Education

Using the self determination theory to determine how School Principals motivational factors affect the success of their schools.  References 2018 and beyond.

Practitioner Interview Paper   You are the principal of a special education school and you are being interviewed about COVID -19. The point of this assignment is to gain a practitioner’s insight specific to your critical issue in their environment that is viewed as solvable and will, if solved, lead to improved student learning. (An important part of the assignment )   The critical issue is: COVID-19   ·      What are the most challenging aspects aligned to the critical issue that requires attention?  ·      What is your personal view about the critical issue? ·      In which ways is the school impacted by your critical issue?   Close with a summary (min. 1 page) about your impressions of the interview and compare and contrast the responses with best practices noted in your text readings. Finally, make purposeful connections to the NELP Standards.

School systems throughout the world acknowledge that the quality of teaching is the most critical in-school factor impacting on student outcomes (Gore, et al., 2017 p. 99). OVERVIEW PLEASE REFER TO DOCUMENT DTL CRITERIA AND REFERENCE In this first assignment, you will write an essay on the foundation concepts covered in DTL in the context of challenges to the professionalism of teachers in the current educational landscape. You will demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy; discuss how effective design incorporates aspects of professionalism, curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy (Outcomes 1, 5, &6); and engage with educational research as a source for best-practice in the profession (Outcome 8). NOTE: Essay draft is called Foundation of teaching- revision but i need to remove titles and try to integrate all 4 profession, pedadogies and curriculum and assessment together. It needs to be an essay and not a report.  ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS Consider the quote from Jennifer Gore et al. (2017) about the importance of quality teaching. Professor Gore fand her team developed the Quality Teaching Framework and has written numerous articles about the effects of quality teaching on student learning outcomes and school improvement. Write a 2,000-word critical discussion that considers what quality teaching is and the current issues that contribute to teachers’ work and professionalism in Australia. you are expected to demonstrate critical facilities and therefore can adopt your own position on this question, so long as you support your argument with academic sources to show that you have carefully considered the evidence in forming your viewpoint. In your response, we expect to see discussion about: – Teacher professionalism, incl. Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST) – Curriculum, incl. Australian curriculum and NSW curriculum – Pedagogy, incl. NSW Quality Teaching model, Inquiry and Problem Based learning – Assessment, incl. National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN), PISA. Better responses will demonstrate the interrelationship between teaching quality and curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, and not just discuss these separately. Ensure your essay has a clear introduction, which previews your thesis (line of argument), has clearly developed paragraphs which build your arguments, and a strong conclusion which ties your arguments together. As you are entering an evidence-based profession, you must support your arguments with relevant scholarly sources. You can use course readings as evidence but you should also conduct your own research in academic journals (not 10 websites).  A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles are required. Be sure to cite your sources and include a reference list, formatting both according to APA 7th Style.

As educators/trainers we must continue to strive to appreciate our learners and their diverse ways of knowing. Each individual brings to the table a set of unique circumstances that shape their world. Developing instruction/training that provides relevant, meaningful and timely information that encompasses self-directed learning and transformational learning experiences while holding true to the concepts of andragogy is vital to the adult learner.  Share with us some of your experiences in regards to your education, either formal or informal, good and bad, and how the learning environment created brought together (or failed to bring together) both culture and context and held true to adult learning theory. What are some changes you would make if you had the opportunity to do it again? What made your experience a good one or a poor one? 

Discuss tips for integrating sources properly and avoiding plagiarism, both in academia and the work environment. What are the negative consequences of being careless in academia? At work?

Effective leaders consistently possess and operate within a framework of an organizational leadership plan to help them remain focused on understanding and improving the organization.  In the absence of such a plan, leaders often engage in reactive and defensive behavior as the organization operates without sufficient focus and guidance, often leading to chaos and uncertainty.  Beginning to understand the development of a personal organizational leadership plan is a culminating step toward operating a successful organization. Utilizing the assigned readings for the course as well as additional applicable scholarly sources, develop a PowerPoint presentation to deliver to a group of organizational leaders (e.g., board of directors, board of education) within an organization you might potentially lead within an educational setting of interest (e.g., a school or a school district). Within your PowerPoint presentation, describe, in sufficient detail, supportive references that cite your personal organizational leadership plan, including: a description of your personal leadership style, including qualities and practices, how you would identify the organization’s purpose, how you would develop a revised organizational mission and vision, how you would assess the organization’s current climate and culture, how you would assess the organization’s existing performance, how you would determine areas in need of short-term and long-term improvement, a description of your change or improvement strategy, how you would address issues resulting from change implementation (including workers’ resistance to change), and how you would know if you were successful improving this organization.     Length: 20-25 slides, not including a title slide or reference slides Notes: Include 200-350 words per slide and brief additional audio recorded statements to reinforce key points. References: Minimum of five scholarly resources

Must use two APA Scholarly Sources  What are the roles of individuals on an interventions team (e.g., child study team)? How does each individual from the team support the classroom teacher in the RTI and MTSS processes?

Personal Philosophy and Theory of Teaching and Learning   Philosophies develop over time through reading and research. Philosophies also change over time through experiences. In this paper, you will address learning theories as well as the connections in teaching and learning through coaching, mentoring, and collaboration through your concise statement of a philosophy of teaching and learning.

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a method schools often use to help determine if a child is in need of special education services. What types of data can RTI provide, and how can such data be used to help determine a student’s best educational setting? Be specific.

Apprenticeships used to provide a huge source of well trained, highly paid, satisfied workers. There is a great article to read here.  Please read this article and do your own research to educate yourselves to best help your students learn about apprenticeships. Are there any available in your area? ( there are not an in my small town, but there are some in larger areas of South Carolina. Here’s an article you can possibly use. http://www.ccdaily.com/2018/08/south-carolina-supports-apprenticeships/     ) State what you have learned in a two page APA document in at least two pages, no more than three pages, five total with title/reference pages.   Planning Guide for Aligning CTE and Apprenticeships from US Dept of Labor are in the course supplements. You are to do your own research too for full credit