Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts and respond to at least two analyzing their definitions of a learner-centered syllabus. Offer suggestions to improve our course syllabus that they did not include. Ask them to clarify their argument about accountability with an example or evidence to support their opinion.    A course syllabus is a student’s first look at what they will be […]

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   Class- As stated on in Chapter 6, Walsh & Sattes (2010) write that” Thinking through quality questioning incorporates habits of mind and thinking dispositions. Cultivating Habits of Mind are also important. It includes the pursuit of accuracy, intellectual curiosity, empathetic listening, flexibility in thinking (page 146). This week’s focus is on creating a thinking culture. […]

   Chapter Two of Teaching at its best  discusses three types of frameworks that can be helpful for course design. In a two-page paper (double-spaced, not including title and reference pages), address the following: Summarize the overall purpose and foundation of each framework. Contrast the pros and cons of each framework. Justify the type of environment that would be most appropriate for each of the frameworks. […]

The focus of this course is on students with intellectual disabilities. It is important that you gain a good understanding of the full range of characteristics identified as intellectual disabilities. This essay will demonstrate your understanding of the characteristics and the implications for education for each of the subcategories of intellectual disabilities. In the essay you will define each of the subtypes of intellectual disability […]

Review the school board policy (Shelby County Schools) and student handbook of your local public school site or district for information regarding their policies on short- and long-term suspensions of students.  Based on the information that you gather, write a 500-750-word essay summarizing: The due process requirements prior to a short-term and a long-term suspension of a student at your local site or district. Are […]

 Evaluating Your Sources [WLO: 1, 2][CLO: 2, 3] Now that you have established your area of focus for your action research proposal, as an action researcher you need to learn more about what other researchers with similar areas of focus have done to make a difference and the results they experienced. Understanding the interventions and innovations that others have implemented and researched should help guide […]

  Paragraph 1: Discuss what instructional practices are as you understand it. Define the term and discuss the importance of teachers’ instructional practices on the experience of their students and their own experiences as educators. Paragraph 2: Discuss your views on instructional practices and provide examples. What instructional practices do you find yourself drawn to when considering yourself as a teacher? How do the instructional […]

  Competency Evaluate principles of ethics and leadership.   Scenario You are a mentor teacher, working with co-teachers at All Kids Childcare and Education. Your program has started a new initiative to help teachers better incorporate and celebrate diversity. You are excited to showcase the strategies a few of the teachers are already using. However, as the training begins, one teacher comments, “Diversity is not […]

 For this assignment, complete an annotated bibliography for the final research paper related to your chosen topic from Unit III. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations of books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 100 words), descriptive and evaluative paragraph; this is called the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the […]