Sentences with phrase «into policy conversations»

Delisle explains that one of her proudest accomplishments in her previous role as U.S. assistant secretary of education was bringing the voice of educators into policy conversations.

And we will support efforts to build teacher voice into policy conversations.

Not exact matches

But in a session that began as a subdued conversation and sometimes descended into tears and shouting, policy proposals were overshadowed by raw expressions of fear, anger and sorrow.

Having those conversations, and seeing them reflected into policy, it's phenomenal for me to be a little cog in that huge wheel — to have my voice heard and make a little bit of a difference.»

The former governor lamented the fact that the governor's race has devolved — literally — into little more than a pushing match, saying: «I think it's too bad that we're not using this moment to have a real conversation about what the policies should be to bring New York State back to what it used to be, the empire state.»

But a year into Article 50 and the UK has remained quiet on its patent policy, save for a few hushed conversations behind closed doors, leaving many patent lawyers - whose livelihoods rest on working across the EU - in jeopardy.

De Blasio, who said his team has put a call into Trump to schedule a phone conversation, said it's too early to tell if Trump will follow through on some of his most controversial policy proposals.

«As one of our finalist teams noted, «teachers are an untapped resource to reform professional development,» and through this challenge we are incorporating the expertise of our nation's educators into the broader policy conversation,» said Melinda George, president of NCTAF.

In this conversation with E4E - Chicago Outreach Director, Felicia Butts, Williette describes how she has grown from a parent - volunteer into a professional educator and shares her excitement about continuing her professional growth through E4E's Teacher Policy Team.

Virtual charter proponents such as Bryan did not respond to requests for interviews, but Bill Cobey, chairman of the State Board of Education, tells Policy Watch that the virtual charter provisions tucked into the budget bill stemmed from direct conversations between virtual charter operators and lawmakers.

This free online resource center provides an easy - to - use model for widespread teacher - led conversations on evaluation reform that are constructive and solutions - oriented, using structured conversation tools and activities, with the end goal of increasing teacher input into the policies that are developed.

Finally, policymakers might note that state policies come into conversation with local contexts and individuals.

Greening said she would not «go into the nitty gritty» of her discussions with the prime minister on reshuffle day, but insisted the conversation did not focus on policy differences between the two politicians.

As we got deeper into the conversation, the idea of buying a whole life insurance policy made more sense to me.

More and more shelters are looking to open adoptions — a system that does away with hard, fast policies and adoption applications and instead focuses on conversation - based adoptions designed to help anyone walking into your shelter feel respected, and anyone walking out more educated.

Open adoptions address this reality by doing away with rigid policies and adoption applications and instead focusing on conversations designed to help anyone walking into a shelter feel respected, and anyone walking out to be more educated, and hopefully, with a pet to love.

«I think open explorations of the ideological assumptions scientists bring into policy debates are not only welcome but often necessary for having productive conversations.»

Finally, with few exceptions, the conversation on city resilience has not made it into the national policy discourse in any meaningful way, which could translate to a central mandate to cities.

We are beginning this work by bringing our working group into conversation with some of the chief architects of prior SRM governance - focused processes, along with some of the leading academics working on climate engineering science, ethics, policy, and law.

[12] With respect to the taped conversations, the trial judge relied on solid principles that took into account not only the sound public policy of trying to discourage the use of secretly recorded conversations in family proceedings but also his assessment of the probative value of the tapes in relation to the issues before him.

About two seconds into the conversation, it became very clear why there isn't a lot of advice about this on the internet: there are a lot of options, and what you do with the policy needs to be tailored to your personal financial plan.

Whether he's talking Russia with Mike McFaul, Syria with Colin Kahl, or surveillance with Glenn Greenwald, Vietor makes good on providing «a no - bullshit conversation about foreign policy,» diving deep into topics that are glossed over in American news.

As we got deeper into the conversation, the idea of buying a whole life insurance policy made more sense to me.

Although you might be tempted to push the conversation off to a later time, you should know earlier is better to look into term life policies.

VERIZON, Belton, SC May 2014 — Present Customer Service Representative • Increase customer base by 50 % at the new Verizon store on Denbeck Road by eliciting exceptional customer services to interested inquirers • Introduce an order tracking system that increased efficiency of order delivery by a staggering 88 % • Retain a corporate customer by providing him with colossal discounts and deals, in direct competition with his preferred brand • Lead 12 group product demonstrations, increasing onlookers interest in the company's products and eventually converting a large number of them into business providing customers • Greet customers as they arrive at the Verizon outlet and engage them in conversation to determine their technology needs • Lead customers or direct them to appropriate sections according to their areas of interest within the store • Introduce customers to the store and provide them information on products and product lines • Maintain professional interactions with customers, providing them with product demonstrations and advice • Assist customers in choosing products of their choice and provide them with information on each feature and pricing • Walk customers through the purchasing procedure, facilitating buying, documentation and payment procedures • Accurately document and report sales to the manager and provide customers with warrantee and after sales services information • Ascertain that the store is kept clean, organized and functional at all times, in sync with the company's policies

Emeritus Professor Stephen Leeder from the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney, put things into context with a piece written for The Conversation and Croakey, on the rising cost health funding.

The idea is that, rather than working in silos, practitioners, owners, tech firms and policy - makers are being brought into one conversation.