Sentences with phrase «in meaningful skill»

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By providing a meaningful disclosure about potential Board members, shareholders will be better able to judge how well - suited individual board nominees are for the Company and whether their listed skills, experience and attributes are appropriate in light of the Company's overall business strategy.

As you set out on your quest to find a life coach, look for someone who possesses excellent listening skills, but they must also be able to formulate meaningful follow - up questions to ensure that you think about your process in the right ways.

Similar to those stores, the new location in Englewood will support efforts to revitalize the community by creating meaningful local jobs, providing a unique in - store job skills training program for youth, and investing in local minority - owned contractors and suppliers.

He started over 40 years ago addressing a significant need in the small business market: businesses owned primarily by people with technical skills but few business skills, and no place to go to get meaningful help.

We provide a format for family meetings that is interactive and meaningful in supporting the family's culture, opportunities for multigenerational decision - making practice (such as a multi-gen investment committee), and skills development to enhance listening and communication within the family.

These skills have made us what we are today — a global company with the ability to embrace our clients» visions as our own and help them adapt to a dynamic world and deliver value in ways that are most meaningful and relevant for today,» concludes Cele.

The Liberals have chosen to invest much more time in electioneering than governing and this is reflected in the lack of leadership we are seeing today in B.C. Everyone from students and families to seniors and skilled workers are facing real challenges with no meaningful support from the B.C. Liberal government.»

However, if you are a single doctor making $ 300,000 per year, did not have to address a meaningful debt burden, and only have $ 100,000 in investments at the age of forty, you have done something very wrong (most likely, you either lived at your means or traded stocks instead of thinking like an owner that made long - term investments) even if you have that same $ 100,000 in paper wealth because you had the skill set and personal opportunity costs to do so much more with your hand in life.

In these instances, much more meaningful disclosure is offered, providing shareholders with useful context as to the value of particular skills to the board and the company.

This is the one crucial objective of instruction, in comparison with which all accumulation of knowledge and acquisition of skill are insignificant, and through which alone these special accomplishments may be made meaningful.

Journalists and politicians who consciously or unconsciously are skilled in the art of self - censorship have made harsher government measures to curb meaningful debate unnecessary.

(1) clarity, strength and persuasiveness of Christian conviction and commitment; (2) good preaching and the ability to design and lead meaningful worship; (3) conviction of and commitment to pastoral calling as integral to Christian ministry and pastoral care; (4) deep sensitivity to the needs of people individually and in groups; (5) concern for, dedication to, and skill in working for congregational development and growth as a part of faithfulness, for the nurture and retention of members who show signs of slackening commitment, for the motivation and training of lay persons to work for church growth; (6) capacity to generate enthusiasm in other people, personal warmth, competence, spiritual authenticity; (7) ability to encourage and generate a spirit of unity in a congregation; and (8) organizational development and conflict management skills.

William Carvalho in particular and Sami Khedira are big MEN who can dominate through power and have meaningful distribution skills.

He only had these off - the - wall ideas about starting businesses he had neither the skills nor the resources to pull off, and even those he never followed through with in any meaningful way.

«The science and math activities in the exhibit will provide a rich and meaningful context in which these skills can be learned and developed in a fun and engaging way.»

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

SEL gives children the tools and skills to manage emotions, to be confident and resilient in the face of adversity, to make positive and pro social choices, and to have healthy relationships and deep, meaningful connections.

Photographers who are sensitive to the experiences of families with rainbow babies are skilled in honoring the families» memories of their loss in ways that are meaningful to them, while still celebrating the love and beauty of a rainbow baby.

An excellent, free education where learning is meaningful — with arts, play, engaging projects, and the chance to learn citizenship skills so that children can one day participate — actively and consciously — in this increasingly fragile democracy.

«We now know that the way to help a child develop optimally is to help create connections in her brain — her whole brain — that develop skills that lead to better relationships, better mental health, and more meaningful lives.

«Dr. Bierwirth has the knowledge, experience and skill to be a meaningful partner with the school board and district for the benefit of all children in the district's low - performing schools.»

«Dr. Eastwood has the knowledge, experience and skill to be a meaningful partner with the school board and district for the benefit of every child in the district's low - performing schools.»

Every soldier is expected to train in a particular course, be it pilot training, snippering or cooking in order to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to perform a meaningful task.

He observed «education is key and an indispensable tool for accelerated socio - economic development of any nation and therefore appealed to parents to give children who are the future leaders of the nation, the type of education that will equip them with knowledge and skills to meaningful lives in this complex world.

«Although seemingly small, differences in IQ from 7.78 to 7.30 are highly meaningful in terms of children's verbal skills and vocabulary,» said East.

[Faculty members] who engage in research and publication... are better equipped to translate ideas to students and to help students develop meaningful cognitive skills.

Patients can be taught these skills in three or four sessions, by setting personally meaningful goals, observing and describing pain and the thoughts and feelings that come with pain, identifying avoidance behaviours and tracking how they can increase pain, distress and interfere with the ability to live life fully.

Most university students do not study in a manner that results in meaningful, long - term learning of concepts and development of problem - solving skills.

To measure character skills researchers used five personality traits — openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism — which are widely accepted as a meaningful construct for describing differences in character skills by psychologists.

«As the world faces monumental health challenges related to climate change, there is a growing need for health professionals with the knowledge and skills to respond in a meaningful way,» says Jeffrey Shaman, director of GCCHE and associate professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Honing online dating skills in order to make meaningful connections means you may have to identify Mr. or Ms. Not - Right - For - Me without giving away too many BFD's (benefit of the doubt).

«Our media specialist and technology aide have enthusiasm, skills, and a collegial approach that has, over two years, fully engaged all teachers and their students in meaningful, challenging learning projects with technology.»

The range of vocational skills trainings available builds on the human capital of refugees by diversifying their skill sets in ways that may be particularly meaningful in a context where they have the economic freedom to participate in the wider economy.

In addition, a recent survey of principals conducted by the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) found that of the 1,100 principals from 14 Common Core states who responded, more than 80 percent agree that the Common Core has the potential to improve conceptual understanding, increase student skill mastery and create more meaningful assessments of students.

Encourage them to use critical thinking skills to address issues in a meaningful and respectful way.

Schools need a strategy to give all relevant teachers the time, resources, and support to engage with the new subject in a meaningful way, so they can develop their confidence and skills in the concepts, technology and pedagogy necessary to fully realise the potential of Digital Technologies and ultimately thrive in a world where mobile devices have become ubiquitous.

Meaningful progress depends on informed modesty about the likely returns on current efforts; greater specificity and more emphasis on context in the curricula and school - level approaches to teaching soft skills; and the development and use of practical assessments that are closely aligned with a specific framework for teaching and learning.

Once we encourage our students to take on big issues, we need to provide them with the skills to address those issues in a meaningful way.

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.

Educators need specific skills to participate in meaningful discussion about curriculum and instruction, make decisions about resources, and recognize when change is happening (and when it isn't).

They read a novel about life in urban America, they write letters to city council members and state representatives, the compile statistics to support their arguments in their letters; in short, they use their discipline - based skills of scientific inquiry, math, literacy, social studies and health to do what people in the real world do — synthesize the skills and knowledge in a meaningful way.

We know that students learn better and that their communication skills increase when they have the opportunity to use the Internet to collaborate with experts or with students in other countries — when they can communicate powerful ideas to authentic audiences for personally meaningful reasons.

Planned correctly, they can cover many academic skills and subjects in a truly engaging, meaningful manner.

Originally devised for a year 9 class, this presentation has been useful in giving context to KS4 and 5 classes developing drawing and painting skills and also as a way of introducing Cubism in a meaningful way.

While primary schools can provide basic literacy and numeracy skills, many children and youth, especially those in less developed countries, fail to complete secondary education and do not receive essential employability or functional literacy skills to allow them to successfully secure a meaningful and sustainable livelihood.

Additionally, the HSGE students obtained a practical experience in applying their academic and professional skills in order to support meaningful improvement in Jamaica's education system.

Commenting on more academic skills, Fox and Geddes say basic science concepts can be explored through play - based inquiry and the foundations for more formal literacy and language learning can be laid by adults immersing youngsters in meaningful conversations and taking the time to listen carefully and respond.

Keiffer, who won the Spencer Dissertation Fellowship last year, also received an 2010 Exemplary Dissertation Award for his dissertation, The Development of Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Knowledge in Adolescent Language Minority Learners and Their Classmates, which examines two specific English skills considered to be important in LM learners» language development during early adolescence - morphological awareness (i.e., understanding of complex words as combinations of meaningful units) and vocabulary knowledge (i.e., knowledge of word meanings).

They need to understand how their existing talents fit and how they can confidently apply the skills in a meaningful way to their lives outside of school.

Students who struggle with the abstract concepts will find greater purchase to understanding when they hear, see, and apply the skills in meaningful ways as done by professionals.