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.
«This level of engagement will help make SLA and its members
more effective advocates for the information profession in the years ahead.»
«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.
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.
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.
► 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.
If anything, I hope this decision will help me become
a more effective advocate for our kids.
«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.
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.
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.
If you watch closely, they contain important lessons about your clients that can make
you 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.
The service sharpens my skills and makes
me a more effective advocate.»
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.
Striving to Make Peer Mediation
More Effective Peer mediation programs have shown themselves to be effective in reducing student conflicts, but now advocates are working to make them more successful and easier to implem
More Effective Peer mediation programs have shown themselves to be effective in reducing student conflicts, but now advocates are working to make them more successful and easier to i
Effective Peer mediation programs have shown themselves to be
effective in reducing student conflicts, but now advocates are working to make them more successful and easier to i
effective in reducing student conflicts, but now
advocates are working to make them
more successful and easier to implem
more successful and easier to implement.
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.