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The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for you to consider how to work with parents when conflicts, disagreements, or misunderstandings arise. Part 1: Case Analysis Respond to the case study by addressing the following: Brief summary of the case Identify the issues to be resolved Stakeholders involved in the issues One or two existing laws or court rulings that relate to the issues District policies that relate to the issues Possible solutions to the issues The solutions chosen to resolve the issues Action steps (2-5) for implementing each solution, including a timeline for each step Potential moral and legal consequences of each solution Part 2: Rationale Support the case analysis with a 250-500 word rationale  explaining the solutions you chose and how each solution: Reflects professional ethics, integrity, and fairness. Promotes social justice and ensures that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling. Promotes collaboration, trust, learning, and high expectations. Cite the case and any other source documents as appropriate.

Overview The purpose of the Topic Proposal Assignment is to propose topics, research questions, and articles for three upcoming assignments: Annotated Bibliography Assignment, Philosopher Analysis Assignment, and Historical Topic Analysis Assignment. The Topic Proposal Template serves as a planning device to scaffold the other three assignments. Instructor feedback will help the candidate ensure that plans are sufficient to move forward. As candidates select topics and develop research questions, they demonstrate some degree of knowledge of educational ideas of the past, consider the relevance of the topic, analyze the topic in light of their own educational philosophy, and begin to develop a critical analysis of their topics.   Instructions In the Topic Proposal Assignment, you will select topics, construct research questions, and begin choosing journal articles for three upcoming assignments: ·         Annotated Bibliography Assignment (Module 3: Week 3) ·         Philosopher Analysis Assignment (Module 5: Week 5) ·         Historical Topic Analysis Assignment (Module 7: Week 7)   Template: Download the Topic Proposal Template for this assignment and submit your responses within the template.   Two Topics   ·         Educational Philosopher: From Appendix A of the Smith textbook, select one of the educational philosophers from the list. The philosopher you choose may or may not align with your own personal beliefs about education. Insert the name into the template. This will be the individual whose philosophy of education and application of that philosophy you will explore in the upcoming Philosopher Analysis Assignment. ·         Historical Topic: You have a great deal of latitude in proposing a topic for the Historical Topic Analysis Assignment, but it must be relevant to the foundations of education—philosophically, sociologically, politically, culturally, etc. Your topic should focus more on a historical event or movement rather than on individuals. Ideally, you should consider the historical aspects of a topic you already have in mind for your upcoming dissertation or capstone project. If you do not yet have an idea for the dissertation or capstone, you may do the following to decide on a topic: o   Review the table of contents and the index of the textbook. o   Skim through textbook chapters to get ideas from the list of key terms, bold words, and images. o   Read the Reflection questions at the end of each chapter.  Topics may be events, educational movements, laws, court decisions, trends, developments, etc. Topics may or may not be found in the textbook. Be as specific in your topic selection as possible. For instance, instead of studying something broad like “medieval education,” narrow it to “emergence of universities in the Middle Ages” or “methods of teaching in medieval Scholasticism.” Watch the 3-minute video on How to Narrow a Research Topic by considering time, location, category, and issue.   Two Research Questions: Insert a research question into the template for each of your topics. Watch the 4-minute video on Developing a Research Question. The research question should be clear, focused, and concise. However, it should be complex enough that it is not answerable with a simple yes or no, but rather requires synthesis and analysis of ideas and sources prior to composition of an answer.   Two References: List a journal article reference in APA format for each topic. The article title should be relevant to the corresponding topic and research question.   ·         Reference Format: You need only to list the reference with proper APA format (see APA Format Quick Guide), including hanging indention, proper capitalization, italicization, punctuation, etc. You need not write anything about the article. The purpose is to get you started in selecting articles and to practice APA reference format for journal articles. ·         Databases: Search the Jerry Falwell Library Education Databases of journals on the topic of education. You may want to begin with Academic Search Ultimate or Education Research Complete. Ensure that the articles are from professional, academic journals. Avoid searching for articles using generic search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo!, etc.

Please address the following prompts thoughtfully and in your own words: Review your classroom management style, policies, routines, and consequences in light of this session. Do they avoid assigning blame or guilt to students who may be demonstrating their traumatic and/or adverse childhood experiences? Was there a process of mutual agreement? What is the level of students’ sense of personal responsibility related to following classroom norms rather than a motivation of fear of punishment or seeking of extrinsic rewards?  How might you apply principles in this session to further foster a brave space for you and students, many of whom have trauma from which they are recovering, to practice needed reflection, critical inquiry, affirming of students’ complex identities, and challenging ideas and beliefs that perpetuate and/or internalize inequity? Reflecting on the videos, in the context of the written components of this session, provide at least one striking point from each video that you consider as important to informing your classroom practices and culture, specifically as it relates to meeting the needs of trauma-surviving students.

Read Chapters 9 and 10 and review Chapters 7 and 8. URL: http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/pearson/2013/behavior-management-principles-and-practices-of-positive-behavior-supports_ebook_3e.php  Time-Out: Best Strategy or Easiest? Responding to Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom Read “Time-Out: Best Strategy or Easiest? Responding to Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom,” by Alexander, from Exchange (2015). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=110021419&site=eds-live&scope=site Supporting and Responding to Behavior: Evidence-Based Classroom Strategies for Teachers Read “Supporting and Responding to Behavior: Evidence-Based Classroom Strategies for Teachers,” located on the IDEAs That Work website.URL: https://www.osepideasthatwork.org/evidencebasedclassroomstrategies Instruction In 550- 600 words, write a summary about your experiences leading the whole or small group of students through an activity. The following information should be addressed in your summary: The transitions used to get students ready to begin the activity The learning objective for the activity How you assessed student learning for the objective Strategies you used to engage students in the lesson Verbal and nonverbal cues you used to redirect students and keep them engaged Any collaboration you had with paraprofessionals and volunteers What went well during the activity What you would change In addition, discuss whether or not this field experience activity affirmed your choice of grade level and setting that you may want to teach in the future and support this with examples from the experience that led you to make this conclusion. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

Read the following collection of articles. Although these articles are very different, there are common threads within them that should be relevant to us as STEM educators. After reading the articles, your task is to write a summary for each article (about 1/2 page for each summary, double-spaced, 12 point font) and then to produce an analytical synthesis (about 1 page, double-spaced, 12 point font) in which you identify one or two common threads of the articles and explain how the thread or threads is meaningful to you as a STEM educator. This will be submitted to a CourseDen assignment dropbox. Zouda, M. (2016). Deconstructing STEM: A reading through the postmodern condition. Journal for Activist Science and Technology Education, 7(1), 73-83. Dweck, C. (2008). Mindsets and math/science achievement. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Institute for Advanced Study, Commission on Mathematics and Science Education. Peterson, B. (2012). Numbers count: Mathematics across the curriculum. In Editor A.A. Wager & D.W. Stinson (Eds.).  Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice: Conversations with Educators (147-160). Reston, VA: NCTM.

Students enter the classroom environment with a unique knowledge base and sense of self. The climate established is a stepping stone toward ensuring a positive, safe, and productive learning environment. This design starts with the teacher at the center of the classroom culture and relies on an awareness of the students and their individual learning needs. Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience. You can also use a YOUTUBE video. Collaborate with your mentor teacher on meeting individual learning needs in the classroom: Ask the mentor to identify a student that would benefit from one-on-one intervention, based on that student’s prior formal and informal assessment data. (In this assignment, you are not being asked to work one-on-one with the student, only to identify a student to work with in future assignments.) Spend the remainder of time observing and collecting notes on the student’s behaviors, academic progress, and engagement in the learning environment. Retain your observation data for future field experience opportunities in this course. In 250-500 words, using the “Identifying Individual Learning Needs” template, write a summary under the chart describing the behaviors and academic level of the selected student. Explain whether your observational data supported the mentor’s assessment of areas where the student would benefit from additional instruction and intervention. Submit the “Identifying Individual Learning Needs” template with the summary.

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Statement of Commitment  Now that you have analyzed the role that professional standards and policy play in the lives of the children, families and staff in your care, it is important to model your commitment to these important ideals. By creating a statement of commitment, you not only hold yourself and your school or center accountable, but you also model to families and community members your understanding and commitment to these ideals. For your initial post: Create a statement of commitment that embodies details from your Week 2 discussions regarding professional and ethical obligations, as well as your commitment to federal laws and programs that affect your current or future career (from your first discussion this week). Your statement should be a minimum of five sentences in length and should touch on each of the following points: professional and ethical obligations, and your obligation to state and federal policy. Modify your Week 2 Wordle to include state and federal policy. Create a one-page pdf that includes your statement of commitment and your Wordle from Week 2. This commitment statement and Wordle will become your introductory slide for your summative presentation in Week 6. You may wish to create this in PowerPoint or google slides (depending on what you will be choosing for your presentation format). No matter which format you choose, you will need to attach it as a pdf to your discussion. Who’s Your Audience (Optional Discussion) Imagine you are speaking to a small group of staff members in your early childhood program. Briefly paraphrase what reciprocal relationships with families means as an early childhood educator. Have fun interacting with the course content and with your peers. This is a place for you to check your understanding of the course material while conversing with other early childhood educators. There are no minimum requirements. Enjoy the conversation!

Describe steps that can be taken to develop a healthy menu for the following groups. a) Infants b) Toddlers c) Children Be sure to mention any food safety issues needed as well as listing special menu items for diverse cultures and those children with special dietary concerns.

A.  Discuss the potential challenges you may face in your instructional setting that relate to the exceptional needs of students.   Note: Examples of exceptional needs could be English language learners, gifted students, students with learning disabilities, or social or behavioral challenges.   B.  Explain how you would incorporate your personal philosophy of curriculum into the design and development of curriculum to address students with exceptional needs in your instructional setting. 1.  Justify how your personal philosophy of curriculum would address the exceptional needs of students in your instructional setting.   C.  Explain how you would incorporate a specific curriculum ideology into the design and development of curriculum to address the exceptional needs of students in your instructional setting.   Note: Examples of curriculum ideology could include scholar academic, social efficiency, learner-centered, and social reconstructive.   1.  Justify how the curriculum ideology you would incorporate would address the exceptional needs described in part A.   D.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.   E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.