Develop a coherent, organized presentation using your chosen tool for a professional audience, using clean design, readable text, and visuals that support the information presented.

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The white paper that you have developed on your selected Kindergartner assessment topic is now ready for you to present to the locally elected board of the Dekalb County school district in Georgia. Create a presentation using Prezi or similar software in order to present your research to the task force. The information within your presentation will assist the task force in developing a district-wide professional development plan geared toward improving the overall test scores of the Dekalb County schools within the district.
Present your findings in 10 slides using Prezi, PowerPoint, or a presentation software of your choice.
Include a title slide and references section (These two slides are not part of the ten slide requirement.)
Develop a coherent, organized presentation using your chosen tool for a professional audience, using clean design, readable text, and visuals that support the information presented.
Provide audio narration of the presentation slides as if you were delivering the speech. (Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.)
Overview and recommendation section (first five slides) in which you:
Provide an overview of the white paper. The overview should include, at a minimum, background on your topic and its relevance to the Kindergartner assessment and the demographics of the Dekalb County district.
Discuss the significant recommendations that you have made within the white paper regarding changes to the district’s current assessment goals.
Provide three methods by which the task force might use the white paper in order to develop a district-wide professional development plan geared toward improving the overall test scores of the Dekalb County district.
Personal reflection section (last five slides) in which you provide:
What you have learned from developing the white paper as well as what you have learned during this course.
Your personal reflection on the new technologies that you researched in the Assessment Project – Part 2 and the manner in which such technologies have changed your views on how to approach assessment in the classroom.
The manner in which you would implement the recommendations made in Assessment Project – Part 2 within your own Dekalb County school district.
Provide specific examples of the changes that you have already made or would like to make.

Please use Balancing Assessments & Balancing the use of formative that I uploaded that is projects 1 & 2 to help with the presentation.

What is the contribution of the environment (social, cultural, economic, political) to your growth and development by parents, school , society in which you grew up.

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First, Please completely read chapter 2 from Educational Psychology attached then respond to the following prompt.

Second, Remember, write in detail as this is a graduate college course and What I want is that you understand the subject thoroughly and articulate your feelings and observations on those topics. How you feel as a teacher of Childhood Education, is of importance to me.

This first paragraph you would have to make it up as you go, I added some insights in the perentesis. If you have any questions or need clarification let me know.
For today, write about Nature versus Nurture; that is Genetics versus Environment. Are you a product of Nature?? Or the sum total of your very being is contributed by the environment (I grew up in

First, Please completely read chapter 2 from Educational Psychology attached then respond to the following prompt.

Second, Remember, write in detail as this is a graduate college course and What I want is that you understand the subject thoroughly and articulate your feelings and observations on those topics. How you feel as a teacher of Childhood Education, is of importance to me.

This first paragraph you would have to make it up as you go, I added some insights in the perentesis. If you have any questions or need clarification let me know.
For today, write about Nature versus Nurture; that is Genetics versus Environment. Are you a product of Nature?? Or the sum total of your very being is contributed by the environment (I grew up in Canada until age 5, then Trinidad between ages 5 and 9, and New York City thereafter) in which you grew up? Think deeply about what are the contributions of your parents in terms of hereditary factors that you have inherited from your parents (they got a divorce when I was 10 years old yet mutual supportive of me) both positive and negative). What is the contribution of the environment (social, cultural, economic, political) to your growth and development by parents, school , society in which you grew up. Which do you think is more important..Nature or Nurture? Write giving your own and your siblings (I have a 13 year old sister) and your friends examples.

For this portion of the assignment, please use only the attached chapter for reference, if applicable. No outside sources please.
As teachers, we can provide the academic, scholastic and a socio-cultural environment in which our students can thrive. Take social cultural etc and write in detail how you would provide for such an ambience. In our classrooms, we have a heterogenous mix of students from different cultures, race, ethnicity, lingusitic proficiencies, different abilities (both Mental and Physical) and we have to teach them all with fairness and justice. Give me three ways in which you would tackle those issues with students from a different linguistic background, a student with disabilities and a first generation learner. What sort of extra help would you provide them. Vygotsky said that there should be “props” provided to the students for learning. His theory states that we should provide the props as long as students need it and then remove the props so that they can stand on their own feet. How would you ensure that? Think of the props and resources that have been provided to you by your parents, school, society without which it would be difficult for you to succeed today. What were the props that were really useful? How would you make your class a place to learn and thrive and grow.

until age 5, then Trinidad between ages 5 and 9, and New York City thereafter) in which you grew up? Think deeply about what are the contributions of your parents in terms of hereditary factors that you have inherited from your parents (they got a divorce when I was 10 years old yet mutual supportive of me) both positive and negative). What is the contribution of the environment (social, cultural, economic, political) to your growth and development by parents, school , society in which you grew up. Which do you think is more important..Nature or Nurture? Write giving your own and your siblings (I have a 13 year old sister) and your friends examples.

For this portion of the assignment, please use only the attached chapter for reference, if applicable. No outside sources please.
As teachers, we can provide the academic, scholastic and a socio-cultural environment in which our students can thrive. Take social cultural etc and write in detail how you would provide for such an ambience. In our classrooms, we have a heterogenous mix of students from different cultures, race, ethnicity, lingusitic proficiencies, different abilities (both Mental and Physical) and we have to teach them all with fairness and justice. Give me three ways in which you would tackle those issues with students from a different linguistic background, a student with disabilities and a first generation learner. What sort of extra help would you provide them. Vygotsky said that there should be “props” provided to the students for learning. His theory states that we should provide the props as long as students need it and then remove the props so that they can stand on their own feet. How would you ensure that? Think of the props and resources that have been provided to you by your parents, school, society without which it would be difficult for you to succeed today. What were the props that were really useful? How would you make your class a place to learn and thrive and grow.

Identify a minimum of three (3) potential barriers to learning your students might experience, and then plan how you will design universally to support all student learning.

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Take a previously planned lesson (or plan a new lesson) and using the UDL checklist (https://udlhcpss.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/checklist1.png (Links to an external site.)) for planning purposes, and the UDL lesson template preview the document, identify a minimum of three (3) potential barriers to learning your students might experience, and then plan how you will design universally to support all student learning.
Please reference the original lesson plan used.

What accommodations would you need to make for a student with this exceptionality in your classroom?

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Address the topic clearly and in an unbiased manner.
Please support your perspective with citations and a reference list.
Choose one disability type.
Describe a disabling condition.
What accommodations would you need to make for a student with this exceptionality in your classroom?
How will you work with the parents/caregivers?
**Remember that you must support your information with citations and references.

What do preschoolers understand about emotion?

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Promoting Emotional Growth
Emotional growth is a critical development area for children.
• What do preschoolers understand about emotion?
• How do cognition and social experiences contribute to their understanding?
• How can parents/caregivers and early childhood educators promote development in these areas?

*Discussions: Instructions
Your original post MUST include information from a professional, scholarly source that is cited in APA style and a complete bibliographic entry in APA 7th format style at the conclusion of the post.
Which must include a citation from at least one source.
If your source has a doi (digital object identifier), it should be included. DOIs in a reference are formatted as URLs.

Develop an introduction explaining the context of your lesson plans and a conclusion summarizing anticipated outcomes for each age level.

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Curriculum Activity: Social and Emotional Development
Design an individualized, responsive, developmentally appropriate lesson plan for the social and emotional development of an infant (birth to twelve months), a toddler (twelve months through two years), and a preschooler (three through four years) in a template of your choice.
• Create a lesson plan template of your choice in a Word document for your response.
• Use APA format for the title page, references page, and in-text citations.
• Develop an introduction explaining the context of your lesson plans and a conclusion summarizing anticipated outcomes for each age level.
A good place to start is to expand the information provided on developmental charts. For instance, when it says provide interesting toys and materials for babies to handle and explore, be specific as to what specific toys and materials you would use and how you would use them to build social and emotional skills. You must have at least 2 activities for the domain at each age level.
Choose a title, and designate the age level for each group of activities.
You must have at least 2 activities for the domain at each age level.
Things to consider:
• What am I doing (the child)?
• How am I feeling?
• What am I learning?
For you:
• What will I do to support the child’s development and learning?
• What are responsive interactions?
Plans to consider:
• Songs, finger plays, music
• Stories, books
• Environment, toys, materials, opportunities
• Experiences with families
• Special experiences
Be creative in your activities, and be sure to properly document any sources you use.

*Assignment Instructions:

All assignments must be completed as Word documents in APA format. Follow APA 7th edition.
• Use 11-point Arial or 12-point Times New Roman font.

Application: Curriculum Activity: Social Emotional
Most of the time we develop our initial concept from something we have seen, read, or heard, even if we ‘think’ we have come up with the idea on our own. It is expected that you will cite your source(s) in every assignment, using APA format.
Note: As I mentioned in a previous announcement, I would like to see more paraphrasing of information rather than direct quotes. You still have to cite your source, but I would like you to synthesize the information, putting it into your own words.
*REMEMBER 2 ACTIVITIES FOR AT EACH AGE LEVEL IN THIS CASE THE DOMAIN OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Decide on a problem which affects student motivation and learning.

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The Course Project: Final Paper Assignment is designed to familiarize you with the parts of the study that will be in chapter 2 of the dissertation (the literature review). You are basically writing a “mini” very scaled down chapter 2 for the Course Project.

The assignments for the Course Project are broken down throughout the course, so that you will build your project throughout the course and use the assignments to write your Course Project: Final Paper Assignment.

Directions: Identify a Problem

This assignment must be 750-1,000 words.

For this assignment, there must be a title page and a reference page with at least five scholarly references. Scholarly references are peer reviewed journal articles and published professional books that are found in the JFL library. You may have more than five references because you will be looking at the literature to explore your problem to see what has been done in the field of research on the topic or problem. Current APA has very specific guidelines for the title page and reference page. Please consult the current APA manual for the correct formatting for each of these parts.

For this assignment, you are given the topic and you will decide on a problem which affects student motivation and learning.

Topic: Choose a problem that is significant to teaching and learning.

Identify a problem in education regarding this topic. Since the topic is very broad, explore any area that aligns with this topic. The problem should be one that you are very interested in finding out more about because this problem will be the focus of the paper and all of the other parts of the paper will be centered on this problem. A problem needs to be identified that is a problem in the field of education, or the field for the program students are in and not a specific problem just to you or your institution. It must be a problem that others have stated needs further research and can be generalized across the entire field. Do not choose a problem that is specific to one school or one institution.

Write a 750–1,000-word paper (body of the paper) on the problem you have identified. Areas to address that will be the headings for the paper.

  • Problem-In this section, explain what the problem is (how it has been exposed) and why it is something that needs to be further studied and researched (how it has been identified as a problem). Any problem that a researcher wants to study, must be a problem that has been identified in the research as needing further study. This can be found by looking at the existing literature on the topic/problem and see what is missing or what has been identified as needing further study. At the end of every dissertation, and many research-based articles there is a section dedicated to what is needed to further study the topic/problem. These are excellent resources to check and read through for ideas on topics and problems for research studies.
  • Practices, Policies or Procedures That Led to the Problem-In this section, explain what has brought this problem to light causing it to need to be studied. What has happened that has created this problem? Think of this as the “why this is so important to educational research” section of the paper.
  • Importance of the Problem -In this section, discuss how this problem is significant to teaching and learning. Explain previous ways the problem has been addressed in the past. If there is little to no research on the problem (and it is highly unlikely that there will be no literature at all relating to the problem) then explain this in this section. Talk about the missing parts of the research that lead you to explore this problem.
  • Steps Taken to Address Problem-In this section, explain what steps, if any, have already been taken to address the problem. Share your own ideas on possible solutions for the problem. You may use first person in this section only.
  • Biblical Worldview-In this section, offer a biblical worldview perspective on the problem. Explain why the resolution of the problem is important as it relates to scripture and your Biblical worldview.

Format the paper according to current APA format and see the grading rubric for specific grading criteria.

 

Describe the PMHNP practice environment for your home state (Maryland), highlighting restrictions or limitations for practice.

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Write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:
Describe the PMHNP practice environment for your home state (Maryland), highlighting restrictions or limitations for practice.
Compare the PMHNP practice environment in your home state with a neighboring state or a state in which you would like to practice. (District of Columbia)
Describe a professional and/or clinical practice issue a new PMHNP will need to consider and address with the certification, licensure, credentialing, or relocation process.
Develop a checklist for passing the national certification exam, including a detailed timeline that includes academic preparation (study plan), registration, financial preparation, etc.

Write a summary of the entire book with continuously reflections connected to all three of the following themes…

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Read the following chapters of this book…

  • van den Bosch, M. & Bird, W. (eds). 2018. Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health: the role of nature in improving the health of a population. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapters 1.1, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.1 & 8.5

Summorize each chapter and write a reflection of each chapter connected to at least one of the following themes…

  1. Physical Activity
  2. Experiences of Periurban Landscapes for Outdoors activities and Wellbeing
  3. Sustainability

Each summary, including reflection, should be appr. 1 page, total of appr. 17 pages.

Calibri, size 11, single space.

Read the whole book

  • Antonovsky, A. (1987). Unraveling the mystery of health: how people manage stress and stay well. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey- Bass, (218 pages).

Write a summary of the entire book with continuously reflections connected to all three of the following themes…

  1. Sense of Coherence
  2. Place relations
  3. Outdoors activities Pedagogy and Health

The summary including reflections should be appr. 10 pages.

Calibri, size 11, single space.

 

What “life issues” do students face and how do these circumstances influence their ability to succeed in college?

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(With all of this in mind, I am posting an article by Karp and Bork below (“Redefining the Role of the CC Student PDF”). I provide this primarily to offer supplemental resources for when time allows you to read it someday.) Discussion 4 question: A. What “life issues” do students face and how do these circumstances influence their ability to succeed in college? B. What solutions exist to help students overcome these life issues? C. What questions or concerns do you have related to students’ life issues?