Sentences with phrase «practice emerging skills»

Play is an important vehicle for developing self - regulation as well as promoting language, cognition, and social competence... [Play] gives [children] opportunities to explore the world, interact with others, express and control emotions, develop their symbolic and problem - solving abilities, and practice emerging skills.

At the same time, these toddler toys give your child freedom of movement and a boost in confidence so that she can practice emerging skills like balance and coordination.

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Find extracurricular opportunities that will help your child practice emerging social skills while having a school activity to look forward to.

Called fine motor skills, these are something that will continue to emerge and improve as your child grows and practices.

Climbing gym: A tiny gym can give your toddler a safe place to climb, hide, slide, and practice all her emerging motor skills — over and over again.

In order to encourage large motor skill development, it is essential to give kids plenty of opportunities to practice their newly emerging abilities.

This activity provides a fun way for your child to practice her emerging drawing and writing skills outside.

Wellstone will provide a home for NOI's broad community of practitioners and power key elements of NOI's core programs, such as intensive, cohort - based skills training for emerging digital organizers and data managers looking to start careers in the field (known as Data and Digital BootCamps); shorter - form skills trainings that have been effective in helping established practitioners take their work to the next level; and events like RootsCamp, an «unconference» that provides key networking, best - practice sharing, and skills development for the progressive data and digital communities.

This funding enabled them to initiate or enhance existing programs designed to help students obtain the skills necessary to partner with clinician - scientists in the application of emerging biological knowledge to medical practice.

This newly emerging practice is based on cultivating relationship skills while doing yoga postures; building trust, confidence, compassion, developing balance and connectivity.

They wield their scalpel here with practiced skill, though like some of the other sharp blades on display, it takes its time to emerge.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

While it may be tempting to spend the summer at the beach or by the pool, it's important that emerging readers practice their reading skills over the...

While it may be tempting to spend all summer at the beach or by the pool, it's important that emerging readers practice their reading skills over the...

«ASCD's mission and positions on teaching and learning reflect my own values and beliefs, so I see the opportunity to join the Emerging Leaders program as a way not only to articulate the shared best practices, but also build leadership skills through working with ASCD leaders and outreach initiatives,» said Brad Cawn, senior manager of school performance for Chicago Public Schools and a 2011 Emerging Leader.

Through a project called Algebra by Design, funded by Lucent Technologies, we are working with teachers in grades 5 - 12 in the Syracuse City School District to (a) increase significantly the number of students who are successful in learning the core ideas of algebra, (b) increase the depth of algebraic understanding of all students and enhance their problem - solving skills in mathematically challenging design projects and activities, (c) provide teachers with experience and collaborative support in the use of Standards - based curricula, design projects, and current and emerging technologies, and (d) prepare new teachers in partnership with practicing teachers through observations, field placements, and semester - long internships.

Though a growing body of research has studied the theory and best practices for developing students» disciplinary literacy skills in the high school classroom, research that investigates the ways preservice secondary teachers use instructional technology during their student - teaching internship is an emerging area of study.

Canadian School Boards Association in its priorities for 2011 — 12 identifies the integration of emerging technologies into teaching and learning in Canadian classrooms, the creation of policy to promote classroom and community / industry connections, sustainability and partnerships and the promotion of research - based practices in Canadian classrooms that develop 21st century learning skills in areas such as literacy, communication, collaboration, critical - thinking and problem solving.

When learners engage in exploration and practice as part of seeking to answer their own questions and develop their own skills and understanding, the opportunity for personal meaning - making and goal - setting emerges.

New insights are emerging about the critical role students play in maximizing the effectiveness of formative assessment practices; about how to help teachers develop and hone their formative assessment skills; and about how education policy can be used more effectively to deepen and scale up the use of classroom - based assessment practices.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Disruptive technologies will likely emerge and impact FHWA in areas such as: overall mission; required staff skill sets and knowledge; methods for program service delivery; and practices for assuring program effectiveness and expected outcomes.

Indeed, this emerging specialty area of veterinary practice seems to have a wide audience of practitioners interested in advancing the knowledge and skills they need to better protect the health and welfare of homeless dogs and cats across our globe.

CALL Workshops will empower emerging and mid-career artists with information and skills so they may manage the records of their practice as it develops, and reap the benefits of their work in the present as well as the future.

The exhibition focuses on three themes: Storytelling, Embracing the Future and Motif and Manipulation and showcases new work by 16 established and emerging international and UK artists and makers that have embraced the interdisciplinary nature of this skill, applying the aesthetics and techniques of pattern - cutting to their practice in innovative and unexpected ways.

The demographics of our aging population, new and emerging markets, predicted skills shortages, recruiting practices, company benefits and industry lay offs all have an impact on career trends.

Career coaching and career mentoring Established theories of career decision making Counselling theories to inform career counselling and coaching practice New and emerging approaches Using narrative approaches in career counselling and career coaching Working with diversity Career development in organisations Models for structuring career conversations Developing skills and techniques for career counselling and coaching Supporting career learning and development in a range of contexts Using digital technologies and creative approaches in careers work Becoming a critically reflective practitioner Appendices References

Pediatric medical homes should (1) strengthen their provision of anticipatory guidance to support children's emerging social - emotional - linguistic skills and to encourage the adoption of positive parenting techniques; (2) actively screen for precipitants of toxic stress that are common in their particular practices; (3) develop, help secure funding, and participate in innovative service - delivery adaptations that expand the ability of the medical home to support children at risk; and (4) identify (or advocate for the development of) local resources that address those risks for toxic stress that are prevalent in their communities.

Individual reflective supervision is scheduled, sacred time for a parent educator and their supervisor to collaboratively reflect on emerging practice issues such as roles, ethics, boundaries, skill development, and self - care.

Performance psychology is emerging as a practice area that focuses on applying psychological principles, theories and skills to enhance optimal performance among populations such as performing artists and athletes...

Duties: AEDP (Accelerated Dynamic Experiential Psychotherapy) Advanced Essential Skills Course (2011 - 2012), Essential Skills Course (2010 - 2011) and Immersion Course (May 2011): Supervised group experiential exercises where participants practiced basic skill sets necessary to practice AEDP and to emerge both an understanding and a felt sense of how to practice AEDP.

Informed Consent SPI courses are educational in nature, however personal issues may emerge during a long and intense training in which students practice skills for working with trauma and developmental attachment issues.

Clinicians emerge from AEDP training and supervision with a theoretical understanding of AEDP's healing - oriented transformational theory, a felt sense of how AEDP is practiced, and, over time, a large repertoire of specific skills for the embodied clinical practice of AEDP.