Describe the purpose of a program evaluation in evidence-based practice. How does it support the profession?

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your paper:
I. Purpose of the Program Evaluation: Describe the purpose of a program evaluation in evidence-based practice. How does it support the profession?
II. Introduction to the Case Study: Considering the provided data set, address the goal of this program evaluation.
III.Review Summary of the Data
A. Identify what kind of data is being used. Is the proposed evaluation qualitative or quantitative in nature?
B. Determine if the design reflects an ethically and culturally competent evaluation. Is the data representative of the culture of the population being evaluated?
C. Identify the patterns or trends. What does the data tell you?
IV.Summary A.Describe the results of the evaluation.B.Determine if the program is effective. Why or why not?C.Identify a future improvement for the clinical program that is being evaluated.

Write a paper that explains what the issue is, why it is important in your community context, and why it is important to the early childhood field.

Consider the issues in your own community that present challenges for children and families. Poverty, access to health care, affordable housing, and access to multilingual resources are just a few examples of issues that affect children and families. As an early childhood professional, you have the responsibility to communicate and collaborate with agencies and government officials to advocate for change that can positively impact children and families.
For this Work Product, you will identify an advocacy issue relevant to your community and communicate and collaborate with agencies and/or organizations, along with government officials, to address the advocacy issue

Part 1 Advocacy Begins with Communication and Collaboration

Identify an advocacy issue related to children and families in your community, and write a two-page paper that does the following:
• Explains what the issue is, why it is important in your community context, and why it is important to the early childhood field.
• Selects an agency and/or organization that you will collaborate with to help you address the advocacy issue you identified.
• Describes the mission of the agency and/or organization, and explains why you want to collaborate with this specific agency

Part 2 Communicating and Collaborating with Agencies
Using the agency you identified in Part I, write a two-page letter to the advocacy agency. Your letter should include:
• An explanation of the issue(s) for which you are advocating, and why the issue is important in the context of the early childhood field. Use data and/or information from the professional knowledge base to support your explanation.
• An explanation of why you want to partner with this agency on the issue(s). Your explanation should compel the agency to want to partner with you on the issue.
• An explanation of how you envision the partnership working, including a specific suggestion regarding how you want the organization to support your advocacy effort.

Part 3 Communicating and Collaborating with Government Officials
Using the same advocacy issue you identified in Part I, write a two-page letter to a government official in your local, state, or federal government. Your letter should include:
• An explanation of the issue for which you are advocating, and why the issue is important in the context of the early childhood field. Use data and/or information from the professional knowledge base to support your explanation.
• A description of the agency with whom you will partner, and how that partnership will assist in the work regarding the advocacy issue.
• A request of the government official, explaining exactly what he or she can do to support the advocacy effort.

Keiff, J. (2009). Informed advocacy in early childhood care and education: Making a difference for young children and families. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
pages 34-58

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (n.d.). Effective advocacy resources. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/policy/advocacy

Community Tool Box. (2013). Toolkits. Retrieved from http://ctb.ku.edu/en/toolkits

Flottman, R., McKernan, A., & Tayler, C. (2011). Department of Education and Early Childhood Development: Practice principal 2: Partnerships with professionals. Retrieved from http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/providers/edcare/pracpartner.pdf

What arguments and conditions influenced support for American imperialism including the Spanish-American War and acquisition of other territories?

Mid-term Essay: 19th Century American Imperialism
Due Monday by 11:59pm Points 60 Available Dec 27, 2019 at 12am – Jan 9 at 11:59pm 14 days
Mid-term Essay on 19th Century American Imperialism
Directions
You have one week to complete this essay assignment. Late submissions are accepted up to 3 days late for a 10% penalty.
Write an essay that answers the prompt question below. Construct an argument using specific supporting claims (main points) and relevant evidence from historical sources you have studied in Brinkley, lectures, and the documents provided.
The essay should be logically presented and use specific examples and evidence from:
Course Reading: Brinkley Chapter 19
Instructor Lecture: Backdrop and Context to 19th Century American Imperialism
To earn above an 85% on this paper, students must read and reference evidence for your arguments, from the primary source documents (1–12). As you analyze the documents, take into account both the source of each document and the author’s point of view.
Prompt Question:
Given the context of the time, was Imperialism a legitimate policy for the United States to follow at the turn of the 19th century? To answer this you will describe and evaluate the motives FOR and AGAINST American Imperialism and America’s emergence onto the world stage, as both a military and economic power, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After offering an analysis of arguments based on primary and secondary sources, make your own argument on legitimacy given the historical context of the time.

Key Terms to Know:

Imperialism: The policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.
Manifest Destiny: The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the divine right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
Monroe Doctrine: In a speech to Congress in 1823, President James Monroe warned European powers not to attempt further colonization or otherwise interfere in the Western Hemisphere, stating that the United States would view any such interference as a potentially hostile act. Later known as the Monroe Doctrine, this policy principle would become a cornerstone of U.S. diplomacy for generations. Because the U.S. lacked both a credible navy and army at the time, the doctrine was largely disregarded internationally.
Your essay should include the following:

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH – 125 (min.) words. Give context to 19th century American Imperialism. What conditions influenced United States expansion abroad (foreign countries)? Be sure to include themes such as “Manifest Destiny”, “The American Image”, and “Global competition”. Also be sure to have a clear thesis where you make a statement that provides the central argument for your paper and the paper’s organizational structure (preview your main points).

BODY PARAGRAPHS – 3 SECTIONS ARE REQUIRED ( min. 250 words each paragraph) Frequently reference assigned readings. Make sure to connect each body section with appropriate transitional phrases. Support your ideas and arguments with evidence and analysis from at least 6 primary source documents. Analyze the source documents taking into account the historian’s practice of being aware of: intended audience, purpose, historical context, and/or point of view.

Section 1: PRO Imperialism: What arguments and conditions influenced support for American imperialism including the Spanish-American War and acquisition of other territories?
Use Brinkley (and additional outside sources if desired) to support this section.
To earn above an 85%, this section is expected to use at least 2 primary sources (provided docs in the links below).
Section 2: Against Imperialism: What arguments and conditions influenced opposition to American imperialism including the Spanish-American War and acquisition of other territories ?
Use Brinkley (and additional outside sources if desired) to support this section.
To earn above an 85%, this section is expected to use at least 2 primary sources (provided docs in the links below).
Section 3: Argument Analysis for or against legitimacy: Was Imperialism a proper and legitimate policy for the United States to follow at the turn of the 19th century? Consider the following in your assessment: How did America’s relationship with other world powers change after the US took possession of Hawaii, the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico? Was the outcome of this policy positive or negative for American Diplomacy?
Use Brinkley (and additional outside sources if desired) to support this section.
To earn above an 85%, this section is expected to use at least 2 primary sources (provided docs in the links below).

Write out a role-play conversation with your partner using the effective communication strategies discussed in this lesson.

Imagine a scenario in which you and a new partner are discussing testing for sexually transmitted infections. Devise a strategy for addressing this issue with your partner. Write out a role-play conversation with your partner using the effective communication strategies discussed in this lesson.

Your script must be at least 650 words long (not including references). Your script should demonstrate accurate knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases, and how to test for them. Use at least 2 references to support your work. Use at least 2 academic (peer reviewed) references to support your work. Note: In your conversation you don’t have to say things like “According to Smith in 2017, the incidence of STI’s when a couple does not use protection is 50%.” That just sounds weird as part of a conversation. So you can say -” I don’t want to have unprotected sex because the chances of catching an STI raise by 50%” (Smith, 2018). The citation is to show ME that you did your research.

If you would like, you may write a script for a couple that differs from your personal experience (culturally or in terms of orientation, for example) or even write a script detailing how you would convince two clients of yours to get tested.

All assignments and forums in the class are designed for you to demonstrate your understanding and your knowledge of the material content. It is never acceptable or appropriate to simply provide information that is copied and pasted from a source – any source. Even if the information were cited properly, copying and pasting does not demonstrate knowledge. <o:p>

All assignments are submitted to Turnitin, which is a plagiarism checking tool. Any assignment receiving a score of 30% or better raises serious concerns about the originality of your work. An originality score should generally be no more than 20% including references. Originality scores between 20 and 50% will be graded with a point deduction. Any originality score over 50% after review will be graded with a 0. Please keep this in mind as you are submitting work.

Develop a managerial report summarizing your analysis of the OEI service capabilities.

The purpose of this assignment is to apply a waiting line model to a business service operation in order to recommend the most efficient use of time and resources.

(This assignment has been adapted from Case Problem 2 in Chapter 15 of the textbook.)

Use the information in the scenario provided to prepare a managerial report for Office Equipment, Inc. (OEI).

Scenario

Office Equipment, Inc. (OEI) leases automatic mailing machines to business customers in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The company built its success on a reputation of providing timely maintenance and repair service. Each OEI service contract states that a service technician will arrive at a customer’s business site within an average of 3 hours from the time that the customer notifies OEI of an equipment problem.

Currently, OEI has 10 customers with service contracts. One service technician is responsible for handling all service calls. A statistical analysis of historical service records indicates that a customer requests a service call at an average rate of one call per 50 hours of operation. If the service technician is available when a customer calls for service, it takes the technician an average of 1 hour of travel time to reach the customer’s office and an average of 1.5 hours to complete the repair service. However, if the service technician is busy with another customer when a new customer calls for service, the technician completes the current service call and any other waiting service calls before responding to the new service call. In such cases, after the technician is free from all existing service commitments, the technician takes an average of 1 hour of travel time to reach the new customer’s office and an average of 1.5 hours to complete the repair service. The cost of the service technician is $80 per hour. The downtime cost (wait time and service time) for customers is $100 per hour.

OEI is planning to expand its business. Within 1 year, OEI projects that it will have 20 customers, and within 2 years, OEI projects that it will have 30 customers. Although OEI is satisfied that one service technician can handle the 10 existing customers, management is concerned about the ability of one technician to meet the average 3-hour service call guarantee when the OEI customer base expands. In a recent planning meeting, the marketing manager made a proposal to add a second service technician when OEI reaches 20 customers and to add a third service technician when OEI reaches 30 customers. Before making a final decision, management would like an analysis of OEI service capabilities. OEI is particularly interested in meeting the average 3-hour waiting time guarantee at the lowest possible total cost.

Managerial Report

Develop a managerial report (1,000-1,250 words) summarizing your analysis of the OEI service capabilities. Make recommendations regarding the number of technicians to be used when OEI reaches 20 and then 30 customers, and justify your response. Include a discussion of the following issues in your report:

What is the arrival rate for each customer?
What is the service rate in terms of the number of customers per hour? (Remember that the average travel time of 1 hour is counted as service time because the time that the service technician is busy handling a service call includes the travel time in addition to the time required to complete the repair.)
Waiting line models generally assume that the arriving customers are in the same location as the service facility. Consider how OEI is different in this regard, given that a service technician travels an average of 1 hour to reach each customer. How should the travel time and the waiting time predicted by the waiting line model be combined to determine the total customer waiting time? Explain.
OEI is satisfied that one service technician can handle the 10 existing customers. Use a waiting line model to determine the following information: (a) probability that no customers are in the system, (b) average number of customers in the waiting line, (c) average number of customers in the system, (d) average time a customer waits until the service technician arrives, (e) average time a customer waits until the machine is back in operation, (f) probability that a customer will have to wait more than one hour for the service technician to arrive, and (g) the total cost per hour for the service operation.
Do you agree with OEI management that one technician can meet the average 3-hour service call guarantee? Why or why not?
What is your recommendation for the number of service technicians to hire when OEI expands to 20 customers? Use the information that you developed in Question 4 (above) to justify your answer.
What is your recommendation for the number of service technicians to hire when OEI expands to 30 customers? Use the information that you developed in Question 4 (above) to justify your answer.
What are the annual savings of your recommendation in Question 6 (above) compared to the planning committee’s proposal that 30 customers will require three service technicians? (Assume 250 days of operation per year.) How was this determination reached?