Sentences with phrase «high level discussions with»

We engaged in six months of high level discussions with executives and engineers at Ford Motors, along with Prof. Andy Frank and Ford advisor / architect / designer William McDonough.

Not exact matches

Daily scrum meetings can be used for reviewing recent accomplishments and current roadblocks, while monthly meetings can be observing the progress at a higher level, with reports and strategy discussions.

The conversations, including with generics giants Mylan and Sandoz, a unit of Novartis, have been high - level, and the nature of Amazon's plans isn't yet clear, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions aren't public.

The review meeting starts with a discussion of the lower - level employees, whose performance is debated in front of higher - level managers.

This year's theme is «Leading with Purpose,» and the agenda featured one - on one interviews, panel discussions, interactive breakout sessions and high - level networking.

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he had engaged in «high - level» discussions with foreign counterparts aimed at enabling the United State to rejoin the treaty with Japan and 10 other nations.

Participants had meaningful discussions with high - level representatives regarding each companies» business models, milestones, growth path, and strategies going forward.

Some members have held high - level meetings with foreign leaders, urged U.S. embassies to investigate situations of repression, and lobbied the White House and State Department to address particular issues in bilateral discussions.

The aim is a detailed and high - level discussion for a maximum of 20 participants with the UK's leading experts on father - inclusive practice.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

High - quality speakers guarantee the core of the programme, but the main excitement comes from the interaction with the younger Chinese scientists, mostly at the postdoctoral level who attend and participate in the discussions.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in partnership with The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, has announced the establishment of the Kavli Prize Science Forum — a new biennial international forum meeting to facilitate high - level, global discussion of major topics on science and science policy.

We can say everything we want about how much [credibility] we should invest in a one - time test, but some of the most poignant discussions I've had are with parents who didn't find out until their child was in the seventh or eighth grade that she or he was way behind — not reading up to par, not doing math up to par, and not prepared to take on high - school - level work.

This lesson includes: - Clear learning objectives, - Fully differentiated resources, - Opportunities for group work, class discussions and extended writing, - Pace and challenge throughout, - Differentiated homework task to extend learning, - High level analysis of challenging texts, - Links to relevant clips, - Lesson graded as outstanding by observers, - 2 hour lesson with a clear split for 2x 1hour lessons.

In numerous forums, lectures, congresses, workshops and discussion rounds, the high - level supporting programme deals with the current developments in the field of education and pedagogy.

In this study, differentiated instruction began with a book discussion and read aloud, with time for independent reading, and integrated reading strategies or higher - level - thinking questions.

Boyle adds: «Pastoral support relies on a high level of attentiveness so we have created Pastoral Auditor to prompt appropriate discussions amongst teachers and tutors with their student groups.

High level resource to prompt discussion on the problems with young people and alcohol.

This Focus On begins with a brief discussion of key aspects of a teacher's role in establishing a classroom environment supportive of high levels of learning.

The ability to respond to text, or response - ability... is nurtured when students have opportunities to [discuss] meaning [of that text with their peers]... Engaging in discussion about text results in deeper understanding, higher level thinking, and improved communication skills.»

The benefits of participating in classroom discussions of literature are numerous and center around cognitive, social and affective dimensions: «From a cognitive standpoint, students may gradually internalize some of the interpretive behaviors that are associated with higher levels of thinking.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 21 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (7 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 4 - 7, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Contexts match - up * Exploring working class vs. middle class stereotypes * Shared reading and discussion of the whole play * Creating theatre publicity posters * In - depth analysis of key scnes (Act 1 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 1; Act 2 Scene 5) * Writing to describe - script to prose * Features of writing to inform and explain * AfL - improving a sample application letter * Role play - creating and performing an extra scene for the play * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

Improving Schoolwide Numeracy A discussion with Judith Richardson, the author of Making the Mathematics Curriculum Count, about improving mathematical literacy, or numeracy, at the middle and high school levels.

This critical thinking lesson is an example of an interactive read aloud that can be modified to use with grades 1 — 5 utilizing the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels II & III to promote higher levels of text discuLevels II & III to promote higher levels of text disculevels of text discussion.

In Singapore, for example, teachers have 20 hours per week scheduled to work with colleagues, including time for «action research,» through which teachers identify and solve shared problems through discussion and classroom experimentation.20 Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level goals.21

«[B] een in high - level discussions with decision makers at the U.S. Department of Education to determine how Connecticut can meet onerous federal requirements, while still reducing testing.

The Internet giant says only those at the very highest levels of the executive flow chart are in discussion with a potential partner or partners, and they're not talking.

With fiction, developmental work might involve high - level discussions on character arcs, themes, plotting, and pacing.

As a result of discussions with the Publisher Defendants, Apple learned that the Publisher Defendants shared a common objective with Apple to limit e-book retail price competition, and that the Publisher Defendants also desired to have popular e-book retail prices stabilize at levels significantly higher than $ 9.99.

Last year, we filed a formal letter with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and followed up with high - level discussions on comprehensively updating the 1966 Animal Welfare Act.

Today we'll discuss the higher level decisions you should be making about your miles (and money) and hopefully open up discussion regarding if / when you should even bother with miles.

SRI continues its longstanding legacy in Antigua with Sandals Grande Antigua, an award - winning resort which debuted in 1991 as the first Sandals Resorts outside of Jamaica and remains in high - level discussions to introduce the first Beaches Resorts to the island of Antigua.

Once again, the show welcomed a number of new initiatives including the launch of the ATM Global Stage, which opened the week's proceedings with a high level panel discussion on the future of tourism in the UAE featuring leading industry leaders including Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation Travel and Commerce Marketing; Sultan Al Mutawa Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority; H.E Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority; Haitham Mattar, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority; Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO, Shurooq; Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates Airline; Gerald Lawless, Head of Tourism, Dubai Holding and Honorary President, Jumeirah Group and Aligi Gardenghi, VP Marketing EMEA and Commercial Director MEA, Hilton.

The courses that have shown a high - level of quality engagement with industry, he adds, will no doubt be in discussion with their industry partners about the implications for their curriculum that PS4 may bring.

One should be able to look to the academies worldwide for an open, balanced, and full discussion of these matters, with engineering - level integrity when contemplating what actions to take: in practice, the level of «post-normal science» (where the «facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high, and decisions urgent») gets in the way.

Monday afternoon's roundtable discussion began with a presentation from the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) report and Harry de Gorter, agricultural trade expert from Cornell University.

Climate Action, in a joint effort with UNEP Finance Initiative and CDP, announced today the high - level panel discussion that will close the Sustainable Investment Forum 2017.

After a discussion on global warming, using examples from Plan B 2.0, Utah's governor appointed 15 high - level leaders to a Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee to come up with ways to implement Plan B at the state level.

It is incredibly exciting that the largest producers and consumers of HFCs are dealing with this issue at the highest levels and that Parties to the Montreal Protocol have held the first formal discussions on phasing out these super greenhouse gases.

The World Water Council hopes this report, along with a range of other publications and high - level discussions taking place at the 8th World Water Forum, will provide the necessary impetus to prompt action on this topic.

The other response is to attempt to censor the discussion, although with the recent upwelling of symposia (AGU in December), high - level meetings (Boston) and journal publications (Phil.

The group is an active one with many discussion threads, but this was a discussion that generated a particularly high level of interest and commentary....

To reflect this our original remit involved assisting the development of the legal profession in Russia through mutual exchanges and training programmes, providing advice and assistance in connection with the administration of justice in the Russian Federation and the drafting of legislation and organising high level meetings and round table discussions on developing legal issues.

A renewed discussion about «pre-pack» administrations has emerged as a result of these developments, especially in light of the recent government proposals to amend the legislation relating to pre-pack sales in order to provide creditors (the largest group of which often comprises landlords) with a higher level of protection.

We will start with a high level discussion of the theory behind data creation and manipulation, with demonstrations of public and closed sources for data such as APIs and open government datasets, linked data particularly, and the semantic web generally — what it is, how it has developed so far, examples of related legal projects, and some ideas about its implications for legal resources.

Represent the Platform in discussions with clients, engineering, marketing, business development, and other high - level departments

The idea is to run through your plans and ideas with the employer in the interview and have a higher - level discussion about how you will approach the job and be more successful at it.

The ideal candidate will: · Have a real appetite for success · The ability to exceed weekly targets / KPIs · Creative writing skills · Have a flair for sales and business development · Be highly motivated · Play a key part within a team · Have the ability to multi-task · Demonstrate close attention to detail · Be willing to work long hours · Remain calm under pressure · Be professional with sky high levels of customer service · Be proficient with the use of all Microsoft packages Job Details · Hours: 0700 - 1730 term time and 0830 - 1330 or 1230 - 1730 during all school holidays · 30 days annual leave · Competitive basic with OTE performance related commission · Based in Shoreditch · Possible requirement to stay and work later than the standard finish time · DBS check required If you are interested in this position please contact Ryan at GSL Education on 02077392211 for an initial discussion about the position.

As a second issue warranting extended discussion, personal distress was not found to be broadly related to observed support, an outcome that was contrary to our prediction that in no - escape situations (like the one used in the current study) personal distress would be associated with higher levels of positive support.

Compared with low - hostile behavior couples, high - hostile couples had relatively greater increases in circulating levels of plasma IL - 6 and TNF - α following a conflict discussion than a social support interaction.