WASHINGTON — Despite the lack of a Congressional go - ahead, the National Education Goals Panel plans next month to establish a council to oversee the development of national subject - area standards and
a related system of assessments, panel officials said last week.
Not exact matches
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact
of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits
of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level
of government regulation over our business and the potential effects
of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome
of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund
assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security
of our information technology and other business
systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts
of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits
of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration
of the businesses
of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion
of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency
of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability
of financing, including
relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result
of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section
of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section
of www.express-scripts.com.
To inform its Earth
system models, the climate modeling community has a long history
of using integrated
assessment models — frameworks for describing humanity's impact on Earth, including the source
of global greenhouse gases, land use and land cover change, and other resource -
related drivers
of anthropogenic climate change.
«The UN Scientific Advisory Board, ICSU (the International Council for Science), National Academies
of Science, and other bodies and networks, in collaboration with UNESCO and the UN
system, would run a rigorous process
of scientific review and
assessment identifying possible risks and opportunities
related to key political decisions.»
Research Paper Risk
of immune -
related colitis with PD - 1 / PD - L1 inhibitors vs chemotherapy in solid tumors:
systems assessment Qiang Su, Xiaochen Zhang, Xinhua Shen, Yanli Hou, Zhigang Sun, Zu Hua Gao J. Cancer 2018; 9 (9): 1614 - 1622.
Reed is one
of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world, having provided functional lab
assessments to over 11,000 people for hormone levels as well as adrenal, digestion, detoxification, immune
system, bone density and chronic, stress -
related health problems.
The IOG also offers bespoke training on other
related topics such as budgets and accounts, analysing how to set and manage your budget, symptoms
of poor drainage, including the types
of systems available, and health and safety - compiling health and safety policies, procedures and risk
assessments.
A comprehensive
assessment system measures growth toward mastery
of state standards and a student's capacity to: transfer and adapt learning, from application in one situation to new situations; analyze and synthesize standards
related content; evaluate standards
related to content for utility and efficacy; and create new content beyond standards - based materials.
So, when U.S. citizens read that «only one - third» or «less than half»
of the students in their local schools are proficient in mathematics, science, or reading (or other subjects), they can rest assured that the same judgments could be applied to national education
systems throughout the world if students in those nations participated in NAEP or Common Core -
related assessments.
The digital library will include professional development materials
related to all components
of the
assessment system, such as scoring rubrics for performance tasks.
Key areas
of support include (1) developing English Language Proficiency Standards, (2) facilitating the development
of English Language Proficiency
Assessments, (3) development
of guidance on moving toward a common definition
of ELs, (4) inclusion
of ELs in state accountability
systems, (5) compliance with federal law
related to ELs, and (6) guidance on identifying ELs with disabilities.
Strategically chose to not participate in either
of the federally funded Race to the Top Common Core
Assessment Consortia but rather followed the recommendation
of the Alabama
Assessment and Accountability Taskforce to adopt the ACT and its
related assessments for Alabama as it creates an aligned
assessment system for K - 12, our two - and four - year colleges, and business and industry.
Erika Landl (formerly Hall) strives to develop innovative, user - friendly frameworks and procedures that operationalize best practice
related to the design, implementation and validation
of assessments and accountability
systems.
These are in addition to a wealth
of resources
related to the specific requirements
of the Demonstration Authority, as well as in support competency - based education and
assessment systems in general.
In
systems where leaders emphasize the routine use
of formative classroom
assessments to guide and differentiate instruction, there is a dynamic shift in how teachers feel about the importance and value
of data as it
relates to their own teaching.
School
system leaders can use this framework, and the
related self -
assessment tool, to guide an inquiry into where they stand on the key dimensions
of successful support for principals.
But this is an issue
related to
systems rather than the question
of assessment being fit for purpose.
TXCC will work with TEA to support this project by collaboratively developing information on the range
of state models
of assessment and accountability
systems, facilitating presentations to commission members by experts on key topics
related to its work.
We need
systems of assessment and accountability that effectively and accurately identify sources
of educational inequalities, particularly those
related to race, economic class, gender, sexuality, home language, and immigration status.
With this in mind, have we spent the past 20 years fretting over raising standards, creating
related assessments, and designing accountability
systems to improve student performance, but neglecting to help students understand why any
of this should be meaningful to them?
Maintaining the requirement for statewide
assessments in at least reading / language arts and mathematics in grades 3 - 8 and once in high school; and in science in each
of three grade spans (3 - 5, 6 - 9, and 10 - 12), while adding flexibility
related to locally selected high school
assessments and innovative
assessment systems.
The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion
of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload
of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and
assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches
of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation
of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP
related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation
of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing
related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management
System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.
A comprehensive risk
assessment would determine flood hazard for individual structures by modeling watershed and floodplain characteristics at fine spatial scales; it would describe the varying levels
of protection offered by all elements
of a flood protection
system and mitigation measures; and it would account explicitly for uncertainties, including those
related to current and future flood hazard, structure value and vulnerability, and the current and future performance
of flood protection measures.
The paper considers the necessary components
of a prospective event attribution
system, reviews some specific case studies made to date (Autumn 2000 UK floods, summer 2003 European heatwave, annual 2008 cool US temperatures, July 2010 Western Russia heatwave) and discusses the challenges involved in developing
systems to provide regularly updated and reliable attribution
assessments of unusual or extreme weather and climate -
related events.
This has included early analytical
assessments (such as a 1987 Ambio paper and this one from the journal Climatic Change)
of the risks between climate change and security through changes in access to Arctic resources, food production, and water resources, as well as the ongoing Water Conflict Chronology — an on - line database, mapping
system, and timeline
of all known water -
related conflicts.
This analytical report presents the concerted action taken by the UN
system to assist people and communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change through: (i) risks, impacts and vulnerability
assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an enabling environment; (iii) the implementation
of adaptation measures, which includes UNISDR's work on climate change
related disaster risk reduction and risk sharing; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) knowledge sharing and facilitate learning.
WDAC works with the The WCRP Modelling Advisory Council (WMAC) to promote effective use
of observations with models and to address issues
related to the coordinated development
of data assimilation, reanalysis, Observing
System Sensitivity Experiments, and paleoclimatic data and their
assessments.
5.2 Determining the performance characteristics
of vegetative (green) roof
systems provides information to facilitate the
assessment of related engineering aspects
of the facility.
5.1 Determining these performance characteristics
of vegetative (green) roof
systems provides information to facilitate the
assessment of related engineering aspects
of the facility.
Topics that I work on or plan to work in the future include studies
of: + missing aerosol species and sources, such as the primary oceanic aerosols and their importance on the remote marine atmosphere, the in - cloud and aerosol water aqueous formation
of organic aerosols that can lead to brown carbon formation, the primary terrestrial biological particles, and the organic nitrogen + missing aerosol parameterizations, such as the effect
of aerosol mixing on cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol absorption, the semi-volatility
of primary organic aerosols, the importance
of in - canopy processes on natural terrestrial aerosol and aerosol precursor sources, and the mineral dust iron solubility and bioavailability + the change
of aerosol burden and its spatiotemporal distribution, especially with regard to its role and importance on gas - phase chemistry via photolysis rates changes and heterogeneous reactions in the atmosphere, as well as their effect on key gas - phase species like ozone + the physical and optical properties
of aerosols, which affect aerosol transport, lifetime, and light scattering and absorption, with the latter being very sensitive to the vertical distribution
of absorbing aerosols + aerosol - cloud interactions, which include cloud activation, the aerosol indirect effect and the impact
of clouds on aerosol removal + changes on climate and feedbacks
related with all these topics In order to understand the climate
system as a whole, improve the aerosol representation in the GISS ModelE2 and contribute to future IPCC climate change
assessments and CMIP activities, I am also interested in understanding the importance
of natural and anthropogenic aerosol changes in the atmosphere on the terrestrial biosphere, the ocean and climate.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY O3 / 10/2009 — 17/11/2012 Reliance Inventers, Inc. — Juneau, AK Regulatory Compliance Manager • Reviewed all
system -
related information security plans throughout the organization's network • Initiated, facilitated and promoted activities to foster information privacy awareness within the organization and
related entities • Participated in the development, implementation and ongoing compliance monitoring
of all trading partners • Performed initial and periodic information privacy risk
assessments • directed, delivered & ensured delivery
of initial privacy training and orientation to all employees, volunteers and third parties
Sample resumes in this field indicate duties such as monitoring, analyzing, and maintaining optimal security levels
of enterprise IT
systems; conducting regular risk
assessments and vulnerability scans
of enterprise environments; and utilizing various tools to conduct web - content filtering,
systems monitoring, and other security -
related functions.
Professional Experience Valley Trauma Center (Van Nuys, CA) 2011 — Present In - Home Outreach Counselor • Provide prevention education and counseling at the individual, family and group level within both in - home and clinical settings while overseeing all case management services • Utilize various methods including humanistic, cognitive behavioral and family
systems approaches • Assist group members in the discovery
of internal sources
of strength and ability to effectively cope with situational crises a well as modify self - defeating behavior • Set and achieve specific group - level goals while helping participants define concrete, meaningful developmental benchmarks, appraising on - going change processes and
related dynamics, and connecting individual efforts to common themes • Manage 10 cases on a weekly basis while ensuring an initial visitation with clients within 48 hours
of referral • Perform new program participant
assessments and participate in all intake and discharge functions
Web Marketing and Analytics Consulting — Selected Duties and Responsibilities Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while developing marketing strategies through strategic target audience
assessment and analysis Collaborate in all phases
of strategic project planning and automation with senior - level management, including dashboard development, tracking code implementation, campaign execution, and report scheduling Provide guidance and leadership with respect to marketing campaign strategy development, benchmarking, implementation, post-execution analysis, and process optimization Measure the success
of website and online marketing initiatives using data and
related key metrics and evaluating the digital marketing maturity level, ensuring highest competitive abilities versus industry competitors Validate all data capturing processes and report populations with respective web analytics tools, ensuring the quality and integrity
of all data within
system as well as all generated reports Utilize experience in BFS, consumer goods, high - tech products / services, media, and digital marketing tools, along with
related talent among team with focused collaboration and the promotion
of a performance - based environment leveraging individual talents for group benefit Perform A / B and multivariate testing as well as behavior and outcome metrics analyses, reporting results in a clear, accurate, and meaningful manner to clients and management Address key client queries and resolve them in an expedited manner, promoting sustained revenue growth through client retention and relationship development Meet and exceed all marketing targets while tracking progress versus established internal and external industry benchmarks, focusing on both revenue generation as well as cost control Maintain a strong working knowledge
of the product and respective marketplace, including pricing and regulatory trends, client requirements, competitor strategies, and product growth Act as a liaison between clients, vendors, sales and support staff, and executive management to facilitate information flow and drive operational efficiency
Efficiently performed essential work in support
of the HUD Human Capital Accountability Program; partnered with the Accountability Officer in the
assessment of the Department's human capital management
systems and programs to ensure conformity with the structures described in the Human Capital
Assessment and Accountability Framework (HCAAF); extensively conducted various types qualitative / quantitative analyses, prepared responses and reports based on findings and required actions; identified trends, researched Federal regulations and other
related documents to ensure program compliance; managed human capital audits and served as the audit liaison, coordinated communication between the organization and OPM; organized briefings, reviewed and tracked deliverables.
Non-Profit Program and Operations Coordinator — Duties & Responsibilities Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, and professionalism, while executing various program administration functions, overseeing operations and ensuring both efficient organizational communications and processes Collaborate in all phases
of strategic planning with other members
of management team, including program mission, marketing and public relations, vendor and volunteer management, member services and
systems implementation Demonstrate leadership with respect to program direction, fundraising strategies and project management Provide continuous
assessment of key considerations, potential issues, and the utilization
of available resources, while furnishing oversight and guidance regarding effective donor recruitment and recognition strategies Perform needs - based and situational
assessments of policies and procedures to evaluate program effectiveness, improve operational efficiency, manage and reduce costs, and promote both staff and member satisfaction Utilize talent among team members with focused training efforts, effective collaboration and the promotion
of a performance - based work environment that leverages individual talents for group benefit Employ support staff to aid in effective marketing, relations, administration and program operations, delegating important tasks and assignments while providing timely follow - up to ensure task completion Facilitate the effective execution
of all
related administrative and financial aspects
of non-profit management, while analyzing and presenting important information to executives, stakeholders and other relevant parties Ensure the organization and maintenance
of relevant information in confidential, secure, and efficient manner as well as adherence to all stated laws, statutes, policies, procedures and guidelines with application in the non-profit arena Support the creation and implementation
of organizational marketing and operations strategies while tracking performance versus internal and external benchmarks, focusing on both program growth as well as cost management Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge
of related products, services, techniques and relevant tools
Medical Affairs Liaison — Duties & Responsibilities Provide guidance and leadership with respect to the diagnosis and resolution
of various issues in response to incidents reported by customers, working efficiently and effectively to implement
related solutions and maintain high - quality customer service Administer all quality control functions while interacting professionally with outside contacts, including firm public relations professionals, representatives, client associates and other parties, providing relevant information, materials and support as needed Identify and deconstruct issues utilizing honed problem resolution techniques, collaborating with other professionals to address uncovered issues and shortfalls while acting as internal clinical and product -
related expert Manage and oversee the development and implementation
of critical
systems and processes while coordinating support and customer service functions, working effectively to utilize all available resources and maintaining all relevant information Review proposed modifications to client operating environments, implementing fixes and resolutions to minimize service disruptions on an on - going basis, clearing duplicated and out - dated entries, and performing general account management functions Participate in the administration
of various organizations, clinics, associations and other groups, assessing operational strategies regularly Assist in the performance
of related analyses and needs - based
assessments of product gaps, service requirements and operations -
related areas to develop and implement required projects while determining the feasibility and functionality
of proposed solutions Collaborate with sales and marketing professionals to drive revenue growth, improve firm visibility, expand product markets and integrate valuable customer feedback into future research and development Utilize talent among team members with effective communication and the promotion
of a performance - based work environment Communicate all issues and user feedback to members
of departments teams and vendor representatives as needed Create and maintain issue - tracking and resolution databases while auditing all entries for accuracy and completeness Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge
of all relevant products, services, industry trends, tools and
related information Lead through example with consistent work ethic, attitude, professionalism, and commitment to firm success
On Saturday, 6/23, in collaboration with Peter Knudsen, Director
of Bps Jurisfirma and Bpm Parental Alienation Awareness EU, I will be presenting an additional 6 - hour seminar at the Park Hotel Ai Pini on the
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
of attachment -
related pathology surrounding divorce and the solution for the family court
system.
Park Hotel Ai Pini on the
assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
of attachment -
related pathology surrounding divorce and the solution for the family court
system.
More importantly, these results indicate that most clinical and
system measures were
related to the ACE score total, a finding that underpins the centrality
of the ACE survey in clinical
assessment and potentially treatment.
Screenings and
Assessments Used in the Juvenile Justice
System: Evaluating Risks and Needs
of Youth in the Juvenile Justice
System (PDF - 394 KB) Judicial Council
of California, Administrative Office
of the Courts, Center for Families, Children and the Courts (2011) Reviews screening and
assessment instruments and summarizes issues
related to instrument validation, selection, and administration.