Sentences with phrase «including community languages»

We provide a wide range of books and other material from the whole of the library service including community languages, audio - visual material and a wide range of information.

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In tough language, the letter contends that such a policy undermines the entire life sciences community and sends a devastating message to immigrants who would otherwise bring their talents to the United States, and was signed by some heavy hitters, including Alnylam CEO John Maraganore and Ron Cohen, the chairman of biotech's biggest trade group and lobbying arm.

Coco Palms Hui has planned since 2014 to set aside land at the resort for a community non-profit that will offer lessons in Hawaiian culture, including hula, lei making, Hawaiian language and ukulele.

Now available in 113 versions and 41 languages, including Arabic, Youversion has a community component that allows users to share thoughts and insights on Bible verses with friends.

He speaks of alternatives but then seems to explode rather systematically the language currently available to speak of those alternatives, including the concept of community.

Eric Pickles, local government secretary, comments on multiculturalism in advance of a new counter-extremism strategy: «A few people, a handful of activists, have insisted that it isn't enough simply to celebrate the beliefs of minority communities; they want to disown the traditions and heritage of the majority, including the Christian faith and the English language.

Do you support requiring all Community Board meetings and functions to be accessible, including requiring sign language interpreters and large print format material?

Quinn asked for specific provisions to the new rules including the automatic renewal of licenses for gardening groups that are fully compliant with Parks Department rules, the translation of relevant public notices into all languages necessary for the communities supporting them, and a mechanism that would allow GreenThumb — a Parks Department group charged with overseeing community gardens — a 180 - day grace period to find and license new patrons for gardens abandoned by the groups operating them.

Each partner plays a vital role not only in the Coalition but in the community, and to date the Coalition's actions have brought initiatives to the community including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic Ccommunity, and to date the Coalition's actions have brought initiatives to the community including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic Ccommunity including adult literacy training and English as a second language opportunities, health awareness efforts, youth and afterschool opportunities, and the creation of the Community Resource Hub at Catholic CCommunity Resource Hub at Catholic Charities.

The Cuomo administration opposed a bill that would have required a local referendum before a casino could be built in a given community, pointing to enabling legislation that included language for local input.

Community Consultation — The contract should include language that ensures that the process of deploying WiFi across the City is executed with the interests and input of communities in every borough.

Proponents say the shift would unite communities with similar interests and needs, including shared language and culture.

By including members of a farming community that inhabit a common forest environment and speak a similar language, the new study indicates for the first time that the cultural practices of hunter - gatherers help enhance their odor - naming ability — and possibly their smell - detection skills — relative to settled peoples.

The San created the code because of past transgressions, including use of insulting language such as the term «Bushmen,» using jargon when communicating with the San, failing to consult study communities about findings before publication, and approaching individuals before asking community leaders for permission.

These results show that by combining molecules that include different types of chemical building blocks, worms have developed a sophisticated chemical language that they use to organize their communities.

While Sanskrit language, mandalas, and prayer mudras might be so common in our lives that we don't perceive them as anything out of the ordinary, we need to be mindful of the fact that it is practically guaranteed that school community members, including parents, will have experiences that are different from ours.

Our goals include deepening and expanding our connections to diverse communities, cultures, languages, and regions across the United States.

Sebastián Lelio's «A Fantastic Woman,» which won the Academy Award for foreign - language film, is an unrepentant fable in a time when transgender people and others in the LGBTQ community are demanding wider rights in countries, including Chile, that have treated them as deviants and curiosities.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

At Early Days Children's Centre, Sheffield, manager Jo Zasada leads a variety of partners providing a range of services including midwifery, community health and speech and language therapy.

It is central to a vibrant community of students who are pursuing doctoral and master's degrees in areas that include education policy, school leadership, international and comparative education, technology and innovation, language and literacy, teaching and learning, and education research.

Reaching out to parents to build community support; focusing on a comprehensive literacy program, including higher order thinking and oral language proficiency, and a comprehensive mathematics program, including problem solving and direct instruction;

Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.

Full Version - for community productions (include some powerful language that might be considered sensitive or controversial)

Secondly, the online publication of these materials makes them accessible to a wide audience, including the communities of origin, educators and researchers, as well as the general public, who may not have been aware of the existence of such a vast range of written materials in Australian Indigenous languages.

Working with a range of schools and community leaders in numerous countries, we have developed a number of comprehensive language packs which include both phonetic representations and slang phrases specific to each language.

Section 4105 of the bill being considered makes changes to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, including language that would drastically alter funding for the initiative by allowing these funds to be diverted to support whole scale school reform.

The elements include the recognition and use of heritage languages; pedagogy that stresses traditional cultural characteristics and adult - child interactions; pedagogy in which teaching strategies are congruent with the traditional culture, as well as contemporary ways of knowing and learning; curriculum based on traditional culture that places the education of young children in a contemporary context; strong Native community participation in the planning and operation of school activities; and knowledge and use of the social and political mores of the community.

We embrace our diverse communities, which include immigrants, people of color, children with disabilities, the homeless, English language learners, peoples of all faiths, and the GLBTQ community.

These services can include special education, vocational training, interdisciplinary subjects, language programs, early childhood education, parent services, community involvement, transportation, extracurricular activities, lifelong learning and adult education, and other necessary and exciting benefits are shared across districts for the success of every learner.

This curriculum has an emphasis on basic skills and core subject matter in English language arts, mathematics, social studies and science, the arts, and a comprehensive support program that promotes healthy youth development, including preparing the students to apply their knowledge and skills for the benefit of the community and environment.

«TOPYX provides our employees and our 1.2 million volunteer base with a learning environment that supports multiple languages and media formats and includes a community feature where learners can engage with one another as well as useful social media tools.»

Students at Magnolia Public Schools (MPS) also participate in a variety of school activities and clubs including technology & engineering, language & culture, community service, and visual & performing arts.

As the principal of Belmont - Cragin, a school community of 575 students in Pre-K through 8th grade, including more than 90 percent who qualify for the free and reduced meal program and 68 percent English - language learners, she tackles all challenges to ensure that staff and students can achieve.»

Her other involvement with the Pittsburgh community includes: serving as a Building Representative, Executive Council Board Member, PFT Staff Vice President for Middle Schools and as co-chair of the Special Education Communication Council; connecting speech and language specialists with the PFT through her work with the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association.

In lieu of a visit to local schools, APS's family engagement staff pulled together an impressive panel including the principal, family engagement liaison, community - based partners and parent leaders representing a language immersion school, their pre-school programs, an elementary school, and a high school.

KIPP schools aim to educate students in underserved communities, including English language learners and students with special needs.

Small class sizes matter for many reasons including closing achievement gaps, meeting the needs of English language learners, inclusion of students with disabilities, implementation of the Behavior Education Plan, school climate, and building positive relationships in our school communities.

Certainly there is some amazing work by Native communities on developing culturally based education (including language immersion efforts by Native Hawaiian charter schools).

High quality schooling that provides equal educational opportunities for secondary English language learners (ELLs) must include seven key components: state leadership, oversight and compliance; governance; fair funding; parent and community engagement; student achievement and support; teaching and curriculum quality; and accountability.

Requires states to explain how they will work with charter schools to ensure that they will serve all prospective students, including students with disabilities and English language learners; address students» transportation needs; and consider input from parents and the community.

1 Speak the Same Language There is little doubt that if change is going to occur, the entire school community — including administrators, teachers, students, parents, and school board and community members — must speak the same language about assessments and their ultimate purpose.

ASCD EDge ® is a vibrant online community where members discuss a wide range of topics, including English language learners.

They also worked with community partners to develop a plan for investing Prop 30 tax dollars for our most at - risk students including foster children, special needs students and English language learners.

Features of the program include a one - and - a-half-period language block each day, enabling students to complete six years of Japanese, Spanish, or German; student exchange programs with sister schools in Japan, Germany, Mexico, and Spain; study of international business topics; and community service activities.

Some newcomer programs also include primary language development and an orientation to the student's new community (Genesee, et al, 1999).

The course develops an understanding of program evaluation measures, and requires students to be able to demonstrate this knowledge for purposes of making data based decisions to develop intervention plans for a variety of learners including students with disabilities and other special concerns such as youth from foster, immigrant and migrant families, students who are at risk and students from language diverse communities.

The FEAs have taken many forms, including: sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) implementation in Texas; community - based equity assessment in Texas; IDRA's Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) program implementation in reading in Louisiana; gender equity also in Louisiana; implementation of a multicultural framework in staff development to support student success in New Mexico; parent leadership in New Mexico; unitary status planning in Arkansas; English as a second language (ESL) classroom strategies in Arkansas; service learning in Oklahoma; and meeting civil rights requirements under the law in Oklahoma.

Scenarios ranged from potential discrimination against a Muslim student, English language learners, and students from the LGBT community, and student profiles included Hispanic, African - American, Native American and South Asian backgrounds.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.