Sentences with phrase «improve meaningful outcomes»

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This shift can not only shape what research happens, but how research happens, making our science more relevant to policy outcomes and more meaningful to communities... Community engagement is not only outreach — it has the power to transform and improve our science,» said Kirsten Schwarz, associate professor of biological sciences and director of the Ecological Stewardship Institute at Northern Kentucky University.

In Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners Ailsa MacFie uses a body of research, plus her own experiences as a teacher in a high Aboriginal population boarding school in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students.

No one doubts that most workers have to use computers, but many students may already possess the skills they need and it seems doubtful that raising average computer skills would lead to significant changes in employment outcomes — and that's assuming we can improve computer skills in a meaningful way.

As research points out, small schools improve life outcomes by helping more students graduate, thus providing them with the opportunities to attend college, find meaningful employment, and become productive citizens.

Jacynta Krakouer provides a snapshot of Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners, which has practical tools for teachers wanting to improve outcomes for Indigenous students.

It is currently developing a meaningful way to collate evidence of the positive impact of play spaces installed by API members and will be submitting evidence to the new All - Party Commission on Physical Activity to highlight the role for play in tackling the physical inactivity epidemic and improving child health outcomes.

The DOE states that, «by implementing robust and meaningful teacher and principal evaluations, we aim to improve teacher quality and thus student outcomes.

«Statistical methods are like the telescope and a microscope that enable us to explore education data that provide more meaningful understanding of educational issues, and also to utilize data - based evidence to improve school and student outcomes,» he says.

These findings are a step forward in understanding the potential for improving student academic outcomes through meaningful teacher and family collaboration.

Simmons candidly revealed her experience on what works to improve student outcomes and led a meaningful discussion among members about best practices.

They can focus on serious, substantial and meaningful issues to improve schools; they can also fully impact research, practice and outcomes throughout schools.

The «skinny» budget also strips states and districts of flexibilities available under ESSA before they can ever be used, limiting the ability of Chiefs to affect meaningful change that will improve teaching and learning and lead to dramatic progress in academic outcomes for all kids.

Rather, we should treat the creation of these schools as a means to enhance the reflectiveness of educators, develop authoritative communities of practice, provide meaningful options for families, and improve academic, civic, and personal outcomes for young people.

To promote cultures of continuous growth, schools and school districts should encourage and support feedback loops, honest coaching conversations, and collaboration toward improved student outcomes.59 A recent report found that when teachers are more open to feedback, their evaluation scores are more likely to increase over time.60 Furthermore, the introduction of new teacher evaluation systems in recent years has created an opportunity to provide teachers with much more effective feedback and to more intentionally target professional learning to individual teachers» needs.61 When professional learning is rooted in collaboration and meaningful opportunities to apply new skills, these systems can become essential components of evaluation systems that support teacher growth.62

This approach will make it possible to scale impact and provide approximately 2,400 classroom teachers with the kinds of meaningful professional growth opportunities that will help them improve their craft and increase academic outcomes for more than 40,000 students.

This year, the U.S. delegation introduced Teach to Lead, an initiative that seeks to advance student outcomes by expanding opportunities for teacher leadership both in and out of the classroom, to the global stage sparking international interest in this teacher - led and designed initiative to promote meaningful opportunities for teacher leadership that improve student outcomes.

One such challenge was significant limitations regarding the underlying validity of the data that were to inform judgments about performance and accountability, which corresponded with a less than robust picture of the meaningful steps that should then be taken to improve systems and yield better student learning and outcomes.

Great teachers also collaborate with colleagues in order to improve student outcomes, take part in schoolwide improvement initiatives, develop meaningful relationships with students and parents, and manage classroom behavior.7

Amid local efforts to improve education outcomes in districts with fewer resources, superintendents expressed worries last year that lawmakers would not pass meaningful school finance reform without a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court ordering them to do so.

One is not better than the other and at the heart of each is the desire to improve student outcomes through effective and meaningful instruction.

The enhanced tax efficiency that NextShares may provide can be a meaningful source of improved investor outcomes.

Additionally, you will: * Lead with Heart — display empathy and compassion for your patients, customers, caregivers and colleagues on your team * Motivate, inspire and develop your Pharmacy Support Staff by balancing assignments that maximize colleagues» strengths, address development opportunities and decrease knowledge gaps * Identify critical business opportunities and meaningful solutions to drive growth and improve performance in your pharmacy * Successfully implement those solutions by leading your team to achieve specified goals * Adapt to change and adjust plans to thrive in a dynamic community healthcare setting * Seek new ways to grow, collaborate with others and deliver better outcomes * Align others around purpose to gain support and commitment * Facilitate a «team» culture that promotes caring, energy, enthusiasm and pride * Apply acquired knowledge to help drive healthy outcomes and differentiate CVS from competitors * The above represents a summary of the functions of a Pharmacy Manager.

«Establishment of this new body means governments now have the opportunity to improve outcomes through policies and programs developed in an environment of the real and meaningful engagement that can emerge from a credible national representative voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,» Commissioner Gooda said.

Community Partnerships that Improve Child and Family Outcomes (WMV - 79 MB) May 18, 2011 Webinar presenters illustrated strategies and approaches implemented by a child welfare agency to move beyond traditional interagency partnerships and remove barriers to authentic and meaningful community involvement in child welfare decision - making.

is an experiential program, where children (6 — 12 years old) and parent / s (or significant caregiver / s) engage in structured activities and discussions that are fun, inspiring, support meaningful family connection and aim to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people.

The review found that the government's failure to base their policies on meaningful consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is a core reason why the strategy failed to significantly improve health outcomes.

Engage families of children with disabilities in meaningful ways to promote children's school readiness and improve their outcomes.

The Commission is of the view that while the native title system is currently limited in its ability to deliver meaningful outcomes to a significant number of Indigenous peoples and their communities, many of the issues identified in the Discussion Paper, apart from the section on tax policy, can be improved by building capacity and providing skills to communities to negotiate fairly, and on an equal footing.

The study is examining the elements of CFE that are most effective for creating meaningful connections for children who have been removed and the degree to which CFE can be adopted by other jurisdictions to improve permanency outcomes for children.