Sentences with phrase «focused discussion supported»

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In discussions with our friends at Microsoft — we saw that we were aligned on interests in finding, supporting and investing in AI focused startups in the early days and we worked together to develop the AI: Innovate competition which Microsoft is taking Global.

Our discussions of women and work tend to focus (critically) on the woman advancing her career at the expense of her family, rather than the woman who has no choice but to work to support her family.

This philosophy should be emphasized at these points and others during growth groups: in the publicity inviting participation — for example, «This retreat will have a double purpose, to provide opportunities for us to enrich our own marriages and to discover our capacities to strengthen and encourage each other»; during the establishing of the group contract, near the beginning, when the discussion focuses on the nature of marriage growth; during the evaluation — for example, «How did we support and encourage each other's growth?»

Two trade industry experts join forces with three key players in the supply chain to spearhead this engaging discussion on driving climate action, focusing on how the Climate Collaborative can support efforts to engage everyone that touches your...

In every discussion about fighting inequality or improving chances or protecting the environment or stimulating the economy or supporting parents or focusing on mental health.

The focus groups aimed to establish the social context about breastfeeding support and enabled interactive discussions to take place among participants.

Mr. Boateng who was speaking at a focus group discussion on the «Post 2015 District Level Elections», organized by the NCCE with support from the European Union, to refresh the minds of participants on the country's decentralization concept, stressed that the issue was detrimental to the decentralization process of the country.

Linderman, whose nonpartisan organization focuses on supporting the interests of family farmers in a state where most available land is devoted to farming, said she's been concerned for some time that agriculture has not been part of the presidential discussion.

Through asana, meditation, and discussion, we restore ourselves with a focus on breath awareness, easy movement, and gentle postures supported by props (blocks, blankets, and bolsters), which encourage opening and release.

Discussions of testing and nutritional support for the methylation cycle are a particular focus for this group.

The discussion question might support the curriculum, focusing attention on the climax, or the author's point of view, or some other element of literature that the teacher has introduced in class.

Bring the climate change discussion into your classroom with this free resource produced by the Global Learning Programme to support schools wishing to use the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) as an opportunity to investigate climate change, and at the same time focusing pupils» thinking on ideas such as development, sustainability and interdependence.

Bringing diverse perspectives on the principalship to the discussion, the panelists will engage in dialogue focused on how instructional leadership, distributed leadership, and accountability impact the work of principals in the 21st century and beyond, as well as how to best mentor and support the next generation of school leaders.

Discussions that support text comprehension also include a focus that connects with learners» background knowledge (for example, using the text or personal experience) and require teachers and students to make comments that build on what others have said (Goldenberg, 1992/1993; Murphy et al., 2009).

The video is supported by teachers» notes, providing discussion topics and ideas for activities to explore the refugee crisis in a measured and sensitive way, whether with a focus on Syria or the wider subject of migration and refugees.

Special educators are invited to a dinner and discussion coordinated by Educators for Excellence (E4E) focusing around opportunities for innovation and supporting students.

Join Michelle Young, UCEA Executive Director, as she welcomes three panelists from the UCEA stakeholder community in a discussion focused on how universities and districts can work together to support school level leaders and develop district capacity in this area.

In this, the last in a series of free discussions about key education issues, our panel will address which arrangements best support innovation in education and whether the focus should be on saying which schools and colleges are effective or if we should concentrate more on helping every institution improve what it does for young people.

In a study by Coggins et al. (2003) coaches (i.e., teacher leaders) reported that they were most effective supporting their schools» reform efforts when facilitating teams of teachers in meetings that were focused on instruction (such as analysis of student achievement data and discussions of research).

Educators 4 Excellence - New York Executive Director Jonathan Schleifer said he supported recommendations that focused on teacher preparation, but said it was «impossible to have a serious discussion about many of these recommendations» until evaluation systems were in place.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, issued a statement saying that the study demonstrates «that charter schools are not the panacea they often are made out to be, and that our national focus must continue to include discussion of how to support and improve our regular public schools.»

To support and encourage teacher and student discussions focused on data and feedback, we have implemented Student Advocacy Management (SAM) on our campus.

With support from Eskolta, teachers from all departments at MDPHS are building on their work from the 2013 — 14 school year to focus on improving students» argumentative writing skills by embedding discussion strategies in all classes.

Focusing on evidence prompted further discussions about lesson planning, learning progressions, tiered levels of support, and new instructional strategies to move individual students from where they are to where they need to be.

In this article, the authors focus on how school leaders can support teachers in having more productive discussions in team meetings that focus on data.

What: A frank discussion of the unintended consequences of the current No Child Left Behind Act and presentation of the Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) recommendations to shift the focus of the federal law from penalties and compliance to a more meaningful framework for supporting improved learning and stronger school and district performance.

In Roadmap for Early Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions every day.

We plan to build in lots of time to share your observations and impressions in discussions with national leaders, invited experts, and colleagues, all with a focus on supporting state leaders in their important role of improving the quality of teaching.

In turn, that brings us to perhaps the most powerful lesson to emerge from our focus group discussions: While we learned much about the strengths and ideals that black teachers tend to bring to their work, we were struck mainly by the urgent need to support those teachers professionally and help them build long, productive, and satisfying careers in the public schools.

Jay Blackman, Director of Educational Technology, Tri-Creek School Corporation, IN Jay Blackman's focus to keep instructional programs and practices at the forefront of discussions and the delivery of adequate professional support for teachers, parents, and students contributed to the seamless launch of district's 1:1 initiative that enables a more collaborative learning environment and further supports the school's partnership with the New Tech Network.

She supports three groups of teacher scholars: the teachers at Anna Yates Elementary in Emery Unified who are focusing on academic discussion across all grades and disciplines, TK - 8; a cross-district team of Berkeley Unified music teachers investigating how to support students of color in pursuing musical education beyond the elementary years; and a group of Early Childhood Education Teacher Leaders in Berkeley Unified who are leading their colleagues in Professional Learning Communities with a focus on Social and Emotional Development.

The series focused on methods of training new teachers in three specific teaching high - leverage practices: leading a whole class discussion, using data to inform instruction, and implementing organizational routines, procedures, and strategies to support a learning environment.

The discussion focussed on the potential to create a «bottom up» approach to accountability, with schools and school groups being open to support and challenge from one another.

While much of the ensuing discussion rightly only focuses on certain areas of Title I funding (required by the law on assessment issues) and language on whether to supplement or supplant funding, NAESP is working in tandem with these efforts to influence the USED's actions on Title II funding related to comprehensive state and local support for principals.

One of the things that seems to be rising to the top in these discussions, regardless of any status change, is evaluating the focus of current programming and how much it offers established, published authors versus aspiring authors — which is actually in - tune with the mission * as stated * «The mission of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is: a non-profit, volunteer - run organization dedicated to supporting, encouraging, and educating writers seeking publication in fiction.»

This talk covers the capabilities introduced, followed by a focused discussion of how various games have chosen to evolve their current pipelines to support such concepts as height and ubiquitous pinpointed surround.

As an effort to provide Japanese gamers with a portal for everything revolving around their arcade games, Konami has launched a new site that focuses on bringing game information, player rankings, discussion with mobile device support together to support the players.

In 2014, after much discussion and careful consideration, the Directors determined that FCA could make the greatest impact by focusing on its core mission of supporting individual artists.

In 2013, Dong conceived of a publication initiative with three other curators and critics, which is the annual publication of a journal focused on the topic research, discussion, archiving, and exhibition study of Chinese contemporary art, with support from the formation of an alliance among art professionals and non-profit art museums across China.

Because of the limited length of our letter we were not able to present a comprehensive discussion of the scientific literature that is being cited in support of these linkages so we focused on just one of them: the paper by Francis and Vavrus, «Evidence Linking Arctic Amplification to Extreme Weather in Mid-Latitudes,» in which it is argued that Arctic warming is linked to a range of extreme events in midlatitudes, including the kind of persistent cold that we have been experiencing this winter.

We are in discussions with ACE for our future work - streams and are focused on supporting ASEAN's cleaner coal work programme.

Along with opinion surveys, focus groups and other discussion forums, the government can identify changes to expenditure that are widely supported.

Likewise, on the radio show Breitbart News Daily, host Alex Marlow pushed EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to deny the link between climate change and hurricanes, which Pruitt did, stating, «For opportunistic media to use events like this to, without basis or support, just to simply engage in a cause - and - effect type of discussion, and not focus upon the needs of people, I think is misplaced.»

During the second Mayoral Session, discussions focused on how local governments can contribute to the global agreements, particularly the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda, and define specific requests to national governments in this regard to ensure enabling frameworks are in place to support local climate action.

Then you can focus discussion on what needs to be discussed — the things you find under - supported in some scientific case or another (or the things you find to have merit in the contrarian case that are not generally accepted in mainstream science), vs. seemingly pointless discussions of policy that are based on fundamentally different assessments of physical reality.

We identify three key areas that need more focused discussion to go beyond boutique applications and support CDR at the required gigatonne scale:

However, there was good support for a follow - up process to discuss and shape the statements, showing that the organisers and drafters had correctly judged the desire for a focused discussion on practical steps for governance.

-- Contrarians» focus on these «issues» is really just cherrypicking through scientific evidence to support a pre-conceived agenda — Policy discussion should not be excluded.

The discussion focused on the interpretation and legal support behind forum / venue selection clauses, merger clauses, arbitration provisions, prevailing party clauses, jury waivers, and others.

Some of Pinker's discussion on this issue is aimed at those writing persuasive texts — suggesting, for example, that a writer should focus on the evidence that supports his or her position.