Sentences with phrase «more effective advocate»

The service sharpens my skills and makes me a more effective advocate.»

In fact, he can likely be a much more effective advocate because of his years on the bench: he knows from first - hand experience what judges will find helpful as they make decisions.

If you watch closely, they contain important lessons about your clients that can make you a more effective advocate.

As a bonus, I gained immense knowledge and experience that will help me a more effective advocate when I graduate and continue my legal career.

During her fellowship, she will be developing her leadership skills and reflecting on her teaching practice within this learning community to become a more effective advocate for Black educators.

«Being able to do that as borough president... would give me much more of a pulpit and hopefully make me a more effective advocate for the people of Queens,» Vallone said.

If anything, I hope this decision will help me become a more effective advocate for our kids.

► In this week's Science editorial, Joanne Padrón Carney, the director of government relations at AAAS, wrote about the relationships among science, advocacy, and policy, and outlined the skills scientists need to become more effective advocates for science — namely, communication skills and knowledge about how science policy is made.

Parents are far more effective advocates for their children — and for other children in their community — than charter school leaders or policy experts or professional advocates.

Additional sessions will help attendees be more effective advocates for their students, peers, and schools during the conference's Capitol Hill day and throughout the year.

«Our goal is to invest in the relationships we have with our distribution and retail partners, give them the tools to be more effective advocates for our products and increase their sales potential,» said Chris Meiering, Zuke's director of marketing.

«This level of engagement will help make SLA and its members more effective advocates for the information profession in the years ahead.»

A Practical Guide to Adoption Subsidy for Adoptive Families and Advocates O'Hanlon (2004) View Abstract Provides a map through each phase of the Federal title IV - E adoption assistance program to enable individuals to serve as more effective advocates for children with special needs.

Not exact matches

Workers» rights advocates have fought for more effective methods for hotel employees to report and protect themselves from inappropriate behavior from guests.

«This decision clearly flies in the face of volumes of scientific evidence that shows the Keystone XL pipeline would be safe, enhance environmental standards, and be a more cost - effective alternative to importing oil from overseas,» said Michael Whatley of the Consumer Energy Alliance, which advocates for the energy industry.

The time invested to experience the world from their point of view will not only endear you to them but make you more effective in advocating on their behalf.

Arun here... breaking radio silence to share with you a thought - provoking piece by Larry Kazdan, a graduate of York University in sociology and history, and currently a Council Member with the World Federalist Movement - Canada, an organization that monitors developments at the United Nations and advocates for more effective global governance.

This is the more notable because Ezekiel was the advocate of a restored church state on Zion, and was one of the most effective forces in reestablishing the social structure whose breakdown had encouraged individualism.

I urge you to join with me in advocating for effective change that makes Princeton a more affirming community.

Because you've been such a supportive and friendly group from the very start, I've gradually found my footing as an advocate, becoming more focused on particular topics and — I hope — more effective in helping to drive change.

The President and First Lady have advocated strongly for passing the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010, and, this bill, along with the resources and the powers provided under it, are going to allow USDA to be much more effective and aggressive in responding to obesity and hunger challenges for America's kids.»

Advocates appreciate Governor Cuomo's attention to the issue but say that a ban / fee policy is more effective than the Governor's ban only legislation

The Institute makes the call in response to a Treasury consultation on how to increase the supply of capital to growing, innovative firms.1 The CIOT's response focuses on steps the Government could take to make current tax reliefs more efficient and effective, to provide the best support in line with their policy objectives.2 The CIOT advocates greater post-legislative review and evaluation of tax measures, including tax reliefs.

Effective New York is starting a series of campaigns advocating more progressive approaches to issues.

We will be more effective helping the governor if we are afforded the opportunity to be at the table for appropriate workforce planning, as I have been advocating.

Companies like his can help, he said, but the state needs to take the lead in persuading more doctors to enroll in the program, which advocates say can offer patients more effective, cheaper and less addictive alternatives than opioids.

«Micah Lasher is an outstanding and effective advocate and manager whose trust and counsel I have relied on for more than a decade,» Mr. Schneiderman said on Sunday.

Retired Correction Commissioner Martin Horn says Seabrook was a «more effective and aggressive leader» than other municipal union heads and was adept at advocating for his members» needs (of course, that advocacy allegedly didn't extend to their pension funds).

She has been a strong advocate for affordable housing, the middle and working class, laborer rights, animal rights, the environment and for a more effective police force.

Contrary to the belief of the advocates of universal languages, such as Esperanto, that common language across states would increase the likelihood of peace through more effective communication, similarity or difference in language between states seemed to have little effect on the occurrence of war.

My immediate resolution is to figure out how I can put my communication talents into advocating for science in an effective way, and more specifically how I can talk to folks who have views that are different from my own.

Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) has been advocating for effective uranium mill tailings clean - up for more than 25 years.

Or we find that patients don't like to floss, so we advocate using a Waterpik — it's an oral irrigator, more effective and fun to use.

For two decades, Mary has been a leading force advocating for more effective, patient - centered thyroid and hormonal health care.

Although the word «education» appears nowhere in the federal Constitution, advocates for recognizing that such a right is implied typically argue that it would ensure «equal educational opportunity» and foster more effective participation in civil society.

Students also have opportunities to do internships and research that will enable them to better integrate theory and practice and to become more effective teachers, leaders, researchers, and advocates.

Content: The Center on Education Policy is a national, independent advocate for public education and more effective public schools.

For more directed activism, students and educators should consider these 10 Questions for Digital Change Makers, which helps students become effective advocates within online communities, while being safe and managing potential downsides.

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With a membership of nearly 1,000 educational agencies statewide, CSBA brings together school district governing boards and county boards of education to advocate for effective policies that advance the education and well - being of the state's more than 6 million school - age children.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

The Mayor's task force, the E4E teacher policy team, and teachers and advocates across the country know that restorative approaches to discipline and a focus on social emotional learning make students» lives better, and make them more effective learners,» said Rosalynn Bristol, 8th Grade ELA teacher at IS211 in Brooklyn.

As an advocate for the Indiana State Teachers Association prior to her election, Ritz said she spent more than 150 hours working behind the scenes with legislators and Bennett's office in 2011 crafting language for the law that mandated all teachers have annual performance reviews that include student test scores as a factor and lead to one of four ratings — highly effective, effective, improvement necessary and ineffective.

Since the teachers agreed to participate in a study concerning progressive teaching strategies, we thought they would be intrigued with these unfamiliar sounding strategies and want to hear from experienced teachers advocating for them — so intrigued that they would take the extra step to learn more about effective teaching strategies.

We are not advocating the abandonment of instructional leadership: principals clearly need to understand and support what teachers do in classrooms in order to help create the conditions that allow them to be more effective.

But networks can do more, empowering teachers, heretofore isolated from each other, to find and use their collective voices as advocates for effective policies and practices.

IEL leads the Coalition for Community Schools, an umbrella group of more than 200 local, state, and national partners that advocate for more coordinated, efficient, and effective delivery of opportunities and supports to students before, during, and after school and on weekends.

Schools, districts and states must become stronger advocates at the federal level and join with other educators to influence legislators and policy makers in order to create a more sustainable and effective context for RtI implementation.

The Center on Education Policy is the national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools.

For more than a decade Alley Cat Allies has advocated Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR)- the most humane and effective method to reduce feral cat populations.