Sentences with phrase «initiatives at»

He also worked at the U.S. Department of Education — first as a special assistant and later as chief of staff in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development — was the director of strategic initiatives at Education Elements, and was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group.

Overview Recent initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels have charged child welfare agencies with the challenge of better integrating research - based programs and practices into their daily routines.

Another challenge is deciding the best way to fuse these programs into our existing program and align it with other initiatives at the school.

Makiyah has consulted to the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, is an Executive Scholar with the Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and is a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer.

As a Strategic Project Manager, Traci led several high - profile initiatives at Chicago Public Schools, including the district's implementation of the State Seal of Biliteracy, coordinating the district's STEM strategy, and negotiating an extensive facilities management contract.

By Deanna Niebuhr Senior Director, Community Schools Initiatives at Partnership for Children & Youth

One of the central initiatives at BART is the interim assessment cycle.

Dave now serves as Senior Policy Analyst with the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University, and is currently developing a broad engagement strategy that outlines communication and staffing needs to better connect with school board members at the local and state level.

In «Statewide Approaches to Recruiting and Retaining Teachers: Employing Partnerships and Systemic Strategies for Addressing Critical Teacher Shortages,» the University of Cincinnati's Stephen Kroeger was joined by Mary Brownell, director of the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center at the University of Florida, and Jessica Mercerhill, director of P - 16 initiatives at the Ohio Department of Higher Education.

With Common Core state standards among the latest district and school reform initiatives to be supported in many states throughout the US, Cosner was called on to help Wisconsin school districts leaders consider how to productively harness this and other such policy initiatives at the district and school level.

Lisette Partelow is the director of K - 12 strategic initiatives at the Center.

Primary pupils from 15 schools across United Learning came together to celebrate their social action initiatives at a special graduation ceremony held at Barclays HQ in Canary Wharf, London, in March 2017.

During the Summer Institute, educators heard about the latest trends in education from a variety of noted experts, including Trace Dominguez, Host of TestTube's DNews, Discovery Digital Networks; Hall Davidson, Senior Director of Global Learning Initiatives at Discovery Education; Steve Dembo, Director of Social Media Strategy and Online Community at Discovery Education; and Dean Shareski, Community Manager at Discovery Education Canada.

Lisette Partelow is the Director of K - 12 Strategic Initiatives at the Center.

The selected teams will be invited to share their initiatives at a VDOE special education sponsored professional development event.

It could also be that more young men are attracted to the athletic programs at the large high schools, or to CTE initiatives at a place like Phelps.

«We are incredibly fortunate to add this university - wide effort to the growing collection of interdisciplinary initiatives at Harvard that tap the work of the world's leading scientists to push the boundaries of knowledge,» said Harvard Provost Steven E. Hyman.

A 2005 report put forward by the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University became a framework for the evolution of New Orleans schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

They also impede important state education reform initiatives at a time when producing workers with high - level technical and analytical skills is increasingly important to the country's prosperity.

Policies and initiatives at the national, regional and local levels to support schools and teacher preparation programs in the effective implementation of technology for achieving curriculum and learning technology standards

Before joining the Ford Foundation in 2008, he was director of early - college initiatives at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, where he was responsible for managing the development of fourteen early - college high...

In 2011 the theme «Change our World», was meant to be a call to inspire youth initiatives at all levels....

Policies and initiatives at the national, regional and local levels support schools and teacher preparation programs in the effective implementation of technology for achieving curriculum and learning technology (ICT) standards.

I heard about a number of ambitious initiatives at various stages of implementation, including design thinking, makerspaces, and project - based learning.

Kathryn Mullen Upton is vice president for sponsorship and Dayton initiatives at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

Belonging to a deliberately small group of academic educators, each with a strong practitioner history, members of Sustainability Frontiers have agreed to collaborate in different combinations as they undertake local, national and international projects, consultancies and initiatives at the leading edge of sustainability education, often in partnership with other organizations.

Shaun Harper, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied higher education graduate programs around the country — the programs that train students to manage admissions, student life, strategic planning, and even diversity initiatives at colleges.

Following this passion, she was recently named senior managing director of Organizational Culture Initiatives at Teach For America (TFA), which recruits recent college graduates to teach in low - income communities across the country.

«The failure of a charter is the failure of the board,» said Tom Keane, who directs strategic initiatives at AppleTree, an early - learning charter with six D.C. campuses.

Previously, Ms. Roman, 43, was the chief of staff for the center for faith - based and community initiatives at the U.S. Department of Education.

74, under secretary of education, U.S. Department of Education; Rolando Montoya, provost, Miami Dade College; and Hilary Pennington, former director of education, Postsecondary Success, and Special Initiatives at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Researchers at the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University also found that conditions at campuses in the state - run Recovery School District...

You can start training your new starters before they've even walked into the office, and there's no limit to the amount of content you can add, allowing you to serve a range of initiatives at once.

Hearing my classmates» stories — whether a friend who taught kindergarten in inner - city Atlanta or one who worked on community initiatives at a big university — helped remind me why I was here.

Grier's focus in Houston, San Diego, and other districts has been on such goals as improving classroom instruction, aiming initiatives at likely dropouts, and getting more minority students to take Advanced Placement (AP) exams.

Larry Levitt is senior vice president for Special Initiatives at the Kaiser Family Foundation and senior advisor to the President of the Foundation.

Sessions on varying aspects of empathy, creativity, grit and inclusion were abundant at the NCGS and NAIS conferences, reflecting initiatives at the schools.

Josh B. McGee is vice president for public accountability initiatives at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

Our group of experts discussed initiatives at the national, state, and local levels that aim to prepare all students for postsecondary education.

Our group of experts discuss initiatives at the national, state, and local levels that aim to prepare all students for postsecondary education.

Together with smaller environmental initiatives at the school, like widespread installation of energy - efficient compact fluorescent «twisty bulbs» and automatic light sensors, the various components of the Bloom effort have begun to save the school thousands of dollars in energy costs while simultaneously helping many of the school's 1,700 students understand the science behind the climate crisis.

In relation to this, Brandon Alcorn, project manager for global initiatives at Penn, notes that students are «using it as a job - training tool rather than an educational tool,» which clearly illustrates their dominant purpose.

SA hip - hop's Cassper Nyovest is set to launch his very own cellphone in conjunction with AG Mobile Twitter was set alight after it emerged that rapper Cassper Nyovest apparently donated R50, 000 to fundraising initiatives at Wits University earlier this

One dollar of every meal goes towards supporting youth community initiatives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida.

While the number of treatments is limited — and far from a perfect solution — «there is value in getting the proper care,» said James Hendrix, Ph.D., director of global science initiatives at the Alzheimer's Association in Chicago.

In the report, entitled, «Social Enterprise Businesses: A Strategy for Creating Good Jobs for People with Disabilities,» authors Elaine Katz, Vice President of Grant Programs and Special Initiatives at Kessler Foundation, and Ronnie Kauder, Senior Practitioner in Residence at the Heldrich Center, discussed the strategies that lead to a successful social enterprise.

«I have always been passionate about converting academic research findings into medical applications, which is why I got involved in translational research initiatives at Gladstone,» said Simon.

While the Hallam Auditorium, Room 206, is being renovated, seminars will be held in Room 105, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Seminar speakers will focus on their research initiatives at the interface of mathematics and many areas of the life sciences.

The results are beautiful,» said Elaine Katz, vice president of Grants and Special Initiatives at Kessler Foundation.

In conjunction with the interdisciplinary activities of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), a seminar series on topics in mathematical biology will be hosted at NIMBioS every other Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) in Room 105, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Seminar speakers will focus on their research initiatives at the interface of mathematics and many areas of the life sciences.