Sentences with phrase «series of focus groups»

TRENTON, N.J. (WTW)-- New Jersey teachers believe the current teacher evaluation system is subjective and does not help them do their jobs better, a study commissioned by two education reform groups concluded following an unprecedented series of focus groups with nearly 300 teachers.

Subsequently, in 2011 an additional series of focus groups and public meetings were held to respond to questions validating the District's strategic direction.

In 2007 and 2008 we did a series of focus groups with small business owners on this topic.

The district has scheduled a series of focus group meetings later this month and is aiming to get as many as 12 participants in each session.

The Naperville Park District has made several changes to better accommodate senior citizens, following a series of focus groups last summer.

In addition, the strategic plan incorporates new initiatives identified through a series of focus groups with staff, Board members, and community representatives that were conducted as part of the strategic planning process:

That's one of the headline findings from BritainThinks» latest research, based on online qualitative research among 30 «Brexit Diarists» as well as a series of focus groups and nationally representative polls.

CHESTERTOWN The North Warren Chamber of Commerce will hold a series of focus groups this winter to tackle key issues facing the community, including commerce, infrastructure, recreation, tourism and communications.

The UAB Office of Postdoctoral Education was formed in 1999 following a series of focus groups with faculty and postdocs, organized by the graduate school.

To gain deeper insight into how Americans develop perspectives on the morality of scientific breakthroughs, Pew conducted a series of focus groups that drew from the same nationally representative sample as the survey.

Her fourth project is conducting a series of focus groups titled «The Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress» and is based on the «Universal Declaration of Human Rights» drafted by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the United Nations in 1948.

We are now planning to conduct a series of focus groups designed to get kids (and parents) talking about their hospital experiences to find out what they found frightening.

This is the question that leaps out of Public Agenda's latest work on school leadership, a series of focus groups with principals in high - needs public schools conducted for the Wallace Foundation.

This comprehensive analysis of your school or district's current use of technology includes a teacher technology survey to measure staff comfort with and use of technology; interviews with teachers and principals; targeted professional development; a series of focus groups with district stakeholders; and classroom walkthroughs to collect data on strategies and technologies teachers are using, the context of instruction, and the learning that is occurring.

Bluum, in partnership with Idaho Leadership Institute and Idaho Commission On Hispanic Affairs, hosted a series of focus groups to better understand how Hispanic families in Idaho get information about schools, who they trust for information and how they make learning and school choices for their children.

We are tackling this issue through a series of focus groups and electronic surveys.

«A series of focus groups with black teachers across the United States shows that black teachers bring to their work many skills that often go far beyond their roles as...

I recently took part in a series of focus groups with over 400 classroom teachers and administrators of some of Los Angeles» most improved schools.

Idaho Commission On Hispanic Affairs, hosted a series of focus groups to better understand how Hispanic families and Idaho's Hispanic Parent's in Idaho get information about schools, who they trust for information and how they make learning and school choices for their children.

As part of the alignment efforts, CDE is inviting stakeholders to participate in a series of focus group meetings this month.

DPS responded by hosting a series of focus groups, yet there was no reporting back to any of the participants — or more importantly, the community — about how the district would respond to these and other concerns.

We provided funding for three projects relevant to specific animal advocacy interventions, namely, a humane education field experiment, an experiment testing the effects of real and virtual contact with farmed animals, and a series of focus groups and survey experiments to understand consumer attitudes towards and willingness - to - pay for cultured meat.

In fact, Potter says that a series of focus groups that Bissell recently conducted to investigate how purchasing decisions are made in this category showed that packaging was one of the top influencing factors.

Co-founder Gabe Newell is running a series of focus groups with deaf individuals in an effort to realistically integrate sign language into the upcoming title.

The first year - long phase focuses on the profession and will include a national survey and a series of focus groups to identify the Foundations.

The results of the inventory are then tested in a series of focus groups with a cross section of members of the firm.

Jeff Patton, GE's general manager of connected home products, said while testing the Sol with a series of focus groups, the design and integration with Alexa was an appealing combination.

Created a series of focus group moderator guides for three different benefit groups to be used across the country for both salaried and hourly employees

A series of focus groups with a range of interested individuals including social work practitioners and families;

A series of focus groups have been conducted to ascertain the support needs of partners of men with prostate cancer.

One particularly interesting study focused on young men's reasons for buying Valentine's Day presents and what these reasons suggest about their relationships» balance of power.1 The researchers spoke with approximately 100 men through a series of focus groups and in - depth interviews, during which the participants were asked about a Valentine's purchase they made for a romantic partner within the last two years.

The Honoring Our Children Initiative, with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, collected community / tribal level data beginning in 2012 through a series of focus groups, surveys, and discussions with tribal families, staff, and leaders.

Educating, not Advocating: An Analysis of Qualitative Research; Exploring Public and Policymaker Views of Early Childhood Policy: Arizona Case Study This report shares the results from a series of focus groups conducted in Arizona.

This report of a series of focus group discovers how adults in the state of Minnesota view adolescence in general and youth development programs in specific.

In order to learn what type of appeal would bring in the most money, we conducted a series of focus groups.

As Jim Adair's excellent piece states: «A key part of the website will be a «rate your agent» section — similar to the Rate Your Realtor concept that was proposed as part of CREA's Futures Project, but voted down at the association's Annual General Meeting... Rogers held a series of focus groups to determine what consumers want from the new site, and found that many asked for a section where they could read reviews of sales reps» performance.

NAR's new Presidential Advisory Group on Smart Growth has launched a series of focus groups to help it craft its guiding principles and policy recommendations.