Sentences with phrase «expanded learning advocate»
Joe Davis is an expanded learning advocate serving as the chief operating officer for the Florida Afterschool Network.
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Advocates of online schools argue that new technologies used in online learning have the potential to expand the courses available to students and provide flexibility in location and scheduling.
As the sixth Fellow, Heather expanded the available tools for AAS members to learn about advocating for their science, including resources for all levels of interest.
Technology offers new means of communicating with more people than ever before and the exploding diversity of our nation also poses real opportunities — opportunities to revitalize our organization; opportunities to learn from new cultures and share new experiences; and opportunities to expand the circle of adults who advocate for children.
As advocated by the 22 - member panel chaired by former Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, both bills would expand the Congressionallymandated National Assessment of Educational Progress to provide state - by - state data, measure learning in more core subjects, include out - of - school 17 - year - olds, and provide a larger sampling of private - school students.
Last weekend, at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning, surrounded by educators, representatives from the nonprofit and business worlds, global education experts, academics, and education advocates of all stripes, I found it inspiring how committed the group as a whole was to not just improving family engagement in schools, but expanding engagement beyond the family, to the community in general.
BBA advocates providing universal access to health care for children, quality early - childhood education, and expanded access to extended learning opportunities, after school and during the summer.
Whether you have long been a champion of Expanded Learning concepts or have recently been exposed to them, everyone can become an advocate for student success.
These two challenges — the capacity of educational systems to coopt innovation to serve well - established routines and the potential for new technologies to expand educational inequalities — are serious challenges to be faced by advocates of online learning.
(Ore.) Advocates nationally for full - day kindergarten are cheering a new, $ 7.3 billion state budget in Oregon that includes money for the expanded early learning program.
The bill also contains several other provisions that NAESP has been advocating for tirelessly on behalf of the nation's Pre-K-8 principals, such as authorization of the Preschool Development Grants for states to expand early learning opportunities, targeted programs to support literacy instruction, afterschool program funding, as well as the opportunity for funds to be used to address student mental health, arts integration and deeper professional learning for principals and other educators on use of technology in learning.
Activate a growing network of advocates from across the state to educate Texas legislators about the impact of high - quality OST programs and promote the passage of legislation calling for the establishment of a statewide Expanded Learning Opportunities Council.
The concept — which has been embraced by teachers unions, parent advocates, Governor Cuomo and President Obama — holds that when schools expand into service hubs, students become better prepared to learn, parents grow more invested in schools, and teachers can focus on teaching.»
PCY is a member of CAN's advisory board, an advocacy network whose mission is to provide expanded learning practitioners, advocates, and community members with the resources and tools necessary to build high - quality expanded learning programs in California.
Our hope is to identify where gaps in service may exist to be able to effectively advocate for more funding and resources to support quality expanded learning opportunities for all youth in Oregon.
We support the afterschool and expanded learning community by advocating and helping to shape policy, providing professional development opportunities, and bringing together state and national stakeholders.
, Black Enterprise 2/22/18 - Advocates: Popular CTE Model Will Need Money to Thrive, K - 12 Daily 2/10/18 - Kaine Proposes Grant Program to Boost Job Training, Augusta Free Press 2/8/18 - The Key to Helping Students Graduate Career Ready: Give School Counselors the Tools and Resources to Do Their Jobs, Medium 1/30/18 - Arizona Expands Career And Technical Education, NPR 1/30/18 - Word on the Beat: Career and Technical Education, EWA 1/19/18 - How the Every Student Succeeds Act Can Help Revamp High School Technical Education, AEI 1/2/18 - States Urged to Emphasize Competency Based Learning in the ESSA Era, Education Week
Many advocates are focused on raising awareness of the importance of early learning, while also calling for increased funding to expand access and ensure high quality, particularly for underserved communities.
«She undertook this project in order to learn more about how to use digital technology as a real - time tool in event - coverage, advocating a point of view, developing new business for her communications boutique, enhancing her brandname, expanding her network, and integrating social media with mainstream media (MSM).»
Over 400 early childhood professionals and advocates joined with us at the Albuquerque Convention Center to celebrate and learn about the accomplishments of the Race To the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT - ELC) grant over the past 5 years, as well as look forward to what it's going to take to sustain these efforts into the future and to expand on the gains made.
Throughout a career spanning more than 40 years, Vanessa remained a remarkable early learning advocate — embracing and pursuing professional opportunities that would fuel her passion to expand opportunity for vulnerable children and families.