Sentences with phrase «situations at school where»

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He has also been an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School since 1996, where he teaches classes on value and special situation investing.

He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches value and special situation investing.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

This La Leche League group is a special situation where all of the participants (except the school staff who drop in and Leaders) are in their teens but this should not suggest that teen mothers are not welcomed at meetings held in the community.

Chris has his own blog, as he describes below, and I asked him if he would be willing to share here his efforts to try to improve this situation in his Iowa City school district, where he is now the parent of three children and teaches legal writing and analysis at the University of Iowa College of Law (but the opinions he expresses here are entirely his own).

«It is not the only situation where a dad might not be around, but the stigma makes it worse and children are often afraid to even speak to anybody at school about it.»

Even today, with our kids are at elementary school age, we still have to negotiate our different cultures, sometimes opting for one or the other, depending on the situation and where we are at the time.

«Stimulating your child's brain during this time and providing situations where they can explore helps them to learn things that get them in touch with their environment,» says child and adolescent psychologist Robert Myers, Ph.D., founder of the Child Development Institute and assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

If you find yourself in a situation where you need to be a warrior, whether it's with a school team or with a therapist or medical professional, there are resources at your disposal.

«I have been in situations myself where you're watching the fetal monitor, and everything looks fine,» said Sprang, who also teaches at Northwestern University Medical School and practices at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare.

Or is it morally acceptable to have a situation where those who don't get their name down first, are only able to choose from a lower quality selection of schools and hospitals to be treated at?

David Parks, head of physics at Graveney school, argues against the new GCSE, saying it shows a «confused and contradictory situation» where ministers promise to increase the number of science graduates but «dumb down» the subject to broaden its appeal.

«What we need to do is make a situation where women feel more comfortable cycling around the city, by building more cycling facilities, more shower facilities at schools for example.

Alex Trikalinos, executive director of the state's Office of Educator Quality & Professional Development, said at the meeting that, under the repeal bill, school districts could find themselves in a situation where «students would essentially be double tested.»

Take the desperate situation involving the school district in East Ramapo, where a school board dominated by Orthodox Jewish members is at odds with the parents of a student body that is largely black and Hispanic, in a situation that seemed to be crying out for some resolution at the state level.

But there is persistent concern about the quality of some of the construction and this is because, local officials sometimes take bribes and allow construction companies to build things below standard and so we have a situation in the Sichuan province where the earthquake occurred, where schools were collapsing and collapsed at a much greater rate than other government buildings and the suspicion is of course that local officials have taken bribes and allowed the schools to be built this way.

Noting that most of these injuries happen at school and at day - care centers, he adds that «if you are going look into improving the situation, those are the places where you want to focus your efforts.»

«Games are effective because they can be used for situated learning, where a player can be placed into a simulation of a real - world situation and see the impact of his or her actions over time,» said Scott Nicholson, an associate professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies.

The stressful situation has taken a toll on Trinity's performance at school where the once straight - A student finds herself at risk of suspension because of a declining attendance record.

Dr Tom Dobson, Principal Lecturer in the Carnegie School of Education and project leader, explained: «National curriculum changes in England, and the accompanying testing of technical aspects of writing, have created a situation where the teaching of writing is at risk of becoming very one - way and instructive, and less engaging, for children.

Working in a public school district where school closings due to budget shortfalls are now a reality, while at the same time trying to avoid embarrassing situations, I encouraged my team of education technologists to consider three different solutions for use on our network.

After 12 years teaching English Language Arts and history at an urban middle school, where he has inspired students with a love of Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams plays, Holt hopes to further what he sees as his mission in education giving «students access to learning situations that are as close to the real world as possible.»

«Some schools start their school year before Labor Day and create a situation where 4 - H Club children and other students who want to work at the fair have to be excused from...

Because we've got a situation at the moment where we have an oversupply of primary teachers, yet significant shortages in Maths and Science, Languages teachers, in particularly in secondary schools.

It transforms the Pell Grant from a policy aimed at transforming lives to one that simply rewards students lucky enough to be born into situations where their families are able to seize good high - school educations for them.

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance proSchool grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance proschool; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

This surely explains the heart - breaking situation at Montgomery College, the county's enterprising and generally well - regarded community college, where almost 80 percent of students coming straight from high school must take remedial math — and where more than half of students never make it past remediation.

They often find themselves in a situation where the public schools don't serve their student well, but the private schools won't serve them at all.

«There's some core principles that all the leaders here believe in — making sure that we continue to provide resources to the poorest school districts and not creating a situation where we can suddenly shift dollars from... poorer districts to wealthy districts, or alternatively, that education aid suddenly can start going to sport stadiums or tax cuts at the state level,» Obama said in remarks to the media after the meeting.

At least then we could have tried to defuse the situation where teaching in secondary school was only for the masochistic and anyone in their right mind would get the hell out.

For 10 years the figures have shown primary pupils in Wales have done better in all subjects, but the situation is reversed at key stage three - the first three years of secondary school - where England has consistently outperformed Wales.

In the initiative's second year, «Project 2» will focus on post-secondary readiness at the district's alternative high school, where students in high - risk situations can obtain the credits they need to graduate using accelerated quarter terms.

«I am very concerned, and I think all of us have to be concerned, that there are situations where choice could result, let's say, in the top 25 percent of the students in a major city being offered nice spots in suburban schools, and leaving the schools in that city that might very well be on their way to coming back, leaving them without any role models at all for those other students.»

They also reported situations where an assistant principal's pay could be higher than the principal's pay at the same school.

Such a situation existed at Ridgeway Elementary School, where interactions among parent leaders and professional staff got in the way of needed reforms.

He is also an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he teaches value and special situation investing.

As The New York Times summed up the situation earlier this week, law firms» decisions to cancel or downsize summer programs is having an impact even at top tier schools, where firms traditionally drew the majority of their summer classes:

This creates a situation where demand clearly surpasses supply: dozens of firms competing for a handful of diverse students at a few law schools.

I worked at a federal agency for two years after graduating from law school and often saw the same type of situation where now and then, career attorneys» recommendations were overridden by political directives from above.

Inevitably, there will be situation where a gay student may wish to attend law school at TWU, but only because it is a law school (and a gateway to the legal profession) and not because they want to attend TWU, since it has been publicly accredited.

You will, at some point, be faced with a situation where you will need an Online Traffic School.

Required Qualifications * Must be at least 16 years of age * Licensure requirements vary by state * Attention and Focus o The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted * Customer Service Orientation o Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner o Notice and understand customers» reactions, and respond appropriately * Communication Skills o Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues o Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times * Mathematical Reasoning o The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription * Problem Resolution o Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately * Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication * Visual Acuity: o The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts * Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and / or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting * Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician * PTCB National Certification Education * High School diploma or equivalent (preferred) Business Overview CVS Health, through our unmatched breadth of service offerings, is transforming the delivery of health care services in the U.S..

This type of attachment disorder therapy can also be effective in situations where older children find adoptive parents or attempt to connect to peers in school or at work.

It is also different from school withdrawal — which refers to a situation where the family keeps the child at home for various reasons (eg to support a family member who is ill).

Or, taking steps to address a situation where the school captain / student representative for the last five years at your school has been a student from an Anglo background despite the fact the student population has over 50 % of students from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.

Using parent responses, the authors of this report defined a suspension or expulsion as being any situation where a parent was asked to keep a child at home for a full day or more (out - of - school suspension) or being informed that a child could no longer attend the program («hard» expulsion).

This could cause adolescents to behave hostile and aggressive in situations where they can not play, for instance at school, or at home when their parents attempt to restrict them from playing.