"To pilot the program" means to act as the leader or guide for a project or activity. It refers to being in control, making decisions, and ensuring that everything goes smoothly.
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The eight districts promised to link teacher evaluations to student performance starting with
pilot programs in 2014 - 15, and a full launch the following school year.
Double A, as a partner organization, has pledged to run
pilot programs for the standard and has committed all resources in its hand for implementation of the standard.
While it's common for districts to
launch pilot programs in the fall, there are some advantages to launching a new pilot after the first of the year.
Many of those practices were introduced
as pilot programs or changes in curriculum that were attempted for a year or two and then discarded for the next newest idea.
The 2014 state budget contained a provision calling for two online charter school companies to establish a four -
year pilot program in the state.
Once a state establishes each school's needs, what the state can provide, and how to use outside help, its next step is to
create pilot programs in small pockets.
While a small fraction of the teaching force has had training in some elements
through pilot programs in place for several years, the final system demands execution on a far larger scale.
In the past few years, a number of states have created and
funded pilot programs to experiment with the concept of school restructuring.
These states, as well as many of the remaining states, have
pilot programs designed to introduce and test the concept of choice.
This initiative is built on our successful
pilot program last year with 35 schools and more than 10,000 students.
Establish pilot programs before, so that you can test how effective they truly are and how they will be received in every region.
To help more female associates and partners move into equity roles, two
pilot programs provide them with sponsorship, training, coaching and business development grants.
For example, one of the universities involved in the 25 -
school pilot program has already pulled out over concerns regarding accessibility.
This marks the second time in recent months that a major publisher is rolling out a
limited pilot program to test the waters.
An industrial
hemp pilot program is active, allowing universities and individuals to apply to grow hemp for research purposes.
This brief summarizes lessons learned from a six -
week pilot program and consultation with practitioners on three implementation issues — recruitment, attendance, and family involvement.
Fellows will design and lead personalized
learning pilot programs during the spring or summer of 2016 and will expand them in their classrooms and schools in the 2016 - 17 school year.
These task force members then
proposed pilot programs aimed at giving young professionals the direction they need to grow.
We filed a freedom of information law request two years ago to review body camera footage from the department's body
camera pilot program.
He successfully led the charge for the overhaul of the state's outdated tenure statute and launched a new teacher -
evaluation pilot program.
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lead pilot program to help students with disabilities transition into general education classrooms and receive community - based instruction.
The next step will be for a significant car sharing company to be part of a autonomous electric
car pilot program.
Sustainability: Too many
promising pilot programs are abandoned for lack of institutional support, a clear strategy and buy - in.
Among the initiatives being rolled out are several data - driven infrastructure
pilot programs intended to maximize the city's limited resources.
Changes included regulations on the number of students eligible to take alternative exams and
other pilot programs.
However, there was some small hope with the recent announcements of
several pilot programs from all but one of the Big Six publishers.
But the new initiative is the product of a separate
online pilot program the district launched last year, which provided online math courses to certain elementary school students.
The scholarship is currently a two - year
pilot program awarded to young men who give back to their community through volunteer and community service projects.
He added he wished the agreement on public financing that would create a year -
long pilot program for the comptroller's race had gone further.
It launched its self -
driving pilot program this month, marking the public unveiling of its secretive work in autonomous vehicles.
Beginning in 2010, more than 30 green infrastructure source controls have been constructed and monitored as part of a green
infrastructure pilot program.