Sentences with phrase «effect of their improvement efforts»

Measures that addressed the steps in the certification pipeline that teachers progress through provided a focused way for participants to understand the effect of their improvement efforts, to discuss specific problems that could be targeted for action, and to share improvements that had worked to solve those identified problems.

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Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

After a lifetime of struggling with weight AND Type 1 diabetes, learning about the effects of low carbohydrate diets on health — and then evolving my diet to a low carb approach, I am finally succeeding in my weight loss and health improvement efforts!

Rather than provide states and districts with more control over their accountability and improvement systems, as Congress intends, the side effects of the CRA can actually impinge on these efforts.

There are several other scaled - up preschool programs that have been evaluated with well - implemented RCTs and found to have no immediate effects, including Even Start, the Comprehensive Child Development Program, and over a dozen curriculum improvement efforts pitting model curricula against run - of - the - mill programs (see PCER and CLIO).

The moderating effects of organizational characteristics are to be expected, since district size and school size almost always «make a difference,» no matter what the focus of the research is.180 Elementary schools are typically more sensitive than secondary schools to leadership influence, although previous leader - efficacy research has reported mostly non-significant effects.181 And the rapid turnover of principals has been widely decried as anathema to school improvement efforts.182 Now we have some evidence that the positive effects of leader efficacy are also moderated by school and district size (the larger the organization, the less sense of efficacy among principals).

Despite the best efforts of the teachers to provide leadership for their school, along with efforts by the district to establish formal teacher - leadership positions, the combined effects of frequent principal turnover and frequent teacher turnover made it impossible for this school to sustain any momentum in its improvement efforts.

Title I Accountability and School Improvement Efforts From 2001 to 2004 (2006) examines the implementation of accountability and school improvement under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) from 2001 - 02, the year before NCLB went into effect, through 2003 - 04, the second year of implementatiImprovement Efforts From 2001 to 2004 (2006) examines the implementation of accountability and school improvement under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) from 2001 - 02, the year before NCLB went into effect, through 2003 - 04, the second year of implementatiimprovement under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) from 2001 - 02, the year before NCLB went into effect, through 2003 - 04, the second year of implementation of NCLB.

He believes it will be necessary to engage in a concerted effort on many fronts and urges that we combine school improvement with community resources to alleviate the effects of poverty and racial segregation.

WORK EXPERIENCE May 2007 — Present Food is Good — Evanston, WY Registered Dietician • Identify patients» nutritional needs and devise appropriate diet plans • Oversee patient progress to observe effects of current diet plan • Change nutritional plans according to observation • Participate in performance improvement efforts • Determine patient needs within restrictions posed by disease or allergies • Consult with physicians and other caregivers to ensure proper and adequate nutritional healing

In contrast, behavioural treatments aimed at teaching the child new sleep behaviours can be very effective, even in long standing severe cases.6 These types of treatment are described in detail in France and Hudson (1993).7 While the individual efficacy of the treatment components is not fully known, their cumulative effect appears to be good.8, 9 Their successful use has been linked to improvements in child behaviour, maternal health, and family functioning.10 Unfortunately, the behavioural approach is under - utilised, possibly because in traditional form, this treatment requires considerable time and effort from health professionals.