Sentences with phrase «quality systems policies»

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He drives and oversees the continuous renewal of key processes, systems and policies across the company in client relationship management, sales effectiveness, delivery excellence, quality, talent management and leadership development.

The manual is your quality system's directive for implementing quality policy, and it guides your approach to quality.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

To turn GDP growth around, Yellen recommended that Congress adopts policies that «encourage business investment and capital formation, improve the nation's infrastructure, raise the quality of our educational system, and support innovation and the adoption of new technologies.»

Worse, Callahan supports the odious approach of the UK rationing board NICE and the QALY system it imposes on the people of the United Kingdom, a policy in which the young and able - bodied have greater value than others based on «quality of life» judgmentalism:

The Company's policy on product safety and quality confirms this commitment by ensuring regular reviews of the Quality Management System are undertaken in order to achieve best practice and implement process improvquality confirms this commitment by ensuring regular reviews of the Quality Management System are undertaken in order to achieve best practice and implement process improvQuality Management System are undertaken in order to achieve best practice and implement process improvements.

Georgia Health News surveyed the state's 20 largest public school systems about their lead testing policies and found many differences in how school systems evaluated their water quality.

In part because human capital in these high quality sectors is deep and specific, so needs to be used to the full in exporting; in part because there are typically strong positive externalities to training and innovation systems from increased exports; in part because a tight fiscal policy constrains wage demands in the public sector from undermining restraint of export sector unions: these countries, as well as Japan and China for similar reasons, want no constraints on their exports through macroeconomic regulatory rules pressuring them to expand consumer demand.

«With pro-growth fiscal policies, a quality education system and lower taxes, there is no reason why New York can not rebound as an economic powerhouse.

He supports the policy position of Paul Giardina, his running mate on the Republican ticket, of utilizing the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to pay for water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation fund.

Labour started the tuition fees policy and whatever we may wish for that massive expansion of HE, often at expense of quality, means we have to try and reform the current system.

«His proposed policies on public education will weaken, not strengthen our public education system, and they would represent a step away from the principle of high quality public education for all students.

«Carbon - reduction policies significantly improve air quality,» says Noelle Selin, an assistant professor of engineering systems and atmospheric chemistry at MIT, and co-author of a study published today in Nature Climate Change.

Muller and his co-author, Akshaya Jha from the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, used annual data provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether a county within the United States was compliant with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)-- air pollution standards established by the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990.

The coordinator reports to the director of the research centre and his / her responsibilities include: — Developing a common vision, objectives and strategy (technologies, equipment, human resources, budget, etc.) for the Curie platforms — Overseeing and coordinating facility management (including budget, investments and finances)-- Coordinating technology sharing, upgrading and scouting — Promoting an integrated management information system in collaboration with Bioinformatics and the Informatics departments — Developing and implementing institutional policies and rules — Representing the platforms in main executive and strategic bodies at the Curie RC — Promoting internal and external training activities in state - of - the - art technologies — Supporting fundraising for the platforms (in collaboration with the Grants & Technology Transfer offices)-- Coordinating and boosting dissemination and outreach activities — Facilitating internal and external collaborations and networking — Promoting quality control aligned with Health / safety and Environmental (HSE) aspects in collaboration with the Biosafety and Radiation officers

Another deserving effort in promoting scientific integrity in China is to foster a healthy research environment, which includes making explicit research ethics policies, issuing a practical code of conduct, establishing a credible and authoritative national organization to supervise local units, protecting whistle - blowers, building a rigorous and fair peer review system, revising the criteria for promotion and reward to emphasize research quality rather than quantity by a researcher, and achieving zero tolerance for unethical research behaviors.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created a registry for evidence - based treatments that rates the quality of research supporting the treatment on a 0 — 4 scale, and some insurance companies and state health - care systems (such as the one in Oregon) have altered their reimbursement policies to favor evidence - based therapies.

Additionally, TransformEd collects and archives longitudinal administrative data to conduct policy analyses for member district leaders and practitioners in order to support the CORE School Quality Improvement System (CORE SQIS).

Grouped under three major headings — State and Federal Policy, System Resources, and Quality Programming — the recommendations and workshop summaries cover local, state, and national elements required for a high - quality sSystem Resources, and Quality Programming — the recommendations and workshop summaries cover local, state, and national elements required for a high - quality Quality Programming — the recommendations and workshop summaries cover local, state, and national elements required for a high - quality quality systemsystem.

A sustainable city should have clear policies and comprehensive sanitation, waste collection and treatment, water management, with the collection, treatment, reuse and economy; transportation systems that favor mass transit quality and safety; actions that preserve and expand green areas and use of clean and renewable energy, and finally, public administration transparent and shared with civil society organizations.

Contact: Adam Rabinowitz: 202-266-4724, [email protected] Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, [email protected], Education Next D.C.'s high - stakes teacher evaluations raise teacher quality, student achievement 90 % of the turnover of low - performing teachers occurs in high - poverty schools July 27, 2017 — Though the Every Student Succeeds Act excludes any requirements for states about teacher evaluation policies, the results from a once - controversial high - stakes system -LSB-...]

Countries need to act in both the short and long term, providing policies that induce the best individuals to enter the profession, providing the best training in both content and pedagogy, keeping these high - qualify individuals in the system, and providing high - quality professional development.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

Even though most education policy debates have focused on school quality and student achievement, most research on the economic impact of schooling has focused narrowly on the number of years students remain in the educational system.

Not every apparent ill of the education system demands or is amenable to a policy solution, and the declining relative quality of teachers provides an excellent example.

In our experience, what can come as a shock to the system for some employers is the quality assurance policies and processes required to deliver high quality apprenticeships which far outweigh the quality assurance requirements for short, sharp training interventions for in - house activity.

When it came to state data systems, charter school laws, and teacher policy, winning states like Ohio, Hawaii, Maryland, and New York finished well back in the pack on rankings compiled by the Data Quality Campaign, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and the National Council on Teacher Quality.

After a decade of tracking state policies in key areas related to elementary and secondary education, Quality Counts this year significantly broadens its perspective to look at the connections between K - 12 education and the other systems with which it intersects: early - childhood education, teacher preparation, postsecondary education, and economic and workforce development.

Hill and her team have developed assessments that capture teachers» mathematical knowledge for teaching and teachers» mathematical quality of instruction, assessments now widely available to researchers, instructional coaches, evaluators, and policy - makers via online training and administrative systems.

The study of teaching quality in the world's top - performing education systems reveals that one of the most important strategies to achieve these results is developing policies to ensure that every student receives high - quality teaching.

Using policy and process, they can meaningfully shape the education systems — school quality, equity of access, openness to innovation — of entire cities.

This brief highlights the positive impacts of high - quality afterschool programs and shares program characteristics, available tools, current support systems, and federal policies that can better boost quality in afterschool programs.

She is a passionate advocate for public school systems, student - centered educational policies, and strategic planning based on quality, standards - based goals.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.

The measure was based on the share of students attending schools of choice, the strength of charter laws in each state (including, of course, the strength of the authorizing and quality control system), and a gauge of parent influence on policy.

Education policies to improve the quality of New York's public schools, with a focus on improving teacher quality, expanding school options for families and improving the way our school systems are governed and funds are spent.

Add in certification rules that keep mid-career professionals with strong math and science skills out of teaching, near - lifetime employment policies and discipline processes that keep laggard and criminally - abusive teachers in the profession, and practices that all but ensure that low - quality teachers are teaching the poorest children, and shoddy teacher training perpetuates the nation's educational caste system.

By explicitly incorporating training and professional development that supports assessment literacy into state ESSA applications, states can enhance student learning by leveraging funds to develop assessment policies and systems that are in balance and reflect quality assessment practices.

The policy paper, «Principals Matter — Principal Evaluations from a Teacher Perspective,» lays out six changes to the current principal evaluation system that would better link the ratings of school leaders to the quality of support they provide teachers.

The public school system has mostly failed to provide those urban minority communities with the same quality of educational opportunities as their white peers, and in the early 90s policy leaders of both parties said enough was enough and began to support the charter school concept: public schools that would be independent from school district bureaucracies, free to innovate and more accountable for results.

In this LPI Blog, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst Beth Meloy outlines key elements of a high - quality system to achieve this goal, including improvements to teacher preparation and supports for ongoing professional development.

The study has informed, and contributed to the formulation and implementation of effective policies, strategies, financing and systems to ensure that teachers» attendance in schools and classrooms is increased to acceptable levels to ensure the quality of student learning.

This is evidenced through its organizational design, systems, policies, operations, and professional development in which effective, high quality, responsive practices, and the sustained optimal leveraging of resources are viewed as critical to ensuring successful students and healthy families and communities.

Policy makers will begin to jettison the archaic system of awarding teachers continuing education credits and modest salary bumps for attending externally driven workshops and will turn to Digital Promise and its partners in creating microcredentials that allow teachers to drive their own high - quality professional learning — and be recognized and rewarded for it.

«As national education policy continues to devolve more powers to individual schools and academies, it is vital that the authority plays a leading role in ensuring there is a coherent and high quality educational system across the county.»

It is the first research to be produced through Reimagining College Access (RCA), a national initiative of the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel that brings together for the first time k - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for exaPolicy Institute and EducationCounsel that brings together for the first time k - 12 and higher education policy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for exapolicy and practice leaders (see list below) to recognize high - quality k — 12 performance assessment systems and enable higher education institutions to understand and recognize evidence from such systems (as they do with International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs, for example).

By explicitly incorporating language around assessment audits, training for teachers and school leaders that develops sound assessment practices, hiring of personnel with assessment certifications, and parental engagement through assessment literacy into state ESSA applications, states can enhance student learning by leveraging funds to develop assessment policies and systems that reflect balanced and quality practices.

We believe that building solidarity among parents and teachers, supporting social movement teacher unionism and fighting racist school policies is key to building a high quality, equitable, and just public school system for all of Chicago.

We also anticipate continuing discussions regarding prioritizing best policies and best actions for students and creating and utilizing the right incentives and accountability systems to improve student achievement, increased educational quality, graduation rates, and capital and technology needs.

Since 2001, Crowe has worked on projects related to teacher quality policy for the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), and with the public higher education systems of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; for the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) on teacher preparation projects, and on research on the cost of teacher turnover; as an adviser to the Hunter Foundation of Scotland and to the Scottish National Executive on teacher quality; has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Texas Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE); and was a member of the national advisory panel for the Ohio Teacher Quality Partnquality policy for the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), and with the public higher education systems of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; for the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) on teacher preparation projects, and on research on the cost of teacher turnover; as an adviser to the Hunter Foundation of Scotland and to the Scottish National Executive on teacher quality; has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Texas Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE); and was a member of the national advisory panel for the Ohio Teacher Quality Partnquality; has been a member of the Advisory Council for the Texas Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE); and was a member of the national advisory panel for the Ohio Teacher Quality PartnQuality Partnership.