Sentences with phrase «said nonprofit experience»

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On June 6, Lysa and I [Barbara] celebrated the official 20th anniversary of Attachment Parenting International's founding, but as we like to say: It took us 20 years of teaching and parenting experience to lead us to a decision to start the nonprofit parenting organization you know as API.

Guest speakers come and share their own stories and experiences with drugs and alcohol,» says Grissom, who works in prevention and early intervention services at a local youth - services nonprofit.

If you want science policy experience or to learn about the nonprofit world, join your university's postdoc office,» she says.

«Barry came to me, and within seconds we both realized there were benefits to this partnership,» Rowe says, noting Zuckerman had similar experience reaching parents through Reach Out and Read, his nonprofit that provides books to children at pediatric visits.

Grant Callen, president of Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to «school choice» options, including vouchers and charter schools, says an experience like Kast's illustrates a range of failures on the part of public schools.

Andrew Latham — director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new tests — said the 30 - minute activities may not completely eliminate the benefits of prior knowledge and experience, since the better the discussion goes, the better students will perform.

«As the largest and most experienced nonprofit test developer in the world, it is understandable they would utilize ETS in this effort,» ETS» director of external relations, Tom Ewing, said in an email.

«One of the big shifts is just acknowledging that, more than just a test score, you really have to look at a child's entire experience and ability to learn,» said Cecelia Leong, associate director of programs for Attendance Works, a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing student success by reducing chronic absenteeism.

Allensworth, whose research will be featured Tuesday, April 7, in a national webinar sponsored by California's Attendance Institute, a nonprofit school advocacy group based in Sacramento, offers up the educational experience of two fifth graders that might finish the year both with good attendance records, say 97 percent.

In addition, «simply being financially overextended» could classify you as experiencing hardship, says Thomas Nitzsche, credit educator with Clearpoint, a nonprofit agency that provides credit counseling.

Despite no background in animal rescue or other sorts of animal organizations — but, she says, she and Jim did have considerable experience in fundraising, strategic planning, and various kinds of other work for nonprofits — they launched Animal Aid Unlimited in 2002.

CAS said it has since taken steps to prevent another issue, including creating separate finance and finance committees and a rotating set of auditors, and hiring a new financial and executive officers who have experience in the nonprofit sector.

«I find Boulder appealing because of the diversity of ages, education, interests and experiences of the people here,» says Cristy Taylor, board secretary of the Boulder Art Association (www.boulderartassociation.org), an 86 - year - old nonprofit organization that nurtures fine artists of any experience level.

Faisal says the nonprofit museum will not be openly political but will expand upon a narrative of a people who have experienced a great deal of hardship over the past century.

Let's up the stakes and say you're 25, spent the first three years of your career at a nonprofit and don't have experience in the private sector.

«Volunteer work, whether in addition to a current job or an activity in between jobs, shows an employer that you are willing to try new experiences, be involved in your community and generally demonstrates a willingness to take initiative and make things happen,» says Kara Montermoso, content manager at Idealist.org, a site that connects people and nonprofit organizations and has partnered with Monster on Monster Volunteering.

On June 6, Lysa and I [Barbara] celebrated the official 20th anniversary of Attachment Parenting International's founding, but as we like to say: It took us 20 years of teaching and parenting experience to lead us to a decision to start the nonprofit parenting organization you know as API.