Discuss the most important primary sources used in the article.

Discuss the most important primary sources used in the article. What are the primary sources used? If applied what type of analysis did the author use in conjunction with the primary sources? Did the author look closely at a small number of primary source evidence? Or did the author take examples from a wide range of sources? or something in between? Explain.

Discuss the secondary sources used by the author. Did the author include only sources that supported the argument? or did the article also bring up secondary sources that the author wanted to challenge or refute? Did the author try to resolve a disagreement between secondary sources? How recent are the sources relative to the article’s publication date?

Judge the article: Has the article been citied, has the author written other articles or reviews?

Write a short paragraph (5 sentences or more) indicating the scholastic value. rate the article as if you expect someone with an IT background would read your rating.

Describe your current educational setting, including the age of children (0-2, 3-5, or 6-8), number of children you work with, and the philosophy of your education setting.

At the monthly administrator’s meeting for ABC Early Childhood Center, the regional director shared with you a grant opportunity for early childhood centers to receive a grant of $5000 to remodel your center to stimulate physical activity and promote creativity for your students. The regional director encouraged you all to apply and you have decided to take them up on their suggestion and complete a grant application.

In your grant application:

  • 1. Describe your current educational setting, including the age of children (0-2, 3-5, or 6-8), number of children you work with, and the philosophy of your education setting.  You can base this either on the education setting in which you are currently working or you can create a fictitious center.
  • 2. Design the classroom environment that you would create with the grant money that is based on developmentally appropriate strategies and tools to promote optimal cognitive development and learning in young children.  To create your illustration you may use Classroom Architect (Links to an external site.), Scholastic Class Set-Up Tool (Links to an external site.), or Kaplan Floor Planner (Links to an external site.). Attach a copy of your classroom design to your grant proposal.
  • 3. Discuss how the design of your classroom environment aligns with Figure 1.1 from the text and is supported by current research about optimal classroom environments.
  • 4. Explain how the environment you have created would promote optimal physical development and learning in young children in each area of your classroom. Use specific examples from your illustration and research to support your decisions.
  • 5. Explain how the environment you have created would encourage development of the creative self in young children in each area of your classroom. Use specific examples from your illustration and research to support your decisions.
  • 6. Summarize how the grant money will help you to ensure you can create a learning environment that promotes child-centered active learning and 21st-century skills.

Explain what kind of impact you would expect from your completion of this program.

Essay: We believe that continuing education has the potential to have a significant impact on individuals, their families and/or their communities. Explain what kind of impact you would expect from your completion of this program. You can find any information regarding this program and the related essay by clicking and scrolling down on the following link: https://professionaled.utexas.edu/data-analytics-certificate-program

Describe what type of problem-solver you are, based upon the quiz in the program

The Veteran’s Administration (VA) has an Internet-based program title, “Moving Forward.” Moving Forward is a program developed for veterans, but available to the broad community. Specific insight and skills are explored and introduced such as, “types of problem-solving.”

  1. Complete all eight  https://www.veterantraining.va.gov/apps/movingforward/index.html  program modules.
  2. Submit a written reflection, where you will give an overview of the program, reflect on how this program specifically applies to you, and identify which principles of Community Psychology (refer back to Ch.1) are incorporated into this program. More specifically, your entry must cover the following:
    • Explain what is the Moving Forward program
    • Describe what type of problem-solver you are, based upon the quiz in the program
    • Describe what strategies you’ve learned regarding problem-solving
    • Comment on each Principle of Community Psychology (from Ch. 1) and if it is applied to this program, and comment, overall, on whether or not you think the Moving Forward program meets the spirit of Community Psychology

Describe the history of the selected agency and department by explaining its reasons (goals and objectives) for being established.

As a consultant, you need to develop an in-depth analysis and evaluation of the selected agency’s planning, organizational design, decision-making process, and implementation, and then provide recommendations for improvement. Therefore, you will conduct interviews with agency representatives and research related academic sources, the agency’s website, or any government website. The analysis will be read by the VP of accounts and client support, as well as by the leaders of the agency for whom you are working. Assignment Instructions Write a 5–7 page paper in which you: Describe the history of the selected agency and department by explaining its reasons (goals and objectives) for being established. Title this section History of [Selected Agency]. Analyze the organizational design of the selected agency and specific department by describing the design and organizational chart. Assess its effectiveness in making major policy decisions and providing services to its primary recipients. Title this section Organizational Design. Include a figure of the current organizational design within the text of the paper. Recommend a redesign of the agency’s structure to better serve the needs of the department’s businesses without jeopardizing the goals and objectives of the agency. Explain your reasoning for changing the design, and explain the change’s impact on the agency’s effectiveness in delivering quality services. Title this section Assessment of Organizational Design. Include a figure of the new organizational design within the text of the paper. Analyze 2–3 major milestones, factors (internal or external), or actors affecting the agency’s success and their influence on the effectiveness of the agency’s planning, organizational design, decision making, and implementation. Also, analyze 2–3 possible causes (internal or external) that appear to have the effect of impeding the organization’s implementation of its policy and meeting its goals and objectives. Title this section Evaluation of Planning and Implementation. Recommend 2–3 strategies (from the previous criterion) that the agency could implement to improve its effectiveness in the areas of planning, decision making, organization, and implementation, by explaining each recommendation and providing reasons each recommendation would bring about improvement. Title this section Recommendations for Planning and Implementation. Include a cause and effect diagram in the text of the paper. Provide the completed PAD599 Interview Template for 1–2 interviews, putting this information in the Appendix under Interviews. Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to locate and list 4–5 relevant and credible outside resources that support the content of this assignment. Include no more than one non-government website. Note: Follow the Guidelines for Interview Assignments at Strayer University provided in the Assignment Preparation in Week 1. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed and double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. Conduct an in-depth analysis and evaluation of an agency’s planning, organizational design, decision-making process, and implementation, and provide recommendations for improvement

Outline the process for the development of nursing standards of practice for your state, including discussion of the entities involved in developing the standards of practice and how the standards of practice influence the nursing process for your areas of specialty.

Outline the process for the development of nursing standards of practice for your state, including discussion of the entities involved in developing the standards of practice and how the standards of practice influence the nursing process for your areas of specialty.

Discuss key strategic and operational planning decisions that she made along her storied career path.

Read the articles in your course materials about famed college coach and AD Debbie Yow. Discuss key strategic and operational planning decisions that she made along her storied career path. What did you find interesting about her approach to planning, organizing and delegating authority within her organization?

There was a reason the framers of the US Constitution were adamant about not signing it unless there were protections of civil liberties. What are civil liberties? Can you name at least three?

There was a reason the framers of the US Constitution were adamant about not signing it unless there were protections of civil liberties. What are civil liberties? Can you name at least three?