Sentences with phrase «practice initiatives at»

The Chicago Center for Family Health faculty are recognized internationally for outstanding teaching, publications, and practice initiatives at the forefront of the field of family therapy.

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We have to practice how to connect to our thoughts and ensure we focus on the task at hand by our own initiative and cognitive ability.

Initiatives detailed in the White House fact sheet ranged from committing to the «Rooney rule,» a recruiting practice in which at least one woman and one minority are considered for each position, to more specific ideas and goals.

Her work in creating a number of successful initiatives to promote best practice at companies concerning LGBT rights has been shared and replicated across the world across corporations and sponsors 41 diversity - network groups across 30 countries.

As the «pay for work» practice is especially prevalent at the commodity - sourcing level of the food supply chain, the «No Fees» initiative initially focused on promoting ethical recruitment in palm oil and seafood sourcing, and has now scaled up to include companies in the electronics, apparel, and extractives sectors.

Previously, as a practice head at Fuld & Co., a Boston based consulting firm, Kevin, leading the delivery of insights and recommendations on competitive business and talent practices, facilitating scenario planning and war - gaming exercises for Fortune 500 executive teams to align team members with long - term strategic initiatives.

With funding and support from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has undertaken an initiative aimed at growing and supporting best practices adoption in Angel investor communities in Western Canada.

Anaheim, Calif., March 8, 2018 — Straus Family Creamery is recognized for leadership in the creation of great - tasting organic dairy products, mission - driven initiatives, and influence in innovative, sustainable organic farming practices at the 38th annual Natural Products Expo West & Engredea.

To ensure the quality and safety of our beef we select premium Northwest cattle and have received key food safety certifications through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Global Food Safety initiative (GFSI) which recognizes food safety practices at the highest level.

Friday practice - we've started looking at more positive initiatives to get the young guys to have an opportunity to drive - that sort of thing is what's being discussed at the moment.»

The initiative is targeted at improving child and family outcomes, including decreasing rates of child maltreatment and improving parenting practices that may decrease risk for maltreatment.

EMPower Training is a CDC - funded initiative aimed at improving knowledge and skills in evidence - based maternity practices supportive of optimal infant nutrition.

The focus of this new initiative will be on providing tools, materials, and resources to build a sustainable, hospital - specific training plan aimed at improving knowledge and skills on evidence - based maternity care practices.

Created to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates at six months of age and beyond in Kansas, this initiative will help practices create policy and environmental changes that will support breastfeeding mothers.

Indicator 4 of the World Breastfeeding Trends initiative (WBTi) looks in much more detail at the laws and practices in each country to score them on the maternity protection they offer.

Breastfeeding Expert Work Group Mission Statement: ACOG's Breastfeeding Expert Work Group will assist ACOG, specifically the Committee on Obstetric Practice and other committees as appropriate, by providing expertise in breastfeeding medicine and use that expertise to develop and promote breastfeeding tools and initiatives for providers and patients at all levels of the community.

ADEPT aims to represent members» interests, by responding to European and UK Government initiatives and consultations, by promoting initiatives aimed at influencing Government policy and through the development of best practices.

«Sustainability research and policy initiatives need to focus more on the practices underlying how and why we consume resources rather than the technology,» says Dr Chris Foulds, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University.

Right - minded people are becoming increasingly and rightfully disgusted at the amount of taxpayers» money being spent on government «initiatives» run by companies like A4E and the disgusting practices used by ATOS.

There is also a companion trial to the Percoco case in June, which is expected to probe pay - to - play allegations in Cuomo's «Buffalo Billion» revitalization initiative for that part of New York — which means that hard looks at the practices of state government will continue to be in the news with the prosecution of another Cuomo ally, Alain Kaloyeros.

Beverly Usher of Rochester pointed to a «doughnuts for dads» and «muffins for moms» initiative at an elementary school there, which brings parents into the school for conversation about best practices for families and educators.

Two proposed NYC Council initiatives aimed at changing law - and - order practices that critics say unfairly target minorities and the indigent have taken different paths, with one gaining steam as the other stalls.

Two proposed City Council initiatives aimed at changing law - and - order practices that critics say unfairly target minorities and the indigent have taken different paths, with one gaining steam as the other stalls.

As a member of the GFOA, she has shared her insight and expertise with other county and municipal officials as a presenter at numerous GFOA conferences highlighting the county's cost saving initiatives and budgeting best practices.

«Dr. Wildin's background and expertise are particularly well suited for leading the programs within NHGRI's Genomic Healthcare Branch,» said DPCE Director Laura Lyman Rodriguez, Ph.D. «At a time when opportunities are increasing for health care professionals to consider and use genomic information in their care delivery, Dr. Wildin will be able to draw upon his years on the front lines of medical practice in various community and underserved settings to target NHGRI activities to those stakeholders and initiatives most in need.»

Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Practice Innovations at Columbia University and works closely with the New York State Office of Mental Health on a number of initiatives

This issue is at the heart of transformational teaching — finding ways to move effective educational practices and initiatives past the tipping point into the realm where teachers, administrators, and policy makers acknowledge their positive impact and agree on the need to integrate them into school systems.

Regardless of whole school initiatives, teachers can implement their own restorative practices at any time.

From this point forward, more and more states may reason that ACT is likelier to have its tests ready to go come spring 2015 at a price that is certain and without all of the potential problems inherent in a multi-state procurement - practice - policy initiative.

Initially launched in October 2015, the «Life Beef Carbon» initiative, inspired by France's Dairy Carbon Program, aims at promoting innovative livestock farming systems and associated practices to ensure the technical, economic, environmental and social sustainability of beef farms, and thus to reduce the contribution of livestock production to GHG emissions.

Tablets for schools Simon Thomas, practice director at 9ine Consulting, works with several schools on one - to - one schemes and provides advice for the not - for - profit initiative Tablets for Schools.

He has worked closely with the Ed School in the past both as a former part - time lecturer and as faculty cochair and director of the AGI at Harvard, a university - wide initiative to help close the nation's achievement gaps by supporting new research and connecting research to policy and practice.

[I] t has been the prevailing academic practice to treat the faculty member as the copyright owner of works that are created independently and at the faculty member's own initiative for traditional academic purposes.

One of Lagemann's most significant accomplishments at HGSE has been the creation of the «usable knowledge initiative,» which aims to counter a major problem facing schools of education, the difficulty of linking research to practice.

This multistate, multiyear initiative is managed by JFF and co-led by Robert Schwartz, Pathways co-author and HGSE Professor of Practice; and Nancy Hoffman, vice president and senior advisor at JFF.

Her collaborative spirit includes engagement with other RIO initiatives, which connect the knowledge generated at the School to education professionals, with an aim to improve educational practice and raise student achievement.

This potential signature initiative of his second administration raises important questions at the nexus of policy, practice, and research.

Agency by Design (AbD), a multiyear research initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, is investigating just these questions — chronicling examples of maker - centered learning across the country, gathering thought leaders, and reviewing literature in order to position the trend within a context of best practices.

Paul Reville is a professor of practice of policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he also leads the Education Redesign Lab, an initiative designed to re-envision 21st - century education.

Supported by the Abundance Foundation, Agency by Design (AbD) is a multiyear research initiative at Project Zero investigating the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker - centered learning experiences.

Spence's remarks, delivered October 22 at the annual fall awards ceremony of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), comes one month after the announcement of the Ed School's first new degree initiative in 73 years, a practice - based doctoral program that will bring together faculty from Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School to work with 25 candidates who will earn an Ed.L.D.

When Spillane and Jennings (1997) looked more closely at nine second - and fifth - grade teachers in the suburban district, they found that the extent to which teachers» practices reflected the district's literacy initiative depended on how well the reforms were elaborated by the district.

From makerspaces and outdoor learning to restorative justice practices and instructional rounds, school leaders are charged with responding to today's realities — shifting demographics, technological advances, and new policies and initiatives — all in ways that keep students» well - rounded learning experiences at the center.

Overview Recent initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels have charged child welfare agencies with the challenge of better integrating research - based programs and practices into their daily routines.

Drawing on research from The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley and LG's Life's Good: Experience Happiness initiative, Discover Your Happy introduces skills and practices aimed at achieving sustainable happiness.

The other interim charges considered by the committee at the hearing included examining current school board governance policies and practices and making recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes and outcomes of Texas school boards, districts and students; studying existing board training requirements and making suggestions to educate school board trustees on policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low - performing schools in House Bill 1842; and monitoring initiatives to build a high - quality pre-kindergarten grant program (HB 4).

It was designed to recognize and support green school initiatives at the school and school district level and to aid them in adopting practices that will conserve natural resources, promote sustainability and reduce operating costs.

Although these recommendations sound deceptively simple, it took years of practice for teachers involved in the formative assessment initiative at Armstrong to implement them skillfully and see strong results.

At times these initiatives represent the latest best practices in teaching and learning, but often they are simply old strategies repackaged within a new program or set of tools.

At the Foundation, he is leading a new initiative to support research on programs, policies, and practices to reduce inequality, and continuing the Foundation's ongoing efforts to understand the use of research evidence in decision - making.