Sentences with phrase «first build a culture»

Before any meaningful change is to take place, district leaders must first build a culture of growth mindset.

Not exact matches

Solution: Focus first on compensation and benefits, and then shift over to the overall work environment — the work culture, team building, learning opportunities, professional development, less micro management, etc..

When I first built my company, I wanted to make sure that a culture of respect and equality permeated everything we do — and not just respect for individual differences but also for larger cultural differences.

He mentioned he had just read one of my articles (one of the first ones I had written for this column) and was fascinated by the correlations I made between the culture of the U.S. special - operations community and building high - performance teams in the business world.

But as is seen in Las Vegas, making all of the right forces align to build a thriving start - up culture is more difficult than it at first seems.

Although the first five months were very difficult and then you get past that and you really build a family and kind of feel rooted in the culture and you get that base, but the initial beginning was hard.

This step may hurt at first, but it will also send a solid message to the employees at the company about its culture: You value professional development and a positive work environment and you're committed to building a team of A players.

In his first year, Mitchell built a company culture that put people before profits by raising salaries, providing $ 1,000 - cash bonuses and disclosing sales and profit figures to all employees.

Since becoming the first Canadian hospital to receive the Order of Excellence in 2010, our journey to build and sustain a culture of excellence focusing on quality, wellness, innovation and continuous improvement has progressed.

«Building a culture where everyone feels included and can bring their whole selves to work is critical to the new culture we're building, so we're thrilled to welcome Bo Young Lee as Uber's first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer,» Hornsey said in a statement to TecBuilding a culture where everyone feels included and can bring their whole selves to work is critical to the new culture we're building, so we're thrilled to welcome Bo Young Lee as Uber's first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer,» Hornsey said in a statement to Tecbuilding, so we're thrilled to welcome Bo Young Lee as Uber's first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer,» Hornsey said in a statement to TechCrunch.

After reading this book, you may not be able to do a one - armed push up like Ray can, but you will learn a philosophy, the importance of discipline and practical advice to do the tough things first and become a leader, build a lasting culture and master your industry profession.

First Things is uniquely positioned to build an international community of religious intellectuals, writers, and activists to contest with secular elites for the future of global culture.

In our Gnostic culture, which devalues the givenness of things and the revelatory power built into that givenness, this Franciscan reminder to twenty - first - century Christians is of crucial importance.

I think cultural diversity was built into the Christian faith with that first great decision by the Council in Jerusalem, recorded in Acts 15, which declared that the new gentile Christians didn't have to enter Jewish religious culture.

first of all, flood stories abound in all cultures because terrible floods happen when people build cities close to water.

But that doesn't automatically discount the winning culture and goodwill the organization had built up by, well, winning for a more extended period of time first.

The company was among the first to recognize the needs of northern Italy's rapidly developing mountaineering and climbing culture, and has many firsts to its name, including being the first to build a Gore - Tex boot, the first to develop a plastic telemark skiing boot, and in 2007 introduced the first telemark and alpine touring compatible boots.

We appreciate First Lady Melania Trump's interest and look forward to working together to build a culture of responsibility - including industry, law enforcement, government, parents, teachers, and the kids themselves to solve this.

«When I first appeared before you as your County Executive, I laid out for you a vision that we have implemented year by year — to build a region of innovation, to develop a culture of transformation, and to establish a rock - solid fiscal foundation without which no plan can succeed.

Not only will the two of you be building the business together through its most critical phase, but the first employee also has the biggest effect on the company culture and all subsequent employees.

A new study chronicles the collapse of the Wari, the first Andean empire, which controlled most of the Peruvian highlands and coast, integrating disparate cultures and building a network of roads that the Inca would later repurpose for their own empire.

Building a culture of trust is the first essential ingredient for an innovative community of thinkers to emerge.

Edutopia.org recently checked in with a few staff members and students to record the first semester's successes and to identify some lingering challenges in building a secondary school whose academics and culture rely largely on technology.

It was the first time our students from the two sites got to meet each other, and it was a really beautiful opportunity for strengthening relationships, building culture, and cultivating school pride.

She knew that the staff would resist any significant changes coming from someone so new to their school, so she focused first on relationships, got to know the school and its culture, and built trust before bringing in her new ideas.

The success of First News in the UK shows how important it is to build respect for other cultures and debate the issues facing the world they will inherit.

Wisetail builds Learning Management Systems for innovators who, like us, know a people - first culture is the most important driver of success in the modern workforce.

As for the Chinese link, students spent the first year comparing cultures and building relationships and the second year collaborating on a project.

They learn that first - generation Mexican students built underwater robots based on low - rider culture.

«Roles and responsibilities relating to when attendance is addressed — for example after three days» absence, first truancy offence, below a set percentage — must be crystal clear and the technology used to notify and address declining patterns must be streamlined as part of the whole school approach to positive school culture building.»

Now, more than just a media company, China Personified is a «social enterprise» that through sharing people's stories — in first - person blogs, podcasts, video profiles, and more — paints a vivid picture of China, building a greater understanding of the country's people and culture.

McCarthy knew he had a small window of time to transform the school's culture and, after doing some research, he decided on the first step toward building the trust and teamwork he would need to succeed.

Dan Cogan - Drew, Achievement First's director of digital learning, emphasizes that the BetterLesson tools build on school cultures that are already collaborative.

I think there are two forms of leadership that are really important - the first is what a school leader does around setting a culture of professional learning and building it into strategic planning.

«FDP promotes the importance of building a strong foundation for early learning that begins by honoring each family's home culture and first language.»

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Additionally, Mr. Chavous is an accomplished author, having published four books, including Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education; Voices of Determination: Children that Defy the Odds; and Building a Learning Culture in America, as well as his first novel, The Plan, a political thriller.

We also have a project named Inspiring Classrooms, which has been created by the First Minister's Reading Challenge to help schools build and sustain a reading culture.

As part of the Learning First Alliance Get it Right grant, NASSP, in collaboration with American School Counselor Association (ASCA), National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), and the National School Boards Association (NSBA), has developed three college and career readiness resources for principals, teachers, and counselors to utilizes as they build a college and career culture in their schools.

From hosting festivities like First Friday, the annual State of Arts & Culture in Wake County event, and our co-sponsorship of Pieces of Gold, we're committed to building a flourishing local arts landscape.

My best advice for a first - year teacher is to be intentional about building a classroom culture and climate where scholars feel safe and challenged.

He earned an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from UCLA, has five level - 100 toons in World of Warcraft (as of this writing), contributed to the first Game of Thrones roleplaying game, and has written two books on topics related to building meaningful roleplaying cultures and experiences for players.

The first, focusing on building positive school cultures that promote academic behaviors, featured youth developer and public theologian Dr. Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, education researchers Dr. Michelle Fine and Dr. Joshua Aronson, transfer school principal Jean McTavish, and graduating high school seniors Erica Hernandez and Bob Rivera.

The first step in developing a culture of collaboration is to build a core team to begin the process.

April McKoy, the founding principal, says that the first year of the school, which occupies one and a half floors of a seven - story behemoth of a building, was focused on developing what she calls school culture, which she believes can make or break a school.

When the SIG team visited in November, school leaders shared that first semester kicked off with a focus on focus on building climate and culture, which included focusing on attendance and safety within the building.

In the first «residency» year, you'll learn the basics of how to build relationships with students, families and colleagues; you'll apply proven strategies for establishing a positive and productive classroom culture; you'll learn teaching strategies specific to the grade levels and subject areas that you teach (e.g., high school biology); and you'll develop skills in lesson planning and assessment design.

Aside from culture building and norm setting, the first six weeks of each school year is dedicated to the evaluation of students» language and academic levels to ensure differentiated and learner - centered instruction.

First - year work was focused on building an effective, positive school culture; leadership was focused on addressing instability at the school after several years of administration turnover, grade level restructuring, safety deficiencies and staff mistrust.

Built from the company's Literacy First Framework, a three - year professional development program proven to create a school culture of learning and achievement, the Core Instructional Model professional development focuses on consistency and coherence across a school and district for leaders, teachers, and students.