Sentences with phrase «educational needs of the group»

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Hosted by the New England regional member groups of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the ACA & Angel Resource Institute (ARI) educational workshops are focused on the specific needs of angel groups in New England and purposed to help existing and prospective angel investors improve their investment knowledge and expertise — and add value to their role as business angels — as members of an angel group or as individual investors.

• Sponsor educational programs for church groups and for the public, providing information about the capabilities and needs of mentally handicapped people.

JULIE: So, um, I have a business, we call it, Herself Moms, and it's a group of professionals that have come together and we just tried to create a place where prenatal moms and postpartum families can come and either get support or have some educational needs met or some lactation services and overall I'd say, within all of that, the biggest part is the development of community.

We also encourage each woman and partner to take advantage of the many classes and support groups we recommend — from prenatal yoga, yoga for labor workshop, and postpartum mommy and me yoga classes, positive birth story pregnancy circles, community new mother blessing ceremonies, annual family reunion, postpartum mom circles, pregnancy retreats and a variety of other educational, supportive, and fun events, classes, and ways to connect with other likeminded people and build community — in an effort to bring back the needed village it takes to raise a new baby, and new parents.

Northwest suburban social service agencies, hospitals, churches, park districts and parents themselves are forming support and educational parenting groups, all with the mission to offer understanding, knowledge and choices that focus on the needs of this generation of parents.

Through their premature birth research, educational programs, and support groups, the March of Dimes has provided the support that parents and caregivers everywhere need when they are faced with premature births.

«Gov. Cuomo has consistently resisted adequate funding for high need schools and has used a long series of excuses and misrepresentations of the facts to cover up his lack of commitment to true educational equity and adequacy,» the group said.

The idea that certain individuals and groups learn differently due to their genetic makeup, and so need specialized educational programs could be the first step in a slippery slope to recreating a new brand of «separate but equal.»

Thanks to Rich Bradley for working hard in 1987 to make the 40 foot functional for the first groups of teachers, and the telescope mechanics for keeping it that way, Carl Heiles for inspiring us to observe neutral hydrogen, a true staple of our educational programs for teachers and youth, Bill Radcliffe (do you remember the time you single - handedly took the front end off the telescope???), Nathan Sharp, and Dave Woody for coming to the rescue when the 40 Foot needed a technical swift kick, Skip Crilly for updating the telescope and getting rid of pesky RFI, and all of the astronomers who have enlightened teachers and students over the years.

Online support and educational groups aimed at meeting the emotional and spiritual needs of dating and Jewish marriage are a great resource.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Premium funding was used to employ a specialist dance coach initially for a group of children specifically interested, but the activity has now become so popular that it's available throughout the school, with adapted teaching for those with special educational needs.

Groups have to demonstrate a high level of educational expertise and have to prove they are both wanted and needed by local parents, making parents the driving force behind every school.

The chief executive officer of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that advocates upgraded Internet access for schools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Marwell.

The ASD - ENA aimed to develop an understanding of the educational needs of school - aged students on the autism spectrum using a nationwide survey to obtain information from four key stakeholder groups — educators, specialists, parents, and students on the autism spectrum aged 11 — 18 years.

The term special educational needs was first introduced by Mary Warnock in the 1970's to describe a significant group of children and young people who needed something different from or in addition to the education offered to their peers.

Indeed, many charter school founders explicitly state that satisfying the educational needs of a target student group is central to their mission.

[17][18] States must collect and review district - level data on how rates of identification — overall, by educational setting and disability category — vary across racial and ethnic groups with no adjustments for variables that correlate with need for services.

The definitions of such groups are inevitably arbitrary; the students in them inevitably have different learning needs; and the educational expectations of included and excluded students are inevitably different.

Having in mind the whole learning context (business or educational needs, learning goals and objectives, specifics of the target group, technological, organizational, and people - related constraints, etc.) one have to design the right formula which will address all issues related with learning challenge.

It was a group undoubtedly underserved: The federal government requires schools to provide an appropriate education to children with cognitive, physical, and emotional handicaps, but is largely silent about the needs of kids at the upper end of the educational curve.

A review of 25 schools supported by the Achievement for All Achieving Schools programme between 2011 and 2015, indicated that pupils with special educational needs (SEN), those eligible for Pupil Premium funding and low attainers consistently made progress at a higher rate than expected for their year groups.

What's needed are experiments with different types of vouchers plans are needed, regulated in a variety of ways but focused on enhancing educational access and opportunities for low - income groups.

In response, Patrick states that, although input both from students with disabilities and from such educational institutions as the New Jersey School for the Deaf was taken into consideration during the report's formulation, the plan was drafted to encompass the needs of all students, not any specific group of students.

During the past 20 years, discussions of educational equity have often fallen into an either / or paradigm in which one group of students has been singled out as the only group needing attention.

The study showed that «Explore Learning members» improvement in maths was 30 % higher than that of the comparison group after controlling for gender, age, year group and special educational needs.»

A great group of faculty from across the country, along with state and district policy leaders, is joining me to make the case that educational research needs good data and that these data can be properly safeguarded through policy.

(Sec. 1014) The bill: (1) increases by 0.1 % the portion of title I - A funds that ED must reserve to meet the educational needs of Indian children and children in the outlying areas, and (2) specifies how such funds are to be allocated between the two groups.

By focusing their efforts primarily on improving schools for black and Latino students living in urban communities, has the education reform movement missed another group facing economic challenges and in need of better educational opportunity?

5.2 Provide info about scholarship opportunities 5.3 Collaborate with the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana State Department of Health, and other groups to plan and participate in Indiana School Nurse conferences 5.4 Develop planning committee to evaluate area educational needs and offer educational programs around the state.

«We must ensure that changes being made to our qualifications system do not unfairly disadvantage specific groups of students, including those with special educational needs or those from backgrounds of economic disadvantage.»

Recognizing that our students and families have many needs to be met in order to effectively access our educational program, OUMS will provide social / emotional and mental health support, both individually and in small group settings, a nutritional program that couples access to healthy food with a curriculum to support students» awareness of all aspects of health and nutrition.

Participating school districts and county offices of education would provide programs and services focused on the special needs of youth who are or have been confined to juvenile halls, juvenile homes, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps, regional youth educational facilities, and certain group homes.

Refers to a wide variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic - support strategies that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students.

Throughout the academic year a group of Lower Sixth (Year 12) students from St Albans School volunteer on Friday afternoons to work as teaching assistants in three local schools for Children with special educational needs.

CMAC's Purpose: To be an effective advocacy group for the educational needs of ethnic minority students.

Jennifer is the founder of The Groupworks, LLC where her work focuses on assisting groups to develop and implement data informed plans that address critical needs and improve educational outcomes.

College provided the educational challenge she needed, and her parents made sure she had plenty of opportunities through church, community, and neighborhood groups to socialize with children her own chronological age.

The term student - centered learning can refer to a variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic support strategies that address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students.

The leader of Walter Payton College Prep High School since 2011, Tim joined the Principal Advisory Council because he believes that our District needs to be nurtured, and because he enjoys being part of a group of educational leaders who bring differing perspectives to support the various needs of high school students.

Two arguments were advanced for targeting low - income, minority, and immigrant groups in racially and economically isolated charter schools: the need to maximize bang for the educational buck, and the belief that the special needs of these communities could be better addressed in concentrated settings.

As far as is practicable and appropriate, the placement should include different age groups of students including those with special educational needs and the student should experience mixed ability teaching situations and team teaching / co-teaching situations.

Adequate progress would be the average level of progress needed to bring a given student or group of students to a prescribed level of educational achievement by the end of a school year or a school career.

Through accomplishing these two purposes, CMAC becomes an effective advocacy group for the educational needs of ethnic minority students.

A particular school or learning situation might contain elements from two or more of these groups, making it difficult for us to classify perfectly, but the map still helps us understand the issues and variables that we need to consider when we compare and evaluate educational approaches.

«There needs to be a further de-linking of test scores from educational high - stakes decisions about students, teachers and schools,» says Robert Schaeffer, the public education director of the watchdog group Fair Test.

ELLs are a central focus of the analysis at all levels, as this group has unique educational needs.

Our analysis starts from the premise that pursuing educational equity and excellence means prioritizing the needs of underserved groups.

Nearly two - thirds of today's workers need advanced reading, writing, mathematical and critical - thinking skills to compete in the global economy, compared to 15 percent of workers 20 years ago, according to Achieve, a nonprofit educational reform group.

The members of Working Group E are investigating the knowledge and competence that faculty members and leaders in educational institutions need to possess with respect to learning technologies in order to prepare competent teachers and school leaders, given the expectation that technologies and societal priorities are likely to change.