Sentences with phrase «first academic areas»

One of the first academic areas she addressed was math instruction.

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First, the interns will gather information about research institutions, academic researchers, and companies conducting work in adjacent research areas (e.g. cell therapy company) who are currently using technologies that are applicable to plant - based and clean meat research or food technology.

The agitators under the auspices of 21st Century Youth of Niger Delta in a statement by the spokesperson, W O I Izon Ebi, said: «First is what is still holding the resumption of academic activities at the Nigerian Maritime University, NMU, Okerenkoko, Warrior South West Local Government Area, Delta State?»

The study is the first to examine preschool teachers» «self - efficacy» — or their belief in their ability and enjoyment for an academic area — in literacy, math and science.

The Council, which includes academics from King's, has today published the first findings of its review looking at the potential impact of recent advances in genome editing such as the CRISPR - Cas9 system across many areas of biological research.

The study is the first of its kind to examine the effect of Experience Corps, a national volunteer service program that trains seniors to help children in urban public schools with reading and academic success in other areas.

Three of the first six opportunity areas (Derby, Scarborough, and West Somerset) will also benefit from successful bids for the National Collaborative Outreach Programme, which will help raise aspirations for disadvantaged children through summer schools, organising school visits and providing academic mentoring.

A commitment to «getting to know one another and sharing stories in a trusting way,» Guajardo said, is the first step towards academic success in rural areas where many of the students are recent immigrants.

Because our goal for the first hour of ELT was to provide relevant academic support to each individual student, we had to focus tightly on the specific area of concern or need for each student.

In the training area we also have other projects such as INAV, which is the first online secondary education center for adults, with an integrated training program which allows to take the second cycle of secondary education in a single academic year and it is designed for the adult population.

I compared individuals of different ages, some of whom attended high school before the first - wave education reforms were implemented and others who attended afterward — and were thus required to take minimum - competency exams and more courses in academic areas in order to graduate.

A child who can't speak English may have academic knowledge in other content areas, and may have strong speaking, reading, and writing skills in their first language.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

From improving assessment and placement to creating a supportive first - year experience to academic and career planning that propels students toward their goals, we're working with institutions to tackle the complex problems of improving student success, persistence, and completion.To learn more, select a student success focus area:

When I first started designing this flower sticker chart set, I planned to use it during the springtime and that could be used for any academic area.

The school's website says it «aims to offer a first class education in socially deprived or disadvantaged areas» and will offer «an academic curriculum with a focus on scientific and critical thinking skills».

The first of these areas is an honest appraisal of your current standards of academic achievement.

The charter operator must first submit an application to the State Department of Education explaining their work, including areas such as students» academic progress (interpreted by the state as standardized test results), curriculum, staff development, finances, and governance (management & administration) of the school.

Teams will meet bi-weekly and first work to identify areas of urgency within their schools that they see as common behavioral or academic challenges within their school.

The school is dedicated to three overarching premises which are enacted daily in every curricular area — first, that interdisciplinary learning best prepares students for higher levels of academic challenge; second, that the environment provides a ready lens for the application of academic concepts; and third, that attending to adolescent development and collaborative skills will enable students to succeed in any high school atmosphere.

The AEDC data are collected by teachers who complete an online checklist for each child in their first year of formal full - time school (∼ 5 years old) covering the five ECD areas previously noted of physical development, social competence, emotional maturity, language, and cognitive development (eg, academic learning), and general knowledge and communication.17 Children are scored on each of these domains, and categorised as «developmentally vulnerable» (≤ 10th centile), «developmentally at risk» (between 10th and 25th centiles) and «developmentally on track» (≥ 25th centile) 17 Children who are developmentally at risk on one or more ECD domain (ie, DV1) is typically reported in AEDC publications.

An estimated 1,560 children died because of maltreatment, with the highest rates of victimization in the first year of life — 20.6 per 1,000 children.1 Research demonstrates that outcomes for children who survive child maltreatment (defined as neglect, abuse, or a combination of the two) are poor, with performance below national norms in a range of outcomes areas, including psychosocial and cognitive well - being and academic achievement.2, 3,4 The costs to society overall of these children not reaching their full potential and the lower than expected productivity of adult survivors of abuse are estimated at as much as $ 50 - 90 billion per year in the U.S. 5,6 These findings underscore the need for strategies to prevent child maltreatment in order to improve outcomes for children, families and communities.

Its stature and prestige are unparalleled as a consistent leader in developing first rate degree and diploma programs in numerous academic areas.