Sentences with phrase «improvement efforts based»

And, most important, mortality and infection rates in hospitals have decreased substantially due to continuous quality improvement efforts based on evidence of effective practice.

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Going back to the sudden upswing in forecasts, I always ask my clients what they are basing the improvement on, excluding increased effort on their part.

The next steps for the Calgary - based Canada GEM team include disseminating the findings and applying what they've learned to guide and benchmark the university's ongoing efforts to close the gap on some of the opportunities for improvement.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

Last week the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) disclosed plans for a World Cereal Center that would consolidate efforts at the Mexico - based International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the Philippines» International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

«Understanding how Cas9 is able to locate specific 20 - base - pair target sequences within genomes that are millions to billions of base pairs long may enable improvements to gene targeting and genome editing efforts in bacteria and other types of cells,» says Doudna who holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab's Physical Biosciences Division and UC Berkeley's Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Department of Chemistry, and is also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

Ecosystem - based approaches provide an important route to sustainable action and represent a vital insurance policy against irreversible damage from climate change, whereas failure to acknowledge the relationship between climate change and biodiversity and failure to act swiftly and in an integrated manner could undermine efforts for improvements in both areas.

The Washington - based research organization, which supports deregulation and market - driven school improvement efforts, gives the United States as a whole a D - plus in its report, «The Quest for Better Teachers: Grading the States.»

My goal was to create a model that integrates research - based strategies into a unified whole that provides direction and coherence to school improvement efforts.

During this six - day institute, you will have an opportunity to step back, evaluate your efforts, explore successful school improvement models, and practice research - based techniques that will make you a more effective manager of innovation and change.

Aimed primarily at reducing the dropout rate and improving student achievement, the Boston Compact represents the most comprehensive and broad - based school - improvement effort in the country, according to Robert B. Schwartz, a special assistant to the president of...

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), envisions a powerful role for states in managing the evidence base behind school improvement efforts.

In exchange for that flexibility, the administration will require states to adopt standards for college and career readiness, focus improvement efforts on 15 percent of the most troubled schools, and create guidelines for teacher evaluations based in part on student performance.

Not only must they certify that interventions meet the «evidence - based» requirements spelled out in the law, they also must monitor and evaluate federally funded school - improvement efforts going forward.

When decision making about resources, chiefly personnel, is decentralized to the school level, the principal and other site - based leaders can further their improvement efforts by hiring teachers and staff with qualifications that match the school's needs.

Based on the school improvement plan, that team should choose four goals (two academic goals, one behavioral, and one focused on improving school climate) on which it will focus its efforts.

Based on the largest - ever analysis of research on effective school leaders, our school - level leadership PD guides principals in choosing the right focus for school improvement efforts; effectively leading changes in your school; and transforming your school culture into a purposeful community that believes it can make a difference.

The department shall require school districts and BOCES to report on an annual basis information related to the school district's efforts to address the performance of teachers whose performance is evaluated as unsatisfactory, including information related to the implementation of teacher improvement plans for teachers so evaluated.

He worked with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to design and develop the free, Web - based Data - Based Decision Making Tool: A Resource for Teachers (www.edvantia.org/dbdm), a comprehensive guide for developing and implementing school improvement efforts; and also developed the Web - based version of the K - 12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Gbased Data - Based Decision Making Tool: A Resource for Teachers (www.edvantia.org/dbdm), a comprehensive guide for developing and implementing school improvement efforts; and also developed the Web - based version of the K - 12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education GBased Decision Making Tool: A Resource for Teachers (www.edvantia.org/dbdm), a comprehensive guide for developing and implementing school improvement efforts; and also developed the Web - based version of the K - 12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Gbased version of the K - 12 Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO, Calculator (www.edvantia.org/tco), which is based on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Gbased on the work of the Integrated Technology in Education Group.

District leaders need to establish clear expectations across multiple dimensions of improvement activity as the bases for increasing coherence, coordination, and synergy in the effectiveness of district improvement efforts over time.

Because research clearly shows that teacher expertise is the most significant school - based influence on student learning, one would think that investments in enhancing teacher expertise would be a major focus of school improvement efforts.

School leaders should create a broad - based site council — composed of administrators, teachers, support staff members, parents, community members, and students when appropriate — that is responsible for overseeing school improvement efforts.

The CSFs are grounded in evidence - based research and have proven to be vital components for enhancing student learning and implementing continuous improvement efforts.

It's about creating conditions where all staff, especially teachers, can rapidly increase their effectiveness through meaningful professional learning aligned with improvement efforts, receive actionable feedback based on data, and take advantage of increased time for collaboration and instructional coaching.

Kane argued that states will need a «scalable model of impact evaluation» to make evidence based changes to school improvement efforts.

In this new column for Educational Leadership, experienced researchers at the American Institutes for Research will discuss research - based practices, providing educators on the front lines of school improvement efforts with the information they need to make the best instructional decisions.

Resistance may be based on district - community tensions, failed past school improvement efforts, or a lack of understanding about what is possible in schools.

State and local policymakers should consider enhancing school improvement efforts through an evidence - based focus on students» learning mindsets and skills.

Schools in the iZone will implement research - based intervention strategies and conditions that build on the existing improvement efforts at each of the school buildings.

He joined the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education in 2014 as a Senior Vice President with responsibility for government relations, program development, and initiatives to support member institutions in their evidence - based program improvement efforts.

In addition, this consensus statement outlines a core set of research - based systemic, instructional and relational goals as well as processes that underscore, characterize and shape both effective school climate improvement and pro-social instructional efforts.

Data - driven and research - based improvement efforts that focus on raising student achievement.

By placing instruction and a coherent curriculum based on Common Core standards at the center of a five - to 10 - year improvement effort and by building school, district, state and organizational capacity to continuously support that implementation, we should be well on our way to a successful launch of these potentially transformative standards.

It offers interactive sessions that will allow school and district based participants to share best practices in the school improvement effort.

A School - Based Behavioral Healthcare Framework adopted in Alameda County to inform practice — intended to: create a common reference from which educators, service providers, funders, and evaluators can collaborate; serve as a training and technical assistance tool for current, new, and potential partners; serve as a foundation for schools, districts, and providers to target improvements in existing school - based behavioral health systems; and function as a basis for evaluation improvement effBased Behavioral Healthcare Framework adopted in Alameda County to inform practice — intended to: create a common reference from which educators, service providers, funders, and evaluators can collaborate; serve as a training and technical assistance tool for current, new, and potential partners; serve as a foundation for schools, districts, and providers to target improvements in existing school - based behavioral health systems; and function as a basis for evaluation improvement effbased behavioral health systems; and function as a basis for evaluation improvement efforts,

ESSA requires that states employ evidence - based interventions and use 7 % of their Title I dollars to support these school - improvement efforts.

Oregon's efforts to support innovation and school improvement have focused on proficiency - based learning models and early steps toward creating multiple measures data dashboards.

Participants will be a mix of seasoned and new principals who will convene to discuss the degree to which data are currently used to inform team decisions, examine evidence - based practices to strengthen the use of data across the district, and collaborate with colleagues on how the effective use of data supports continuous improvement efforts.

Our own modification of this framework is based on theoretical and empirical accounts of the conditions required for development of motivation and capacity on the part of school people to engage productively in improvement efforts.

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Our analysis of 700,000 hip and 150,000 elbow records in the publically available OFA database demonstrate clearly that efforts to reduce the frequency and severity of hip dysplasia, and its secondary osteoarthritis in the USA based on radiographic evaluation (phenotype), have met with meager improvement in genetic quality as measured by estimated hip score breeding values since 1970 (Hou et al., 2014).

The Postdoc will be responsible for preparing long - term lidar and radar measurements for use with a newly developed ground - based lidar - radar simulator for ModelE3, running ModelE3 baseline and sensitivity test simulations, preparing comparisons of aerosol and meteorological conditions with existing reanalysis and satellite data sets, and contributing to model improvement efforts that will be guided by project results.

MarketingSherpa speculates that the reason for broader testing is that «tweaking» elements based on testing can produce dramatic improvements in campaign results and has proven to be well worth the time and effort required.

According to Michael Bryant, Co-Founder and CEO of nSource, «With a focus on driving more profits to the bottom line and the need to streamline efforts to focus on delivering the highest levels of service to clients, law firms have historically studied their back / middle office operations for one of two reasons: 1) As part of a broad - based cost savings / optimization effort or 2) Attorney - driven demand for service improvement due to dissatisfaction with quality, availability of services.

Only by taking a candid and honest view of the current state of affairs do we have a basis for deciding what is required to make improvements and how to prioritise those efforts.

Early Loss Mitigation Supervisor (9/2008 — 4/2010) • Managed unit of approximately 8 to 15 collectors while ensuring the achievement of unit objectives and related standards • Compiled and analyzed statistical data relative to unit productivity, monitoring live calls while providing feedback to staff • Provide advice and question resolution concerning collection activities, reviewing the status of severely delinquent accounts and handling all loss mitigation efforts • Advised staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocated critical resources, and developed work schedules • Train current and new staff members as well as conduct performance reviews, making recommendations as needed regarding corrective actions and suggested dismissals • Assist departmental manager with training course scheduling for entire department • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers on a regular and ad - hoc basis • Traveled to Chatsworth, CA as supervisor, developing observations and recommendations which led to facility improvements • Acted as representative to the Washington Mutual conversion to early loss mitigation in Albion, NY, sharing best practices from Chase

RCCHSD articulates the need for child protection systems to adopt evidence - based practices in its system reform and practice improvement efforts.

It was the first step in a multi-year effort to build a neighborhood - based quality improvement system.

The authors of Collaborative School Improvement argue that districts can play a powerful part in helping schools build the capacity to engage in inquiry - based reform — but that this effort requires a shift in districts» traditional role as a professional development provider.

By supporting continuous program improvement efforts, focusing on teacher training, coordinating the administration of early education programs, creatively combining funding sources, and building a broad - based coalition of support, these four states are advancing high - quality early education opportunities for their youngest citizens.