Sentences with phrase «general educational development»

It is designed to assess high school students» general educational development and their ability to complete college - level work.

SAT — One of two commonly used tests designed to assess high school students» general educational development and required for college entrance by many institutions of higher education; published and administered by the College Board.

ACT — One of two commonly used tests designed to assess high school students» general educational development and their ability to complete college - level work in four skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning.

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Since World War II, the General Educational Development program has offered more than 12 million high - school dropouts a ticket back into the educational mainstream.

During the press conference celebrated after the Open Ceremony of the World Education Forum 2015, UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova, and the Secretary - General of the United Nations, Ban Ki - moon, they expressed the important role of building a global citizenship to be succeed with the educational targets of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

General teacher education and development, foundations of education, second language acquisition theory, sociolinguistics, multicultural education, history of language minority students in the U.S. educational system, field supervision of candidates for culturally and linguistically diverse endorsement and MAT degree.

http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/ A Synthesis of Research on Reading from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Bonita Grossen University of Oregon November, 1997 The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) educational research program, initiated in 1965, began to focus more on reading difficulties as it became clear how extensive the reading problem was in the general population.

The article offers five practices that can help schools improve educational achievement for these students: acceptance of shared responsibility by school staff; a dual curriculum that promotes language development as well as academic needs; careful consideration of how to integrate immigrants with the general school population; extended learning time; and individual progress records.

http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/ A Synthesis of Research on Reading from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Author: Bonita Grossen University of Oregon November, 1997 The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) educational research program, initiated in 1965, began to focus more on reading difficulties as it became clear how extensive the reading problem was in the general population.

We partner with Summit Behavioral Services to provide our general education and special education teams with individual and group professional development for strategies and systems to support positive student behavior and optimal student learning within our school's unique educational model.

Now, as you watch the bouncing ball, note that although one can't imagine that Pryor was trying to «doctor» the job posting, the advertisement did include the rather odd addition that, «A 092 Certificate (Intermediate Administrator), or 093 Certificate (Superintendent), Sixth Year Diploma in Educational Leadership, or an Ed.D. (Doctorate in Educational Leadership) may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience» and «An advanced degree and five (5) years of managerial experience in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service may substitute for the General Experience and the Special Experience.»

(5) To produce, publish and distribute to the general public educational materials about the proper care, treatment, breeding, health, development and training of collies.

The Report's central conclusion is that, although traditional legal pedagogy is very effective in certain aspects, it overemphasizes legal theory and underemphasizes practical skills and professional development.5 By focusing on theory in the abstract setting of the classroom, the Report argues, traditional legal education undermines the ethical foundations of law students and fails to prepare them adequately for actual practice.6 Traditional legal education is effective in teaching students to «think like lawyers,» but needs significant improvement in teaching them to function as ethical and responsible professionals after law school.7 As I will discuss in greater detail below, in general, the Report recommends «contextualizing» and «humanizing» legal education by integrating clinical and professional responsibility courses into the traditional core curriculum.8 In this way, students will learn to think like lawyers in the concrete setting of actual cases and clients.9 The Report refers to pedagogical theories developed in other educational settings and argues that these theories show that teaching legal theory in the context of practice will not only better prepare students to be lawyers, it will also foster development of a greater and more deeply felt sense of ethical and professional identity.10

She has thirty - five years of experience in non-profit administration, specializing in the development of educational safety and health programs for the community and general public.

Participated in educational needs assessments, curriculum design and instructional material development activities to publish new experimental modules and rejuvenate the General Chemistry laboratory experience in a two - course sequence.

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Provided administrative support to senior leadership ensuring efficient and effective operations Hired, trained, and managed junior administrative support team members and student interns Served as liaison between office and other departments, special guests, and the general public Interacted with University President, Fortune 500 CEO's, donors, alumni, and community leaders Coordinated official University internal and external communications Created and implemented educational seminars, materials, and related activities Planned and orchestrated domestic and international travel and lodging arrangements Oversaw accounting, development, and other financial activities Responsible for scheduling meetings, conference calls, events, and collegiate programming Handled office support functions including phones, data entry, and office supply inventory Performed all duties in a professional, courteous, and positive manner

First, parent support programs improve parental competence / confidence and parental beliefs that child - initiated interactions are most important in parent - child interactions.7, 8 Second, although general parent support programs support social - emotional development of children, parent support that is directed at parental emotional and educational / economic development has an enhanced impact on child social - emotional development.9 Third, participatory help - giving practices contribute the most to parents» judgment of their children's emotional competence.7 Fourth, group approaches to parental support have a more powerful effect on child social - emotional competence than home - visiting approaches.9

VPO major functions are: (a) Coordination of the development, implementation, and evaluation of two major programs: the ACT / Raising Safe Kids Program (parenting skills training and child maltreatment prevention program) and The Effective Providers for Child Victims of Violence Program (training for mental health and other professionals on trauma, assessment tools and treatment models for children victimized by violence); (b) Development of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention odevelopment, implementation, and evaluation of two major programs: the ACT / Raising Safe Kids Program (parenting skills training and child maltreatment prevention program) and The Effective Providers for Child Victims of Violence Program (training for mental health and other professionals on trauma, assessment tools and treatment models for children victimized by violence); (b) Development of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention oDevelopment of training and educational materials, technical assistance and training to professionals and organizations participating in both programs; (c) Dissemination of research - based knowledge, information, and materials to professionals and the general public on violence, prevention and related topics through Web (www.actagainstviolence.apa.org), Facebook page www.Facebook.com/ACTRaisingSafeKids and other social media outlets; (d) Collaboration with other national associations, national collaboratives, and federal agencies to promote the contributions of psychology and psychologists to the understanding and prevention of violence.

JHV publishes evidence - based, accessible articles providing the professional and educational support that health visitors need to assist their own development, improve standards of care, and meet the health needs of the general public.

This forced me to take some really great educational courses such as Google Earth for Practitioners and general land development trainings.