Sentences with phrase «on meaningful job»

On each topic, they issued failing grades, with the exceptions of Sen Skelos getting an F - for not only being inactive on meaningful job creation for low - income communities but for actually fighting against efforts that might otherwise be helpful.

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The cofounder and CEO of Thumbtack has kept a close eye on the rise of the «gig economy» — or on - demand, short - term, unskilled jobs where employees are usually referred to as independent contractors — and he doesn't see how it could provide people with meaningful sources of income long - term.

Costolo, Twitter's current CEO, spent his first six weeks on the job creating and refining the company's first mission statement — «Instantly connect people everywhere to what's most meaningful to them» — and reminding Twitter employees how valued they are.

We sifted through Payscale's data to find the 20 most meaningful jobs that pay $ 70,000 or more a year, on average.

«Statistics show if you have a meaningful percentage of ownership and some communication that the employee's job impacts the value of the shares they have in their accounts, these companies outperform their peers by a factor of 10 percent on a compounded annual revenue and [EBITDA] growth basis,» says Josephs.

«We do not take decisions that impact jobs lightly, but we committed in May to implement meaningful changes to reset our business, remove layers and find cost efficiencies, and we are acting with a sense of urgency on that commitment,» McDonald's spokeswoman Heidi Barker Sa Shekhem said in a statement.

The former CIA chief told him that some of the most meaningful moments in his job were when he'd see a card he wrote an employee years ago still tacked on to his or her wall.

While the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 («the JOBS Act») represents a meaningful step to improve the capital formation process, Regulation ATS has grown increasingly ill - suited to the new model for capital formation that could rely on the internet to facilitate the sale of unregistered securities.

I have several notebooks full of ideas on things churches could be doing to share Jesus more effectively with the world, to do a better job in making disciples, to help children grow up and «stick» with Christianity, to make the services more meaningful, to help people connect with God, to develop real and genuine friendships within the church, and on and on.

After leaving my job, I began consulting with people in this exact phase of life to help guide them as they decided on making a transition into a more meaningful job the way I did.

Especially in knowing the risks, and knowing that the amount of work they need to pilut into their job, both body and mind, in order to even step into a meaningful role on a team, or being a consistent starter.

We fight hunger differently by providing the high - quality nutrition kids relying on school meals need to learn and grow while sustaining meaningful, living - wage careers for at - risk adults who have completed our Culinary Job Training program.

«While I expect this fight to continue, it is my hope the administration can put this destructive chapter behind them and focus on solving our country's important issues, including funding infrastructure, creating jobs for working - class Americans, and developing a meaningful urban agenda to tackle the serious challenges facing America's cities,» said Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner in a statement.

«As a city with one of the highest rates of concentrated poverty in the United States, we need to focus our efforts on projects that can alleviate the pernicious effects of poverty, creating meaningful jobs and improving the quality of life in our neighborhoods.»

«Senate Republicans believe we should invest these resources where they will help hardworking New Yorkers the most ---- through meaningful tax relief that allows families to make ends meet, infrastructure improvements that create new jobs, and a commitment to improving our schools while reducing the burden on property taxpayers,» Skelos said in a statement.

«The court decision of a number of years ago said we have to provide our young people with a meaningful education and a good job for the future,» said Queens Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, chairwoman of the Committee on Education.

e) Establishing a regional growth fund to ensure that regions, towns and cities that depend heavily on the public sector will not be forgotten, getting meaningful support to help create jobs and opportunities for all.

The new committee, Sheriff Moss for New York, will back candidates «who are interested in reducing taxes, creating jobs by producing a friendlier business atmosphere, opposing infringements on our 2nd Amendment rights, as well as bringing meaningful ethics reform to Albany.»

She expressed her hope that the Trump administration will focus on infrastructure funding, job creation for working - class people and «a meaningful urban agenda» to solve problems that cities deal with.

We also must invest in on our children's education, provide meaningful funding increases for our schools and make sure that we move the economy forward by creating good paying jobs.»

«As part of his drive to improve the revenue base of the state and create more job opportunities for the youths, Governor Ayade graciously established the factory in the area with a view to reducing crime rate in the state and engages the people on meaningful project.

The Commons has been absolutely clear tonight that we will not permit our country to be railroaded into a job - destroying hard Brexit, or even a no deal Brexit, without Parliament having a meaningful vote on the matter.

The hard — and essential — part is having meaningful one - on - one conversations with people in the career paths you're interested in, and then using those informational interviews to propel yourself into a job, said NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education Director Sharon Milgram, who helped organize the career symposium.

An always - on working culture can be oppressive, but it's also true that a meaningful job has surprisingly positive consequences for health

It was her day job now and I was still in my old career and, you know, it was a good job and all, it was meaningful, but it wasn't the mission that it was increasingly clear that we were going to be on.»

My approach in seeking out a job was to learn from the best, joining a company that invested in young people and gave a tremendous amount of responsibility early on, so that I could roll up my sleeves and begin to have a meaningful impact from the get go.

While the film rests squarely on Jackman's shoulders and he does a fine job as the center of attention — energetic, three - dimensional, charming, funny, flawed and sympathetic, if a bit of a stretch to be believable as a guy in his 20s, then 30s — everyone else is basically relegated to distant also - rans as far as any kind of meaningful screen time is concerned.

In her new role, Hill will further pursue her work on the ways ethnicity and socioeconomic status shape parenting and their engagement with school on behalf of their children, including a research project on the familial and school - based relational supports that help youth envision meaningful futures, manage their concerns about job market, and plan for post high school success.

It turns out that those last two challenges are related as well; learners must perform better on the job after completing training if the training is to have a meaningful business impact.Unfortunately, most corporate learning is not designed based on how people learn best.

But we must look past this and see that employees are not benefiting from meaningful support and guidance that's focused on actually helping them with their jobs, when they need it — rather than when the class next runs.

The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.

Provide meaningful, job - embedded, and on - going professional development programs for school leaders and teachers on literacy education.

This has a meaningful impact on their salaries since most district salary schedules assign the most significant pay bumps to additional degrees and administrative jobs.

Schools, districts, and states gain the potential for better selectivity, recruitment, and retention; meaningful contributions from residents; the chance to screen job candidates based on performance; and, for those hired at the school of their residency, continuity from a full year of induction into the school's culture and expectations.

Many of us bring years (even decades) of meaningful work experience into our classrooms, yet we are required to start at the same «fresh out of college» level on the salary guide as recent graduates entering their first full time jobs

Our outcomes are not solely based on student test scores — but on graduation rates, college acceptances, and meaningful jobs.

When it came to California's absurd system of granting teachers tenure after, effectively, just 18 months on the job, Thurmond sided with the unions and undermined meaningful legislative reform efforts.

+ Provides coaching experiences for teachers, including review of lesson delivery, providing feedback, and modeling demo lessons + Develops / curates quality instructional resources to share with teachers, including lesson plans, unit plants, and assessments + Facilitates professional development workshops for group sizes ranging up to 100 participants + Designs rich and meaningful professional development sessions aligned to math instruction + Continues own learning through research and self - driven PD to stay current of latest trends in math education + Maintains open communication with supported teachers to nurture a professional learning community of educators + Communicate actively with key stakeholders on progress of teacher development + Provides reporting documentation of services delivered, as required EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE: + BA / BS Degree in Education or related field + 4 + years of work experience teaching math in a K - 12 setting + Expert in math content at least across a 5 year grade level band (g. grades 4 — 8) + Record of result in effectively coaching teachers + Experience designing and delivering professional development for adults + Experience working in blended learning classrooms is a plus + Master's degree preferred + Excellent communication skills are essential OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS: Some local traveling required.

However, because of the circumstances surrounding their job — isolation from colleagues, and little time for meaningful professional development (Onosko, 1991)-- teachers rely almost exclusively on their concrete, context - specific experiences to form their model of practice.

Successful education reform efforts — such as the Harlem Children's Zone, which provides «wraparound» social and health services alongside charter schools, or California's Linked Learning schools, which connect teenagers to meaningful on - the - job training — are built on this more holistic understanding of the forces that shape a child's life and determine her future.

Hence, he also wrote, «On this summary judgment record, HISD teachers have no meaningful way to ensure correct calculation of their EVAAS scores, and as a result are unfairly subject to mistaken deprivation of constitutionally protected property interests in their jobs.»

To probe these questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather meaningful evidence on whether and how better leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.

Schools and districts can use teacher evaluation data to inform meaningful decisions around on - the - job support as well as compensation and employment.

Common failings in the internships, the report says, include too few meaningful on - the - job experiences for aspiring principals and poor training of the mentors overseeing them.

Her focus is on education, where the teachers unions have blocked meaningful reforms for years; protecting bad teachers from being terminated, promoting based on seniority instead of merit, taking over local school boards with hand - picked, union - financed candidates, attacking charter schools, prioritizing teacher compensation and job security over student achievement, and pushing a social agenda in front of academic fundamentals.

My job is to facilitate meaningful discussion on what it takes to be a professional writer and what adjustments you need to make to your lifestyle if this is who you want to be.

Are you looking for a meaningful job where you get to be a champion for the rights of consumers on a daily basis?

«This bill will pave the way for a House - Senate conference to discuss both reforming how taxpayer dollars are spent on federal infrastructure programs, and also meaningful solutions that would address high gas prices and create jobs by permanently removing government barriers to American energy production.»

Heritage Foundation research has found that any sort of carbon tax, cap and trade, or other combination of carbon regulations such as the regulations on new power plants and existing ones (the Clean Power Plan) will only kill jobs and cut income, all without having any meaningful impact on global temperatures, now or in the future.

It would be very meaningful to me to know that I was being paid on a level commensurate to my job responsibilities and experience.