Research the topic of professional conduct for teachers, focusing on interactions with students

For the benchmark assignment, you will assemble and finalize your personal, comprehensive classroom management plan developed during this course.

Review the details of the benchmark assignment. A compiled and revised draft of the benchmark assignment assembled from Topics 1-4 is due in Topic 5. You will also be required to submit the benchmark assignment in a CLC assignment in Topic 5 for peer review.

Research the topic of professional conduct for teachers, focusing on interactions with students, students’ families, coworkers, and administrators. Complete the “Professionalism as an Educator Table,” describing ways to behave professionally for positive, collaborative relationships across the school system, and to create an appropriate supportive educational environment for students.

All entries in Part I of the table must be supported by a reference. Your references may include the NEA Code of Ethics, the NASDTEC Code of Ethics, the InTASC dispositions, the COE Professional Dispositions in the Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education Clinical Field Experience Handbook, the COE Pledge, the Arizona Administrative Code, the GCU Statement on the Integration of Faith, Learning, and Work, or other relevant resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Use the Reference links bellow to support the essay:

1. Arizona Administrative Code R7-2-1308

Read Section R7-2-1308 from the Arizona Administrative Code.

http://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_07/7-02.pdf 2. Moral Code of Ethics for Educators (MCEE)

Read the Moral Code of Ethics for Educators, located on the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification website.

http://www.nasdtec.net/?page=MCEE_Doc 3. National Education Association (NEA) Code of Ethics

Read the NEA Code of Ethics, located on the NEA website.

http://www.nea.org/home/30442.htm 4. Professionalism as an Educator Table

Review the “Professionalism as an Educator Table” to assist you with the topic assignment.

ELM250_T1.ProfessionalismEducatorTable.docx 5. To Improve U.S. Education, It’s Time to Treat Teachers as Professionals

Read “To Improve U.S. Education, It’s Time to Treat Teachers as Professionals,” by Gardner, located at The Washington Post website.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/to-improve-us-education-its-time-to-treat-teachers-as-professionals/2011/07/18/gIQA8oh2LI_story.html
 
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Vocabulary Assignment

Research articles and/or books on vocabulary instruction by experts such as Robert Marzano, Janet Allen, Anita Archer, Kylene Beers, and Laura Robb.

Based on your readings, design a plan, in approximately 1,250-1,500 words, outlining best practices for vocabulary instruction in your content area.

Things to consider in developing your plan include:

  1. The number of words presented per week.
  2. The process you will use for teaching new terms.
  3. The frequency with which you will work with the terms.
  4. The materials you will use in vocabulary instruction and review activities.
  5. The activities you will use in reviewing and connecting terms.
  6. The activities you will use to engage students with one another using vocabulary terms.
  7. The activities you will use to encourage student self-reflection on their progress.
  8. How you will monitor the accuracy of students’ work.  
  9. APA format is Required and 5 cited sources needed
 
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create a PowerPoint presentation about the learning process for the parents of your students

For  this benchmark, you will create a PowerPoint presentation about the  learning process for the parents of your students. Select a grade level  1-8 and one of the learning theories discussed in this course.

In a 12-15 slide PowerPoint presentation include the following:

  1. Brief explanation of the learning theory you selected, including why you chose it;
  2. Detailed  explanation of how learning occurs, including students’ development,  acquisition of knowledge, and motivation, within the context of the  chosen learning theory;
  3. Detailed explanation of how individual learners have differences in development, approaches to learning, and performance;
  4. Explanation  of the role of families in promoting the intellectual, social,  emotional, physical growth, and well-being of children, and;
  5. Description  of five simple things that families can do with their children to  support their intellectual, social, emotional and/or physical growth and  over-all well-being.

In  a 500-750-word essay, explain the roles of self-efficacy and  self-regulation as they apply to learning goals within the context of  social cognitive theory.

 In your essay:

  • Discuss the roles self-efficacy and self-regulation play as they relate to learning;
  • Explain how self-efficacy and self-regulation are related; and
  • Select a grade level 1-8. Describe three age-appropriate strategies to promote positive self-efficacy and self-regulation.

Include a minimum of three scholarly references.

 
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write your own account of the war, and tell the truth of the war from your perspective

Assignment: Memoirs

Austrian heir to the throne assassinated!
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia!
Britain declares war on Germany!

The news is getting worse!

Imagine you are a citizen of a country that has just entered into the Great War (later known as World War I). You have read the headlines and the accounts of the events leading up to the war. You have heard daily radio updates. You are bombarded with news. Yet, you feel there is a gap in the reporting—where the news accounts end and the story of the real war begins.

This week for your assignment, you will write your own account of the war, and tell the truth of the war from your perspective. Your fictional memoir will tell the story of everyday people, and how war has affected daily life.

To prepare for this Assignment:

  • Choose a country from which to write your memoir. Select one that entered into World War I in 1914 and that you have studied extensively in this course.
  • Review Chapter 7 (pp. 96–103) and Chapter 8 (pp. 105–118) in this week’s Resources to gain a bird’s eye perspective on world events leading up to the start of World War I, especially for the country you choose to write your memoir based on. Also review the articles by Barron, O’Hara & Heffernan, and Share in this week’s Learning Resources to understand the matters of importance to nations at this time in history.
  • Consider how your chosen country has changed between the Era of Imperialism and the beginning of World War I.
  • Consider what political, social, geographical, and economic changes have occurred since the start of the war, and how you, your family and your community have been affected (supposing you lived in this country, at this time in history).
  • Reflect on how nationalism has influenced your response to entry into war, and the response of your compatriots (again, supposing you lived in this country, at this time in history).

The assignment:

  • Compose a 2- to 3-page memoir entry in which you do the following:
    • Provide an in-depth personal account of the events you have witnessed leading up to the beginning of the war. In your description, be sure to reflect on the effect that political, social, geographical, and economic changes have had on you in the time leading up to the war, and up to the time of your writing (mid to late 1914).
    • Support your assertions by making at least 2 references to your course readings.
 
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