Not exact matches
-- Laleh Alemzadeh - Hancock, CEO of Belapemo, a
professional services company specializing in operational excellence,
change management and leadership development for individuals, Fortune 500 executives, government agencies, not - for - profit
organizations, athletes and veterans.
Professional organizations can use mindfulness more thoughtfully to support goals such as
change readiness, agility and resilience, according to a study from Cranfield University and The Institute for Employment Studies.
When the culture of an
organization values learning, especially reading, it reflects a willingness to learn and
change minds, to be open to new ideas and concepts that may indeed bolster both personal and
professional endeavors.
Here's the interesting twist in the
changes that are occurring — as buyers become more self - directed - the more B2B
organizations will view «buying» in a
professional light as opposed to something they do.
During the last three decades, for example,
organizations representing 1.5 million U.S. health
professionals (doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and educators) have stated definitively that homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation; that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre - and post — natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to
change his or her sexual orientation.
Since 2012, more than 100
professional hockey players and athletes representing 20 NCAA
organizations have joined in supporting gay teammates, a step that itself signifies the possibility of a sea
change in
professional sport.
Written by Beyond Breakfast blogger Christina Uticone, the article outlines how mobile delivery is
changing the face of summer feeding, and offers successful strategies employed by your fellow school nutrition
professionals, as well as non-profit
organizations.
Entitled «Transforming School Food: A National Gathering of Peers and Partners Taking on School Food
Change,» the conference will draw over 160 school food service
professionals and community
organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and funders.
But as I told you in my «State of the Tray» piece for Civil Eats last month, the School Nutrition Association, the nation's largest
organization of school food
professionals, is pushing back against these
changes.
Wellness coaches are trained and certified by
professional organizations to help individuals identify their personal values and desires for
change.
The proposed
changes to NSF's peer - review practices, which generated a firestorm last spring among White House officials, scientists, and their
professional organizations, received scant attention at today's markup.
Individual obstetricians and their
professional organizations should protest the injustice, describe the health and financial costs of the current consent process, and prevail on government health care officials to
change the regulations.
As my responsibilities have
changed, I have come to realize that
professional membership
organizations like AAAS (the publisher of Science and ScienceCareers.org) and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)-- the
organization I direct — provide among the most effective networking opportunities that you can find, leading more often than you might imagine to new
professional opportunities, as well as building a strong and lasting sense of community.
Paula Kun, spokesperson for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, a nonprofit
professional organization for phys - ed teachers and professors, agrees that PE curriculums have to
change.
«As an IT
organization we are committed to helping our students succeed in this rapidly
changing educational and
professional environment,» says Indra Bishop, IT chief information officer.
18 - 22 —
Professional development: «Professional Development: The Catalyst for Change and Improvement,» conference, sponsored by the National Council of the States, for staff development personnel, teacher center personnel, teachers and administrators, college faculty and administrators, state department personnel, and professional organization staff and leadership personnel, to be held at the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C. Contact: N.C.S.I.E., 402 Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 - 2340; (315) 443-4167; fax: (31
Professional development: «
Professional Development: The Catalyst for Change and Improvement,» conference, sponsored by the National Council of the States, for staff development personnel, teacher center personnel, teachers and administrators, college faculty and administrators, state department personnel, and professional organization staff and leadership personnel, to be held at the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C. Contact: N.C.S.I.E., 402 Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 - 2340; (315) 443-4167; fax: (31
Professional Development: The Catalyst for
Change and Improvement,» conference, sponsored by the National Council of the States, for staff development personnel, teacher center personnel, teachers and administrators, college faculty and administrators, state department personnel, and
professional organization staff and leadership personnel, to be held at the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C. Contact: N.C.S.I.E., 402 Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 - 2340; (315) 443-4167; fax: (31
professional organization staff and leadership personnel, to be held at the Omni Hotel at Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C. Contact: N.C.S.I.E., 402 Huntington Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 - 2340; (315) 443-4167; fax: (315) 443-5732.
Instead, the
organization aims to create
change through community empowerment, channeling time and resources into community leaders and education
professionals in an effort to build on the talent and capacity that is already present and create a much more sustainable outcome.
How are Learning and Development
professionals helping
organizations survive and meet the demands of rapidly
changing organizational and job needs?
«One of the core missions of Harvard's
professional schools is to prepare leaders who can guide
organizations in a rapidly
changing environment.
Fischer and Blatt offer other examples of the range and depth of information on the Usable Knowledge site: how school systems can become «data wise,» by using test results to improve instruction; why education leaders need to overcome the universal «immunity to
change» in order to move their
organizations forward; how «teaching for understanding» is driving innovative use of distance learning for
professional development; and what new insights from research brought a truce to the «reading wars.»
«One of the core missions of Harvard's
professional schools is to prepare leaders who can guide
organizations in a rapidly
changing environment,» Harvard president Drew Faust said in a statement.
Multiple studies have demonstrated that
organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees»
professional growth outperform
organizations that do not.25 Similar to all
professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for
professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained
professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive
change in school performance.30
With
changing demands, the role of Learning and Development
professionals within an
organization also needs to be
changed and revised.
On this personal and
professional development experience, you will reflect and engage in a meaningful dialogue about how to make a positive social
change in your communities and
organizations.
The HOT APPROACH is an innovative delivery system that provides teachers, teaching artists, administrators, parents, and arts
organization educators vital
professional development, resources, tools and strategies to develop, deepen and expand effective practices in standards based arts education, arts integration, school culture
change and leadership development.
Rebranded as Performance Matters, the resulting
organization is
changing the way K - 12 educators think about the relationship between
professional learning and student learning.
The HOT APPROACH is an innovative delivery system that provides teachers, teaching artists, administrators, parents, and arts
organization educators vital
professional development, resources, tools and strategies to develop, deepen and expand effective practices in arts education, arts integration, school culture
change and leadership development.
New approaches to teacher evaluation, combined with comprehensive
professional development for teachers and school leaders and
changes in the
organization and capacities of school districts, can support the types of teacher knowledge acquisition and
changes in instructional practices called for by the Common Core Standards and assessments.
The most powerful strategy school systems have to impact the quality of instruction in classrooms is
professional development that promotes the kind of systemic
change that has a positive and permanent effect throughout an
organization.
Effective
professional learning integrates research about individual,
organization, technical, and adaptive
change through supporting and sustaining implementation for long - term
change.
Topics to be explored include how organizational culture influences such things as making staffing decisions, using data driven
professional development, understanding the barriers to organizational reform, managing and
changing culture, understanding governance structures for public and private schools and other
organizations, and creating principles of equity, diversity, inclusivity, accountability as well as researching future educational visions.
Understanding how individuals and
organizations respond to
change and how various personal, cognitive, and work environment factors affect those experiencing
change gives those leading, facilitating, or participating in
professional learning the ability to differentiate support, tap educators» strengths and talents, and increase educator effectiveness and student learning.
What makes these programs distinctive is that they seek to bring about
changes in all facets of the school, including
organization and climate; curriculum, instruction, and assessment;
professional development; leadership; and parent / community involvement.
The HOT Approach is an innovative delivery system that provides teachers, teaching artists, administrators, parents, and arts
organization educators vital
professional development, resources, tools and strategies to develop, deepen and expand effective practices in arts education, arts integration, school culture
change and leadership development.
She presents at local and national
professional conferences, holds leadership roles in the many
professional organizations she is involved with and teaches graduate - level courses on
Change Theory and Community Relations for future educational leaders.
June 11, 2014 (Bridgeport, CT)-- Educators 4 Excellence, a national teacher - led
organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in education policy discussions, formally launched its new chapter in Connecticut Wednesday with a kick - off event in Bridgeport and a call for sweeping
changes to existing
professional development.
School is
changing, as new concepts of
organization and of roles appear; most significantly, the concept of the school organized on the model of the partnership so common in other white - collar
professional vocations.
This set of readings aimed to build increased
professional understanding among state DOTs and other transportation
organizations of the global climate
change issues and their implications for transportation decisions.
«With the support of Mitsubishi Motors we are able to fund cutting - edge research, drive
change through advocacy, facilitating
professional education, collaborate with MS
organizations around the world, and provide programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward,» said Richard Israel, President of the National MS Society.
Unfortunately, my google - fu showed that things on the
professional organization level are moving just about as quickly as they are on the traditional publishing level to adapt to the
changes in the industry.
As RIM rolls out Q4 2012 financial earnings, they've also gone ahead an announced some recent
changes within the
organization and ultimately their Board of Directors: «As I complete my retirement from RIM, I'm grateful for this remarkable experience and for the opportunity to have worked with outstanding
professionals who helped turn a Canadian idea into a global success,» said Jim...
In our FY15, our paid
professional staff and committed community volunteers across the entire Plan International federation worked together with children, their families, communities,
organizations and local governments to bring about positive
change.
(Hutchins did, however, spend a good deal of time backpedaling: «I haven't
changed my position at all, and neither has The Wildlife Society, an
organization now representing more than 10,600 wildlife
professionals.»
Though he personally isn't fond of Street Fighter V, the latest iteration in the series, his energies are devoted to guiding the New York FGC to become more respectable and therefore more attractive to e-sports
organizations that might sponsor its members: «We have to
change our image, and we have to be more
professional.»
I've been amazed that reviewers (
professional and pro-am) have seemed to find something that I didn't when I was busy writing it... that acting small, treating people like people,
changing like an individual, not an
organization... these are attributes that are essential now, and they're on every page of the book.
Not one single, solitary scientific
professional or honorific science
organization has dissented from the consensus opinion on climate
change.
Provide leadership to state and local governments, community leaders, healthcare
professionals, nongovernmental
organizations, the faith - based communities, the private sector and the public, domestically and internationally, regarding health protection from climate
change effects.
Supporting the California based Climate Protection Campaign, an
organization working to reduce emissions in Sonoma County, the ecobabes calendar «portrays passionate, driven women pursing a vision of sustainability by modifying their daily actions and initiating systemic social
change... [and] inspires and educates people of all ages to make
changes in their personal and
professional lives that help create a more sustainable world.»
Mentioning that hundreds of scientists participate voluntarily in no way
changes the fact the IPCC is a bureaucracy, just like saying hundreds of people participate in
professional organizations in no way
changes the fact they are bureaucracies.
Plus, most
professional American scientific
organizations, including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the American Meteorological Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, acknowledge that there is a broad scientific consensus on climate
change.