Their website offers resources,
professional skill development programs and affordable healthcare and benefits plans.
Not exact matches
The firm runs
professional development programs on everything from legal topics like international tax law and corporate bankruptcy to «soft
skills» like persuasive speaking.
All of our
programs offer a solid foundation of fundamental
skill development for beginning players and a strong challenge for advanced players.court in a safe,
professional and encouraging environment of learning and fun.Our goal is for all campers to work hard and feel good about themselves in a safe, disciplined, highly structured and motivating environment of learning and fun.
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Education and
Professional Development: School nutrition
professionals will have the necessary knowledge,
skills and expertise to administer, manage and deliver healthy school meal
programs.
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.»
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.
Designed to help transform Ph.D. s into «citizen - scholars» whose broad knowledge is applicable outside of academia, Texas's
Professional Development Program (PDP) teaches practical
skills, including how to write articles, grant applications, and book proposals; craft public policies; and work in consulting.
The Pomona College Summer Research Scholars
Program provides students with a unique combination of laboratory, academic and
professional skill development, designed to facilitate success in biomedicine.
Powered by the Graduate Career Consortium, and created by more than 80 graduate - level career &
professional development leaders across the United States and Canada, this platform provides a unique opportunity for doctorates to assess their
skills, interests and values, map those onto career paths, and create an individual
development plan that supports postdoctoral
program completion and
professional / personal
development.
On November 25, 2014, I came from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Vancouver, British Columbia to join a group of eight carefully - selected female filmmakers from across Canada to participate in the nineteenth annual Women In the Director's Chair
program, an internationally respected Canadian
professional development offering, specially designed to advance the
skills, careers and screen projects of women directors.
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.
DCPS also introduced LEAP, an intensive
professional development program to help teachers improve their
skills.
Important places for me to stop along my path include: undergraduate professor in a college - based teacher education
program,
professional development specialist for teacher collaborations, and director of community - based learning center that uses culturally responsive arts for academic support and life
skills.
So, the school spent one year giving staff focused
professional development that would help them deliver the
program — including how to teach some students basic
skills such as decoding, and how to continue to push the high achievers to the next level.
My colleague Kathy Garcia and I decided to create a
professional development program that inspired teachers to feel these emotions while learning and developing
skills toward more effective use of technology tools.
I first met Karen and her colleagues in 2009, when PHMC began offering
professional development to help
program staff better understand project - based learning and gain new
skills as project facilitators.
Chargeable activities: collective bargaining; preparations for strikes; grievance processing; «communications with bargaining unit members regarding services they receive»;
professional development; NEA award
programs; union «leadership and management
skills training and techniques; and costs associated with the union's representative bodies.»
We offer a diverse portfolio of online courses, on - campus institutes, and blended
programs that prepare educators to cultivate critical thinking and learning
skills, practice new teaching approaches, and confront centuries - old structures in order to better design and deliver the kind of education and
professional development required for today's educators and tomorrow's citizens.
Our integrated
programs provide holistic
professional development experiences consisting of curated content, collaboration in online rooms, and demonstration of competence in specific
skills using micro-credentials.
Our
professional development empowers youth workers and organizations with the
skills to strengthen their own
programming with social emotional learning.
Three areas are pivotal to achieving that end: (i) early access to
programs that serve children age 0 - 3; (ii) working with parents (direct practice of
skills and intensive home visiting); and (iii) high quality
programs entailing teacher - child interactions that promote higher - order thinking
skills, low teacher to child ratios, and ongoing job - embedded
professional development.
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.
We have had iPads in our basic
skills program for 2 years, after one day with Monica Burns teachers were sending me artifacts, pictures and videos of student work the very next day - I've never seen staff so inspired by a
professional development session, I can't wait to bring her back to the district!
I think the mission of our
professional development programs is to provide individuals who come to us with the
skills, the knowledge, the disposition and the support to be able to navigate this very challenging environment.
Now, as more districts begin using online
professional development to help teachers improve their
skills, school administrators must be sure to avoid the same pitfalls, say experts who have watched the number and variety of cyber
programs rise in recent years.
As federal officials weigh proposals to improve the quality of mathematics and science education, a new report highlights state - led efforts to recruit new teachers into those subject areas and boost their
skills through
professional development programs.
In her District Administration article «Sustainable
Professional Development,» Susan McLester includes substantial information about the creation of learning communities and on - demand coaches that are available commercially to meet the needs of a district, especially a small one that may not have the level of expertise or the availability of personnel to provide the necessary coaching and support to help its teachers create and sustain the new
skills, practices,
programs and methodologies they want to implement.
This powerful
program series taps into your internal
skilled professionals to provide turnaround training for the teaching staff, making it a cost - effective and viable long - term
professional development solution for your district.
Findings in Harris and Townsend (2007), Howe and Stubbs (2003) and Nesbit et al. (2001) suggested that the opportunity to practice leadership
skills, such as providing in - class support or
professional development to classroom teachers, as part of a preparation
program helped develop participants» knowledge of, and ability to practice, teacher leadership.
Insight in action A
program designed to prepare and support middle and high school science and mathematics teacher leaders featured five major strands: content knowledge, leadership
skills, theory and practice of
professional development, facilitating collaborative groups, and mentoring / coaching.
The
program design provides training modules that develop clinical
skills for the following: diagnosis of
professional performance, diagnosis of student performance, feedback on performance, preparation and implementation of
professional development plans, and reflection.
Currently, Title II of ESSA supports teacher residency
programs that prepare teachers in shortage subject areas or to teach in high - needs schools; high - quality induction
programs; job - embedded
professional development focused on continuous improvement of teachers»
skills; and career ladders for accomplished teachers.
Offer a range of
professional development programs and activities to build
skills and knowledge among educators and aspiring educators at all levels in developing students» social and emotional health.
However, relatively few schools have parent engagement plans, not all teacher or principal preparation
programs include courses on parent and community engagement, and few principals allocate
professional development time for practitioners to strengthen their
skills in successfully involving parents.
Integrated into this educational
program will be an ongoing emphasis on the
development of life long
professional skills and Habits of Heart and Mind that will develop and empower students» and families» capacity to support sustained success through higher education, career, and beyond, helping families to recognize and build upon their assets so that they can obtain their future goals.
The NAESP Principal Mentoring
program builds mentoring
skills for veteran principals through a network of experienced mentor coaches and
Professional Learning Communities via monthly online professional development interactions including leadership skills and design thinking
Professional Learning Communities via monthly online
professional development interactions including leadership skills and design thinking
professional development interactions including leadership
skills and design thinking strategies.
ASCD's OYEA
Program provides winners and a cadre of honorees with opportunities for leadership
skill building,
professional development, networking, and best practice sharing with one another and the ASCD community.
Through the Afterschool Matters Initiative, the National Institute on Out - of - School Time (NIOST) offers out - of - school - time (OST)
professionals unique opportunities to expand their own research, evaluation,
program development, and policy - making skills via the National Afterschool Matters (NASM) Fellowship Program and Afterschool Matters J
program development, and policy - making
skills via the National Afterschool Matters (NASM) Fellowship
Program and Afterschool Matters J
Program and Afterschool Matters Journal.
Arts in the Classroom (AIC) is a
program designed to primarily provide
professional development for teachers and administrators of preK - 8th grade schools in the foundations of arts integration as a teaching tool to enhance teaching
skills and improve student achievement through the infusion of the arts into the basic curriculum.
The mentoring
program builds
skills and provides tools for leaders through networking and
professional development sessions.
Wisconsin wins 21st Century Education Award for Peer Coaching July 15, 2011 The Partnership for 21st Century
Skills honored our coaching partners — Wisconsin's Leadership Coaching
Professional Development Program — with a 21st Century Education Award at the group's annual summit.
The Doctor of Education with a concentration in Adult Education is an online
program that equips current and aspiring organizational and institutional decision - makers with the knowledge and
skills to design, implement and evaluate
professional development programs for adult populations.
The Teaching Artist Project (TAP) is a literacy
program that provides K — 2 teachers with
professional development in theatre and dance with the goal of helping teachers boost the oral language
skills of English learners (ELs).
Beyond lesson plans, bully proofing, conflict management, discipline and academic achievement, Tribes TLC offers collaborative
skills, community agreements, meaningful participation, strategies for integrating curriculum, and
professional development in elementary, middle and high school, leadership, afterschool youth
development programs and administration.
Additionally, NAESP's National Mentor Training and Certification
Program offers a highly structured professional development program that can make the critical difference in sustaining skilled l
Program offers a highly structured
professional development program that can make the critical difference in sustaining skilled l
program that can make the critical difference in sustaining
skilled leaders.
FIS provides
programs and
professional development to help build
skills, knowledge and the confidence of both parents and school or agency staff on how to work together to support student achievement.
These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish system coherence by aligning central office and site
programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and
skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the quality of instructional leadership by providing ongoing
professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded
professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.
This eight - day
professional development program exists to enrich the educator's understanding of the knowledge and
skills that are necessary to succeed in STEM careers.
NRCCTE research addresses such topics as
programs of study / career pathways, curriculum integration of CTE and academic content knowledge and
skills, postsecondary student retention and completion, and
professional development for educators.