Sentences with phrase «of collaborative efforts focused»

In 2014, faculty and staff at Pratt Institute initiated a series of collaborative efforts focused on teaching, learning and assessment, with the goal of supporting student, professional and organizational learning.

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The River Murray system is a key focus of efforts to improve environmental outcomes through the collaborative management of environmental water at federal, state and local levels.

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

«NYCHA is focused on improving quality of life for residents across our city — and this collaborative effort in The Bronx is delivering for Sack Wern residents,» said Chair and CEO Olatoye.

These centers focus the efforts of collaborative groups of researchers on defined areas of inquiry, to accelerate progress toward the development of new treatments and vaccines to prevent and cure type 1 diabetes, cancer and infectious disease.

In the CFC research model, we guarantee a level of funding that allows the scientists to focus on their collaborative effort to find a cure for glaucoma.

UQDI has strong clinical interactions, world - class facilities, and a greater collaborative research environment, allowing researchers to focus their efforts on turning their scientific discoveries into better treatments for diseases including a variety of cancers, osteoporosis, arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases.

Many of the centres operate collaborative multi-disciplinary ventures focusing on long - term challenges relevant to the nation's efforts to build its scientific capacity and enhance economic competitiveness.

The Foundation supports the collaborative efforts of public school educators, their unions, school districts, and communities to focus on learning conditions that improve student performance.

His research focuses on union - management collaborative efforts in public education, and the impact of these partnerships on teaching and learning.

The Prime Online oTPD program was developed as the result of a collaborative effort between three teacher educators and researchers with expertise in special education, mathematics education, and teacher professional development with a focus on teacher inquiry.

A new report from the Wallace Foundation and the Teachers College at Columbia University, Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education: A Nationwide Scan, identifies and describes the many education - focused collaborations happening in the U.S. right now, explores the role of the collective impact model in collaborative efforts, and outlines trends to watch moving forward.

Her consulting work creates alliances and collaborative efforts that bridge research, policy, and practice with the focus on advancing social and emotional learning as an integral part of basic education and healthy youth development.

™ proved to be a step - by - step guide: 1) analyze and apply critical judgement; 2) identify performance factors; 3) plan and record the work; 4) monitor progress: 5) organize and manage improvement efforts; 6) guide collaborative efforts; 7) build capacity within school personnel; 8) demonstrate organizational sensitivity; 9) monitor accountability and adoption of the improvement process within school personnel; and, finally, 10) implement the school improvement process with a focus on sustainability.

Through a collaborative effort across multiple divisions within the Department, DST focuses on building the capacity of all staff serving in the lowest performing districts and schools across the state to support the improvement of the school performance grade and EVAAS growth score.

Turner coordinated regional planning efforts to respond to the education funding crisis; developed and monitored collaborative work with local civic and elected officials focusing on school success; and was part of a small team, led by the mayor, that successfully averted an impending strike by negotiating a settlement between the Portland school district and the Portland Association of Teachers.

In this video, a small group of them discuss how they can implement a focused, collaborative effort to improve student achievement in struggling schools.

The Oakland Summer Learning Network (OSLN) is a coordinated and collaborative effort to develop a citywide system of quality summer learning opportunities in Oakland, with a focus on improving access for children and youth from under - resourced families.

A small group of them gathered last year to discuss how they can implement a focused, collaborative effort to improve student achievement in struggling schools and how to link that effort to supporting the National Education Association's Priority Schools Campaign.

Bullying PLU / CEU — Collaborative effort of the ALSDE and Alabama Education Association (AEA): Closing Achievement Gaps through Community Conversations that Lead to Collective Action — The Community Conversation focuses on helping a broad cross-section of the community engage in a discussion about how all students can be free of bullying.

This document provides a summary of the work of the Early Literacy Task Force to (1) Establish a sense of urgency for increasing literacy achievement for every Michigan student; (2) Create awareness of the statewide collaborative network focused on literacy; and (3) Provide examples of the efforts to leverage resources focused on a vision for student learning.

Chapter 9 concludes the book with a discussion of how learning targets focus educational leadership practices and collaborative professional development efforts.

Based on our participation in numerous national coalitions focused on animal / shelter overpopulation issues; our work in shelter medicine, shelter research and as a major animal welfare grant maker; and our 100 + years as a direct service provider in New York City as well as our more recent direct participation in intensive, collaborative efforts with more than 10 ASPCA partner communities across the United States, the ASPCA has determined that a number of indicators should be tracked to understand progress in decreasing the number of animals at risk.

He is leading efforts to build a national Climate Impacts Collaborative and working with a broad array of stakeholders to focus the attention of policy makers and others on local climate impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and policy solutions.

Just as one example, the BC Family Justice Innovation Lab arose out of the efforts of a small group of lawyers who had focused their practices on family mediation and collaborative law.

The announcement notes that the Hyperledger Project is a collaborative effort to focus on an open platform that will satisfy a variety of use cases across multiple industries to streamline business processes.

The collaborative effort will focus on joining Dropbox functionality, accounts, and services with key aspects of Google's own Cloud services for enterprise with the goal of reducing the number of applications users need to get work done.

• Collaborative effort with customer to choose the correct materials to provide project completion or design of kitchen space focused on customer requirements.

• Successful collaborative effort with customer to choose the correct materials to provide project completion or design of kitchen space focused on customer requirements.

In 2013, Thrive, in collaboration with the Department of Early Learning, launched a collaborative, community - focused effort that resulted in grants for three home visiting programs: one each in Adams, Grays Harbor and Okanogan counties.

The primary subject matter focus of this collaborative effort will be delivered via a variety of activities that are designed to enhance knowledge on healthy living, inspire creative thinking, make physical activity fun and exciting, as well as demonstrate the effectiveness of positive relationships resulting in youth making healthy life choices.The selected program model for this project addresses the REE Challenge Area Goal 4: Nutrition and Childhood Obesity and will focus on Objective 4.2 - Promote Healthy Diet and Physical Activity Behaviors.

The Collaborative Process is an out - of - court conflict resolution process in which the participants focus their efforts on reaching a mutually acceptable resolution.

As Chair of Realogy's Women's Employee Resource Group, an enterprise - wide initiative focused on talent attraction, development and community, Yannaccone is leading a collaborative effort to elevate women not only within our organization but within the broader real estate services industry as well.