– Research the law pertaining to confidentiality and being an educator in Maine.Write a paper bulleting the highlights of the laws and then discuss how it will influence the way you practice in your profession as an Educator.
For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write an article about the spectrum of health care facilities. In your article:Analyze the spectrum of health care facilities that exist in the United States.Analyze the purpose and goals of each of the different types of health care facilities in the United States.Analyze how the different types of facilities work together.Analyze who is responsible for the oversight of the facilities.Analyze the similarities and differences of the health care facilities.Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your paper.
InstructionsArticle ReframingFor this assignment, you are to choose any article written within the last month, and consider how certain words and tone are utilized to direct your opinion.In one to three brief paragraphs, identify any biases or fallacies you detect and any words the author uses to impart a certain message. What words or phrases could you replace to change the reader’s opinion?
You are the senior Human Resources representative in a large organization with locations throughout the United States. The company has a long history of taking conservative views or positions on social issues. However, as economic compression strengthens, the senior leadership in the company recognizes that the conservative reputation of the organization is limiting entry in to various markets. The decision has been made to make changes throughout the organization’s approach to these issues, starting with its people programs. Specifically, the organization has selected to approve the offering of health benefits to domestic partners. You’ve been tasked with preparing the roll-out of this new initiative to the employees at all locations. Discuss how this will impact the organizations diversity training – what will need to change? Provide specific elements of how you will handle the concerns of current employees, over this new direction the leadership is taking. Finally, how will you personally balance this shift in the organizations’ direction, with your biblical worldview?
Since Post University is located in the State of Connecticut, USA, research the Connecticut requirements to be a security officer. Outline those requirements and discuss why you think the standards are sufficient, insufficient, or too restrictive. I’ve attached a copy of the Outline Rubric for this research assignment.A NOTE on references:Be sure to use at least one source from the state (Connecticut or your home state) that outlines the legal requirements for security personnel. There are numerous websites out there that list requirements, however some are out of date and may contain incorrect information. It is important that any time you are looking up legal information you get the correct information from a local, state, or federal government website. An example for Connecticut is listed under “Optional Resource” section of this unit.
Step 1. You will complete an observation of a classroom watching several licensed child development centers and different videos of children playing. You should select at least 2-5 videos equalling at least 30 minutes. The videos must contain children between the ages of 2 and 5 years. You must also complete another observation of 30 minutes watching another child (a son/daughter, niece/ nephew/ friend). If you do not have access to a child please watch an additional ½ hour of children playing in the videos provided. (These are very different times- if you need to use memories of past classroom visits or a child that is younger or older- please just do your very best) During the observation you will collect data in the following areas: You will identify and assess for quality the curriculum you see in the classroom You will identify and assess for quality any teaching strategies you observe You will consider whether the classroom is inclusive of all children and their families. For children being observed in a home setting:1.) Provide a multitude of toys, safe kitchen tools, and other safe items i.e. hangers, boxes, old clothes2.) Observe and document what the child chooses, what he/ she does with it/ what are their reactions?3.) Add toys and take away, what reactions are they having now?Prior to your observation, you will need to create an observation worksheet that contains the questions below. You should leave spaces on the worksheet so that you can fill in your responses during your observation. Make sure to save it, as you will need to turn it in with your final paper.Observation AssignmentName:Date:___________________________ Name & URL address of sites observed:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Curriculum – look around to see if you can find the following (Can be used from memory)Do you see a lesson plan for the day? Copy the daily lesson plan if you can. Ifyou don’t see a plan, do you see anything telling the parents what the focus isfor the day/week?Do you see a daily schedule posted? Copy it if you can. Can you see child created work that obviously required planning on theteacher’s part? Describe what you see and identify what you think the teacher’s intention was in offering the children these activities. What did theyhope the children would learn? Were the activities or child created work focused on one curriculum contentarea, or can you see a logical overlap between multiple areas? For example,did an activity focus on math or was there also language arts involved in thesame activity?Can you identify how the five selves have been supported in the previouslycompleted curriculum you see, or in the actual activities occurring on the day you observe? Describe and explain for each self in detail and with clearexamples of what you saw. Can you identify a theme in the room? Was it integrated throughout the roomand the activities? Summarize what you learned about curriculum planning in this classroom, analyze whether you believe the teacher would be considered intentional, and if the activities were supportive of the 5 selves.What advice would you give the teacher if you were their supervisorregarding their approach to curriculum planning?Teaching Strategies – now take time observing the teacher and children Describe the teacher-directed experiences that occurred during yourobservation. What explicit / direct teaching did you see? What did the teacher model or demonstrate? Did the children stay actively engaged duringthis time? Describe instances when the teacher engaged in positive feedback andacknowledgement of the child’s ability, and ways in which the teacherscaffolded an activity for the children. What did the teacher say/do? Describe the child-directed experiences (center time, free time, outdoortime). What opportunities and for how long were they allowed to explore forthemselves and engage with objects or other children?Determine how well this learning environment provided the children withopportunities and material from which they could learn for themselves. What would you recommend to this teacher regarding the balance of teacher directed to child-directed activities in the room?Inclusiveness What do you see / hear that indicates that the classroom and teacher isinclusive of all children and their families? If you did not see anything, what would you recommend to the teacher?
What if you were able to “adopt a tree” with your class and observe it from September through June? Think of all the things students can learn from tree observations.Part 1 List 1 science activity AND list 1 math activity you can do with early childhood students based on “The Tree and Me” unit of study. Write a learning target for each one ( the science LT and the math LT). Part 2 Answer in paragraph form Why do you think a unit on trees can be beneficial to early childhood students?
Based on the reading in Cole Chapter 17 please respond to two of the following questions. Your answer must not exceed 150 words per response.Identify the core principles of the Enlightenment.In what ways did the core principles of the Enlightenment present a challenge to the old order?In what ways did the economic changes of the 18th century support the growth of enlightenment thought?
Define or redefine one of the following words: •Family •Success •Courage •Art •Beauty In your draft, briefly explain how society, or the dictionary, defines the word you’ve selected, and then explain your unique or extended definition of the word. Provide examples and explanations to support your definition. Your thesis must inform your readers of your new definition and, because you are writing in the informative mode, you must use objective language. Using the color codes provided, highlight your essay as follows: •Use red text to indicate your thesis statement. •Use green text to indicate the topic sentence of each body paragraph. Questions 1. What is the significance of your essay? Why should readers care about what you have written? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Think about why you decided to analyze this particular image, or why you picked the word you chose to define. Your interest in in your subject matter should be clear to readers. 2. Which areas of your draft do you think will benefit most from revision? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Consider the organization, style, focus, development, and conventions of your draft. Which areas did you struggle to complete? 3. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of your writing. How can you capitalize on your strengths and improve on your weaknesses in future essays? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Think about what was easy about writing the draft, and what was more difficult. For example, if you write paragraphs with strong topic sentences, but repeatedly use the same type of sentence to provide supporting details, you can improve your paragraphs by varying sentence structure.
Since incorporation in the 1940s the Court has vacillated between separationism and accommodationism. The pivotal case was Everson v. The Board of Education. Explicate the facts of the case, the decision and the majority and dissenting opinions. In what sense are they congruent? How does the Everson case reflect both accommodationism and separationism? Chief Justice William Rehnquist accuses the justices of the 1940s of being “bad historians.” What is his evidence for this assertion? How does Rehnquist draw upon the scholarship reported by John Witte and Joel Nichols? Discuss the implications of Everson and the new scholarship starting to manifest itself in the 1980s.
