Education

Which of the “10 Myths of Reading Instruction” do/did you believe prior to this week’s lessons?  How do you plan to adjust your teaching to accommodate the new understanding of reading instruction?

There will be a question and there will be two answers from my classmates. Please respond to both of their answers. Split the amount of words between the two.QUESTION: Review the summative student teaching evaluation (Clinical Practice Evaluation 4) located on the Student Success Center. Using the evaluation, assess your current performance on each component of the evaluation (Professional Dispositions, InTASC standards, and Specialized Professional Association (SPA) standards). Reflect on your areas of strength. What evidence is there to demonstrate your competence in these areas? Share how you plan to strengthen the areas of opportunity.CLASSMATE #1/H: Clinical Evaluation 4 shows me what is expected for the student teaching practicum. Most of the areas beinging evaluated comes naturally. This helps know exactly what I need to prepare for. I hope that I will be able to be proficient enough in professional disposition, TASC standards, and SPA Standards.My strengths are honesty, fairness, professional conduct, and advocacy. These students that I am working with are mostly freshman. I am learning them and they are learning me. There impression of me is very important.  Good impressions are foundations for building trust and relationships with students. There are lots of different learning levels within the classroom, making sure that all my students needs are met is important. There are lots of different cultures and backgrounds within the classrooms. We are a very high proverty school district . Education is very important for  my students. I have had great success with meeting student where they are no matter what.I have some improving to do in some areas and with the help of my mentor teacher I should be be able to reach my goals.CLASSMATE #2/M: For “Professional Dispositions” I assessed a distinguished grade of between 93 to 100. To justify this, I think that I consistently show high expectations to my mentor and have done well teaching in front of her. Moreover, I show a marked respect for diversity and try to be as fair as possible when grading and assessing formatively. Also, I have shown substantial dedication and professional conduct, while doing very well reflecting on my experiences in the classroom.For InTASC standards, I determined that my grade should be 80-92 or proficient. I am proud of this because as a student teacher I am meeting the requirements necessary while still having room for continued growth. With application of content, learning differences, and assessment, I am still learning my trade; that is to say, still trying to understand what the best practices are for my students. Elsewhere, with the other aspects (such as content knowledge) I do better. My mentor has stated this.For SPA standards, in my case for science, I again assessed that a distinguished grade. This is due to the fact that I have good knowledge of the subject matter and have passed the Praxis exams needed to teach science. Further, my mentor as stated that I have a really good knowledge base and have created some very good lab lessons for implementing science standards.

When teaching students to comprehend and summarize text, teachers can use a variety of activities before, during, and after reading to help students understand elements within a plot. Utilizing appropriate strategies that incorporate summarizing skills helps to increase students’ reading comprehension skills.Use the “Reading Comprehension Template” to complete this assignment.Part 1: StrategiesResearch and summarize, in 250-500 words, a minimum of five strategies for teaching adolescent students with deficits in their reading comprehension skills. Identify the conditions under which the chosen strategies are intended to be delivered (e.g., content area, class setting, required resources, if intended for a specific type of disability).Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.Part 2: ActivityIdentify a group of 2-3 eighth grade students, using the “Class Profile,” who would benefit from additional instruction on reading comprehension skills.Identify a text appropriate to use with the small group identified. You may use Appendix B of the Common Core English Language Arts Standards to help you determine an appropriate text for the lesson.Draft a 250-500 word outline summarizing three activities to reinforce reading comprehension and summarizing skills, utilizing the identified text. Incorporate at least three of the strategies from Part 1 into your activities.Part 3: RationaleIn 250-500 words, rationalize your instructional decisions in Part 2 of this assignment. Explain how the identified strategies and activities enhance the language development of adolescents with deficits in their reading comprehension skills. Cite the “Class Profile” where appropriate.

Answer the following questions: When you look at a website on the internet, what steps do you go through to determine what the primary purpose of the site is? What do you look for? How can you tell if a website is a reliable source on that topic? If you were going to begin a database search on the topic of the relationship between individualism and the portrait genre, what search terms would you use? What are the most significant terms here—the ones you could NOT leave out? If you searched “individualism” would this be sufficient? When you are using a source, do you need to cite the source if you put the information into your own words? Define and explain plagiarism, and discuss the correct way to use information from a secondary source. Describe the process you went though to locate and choose the article you used in Part 2 above

David Berliner on Inequality, Poverty and the Widening Education Gap http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/10/david-berliner-on-inequality-poverty.html (Links to an external site.) Written Assignment: from the reading,  list 5 societal issues that you think impact student academic success and then (put on your rose colored glasses) list, for each issue, at  least two ideas/strategies or policies that might help minimize the problem and increase student success. These ideas could be at the teacher level, the school or district level or State Initiatives. Review Utah Effective Teaching Standards to identify which, if any, would be associated with this topic

Choose two cases in which you will: ·         Provide a brief one-paragraph overview of the case ·         Create an explanation in which this case would provide pertinent information to you in decision making as an administrator. These decisions are critical to special education in the United States.  ·         Your paper should be no more than one page in length for each of the cases (a total of 2 pages) excluding the title page and reference page.  ·         The 2 cases are included.

School uniform is beneficial.For more information on School Uniform read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniform

For this Assignment:Review the Resources for this week.Locate a patient-related document that is given to patients in your practice area or an area with which you are familiar. This document could be admission paperwork, health education materials, or other materials that are provided to a patient to inform them about health care decisions.Save this original document either as a file or in a portable document format (PDF) file to be submitted with this Assignment.Assess the selected document using the “Checklist for Easy-to-Understand Print Materials” in this week’s Resources.Review the checklist and determine how each area meets or does not meet the guidelines provided.Evaluate the document in each of the six areas: message content, text appearance, visuals, layout and design, translation, and understandability. For each area, provide a summary of your assessment according to the criteria given.Include a brief summary (250 to 350 words) of the selected patient materials, how they are used in the facility, why they have been selected, and what improvements were made.Include a minimum of three resources from the professional nursing literature in the assigned course readings and other references in the Walden Library (Include the “Checklist for Easy to Understand Print Materials “as a reference). If relevant, you may use one or two professional web sites in addition to the literature references.Rubic:Excellent    Proficient    Basic    Needs ImprovementRequired ContentComplete Checklist for Easy-to-Understand Print Materials Summarizes evaluation of each of the six areas and suggested at least one revision within the six areas. Addressed information about the reader/audience. Considered the educational level of the material and the intended audience. Evaluated whether the document was easy to understand • Message Content (10) • Text Appearance (10) • Visuals (10)• Layout & Design (10) • Translation (10) • Understandability (10)   54 (27%) – 60 (30%)Provided a fully developed description of the patient materials with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.48 (24%) – 53 (26.5%)Provided a developed description of the patient materials with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.42 (21%) – 47 (23.5%)Provided a minimally-developed description of the patient materials with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.0 (0%) – 41 (20.5%)Provided a under-developed description of the patient materials with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.Required ContentSummary & Revisions • Includes a brief summary (250-350 words) of the selected patient materials, how they were used in the facility, why they were selected, and what improvements were suggested. (30) • Attached the form/ educational material that was used. (10)   36 (18%) – 40 (20%)Provided a fully developed review of a document with insightful analysis of concepts and related issues.32 (16%) – 35 (17.5%)Provided a developed review of a document with reasonable analysis of concepts and related issues.28 (14%) – 31 (15.5%)Provided a minimally-developed review of a document with limited analysis of concepts and related issues.0 (0%) – 27 (13.5%)Provided a under-developed review of a document with little or no analysis of concepts and related issues.Academic Writing Expectations (AWE 2) 2000/3000 Level

DG Group Case Study (to be assigned by groups)Martin Luther Kinghttps://www.classy.org/blog/4-leadership-lessons-martin-luther-king-jr/http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/Vol03Scans/299_27-June-1956_The%20Montgomery%20Story.pdfOprahhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2018/01/08/what-makes-oprah-oprah-her-thoughts-on-her-exceptional-success/#71aa63205a05https://www.thejobnetwork.com/how-oprah-winfrey-overcame-failure/Discussion Questions (to be assigned by group)Due online (PPT) March 1, present March 2How was Oprah able to overcome the extreme adversity of her growing up years in order to become so successful? What is motivating Oprah?In what ways did Oprah use her crucible experience in developing as a talk show host? What influences and experiences shaped King’s development as a leader?Why did he agree to take on the challenge of leading the MIA?How effective is he in dealing with the difficulties of leading the Montgomery boycott?What can you learn from the crucibles experienced by recent MBA graduates that will help you in your development?Only one questions needs to be answered.

Part 1:  Explainer Video UPLOADEDResearch and find a free online resource to create a 2-3-minute explainer video. The purpose of this video should be to explain this topic in a fun and engaging way. The explainer video should include the following topics:What is distance learning? What is online learning? How can they differ?What different types of online learning experiences are currently available for students? How have these experiences and school types evolved historically?Best practices in the planning and design of online learning experiences.What trends and developments suggest the direction of online learning, specifically for higher education?ONLY NEED PART 2Part 2:  ReflectionIn 250-500 words, reflect on best practices when designing and planning online learning experiences. Consider what you learned when creating your explainer video. Additionally, explain the general role of new and diverse media in online learning environments.Support your findings with 3-4 scholarly resources.Submit this assignment as one deliverable, providing the link to your video with your reflection.