Sentences with phrase «school building initiative»

«Under the previous school building initiative, BSF, it took three years for building work to begin.

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To build genuine loyalty — a customer base with intrinsic preference for your brand — retailers need to break with old - school tactics, realizing instead that earning consumer trust, preference and loyalty is a strategic initiative that goes far beyond points, coupons, discounts and mass - blasted emails.

Kids keep up internal environmental initiatives within the school, such as recycling batteries and ink cartridges, monitoring playground cleanliness with a litter metre, and managing a bottle depot (students and staff recently built a greenhouse out of 1,600 2L pop bottles).

The review and the changes that will result from it comes on top of a decision to build a new $ 200 million modern home for the business school on the waterfront of Lake Michigan, a reorganization of the school's top leadership, and the creation and launch of Kellogg's new branding campaign — all initiatives driven by Blount since her arrival some 18 months ago.

They partnered with Zam Zam Water to build a school in Rwanda that was fully funded by cryptocurrency via the #BuiltwithBitcoin initiative.

Grants will only be available in select states and the award amounts will be based on building enrollment, project type, potential impact, and a school's ability to mobilize parents and students around school wellness initiatives.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.

Healthy Schools BC, a key initiative of the Healthy Families BC (HFBC) strategy, builds the capacity of the health and education sectors to effectively implement healthy schools initiatives using a Comprehensive School Health apSchools BC, a key initiative of the Healthy Families BC (HFBC) strategy, builds the capacity of the health and education sectors to effectively implement healthy schools initiatives using a Comprehensive School Health apschools initiatives using a Comprehensive School Health approach.

In April my administration released our comprehensive report on countywide school district expenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusschool district expenses, «Examining School District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusSchool District Expenses and Potential for Consolidation in Erie County», which builds on Erie County's leadership in bringing municipalities together to participate in New York State's efficiency and shared services initiatives, saving millions of dollars annually for county taxpayers, and calls for the inclusion of school districts in future shared services discusschool districts in future shared services discussions.

Since starting March 1, «she is overseeing the collaboration and support» of 138 schools that share 24 buildings, said a city Department of Education spokesman, adding that Fariña started the initiative in 2016 and will serve as a «voluntary advisor» after she retires.

SU was the first private school in New York state to join the initiative to end sexual assault on college campuses, and the university will continue to do what is already being done to build awareness on campus, said Sheila Johnson - Willis, interim chief officer for equal opportunity and Title IX coordinator.

Aiming to boost the growth of charter schools in cities nationwide, the Walton Family Foundation plans to announce a $ 250 million initiative today to help charters build and expand their sites.

Stringer did praise the mayor for initiatives in the budget that he has supported, including funding for 300 new school crossing guards, providing bullet - resistant windows for all NYPD patrol cars and committing $ 1 billion for roof repairs at 729 NYCHA buildings.

Urban Assembly Unison is one of seven schools slated to share $ 7 million from Adams» Growing Brooklyn's Future initiative, which will fund building rooftop gardens and greenhouses, the borough president announced Tuesday.

CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — A Clinton Hill school can begin building its greenhouse after Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced the expansion of his green school initiative.

Second, she argues that removing charter schools from co-locating in public school buildings will also help free up space for de Blasio's proposed pre-kindergarten initiative.

«There is tremendous progress already on these initiatives, and I look forward to building on that alongside educators and families to ensure an equitable and excellent school system.»

«By building capacity among the school districts, instead of working in isolation, we're finding more resources to bring to our kids, resources we've lacked,» said Tracy Spagnolo, initiative representative with West Seneca schools and principal at Winchester Elementary Sschool districts, instead of working in isolation, we're finding more resources to bring to our kids, resources we've lacked,» said Tracy Spagnolo, initiative representative with West Seneca schools and principal at Winchester Elementary SchoolSchool.

The city of Ahmedabad, India, where about 25 percent of the residents live in slum communities, announced a heat action plan in 2017 that includes a cool roofs initiative to paint or otherwise convert at least 500 slum household roofs and to improve the reflectivity of roofs on government buildings and schools.

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students...

Project 2061, a long - term AAAS initiative to increase literacy in science, mathematics, and technology, has released an outline for its Green Schools Energy Curriculum, which utilizes real - time data on energy generation and consumption from green school buildings to teach middle school students the science of energy.

The authors note that public health initiatives that could help make the overall environment healthier include restricting the sale of non-nutritious foods in and around schools; menu labeling and providing incentives for food stores to build outlets in local food deserts; creating safe spaces for physical activity that are monitored to reduce the likelihood of crime; and maintaining smoke - free restaurants and public spaces, among others.

While building a community and giving teachers a venue where they can share ideas is among the important goals of the yearly Noyce Summit, this year's event also advanced a $ 3.7 million AAAS initiative, funded by NSF, to help stimulate research and foster evidence - based innovations in the preparation of STEM teachers for high - need schools.

Initial results from a pilot study show that a new program called «Building Bridges for Asthma Care» — an initiative that helps school nurses identify children with asthma and support them and their families in getting the care they need — is helping reduce absenteeism.

The BRIDGE initiative at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is all about building relationships, increasing diversity, and growing engineers.

Inconsistent Transportation: When late buses were impacting our ability to get teachers to their PLC Data Team meetings on Thursdays, our central office and union leadership identified the problem during a no - agenda meeting — the need to change district bus schedules to accommodate all schools — and worked with our transportation provider and building administrators to ensure that we didn't jeopardize this initiative moving forward.

Former state students in Norwich are to help transform current students» opportunities and give them a better start in life by going back to their old schools in an initiative to build an alumni network in schools and college in the city.

Together, along with other renewable - energy initiatives, they reduce overall energy costs at the school by more than 40 percent, or about $ 160,460, compared with a building that simply complies with existing codes.

Ever since, I have been pursuing research and program initiatives that facilitate the building of developmental assets in young people, as well as fostering connections between families, schools, and communities.

The Linked Learning initiative is building a half - dozen or more career pathways in each of nine school districts, on the theory that students can get all the math, English, science, and social studies they need for a university, along with technical and job skills, but do it in a way that makes learning more fun and gives them real, relevant work experience.

Laws said that this was the biggest public effort to improve the schools estate in decades, and that the initiative was on track to meet its goal of improving 261 school buildings in very poor condition by the end of 2017.

The folks in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) probably put more time into building community consensus around their Compass 2015 initiative than any district in the country.

The free school programme has delivered new schools faster than any other school building programme and, according to the National Audit Office, at significantly less cost to the taxpayer than previous initiatives.

Save the Children is calling on UK schools to «build a better world» with the launch of an exciting new fundraising initiative — «Den Day».

Classical 100, the new, government ‑ backed initiative from music exam board ABRSM, Classic FM and record company Decca Classics, was introduced by ABRSM strategic director Lincoln Abbotts: the resource is built around 100 recordings of classical music pieces which teachers can draw upon in lessons, school assemblies and other school activities, alongside which there is information about the composer and stories behind the music — it is free to use and open to all schools in the UK.

«Administrators build their credibility as instructional leaders when they consistently demonstrate classroom expertise by modeling instructional practices, collaborating on curricular initiatives, and enacting the classroom culture they envision for the whole school,» she says.

The aim is to identify promising school - based initiatives that build social and emotional learning and resilience skills in Victorian students, and which also improve academic achievement.

This initiative is built on our successful pilot program last year with 35 schools and more than 10,000 students.

The effort builds momentum by working with expert organizations dedicated to collaboration like TakingITGlobal and iEARN's Connect All Schools initiative.

Walcott promised to borrow instructional methods from successful middle school charters with this initiative, but even charter organizations like KIPP, which began by serving middle school kids, are having second thoughts about the challenges such isolation from other children create, and has been building «clusters» of schools that include early grades and high schoolers.

«Every successful educational initiative of which I'm aware aims at strengthening personal bonds by building strong systems of support in the schools,» he wrote.

In 1968, building on the foundation of the Coleman seminar, Smith, Christopher Jencks, and David Cohen became the core faculty for the Center for Educational Policy Research, one of the School's first formal initiatives in the field.

When those support people understand the importance of school activities, initiatives, and goals, they can help build your school's reputation; on the other hand, when they lack information, they will have little interest or stake in passing on positive information.

Craig Evans, general manager of the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) explains how the Association's latest training initiative is promoting the need for essential asbestos training for all tradesmen, and for those who may encounter the substance in school buildings.

La Salle Academy, Lithgow, NSW; Ms Megan Gerathy; La Salle Academy, Lithgow, NSW Mr Mark Picman, La Salle Academy, Lithgow, NSW; Dr Jane Mitchell, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, NSW; and Ms Sara Murray, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, NSW Using Feedback to Build a Growth Mindset: A whole school initiative

Investing in schools The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recently commented on the situation as part of a wide - ranging report titled Building Better Britain: A vision for the next government, arguing that current improvement initiatives are not sufficient.

The Chromebook was built to meet the needs of schools and districts looking to deploy affordable and comprehensive one - to - one computing initiatives.

The refusal to choose between one instructional emphasis or the other symbolizes the work being done to build career pathways in nine school districts as part of Linked Learning, an initiative cited as a national model of career and technical education.

Building off of Boston Public School's (BPS) successful PreK initiative, this project aims to operationalize the recommended PreK - 3rd grade reform strategies and pioneer their implementation at scale, all the while examining this particular case of education reform and its incremental progress towards better meeting young children's needs.

Educational Technologist focused on building right - for - organization technology platforms to create a flourishing, multifaceted technology program; developing education initiatives regarding technology use and behavior for the entire school community - faculty, staff, students and parents; and continuing to help individuals build their personal relationship with technology.