Sentences with phrase «major challenges facing school»

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Speaking at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre's Seminar with the theme «Repositioning Nigerian Army Command School for Quality Education in the 21st Century in Abuja on Thursday, Buratai who was represented by Major General Lincon Ogunewe, Chief of Policy and Plans, Army HQ, noted that children who were deprived of quality education would be ill - equipped to face the challenges of life while other nations preoccupied themselves in preparation for the 22 century.

As we have made our transition from PhD student in the lab back to being medical students, we have had to start considering one of the major challenges faced by almost all couples in medical school: the residency match.

The UNHCR notes that education within the camps faces major challenges, «large number of school drop - out due to shortage of teaching and learning materials, school uniform, stationary and decimated number of qualified teacher.»

Our major challenges are the same as those that face many schools that serve similar populations across the country: Helping our students get to grade - level proficiency and to pass standardized tests.

«We recognise there could be logistical challenges faced by schools in accommodating more part - time teachers, but finding a way to overcome these difficulties may provide a major boost to teacher supply.»

«While principals benefit from the extensive management and leadership development routinely available within the business sector, business leaders are given the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the immense complexity, ambiguity and challenges faced by school principals and the social issues that drive some of the major dysfunction in South African society.»

As schools across the country move toward implementing the Common Core State Standards, district officials face a major challenge: How do they make the new academic expectations understandable to parents?

Supply agencies have a major role to play in the development of a flexible workforce that can respond to the challenges that schools are facing.

Supply agencies have a major role to play in the development of a flexible workforce that can respond to the challenges that schools are facing, such as teacher shortages and increasing pupil numbers.

Hawks: One example from a major Arizona school district is pretty typical of the challenges school districts face when expanding mobile lab programs at school.

Further, all of these strategies can easily be replicated, and while they were created for a particular set of at - risk students, they can be used in any school, whether students are dealing with major trauma or the kinds of everyday challenges that all kids face.

It's a new school year, and OUSD still faces major financial challenges.

Fifty years after the March on Washington, a major challenge facing California and the West in general is increasing segregation of black and Latino students, reviving a debate that Brown v Board of Education was supposed to resolve: whether it is possible to have «separate but equal» schools.

The Institute equips school leaders with solutions to the major challenges they face in improving the performance of English language learners in their schools.

In a recent book on school district leadership (Duke, 2010a), I identified demographic change as one of the major challenges facing contemporary education leaders.

Everyone agrees our schools face major challenges.

A major reason is that Catholic schools in particular are uniquely positioned to play a compensating role in addressing the serious challenges faced by those who grow up poor.

While recognizing that public education continues to face major challenges and problems that must be addressed, Representative Ziobron has become an advocate for parents who wish to opt their children out of the Common Core tests and for policies that support, not undermine, the role of parents, teachers, and local citizens in how their local schools should be run.

Academic Advisor — Duties & Responsibilities Recruit, train, direct, and review academic advisors and support staff ensuring effective operations Advise students in the selection of majors, minors, concentrations, and basic course load Utilize education and experience to provide students with career and personal counseling Assist students in the initiation and completion of the transfer process Responsible for the completion and coordination of all relevant paperwork Provide support to all academic departments, chairpersons, faculty, and junior advisors Coordinate School of Business Convocation and Graduation ceremonies Organize and conduct academic tutorials, workshops, and faculty presentations Design and implement Probation Program to address academic and social needs of at risk students Set academic goals, monitor progress, and provide steady encouragement and guidance Create and author departmental newsletters detailing important news and upcoming events Organize social events for students to build community and encourage healthy relationships Perform crisis intervention management for students facing personal challenges Study university literature to become an expert on all academic regulations and policies Oversee department budgets ensuring cost effective daily operations Build and strengthen professional relationships with colleagues, students, and community leaders Represent university with poise, integrity, and positivity

As reflected in the results described above, the major challenge facing private schools is how to foster a culture of achievement in a developmentally appropriate fashion, with acceptable levels of stress, strong adaptive coping abilities, and access to social and emotional resources and treatment services for students when needed.