Please reference specific information from the respective readings attached to provide an evidence base of your reasoning and informed perspective.
1. Why do we need to pay better attention to secondary students’ language arts abilities and to revising our school curricula and instruction to include them?
2. How can we do a better job preparing students for success in the middle and high school grades in writing and language arts?
Why do we need to pay better attention to secondary students’ language arts abilities and to revising our school curricula and instruction
Early childhood educators must be fluent in their knowledge of literacy skills in order to effectively communicate the information to families and colleagues and ultimately teach literacy to young children. Phonological and phonemic awareness are essential to developing literacy and must be shared with families and colleagues.
For this assignment, you will create a 7-10 minute video presentation using any video recording device for families of Pre-K students to explain phonological and phonemic awareness.
Include:
Write a reflection on the attached reading “Uses of the Erotic” by Audre Lorde. Reflect concisely on the reading along two dimensions: (1) What in a nutshell is she arguing about the difference between the “erotic” and the “pornographic” in the essay? (2) What do you individually think about her argument (is she right? wrong? on to something? more or less persuasive? how/why?)?
From the week’s chapter reading, we learn from the authors that, the use of mobile devices in our society today has indeed become ubiquitous. In addition, CTIA asserted that over 326 million mobile devices were in use within The United States as of December 2012 – an estimated growth of more than 100 percent penetration rate with users carrying more than one device with notable continues growth. From this research, it’s evident that mobile computing has vastly accelerated in popularity over the last decade due to several factors noted by the authors in our chapter reading.
Q1: In consideration with this revelation, identify and name these factors, and provide a brief discussion about them?
The essay question needs to address the following topics:
· Why have you chosen to pursue nursing as a career?
· What qualities and attributes do you believe you possess that will enable you to perform effectively as a student and later as a practicing baccalaureate prepared nurse?
· How can nursing address and improve global healthcare needs?
A. Select one of the case studies posted in Blackboard to complete the following sections. You will be using this case study in subsequent assignments.
(i) Problem/Situation Description: Identify at one significant problem related to health and wellbeing in this case study. Write a brief paragraph which tells the reader “what is” the problem.
Rationale as to Why this is a Problem: Write about how this problem connects to your definition of health and wellbeing (1 paragraph). Indicate “what is missing” or “the gap” that indicates the situation you have described is a problem that needs to be addressed.
A. Alternative Perspectives:
Two different perspectives are described in the case study. Write one paragraph for each perspective in which you respond to the following questions:
· From whose point of view is this perspective?
· What is justified or warranted from this perspective? Is there adequate evidence? If there are limits to this perspective, what are the limits?
· What is assumed or implicit in this perspective that needs to be made explicit?
· Overall, is this perspective reasonable? Explain your answer with a summary statement.
B. Select either the Ecological Systems or the Life Course Model to examine your case: Examine the context of the problem from the perspective taking approach.
For the Ecological System identify two different systems which are directly or indirectly involved in this problem: microsystem, mesostyem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosytem.
1. Identify the system and write a brief definition for each
2. Describe/explain how this system is related to the specific problem identified in this assignment for each system
OR
For the Life Course Model: identify two different events which may have contributed to this
specific problem: historical, economical, societal, psychological
1. Identify the event and write a brief definition for each
2. Explain how these two events may have compounded to produce this outcome.
As newly HR specialist at large manufacturing company. You discovered based on benchmarking how the company’s benefits are not as good as its top four competitors, prepare a persuasive report to the manager of compensation and benefits identifying additional benefits to offer and the legal and financial impact of your recommendations.
1) Current trends in employee benefits programs- identify the most popular trends in benefits today and how they add value. Support your answer with statistics, research and or examples.
2) Recommendations for Improvement- identify and justify which benefits you recommend offering your employees.
3) Legal Implications of Benefits- identify and describe local, state, or federal laws regulating the application of those benefits you recommended in the workplace.
4) Cost Containment Strategies for benefits- Describe At least two ways the organization can keep the cost of your recommended benefits under control effectively without running afoul of laws or regulations.
Review the vision and mission statements of any large Saudi company in the food, beverage or dairy industry.
Provide a critique on its mission statement based on whether it complies with an ideal statement. Compare the mission statement with that of any of its competitors and identify the key differences between the two statements that could impact their performance.
Assess the dangers of having a flawed mission statement. Critically evaluate how these gaps or flaws may affect performance in the case of your selected company.
Write a detailed report about a residential burglary. You are the officer. List and describe all items that were stolen. How did the suspect gain entry into the residence? Remember the report should have dates, times, location names of people involved in the incident, description of incident and how the incident was ended or resolved
