Sentences with phrase «skill for life beyond»

In partnership with the Design Museum, Design Ventura teaches valuable skills for life beyond school.

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Beyond the injury prevention skills and services athletic trainers also possess expertise and training in managing life threatening injuries, athletic trainers spend considerable time planning and preparing to manage and prevent unthinkable catastrophic injuries, by preparing emergency action plans for a plethora of emergency situations.

The skills I needed to equip me for a life in research seemed utterly beyond my grasp.

«Coping skills are important for many aspects of daily life beyond mental health.

No one is beyond reach, but I would think that the best candidates for the adoption of lifestyle modification therapies for the treatment of disease would be those motivated because they feel that they have something to live for; those who have a desire to avoid medication; those who are curious and have some developed critical reasoning skills, and / or those with non-conformist tendencies.

Either we will reach a point where it is understood that PE has to exist for young people to be well enough to learn and equipped with the interpersonal skills needed to succeed in their school lives and beyond, or PE could completely disappear from the curriculum.

Even when the UN High - Level Panel was collecting views, young people argued for education beyond primary school, and not just formal learning but life skills and vocational training to prepare them for jobs.

An important question at any time is how well the school curriculum is preparing students with the knowledge and skills required for life and work beyond school.

As well as empowering staff with the confidence to respond in an emergency, extending first aid training to pupils teaches them to care for others, equipping them with skills to be the difference between a life lost and a life saved, inside the school gates and beyond.

At the completion of their compulsory study of mathematics, these students lack the mathematical knowledge and skills judged by the OECD to be adequate for life beyond school.

Moreover, the very process of preparing to take them can be expected to cultivate in students many of the same noncognitive skills Heckman has shown to be so important later in life, all the more if states go beyond the requirements of No Child Left Behind and create incentives for individual students to do well.

It includes goal builders, lesson plans and materials to teach community, home, employment and social skills to help students actively participate in their life planning process and prepare for life beyond school.

Dr Kevan Collins, Chief Executive of the EEF, said: «We applaud the focus on what we know is a key juncture in children's lives - we want to find out what actually makes the difference in nurturing the literacy and life skills at the end of primary school that are so important for the springboard to success in secondary schooling and beyond.»

The report, «Beyond Fiction: The Importance of Reading for Information,» found that the ability to understand and retrieve information, whether from an encyclopedia, a billing statement or the back of a prescription bottle, is a necessary life skill, but that many American adults are weak in this area.

Students require additional support in order to develop into confident and independent young men and women and the centre provides tailored vocational learning and qualifications for the students to build up a toolbox of invaluable practical life skills; skills that will support them in life beyond education.

KIPP Tulsa prepares students from educationally underserved neighborhoods in Tulsa with the academic, character, and life skills necessary for success in college and the competitive world beyond.

They are usually seen as distinct from academic knowledge and skills, however, they are increasingly thought to play an important part in learning, as well as contributing to children's wider development, well - being and readiness for life beyond school.

These students participate in an engaging and thought - provoking curriculum that empowers them to develop teh problem - solving and critical - thinking skills necessary for success in life beyond high school.

KIPP Nashville's mission is to prepare students with the character and academic skills needed for success if college and life beyond, and through its growth plan, KIPP Nashville will grow to educate 3,000 Nashville students annually in grades K - 12.

We must advance beyond compliance («OK, I'll follow this classroom management plan and the student handbook that tells me the consequences I can assign when students misbehave») toward empowerment, taking charge and taking responsibility for teaching students the behavioral skills they need to succeed, and preparing the supports necessary for all students to learn these vital life skills.

They markedly advance the quality of learning standards, going beyond an emphasis on discrete skills by calling for the teaching of significant and fundamental concepts, together with essential skills, that cohere across the grades and connect to life after school.

I teach in an urban school district where most parents are univolved in their child's life and we must teach manners, social skills and deal with consistent behavioral issues that reach far beyond what the public school should be responsible for!

With a seasoned storyteller's skill, Joyce sets the stage for an incredible adventure, using Billy's childish perspective (and vocabulary) to convey the vastness and scariness of the world beyond one's backyard, as well as to create a place where toys can come to life.

Since Scott Simon has chronicled the American experience for years as the host of NPR's «Weekend Edition,» it seems only fitting that he should apply his prizewinning reportorial skills to a personal experience that has enriched his life beyond his wildest dreams: adopting a child.In his new memoir Baby, We Were Meant for Each...

Some possible areas for improvement (beyond changing the value criteria, which I have written about previously and will continue to feature different criteria in the future) would be to focus on each individual company's technical trend using moving averages, trendlines, use of proprietary trend trading services like Trend TV, or other trend strategies such as those discussed in Trend Trading for a Living: Learn the Skills and Gain the Confidence to Trade for a Living (a book I recently reviewed for Seeking Alpha).

For this reason she is committed to using only the most modern and ethical positive reinforcement techniques that go beyond «basic obedience» to build life - long skills for dogs and their humaFor this reason she is committed to using only the most modern and ethical positive reinforcement techniques that go beyond «basic obedience» to build life - long skills for dogs and their humafor dogs and their humans.

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Claire and Glaire Antonio, fraternal twin sisters from Lindsay, California, have spent the last four years honing the skill sets that will prepare them for life beyond graduation, including skills learned through solar!

The report features profiles on 26 pioneers of the #NewLaw movement (one is my colleague Audrey Jun @AudreyyJun), and identifies emerging «new legal careers» along with the skills new lawyers will need to forge a life for themselves beyond the crumbling «old system» of equity partnership track positions, mentorship, associate positions or, well, to put it bluntly... any kind of full - time «lawyer job».

Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.

continue to live the Commission's values and principles by offering a broad range of flexible working arrangements to our staff and developing staff skills for personal and professional growth within the Commission and beyond.

A recent survey from NBC's Parent Toolkit using the Princeton Survey Research Associates International found that the majority of U.S. parents interviewed ranked social and communication skills as the most important to build success for school and life even beyond academic grades.

For some individuals, their adult lives are filled with a pool of unmet needs, a legacy of interpersonal turmoil, a range of disruptive trauma reactions and a deficit of skill, motivation and support to move beyond their past.

Numeracy is an essential skill for students in becoming successful learners at school and in life beyond school, and in preparing them for their future roles as family, community and workforce members.

In recent years, the responsible fatherhood field has expanded beyond its roots in employment and parenting services for low - income fathers, recognizing the need to also help fathers enhance their relationship skills.4 Research indicates that children raised by both parents in low ‐ conflict homes achieve better scores, on average, for a host of indicators.5 Non-residential fathers face various communication and relationship challenges that can affect engagement with their children and willingness to pay child support.6 By providing services to help fathers communicate openly in healthy, cooperative parenting relationships, programs can improve potential outcomes for children, irrespective of their parents» living arrangements.