Sentences with phrase «on pilot initiatives»

Building on pilot initiatives in each of these areas into full - blown programs would help high - growth firms scale - up more rapidly and increase the probability of remaining based in Canada.

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According to a release issued on Friday, the Air Force is now looking to have retired pilots return to the service for up to 12 months in positions that require qualified pilots, an initiative called Voluntary Rated Return to Active Duty, or VRRAD.

Facebook Pilots Program to Help Creators Build Advertiser Relationships & Drive Fan Engagement A new Facebook pilot initiative that hopes to both drive fan engagement and boost revenue for creators has been announced, allowing an «In App Purchase» label in the App Store and on Google Play.

He might have offended his critics less if he had more often used the analogy he gave James G. Blaine when explaining his course on Reconstruction: â $ ˜The pilots on our Western rivers steer from point to point as they call itâ $» setting the course of the boat no further than they can see; and that is all I propose to myself in this great problem.â $ ™ â $ œBoth statements suggest Lincolnâ $ ™ s reluctance to take the initiative and make bold plans; he preferred to respond to the actions of others.

Feed The Children is working on a number of initiatives to end child hunger, one of them being a pilot program in Oklahoma City.

The NFL Foundation Athletic Trainer Grant Pilot Program builds on recent initiatives developed by the NFL Foundation to increase the number of young athletes with access to an athletic trainer.

The education and quality improvement initiatives also include a pilot to develop a stepped care model; it includes self - care kits to be disseminated statewide that provide information on when and where to access resources.

The three - day training programme, which commenced on 21st October and ends today, is particularly important because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would be piloting its new initiative of transmitting results electronically (e-transmission) from Polling Units.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

On Monday, he touted a $ 500 million second phase of the «Buffalo Billion» initiative, a $ 2 billion investment in drinking water infrastructure statewide and a far smaller $ 35 million investment in a pilot program to provide after - school services to children in 16 cities.

FLAG - ERA contributes to the construction of the two Flagship initiatives on graphene and human brain research, and also offers support to the four non-selected pilots to progress towards their goals with adapted means.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

Funding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discovery.

The initiative — originally launched by Lincolnshire County Council — has already proved successful following a Metropolitan Police pilot in Merton borough before Christmas, which has so far seen more than 50 % of venues on the borough sign up and continues to grow.

This initiative is built on our successful pilot program last year with 35 schools and more than 10,000 students.

We are just finishing our research and evaluation for the programs from our 2013/14 school year and in two of our major initiatives, we are seeing statistically significant gains in Mathematics - it's in Math that these two schools have focused their blended methods on (often we pick a specific subject area to do a small scale pilot).

The reason is that pilot initiatives can sometimes resemble longitudinal research, and while this is happening, an entire generation of students may miss out on access and opportunities to devices and digital resources.

In crafting the initiative, lawmakers specified that pilot districts agree to a long list of assurances that they wouldn't use their flexibility to turn their backs on the students that the federal funds are designed to help.

He also leads numerous large scale projects including 1:1 laptop initiatives, iPod and iPad pilots, and has recently authored a book on data for administrators.

Drawing on data from two national pilot programs — Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL) and Leading Aligned Numeracy Development (LAND)-- this book looks at effective strategies for implementing system improvement and presents approaches for capitalising on successes, and overcoming the shortcomings of initiative - based reforms.

If we make it possible for local leaders to pilot their initiatives on a limited scale first — say, by launching an intervention in 100 treatment classrooms and tracking results relative to a set of 100 comparison classrooms — we would provide both more upside potential and less downside risk.

Building on an initiative piloted this school year in Virginia, participating districts could offer students a choice of supplemental educational services, or SES, a year before having to provide the option of transferring to a higher - performing school.

In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.

For instance, universities and research contractors should be asked to submit proposals for helping state agencies and school districts not just in evaluating a specific program but in building the capacity of school agencies for piloting and evaluating initiatives on an ongoing basis.

Brad Mitchell is a senior director at Battelle for Kids, where he focuses on building and leveraging philanthropy to fund innovative education reform, especially around rural collaboratives that can serve as learning laboratories and pilot improvement initiatives.

LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer has introduced a resolution, to be voted upon on August 30, that would allow only in - district and pilot school applicants to apply for new schools under the Public School Choice initiative.

Under his leadership, NACAC saw a sharp increase in membership thanks to his efforts on developing pilot initiatives and strengthening key partnerships.

Instead, House legislators signaled they intend to spend big on initiatives such as a pilot program for so - called «advanced teaching roles» and a «modernization» of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) business system.

Coalition School for Social Change: Helping Students Build Effort is one of five case studies written on the Academic and Personal Behaviors Pilot, an initiative of the NYC Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Readiness.

Drew Furedi, formerly the executive director of Los Angeles Unified's talent management division and now its executive director of human capital initiatives, said the piloted changes focus on evaluation as «a growth and development tool rather than a punitive tool,» which will tie results to «aligned, targeted, professional development opportunities for teachers.»

The pilot takes place in multiple countries, all part of the broad initiative called the HP National Education Technology Analytics Project (HP NETA)-- an ambitious data analytics effort that will assist nation and state - level education leaders by providing insights about the impact of education technology on learning, society, and the economy.

P.S. / I.S. 268: Developing Student Self - Reflection is one of five case studies written on the Academic and Personal Behaviors Pilot, an initiative of the NYCDOE Office of Postsecondary Readiness.

Unfortunately, no state currently has a pilot program or incubator initiative specifically focused on cultivating comprehensive innovations in high school design.

Policy leaders, in particular, can (1) support initiatives that expand broadband availability in all of the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers and in state and locally - funded afterschool sites; (2) encourage robust experimentation with digital platforms that allow expanded learning organizations to collaborate, share practices, and connect experiences that kids are having at various expanded learning sites; and (3) support pilot experiments in up to 10 % of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers that focus on integrating evolving technologies.

He joined the Department of Education in 2015, overseeing preschool - through - 12th - grade education policies and working on an initiative to cut absenteeism and a pilot program extending so - called Pell Grants to prisoners.

North High School adopted restorative practices in 2006 as part of the pilot initiative in Denver Public Schools.Throughout its ten years of implementation, North has moved from a school on turnaround status to the coveted Green School rating, transforming student attendance, student achievement, and other indicators of success.

Last year, Quitman's third through fifth grades piloted the initiative in reading and math, dividing a class into three groups based on ability for a particular skill.

In fact, in New York and Detroit, CAC has begun piloting initiatives focused on increasing parent engagement in their child's journey to college.

Family forest owners manage 264 million acres, or 35 percent, of all U.S. forestland, offering a sizeable potential to build on the Oregon pilot and expand the FHHH initiative.

SOCCOM is partnering with teachers and classrooms across the country to inspire and educate students on the Southern Ocean through its pilot «Adopt - a-Float» initiative.

As part of a larger collaborative practice and research initiative, the authors are undertaking research on a pilot project funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario on the use of Views of the Child Reports.

This report on the Legal Environment for the Elimination of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the result of the pilot and preliminary phase of a larger initiative to build a knowledge base and collection of tools to support a whole - of - government approach to manage the public health problem of falsified and substandard medicines in any country.

Reportedly, the SBI has received credit card applications from different states and might launch this initiative in other states on the basis of the response of the pilot project.

... Google has shed fresh light on Project Ara, its modular Android smartphone initiative, including plans to pilot the project in Puerto Rico through food truck - style stores.

Bitt revealed it is already working with the Central Bank of Barbados on «pilot initiatives» behind the concept.

Try to go for meaty, original achievements - for instance, if you were instrumental in devising and piloting a new sales initiative for your firm which proved such a success it was rolled out nationally, then expand on it, as this packs more of a punch than «Responsible for exceeding sales target by 11 % in year one».

Current UK government policies recognise the need for universal parenting support to complement targeted and indicated approaches29 — 33 and the English Department for Education is currently piloting the offer of free vouchers for parenting classes (the CANParent initiative) to all parents in three areas of the country.34 Such recommendations derive from observations relating to the prevalence of suboptimal parenting, 35 the inefficiency of targeting on the basis of identifiable risk factors36, 37 and the potential for realising change in high risk as well as whole population groups by reducing the stigma which may be attached to targeted parenting support.36 — 38 Given the range and prevalence of health and social outcomes on which parent — child relationships have an influence, 2, 3, 5 — 16 universal approaches are appealing.

Housed in the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the OCF strives to support low - income fathers through a four - strategy approach: funding fatherhood programs, including developing pilot programs and funding community - based initiatives; training professionals on how to promote responsible fatherhood; engaging in the community; and developing policy recommendations to further the field of fatherhood.

«Access and Participation in Science: Supporting Inclusion through Teacher Education (SITE)- a pilot initiative» This reports on a project which identified concrete inclusive strategies, examined changes in the classroom practice of individual teachers and provided support for a wider cohort of teachers who wished to enhance the participation of pupils with special educational needs in the science classroom.

She also collaborates on the evaluation of the Illinois Infant / Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Model, a pilot initiative designed to improve the skills of early childhood professionals who care for young children and their families in a range of settings.