Sentences with phrase «on a statewide basis at»

CSWA, Wine Institute and CAWG presented its first report measuring the level of sustainable practices among vintners and growers on a statewide basis at a press conference held October 6, 2004 in San Francisco.

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Summary: Based on the statewide median home price and current mortgage rates, the average mortgage payment in California will be approximately $ 2,542 at the start of 2017.

The Advocacy department has offices at Broad Meadow Brook in Worcester, where our Shaping the Future of Your Community program is based, and at Mass Audubon's headquarters in Lincoln, where we focus on sustainable development and other statewide policy issues.

Gibson's position on testing puts him closer to the union (which is fighting to keep testing - based evaluations of its members) than many Democrats — including Cuomo — and NYSUT president Karen Magee told the New York Times that Gibson would have a «good chance» at winning it in a statewide run.

Currently, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) prepares the most comprehensive view of state and local economic development efforts statewide; however, the usefulness of this presentation is limited because it is based mostly on available data published for past years.1 A UEDB should be part of the Executive and Enacted budgets and should include prospective information showing the costs of all economic development programs for the coming fiscal year.2 To capture the full scope of economic development costs, a UEDB should bring together tax expenditures and spending at state agencies and authorities, as well as the value of discounted power offered by the New York Power Authority.

As the governor's action affects all members of the bargaining units on a statewide basis, CSEA filed the grievance at Step 3 of the grievance process.

During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.

Based on those numbers the cost per job for the company's commitment statewide is $ 160,000 per job, but the state says that's not a fair way to look at it.

At - large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.

If no candidate has more than 50 percent of the vote, the at - large delegates will be awarded proportionally based on the statewide vote.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Based on a four - stage professional path, the plan is a radical departure from the two - tiered certification system used in most states, and represents the first statewide attempt at an incentive - pay system.

Patricia has designed and delivered presentations at statewide conferences on topics ranging from integrating global perspectives into CTE curriculum to project - based learning.

In that effort, she led the team at the department in building a transition plan that was based on feedback from thousands of Tennesseans statewide and capitalized on the successes and work underway.

Ask the Teacher - Leaders — October 1, 2015 Indy Teachers Union Votes for High - Paid Opportunity Culture Roles — September 9, 2015 Charter School Lessons in New Orleans, Nashville — September 1, 2015 Teacher Evaluation for Teacher - Led, Team - Based Schools: Free Guide & Policy Brief — August 27, 2015 Early Lessons from Newark's Charter School Sector — August 20, 2015 New, Free Training Materials for Teaching - Team Leaders — August 4, 2015 Higher Growth, Pay at Early Opportunity Culture Schools: Results and Lessons — July 21, 2015 Syracuse Schools Build on First Opportunity Culture Year — June 16, 2015 How to Build an Opportunity Culture: New, Free Toolkit — June 9, 2015 Hire Great Teacher - Leaders, Blended - Learning and Team Teachers: Free Toolkits — June 2, 2015 Texas First to Launch Statewide Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 19, 2015 RealClearEducation.com Launches Opportunity Culture Series — May 15, 2015 Indianapolis Public Schools Begin Opportunity Culture Initiative — May 07, 2015 What Could YOU Do in an Opportunity Culture?

It may not be popular or politically expedient, but annual, statewide standardized testing, and yes — even accountability and consequences based on that data — at least deserve a defense.

Mooney, a former education writer for The Star Ledger and The Record before launching the magazine, described the effort to enact a markedly different statewide evaluation program, where at least 50 - percent of the rating criteria must be based on student performance.

Developed Maine's first statewide school accountability system (A-F school grades) to ensure transparency in school performance for families and students; joining other states and cities around the country who offer these grades on schools — grades that are based on information Maine already collected but that had been sitting in file cabinets at the Department of Education.

Within range of or exceeding predicted performance based on similar student populations statewide, for at least two out of the last three years, based on CCSA's metric, the Similar Students Measure.

Reviewed 2013 Strategic Plan goals (Develop a committee structure that parallels AACTE and mobilized committees based on annually identified MACTE priorities; Developed and implemented an advocacy plan for educator preparation at the state level in matters of legislative policy, and regulatory matters related to initial and advanced educator preparation and licensure; Developed and disseminated position statements on issues of importance to educator preparation and licensure; Developed a statewide initiative showcasing excellence in educator preparation), established working committees and set priorities for 2014 - 15.

Seth has published articles in school psychology journals, and has presented at many statewide, as well as national conferences on topics such as tiered problem solving, data based decision - making, program evaluation, peer tutoring, school - based intervention teams, and RTI for English language learners.

These efforts must be based on a statewide issue, involve working with multiple organizations or coalitions through grassroots collaboration, and contain a public awareness / advocacy training component for PTA members and the community at large.

Statewide systems of school improvement and support were focused largely on compliance and sanctions based on bald, end - of - year data that provided little evidence of how results were achieved and moreover, were not useful for making decisions at the school and system levels.

The Co-op is able to achieve these goals by aggregating special education costs together at the state level to leverage the fact that, on a statewide basis, special education costs are predictable, even though they are frequently volatile at the district level.

In addition, there have been agency and government white paper reports describing proposed adaptation strategies based on climate impact assessments.11, 99 We discovered that 10 of the 12 states in the Northeast have statewide adaptation plans in place or under development (many plans can be found at: http://georgetownclimate.org/node/3324).

Connected Beginnings faculty and staff have been invited to present at statewide and national conferences, workshops, and events and are available to present on a range of topics including: relationship - based practice, professional development, maternal depression, and social and emotional well - being.

Board members at the Arizona Association of REALTORS ® will vote Aug. 8 on whether to acquire the state's largest multiple listing service, Tempe - based Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc. (ARMLS), which is viewed as the first step in bringing it closer to its goal of creating a statewide MLS, Inman News reports.