Sentences with phrase «wide initiatives which»

Broadcasting live from the historic Old Bronx County Courthouse, MSNBC host and anchor Thomas Roberts, along with co-host Frances Rivera, will examine youth job preparedness and the rapidly evolving field of technology in addition to a number of community - wide initiatives which seek to meet the demands of the burgeoning industry.

At the event, the NASUWT issued a Gender Equality Challenge; a UK - wide initiative which will give schools the opportunity to showcase how they are promoting and demonstrating their commitment to gender equality for their pupils and their workforce.

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Associations and Ecclesial Movements are invited to promote specific initiatives which, through the contribution of their proper charism and in collaboration with their local pastors, will contribute to the wider experience of the Year of Faith.

The Festival was a new initiative of the Opera House, co-organised by the non-denominational «St James Ethics Centre,» by which «Through courageous discussion, [they] aim to stimulate, provoke and engage with the wider world.»

Our participation in Origin Green is one important element of Kerry's Group - wide sustainability program «Towards 2020,» which outlines our commitment to responsibly source raw materials; reduce the environmental impact of our manufacturing processes and support community initiatives within the international markets in which we operate.

The event, which saw dozens of pupils quiz the players on their lives as footballers, was part of a wider initiative that encourages primary schools, junior clubs and community groups to attend Brentford's community matches.

Previously, she was the Executive Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC), which is a state - wide initiative with approximately 300 hospitals where 560,000 births a year occur (one out of eight US births).

Proceeds from the event benefit a wide array of Mass Audubon initiatives in addition to its wildlife sanctuaries and programs (which engage a half - million visitors annually), including land conservation, endangered species protection, and renewable energy outreach.

Lucinda Hurley, executive director of Nassau BOCES» Department of Strategic Initiatives, which has organized the Island - wide pre-K initiative, advocated for a steady, reliable funding stream to expand pre-K — but not at the expense of taking funding from K - 12 sources.

These projects, some of which are part of wider regeneration projects such as our work in schools and with young offenders and local residents in Thurrock, or initiatives of the London 2012 Open Weekend project supported by BP, help to bring communities together, up and down the country, inspiring individuals to participate and explore their creativity in new ways.

In the waning months of the Bloomberg administration, however, the iZone initiative, and schools like Global Tech — which have benefited from extra funding and support offered through the program — are being buffeted by a series of changes, from budget cuts to city - wide implementation of the Common Core state standards.

Through its global quantitative and qualitative research, The Marist Poll offers a wide variety of services which, in turn, allow its clients to build efficient and effective policies, programs, communication strategies, and marketing initiatives.

Among other initiatives needed are more rigorous analysis of the potency of illicit drugs being sold on the streets, information campaigns to inform the public of the analyses results and likely dangers, more treatment therapies to ease withdrawal symptoms, programs to get primary care doctors to treat and screen for addictions and wider distribution of Naltrexone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, said Ciccarone.

The Athena Project, which is a UK - wide initiative that aims to increase the number of women working in science, engineering, and technology (SET) at all levels of higher education (HE), and to improve their career development, awards development grants to HE institutions for pilot projects that address those aims.

Beyond the initiative of individual institutions, a U.K. - wide sharing of best practices is being encouraged by Vitae, a membership program which was initially funded by the U.K. Research Councils to promote professional development of doctoral researchers and research staff throughout the United Kingdom's higher education sector.

This is the first phase of a wider initiative in which BJSS will fund Turinglab scholarships for children in Leeds, Manchester and Bristol.

It began as a program exclusively for eighth graders and has grown into a school - wide initiative in which members of every grade - level team — from the sixth - grade «Navajo Team» to the eighth - grade «Sioux Team» — read one book from the spring book fair.

To be sure, he deserves full credit for putting his own money where his mouth is: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives away some $ 4 billion a year, much of which is used to support health - related initiatives in developing countries, including a world - wide initiative to stamp out polio.

rootAbility (Germany) is rewarded for its «Green Office Model» initiative, which trains young people to become agents of change through fostering institution - wide approaches to ESD.

I started things off by talking with Mel Ainscow (Professor of Education at the UK's University of Manchester) about his new book, Towards Self - improving School Systems: Lessons from a City Challenge, which documents how ten years of research and work was used to shape a highly acclaimed city - wide improvement initiative involving over 1,100 schools.

Alexandria, VA (05/03/2016)-- ASCD announced today its Teacher Impact Grants program, which will provide direct grants to teacher leaders to fund initiatives that drive transformation for wider impact on improving student outcomes.

It is either whole group, which focuses on large school - wide or district initiatives, or teachers choose from a menu of options they submit.

In addition, participants will develop the confidence and strategic direction to promote school - wide initiatives, which involves organizing and leading diverse groups of people and influencing a variety of school and district stakeholders.

Buckley said some of these schools have experienced school - wide growth since adopting the new evaluation system, which is part of a larger initiative by the state to improve schools.

With time, teachers can develop authentic collaborative communities in which they address common issues, shared goals or school - wide initiatives; engage in mutually beneficial endeavors using communal resources; and advance their skills, knowledge, and dispositions related to student learning.

In addition, Yolanda disaggregated the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) data and proposed a building - wide (over 800 students) Drop Everything & Write initiative to specifically address the Grade 7 MEAP Writing which went from only 50 % proficient (lowest in the district) to 70 % proficient (highest in the district) in one academic calendar year.

There is balanced autonomy in which school leaders are expected to support district - wide priorities, goals, and initiatives — but they also have discretion, within guidelines and subject to approval, to implement them in ways that fit the context and needs of their schools.

Travel Incorporated has offered group air services for over a decade under the TI Groups umbrella, servicing corporate clients and incentive houses nationwide; however the recent surge in industry demand for high - touch services, together with corporate trending towards Strategic Meetings Management initiatives has created a void in both the services and expertise now available industry - wide, which is the underlying principle behind launching GTP as a separate entity.

Indeed, there are a wide range of existing initiatives and support available for Scottish developers, as Linda McPherson, creative industries director at Scottish Enterprise explains: «This includes regional selective assistance, a grant for job creation, used, for example recently by Serious Parody, eeGeo and Reloaded; equity investment, which has helped FanDuel and Outplay; and R&D support, which includes Rockstar North, who were awarded a # 1 million grant from Scottish Enterprise, representing a 15 per cent contribution to an # 8 million project.»

Today the Getty Foundation announced an increase in funding, as well as expanded programming, for the third edition of its region - wide art initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA, which begins next September and focuses on Latin American and Latino art in relation to Los Angeles.The Getty... Read More

The change of policy, which comes into effect today, is part of a wider community engagement initiative, and will run until at least June 2017, at which point it will be considered for extension.

Set for Fourth of July weekend, the opening kicks off a month - long celebration, which includes a community - wide open - house event, artist meet - and - greets, a VIP Founders Circle reception, and new public outreach initiatives, such as the Visiting Artist Summer Series.

In 2011 her contribution was recognised and in some ways rediscovered during Pacific Standard Time, the California - wide celebration of the history of the L.A. Art Scene which saw sixty cultural institutions collaborate in one six - month long initiative (http://www.pacificstandardtime.org/) and featured work across various media by Judy Chicago.

The training of artists, which had long been weak, began to be improved by private and government initiatives in the 18th century, and greatly expanded in the 19th, and public exhibitions and later the opening of museums brought art to a wider public, especially in London.

Other recent actions the administration has taken irrespective of Congress include launching a wide - ranging initiative this month called the Quadrennial Energy Review, which will identify ways the administration can improve infrastructure and mitigate risks involved in energy transport and delivery.

Scientists and engineers fear that initiatives which aim to subject their work to wider public debate will put a de facto target on their backs for radical NGOs to hone in on in order to disrupt this work.

New York stood out in this category for its development of A Stronger, More Resilient New York, a wide - ranging plan, which includes over 250 initiatives, 60 of which will be achieved by the end of 2013.

This was part of an EU commission initiative called the OPET Network — Organisations for the Promotion of Energy Technologies (OPET)-- for which the commission had ambitions of turning into a world - wide network.

Erin's career includes numerous successful marketing initiatives, such as implementing and executing a firm's business development program, initiating and completing a re-branding campaign, conducting an in - depth client relations coaching program for firm partners and creating a unique customer relationship management (CRM) database course, which effectively increased firm - wide usage.

She is particularly interested in government legislation and the ways in which these initiatives impact the NHS and the wider healthcare sector.

What's more, firm leaders are increasingly turning to their marketing department to lead the charge on enterprise - wide (and often unprecedented) initiatives, which presents both unique... Read More

«An important EU - wide initiative, which involves the British Standards Institute, is currently under way to introduce common standards for the production, monitoring and labelling of Halal foods.

As our community of academic law libraries becomes smaller and more anemic, our university libraries may be able to provide us with a transfusion of new skills and influence within a wider information environment with greater collaborative potential, which we could use to further and promote legal information initiatives in our institutions and nationally.

Facebook and McKinsey & Company are coming together to launch TechPrep, which happens to be the tech goliath's new initiative to provide a wide range of expedients like games, tutorials, and videos for parents in order to help their children seek a career in computer programming fields.

Late last year, Google killed its Project Tango AR initiative in favor of the more universal ARCore, which lets a wider variety of phones support augmented reality.

The Made By Google event which was concluded in San Francisco this morning didn't just see the introduction of a wide variety of first - party hardware but also some collaborative efforts and related initiatives from the Alphabet - owned company, including a new certification program simply called Made For Google.

But while the request presents a wide array of policy areas which the initiative could pursue, the IDFPR's guidance document paints a need to consider a regulatory scheme to bring the state's cryptocurrency market in compliance to money transmitter requirements.

Alongside these changes, the Government has introduced initiatives such as Startup India, Digital India, Make in India, etc. which, if implemented well, could lead to an increase in job opportunities involving a wide range of skills.

Began a secure coding initiative agency wide which led to a large reduction in vulnerabilities in finished, production ready code

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.