Sentences with phrase «work in youth development»

I had recently left my international investment - banking career to work in youth development, and was sure that I could persuade him to hire me.

The new initiative grew out of The Wallace Foundation's years of work in youth development, including a dozen - year effort to encourage citywide coordination for afterschool that yielded more than 40 publications and found, according to a study by RAND, «that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data - based decision making and sustainability.»

Melissa has been working in youth development in the Mission for five years, most recently as a site manager at Buena Vista Horace Mann K - 8.

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In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youtIn tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to yYouth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youtin diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youthyouth.

He is also a passionate advocate for youth, promoting the benefits of work - integrated learning and supporting the development of RBC Future Launch, a 10 - year, $ 500 million commitment to help young people build the skills and capabilities required to succeed in a changing world.

There are folks who have posted to this wonderful story about a group of youth who are working towards the Aims of Scouting: Growth in moral strength and character, Participating citizenship, and Development in physical, mental, and emotional fitness.

We sat in wooden desks in a large schoolroom at World Vision's ADP (Area Development Program) in Viloma, waiting for a local youth group to present a play they'd been working on for months.

«The board would like to thank Paul for his work not only in keeping the club in the Premier League last season but also for his time in charge of youth development.

Now Technical Director at Queens Park Rangers, Ramsey arrived at Tottenham in 2005, working under John McDermott on a newly inaugurated 12 - year plan of technique - focused youth development.

Wagner, a good friend of one Jurgen Klopp, has an excellent reputation in his homeland for his youth development work (at Hoffenheim and Dortmund) and according to Kicker magazine, talks between the German - American and Wolfsburg have «intensified».

Working with NAYS, the Army is utilizing training and education programs for youth sports coaches, officials, administrators and parents; as well as the Start Smart Sports Development program for children on Army garrisons in Child Development Centers.

As a leading authority in youth development, ACA works to preserve, promote, and improve the camp experience.

Dr Stern said: «It is important to note that participation in youth sports can have many benefits, including the development of leadership skills, social skills, and work ethic, not to mention the tremendous health benefits.

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

The chiefs and people of North Tongu holds Hon. Okudzeto in high esteem because of his hard work as a legislator and the massive development he has brought to his constituents, he is also a role model not only to the people of the volta region but many youths in Ghana and Africa at large.

Council Member King, who reviewed his 12 - Point Plan for the 12TH Council District with more than 700 Bronx residents, friends and special guests in attendance, discussed upcoming and future projects, which include affording housing for working families through a partnership with Habitat for Humanity, the renovation of Agnes Haywood Park, capital funding to schools in the 12th Council District, expense funding to community - based organizations, funding for NYCHA developments and youth programs as well as DOT and DSNY needs in the 12th Council District.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Klieman, a criminal defense lawyer and CBS legal expert, told the group she would be working in her free time to promote nonprofits the New York City Police Foundation, which improves public safety, and the youth development agency the Police Athletic League.

Oneida County Workforce Development Director David Mathis said that although youth are already assigned to important sites such as the Oneida County Public Market and Murnane Field — where they will take part in important community service projects — the program needs work sites in all parts of the county.

«Community service should be an integral part of the development of our youth, because if we do not teach them the importance of forming a strong community connection as young people, they will never learn how much the efforts of one person can impact a community problem, and how much a group of young people working together can help resolve an issue in a neighborhood or a community,» Picente said.

I am just starting a new position at the University of Alberta, still working in the area of talent development and youth sport but this time as an assistant professor.

A gymnast in her youth, Ippolita's thirst for knowledge and dream of empowering communities all over the world led to a decade in academia and international development work in Latin America.

Eda has extensive experience working with 4 - H, which is the nation's largest positive youth development and youth mentoring organization, empowering six million young people in the U.S..

Project grant supports Dances with Words, a youth - development program that works with youths, adult mentors, schools and nonprofit partners on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and in Rapid City... on the Mickelson Trail in South...

12 - Professional development: Ohio Federation Council for Exceptional Children Fall Conference, sponsored by the OFCEC, for education, treatment, and youth - work professionals who serve delinquent, disturbed, and at - risk youths, at the Columbus Marriott North in Columbus, Ohio.

Because many schools need help navigating in the sea of programs designed to promote these capacities — including youth development, character education, SEL, bullying and conflict resolution programs — the first phase of the work is devoted to developing a clear and cogent catalog of practices that have promise in 1) promoting caring school cultures, 2) developing specific emotional and ethical capacities in students such as self - regulation, and 3) responding to challenges such as sexual harassment and bullying.

First, we offer three curricular strands for our Ed.M program: a Counseling Strand to prepare you for a career in school counseling; a Prevention Practice strand that prepares you to work in or out of schools as a teacher, youth development advocate; and a Prevention Researcher strand that prepares you develop research skills to be used in a variety of settings.

«While we have used the Internet before as a place to extend our work, for example through online discussions,» Barry Joseph of Global Kids explains, «Teen Second Life has offered us the first place online where we can bring the entirety of our youth - development curriculum, without cutting corners, and then take it in new directions.»

Now in its 13th year, the Risk and Prevention Program welcomes 50 to 60 students into each incoming class.To date, 584 students have graduated from the program, with many of them embarking on new or modified career paths following graduation, while others return to the sectors from which they came, such as teaching or nonprofit youth - development work.

An active volunteer in his community, Mattox received a 2002 national «double - goal coach» of the year award from the Positive Coaching Alliance at Stanford University for his work promoting character development in youth sports.

This year's new cohort consists of principals, researchers at major educational research organizations and centers, teachers who have been highly effective in the classrooms, an executive director for a region of Teach for America, policymakers from ministries of education, a founder of a volunteer organization working on programs for homeless youths, an education fellow on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, leaders of professional development programs for teachers, a director of development for a private school, and individuals who bring years of experience in the corporate sector and are now turning their energies to the education sector.

She previously worked at the refugee camps during Libya's civil war, at Bureau de Cooperation Tunisie - Denmark on youth development projects in Tunis, and at the Carter Center monitoring 2012 Egyptian Presidential Elections, in Cairo.

The UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy — supported by the Government of the People's Republic of China and dedicated to literacy work benefitting rural populations and out - of - school youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through youth, particularly girls and women — is awarded to laureates in South Africa, India, and Senegal: The South African Department of Basic Education for its Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign; the Jan Shikshan Sansthan organization in Kerala, India, for its programme, Vocational Skill Development for Sustainable Development, and the Directorate of Literacy and National Languages in Senegal for its National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through Youth and Adults through ICTs.

They've been rightly recognised for showing tremendous commitment to instilling positive character in young people, and their work demonstrates the breadth of ways that character can be developed, from sport and music activities, to youth social action and the development of an ethos around specific traits.

Having worked with youth since the 1980s, I came of age as a trainer and facilitator by learning from community leaders and organizations in Chile and Ecuador, and continue to be inspired by the challenges of curriculum development, workshop design, and group facilitation.

The Youth Dimension of the Programme promotes, improves and gives visibility to the role of youth and their organisations as actors of development and global interdependence through training activities like the University on Youth and Development; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practYouth Dimension of the Programme promotes, improves and gives visibility to the role of youth and their organisations as actors of development and global interdependence through training activities like the University on Youth and Development; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practyouth and their organisations as actors of development and global interdependence through training activities like the University on Youth and Development; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of bestdevelopment and global interdependence through training activities like the University on Youth and Development; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practYouth and Development; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of bestDevelopment; the global and interregional training courses for youth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practyouth organisations (North - South TC, Euro - Mediterranean TC, Euro - African TC); the facilitation of interregional processes at youth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practyouth level; seminars and workshops on youth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practyouth participation in development; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of bestdevelopment; pool of trainers and training development on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of bestdevelopment on North - South and global youth work and research and exchange of best practyouth work and research and exchange of best practices.

To ask and call for the engagement and participation of youth and stipulate that they should pick up the tab where sustainable human development is concerned, seems a bit off; we need to live the right example and show that it takes effort and commitment in making sure that we work together; young and older, to make this work.

Task 2: Create a structure for an applied developmental taxonomy that integrates concepts from multiple frameworks, describes in terms of everyday observable behaviors, and emphasizes how it changes across development); plus an illustration of how stakeholders can use the taxonomy to enhance their work in research, policy, or practice with children and youth.

Michele Cahill has more than thirty years» experience working in the areas of education reform, youth development and urban affairs.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

This work is grounded in a coherent rationale and designates a series of indicators that demonstrate system - level, setting - level and individual - level practices to promote smooth transitions to early grades and growth across youth development outcomes for all children.

A draft of a report by Maris A. Vinovskis, a professor of history at the University of Michigan, cites several exemplary studies by the institutions, including an analysis of youth - training programs, the development of the «Success for All» program for disadvantaged students, and «pioneering» work in understanding how children learn mathematics.

She also conducted research and wrote policy briefs and funding guides to support charter schools and youth development programs, and worked in government relations for a national youth development organization.

Applicants are encouraged to consult extensively with parents, community organizations, businesses, arts and cultural organizations, and other youth development agencies, and to work in meaningful collaboration to develop 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

To address this gap, youth development leaders, including those in the afterschool sector, have worked to provide high quality skill - building experiences inside and outside of the classroom.

Click2Science is an interactive, professional development site for trainers, coaches, site directors and frontline staff / volunteers working in out - of - school time STEM programs, serving children and youth.

In addition to his work with Brooke Charter School, Tom currently serves on the Board of Urban Improv, a Boston - based non-profit focused on youth development and violence prevention through improvisational theatre.

YWLA launched in 2014 with a cadre of 15 members who participated in monthly in - person sessions, online discussions and webinars, and peer collaboration with the aim of improving their organizations» work in youth workforce development.

Exhibit outstanding qualities related to gifted education in the areas of teaching, curriculum development and adaptation, working with gifted children / youth, working with parents / guardians of gifted children / youth, and dealing with other staff and administrators

The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization based in Washington, DC, provides learning opportunities for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state, and local leYouth Policy Forum (AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization based in Washington, DC, provides learning opportunities for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers working on youth and education issues at the national, state, and local leyouth and education issues at the national, state, and local levels.