Sentences with phrase «focus of staff development»

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By avoiding the task of employing extra staff members or handling operations such as payroll and web development, employees at a company will also be able to free up more time to focus on delivering their goods to their customers and carrying out the tasks that they were employed for in the first place.

Its staff and Partners work with high technology businesses to foster their strategic focus and business development efforts, principally for technoloy commercialization and solutions for the needs of the U.S. Department of Defense.

The purpose of this program is to provide academic institutions Micro Focus training materials for inclusion into their academic curricula and for internal staff development.

Market uncertainty, rising competition, and the retention and recruitment of skilled staff have been highlighted as major business concerns for the global packaging industry over the next six months, although respondents are willing to increase their focus towards expansion in current markets and the development of new products.

Other areas of focus for the company include staff and infrastructure development.

«In addition, much focus has been placed on enhancing the brand and concept through people investment and the development of management teams and staff.»

While Hospitality Design magazine continues to offer thorough coverage of restaurant openings and development, staff also focuses its attention on new hotel openings and hotel development both in the U.S. and internationally.

He conceded that «changes and additions to the senior administrative staff, and development of that staff's advertent focus on Title IX are still in progress.»

The player development syllabus has been created by our Academy staff, focusing on every aspect of the game including goal scoring, defending, possession and domination.

Daycare centers primarily focus on infants through preschoolers; pre-schools are typically toddlers and children often must be potty - trained (ages 2 - 5); and out of school care is tailored to providing childcare of school - aged kids on a before - school or after - school basis or during school breaks, such as staff development or holidays.

«So I hope that the present government will maintain the same level of funding and support for training teachers and support staff to ensure that children with SEN continue to remain a priority and that the focus on how best to maximise children's development and learning is maintained.»

She joined the STPF staff in 2016 with over six years of experience in higher education management with a focus on international affairs and development.

Staff from Brookhaven's new Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) describe how this advanced facility will focus on the development and understanding of nanoscale materials.

Jessica Zucman - Rossi and her staff at Inserm Unit 1162, «Functional Genomics of Solid Tumors,» focused on these patients to determine the risk factors that had contributed to the development of their cancer.

As a member of the engineering staff, her research work encompassed a multidisciplinary approach to the development and testing of analytical instruments for planetary exploration missions with the focus on transitioning fundamental scientific research and early technological demonstrations toward breadboard and brassboard instrumentation development.

Whilst we accept that this decision will mean that we risk losing high calibre staff, by focusing on other Studios with exciting new projects in development, (including continued work on PlayStation VR), we believe we will be in a stronger position going forward and able to offer the best possible content of the highest quality to our players.

That's developer Trendy Entertainment's term for waving your sword at an enemy and chipping their hit points away without feeling any particular sense of impact — that's been a focus during development, and in Dungeon Defenders 2 each swing of your sword or your staff feels like it's doing real damage.

With a clear focus on education, innovation, staff development and reporting, the beginning of the new school year is the best time to re-evaluate your school's online safety policies to ensure that both you and your pupils are protected effectively.

These questions have helped me become more reflective with my actions, have allowed me to focus on the teacher I will be coaching, and assist in planning the differentiated, classroom - embedded, technology staff development of which I am an avid proponent.

A key focus will be training staff to achieve the six Evolve outcomes of physical health, emotional wellbeing, personal development, attendance, behaviour and academic progress.»

Once you prioritize a new initiative or select a focus for professional development, part of your job is to clear the obstacles that stand in the way of your staff achieving it.

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

Next, focusing on the development of good citizenship skills, we helped the staff understand that discipline implies teaching punishment most often creates negativity.

What is needed is standardisation of the quality assurance process across all schools and a focus on priorities that are critical to staff development and the targets set by senior leadership teams.

She was previously the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at the International School of Bangkok for 11 years and has worked as an educational consultant training teachers and administrators in the US and internationally in school improvement, learning focused curriculum, and teacher leadership.

As a result each member of staff and their line manager will have an in - depth, contextualised understanding of their professional development needs, which can then be fed upwards to identify trends and ensure a balance between whole school and individual development needs — all the while maintaining a focus on the specific and varied needs of students across the school.

There is also a heavy focus on in - school development through paired observations of practice, mentoring and coaching approaches (Teacher Training & Professional Studies is largely focused on new entrants whereas for existing staff it's more CPD focused).

As a practical matter, grants of this size will likely be focused on planning and professional development for staff.

Getting pupils involved has been part of an improvement strategy, focusing on pupil and staff well - being as much as curriculum development.

«We did have a full staff development day a couple of years ago where we focused on some staff wellbeing things, but it was more around team building and facing challenges and so on, building capacity to present to a large audience.

This would mean that NQTs are ultimately better prepared to face the realities of life as a teacher and give schools what they need from their staff, improving retention with this clearly mapped out early - career development, and opening up pathways for career development which are not purely focused on senior leadership.

It also meant that the whole staff were focussed on one aspect of their development over the whole year.

The principal, working collaboratively with a leadership team, focuses on building a learning community that involves all teachers and places top priority on the education and healthy development of every student, teacher, and staff member.

Learning Forward (formally the National Staff Development Council), an organization focused on effective educator professional learning, adopted and expanded the Guskey and Sparks (2002) model by developing a set of standards for high quality educator learning (Learning Forward, 2011; National Staff Development Council, 2001).

Some did amazing things in terms of staff development regarding outdoor learning; others focused heavily on using the talents of parents and community members, and some channeled amazing energy from staff members into developing and constructing unique site enhancements.

When asked about advice to other schools, a teacher at Hilltop offered, «You need to focus staff development efforts on becoming better teachers of reading.»

Strategic planning, grant writing, staff development, curriculum and instruction, student assessment, and school leadership are the focus of the annual fall conference.

Administrators can further support teachers» effort to close the gap by providing common preparation time for teacher teams or subject - area specialists, ensuring that professional development is aligned with the goal of improving student success, and providing time at staff meetings for a focused look at results of recent assessments (perhaps by subject area as a starting point).

To understand the literature on reform programs, it is important to examine literature focusing on organizational change as well as staff development literature focusing on individual teacher change (see Richardson & Placier, in press, for a thorough review of both literatures).

To counteract the effects of staff churn, and to help boost retention rates and improve teacher agency, VCS is now hyper - focused on providing ongoing Professional Development (PD) opportunities for new and existing staff — and they're using DreamBox PD resources, such as MyFlexPD, ™ to help get everyone up to speed fast.

An author and literacy consultant, Opitz provides inservice and staff development sessions and presents at state and international conferences and also works with elementary school teachers to plan, teach, and evaluate lessons focused on different aspects of literacy.

This one - year program begins with a rigorous summer intensive (two weeks), and continues with four intersessions throughout the school year, during which participants focus on Relay's key instructional pillars: observation and feedback, data - driven instruction, positive student culture of high expectations, adult professional development, instructional planning, an aligned staff culture and strategic leadership.

And close to half reported that district leaders infrequently provided «quality staff development focused on high priority areas of instruction.»

In such circumstances, both schools and their staff are under enormous pressure and, despite the undoubted benefits of investing and engaging in staff professional development, truly effective professional development, which is collaborative, pupil focused and teacher driven, gets pushed aside.

At the heart of their recommendations, compiled in two separate policy papers, are the following strategies: empowering principals and educators with more autonomy over staffing; leadership and coaching opportunities for excellent teachers; student - focused professional development designed at the school site; direct investment in community engagement; and financial incentives to attract and keep teachers making progress with their students (based on a multi-measured evaluation system) in hard - to - staff schools.

«Leaders in education need to have a strong focus on providing suitable opportunities for the professional development of staff at all levels in order to nurture confident and creative teaching and learning.»

All participants will attend a 12 - day summer session and four additional weekend «intersessions,» during which they focus on Relay's key instructional pillars: observation and feedback, data - driven instruction, positive student culture of high expectations, adult professional development, instructional planning, an aligned staff culture, and strategic leadership.

At our school, we began the conversation with ongoing staff development for teachers and administrators that focuses on vertical alignment of curricula, and the development of formative assessments.

Safe & Civil Schools offers a full range of staff development services that bring over three decades of research into today's classrooms using the focused content of the Safe & Civil Schools series.

Mr. DeMartin is currently pursuing his doctorate in educational leadership and management from Capella University with an action research professional curriculum project focused on the improvement of professional development practices for alternative education faculty and staff.