Sentences with phrase «such practice improvement»

Raising awareness of the value of human milk through education and training is an effective first step towards such practice improvement.

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Supermarkets such as Hannaford Supermarkets and Weis Markets, Inc. are making strides in improvements to their food donation programs, enabling them to share best practices helping others to do the same.

Enhanced wine quality is another benefit of the industry's adoption of best practices — such as drip irrigation, canopy management, knowledge of wine quality and viticultural improvements — from the Code Workbook.

This should enable the adoption of better farming practices more quickly as well as continuous improvement in the production and sale of key commodities [such as coffee, cocoa, tea, and bananas].

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

Sheehan's campaign manager Steve Napier said those numbers were a reflection of voters» satisfaction with Sheehan's job performance and improvements to the city ranging from the installation of new stairs and wheelchair access at Lincoln Park to playing fields and bathrooms at Arbor Hill Park, and larger advances such as more equitable hiring practices.

«Some fields that have already adopted rigorous replication practices and a more transparent stream of work, such as genetic epidemiology, have seen a dramatic improvement in the credibility of their claimed discoveries within a few years.»

«The need for improving nursing home staff palliative care knowledge and practice is generally agreed upon, and the efficacy of such improvement is supported by our study findings,» the authors wrote.

When such mindfulness practices are used in skilled psychotherapy with home practice, it may lead to improvements in depression, anxiety, the effects of trauma, addictions, and eating disorders.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology / American Urological Association 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline states: «Men who are taking 5 - ARIs for benign conditions such as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) may benefit from... understanding that the improvement of LUTS relief should be weighed with the potential risks of high - grade prostate cancer from 5 - ARIs.»

Keith understands that their development is positively influenced as these mindful practices provides children with intangible benefits such as greater self - awareness, improvement of self - esteem, release of anxiety, increased focus and concentration while learning, cognitive development and better intuition.

Teach students how to brainstorm effectively by having them practice in fun challenges such as «How many improvements could you think of for a doghouse?»

Both teachers believed that the practice by students at home needed improvement, especially the technical skills, such as rhythm, progression, or systematic elimination of errors.

Various studies, such as these ones on nurses training using games, have shown the improvement in performance confidence and knowledge of real world procedures through the use of simulated and game - based practice.

The distributed perspective helps us understand how leadership practice links to instructional improvement, however organizations define the nature such improvement.

In such schools there is a strong commitment to a culture of learning and continuous improvement and an ongoing search for information and knowledge that can be used to improve on current practice.

These results suggest that the improvements in test scores after charter school entry could reflect changes in school practices, such as improving student engagement.

In particular, rich data on SIG schools in one of the studies shows that schools improved both by differentially retaining their most experienced teachers and by providing teachers with increased supports for instructional improvement such as opportunities to visit each other's classrooms and to receive meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from school leaders.

With that additional money in hand, it seems obvious that schools below the cutoff would be doing more improvements than schools above the cutoff, such as using different instructional approaches, different hiring practices, developing teachers and principals and so on.

Such practices included promoting communication among teachers and with administrators (Vesilind & Jones, 1998); facilitating school - level programmatic or improvement planning (Feldman & Tung, 2002; Ryan, 1999; Vesilind & Jones, 1998); or organizing and conveying materials to teachers (Gillis et al., 1991; Vesilind & Jones, 1998).

Coaches receive ongoing professional development in areas such as building capacity for sustained improvement, promoting equitable practices, and overcoming obstacles to better results.

Network Five: Intervention Best Practices, which provides that activities that may support learning opportunities and improvements across the state may include projects such as the following: Multi-tiered systems of support to include Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and Restorative Discipline; culturally responsive pedagogical practices; and Response to Intervention

And, new research indicates that such practice - based teaching evaluation systems can produce improvement in student learning district wide.

Traditional school improvement plans will often times only offer a general improvement in overall teaching practices or will relegate improvement in student outcomes to such things as after school support.

Difficult working conditions, low status, gender bias, and teaching in hierarchical conditions often prompt teachers to look for alternative work and / or resist any attempts to enhance increased professionalism — such as professional development — especially when teachers are not paid for extra hours or when they see professional development as not resulting in either improvements in their own practice or leading to promotion.

When teachers have the necessary time to engage in high quality professional learning — coupled with the supports to use that time well — such professional learning can result in marked improvements in student academic growth.40 This is why the National Education Association's Foundation for the Improvement of Education includes «adequate time for inquiry, reflection, and mentoring» as one of the components of high - quality professional development.41 When teachers have time to plan, practice, collaborate, and learn, both teachers and students benefit.

Definitions range from program improvement (such as integrating technology, revamping school climate through restorative justice practices, adding a maker space, implementing a new NGSS curriculum) to whole school design focused on all or multiple aspects of a school — climate, curriculum, governance, and talent.

As these practices are most associated with such improvements, they are the recommended practices that should be central to the every - day routine of coaches working in general education or special education settings, as well in environments (e.g., homes, schools, childcare centers) with learners of all ages.

They call into question such common administrator practices as using coaching to help a teacher achieve specific improvement goals.

Such networks «work against the traditional isolation of teacher from teacher, university from classroom, novice from experienced educator... to craft a new professional community with a new discourse for the understanding and improvement of practice» (Raphael et al., 2001, p. 606).

Such practices assume that the purpose behind organizational cultures and structures is to facilitate the work of organizational members and that the malleability of structures should match the changing nature of the school's improvement agenda.

When implementing «reform,» they must assume risks, deal with organizational conflict, attempt new practices, and take on extra work, such as engaging with colleagues in planning, implementing, and evaluating improvement initiatives.

A readiness assessment to ensure the school or district is familiar with the research - based practices of a high performing organization as outlined by a continuous improvement framework such as the Professional Learning Communities or the Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria.

In addition to other factors that may play a role in a teacher's success — such as a teacher's enjoyment of teaching and motivation and inspiration to teach10 — developing expertise in any field requires intense, sustained, and deliberate practice designed specifically to maximize improvement.11 This is true for professionals as diverse as elite athletes, surgeons, 12 musicians, chess players, computer programmers, and scientists.13 Why wouldn't the same hold true for teachers?

It cites one New York charter school with a six - page agreement, instead of the typical 200 pages or so, and with features such as teacher salaries based on seniority, as well as «improvement in practice.»

With continued improvement for farming practices, such as better year - round nutrition and improved breeding and genetic selection, fewer than 1.7 billion cattle and water buffalo will be needed to provide adequate global beef supplies.

The CTO also believes best practices must be relevant, realistic, and must be part of a continuous improvement strategy, and as such, must be based on the best available information and in the context of the region's tourism development goals.

For solo practitioners there is the excellent campaign, of course, as well as self improvement options such as «Practice» and «Single Fight,» which are essential for those eager to find competition in the online section.

Enhanced resilience to future periods of drought stress may also be supported by improvements in existing rain - fed farming systems (Rockström, 2003), such as water - harvesting systems to supplement irrigation practices in semi-arid farming systems («more crop per drop» strategies, see Table 9.2).

We are unaware of a climate change signal that would result in an increase of only the shortest duration storms, while such an increase is qualitatively consistent with what one would expect from improvements with observational practices.

At the same time, despite any hype that may accompany it or questionable practices on the part of sales and marketing people, technical innovators report that many barriers to entry have fallen, that software has advanced rapidly, as have database management improvements, As such, what was not possible even a few years ago now is and the pattern continues.

We apply lean six sigma and process improvement methodologies to the business and practice of law, and use technology such as workflow automation and expert systems to optimize legal service delivery.

The Patent Transparency and Improvements Act labels such widespread sending of unreasonable letters as an unfair, deceptive trade practice, allowing the Federal Trade Commission to crack down on such bad actors.

The Resume Format should also have a segment for areas of expertise stating proficiencies such as process improvement, production control, supply management, and knowledge of inventory management practices.

Review operating practices and procedures in order to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.

• Oversee accounting activities such as calculations, postings and verifying of information into company databases • Review general ledger accounts, balance sheets and income statements and ensure that journal entries are properly adjusted • Recommend enhancements to general accounting activities so that they comply with both company and state regulations • Implement processes improvements and ensure that reconciliation efforts are reduced • Develop and implement accounting practices to ensure smooth accounting operations • Reconcile bank statements and accounts and handle expenditure tracking reports • Monitor revenues and expenditures against set budgets to ensure compliance with approved budget allocations • Approve cash disbursements by carefully verifying check amounts against issued invoices

Demonstrated soccer techniques to players - Evaluated players» performance and suggested ways for improvement - Assisted head coach in different areas such as scheduled practices and games.

Drove external and internal business critical initiatives, including three different new revenue producing initiatives within a new business sector for the company Proposed, researched and implemented a new enterprise project / portfolio management tool suite to drive inter-departmental execution efficiencies, and firm - wide delivery accountability for the customers Provided management and administrative support for the company's project portfolio planning process, which allowed for the beginning of executive transparency and fact - based decision making Guided team members through the application of new management techniques - such as visual board management and self - organizing team principles - with the goal of increasing team cohesion, communication and ownership Established internal project execution practice improvements to increase departmental effectiveness and staff skills sets.

While I am not suggesting that improvements can not be made to such programs, or that child care staff, like other professionals, require supervision and support to increasingly develop a vision of their work that includes a therapeutic focus, I am suggesting that any notion that suggests that quality Child and Youth Practice is not therapeutic needs to be vigorously rejected, and is not in keeping with recent outcome research which suggests the reverse.

The service data suggest that, in regional areas, the use of ACCHSs by people identifying as Aboriginal may be higher than the 50 — 50 split with general practice indicated by Medicare Australia data.12 Employing various strategies such as the Practice Incentives Program copayments, social marketing campaigns and targets set in a clinical quality - improvement (CQI) collaborative, ACCHSs in Queensland have been increasing their patient enrpractice indicated by Medicare Australia data.12 Employing various strategies such as the Practice Incentives Program copayments, social marketing campaigns and targets set in a clinical quality - improvement (CQI) collaborative, ACCHSs in Queensland have been increasing their patient enrPractice Incentives Program copayments, social marketing campaigns and targets set in a clinical quality - improvement (CQI) collaborative, ACCHSs in Queensland have been increasing their patient enrolments.