Sentences with phrase «of high quality mentoring»

The National Quality Mentoring System (NQMS) creates recognized standards and procedures for the operation of high quality mentoring programs based on evidence and a process for continuous improvement within a program.

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I meet with these growers to mentoring and teach about more efficient ways of farming and to produce higher quality products to use.

For the majority of postdocs, however — those supported by professors» research grants and working in university laboratories — the postdoc years generally do not provide high - quality mentoring, movement toward scientific independence, adequate compensation and recognition, or guidance toward establishing a permanent career.

It is anticipated that this award will (1) greatly enhance the awardee's chances of obtaining a high - quality faculty / staff appointment, (2) improve the awardee's success and retention in an investigative career in cardiovascular science, and (3) develop the mentoring skills of the awardee as a potential future mentor.

One thing is certain, though: Even under the most mentoring - friendly interpretation of NIH's rather murky rules, NIH investigators have no real incentive to provide high - quality mentoring.

The NAS and Annenberg group identified several ways to change incentives for quality and correction, including rewarding researchers for publishing high - quality work rather than publishing work more often; mentoring young peer - reviewers to increase clarity and quality of editorial responses during the journal publishing process; and using «voluntary withdrawal» and «withdrawal for cause» instead of the blanket «retraction» term, which has negative connotations that can prevent some researchers from taking action when a paper is wrong, but not as a result of fraud or misconduct.

Since the cost of replacing a teacher is estimated at 30 percent of salary and benefits, a high - quality mentoring program offers a far less expensive alternative.

Overall, we found that PAR costs about $ 4,000 - $ 7,000 per teacher served, which is about the same as the cost of high - quality mentoring.

It provides unequivocal evidence of the positive impact of intensive sports coaching and mentoring on the lives of young people, and also supports our view that further high - quality research is needed to continue to inform policy in this area.»

Does the school employ a variety of collegial and sustained professional development activities (e.g., mentoring relationships between new teachers and experienced teachers, high - quality teacher induction programs, professional development drawing on school - level expertise, professional learning communities, collaboration among teachers, and relationships between teacher teams and social service support providers that serve students and families)?

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting teachers of color; improving the teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice teachers; increasing teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

Comprehensive induction, writes Headden, includes high - quality mentoring by trained mentors, common planning time, ongoing professional development, external networks of teachers, standards - based evaluation, dedicated resources and an adequate and stable source of funding.

A distinguishing trait of the world's best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States - is that they «invest in high - quality preparation, mentoring and professional development for teachers and leaders, completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts were to heed that finding, they would, for starters, provide mentoring for all novice principals for at least a year.

It is a statewide resource for developing and supporting the delivery of consistent, high - quality professional development around instructional coaching and mentoring.

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.

This type of intentional mentoring in high - quality residency programs can be very important both for developing teachers» competence and for reducing attrition.

In addition to offering extensive, high - quality learning opportunities focused on curriculum and instruction, the programs typically offered supports in the form of mentoring, participation in principals» networks and study groups, collegial school visits, and peer coaching.

There is an important wider question about the relationship between these changes and provision in the early years and Further Education sector, both in terms of ensuring the continued parity between QTS and QTLS, and in terms of ensuring that high - quality professional development and mentoring provision is available to teachers working in all different settings.

The characteristics of effective artist partners included flexibility for student participation in the art - making process and questioning, strong communication skills, positive mentoring for students» development of art, and ability to teach high quality art processes.

To ensure that all teachers receive high - quality mentoring, the state should set a timeline in which mentors are assigned to all new teachers throughout the state, soon after the commencing of teaching, to offer support during those first critical weeks of school.

Thousands of teachers have received high - quality mentoring early in their careers because of our work.

To ensure that all teachers receive high - quality mentoring, Pennsylvania should set a timeline in which mentors are assigned to all new teachers throughout the state, soon after the commencing of teaching, to offer support during those first critical weeks of school.

To be effective, induction programs need to combine several elements, with mentoring and common planning or collaborative time with teachers in the same subject or grade being the most important.38 And although induction is often confused with mentorship, mentorship should be only one part of a comprehensive induction program.39 According to the New Teacher Center, which runs induction programs for new teachers in several districts, 40 high - quality induction programs must include the following:

Induction programs have also been found to accelerate teachers» ability to drive student learning gains: In one study, new teachers who participated in high - quality mentoring and induction programs were able to lead their students to academic gains equivalent to those of fourth - year teachers who did not receive such support as beginning teachers.63 Similarly, a study of the California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers, a statewide induction program, found that the induction program had a positive effect on both instructional practice and student learning, with students attaining a half - year's additional growth when they were taught by teachers who were highly engaged in the program.64

PetSafe has donated $ 5,000 to Big Brother Big Sisters of East Tennessee (BBBSETN) to help cover costs incurred in high quality one - to - one mentoring.

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The judges were impressed with the high - quality service provided by Natalie and the wider team at Mackrell Turner Garrett and recognised her varied contribution to the profession in activities such as her mentoring of students at the University of Kent and the College of Law and Charitable work.

Direct reports were department managers with coaching and mentoring of all staff to ensure high quality of care for residents and a positive work environment.

The book Coaching and Mentoring by Jane Renton explains how Veera benefited from the effects of high quality executive coaching.

Mentoring supervisor able to train junior technicians to high standards of quality service provision.

Areas of Expertise Leadership * Hospitality Management * Productivity & Quality High Performance Teams * Relationship Management * Customer Service Production & Processing * Coaching & Mentoring * Workplace Safety

High energy sales professional and manager with a diversity of skills and an excellent mentoring qualities.

Professional Experience GA DFCS Clayton County (Jonesboro, GA) 2008 — 2010 Supervisor • Manage staff orientation and on - going training, including technology, reference materials, and other pertinent information, to ensure a high - quality of public service • Delegate important tasks and assignments to other staff members while providing guidance on relevant expectations and completion timetables as well as support and experience in job execution • Monitor and document associate performance through the use of monthly evaluation meetings to address any issues or areas of weakness through focused training efforts as well as resolve issues and complaints • Perform other important staff management functions, including time records / time off requests, career mentoring, and employee discipline / dismissal when necessary

CAPGEMINI (Chicago, IL) 1999 — 2004 Manager • Manage projects related to customer application development, maintenance, business analysis and testing / quality assurance • Led the corporate Project Management Certification Group • Responsible for project management networking and training of potential PMP candidates • Provide quality assurance coaching and mentoring and prepared and rolled out training plans • Assist in the organizational initiative of attaining CMMI Level 3, conducting internal audits and appraisals, and training on the CMMI and SCAMPI methodologies • Serve as a consultant for the AON Corporation — Insurance Brokerage System Assessment (Chicago, IL) • Act as the Functional Manager conducting a high - level competitive analysis of insurance brokerage solutions, commercial vendor packages, and AON internal systems • Offer consulting services to Sprint (Overland Park, KS) • Serve as Project Manager, Project Leader, and Business Analyst • Lead Trouble Reporting System (TRS), Facilities Management System (FMS), and Integrated On - demand Network (ION) initiatives

Providing ongoing monitoring and support to youth and adults is often the most critical — yet overlooked — aspect of managing a high - quality youth mentoring program.

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Evaluations of youth mentoring programs have provided evidence that high - quality, enduring relationships can lead to a range of positive outcomes for the young people involved.