Sentences with phrase «earlier standards efforts»

While it is perhaps too early yet to say whether teachers are responding to the standards in the way their authors intended, we know from earlier standards efforts that implementation often falls short of intention.

Daro was involved in an earlier standards effort in that state.

Not exact matches

They say the weakening changes were tailor made for polluters like Georgia Pacific, just as were earlier and failed efforts to reduce water quality standards on the Lower St. Johns.»

The developments at D.C. Central Kitchen converge precisely with the public school system's recent efforts to introduce fresher, healthier foods, as well as the «Healthy Schools Act» approved earlier this year by the D.C. Council, which not only raises nutritional standards for school food but provides bonus funding for every meal that contains a locally grown component.

The School Nutrition Association (SNA), the leading force behind efforts to roll back school nutrition standards in Congress, held its annual meeting earlier this month and installed a new president, Jean Ronnei.

The Institute supports efforts to improve the current system, especially through the expansion of QUALITYstarsNYC, as a tool to help parents understand what good quality early childhood education should look like, from best practices and teacher education standards to enriching classrooms and play spaces.

Her PI freely acknowledges her efforts, but she believes that a standard mechanism for assigning credit, such as a list of everyone who worked on a proposal, would be «great for early careers.»

At a Science Committee hearing held earlier this year, NSF Director France Córdova agreed with a legislative effort to uphold a national interest standard for taxpayer - funded research grants.

«Early Man» is harmless enough, with some good laughs sprinkled throughout, but it's ultimately a pretty forgettable effort from a studio performing well below its standards.

The power of that approach was amplified by another school - improvement effort: Skandera's department had also been reworking the state's end - of - course exams and early - grade assessments, as part of its efforts to implement Common Core standards.

Many states responded to earlier efforts by watering down their standards for learning and lowering expectations for students in an attempt to artificially boost the number of students that reached proficiency.

As noted earlier, higher standards may benefit students (even those who drop out) by creating an incentive to work harder in school, an effort that is rewarded in the labor market.

research, Spring 2007) is surely right: present - day «dispositions» standards have their roots in much earlier efforts to measure and mold the «personality» of the American teacher.

The National Association of Elementary School Principals has launched an initiative in preschool education that will include: a national survey of state standards for preschool education, efforts to lobby state lawmakers to reduce student - teacher ratios in the early grades, and plans to work with state...

Fullan asserts that, while there is no standard formula for changing the culture of an organization, sustainable improvement requires several years of effort to work through complex cultural issues such as resistance to change and acculturation of the new leader.215 Turnover that occurs every two or three years makes it unlikely that a principal will get beyond the stages of initiation and early implementation.

accreditation systems are a major part of NAEYC's efforts to improve early childhood education across the country by recognizing schools and educators that are meeting high national standards of quality.

Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality provides recommendations from the National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force convened to address a comprehensive vision for a state accountability system for early education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grEarly Childhood Learning and Program Quality provides recommendations from the National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force convened to address a comprehensive vision for a state accountability system for early education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grEarly Childhood Accountability Task Force convened to address a comprehensive vision for a state accountability system for early education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grearly education programs for prekindergarten children and for linking such efforts to standards - based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grades.

Earlier State efforts at defining and measuring learning outcomes have not yielded much progress, thus compelling the GoI to commit to the development of a learning outcomes policy that will be applied to both government and private schools (note: state academic standards in the U.S. apply only to public school systems).

In earlier efforts to promote standards, he notes, the message was often muddled and the standards left open to interpretation.

In the early 1990s, in an effort to promote standards - based reform through Goals 2000, the U.S. Department of Education made competitive awards available to states to develop curriculum frameworks in the core subject areas.

Though more work remains as teachers continue to teach to higher standards, these scores are «a promising early sign'that students are up to the challenge and that teachers» efforts are paying off.

Non-value-added effort required to switch between systems can be significantly reduced and adherence to quality standards such as Advanced Product Quality Planning and Production Part Approved Process become an embedded part of the process, revealing issues much earlier in the lifecycle.

Its long hood, arched rear fenders and 11 - inch increase in length are efforts to recapture the excitement of earlier Rivieras, but this Riviera sets its own standards.

That has already led to a relaxation in the rules, with the National Treasury earlier this year proposing that standard IP transactions no longer need central bank approval — an emphatic endorsement of Webber Wentzel's influence in this area, given that prior lobbying efforts had failed to yield any changes.

History and Context — Early experiments, non-profit and academic, Internet boom / revolution, integration, standards efforts, evolving applications, from Colin Rule's Session 2 audio lectures and PowerPoints.

In 2013, Judge Cote entered a series of rulings that set the standard for litigating RMBS cases involving tens of thousands of securitized loans, ruling among other things that plaintiffs could rely on statistical sampling, that the parties had to engage in early efforts to identify the best representation of loan files and guidelines for the loans, and requiring early disclosure of reunderwriting results.

Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Chase

Professional Experience JP MORGAN CHASE Tempe, AZ Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (September 2008 to present) • Manage a unit of approximately of 8 to 15 collectors ensuring their unit objectives and standards are met • Compile and analyze statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitor live calls and provide feedback to staff • Provide advice and answer questions concerning collection activities, review status of the most delinquent accounts and handle the Loss Mitigation efforts.

The system validates early care and education programs for ongoing efforts to achieve higher standards of quality and provides incentives and awards for success.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Quality Benchmark for Cultural Competence Project (QBCCP) is an effort by NAEYC to determine the essential elements of cultural competence for early childhood programs and how to integrate these elements within quality rating and improvement systems standards.

The articles focus on efforts to: improve the capacity of home visitors to address maternal depression, increase cultural competency and equity in the early intervention system, evaluate the effectiveness of family child care networks that have the potential for improving family child care quality, and create competency standards in early care and education programs.

In our program and policy work, NBCDI supports federal, state and local efforts to provide increasing numbers of low - income children with access to quality early education and care; efforts to create a strong and supported early childhood workforce; and efforts to promote developmentally and culturally - appropriate standards, curriculum, instruction and assessment that are aligned within and across the early childhood to early grades continuum.

Making recommendations for improvements in early learning standards and undertaking efforts to develop high - quality comprehensive early learning standards

Council of Chief State School Officers - The Council of Chief State School Officers works with chief state school officers, state education agencies, and others to support states in integrating early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts.

CEDS is a national collaborative effort to develop voluntary, common data standards for a key set of education data elements to streamline the exchange and comparison of data across institutions and sectors, including early learning data standards.

CCSSO's Early Childhood Initiatives program works with chief state school officers, state education agencies and other partners to foster the healthy development, learning progress and school success of young children, birth to age 5, with a special focus on eliminating disparities in learning opportunities and outcomes for young at - risk children by supporting states in integrating early childhood, elementary, second and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts to form a more cohesive and powerful 21st century education syEarly Childhood Initiatives program works with chief state school officers, state education agencies and other partners to foster the healthy development, learning progress and school success of young children, birth to age 5, with a special focus on eliminating disparities in learning opportunities and outcomes for young at - risk children by supporting states in integrating early childhood, elementary, second and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts to form a more cohesive and powerful 21st century education syearly childhood, elementary, second and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts to form a more cohesive and powerful 21st century education system.