Sentences with phrase «through building improvements»

«Honeywell and NSBA are united in advancing awareness and efforts to improve our school infrastructure through building improvements, energy conservation measures and other steps that ultimately improve productivity and save schools money so they can focus on what matters most — student outcomes.»

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Through full playground builds like the one I've been privy to, grants for playground improvements, and working with Good Sports to provide sports equipment in underprivileged areas, Dr Pepper Snapple Group is working hard to increase the quality of play in North America since 2009.
A priority is the quality and success of the management team, as Cairngorm Capital builds and realises value through growth and operating improvements, rather than through financial engineering.
The firm's goal is to build and realise value through growth and performance improvements.
The quality and success of the management team is a deciding factor in whether we invest, as we build and realize value through growth and operating improvements, not through financial engineering.
An energy audit or assessment will illustrate where building improvements can save energy and water consumption, reduce greenhouse gases and save money through more efficient energy use.
Less cash is tied up in inventory languishing on pallets or in boxes, which then can be put to use building the business through capital improvements and acquisitions, Huff noted.
This is done through an iterative process of constant improvement and building upon user feedback.
Throughout South Asia, improvements to market access conditions and the removal of trade impediments for Australian beef & sheepmeat are also continually sought, through building and maintaining strong relationships with in - market industry and government agencies.
DFW is elevating the customer experience with modernized facilities and updated amenities, as well as through a $ 2.7 billion Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program to renovate its four original terminal buildings.
Building this new one will require significant infrastructure improvements, like an extension to Rome's metro line, and Pallotta and Zanzi will have to drive the project through Italy's infamous byzantine bureaucracy.
Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.
Through a new Education Center, Museum renovations, and campus improvements, the Campaign for the Concord Museum builds on the Museum's strengths to engage new and broader audiences with Concord's history.
Capacity building within primary health care and justice services needs to address psychological trauma, increase resilience and recovery through support groups, trauma counselling and improvement to mental health policies.
«When you have government mandated expenses like property taxes and water and sewer rates that have gone through the ceiling in the last 10 years, that now eat up anywhere from 30 — 40 - percent of every rent dollar an owner takes in, then it doesn't leave much left to pay off your mortgage, to make repairs, to invest in the capital improvement in your building.
$ 41,609 in grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture was used to build the call center through the SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant Fund.
As your Sheriff for the last 16 years, I'm proud to say that I've helped to build that reputation of excellence through a variety of improvements and initiatives that have made our community safer.
While the bill will be sent to the Republican - led state senate for consideration, Heastie hailed the legislation as combating «ever - increasing rents» through measures that include the repeal of vacancy decontrol and limiting rent increases associated with building or apartment improvements.
National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit organization that operates to improve the quality of American healthcare by building consensus on national priorities and goals for performance improvement and working in partnership to achieve them; endorsing national consensus standards for measuring and publicly reporting on performance; and promoting the attainment of national goals through education and outreach programs.
The improvement is immediately apparent in the experience over headphones, through built - in speakers, or through connections to a home theater system.
Despite a strong focus on accessibility and numerous quality - of - life improvements over previous titles, Monster Hunter: World still begs you to muscle through your initial struggles and build a comfort level with the gameplay systems and pacing.
The report calls for improvements to the built environment and infrastructure around schools as a crucial component of a national strategy to get more children participating in daily exercise through active travel.
EI Design is now working towards institutionalization of innovation through processes like design - thinking to approach tough challenges and build a culture of continuous improvement.
According to the feds, the consortia are building «next - generation» tests that «will offer significant improvements directly responsive to the wishes of teachers and other practitioners: they will offer better assessment of critical thinking, through writing and real - world problem solving, and offer more accurate and rapid scoring.»
In Kelly School, which is discussed in the book, these characteristics were built through a set of interrelated organizational routines including close monitoring of each student's academic progress, an explicit link between students» outcomes and teachers» practices, weekly 90 - minute professional development meetings focused on instructional improvement, and the cultivation of a formal and informal discourse emphasizing high expectations, cultural responsiveness, and teachers» responsibility for student learning.
The school has developed improvement measures, including building solid community and business links and drawing in parents through «Inspire» afternoons.
Through the example EAS is setting, the achievements of its pupils and the links they are building, I am confident that the school will play its part in maintaining the improvement in educational standards throughout Azerbaijan.
Achieving optimal levels in school buildings for air quality, lighting, temperature and acoustics through green improvements, can help students achieve their full potential
Around two - thirds of heat is lost through the building fabric in a typical school building, so making improvements to walls, floors and ceilings is important if savings are to be made.
The Fernwood School, in Wollaton, has successfully applied for around # 3m of funding through the Government's Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), which allocates money to improve and expand school buildings.
Built upon the idea that school improvement needs structures and procedures that support sustainability, ASCD's Capacity Building solution is customized for each partner through a highly consultative process that focuses on building awareness, skill development, implementation, and maintenance of targeted educational behaviors ovBuilding solution is customized for each partner through a highly consultative process that focuses on building awareness, skill development, implementation, and maintenance of targeted educational behaviors ovbuilding awareness, skill development, implementation, and maintenance of targeted educational behaviors over time.
Through our award - winning platform, Insight ADVANCE Suite, and Insight's associates, we can build a system where we can begin to develop a culture of trust — with a new focus on growth and improvement among all educators.
It also recognises that, although «quick wins» can be rapidly achieved through focused intervention, sustainable improvement takes time to embed, and is entirely dependent on building the capacity and capability of the school's own team.
Additionally, schools will build capacity for sustained, continuous improvement in social and emotional learning through Open Circle peer coaches, parent group facilitators, and multi-departmental social and emotional learning leadership teams.
It offers opportunities for experienced and newly appointed leaders to engage in a programme of professional development, aligned to their schools» improvement priorities, and, through a strong distributed leadership model, build the capacity and energy for transformational change.
Often, district leaders do not have enough time to work through their reform plans, whereas Payzant has had time to build in this continuous cycle of improvement.
Experts also discussed using ESSA to build a birth - through - third grade continuum, to include early learning in school improvement strategies and support family engagement.
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, who built a national reputation for shepherding a troubled school district through rapid improvements, announced Wednesday that she will step down from her post in the fall.
«Our Social Mobility Action Plan set out measures to drive improvements in key skills including numeracy, targets areas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»
IEE brings together teams of building principals and teacher leaders to engage in continuous school improvement through a powerful combination of networking and on - site coaching.
High on responding school districts» wish - lists of additional security improvements are improvements that focus on «target hardening,» or safeguarding school buildings from outside threats through physical alterations and security equipment.
Schools Performing Beyond Expectations: Improvement From Within July 28, 2015 Danette Parsley writes about two exceptional schools in rural and remote southern Oregon, Merrill and Malin Elementary Schools, that are beating the odds through data use, high - quality instruction, community building, and strong leadership.
Principals and teachers travel through three phases as their schools build high leadership capacity that sustains improvement.
Through direct instruction, students build their knowledge of education, learning, teaching, leadership, student voice, the education system at large, school improvement, and Meaningful Student Involvement.
In addition to advocating for themselves, students can work with building leaders to affect school improvement through Principal Advisory Councils and other formal and informal mechanisms.
The report suggests that when districts commit to their partnerships through a shared vision, agree on a broad agenda to orient goals, develop structures that support relationship - building, generate access to external resources, and contain internal and external feedback loops, they can engage in a productive process of continuous improvement.
The district leadership's investment in building shared language, commitment, and ownership through support for the instructional coaches» development work and the successive rounds of feedback throughout the district combined with the coaches» collaborative learning process, relentless pursuit of high - quality, evidence - based practices, and dedication to creating accessible, practical guidance to produce an exceptional roadmap for implementing student centered learning with clear parameters for fidelity and improvement.
Traci is an experienced analyst, skilled at leading teams through understanding qualitative and quantitative data and building consensus for improvement initiatives.
Through a collaborative effort across multiple divisions within the Department, DST focuses on building the capacity of all staff serving in the lowest performing districts and schools across the state to support the improvement of the school performance grade and EVAAS growth score.
Those schools that have been rapidly improving through our school improvement grant program are those that have really focused on building relationships first.
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