Sentences with phrase «promoting academic quality»

The vision focuses on promoting academic quality, building stakeholder trust and integrity, and achieving fiscal stability, and is a carefully crafted plan for guiding work across the District.

ACTA initiatives promote academic quality, affordability, and cost effectiveness in higher education.

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Active Schools Acceleration Project is increasing quality physical activity in America's schools to promote the positive health, behavioral, and academic outcomes that follow.

«Business leaders as well as academics have been trying to promote the adoption of quality flexible work initiatives for the past three decades.

Ottersen leads a broad - based team whose objective is to promote the quality of research and tuition at all faculties, and his team aims to develop the University of Oslo into an internationally leading university with academic breadth centred around research.

Ballard's Habits, Community, and Culture class teaches social - emotional skills and what his school calls Habits of Success — promoting qualities like positive academic mindsets and emotional intelligence that are linked to college readiness.

«Turing the Tide offers recommendations to tackle both of these issues simultaneously by promoting the quality of academic engagement over the quantity of achievements in college admissions.»

Another Obama effort, The Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grants program, assists states in creating or maintaining a comprehensive literacy plan for children birth through grade 12; creating quality learning environments across the age span has the potential to promote academic outcomes for all children, including EL learners.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

Furthermore, research indicates that high - quality, evidence - based programs and policies that promote social and emotional skills among students can improve academic achievement as well as positive behavior, physical and mental wellbeing, college and career readiness, and economic productivity.

This «academic care» is influenced by: personal qualities of teachers and their relationships with students; the curriculum and its ability to promote meaningful participation and positive learning experiences; the school's organisational structure and its ability to offer safety, support, trust, guidance and challenge; and links with the broader community.

Support school nurses by providing quality educational opportunities which foster student growth, development and academic achievement; and promote the delivery of quality health care in schools.

We are seeking exhibitors and sponsors that share our desire to provide leadership for high quality, innovative, instructional programs that promote choice, diversity, equity and academic excellence.

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

In our efforts to support school nurses by providing quality educational opportunities which foster student growth, development, and academic achievement, and to promote the delivery of quality health care in schools, AASN offers contact hours via the following continuing education opportunities:

The MSA National Conference is an integral component of our mission of providing leadership for high - quality, innovative, instructional programs that promote choice, diversity, equity, and academic excellence for all students.

One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and career readiness for African American students.

Member school leaders and operators can access our TCSA Quality Portal, a free, comprehensive analysis tool — the first in the nation created by school leaders and industry experts to promote continuous improvement through academic and financial reviews.

It is our hope that we can collaborate with the incoming Secretary of Education to enact policies that support increased access to high - quality public magnet schools that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.»

Although past professional development in Bayside has focused on increasing the quantity of student - talk, the teachers of Bayside have struggled to provide structures promoting quality academic discourse.

Both competitions will fund projects across five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; helping implement rigorous academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

MSA developed the National Institute of Magnet School Leadership (NIMSL) to provide technical assistance to schools and districts across the nation to ensure they are equipped to provide high - quality instructional programs that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.

[1] According to the survey, «For school districts, which receive the majority of these funds, allowable uses include: recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers; offering professional development in core academic areas; promoting growth and rewarding quality teaching through mentoring, induction, and other support services; testing teachers in academic areas; and reducing class size.»

The authors provide nine recommendations for colleges to promote entry and completion of programs of study, including providing «roadmaps» to help students understand course sequences and available options, increasing contextualized instruction to integrate basic skills into content courses, and ensuring that academic advising staff are trained to provide students with high - quality guidance on their academic options.

With an eye toward building the skills, knowledge and behaviors that promote academic success and healthy development of young people, NSLA's experts in Programs and Systems Quality have worked with school districts, summer learning providers and funders across the country to help shape smarter summers, brighter futures for young people.

Providing leadership for high quality innovative instructional programs that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.

In fact, a systematic process for promoting SEL is the common element among schools that report an increase in academic achievement, improved relationship quality between teachers and students, and a decrease in problem behaviors.

Its mission is to provide leadership for high quality, innovative instructional programs that promote choice, equity, diversity, and academic excellence for all students.

We're proud to announce that Exact Path, Edmentum's K — 8 individualized learning program that combines high - quality adaptive assessments and learning paths to promote academic growth, has just earned an ISTE Seal of Alignment for Readiness.

High quality early learning programs promote the developmental and academic success of young children birth through third grade.

Read about all of the latest academic and innovative advances in the equine veterinary field as this journal is dedicated to promoting quality research.

Law schools paying closer attention to value and its delivery would not only promote sustainability and accommodate the legitimate concerns of both quality and price; it could help bridge the widespread gaps between academic and business perspectives, and between the concerns of faculty and administration.

Its mission is to educate, inspire, and change lives by offering Christ - centered homeschool curriculum that promotes quality academics along with a Christian worldview.

Its mission is to educate, inspire, and change lives by offering Christ - centered homeschool curriculum that promotes quality academics along with...

Parent - child interactions affect many different domains of development.41, 42,43 Child - focused, responsive and moderately controlling parenting attitudes have been positively associated with self - esteem, academic achievement, cognitive development and fewer behaviour problems.44, 45 Furthermore, high warmth and contingent responsiveness promote a wide range of positive developmental outcomes.46, 47,48,49 Parental management style and affective involvement may be especially salient for children's prosocial development, self - control and internalization of behaviour standards.41 The quality of parenting has been found to be important for child socialization, 50,51 and parenting variables show direct links with child adjustment.52

Their development and application, however, could lead to improved quality of care and overall health status for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples by: providing the skills, knowledge and attitudes that public health practitioners could draw upon to provide culturally competent and safe health services to Aboriginal individuals and communities; improving academic curriculum, training programs, professional certification, health services planning, health policy, and health program evaluation standards; and providing standardized assessment criteria to help governments and organizations share best practices more efficiently and promote culturally safe health services.

Five key features that boost program impact will be identified, including: 1) a focus on improving classroom management and the quality of teacher - student interactions, 2) intentional efforts to build child skills, 3) the use of professional development to promote high - fidelity implementation, 4) the inclusion of parents, and 5) integration with academic enrichment programs.