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It should be noted in passing the Fall 2012 ACLED Meeting heard the results of the Charis Report which reviewed the Law Society of Alberta's mandatory Continuing Professional Development program which is outcomes focused, centered on self - directed planning by lawyers, and consistent with the scheme being implemented by the New Zealand Law Society, and the new direction outlined by the SRA.

The Curatorial Intensive is a ten - day professional development program which brings together emerging curators from around the world for the opportunity to exchange ideas, develop their curatorial practice, and learn from their colleagues.

The Curatorial Intensive is a weeklong professional development program which brings together emerging curators for the opportunity to exchange ideas, develop their curatorial practice, and learn from their colleagues.

One of her most significant contributions to her school is a job - embedded professional development program which she created collaboratively with three other colleagues.

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Finally, women business owners should consider joining the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), which has chapters across the country that offer peer - to - peer professional development programs for members.

«Listening to what other people are doing can spark an idea or conversation, and other opportunities can arise as well,» says the CEO of Alpharetta, Ga. - based School Growth, which provides professional development programming for schools and school boards.

We accelerate business success through our advocacy and public policy initiatives, our four Signature Programs for professional development, and our 100 + events each year, which educate and connect our region's business community.

The objectives are stated as: (a) increasing the awareness of mental health professionals and the clergy of their common interest in helping people, (b) exploring the ways in which these groups could assist each other in dealing with mental health problems in the community, and (c) stimulating the development of a framework and atmosphere of cooperation which would lead to an ongoing program of education and communication.

In 2006, state lawmakers passed legislation establishing a Farm to School grant program, which helps fund school gardens, teacher professional development, farm field trips, local food taste tests and the integration of nutrition into the curriculum.

The Garden State lawmakers this week issued a press statement announcing the NFL support for the Concussion Treatment and Care Tools (ConTACT) Act, which would authorize a five - year grant program for states to «provide professional development for athletic trainers and coaches and ensure schools have adequate medical staff» to recognize and treat possible concussions, according to a press release.

At 1 p.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen will attend a professional development session for «SEP Jr.,» which is the first school - wide elementary school computer science program in New York City and will launch in schools this fall, Microsoft Technology Center, 11 Times Square, Manhattan.

The governor's budget, which is meant to close a projected $ 7.4 billion budget deficit, eliminated funding for UFT Teacher Centers, a nationally recognized, research - based professional development program.

The new T32 announcement, which supersedes the former version last revised in 2002, states that, along with training in research techniques, «programs should provide all NRSA trainees with additional professional development skills and career guidance.»

For those who are unclear as to what the possibilities may be, SfN — which has 38,000 members, a third of whom are graduate students and postdocs — offers an array of professional development programs that highlight various career choices.

Beyond the initiative of individual institutions, a U.K. - wide sharing of best practices is being encouraged by Vitae, a membership program which was initially funded by the U.K. Research Councils to promote professional development of doctoral researchers and research staff throughout the United Kingdom's higher education sector.

In a CGS survey, which produced answers from 857 deans, directors, and chairs representing 226 institutions, 62 % of respondents «indicated that their institutions and / or graduate programs offer some type of formal professional development program for graduate students in research degree programs to obtain skills beyond core academic research skills,» the report states.

The Professional Development and Education Fund (PDEF) was created in 2001 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section (SNMMI - TS) to provide a forum in which corporate entities could contribute financial support to technologist related programs and activities.

This includes a pilot program called the Postdoc Job Search Boot Camp Program which was aimed at 1) helping postdocs becoming independent, self - directed job - seekers and not need to rely solely on their faculty / PI for their professional development needs; 2) build an individual's capacity for seeking out resources for expanding and supporting their own career development; and 3) building a community of support for job sprogram called the Postdoc Job Search Boot Camp Program which was aimed at 1) helping postdocs becoming independent, self - directed job - seekers and not need to rely solely on their faculty / PI for their professional development needs; 2) build an individual's capacity for seeking out resources for expanding and supporting their own career development; and 3) building a community of support for job sProgram which was aimed at 1) helping postdocs becoming independent, self - directed job - seekers and not need to rely solely on their faculty / PI for their professional development needs; 2) build an individual's capacity for seeking out resources for expanding and supporting their own career development; and 3) building a community of support for job seekers.

At her home institution of University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), from which she has been on loan to NSF since 2008, she has served in many capacities including Biology Program Director for undergraduate instruction and professional development.

In addition to hosting the annual CFDA Fashion Awards, which recognize the top creative talent in the industry, the organization offers programs which support professional development and scholarships, including the CFDA -LCB- Fashion Incubator -RCB-, the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund, the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar Award, the Liz Claiborne Design Scholarship Award and the CFDA / Teen Vogue Scholarship.

The report — which also features a webinar and online chat — shows how professional development programs are now blending face - to - face and online training, incorporating social networking tools, offering administrators more flexible ways to hone their skills, and developing online PD to prepare educators for the common - core standards and assessments.

Hessel began her career at ETS as a national trainer in the Pathwise program, which provides professional development for teachers at all levels, including beginning teachers and mentors.

More recently our school, St. Mark's Primary School, was fortunate enough to participate in the Visible Learning Plus program; a guided change process of professional development and practice which is based on Hattie's work.

Interactive Learning is based upon the Learning - Focused professional - development program, which teachers at Cochrane first began using in the 2007 - 08 school year.

Celina Marie Benavides Human Development and Psychology Current city: Claremont, California Current job: Director of nonprofit, Project Vistas — Family Child Care Higher Education Academy, which provides family child care providers in Los Angeles County access to higher education and professional development training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont GraduateDevelopment and Psychology Current city: Claremont, California Current job: Director of nonprofit, Project Vistas — Family Child Care Higher Education Academy, which provides family child care providers in Los Angeles County access to higher education and professional development training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont Graduatedevelopment training; doctoral student in Positive Developmental Psychology at Claremont Graduate University Career highlights: At Project Vistas, assisting a marginalized, nontraditional student group, while overseeing budget, managing program operations, coordinating staff, and fulfilling targeted outcomes; Basic Research Scientist of the Year award by the AS&F Foundation and Claremont Graduate University

Science Teachers Learning through Lesson Analysis (STeLLA) is a professional - development program for upper - elementary school science teachers in which teachers develop two lenses for analyzing teaching, the «Student Thinking Lens» and the «Science Content Storyline Lens,» to analyze videos of teaching practice.

The schools varied in the degree to which they used professional development to support program implementation, and in the eagerness with which teachers embraced the program.

Titles within the 16 - document series — which focuses on program design and implementation, assessments, professional development, family engagement, and curriculum — include:

CCSSO's effort aims to «significantly increase» the percentage of school districts in targeted states in which curriculum and materials adoptions are of high quality and aligned to state standards; and to increase the percentage of professional - development and teacher - prep programs that include training on those curricula.

I am the co-founder of Know My World, a global education organization built by teachers for teachers, which offers programs and professional development for digital cross-cultural exchange and social, emotional and cultural learning.

When time came to resubmit a proposal for a $ 200,000 state grant, which they had received each of the past six years, they came up with a plan to infuse more developmental activities into the kindergarten program, provide more professional development for teachers, and buy instructional materials.

Coordinating SEL programs with learning standards, evidence - based programs, teacher professional development, and student assessment also adds additional costs which should be accounted for in helping the longevity of an SEL approach.

When I was in I think it was Narrabri, I was in a consultation group there where what seemed to be very much alive and well was a very substantial and significant in - school professional development program — I think it was in a cluster of schools — a strong partnership between a regional university, some really good academics had done very appropriate and relevant research, and a school which was committed to that, to teacher development, and had made it a priority in a very targeted way.

To help build schools» capacity for teaching the language, the nation's first Mandarin Chinese immersion school, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, has begun offering professional - development programs and resources.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

The program will be based on the «Great Beginnings» model that has proven effective in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the Educational Testing Service's «Pathwise» professional development program, which was piloted in Newport News, Virginia.

For example the sample was not representative of the demographics and achievement characteristics of the schools involved nor did it evaluate other variables such as professional development, or literacy coach support, variables which would have influenced the program outcomes.

More than 1,200 schools have participated in GenYES programs, which include training for students and on - site professional development for teachers.

About 1,500 national and international education leaders will attend this summer's programs, which will include professional development institutes for educators across the pre-K — 16 continuum.

Specifically, we propose to use data from the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education Professional Development Study (NCRECE PDS), which is a randomized controlled trial funded by IES to assess the independent impacts of a 14 - week professional development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from Professional Development Study (NCRECE PDS), which is a randomized controlled trial funded by IES to assess the independent impacts of a 14 - week professional development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from 2Development Study (NCRECE PDS), which is a randomized controlled trial funded by IES to assess the independent impacts of a 14 - week professional development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from professional development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from 2development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from 2008 - 2011.

All staff engage in an annual performance development process, which allows for personalisation of professional development needs alongside the college's targeted training programs.

IES to Seed New Methods for Studying Schools Education Week, October 16, 2012 «For example, NBES member Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said he used rapid prototyping, which includes 90 - day, intervention - testing cycles, to adapt a teacher professional - development program in Chile.»

This project aims to understand the conditions under which professional development programs are more versus less effective.

NAESP enthusiastically supports the portion of the plan to provide $ 98 million for principal professional development, which would triple the investment in Title II funds for the School Leadership Program (SLP) in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

We also considered the alternative of requiring mentor coaches for all 64,000 teachers, rather than allowing programs to allocate mentor coaches to the teachers which need intensive professional development most (an estimated one - third of all teachers).

The ESSA would also establish a new program known as Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics, which would provide professional development to improve the teaching of history and civics to between 50 and 300 teachers annually, selected from public and private elementary and secondary schools throughout the country.

Where microcredentials pertain to teachers rather than students, I think the concept is an outstanding way to do a number of things in the area of professional development: 1) recognize professional learning milestones to inspire continuous improvement; 2) move away from a one - size - fits - all (and oft debunked) approach to salary schedules, which typically depend exclusively on time served and postsecondary attainment; 3) move towards recognition of skill development on an a la carte basis rather than solely as part of an advanced degree program; and 4) generate more personalized and self - paced professional learning opportunities.

He also serves as the Faculty Director of Center X, which houses UCLA's Teacher Education Program, Principal Leadership Program, and professional development initiatives.

Yoon and associates (2007), in reviewing experimental professional development studies in which teachers were randomly assigned to various professional development programs, uncovered only nine studies that met this rigorous research strategy.

Mrs. Huber serves on the district math curriculum committee, which selected our new math program and gives direction to our professional development program.