Review of Business - Vol. 25 Nbr. 2, April 2004
The Catholic Migration Office is an agency of the Catholic Church that is dedicated to serving the needs of immigrants and refugees. Established in 1971, it provides advice on legal, employment and other matters to people in need. Its clientele is not limited to those who share the Catholic faith but to all those who require its assistance. This article focuses on the Diocese of Brooklyn, a historically immigrant filled locale, and its efforts to fulfill its mission in a particularly innovati...
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Indianapolis Business Journal - May 10, 2004
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Individuals selected for the Indianapolis Building Excellent Schools Fellowship will receive a $50,000 stipend during the Boston organization's year-long training program. Topics range from recruitment and ...
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Smart Business Cleveland - Vol. 15 Nbr. 11, June 2004
PolyOne has made a commitment to its work force to provide the skills it needs to stay competitive. Achieving that goal means providing training from a variety of sources to meet a diverse set ......"
Local resources have been key in helping PolyOne meet its training needs.
"As we were building the academy and ...
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Sheriff - Vol. 57 Nbr. 2, March 2005
While the federal government has made strides to share products of intelligence with law enforcement agencies at the local level, local agencies continue to face problems and delays in finding intelligence products that meet the needs of their specific local situations. While federal support can be significant-even vital-to antiterrorism efforts, federal intelligence products do not and cannot answer local questions and are often too broadly written to be of value to local agencies or to meet...
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Quill, The - Vol. 93 Nbr. 1, January 2005
Vanessa Curry of The Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Dec 28 about the troubles a college student was having in obtaining public documents. According to Curry, after consulting with the city attorney, the police chief informed Clayton Loftin of the University of Texas at Tyler, who asked for some basic information from an offense report from the Tatum Police Department, that because he was a private citizen and was not involved in the matter, "it would cost a lot to see it." Opponents of the ...
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American Teacher - Vol. 89 Nbr. 7, April 2005
When Marianne Overcash retired from teaching French and Spanish in the Rochester NY school system in 2000, she signed on with the Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (LVR), an affiliate of ProLiteracy Worldwide. Overcash suggested redesigning the tutor training for teachers to focus less on teaching strategies and more on understanding the diverse cultures of the students. She worked with the LVR to revise the curriculum and cut the tutor training for teachers from 21 hours to just 14 hours.
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Chicago Defender - September 26, 2005
"We have to get that message out. That's why we don't get all the things we're entitled to," she said. "We think that our votes don't count, but in my district, the mayor of Chicago Heights won by a single vote. So, if you think your vote doesn't count, that's not true."
"It was awesome. I've never seen anything like it," she said. "I thought we'd come in here and there'd be chaos, but the way they organized things, it was so put together."
"I've always wanted to do this, but I didn't know th...
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Quill, The - Vol. 93 Nbr. 7, September 2005
O'Keefe shares why there should be ongoing training programs to keep workers updated and knowledgeable of changes in state public access laws. As an expert in state freedom of information laws, government employees could direct requesters to this coordinator--eliminating the majority of frustration from redirected phone calls.
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T + D - Vol. 60 Nbr. 9, September 2006
In the early years of the Internet, Web conferencing and computer conferencing were often used to refer to group discussions conducted via posted text messages. Web conferencing can be used for more than virtual meetings, its applications can also be used for the delivery and facilitation of training. Participants can connect virtually with the facilitator and other participants. One of the strengths of Web conferencing applications is the ability to share applications. Also, since many of th...
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American Teacher - Vol. 91 Nbr. 6, March 2007
Several speakers at the institute stressed that the work undertaken by the district teams couldn't be more crucial in today's high-stakes, high-pressure education climate where too many districts have pulled education reform models off the shelf and imposed them on schools like martial law. The selection panel ultimately chose two classrooms for the initial round of makeovers: first, a special education classroom at Chalkville Elementary where facilities were so inadequate that staff members...
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