Not exact matches
She is a strong leader, effective communicator and
practiced health care professional
who leads and delivers results on wide ranging and complex
projects.
The quotation from Romans 8 on the
project's homepage — «For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one
who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God» — really is central to the biblical picture of redemption and really has been neglected in both theory and
practice.
Those
who practiced the earlier nature religions saw the natural world operating with some meaning and purpose because they unconsciously
projected their own thoughts and feelings into the supposed gods of nature, including Mother Earth and the Sky Father.
Therefore the «Humus Network Charter of principles and best
practices» has been developed: it describes the
project and it explains the possibility of sharing and joining to all
who may be interested (agricultural producers, processors, distributors and consumers).
As of October 2016, the
project has enrolled 7,000 farmers (88 % of the
project's total target),
who are registered in the Olam Information System (OFIS); completed basic training in order to optimize sustainable yields and other income opportunities; introduced record keeping
practices by distributing log books to 1,000 farmers; promoted farmer group development in a Training of Trainers (ToT) session; trained 10 new lead farmers on best agricultural
practices that were then integrated with climate - smart agricultural
Practices (CSA) and the Sustainable Agricultural Network (SAN) Standard; as well as conducted a baseline sampling monitoring survey that is currently being analyzed by the program team.
He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and
practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO /
WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice
Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.
The CORIGAP
Project will develop best management platforms to underpin the certification of farmers
who implement good agricultural
practices for rice or Rice GAP.
Interesting article:» «Overloaded and Underprepared» joins an increasing number of voices expressing concern about the future of the stereotypical high school student of today â $ «the one with the non-stop schedule
who is overstressed, anxious,» Anxiety is comorbid with suicide, and yet PAUSD teachers criminalize anxiety through everyday worst
practices in the classroom: excessive homework, test stacking,
project stacking, inflexible deadlines, and uncaring response to pleas for relief.
Another followed a large sample of children of teen mothers
who were involved in a child abuse — prevention
project, and compared outcomes of various types of early parenting
practices.
The focus of all these
projects was the development of innovative
practices that aimed to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding, especially amongst those groups
who were least likely to breastfeed.
Participating midwifery
practices and hospitals received 25 information packs including
project information and an informed consent form and were asked to distribute these to pregnant women
who met the inclusion criteria during the first consultation at 8 — 12 weeks pregnancy.
The Baby Steps to Baby Friendly
project is based on a World Health Organization (
WHO) / United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) program that encourages and recognizes hospitals that offer optimal promotion and support for breastfeeding, including supportive hospital policies and
practices, staff education, and post-discharge community referrals.
In
practice the line between person and
project blurs a little since issues important enough to bother with and having few enough plans to make a reasonable vote normally have individual champions or leading thinkers
who make the explanation to the voters what voting for that plan means, and nobody wins votes without some hints about what direction they are planning to go in.
With these articles, the
project takes its first steps towards establishing new avenues of communication between academics working on democratization and the policy - makers
who put democracy promotion into
practice.
As difficult as it may be - as painful as it may be, to have to allow the Park 51
project to proceed - we must not stand in the way of those
who want to
practice their faith on our soil - no matter where that may be.
This message allowed the party to attract votes from different supporters
who each
projected their own understanding of what «new» politics would mean in
practice.
Mayor Byron Brown,
who last month defended hiring
practices at SolarCity on the grounds the
project was meeting its overall 15 percent minority hiring goal, did not respond to an interview request.
Felony bid - rigging charges filed Sept. 22 against SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros, lobbyist Todd Howe and developers in other upstate cities have brought a new round of scrutiny to the college's shadowy contracting
practices as Cuomo's administration scrambles to reconfigure
who oversees the state's major economic development
projects.
Engineer Josh Hopkins of Lockheed Martin,
who recently participated in a Washington, D.C., conference devoted to asteroid exploration, agrees that the
project would provide «good
practice and a learning experience for Mars.»
Lewicki looks for people
who can demonstrate that they have «
practiced [their] education» in experiences such as capstone
projects in engineering or scientific research.
«This study is the first to offer evidence that intensive and continued meditation
practice is associated with enduring improvements in sustained attention and response inhibition, with the potential to alter longitudinal trajectories of cognitive change across a person's life,» said first author Anthony Zanesco, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Miami,
who began work on the
project before starting his Ph.D. program in psychology at UC Davis.
Collins,
who points out that the commitment of the genome
project to address ethical issues as well as generate data came at the
project's inception, describes four categories of questions: Fairness and privacy; implementation of new medical
practices based on genomic data (e.g., genetic testing); use of human subjects; and public education.
«We did not publish a report and wait for the effects to filter through, we made a difference to individuals through the
practice of research, and then through the conferences we kickstarted the process of writing about the
project and analysing the impact our work had on the lives of those
who were involved.
That size cutoff is standard
practice,» says Bruce Raup of the University of Colorado in Boulder,
who is also director of the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
project, an international glacier monitoring
project.
Anne Maglia,
who oversees the
project within NSF's biological infrastructure division, says Battelle has earned high marks for its accurate cost estimates, the pace at which it has gotten up to speed, and overall business
practices.
Mercy is part of the Inclusion Coalition for Employment — a collaboration of disability providers, funders, school personnel and parent advocates in the St. Louis region
who share best
practices, troubleshoot challenges and develop innovative
projects to increase employment opportunities.
The aim of this
project is to identify factors that are associated with best
practice in order to improve the care of patients
who are diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm,» said co-author Dr. Matthew Joe Grima, of St. George's University of London.
PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center
project involving physicians, researchers, students, and other volunteers
who promote evidence - based prescribing and educate health care professionals about pharmaceutical marketing
practices.
The
project aims to translate the weightlifting findings from the medical journals into actual clinical
practice, by getting doctors to «prescribe» physical therapy, and creating a process for women
who are referred into the program to be evaluated and taught the proper mechanics of the lymphedema - busting exercises by trained therapists.
BJJ Mums is a
project whose goal is to support and extend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well as to encourage its
practice amongst women
who became mums.
It's the perfect
project for those of you
who are just getting started with this whole «building» thing, and want to get some
practice with the mother of all DIY furniture tools: the Kreg Jig.
Day - Lewis» John Proctor is uncharacteristically but deliberately sedate for much of the film, suggesting a character
who's less
practiced in bottling up his emotions than Newland Archer and someone
who's
projecting a sense of being the sole voice of calm and reason in a frenzied arena.
Background We had to re-design a quick online training for
Project Managers
who were being groomed to handle Account Management
practices.
It was a time - consuming
project not
practiced by many and used sparingly by those
who did.
When you get that working, [schools] will have an issue they want to focus on and the Research Schools will be signposting them, they'll be linking them up to other schools
who might be doing innovations, they might be involved in
projects, they might be particularly good at exemplifying what the evidence looks like in
practice.
«My various research and development
projects have been singularly devoted to the understanding of the
practice of teaching all students to comprehend and use important ideas while treating them like sense makers
who can themselves have important ideas.
Started in early 2011, the Program's first two initiatives are the New College Leadership
Project, which works to create and strengthen programs that recruit and train college leaders
who are driven by — and capable of — substantially improving student success, and the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which strives to reward and shine a spotlight on community colleges that deliver exceptional student results and stimulate replication of successful campus
practices.
In addition, Reimers recommended that groups
who are already doing good work in individual schools or in small - scale
projects should be recognized and an established body of
practice codified from their work.
Principal Cheryl Hibbeln only wants staff
who are committed to the career academy model, which bridges academics and technical job skills through hands - on,
project - based learning that allows students to
practice what they're learning in a real workplace.
Some current
projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators
who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts,
practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.
I have also established staff PLC (professional learning community) teams
who are working on action research
projects examining their
practice.
At least twice a year, students,
who stay with the same group of teachers for two years — a
practice called looping — undertake four - to twelve - week interdisciplinary
projects.
Chard,
who defines
project learning as «an in - depth investigation of a real - world topic worthy of children's attention and effort,» has developed the Project Approach, a website that explores project learning and suggests good pra
project learning as «an in - depth investigation of a real - world topic worthy of children's attention and effort,» has developed the
Project Approach, a website that explores project learning and suggests good pra
Project Approach, a website that explores
project learning and suggests good pra
project learning and suggests good
practices.
Now, with a new resource from the Harvard Family Research
Project (HFRP), the case - study method is being brought into the field of family engagement, with the introduction of a toolkit that allows teachers, librarians, afterschool staff, or anyone
who works with kids to write their own cases and begin to use them to develop their
practice
«A capstone of this kind of
project - based learning is to invite the students
who have produced the best work to present it to an authentic audience of leaders of thought and
practice, and receive feedback from them,» Reimers says.
The «Research Schools»
project is a partnership between the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the Institute for Effective Education (IEE) and aims to fund a network of schools
who will support the use of evidence to improve teaching
practice.
Sherman Oaks students,
who are continuously engaged in high - tech, interdisciplinary
projects, also reap the advantages of being paired with one teacher for two consecutive years, a
practice known as «looping.»
For instance, the report shows that teachers
who are more inclined and better prepared for what are known as student - oriented teaching
practices, such as group work, individualized learning, and
project work, are more likely to use digital resources.
We reach out to
practicing teachers
who might be interested in our
projects and in collaborations with preservice teachers.
Klein is coauthor of «Blended Learning in
Practice: Four District School Journeys,» a case study of the Oakland
project written with Carrie McPherson Douglass,
who's now with the Cities for Education Entrepreneurship Trust, an umbrella organization for urban reform groups nationwide.