Sentences with phrase «overall focus of the program»

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«One of the things that we have placed focus on in our company and requires even more attention, is a dynamic training program, to offer the right type of service to really help improve the overall image within the food industry and to help raise the customer service bar in general in the BVI, which has an economy based on tourism and financial services,» she says.

The team at Bostock New Zealand is focusing their Fair for Life social program efforts primarily on wages and overall health of their workers:

«These two priorities are important to the overall operations, budget efficiency, new initiatives, community policing and many of the programs currently in progress to keep crime low in our City and focus on building partnerships in our communities,» Public Safety Chair Vanessa Gibson (D - Bronx) said in a statement.

The trouble is, she writes in a new article in Academic Medicine, that too many of these programs — called STEGH, or short - term experiences in global health — focus on the needs of the student trainees and not on what's best for their patients or for overall health care in the countries they visit.

Overall, the committee found that «to optimize the science return for the decade 2012 - 2021 within the anticipated resources, [the United States should] focus on three science objectives» — searching for the first stars, galaxies and black holes; seeking nearby, habitable planets; and understanding scientific principles — «while also considering the discovery potential of a much broader research program.»

Since 2016 I have been a member of Weston A Price Foundation (a non profit organization dedicated to food research and education); and I'm currently taking (and loving) this eye - opening course called «Transformation Your Relationship with Food» (a program that dives into the psychology of eating and explains why you should not only focus on what you eat, but how you eat and who you are as a person to optimize your digestion and overall well - being).

The research, which was recently published in the journal Body Image, found that although both activities improved subjects» overall mood and body image, the women assigned to an eight - week program of aerobic exercise on a treadmill or elliptical machine had less anxiety about their physique and thought they looked better than those who focused on resistance training.

The overall intention of the advanced 300 hour program is to develop your skills and understanding in teaching a therapeutic mind - body focused yoga class.

However, if raising overall test - score performance and addressing the achievement gap are to be the main focus of federal policy, it is foolish to have a panoply of programs that direct state and local officials toward a host of other priorities, distracting them from their core mission.

«Overall, the whole kit bag of aligning staff performance plans with the annual implementation plan, [and] the professional learning program gives a strong focus to our work,» Rice tells Teacher.

Students would be much better off if policymakers and education leaders were to focus on student achievement results as a way to assess teacher quality overall, and to assess the quality of teacher preparation programs supported by federal and state dollars.

The programs are child - focused and have the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low - income families.

Each program is designed to meet a unique need while focusing on the overall picture of meeting the Renaissance Learning mission.

It's also important to note their general availability and time constraints, since this can have a great influence in the overall design and content of the training program, allowing for a faster or slower pace or necessitating a focus on just the bare essentials.

At Monday's School Board meeting, district officials shared with board members five focus areas for improving the program: identifying advanced learners; teaching advanced learners; communicating the needs of advanced learners with parents, within schools and between schools as students transition grade levels; staffing; and overall assessment of the advanced learning program.

This online survey contained a few general questions (e.g., major, year started the program) and then focused on more specific questions relating to the overall diversity simulation and the level of the preservice teachers» engagement in the course.

They should be a part of coherent, focused program that drives toward particular outcomes for each staff member and serves the overall vision for the school or district.

They should be part of a coherent, focused program that drives toward particular outcomes for each staff member and serves the overall vision for the school or district.

As the purchaser, you can focus on developing good content and running the overall training program instead of worrying about the software.

Coupled with the focused attention of parents and the quiet time of unplugging for a while to curl up with a book, and a program like this one stands to produce great strides in language development, literacy and reading comprehension, and an overall increase in reading for pleasure.

In order to meet the overall goals of the program, MassCEC has announced an upcoming transition that steps down loan support while providing $ 10 million in additional funding for future program activities that focus on income - qualified customers.

DebtWave Credit Counseling, Inc. created the San Diego Financial Literacy Center (SDFLC), a full spectrum financial services program that focuses on the overall financial health of members of the military, youth, and low - moderate income families.

However, this is a broad and typical statement, and Representative Harper does not focus his efforts on streamlining student loan programs or the Department of Education overall.

Some important considerations are your risk tolerance and the focus of your overall estate plan and wealth building life insurance program.

We are content to focus our breeding program on developing the personality, trainability, and overall health of our lovely pooches.

In fact, this program focuses entirely on improving the overall health and survivability of each cat and enhances the likelihood of continued health and well - being because all cats are returned home to the locations where they were thriving.

There are no individual vet tech programs focused solely on zoological medicine as that area of study is covered within the overall curriculum of an accredited veterinary technology program.

From treatments focusing on chronic pain and inflammation, slowing the aging process, and our renowned SHaRP program with Dr. Strauss highlighting the importance of healthy relationships to overall well - being, our guests experience the best of traditional treatments and contemporary research.

The Haudenschilds» enthusiasm for the field extends beyond collecting: as part of the overall Zooming into Focus program, they have commissioned new works (not necessarily collectible), have sponsored lectures and video screenings, and have supported two symposia focusing on contemporary Chinese photography and video, in San Diego and Hangzhou.

Modeled originally after LEED, the SITES program has shifted the focus beyond the building to reveal the necessity of healthy, functioning landscapes and green infrastructure in achieving overall sustainability and community resilience.

To identify the key services and institutions that will be needed to support a successful IFCS program, this paper will examine three possible international forest carbon sequestration (IFCS) models: a fund - based approach, proposed by Brazil7; a market - based approach submitted jointly by several rainforest nations; 8 and the Forest Program for Inventories of National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ aprogram, this paper will examine three possible international forest carbon sequestration (IFCS) models: a fund - based approach, proposed by Brazil7; a market - based approach submitted jointly by several rainforest nations; 8 and the Forest Program for Inventories of National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ aProgram for Inventories of National Carbon (PINC) approach, which focuses on rewarding a broad range of countries for increases in national carbon stocks.9 While these three approaches share the same overall goal, they are structured in different ways, and their need for support services will differ as well.

In order to overcome this hurdle, he announced that Ethereum would be launching two new subsidy programs focused on expanding the scale and overall development of the growing distributed ledger.

August 2003 — August 2007 St. Francis Hospital Columbus, Georgia Wellness Coordinator & Neuromuscular Therapist As the Wellness Coordinator, I was responsible for creating and implementing a variety of programs that focused on the overall health of senior citizens.

The Atlanta Daily World (Atlanta, GA) 10/2001 — 07/2004 Office Manager • Collaborated with marketing manager to create positive marketing and promotional partnerships on a local and national level, including the integration and utilization of various media relationships • Supervised and directed classified sales department in the maintenance of existing clientele and generation of new customers, outlining departmental sales goals and tracking associate progress versus established benchmarks • Implemented numerous subscriber promotions and sales campaigns while targeting key newsstands to grow subscriber base and issue sales, supervising members of the circulation team to ensure distributor, vendor, and client satisfaction • Managed various accounting functions to promote accurate billing to advertisers, newsstands, subscribers, and distributors on a weekly and monthly basis • Assisted team with proofreading functions on production day in addition to critiques of the layout and design of classified pages, focusing on paid advertisement placement, content accuracy, and overall appeal • Coordinated Atlanta Daily World sponsorships with the Georgia Statewide Spelling Bee, the City of Atlanta Camp Best Friend paper program, and the organizations» 75th anniversary celebration • Oversaw the execution of critical office and operational functions

Claims Management Duties & Responsibilities Utilize efficient workflow organization to improve departmental efficiencies while ensuring effective client response and diligent analysis of claims, with extensive experience in both commercial and personal lines Provide relevant administration and direction to multi-million dollar staff budgets, quality control, fraud investigations, and complex claims reviews, earning denial authority over high - level claims cases Identify and develop talent among team members with focused training efforts, performance reporting and analyses, and operational efficiency initiatives Deliver continuous assessment of work force, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective service strategies and techniques, loss liability monitoring, and claim litigation assistance Develop and implement the marketing and sales efforts of customer service team while tracking progress versus established internal and external benchmarks, providing disciplinary actions when necessary Construct customer service and claims team through effective staff hiring to aid in efficient operations and execution, delegating important tasks / assigments to line supervisors while providing branch - level guidance Aid in strategic planning and capital budgeting based on improving operating efficiency and reducing service - related production losses, collaborating effectively with senior - level management Maintain a strong working knowledge of important industry topics, company programs and policies, and overall regulatory environment, including state - level responsibility for process changes in casualty / PIP Address important client and staff queries, resolving them in an expedited manner Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude and professionalism

Conceptualized and presented as two complementary programs focused on overall student wellness, Healthy Topics (HT) and MBSR were incorporated into the school curriculum and delivered to all students during the «resource» class time for a portion of the school year, instead of classes such as advisory, art, or music.

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.

January 4, 2012 An Oregon State University study has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education.

The HERO Project is a strategy to join service providers and various programs (partners across LAUNCH, MIECHV, Head Start and Early Head Start, school districts, health care, and child care) into a seamless continuum of services and interventions aimed at improving overall outcomes for children — with mental health as the central focus.

Effective Online Training for Your State, Community, Organization, or Program Knowledge and Know - How: Nurturing Child Well - Being This innovative series focuses on the core knowledge and skills professionals need to leverage their relationships with families, promote child well - being, and raise overall quality of care.

Despite being a key spark that ignited the financial crisis and the headline focus of several of the most significant government programs — such as TARP, TALF and PPIP — these troubled assets continue to weigh on both bank balance sheets and the overall health of the financial system.