As Vice President of Finance of an educational institution, how would you go about initiating what might be termed a sliding tuition scale, and how such a program might work, and what ramifications this type of program may have on student enrollment behaviors and institutional budgets.

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Discussion Essay

As Vice President of Finance of an educational institution, how would you go about initiating what might be termed a sliding tuition scale (e.g., differential tuition discounts), and how such a program might work, and what ramifications this type of program may have on student enrollment behaviors and institutional budgets.

Identify and develop goals and strategies to have conversations within your local community. Identify key players for the planning team to host community conversations.

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Engaging Communities for Systems Change: Reflection

Assignment Instructions

To help you with writing, reflect on the following topics presented in “Engaging Communities for Systems Change”:

How to engage with local deaf communities.
How to start community-based conversations.
How to transform conversations into actionable items.
Correlate the impact community engagement has on postsecondary transition.
Identify and develop goals and strategies to have conversations within your local community.
Identify key players for the planning team to host community conversations.

Develop a response that includes a brief synopsis, your personal response to the text, and ideas for reading with children.

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Choose and read the following books:

  • 2 Newbery Medal or Honor (select ones not already included in the course)
  • 3 Caldecott Medal or Honor books
  • 5 Other award-winning picturebooks (Caldecott, Pura Belpre, or other award of your choice.

Develop a response that includes a brief synopsis, your personal response to the text, and ideas for reading with children. This is all similar to the work we have previously done on responses.  also include the following: Name and year of the award, and your comments about the award’s application to this book .

Responses to chapter books should be about 2 doublespaced pages. Responses to picturebooks can be shorter.

 

Write a personal philosophy of education as informed by a biblical worldview. Address at least six educational philosophy components and how they are manifested in a classroom setting.

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Christian Philosophy of Education

The paper must be personal philosophy of education as informed by a biblical worldview. The paper should address at least six educational philosophy components and how they are manifested in a classroom setting. The six components are:

  1. Christian Core Beliefs and the Purpose of Education
  2. Nature of the learner
  3. Nature of the role of the teacher
  4. Nature of the learning process
  5. A Christian’s view of subject matter and curriculum
  6. Conclustion that includes the writers view of the goal of Christian education and resulting educational practice

Is the flipped classroom model better than the face-to-face model?

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Discussion Essay

Is the flipped classroom model better than the face-to-face model?

Identify strategies to overcome this challenge. How can you overcome this challenge and move to being successful? What resources do you need? What are some resources at the college that can help you with the challenges? 

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Path to Success Paper

Purpose: To identify any challenges (barriers or obstacles) that may get in the way of you being successful in college

Outline:  The following outline is to be used as a guide.  Do not use the headings “Paragraph 1,” Paragraph 2,” etc. Rather, write this paper as a four-paragraph essay, with an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The paper should flow with transitions and transition words.

Paragraph 1: Introduction

  • Include the purpose of paper, (but do not write “the purpose of the paper is…).
  • Identify one opportunity for improvement. (or more if you need to discuss more challenges to reach the minimum)

Paragraph 2:  What is the challenge?

  • Further explain the challenge if necessary.
  • Analyze and explain why this challenge is significant.
    • How do you know this is a challenge?
    • How might this be a problem for your academic or career success?

Paragraph 3:  What is the strategy or strategies to address and/or overcome the challenge?

  • Identify strategies to overcome this challenge.
  • How can you overcome this challenge and move to being successful?
  • What resources do you need?
  • What are some resources at the college that can help you with the challenges?
  • Who can help you with this strategy?
  • What can you move beyond this challenge?
  • You must identify at least one on-campus resource that can assist you.

Paragraph 4:  Conclusion

  • Briefly, summarize your challenge and your strategy (one sentence).
  • Be sure to discuss whether you have optimism or pessimism about overcoming this challenge (a few sentences).

How will this paper be graded?

This paper will be graded on the 100 points.

Assignment Requirements

  • Write one to two pages.
  • Use Microsoft Word.
  • Follow MLA format.
  • Use “I” as this paper is about YOU.
  • Submit to Path to Success drop box in D2L.

Ideas for challenges (items you may have challenges with, difficulty managing, accessing, or do not have practice with)

  • Academic skills
  • Access to computer
  • Childcare
  • College knowledge, how the system works
  • College readiness
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion
  • Emotional health
    • Text anxiety
  • Equality and/or discrimination
  • Family support (financially or emotionally or other)
  • Finances
  • Food insecurity
  • Goals, vision, priorities (career or personal)
  • Housing insecurity
  • Immigration
  • Internet access
  • Learning disabilities
  • Low self-esteem, having self-doubts
  • Mental health
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
  • Motivation or enthusiasm for learning
  • Non-traditional age student
  • Not knowing how to self-help or ask questions
  • Online learning
  • Physical health
  • Role models
  • SmarterMeasure results
  • Support from social circle, peer group
  • Time management
    • Caregiving
    • Making unrealistic time estimates
    • Managing a household
    • Not asking for help
    • Not being able to prioritize
    • Not being able to say “no”
    • Not delegating when necessary
    • Not using a calendar
    • Parenting
    • Planning too many activities
    • Procrastinating
    • Spending too much time with friends
    • Trying to do everything at the last minute
    • Working 20 hours a week or more
    • Work schedule
  • Transportation
  • Understanding of how to learn or how to study

Describe the recommendations you would give to those grandparents regarding formal and informal social support that they might access for their families.

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Grandfamilies

The class is Parent-Child Relationships

Assume you are a professional working with a grandfamily. Help the grandfamily identify the potential strengths and rewards that can come from such an arrangement. Next, note for yourself in the discussion some of the potential challenges for the family. Finally, describe the recommendations you would give to those grandparents regarding formal and informal social support that they might access for their families. A stronger discussion includes, and goes beyond, course content. Your post should consist of at least 200 words.

Use the information in this chart to prepare an analysis of the data, especially that of the subgroups Economically Disadvantaged and ELL, and design a plan to be presented to the members of the School Advisory Council for improving student performance in one or more areas of need.

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Leadership Reform Study

Once the eighth lowest-performing middle school in the state, Cochrane Collegiate reversed course and swiftly raised student achievement by investing in research-based teaching strategies, enhancing teacher excellence, use of data for decision making, and fostering strong relationships. Since 2007, the percentage of students performing at grade level has more than doubled.

The achievement gap between economically disadvantaged students and their better-off peers has been reduced by 35% (based on those meeting or exceeding state standards in both math and reading).

In spite of the steps this school has taken to turn around its academic and behavioral performance, the current administrator at the school is not satisfied and sees that there is still much work to be done. He asks you, the Assistant Principal, to work on this task for him and to present a plan for improvement to the School Advisory Council.

Here are the steps you should take to complete this Leadership Reform Study:

1. Watch the video to learn more about the past history of Cochrane Collegiate Middle School.

2. Open the link to access a data chart Download data chartshowing trend data for the previous 3 years in the areas of reading and math.

3. Use the information in this chart to prepare an analysis of the data, especially that of the subgroups Economically Disadvantaged and ELL, and design a plan to be presented to the members of the School Advisory Council for improving student performance in one or more areas of need.

4. The plan should include specifics regarding the needs of each subgroup, a description of the professional development for teachers aimed at improving instruction in one or more areas of need, and a plan to monitor instructional improvement in the area of need.

5. Refer to what you have learned about Process data and Programs (Chapter 6, pp 79-92) to help you design the specifics of your plan.

6. You should do the research for this plan during Module 5.

7. Submit the 3 page (max.) with 3 different reference cited in the paper to support your work. Add these references to your work cited.

What were some of the effective vocabulary instructional strategies you viewed in this video? What are some follow-up activities to reinforce the words throughout the week?

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Vocabulary Instruction

Prompt: http://explicitinstruction.org/video-elementary/elementary-video-4/

Watch the video on vocabulary instruction and notice how Dr. Archer uses explicit instruction to introduce new vocabulary words.
What were some of the effective vocabulary instructional strategies you viewed in this video?
What are some follow-up activities to reinforce the words throughout the week?
Why do you think those particular vocabulary words were selected from the book? What are the benefits of choosing Tier 2 academic vocabulary words?

Part II: Select a picture book that you might use in your own classroom. Choose 3 vocabulary words from the book to teach to students. Why did you select those words? Share the book and the words in your response.

Create a guide for families and parents who have a family member with a developmental disability.

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Guide for families

Students will create a guide for families and parents who have a family member with a developmental disability. This is not a literature review, but should be a professional guide (with references) that can be given to a family who has a young child with a disability. The guide should “walk” the family through the process of early intervention, inclusion education, and transition into adulthood. Additionally, the guide should give descriptions, definitions, and resources for all family members as the member with the disability transitions through the life cycle. Throughout the guide, students must include at least 3 different types of supports or approaches that have been supported by recent literature to be effective when working with individuals with disabilities and their families (examples: individual parent therapy, family support groups, facilitated family activities, individual behavior interventions, sibling support groups, etc.)

Description/Definition of the disability.
Description, information, and resources about Early Intervention (Part C Services).
You should include: How to get services, what is an IFSP, how to get an IFSP, what kinds of services may be offered, what are the local resources that may be helpful.
Description, information, and resources about Public School transition and inclusion education (Part B Services).
You should include:: How to get services, what is an IEP, how to get an IEP, what kinds of services may be offered, what are the local resources that may be helpful.
Description, information, and resources about transition into adulthood (Include information about the ADA here).
You should include: What is a transition plan, when does the process begin, how can I request that it begin, what should be included in the plan, what services in the area may be helpful.
Description, information, and resources for siblings.
Description, information, and resources for parents (individually and as couples).
Description, information, and resources for the entire family unit
Feel free to consider family fun activities and financial assistance in this section.