Sentences with phrase «national growth plans»

The multiplier effect will help to shape electricity markets in areas where direct demand from RE100 members is low but supply chains are vast, and where coal still features strongly in national growth plans.

He worked his way up through the organization, and when CEO John Danner resigned in early 2013, Preston, at only 33, took the organization's helm and was charged with overseeing both its existing eight schools and audacious national growth plans.

PowerMyLearning received a combined $ 6.5 million in grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Oak Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York to support core elements of its strategic national growth plan.

NEW YORK, January 24, 2017 — PowerMyLearning has received a combined $ 6.5 million in grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Oak Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York to support core elements of its strategic national growth plan.

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This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per cent annual return on the billions of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level of growth likely won't soon be repeated.

In an email to AL.com Tuesday, Scott Reed, the senior political strategist with the national chamber, said the group plans to «spend the next 60 days working on job growth initiatives and tax reform.»

While the prime minister and the premiers work to develop a national clean growth and climate action plan, some provinces have already adopted policies that are cutting carbon pollution and driving clean economic development.

A national carbon tax plan threatens to kill jobs, hinder economic growth and raise taxes for Northerners.»

Stockland chief executive Mark Steinert this week said the national population growth rate of 1.6 per cent would keep driving demand for new facilities, even though traditional retailers were planning fewer new stores than they were five or six years ago.

Their group - created strategy included these actions: establishing cooperative links with other churches and groups committed to ecology; developing a Center of Ecology Information and a paperback book table at the church; devising methods to reach decision - makers in the community; exploring the development of a coordinating council of all ecology groups active in that community — Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Zero Population Growth, League of Conservation Voters, Wilderness Society, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society, World Population, GASP (Group Against Smog Pollution), Planned Parenthood, etc..

The Roadmap aims to build on the National food and nutrition research and development and technology transfer strategy1 and complement the 10 - year Sector Competitiveness Plan developed by FIAL — the Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre2.

The company, recognized as a global leader in association management, will oversee day - to - day operations of the NBBQA, including membership growth and retention, national conference planning, sponsorship, and solidifying overall program value.

According to MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola, the acquisition is also a reflective of MTN's concerted efforts to deepen the growth and rollout of broadband services across the country in support of the National Broadband Plan for the benefit of Nigerians.

We hope the imminent National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan will address the policy lacunae.

• We promised to restore Teacher training allowances and we have delivered • We promised to end dumsor and we have delivered • We promised to reduced fertilizer prices by 50 % and we have delivered • We promised to establish a Ministry of Zongo and Inner City Affairs and we have delivered • We promised to increase and pay peacekeeping allowances increased from $ 31 to $ 35 and we have delivered • We promised to increase the share of the DACF to persons with disabilities from 2 % to 3 % and we have delivered • We promised a stimulus package to support local industry and we have delivered • We promised to implement a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan and we have delivered • We promised a more efficient port system and we have delivered • We promised to reduce the rapid rate of borrowing and accumulation of the public debt and we have delivered • We promised to restore economic growth and we have delivered • We promised to reduce inflation and we have delivered.

[132] Together with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Miliband also promoted a «five - point plan for jobs and growth» aimed at helping the UK economy, involving extending the bonus tax on banks pioneered by Alistair Darling, bringing forward planned long - term investment to help reduce unemployment, cutting the rate of VAT from 20 % back to 17.5 %, cutting VAT on home improvements to 5 % for a temporary one - year period, and instigating a one - year National Insurance break to encourage employers to hire more staff.

Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE, NIPSEF industry chair said: «The National Infrastructure Plan is the government's most important strategic programme to deliver infrastructure, the core driver to UK economic growth.

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

But it's likely some of the firms getting Start - Up's tax breaks would have moved ahead with their growth plans regardless, said Mike Durant, New York state director for the National Federation of Independent Business.

Leaders hope to give Brussels greater control over national budgets as part of the plans while Cameron has agreed to contribute # 1.3 billion to EU growth projects.

According to Mr. Kyeremanten, in order «To promote entrepreneurship, the NPP will usher in a new golden age for small businesses by launching a comprehensive national plan for entrepreneurship and innovation that will invest in supporting existing small businesses and high growth potential as well as start - ups particularly those initiated by young persons.»

Speaking to the media after a tour of some training centres, the CEO of the National Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan (NEIP) John Kumah said government is committed to equipping the youth with practical skills for business growth.

The Lisbon Agenda, a plan laid out in the Portuguese capital in 2000 to boost Europe's economy by 2010, makes research a key driver for growth, calling on member countries to spend 3 % of their gross national products on research and development — half from industry and half from government sources.

Another consideration, according to Ssentongo, is that understanding the fluctuations in rainfall can help municipalities and national governments plan infrastructure to improve growth and the economy.

With 39 states predicted to experience a water shortage in the next decade, Obama advocates developing a national plan to help areas of high population growth better manage water - related resources.

Much of the project's past cost growth ironically stems from a «free» upgrade that came in 2012, when the National Reconnaissance Office gifted NASA with a spare Hubble - size mirror larger than the one the space agency planned to build for WFIRST.

Topics covered included strategic planning, economic and social development, higher education finance, history and governance, the structure of the U.S. higher education system, and the role of higher education in promoting regional and national growth.

«Until those five big CMOs made the announcement of big plans for growth, serving a significant portion of the low - income population in Los Angeles, I didn't feel anybody was really paying attention to us,» said Marco Petruzzi, who oversees Green Dot Public Schools National.

The DOE's 2004 National Education Technology Plan predicted that with the «explosive growth in the availability of online instruction and virtual schools... we may well be on our way to a new golden age in American education.»

Academic Gains, Double the # of Schools: Opportunity Culture 2017 — 18 — March 8, 2018 Opportunity Culture Spring 2018 Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — March 1, 2018 Brookings - AIR Study Finds Large Academic Gains in Opportunity Culture — January 11, 2018 Days in the Life: The Work of a Successful Multi-Classroom Leader — November 30, 2017 Opportunity Culture Newsletter: Tools & Info You Need Now — November 16, 2017 Opportunity Culture Tools for Back to School — Instructional Leadership & Excellence — August 31, 2017 Opportunity Culture + Summit Learning: North Little Rock Pilots Arkansas Plan — July 11, 2017 Advanced Teaching Roles: Guideposts for Excellence at Scale — June 13, 2017 How to Lead & Achieve Instructional Excellence — June 6, 201 Vance County Becomes 18th Site in National Opportunity Culture Initiative — February 2, 2017 How 2 Pioneering Blended - Learning Teachers Extended Their Reach — January 24, 2017 Betting on a Brighter Charter School Future for Nevada Students — January 18, 2017 Edgecombe County, NC, Joining Opportunity Culture Initiative to Focus on Great Teaching — January 11, 2017 Start 2017 with Free Tools to Lead Teaching Teams, Turnaround Schools — January 5, 2017 Higher Growth, Teacher Pay and Support: Opportunity Culture Results 2016 — 17 — December 20, 2016 Phoenix - area Districts to Use Opportunity Culture to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — October 5, 2016 Doubled Odds of Higher Growth: N.C. Opportunity Culture Schools Beat State Rates — September 14, 2016 Fresh Ideas for ESSA Excellence: Four Opportunities for State Leaders — July 29, 2016 High - need, San Antonio - area District Joins Opportunity Culture — July 19, 2016 Universal, Paid Residencies for Teacher & Principal Hopefuls — Within School Budgets — June 21, 2016 How to Lead Empowered Teacher - Leaders: Tools for Principals — June 9, 2016 What 4 Pioneering Teacher - Leaders Did to Lead Teaching Teams — June 2, 2016 Speaking Up: a Year's Worth of Opportunity Culture Voices — May 26, 2016 Increase the Success of School Restarts with New Guide — May 17, 2016 Georgia Schools Join Movement to Extend Great Teachers» Reach — May 13, 2016 Measuring Turnaround Success: New Report Explores Options — May 5, 2016 Every School Can Have a Great Principal: A Fresh Vision For How — April 21, 2016 Learning from Tennessee: Growing High - Quality Charter Schools — April 15, 2016 School Turnarounds: How Successful Principals Use Teacher Leadership — March 17, 2016 Where Is Teaching Really Different?

When teachers have the necessary time to engage in high quality professional learning — coupled with the supports to use that time well — such professional learning can result in marked improvements in student academic growth.40 This is why the National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education includes «adequate time for inquiry, reflection, and mentoring» as one of the components of high - quality professional development.41 When teachers have time to plan, practice, collaborate, and learn, both teachers and students benefit.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

The ALA School Librarian Competencies based on the PSELs provide an opportunity for self - reflection and self assessment which can lead to the development of a personal plan for professional growth and can be an entry point for individual implementation of the AASL National School Library Standards published in 2017.

«While we have respect for the success and growth witnessed by the large and mass retailers, they do not fall within the channels we choose to support with our product and marketing plans,» reads a statement released by Charlie Nelson, president, and Dan Schmitz, national sales manager at Tuffy's.

PREMIUM National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia has targeted double - digit growth in revenue next year, a goal it expects to reach through its plan to increase flight frequency and add new routes.Garuda planned to book in 2018 an 11 to 12 percent revenue increase from this year's US$ 3.2 billion target, Garuda president director Pahala N. Mansury said in a press briefing on Monday.

Ms. Corrigan, a respected leader in the national and international nonprofit sector has provided her organizational development and management skills to nonprofit organizations to help improve performance, increase resources, and plan for sustained growth.

The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

Municipal, regional, state and national governments as well as their regulatory agencies, across the globe, are increasingly looking to plan, phase - in and adopt measures that will meaningfully address climate change, resilience and economic growth.

The guide draws on substantial experience and lessons learned by the UNDP - UNEP Poverty - Environment Initiative in working with governments to integrate environmental management for pro-poor economic growth and development into national development planning and decision - making.

Mission Innovation (MI) is helping Saudi Arabia's leaders to link international, national and local clean energy plans and to achieve green growth and sustainable development.

According to India's draft national electricity plan, no new coal - fired stations will be required during 2017 — 22, with current capacity and projected renewables capacity sufficient to meet demand growth.

Decision - makers, by contrast, need to understand how climate change may interfere with their plans and compromise their objectives, so they can adapt existing policies and adopt new strategies to stay on track — whether to protect life, health, and well - being, sustain economic growth, preserve natural resources, ensure continued performance of critical infrastructure, or maintain national security.

He also cites regulatory relief, tax incidence, economic growth as a result of increased R&D; in gas substitutes, and national security as additional reasons to adopt the plan.

The 12th Five ‐ Year Plan for the Development of National Economy and Society (2011 — 2015)-- The Five ‐ Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, or the Five ‐ Year Plan aims to create more socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth and boost domestic consumption that will begin to re ‐ orientate the Chinese economy away from heavy industry and resource ‐ intensive production towards a more consumption ‐ based and resource ‐ efficient economy.

The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and the follow up measures that are trying to build market based incentives are indeed creating an enabling environment for a low carbon growth.

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PA Reps for staff development and growth opportunities * Plan, assign, and direct work, appraise performance, reward and discipline employees, address complaints and resolve problems within the team * Assist in the hiring process * Assist in the preparation of performance reviews * Deliver performance reviews in conjunction with the Prior Auth Manager * Meet monthly with each staff member to go over performance status * Assist with training as needed * Lead weekly Team meetings with staff to keep them informed of changes to policy and procedures and corporate communications * Meet with the Prior Authorization Management team weekly to report on clinical call center performance and personnel issues Required Qualifications: * High School Diploma or equivalent * Current and unrestricted Pharmacy Technician license * 2 years» experience supervising Pharmacy Technicians in a Call Center environment * Prior Authorization experience * Knowledge of the Pharmacy Benefit Management and / or Health Insurance * Knowledge of Call Center industry through work experience and as obtained through related courses * Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelors» Degree * PBM experience * National Pharmacy Technician Certification Required Competencies: * Must have strong leadership and problem solving skills * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Strong interpersonal skills * Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of associates, managers and clients * Ability to comprehend ACD statistical reporting and apply it to the operation of the department * Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form * Ability to maintain a high level of consistency while working with team members * Ability to recognize the needs of the staff, heighten morale, and decrease stress and burnout * Ability to understand what style of conflict resolution is best suited for a particular situation * Ability to determine the needs of each individual team member and assist them in achieving set goals * Demonstrate a clear understanding of company and client confidentiality * Excellent organizational skills * Exemplary coaching / motivational skills at both an individual and team level * Adaptable and able to move with change while maintaining a positive attitude and strong role model for the Team.

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