Sentences with phrase «partnerships at the district»

In fact, formal union - management partnerships at the district - level seem to be a catalyst for building highly collaborative schools.

It includes recommendations to better leverage time, teachers, resources and partnerships at the district, union and state level.

The videos in this series highlight the stories of five rural and urban Illinois districts, providing a sample of the positive changes happening across the state as a result of the multiyear partnership at the district, school, and classroom levels.

Developing partnerships at the district level with local universities and teachers of color to actively recruit talented teachers into administrator preparation, especially those who have demonstrated a commitment to working in hard - to - staff schools.

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Having made its way to the Middle East, in partnership with automobile maker Cadillac, the travelling exhibition is taking place at Dubai Design District (d3) until December 16, 2017, and is open to a...

Unions at Kaiser Permanente, Harley Davidson (HOG), Southwest Airlines (LUV), ABC School District in Los Angeles and others are building and sustaining partnerships with employers to improve performance, quality and working conditions.

TORONTO, November 6, 2015 — MaRS Discovery District and LegalRnD — The Center for Legal Services Innovation at Michigan State University College of Law today announced a partnership dedicated to legal sector innovation and improving access to legal services.

TORONTO, August 10, 2015 — London Hydro and the Advanced Energy Centre (AEC) at MaRS Discovery District today announced a new partnership, formalizing ongoing collaboration to foster the adoption of energy innovation in Ontario and internationally.

MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce that it has signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Economy of United Arab Emirates to establish a long - term, mutually beneficial, strategic partnership aimed at fostering innovation and accelerating the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both countries.

London Hydro and the Advanced Energy Centre (AEC) at MaRS Discovery District today announced a new partnership, formalizing ongoing collaboration to foster the adoption of energy innovation in Ontario and internationally.

TORONTO, June 10, 2015 — MaRS Discovery District and Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH), a leading community teaching hospital, today announced a new partnership aimed at creating a more sustainable and innovative healthcare system.

TORONTO, May 6, 2015 — Hydro Ottawa and the Advanced Energy Centre at MaRS Discovery District today announced a new partnership focused on collaborating to help Hydro Ottawa explore new ways to integrate innovation into their business practices.

At Capital Factory Friday morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new partnership with the Austin Community College District to offer its App Development with Swift curriculum to students.

Toronto, September 10, 2012 — MaRS Discovery District is pleased to announce that it has signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Economy of United Arab Emirates to establish a long - term, mutually beneficial, strategic partnership aimed at fostering innovation and accelerating the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both countries.

The Department of Education conducted a review (2008) of the content of district school wellness policies using a school wellness policy assessment tool developed in partnership with the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University.

Through this new partnership agreement residents of the Prospect Heights Park District, River Trails Park District, and Mount Prospect Park District are entitled to utilize partner park district facilities and participate in programs offered at these districts at residenDistrict, River Trails Park District, and Mount Prospect Park District are entitled to utilize partner park district facilities and participate in programs offered at these districts at residenDistrict, and Mount Prospect Park District are entitled to utilize partner park district facilities and participate in programs offered at these districts at residenDistrict are entitled to utilize partner park district facilities and participate in programs offered at these districts at residendistrict facilities and participate in programs offered at these districts at resident rates.

To take advantage of this outstanding partnership, when registering for programs or purchasing a membership at our partner districts, present valid proof of your name and address with a valid driver's license or state ID.

Eunita Rushing feels at home when she's near plants, so perhaps it's no surprise that since 1999 she has been the enthusiastic president of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, which works in partnership with the Chicago Park District to raise funds and awareness for educational and public programs for the conservatory, located on the city's West Side.

Plans are underway to build a dog park in partnership with the Mt. Prospect Park District at Melas Park.

In partnership with our good friends at the Walmart Foundation, the AASA is providing school districts the opportunity to apply for school breakfast «mini-grants,» in an effort to increase school breakfast participation using alternative breakfast strategies.

A continuation of our partnership with DC Public Schools that began in 2010, DCCK will serve nearly 1,000 more low - income students, providing healthy, scratch - cooked meals to schoolchildren at 12 District schools in Ward 7.

The partnership arrangement will provide Park District residents with more recreational space at a lower price.

Park district officials say they are looking at all funding options that include grants, private donations and partnerships.

«It's a very big deal,» said Derek Daniels, sports manager at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, whose sports department runs the sled hockey program in partnership with the Chicago Park District.

«The Canine Commons dog park is a wonderful example of how a public partnership, between the Arlington Heights Park District and the Mt. Prospect Park District, can work to accomplish what has been an unmet need in both communities,» said Brian Meyer, director of recreation and facilities at AHPD.

Arlington Heights — The Park District has declined to enter into a financial partnership with Elementary School District 25 to help build gyms at South and Thomas Middle Schools.

But Park District officials said the field represents a partnership between private and public organizations that improves Chicago parks at minimum cost to taxpayers.

So the district has begun leaning on private - public partnerships, like the one behind the artificial turf at Nike Soccer Field in Douglas Park, to help pay for construction.

That partnership could slash the project's price tag by at least $ 1 million, and maybe more, by using city and Park District expertise and capital equipment to do much of the engineering and construction.

The arrangement would be similar to other partnerships that allow the Park District to share facilities at Lincoln - Way High School and the elementary schools of New Lenox District 122, McKenna said.

Darren Hodgdon, president of Chicago - based Athletic Club of America, plans to meet with park commissioners Feb. 14 to discuss a three - way partnership between the district, Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights and the Continental Club, a 1,100 - member athletic center at Continental Towers in Rolling Meadows.

As a partnership between the New England District of Kiwanis and the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, we have worked together since 1981 providing the highest level of expertise available to treat the most seriously injured children at our Pediatric Emergency Department, an American College of Surgeons verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center.

An unusual partnership of Capital District OTB and a Rochester developer is proposing a casino development at Exit 23 of the Thruway at the compound of secluded homes where the prominent Noonan family — related to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — lives on the outskirts of Albany.

At 9 a.m., Assemblyman Walter Mosley announces the «Love Yourself» Brooklyn Peace Concert, in partnership with Sen. Jesse Hamilton, District Leader Geoffrey Davis, and other community members, as a response to tragedies at Brooklyn's J'Ouvert Parade in past years, Medgar Evers College, BrooklyAt 9 a.m., Assemblyman Walter Mosley announces the «Love Yourself» Brooklyn Peace Concert, in partnership with Sen. Jesse Hamilton, District Leader Geoffrey Davis, and other community members, as a response to tragedies at Brooklyn's J'Ouvert Parade in past years, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyat Brooklyn's J'Ouvert Parade in past years, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn.

In addition to the addition of new personnel in 2014, the Department has pioneered partnerships with hospitals and school districts to station CPS workers at their facilities.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

Through his doctoral research at Columbia University and experience as a tech specialist at the Fieldston School in New York City, Kenny Graves has found that the partnerships among school leaders are also helping them think more strategically about how to use technology as a tool to address specific needs and goals in their districts.

He was also at the center of Microsoft's involvement in the creation of the School of the Future — a pioneering partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and now the first of many Microsoft Showcase Schools around the world.

Across the board at the federal, state, and district level the role of partnerships between home and school is becoming a more important factor in education reform and student achievement, Mapp said.

In 2000 the foundation committed $ 150 million over five years to improving leadership at the school and district level and is now underwriting in 24 states a wide variety of programs: leadership academies, university - school district partnerships, research, changes in what it takes to become certified as a principal, and superintendent training.

Pathways in Education, based in Pasadena, California, operates schools for dropouts and at - risk youth in partnership with a host district in California (40,000 students annually); its initiatives in Louisiana, Illinois, and Tennessee use distance learning, experiential learning, and school - site programs to help students earn a diploma or GED.

Initially funded at $ 650 million, i3 allowed school districts, charter schools, and non-profit organizations working in partnership with one of those entities to apply for grants to support innovative programs aligned with one of four broadly defined federal priorities (e.g., supporting effective teachers and principals or improving the use of data).

In this webinar, the former chief academic officer for Partnerships to Uplift Communities Schools and now the current chief implementation officer at BloomBoard, Kelly Montes De Oca, will discuss how you can drive more effective professional learning across your school or district by using a framework for instructional improvement focused on data and mastery rather than seat time and credit hours.

He was also at the centre of Microsoft's involvement in the creation of the School of the Future — a pioneering partnership with the School District of Philadelphia and now the first of many Microsoft Showcase Schools around the world.

Established by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, NNPS is dedicated to bringing together schools, districts, and states that are committed to developing and maintaining comprehensive programs of school - family - community partnerships.

Haddad highlights the core components of St. Vrain — a district - wide 1:1 program, STEM studies that start at pre-K and run into higher education, curricula that push students to problem solve and employ critical thinking skills, a «design thinking» mindset from administrators, public — private partnerships, and effective professional learning that reinforces all these ideas.

However, many English learners aren't yet benefitting from the new framework because many districts are still learning how to implement it through regional workshops, such as one presented last week at Chico State University in partnership with the Butte County Office of Education.

The Partnering in Education Research (PIER) program is now accepting fellowship applications from first - and second - year doctoral candidates at Harvard University interested in conducting quantitative education research in partnership with school districts and state education agencies.

The partnership with the Parks District served more than 10,000 Chicago students in 1996 with an after - school program that gave kids an hour of homework help and two hours of recreation and cultural events at the parks before their parents picked them up after work.

Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America offers profiles of policies and programs at work in 15 states across the country, including examples of state virtual schools, course access opportunities, blended learning models, district - led online learning initiatives, and regional partnerships.