's boyhood friend Robert Stricoff, a former Babylon Democratic leader and town industrial development agency head.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent Sunday in Israel, a trip that sought to show solidarity amid a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in United States as well as one to meet with business leaders to discuss economic development efforts with New York.

It was Bharara's strongest warning yet to the leaders of the city and state and came amid his probes into fund - raising efforts by de Blasio and suspected bid - rigging in a slew of state - funded development projects, including Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

The remarks prompted leaders of several organizations that advocate for foreign - born residents to call for a shift in the focus from Paladino's comments to the role immigrants play in the area's economic development efforts.

While calling on all stakeholders in the education sector to double their efforts to achieve government desire for success in the sector, she urged members and leaders of various Community Development Associations (CDAs) to join hands and support government initiatives by ensuring adequate protection for schools infrastructure in their areas so that government huge investment in education will not be a waste.

The types of reforms he hopes to bring to the Council, such as the borough's members coordinating their economic development efforts to serve common goals, are not welcomed by county leaders, he said.

She is a leader in efforts to improve access for girls and women to STEM education and careers, serving as the co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

Sue Clark, an internationally recognized leader in the nuclear sciences, has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee to evaluate the U.S. Department of Energy's cleanup technology development efforts.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

The seminar — promoted through a collaboration between HGSE and the Center for Public Policy and Educational Evaluation (Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação, or CAEd) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil — focused on education reform, specifically U.S. efforts to develop 21st - century skills through teacher education, leadership development, and the definition of standards for teachers and school leaders.

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

For the past four years, the Leadership for Change project at Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) has been conducting case studies of leaders and their efforts to implement school improvement.

As education leaders who have implemented successful education reforms around the country, we believe that Title II - A, the largest Federal resource dedicated specifically for the development of teachers and school leaders, is vital to our efforts.

Warren is interested in the development of community leaders through involvement in multiracial political action as well as the outcomes of such efforts in fostering community development, social justice, and school transformation; and is committed to using the results of scholarly research to advance democratic practice.

These developments should have sent a warning to NASDC leaders about the politically charged and therefore tenuous nature of such broad efforts at education reform.

Participants heard from, and discussed with, high - level education policy leaders in an effort to develop an understanding of the policy conditions, such as capacity building, professional development, funding, Common Core - aligned curriculum, instruction, and assessments, etc., that will allow support for innovative approaches, such as those featured in the site visits to schools, to expand.

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

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.

All three studies described school reform efforts that utilized teacher leaders in addition to other strategies, such as the use of a new curriculum (Balfanz et al., 2006), professional development workshops for teachers and changes in the structure of the school day (Ruby, 2006), or a training program for school administrators (Weaver & Dick, 2009).

Insight in Action In efforts to reform a district's entire K - 12 mathematics program, it was the teacher leaders» role to learn the lessons taught as part of the program's professional development and then teach the lessons in their own classroom.

The institute will unite a group of national leaders at colleges and universities across the United States to spotlight and explore innovative efforts for addressing racial / ethnic teacher diversity across five key areas: recruitment and retention, teacher preparation, mentorship, induction and professional development, and advocacy.

We've collaborated with the Collaboration for Effective Educators Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center and The National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) as well as launched a diverse coalition of organizations to support states in their efforts to develop teachers and leader who can successfully prepare students with disabilities to achieve college and career - ready standards.

Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»] strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).

November 29, 2017 — In an effort to bring financial education into more classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, Discover Financial Services, a recognized leader in the financial education space, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, today announced their collaboration to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools.

This week, principals from across Florida graduated from the National Institute for School Leadership's (NISL) Executive Development Program (EDP) as part of a multistate effort to increase school leader effectiveness and improve student learning.

Silver Spring, Maryland (November 29, 2017)-- In an effort to bring financial education into more classrooms and promote fiscal responsibility among high school students, Discover Financial Services, a recognized leader in the financial education space, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K - 12 classrooms, today announced their collaboration to launch Pathway to Financial Success in Schools, a standards - aligned suite of materials to provide students, educators, and their families with tools and expertise to make intelligent financial decisions and achieve their personal goals.

Highlights of this initiative include the development and support of a collaborative framework that empowers administrators, coaches, and teacher leaders as they work together; the creation and implementation of school - level action plans and follow - up activities that integrate ongoing school - based professional development activities; and the institution of leadership learning meetings to share implementation efforts.

In spring 2013, 900 administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders from Atlanta Public Schools embarked on a collaborative effort with ASCD to build a job - embedded professional development system that would deepen educator understanding of the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards.

We work to strengthen the instructional skills of teacher leaders who, in turn, lead their peers in similar efforts through intensive job - embedded coaching, professional development, and powerful cohort - based learning experiences.

He suggests six guidelines school leaders need to follow to ensure the productive use of video in their professional development efforts.

That's why school leaders need to structure the development of online textbooks and online courseware as a collaborative effort.

We also applaud Congress for maintaining the Title II funding that supports the professional development of educators and rejecting the administration's efforts to eliminate the only funding dedicated to enhance the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders.

The district has also revised the criteria for AP enrollment at the high school level In addition, the district has taken steps to support effective teachers and leaders through enhanced and targeted professional development These efforts are part of the district's implementation of a multi-year Transformation Plan to provide enhanced instruction and increased educational opportunities for its students, which OCR will monitor as part of its monitoring of the resolution agreement.

Though professional development is always at the forefront of most school leaders» minds, it's hard to know what efforts will actually make the biggest impact on student achievement.

To help support the growth of schools, grants will fund the identification and development of new charter school facilities, efforts to recruit and prepare public school teachers and provide support and coaching to public school leaders, and efforts to deepen conversations between educators and families to create more collaboration and public participation in creating more high - quality public schools.

Concurrent with efforts to directly develop principals» skills and improve their schools» effectiveness, the project also aims to develop and leverage a growing talent pool of school leaders in participating districts through a virtuous circle of «train - the - trainer» and «train - the - coach» development activities.

Prior to joining Special Olympics, Shriver was the Supervisor of the New Haven, Connecticut, Public Schools» Social Development Project, a comprehensive, K - 12, primary prevention effort involving students, parents, teachers, administrators, community leaders, and scholars.

In an effort to expand its commitment to learning and performance development in the local community, the Tampa - based online training leader will welcome students from Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School for the 2016/2017 Vector Solutions Internship Program Tampa — November 15, 2016 — Vector Solutions, a leading provider of eLearning and performance management solutions for -LSB-...]

Other efforts include the convening of a statewide Leadership Advisory Council and the LeadRI Partnership, a public - private collaboration to provide leadership development opportunities to school and district leaders

District reform efforts often include the establishment of new school - based teacher leader positions (e.g., literacy coaches) to work with principals and with district consultants to provide professional development assistance (e.g., demonstrations, in - class coaching, school professional development, or PD, arrangements) to individual teachers and teams of teachers in the targeted focuses of reform.

Most significant, in this case, was the way that the project enabled language arts to become the focus of districtwide professional development, and the MELAF teachers to become leaders in this effort.