Professional Development Plan Overview This assignment consists of three parts: Part 1: Professional Resources and Issues in Education. Part 2: Action Plan for Continued Growth. Part 3: Career Readiness Documents. You must submit all three parts for the completion of this assignment. Part 1: Professional Resources and Issues in Education For Part 1, use the Internet or the Strayer University Library to research professional organizations, […]

 Home and school communication has been shown to be vital to positive educational outcomes. Given the diversity of U.S. demographics, communication between schools and homes can sometimes encounter roadblocks. Research and share some strategies that teachers and administrators can implement to facilitate and enhance increased communication with parents who may be from different cultures or may not have English as their primary language. For full […]

  Ethics Vignette Paper Please read the attached document, which contains a scenario highlighting some ethically concerning behaviors. Students will then write an essay discussing the concerning behavior and utilize an ethical decision-making model to determine what steps to take to resolve the problem. The paper should include the following headings and content within each heading: Introduction: Please describe the ethically concerning behaviors that you observed […]

  Checkpoint 1 Summary: Post data and briefly explain the meeting and outcome Checkpoint 2 Summary: Post data and briefly explain the meeting and outcome Checkpoint 3 Summary: Post data and briefly explain the meeting and outcome Final Reflection Slide of the experience and what you gained from your participation  This reflection slide should expound upon the information in your weekly checkpoints by delving deeper […]

  Compose a focused paper that explains and describes your healthcare issue or topic from a cultural and ethical perspective of inquiry. (You will cover two perspectives in one paper.) Form and answer two levels of research questions for each inquiry to address your chosen topic. Choose a “Level 1 Research Question/Writing Prompt” from both of the lists below to answer in the paper. Compose […]

  Instructions This week, you will find peer-reviewed scholarly research studies: one should be a mixed methods study, and the others can be either quantitative or qualitative or both. Use the note-taking worksheet in the books and resources section of this week for each of the articles you find in the NCU Library. Using the note-taking worksheet provided in the books and resources section, find […]

Educators and educational leaders benefit from opportunities to reflect on their professional experience and professional practice. Review the Module 1 reading, Developing Future Leaders: The Role of Reflection in the Classroom by Roberts (2008) and discuss why reflection is important in the professional development of educators and educational leaders. What role, if any, will reflection play in your professional development? How might it benefit you? Respond to […]

 Instructions During Weeks 5-8, you will plan and carry out a Fieldwork Project in the tradition of ethnomusicology. The subject of the Fieldwork Project could be anything from a colleague who plays acoustic guitar in a military unit to a local high school band or church choir. As you carry out the Fieldwork Project, you will explore music making by an individual or group as […]

1. Follow this link to the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) https://www.naeyc.org/dap 2.  Read the overview and then in a short paragraph define the term “Developmentally Appropriate Practices” and what it means to you as a teacher.  Include 3 specific examples of how you use Developmentally Appropriate Practices in your classroom.  3. List the 3 Considerations found on the NAEYC website […]

  With increased involvement from the state and federal government, school districts are requiring more accountability on the part of special education teachers. From meeting or exceeding state standardized assessments to demonstrating progress on individualized goals and objectives, mandates handed down have resulted in an ill-conceived obsession with test results. As a result, special education leaders need to be able to build capacity and cultivate […]