Sentences with phrase «roles such as community»

There are opportunities to combine work with different client groups and organisations, as well as combining art therapy with other roles such as community artist, teacher or professional artist.

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«Broad rules, such as those imposed by SB4, that push local law enforcement to take a more active role in immigration enforcement will further strain the relationship between local law enforcement and these diverse communities,» police chiefs from several major Texas cities wrote in a letter last week.

In that role she oversaw media and community relations for complex development projects such as Pacific Park Brooklyn, Barclays Center, and Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech, as well as directing marketing strategy for the company's multimillion square foot residential, commercial and retail portfolio.

Passion settings such as Bach's and Penderecki's are sophisticated commentaries on and clarifications of the Gospel stories, their positions in the Christian canon, and their roles within the lives of continuing worshiping communities.

Whether by creating new collaborative structures or working through existing agencies such as local community development corporations, neighborhoods need to assume the central role in designing and implementing strategies for their own improvement.

Working out of his small, cluttered office at Adrian University, where he teaches political science, the seemingly indefatigable Khan stepped into the role of public intellectual for the U.S. Muslim community after 9/11 with incisive articles such as «Memo to Mr. Bin Laden: Go to Hell,» which was picked up by more than a dozen news agencies around the world.

In trying to develop upon the emphasis of Our Faith Story the most that OTWTL can affirm of the Church's role is this: «conversion is essentially a response to an encounter with Christ as truth mediated in the community of witness, that is the Church... (such that) we are «re-narrated» as we take on an identity which is conferred by grace.

Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing and other statewide and regional programs such as Bay Area Green Business Program, Fish Friendly Farming, Lodi Rules, Napa Green and Sustainability in Practice (SIP) play an important role in the California wine community's efforts to produce high quality wine that is environmentally sound, socially equitable and economically feasible.

Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing and other statewide and regional programs such as Bay Area Green Business Program, Fish Friendly Farming, Lodi Rules, Napa Green and Sustainability in Practice (SIP) play vital roles in the California wine community's successful efforts to produce high quality wine that is environmentally sound, economically feasible and socially responsible.

Certified California Sustainable Winegrowing and other statewide and regional programs such as Fish Friendly Farming, Bay Area Green Business Program, Lodi Rules, Napa Green and Sustainability in Practice (SIP) play an important role in the California wine community's efforts to produce high quality wine that is environmentally sound, economically feasible and socially equitable.

School violence is an opportunity to engage your teen in discussions about larger topics, such as the role of a community in episodes of school violence and factors that lead someone to act violently.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

As such, API is responsible to the parents in those communities and wishes to provide the necessary preparation and support needed for those who volunteer in the role of Leader.

Give children of all ages an important role — such as setting the table each night — and explain how everyone in the community has a responsibility to help make the group function a little better.

By continuing to see the male role in such constricting terms — as breadwinner or nothing — we are inadvertently contributing to the slow death of marriage in our most disadvantaged communities.

Excessive infant crying in this setting may be only a «red flag» of distress, and as such reflects key co-existent elements of the context in which it occurs, such as the role of the father, social and economic factors and the community context.

Achebe stated further that the minimum in that regard would be the recognition by the constitution of the role of the traditional institution in communal life, such as mobilising the community for enlightenment, education, economic empowerment, peace building, safety and security; custodianship of and leadership in advancing «our culture; and the creation of National council of Traditional Rulers at the federal level.

The Loisaida Awards were reinstated, and we honored living legends such as Adela, the still - standing Puerto Rican restaurant and community epicenter; CHICO, street artist of storied fame; Melissa Mark - Viverito, newly elected as the first Puerto Rican speaker of the City Council; and Rosie Méndez, the Councilmember who played a pivotal role in keeping Loisaida Inc. alive.

While I recognize that it is not the Board's nor the district's role or responsibility to take such things into consideration, I do believe that we have an obligation to utilize community resources whenever possible as that only serves to strengthen the community in which the children served by the Buffalo Public Schools live.

My work as a community activist on issues such as affordable housing, my background as a member of the Democratic State Committee, and my experience working for Democratic elected officials such as Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, since my days in college, leave me with a deep appreciation and respect for the role working men and women play in making this the Empire State.

David Cameron will today set out «urgent» plans to boost significantly the role of charities, community groups and private companies in running services such as health, child care and education.

International groups, such as the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB), play an important role in building the mathematical biology community by holding annual meetings and mentoring young researchers.

Science is committed to playing a constructive role in making available to the scientific community the data underlying articles in the print journal, in cases when such data can not be accommodated in an established public database such as Genbank or PDB.

Such resources, known as ecosystem services, were the subject of a symposium held at AAAS» headquarters in Washington, on May 19 where experts explored the role played by the natural forces of ecosystems in protecting adjacent lands and local communities.

Patient navigation, which includes community health workers and clinically licensed navigators such as nurses and social work navigators, has begun to play a critical role in the continuum of care.

NMD is known among the medical community for the role it plays in the development of genetic diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis and some hereditary forms of cancers.

«Factors other than parental eating behaviors such as community and school, food environment, peer influence, television viewing, as well as individual factors such as self - image and self - esteem seem to play an important role in young people's dietary intake,» said May A. Beydoun, PhD, co-author of the study and a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Bloomberg School.

I fear, though, that such a site only reinforces the misperception that controversy rages in the climate science community as to the existence or climate change and / or whether humans play a role in a warming planet.

In this unique role, she worked with several three - letter agencies, such as the FBI, DOS, and DOD where she was in charge of community outreach programs where she was the liaison with local city governments.

A busy schedule of character roles in such films as Junior, Lolita, and The Ninth Gate followed, though Langella still remained a frequent and distinguished presence in the New York theatrical community.

Designed for all independent school leaders, the program covers topics such as diversity, access, equity, innovative instructional design strategies, online learning, financial sustainability, and the role of independent schools in the context of their communities.

Particularly with online learning giving way to a suite of flexible learning experiences, schools may indeed move beyond their traditional role as sole academic provider, offering a breadth of non-academic resources such as mentoring, health services, and community - building activities — all of which can support healthy development and serve as powerful antidotes to chronic achievement gaps.

Students working at Level 3 can, for example: justify reasons for restrictions to free speech; identify benefits of volunteering to the individual and the community; identify that sites of historic significance belong to the whole community; recognise some key functions and features of the parliament such as defining the role of the speaker of the House of Representatives; and recognise the key feature of the separation of powers in Australia.

Educators play a key role in engaging students with other participants in a modern and asynchronous way, encouraging them to respond to their questions by creating a learning community that will provide learners with equal opportunities for communication such as live lessons and interaction in the virtual environment (Maboe, 2017).

However, the same differences could also indicate that classroom racial dynamics, such as stereotype threat and role - model effects, are particularly relevant in more disadvantaged and segregated black communities.

The Boston United group, which includes many parent organizers and community leaders from the city's minority neighborhoods, will be the more conciliatory of the two, sidestepping controversial issues such as merit pay for outstanding teachers in favor of a greater role for parents in school decision - making.

Pertinent topics for such discussions would include the value of partnering with parents and community members in schoolimprovement efforts, parents as vital partners in the learning process, the importance of shared leadership, and the critical role that the community plays in every child «s life.

«That the Hartford Board of Education approves the conversion of the High School, Inc. to a Sheff magnet school starting with the 9th grade in 2014 - 2015 with expansion to grade 12 by 2017 - 2018; approves the creation of a new Partnership Magnet School with Capital Community College, the Capital Community College Senior Academy; authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Community College regarding the creation of such new school; approves the creation of SAND as a Lighthouse School Design, with a non-profit management organization, Capital Prepatory Schools -LRB-» CPS»), managing both SAND («Capital Prepatory School II») and Capital Prepatory Magnet School; and authorizes the Superintendent to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding with CPS regarding its role in managing the schools on behalf of, and in conjunction, with the Hartford Public Schools.»

Career Lattices — PICCS schools offer educators opportunities to grow while remaining at their school, including a clear promotion process based on performance as well as leadership roles such as becoming a mentor teacher or coach for a professional learning community or data team.

Rather than being the unique responsibility of those in titled roles (such as the principal), school leadership roles should be nurtured throughout all levels of the school community.

Additionally, such experiences help the teacher candidates realize that «schools, as professional communities, are made up of numerous persons in various roles: students, parents, administrators, professional and non-professional support staff and other teachers in the schools as well as members of the professional community at large» (p. 659).

In this role, Cara plans and conducts evaluations on a variety of initiatives, such as summer learning programs, community schools, and Common Core - aligned instructional materials, to support continuous improvement in MCPS schools.

Dr. Noguera has published over 200 research and scholarly articles, monographs, research reports, and editorials on topics such as urban school reform, education policy, conditions that promote student achievement, the role of education in community development, youth violence, and race and ethnic relations in American society as well as the author of several books.

Students take an active leadership role and engage others such as their peers, teachers, parents and other community members, to address issues that are important to them.

Governors, who are volunteers such as parents and local community representatives, have an important role in overseeing # 46bn of annual school spending, according to a recent study.

Encourage parents to take on leadership roles within the school community and other parent committees, such as the Local School Councils

Parents and educators emphasized summer learning programs» critical role in providing students with new experiences and opportunities — such as field trips and community service projects — that they do not have during the school year.

The Learning Professional addresses timely professional learning issues such as learning communities, the role of principals, finding time for professional learning, and teacher quality.

As communities across the country continue to embrace collaborative efforts to support students» holistic development, state and federal policy can play a key role in supporting such efforts.

Key principles include a broader accountability framework, with elements such as health, wellness, and discipline; language undergirding the role of community school coordinators; professional development that enables principals, teachers, instructional support personnel, and community partners to work more effectively with families, communities, and each other; and capacity building that supports community school partnerships and better aligns and coordinates programs.