Category: Education

Follow the “Try it Out” directions on page 242 of your textbook, please complete page 3 of the linked “access concept planner.” You are working singularly and not in groups.  Ensure that you have spent time reading in your textbook so that you have the support needed to both understand, as well as practice this important task.  Your theme is the “study of ants” for a preschool classroom. textbook is developing and administering a child care center by sciarra, dorsey, lynch, and adams 9th ed.

Week 1 Class Participation Essay: Your Personal
Understanding of Class, Diversity and Social Justice
Details
Format requirements for Personal Understanding of
Diversity/ Social Justice Paper:
3-4
pages written in Microsoft Word’s 12-point Times New Roman font, 1
inch margins, double-spaced. Include a title page with name and date
(not to be included in the 3 page requirement)
The essay should be an honest self reflection on your experiences and
personal understanding of class, diversity, social justice and equity. The
assignment is for you to consider and write about any areas of personal
growth, misconceptions, personal ‘isms’, barriers to learning, ‘aha’
moments, and thoughts on leading through the lens of social justice,
diversity, inclusion, and/or equity. What (if any) impact did this reading
have on your life personally and professionally? How do you foresee taking
the impact moving forward? How (or were) your previous perceptions and attitudes
challenged? What paradigm shifts or new insights did you obtain about
yourself, your cohort as a collective or as individuals?
— what I wrote
I never had the opportunity to
be part of a class that provides a safe classroom environment where students
can be open and honest in discussing the topics of this class. One of the
things that I have also noticed is that the professors ask the students for the
pronouns they would like to be by.
The DIVERSITY: The Evolving
Language of Diversity reading fact sheet mentioned that “Language not only
expresses ideas and concepts but actually shapes thought.” We discussed in
class how the language we use in our daily lives could be intentionally or
unintentionally biased. People have used this type of language for generations
because it is sometimes unheeded or acquired by what is around us. At the same
time, language is evolving as a reflection of society’s evolution, often based
on stereotypes.
One of the controversies
mentioned in the reading concerns the use of the terms Latina(o), Hispanic, and
Chicano(a). How can those three terms limit what people from Latin America
would like to be called? How were those terms created by the government to
group people and not wholly represent them? How many people interested in being
grouped by the provided terminology need to be in agreement, agree, or feel
that their voices are heard and that they do not feel represented?
It also refers to how the words
that we use in daily life can influence the way that we think, act, and behave
as individuals.
For the reading: Center for
American Progress – The Top 10 Economic Facts of Diversity in the Workplace. We
discussed how our country has, over the years, become more diverse in the
workforce industry. How many underrepresented or minority groups have more
representation on visitability in everyday jobs and in the execution or
management positions, locally within the city, the state and nationally?
Diversity in the workforce: One
example is how the workforce has increased by 10 per cent over the past 40
years. As a result, the economy has busted. Diversity has also impacted the
country’s competitive economic market and how the economy will benefit from the
economy by changing how the business looks demographically.
In Leadership for Social
Justice: Preparing 21st Century School Leaders for a New Social Order, one of
the things we agreed on as a group is that to create change, we need to educate
ourselves and become the leaders that our nation needs. By obtaining
preparation, we can become leaders who can act courageously to create, advocate
for, and promote social justice for everyone equally how the need to obtain a
deeper understanding of social justice is necessary to create education and a
shift in the direction of how we would like our country to become. Our country
needs leaders of action and leaders of reaction.

Sources can be no older than 5 years. The minimum number of resources to be used for the paper is 10. All resources must be from
scholarly or peer-reviewed journals (usually found from databases such as ERIC, EBSCO Host,
or Info Trac). Resources must be diverse in nature, including articles from scholarly journals,
books, and professional websites. The research aspect must be your diligent work in ascertaining
current, scholarly resources to support your writing about the topic/issue. At least ten of your
resources must be five years old or newer. If you use older resources (particularly in the
Historical Summary section), be sure that at least ten in the overall paper are five years old or
newer.
Cover Page, Abstract, Introucation, Historical Summary: How did the issue develop and how has it been viewed in the past: Current Issues Descrive in the present culture of education and including strategies that are in lace to addres the issues. Biblical integration-What does the Scripture say about the issue and the Conclusion. The assignment must be written in third persaon and should be in expository form. Work will be submitted via Turn it in Abstract Introduction
Historical Summary: How did the issue develop and how has it been viewed in Current Issue: described in the present culture of education and includi Biblical integration: What does Scripture say about the issu Conclusi

In this assignment, you will analyze information found in the research articles, and synthesize new knowledge into a written small-scale literature review. Yes! You will write a small-scale literature review! This literature review will do directly in your research proposal as written, making it easy to complete your final research proposal. 
Assignment Description:
For this assignment you are asked to complete a summary and critique of each of the five (5) articles you uploaded in the previous assignment. You are asked to take the information you sorted and classified from your findings in the previous assignment to write a one (1) page article summary and critique. You should upload five (5) one page summaries/critiques. 
There is no unique way to write a good summary. Yet, when you have written one, your readers will recognize it as such. Perhaps a good way to write the summary part is to write up:
(a) the area to which the paper contributes, and the particular question(s) the paper addresses
(b) the main results of the paper
(c) the approach that is taken to get to the results
(d) the intuition for the result
Critiquing does not necessarily mean that you argue why something is bad, or even wrong. To the contrary you may want to argue why the research is a great step forward. But, then again, only positive criticism may not be helpful is improving research. It is useful for readers to learn for instance if the scope of a paper is limited (because of restrictive or unrealistic assumptions). 

Choose a topic related to Children, Families, and Communities in ECE. Please choose something that interests you most- this is your opportunity to dig in! You should create the presentation for fellow educators. Create a presentation you would actually present this to staff.
Create a 10- slide presentation that addresses the following: *
Title slide: Incudes the topic title, your name, the course name and number, date
Slide 2: A brief definition of the topic
Slides 3 – 6: Gives important details about the topic
Slides 7-9: Provides ways or “tips and tricks” to use the information in supporting the development of children, families, and communities
Slide 10- Reference section in APA format

I have attached the rubric for review and please reach out to me for any concerns. Thank you. 
Reference book: Storey, K., & Post, M. (2017). Positive behavior supports in classrooms and schools: Effective and practical strategies for teachers and other service providers (2nd ed.). Charles C Thomas.

Please edit the attached needs assessment to ensure it meets the format.  There are some areas highlighted in yellow that are missing that you will need to complete.  There are other area highlighted in blue that I’m not sure I need.

This is a Master’s dissertation that requires proofreading and editing where necessary.  All data has been collected and can be found in the appendixes.  Requires improvement in format and writing style to achieve a minimum 80% pass guaranteed.  This paper should also be publishable.

The Assignment for this week has two parts. Both must be completed for full points. The total minimum word count on this assignment is 350 words.
Part A – Documentary Review
After watching the documentary movie: The Story of Earth and Life (below), please provide your reaction to the movie in at least 150 words.
1. What surprised you most in this documentary about the evolution of the Earth through geologic time? Explain.  
2. Then, give this movie a rating based on how much you liked or enjoyed it. 5 stars is excellent, 1 star is poor.
Part B – Stromatolites – Superstars in the evolution of the Earth
Both the documentary you watched and your textbook talk about the key role Stromatolites played in the development of the atmosphere. Please provide a thoughtful response (200 words minimum) to the following question:
3. Describe what stromatolites are, what they do, when they lived, and how they changed the conditions on Earth.

How do the assignment and the reflection journal   demonstrate that you have achieved
Student Learning Outcomes:
Explore and integrate concepts, principles, and practices related to a personal understanding and practice of innovation and leading innovation and change in complex organizations.
Demonstrate in depth understanding of higher education leadership innovation best practice.
Further evaluate and reflect on personal and professional innovative leadership capabilities and commitments, attentive to leveraging strengths and managing limitations in the context of current and future career goals.
Use results of evaluation and reflection to augment and refine the personal leadership development plan.
Practice critical thinking, analysis, and reflection skills to strengthen learning and professional practice.
Apply action research principles and methodologies to select and finalize the dissertation research topic.
Conduct a dissertation topic research literature search and review and produce an annotated bibliography of the most relevant material.
Continue development of academic writing skills including use of APA guidelines and requirements.
Actively nurture supportive and trusting relationships with a small group of peers and faculty mentor.
Add to ePortfolio evidence of course learning outcomes and professional practice development.
Demonstrate understanding of doctoral program guidelines, policies, and expectations for professional behavior and program success
Reflection Journal:Review your work and learning throughout the two semesters of Colloquium: A Scholarly Journey to Innovative Leadership.  How has your understanding of innovative leadership changed, especially understanding of your own innovative leadership practice and habits?  Please review your Leadership Development Plan.  Given where you are now, what would you add, change or update related to leadership and innovation and how you will make use of your knowledge and skills in the future?  (3-4 pages)