Sentences with phrase «for meaningful association»

«the freedom to engage in productive work — even where that is not required in order to survive — is indeed an important component of human dignity,... for mankind is pre-eminently a social species with an instinct for meaningful association.

This can be off - putting for those looking for a meaningful association.

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Telephone operators at the service center have been unable to provide meaningful assistance and in some cases have provided wrong information, leading to delays and rejections of applications, said legal specialists at the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Washington, D.C. «The system is utterly inadequate for problem resolution,» said Bob Deasy, who leads a liaison group that links the immigration lawyers» group and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Meanwhile, the conception of the church under the impact first of «toleration» and then of complete freedom and separation had largely lost the sacramental dimension which traditionally had sanctified her regular observances under Episcopal direction by making them intrinsically meaningful, and had become that of a voluntary association of explicitly convinced Christians for the purpose of mutual edification in the worship of God and the propagandization of the Christian faith as the group defined it.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

«We're dealing with two days» notice for a task force meeting which has been billed as a way of seeking meaningful input from school board members and others on Common Core concerns,» said Lorraine Deller, executive director of the Nassau - Suffolk School Boards Association.

The monarch also reiterated the need for effective policing of community development associations in order to ensure that the youths engaged themselves in meaningful and productive ventures.

A collaborative group including the CRI Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC), the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy (CIMT) Immunoguiding Program (CIP), and scientists at Stanford University launch the Minimal Information About T cell Assays (MIATA) Project, the first systematic effort to establish a framework for reporting immune monitoring data from T cell assays used in clinical trials, with the goal of fostering reliability of data to facilitate meaningful interpretation, comparison, and meta - analysis across clinical trials.

This demonstrates the usefulness of our approach for exploiting public microarray data to derive biologically meaningful associations between experimental factors.

A study done in 2011 by the Studies & Research Committee of the Massachusetts Reading Association states that, «Effective vocabulary instruction is characterized by deliberate selection of words to be taught and frequent opportunities for students to interact with the words in meaningful contexts.

Seeing, saying, and experiencing meaningful and personal reminders can effectively create associations and metaphors that the brain desires and needs for personalizing new responses.

[xi] Teacher associations, for their part, continue to push back against teacher evaluation systems that focus on objective measures of student achievement and provide any meaningful differentiation between teachers.

To state the association's opposition to «parent trigger laws» and to offer recommendations to federal, state, district, and school leaders about how to ensure meaningful parent and family engagement in school reform efforts for the success of all students.

The National Association of State Boards of Education, the Hunt Institute and the National Council of State Legislatures held a webinar titled, «Ensuring Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement under ESSA,» where state regulators could listen in to a panel discussion on best practices for engaging important stakeholders throughout the development of state accountability plans.

The Florida Education Association gathered 17 top teachers and together they came up with an evaluation system that would provide more meaningful, productive evaluations that teachers could use to improve, would provide ongoing support and opportunities for teacher promotion, and would even allow for a fair, equitable system of merit pay.

In an online letter to members, Association of California School Administrators executive director Wes Smith hints that his organization will be lobbying for a legislative solution in the current session, saying ACSA is committed to working on a meaningful «educator effectiveness» bill — so named, he points out, because principals and superintendents have a responsibility to support teachers in delivering a high - quality education for all students.

The organizations — which include AT&T, Boeing, Business Roundtable, Hewlett - Packard, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)-- are recommending that the reauthorized Perkins Act align CTE programs to local labor markets; support meaningful collaboration between high schools, postsecondary institutions, and employers; and increase student participation in internships, apprenticeships, and mentorships for on - site learning opportunities.

Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss, Superintendent of Schools, said, «To be recognized as a Top Digital School District by The National School Boards Association and The Center for Digital Education is yet another indication of the dedication of our board members, teachers, administrators and parents to provide the most meaningful technology - rich learning opportunities for our students.»

The National Association of School Psychologists applauds Congress for introducing an omnibus spending bill that provides meaningful investments to help schools meet the needs of all students.

The American Booksellers Association partnered with Kobo to make Kobos available to member stores, but I can't imagine it's generated any meaningful revenue for anyone.

While it is difficult to cope with the loss, many people are seeking meaningful ways to memorialize their beloved pets» lives.According the American Pet Products Association's (APPA) 2007 - 2008 National Pet Owners Survey, two - to - three - out - of - ten pet owners say they plan to buy some item for their pets» remains or to memorialize their pet.

«With the need for meaningful change and transparency more relevant than ever, I look forward to bringing together a broad coalition of industry leaders, animal welfare organizations, companies, associations and individuals to collaborate on developing animal care standards that will benefit pets, consumers and the industry.»

Nevertheless, utilizing functional and genomic relationships yielded meaningful associations of risk for purebred groupings.

Play often affords us questions that allow for seemingly meaningful and possibly meaningless associations in which we negotiate and situate ourselves, distributing varying degrees of care.

The majority, written by Chief Justice McLachlin and Justice LeBel, held the AEPA did not violate s. 2 (d) because it provided a meaningful exercise of the right of association and a tribunal for dispute resolution.

There is a significant opportunity here for solution providers, firms, state bars, and professional associations to come together to develop a meaningful set of requirements and certifications for the industry.

This further supports encoding theories [9] More recent research in associative recognition shows support that semantic meaning of nameable pictures is activated faster than that of words, allowing for more meaningful associations between items depicted as pictures to be generated.

Legal Counsel Balasa presented «Who Can Enter Orders into the EHR for Meaningful Use: What You Need to Know» at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Dermatology Administrators and Managers (ADAM) March 20, 2015, in San Francisco, California.

On May 16, 2014, Executive Director Balasa presented a 90 - minute session entitled «CMS Rule for Meaningful Use Order Entry» at the Michigan Osteopathic Association Annual Practice Manager Program in Detroit, Michigan.

Play is as important to good health as love and meaningful work, according to the Association for Play Therapy.

In addition, programs need to be staffed at a level that allows for teacher - child ratios that are appropriate for the age of the children and the size of the group, such as those required for programs accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.44 Low teacher - child ratios enable teachers to focus on the individual needs of the children and engage them in meaningful interactions.45 This means having both an adequate number of teachers specifically assigned to a classroom, as well as providing sufficient substitutes or floaters to cover for breaks, planning time, and paid leave.

The National Association of School Psychologists applauds Congress for introducing an omnibus spending bill that provides meaningful investments to help schools meet the needs of all students.

As a result, no meaningful associations between body weight and the perceived parent — child relationship were apparent except for slightly less perceived parental confidence in overweight children compared to normal weight children.

The association also wants the ministry to require all applicants for a prospector's license to pass a «meaningful» test on prospecting methodology, non-intrusive staking practices, environmental regulations, surface holders rights, relations and compensation practices.