As the leader of your school district’s assessment and evaluation team, you have been asked to share information about two formal assessment tools with parents, teachers, administrators, and the larger community. Identify 2 formal assessment tools used in a school district of your choice. Select assessments relevant to your current placement and/or your…
Brookhart and Nitko (2019) suggest that increased teaching, teacher effort, and working more effectively constitute “positive test preparation” because these actions result in increased student learning (p. 779). The authors, however, dissuade the use of high-stakes test preparation strategies such as coaching and the reallocation of instructional time and resources because they narrow the scope…
For this Written Response Assignment, you will respond to a series of prompts related to culture as a critical context for children’s learning and development. For this Written Response Assignment, you will define culture as a concept and clarify the relationship between culture, cultural context, and a child’s identity development, You will answer questions about…
There are a variety of assistive technologies (AT) available for early childhood teachers to incorporate into instruction for students with learning disabilities. For this assignment, choose an assistive technology device that can be used to support the development of language, literacy or communication skills in either an early childhood inclusive preschool setting, or a…
Create a 12-15 slide digital presentation, to be given to general classroom teachers in a professional development setting, on inclusion and classroom management strategies that can be incorporated into classrooms. Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter’s notes. The presentation should help the general education teachers build their skills in the following areas: Identifying…
After a careful review of the learning materials, you should have a better understanding of teacher licensure in North Carolina and employment options for licensed teachers. For this discussion assignment, you will make connections between this information and your future goals and plans. This assignment fulfills: Module Outcome 1: You will have identified the purpose…
What is your definition of instructional and/or organizational supervision? Develop and clearly state 3-5 principles for successful supervision of staff. Consider principles as values, ethics, beliefs and norms. Identify and describe each supervisory principle with research references. What professional development program will meet the needs of teachers and staff and lead to increased student learning…
For this assignment, you will locate an article in the Waldorf Online Library that relates to organizational behavior and write a review of the article. Be sure to address each of the following points in your article review. Identify the premise of the article and supporting points. How does the author describe organizational behavior? Why…
Restructure a child care center into a center that practices continuity of care. With continuity of care, children have the same teacher for at least three years before getting a new teacher. Here are the steps for assignment #2. 1. Draw a map of your center. Include these elements: · How many classrooms are in…
After reading Chapter 13 from Oliva and Gordon, please answer the following question: In your opinion, how are open education resources enhancing the educational environment? Given the situation we are living in today, do they provide equity in access to education resources? Ensure you provide specific examples of a technology tool used within your classroom…
