These standards are helping to ensure the provision and ongoing development of quality youth
work opportunities for young people.
Not exact matches
According to executives polled by EY, the top three drivers
for young people would be salary (72 percent),
opportunity to use the latest technology (43 percent), and a good
work - life balance (38 percent).
cents
Work Opportunity Tax Credit: Both houses extend, through 2010, this tax credit
for hiring disadvantaged
people to include unemployed veterans and unemployed
young people who've dropped out of school and lack basic skills.
That's why we wanted to
work with Starbucks and together find a way to use this new space to be so much more than a coffee shop, but a hub
for the kind of
opportunities that might help a
young person get their start.»
Since then, she has
worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive
opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice and race.
«This is a wonderful
opportunity for young people from the national Shakespeare Schools Festival to tread the boards alongside celebrity performers and top criminal barristers - all in support of the Foundation's
work with 1,000 schools every year.
A Bill will be introduced to ensure that children can be adopted by new families without delay, improve the standard of social
work and
opportunities for young people in care in England.
We need to look carefully at what this light has uncovered — from the shadowy world of gangs to
opportunities for work and training that
young people need.
We now have, I hope, an
opportunity for a grown up debate on how to make our youth justice system
work,
for the
young people within it and the communities it protects — by examining the root causes of youth offending, what preventative action can be taken, how to most appropriately punish and reform offenders and rehabilitate them back into our society.
Speaking ahead of the meeting, Mrs May said: «We need a proper industrial strategy that focuses on improving productivity, rewarding hard -
working people with higher wages and creating more
opportunities for young people so that, whatever their background, they go as far as their talents will take them.
«President Obama believes, as I do, that the American private sector,
working in partnership with the African business community, and African entrepreneurs can help address many of the continent's most pressing challenges, including creating jobs and
opportunity for young people across the continent,» said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.
«We have been
working for the past few weeks with our local employers, training providers and community partners to identify
opportunities that will help us to provide training that helps
young people get the skills they need to find good jobs.
Programme Manager
for Envision Birmingham, Andrew Ridge said, «The
young people we
work with are passionate about a range of environmental and social issues, it is great that they are getting the
opportunity to interact with organisations and key players that
work in these areas.»
In recent years, China's
young people are not only free to discuss on the Internet but also have many
opportunities to go abroad
for study or
work.
The
working group has organised a second workshop that will be held this December (see sidebar); future plans include the development of industrial fellowships to provide
opportunities for young people in industrial research.
The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented
young people into scientific
work and providing them with better
opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.
And my answer is, I believe we can, but it is going to take a lot of hard
work by a lot of
young people like the
young scientists here in Lindau to look
for opportunities where their wisdom and their hard
work can lead to practical advances.
I think most
people who aspire to
work for National Geographic dream of being in the field — it is certainly my favorite part of the job — but
opportunities to do a lot of international travel as a
young producer are pretty rare.
Film Ireland is
working with The Clubhouse to provide writing
opportunities for young people under the guidance of mentors focusing on discussing and writing film reviews.
It's funded by the Careers and Enterprise Company set up by the government in 2015 to transform the provision of careers education and advice
for young people and inspire them about the
opportunities offered by the world of
work.
Christine Gilbert, executive chair of Future First and a former Ofsted chief inspector, said, «Future First's new partnership with Greenergy will provide inspiring
opportunities for more
young people to develop their employability skills and gain a greater understanding of the world of
work.
As an accredited Tim Henman Foundation BECSLink Community, the school
works alongside national and local businesses, education charities, and sports and arts organisations to provide resources and learning
opportunities for young people.
One of the key messages within the Green Paper and reinforced in the new Ofsted framework is the need
for high quality professional development
opportunities for the school workforce and those who
work with schools supporting children and
young people.
«Unless we are willing to provide more flexibility and choice in the last two years of high school, and more
opportunities for students to pursue program options that link
work and learning, we will continue to lose far too many
young people along the path to graduation,» he says.
Businesses now have an
opportunity to
work in partnership with Achievement
for All to support their own local community in raising the aspirations and achievement of their children and
young people.
These projects enhance the curriculum and provide
opportunities for young people and schools to benefit from
working with excellent practitioners able to inspire and engage staff, students and families, and offer a new way of
working and learning.
«It is a real shame that outdoor education
opportunities have decreased
for many
young people but we are proud to be one of the leading providers of outdoor education in the country, and given the positive impact of such
opportunities on children and
young people, we are keen to
work with other schools, academy trusts and education providers to ensure that more students have access to outdoor learning.»
Preparing
for adulthood • Planning
for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning
opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment
opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint
working across all services • Support
for independent living Services
working together
for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change
for children,
young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements
by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions
work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre
for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones
for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre
for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting
opportunities for all
young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning
for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre
for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.
Dr Jackie Cornish, national clinical director
for children and
young people at NHS England, said the pilot was an
opportunity for CCGs and schools to
work together more closely and trial «a new way of thinking».
As we prepare
for Brexit, it is vital that we raise the horizons of
young people and give them the
opportunity to go as far as their talents and hard
work will take them.»
Government and schools should be
working to create more of a level playing field of
opportunity for young people to progress.»
In my mid-thirties, I spent six years as a youth worker
for Melbourne Citymission, where I mentored quite a number of
young people, and once again my life experiences and career position afforded me an
opportunity to
work along side many brilliant mentors, including some top business
people and some very successful artists.
For many
young people, such debates are not just abstract discussions of a future world, rather they are an
opportunity to consider how technologies such as 3D printing are transforming the worlds of
work and home.
So now I'd love to share with you some key
opportunities that Intergenerational Learning can offer
for educators and anyone else who
works with
young people.
The local industry can take responsibility
for changing this trend — by
working together to develop innovative approaches, like FXP Festival, we can provide exciting progression
opportunities for the
young people in our region.»
There is an emerging
opportunity to boost student achievement and improve
working for teachers here in the U.S. — and a huge
opportunity to expand access to quality learning to every
young person on earth.
The Educating
for Participatory Politics (EPP) project is
working with educators to explore
opportunities and develop curriculum to prepare
young people for civic and political life in the digital age.
Irvine remains part of an increasingly vibrant Linked Learning field, as we focus on our dual goals of expanding economic and political
opportunity for California families and
young people who are
working but struggling with poverty.
Recently, a diverse group of educationists from both the education and business worlds endeavored to envision what a 21st Century education should look like to prepare
young people for the world of
work and
opportunity that exists right now.
We want to
work together to develop confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged learners and create
opportunities for young people to develop skills, get physically active, give service to their local community and experience adventure.
Policy Advocacy: Through our
work with over-age students and their families, we
work to identify trends affecting over-age students and engage in policy efforts to eliminate barriers and expand educational
opportunity for these
young people.
Education services and businesses in the
opportunity areas would
work to «create the
opportunities outside school that will raise sights and broaden horizons
for young people».
«The Wellbeing in Schools Awards are an
opportunity to acknowledge the amazing
work that happens in Place2Be schools to champion positive mental health
for children and
young people.
They have educated and informed families about educational options and
worked with legislators to support educational
opportunities for young people.
By providing content and pedagogy that increases teacher effectiveness and stimulates students to learn at the highest level, Facing History
works to bridge the
opportunity gap that impedes success
for young people in under - resourced communities.
Beginning his career in 1966 as a brakeman
for the Western Maryland Railroad, he has devoted most of his professional life to helping
young people learn by doing — connecting education to the
opportunities, challenges, and many different rewards to be found through
work.
Hosted by the Alliance
for Excellent Education, this was a powerful day — one that I hope inspired the policymakers to think harder about how we can craft federal policy to encourage strong integration of rigorous academics with career and technical education, engage students in challenging authentic projects, and expand
opportunities for young people to interact with
working adults.
(Youth Achievement through Learning, Involvement, Volunteering and Employment) to help establish and support programs in science and children's museums that provided positive, hands - on
work and learning
opportunities for young people ages 10 to 17.
GradMinnesota connects individuals and communities to engage stakeholders at all levels to ensure that all
young people in Minnesota will graduate from high school prepared
for success in postsecondary
opportunity,
work, civic engagement, and life.