Writing

Behavior Management Philosophy Presentation Assignment Instructions

For this assignment, you will articulate your behavior management philosophy by creating a presentation on your beliefs and practices for addressing whole class and individual behavior management in your current or preferred classroom environment. The presentation should be designed for an audience of a recently assigned co-teacher or paraprofessional who will be collaborating with you in your classroom (current classroom or preferred). The presentation should include:

1. Class Description (current or preferred)

a. Grade level

b. Number of students

c. Exceptionalities represented, including a discussion demonstrating an understanding of how exceptionalities may interact with development and learning.

d. Other diversity represented, including a discussion demonstrating an understanding of how language, culture, and family background influence individuals’ learning within the classroom.

2. Philosophy of Behavior Management:

a. Clearly articulate your philosophy on whole-class and individual behavior management and discuss the research and theory informing your beliefs.

i. How will you create a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive environment that fosters positive social interactions and individual well-being? 

ii. What are your beliefs about the relationship between motivation, behavior, and academics?

iii. How will you explain/define the concept of “fairness” in your classroom?

iv. How will you set up your classroom, and how does your philosophy inform the physical layout of the classroom? 

3. Core Components 

a. Classroom rules

b. Classroom procedures

c. System of rewards and consequences (tiered)

d. Record keeping system

4.  Collaboration

a. Explain how you will communicate and collaborate with other educators (e.g., co-teachers, paraprofessionals, other teachers (e.g., art, music, etc.), and related service providers to ensure consistency and implementation fidelity across settings.

5. Communication

a. Explain the system for ongoing communication between school and home about individual student behavior. 

b. Include an example of your initial letter home to parents briefly explaining:

i. Your behavior management philosophy.

ii. How whole class and individual behavior will be addressed in the classroom.

iii. How information about student behavior will be communicated throughout the year.

6. Laws

a. Summarize the laws and policies that impact decisions about students with disabilities including IDEA, FAPE, MDR, and LRE. 

The presentation must follow current APA formatting standards and include a minimum of 20 slides and at least five references/in-text citations.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Unit 2.2 DB: Attachment Case Study

Carrie, a 6-year-old child, is brought into a child guidance clinic by her foster mother. The child was removed from her birth mother about a year ago and the mother has since left the area, necessitating that the court seek to terminate her rights. Little is known about the child’s life with her mother. Carrie has now been released for adoption by the court and it is your job to evaluate her and figure out what services she might need. The child is quiet and shows little interest in the toys around the office. She does not make eye contact and, despite having been with the foster mother for almost 6 months, shows little connection to her. You try to engage Carrie through puppets, but she is only mildly interested. You ask her to draw a picture, which ends up all in black—a house with no windows. You praise her for drawing as you asked, and the child hurriedly rips up the paper and throws it on the floor.

In a separate interview with the foster mother, you ask her to describe Carrie and her behaviors at home. She describes a quiet, listless, and somewhat withdrawn child who does not appear to make friends readily. Carrie has few interests and prefers to be alone in her room. She does poorly in school and the teachers say that she has little desire to learn. She rarely cries even when hurt.

• o As you think about Carrie and what she must have experienced with her mother, what are your observations?

o What do you think her experience with early mothering was like?

o What type of attachment style does she demonstrate?

o What do you think Carrie would need in an adoptive placement?

Week 4 Assignment His315

The Ethics of Remembrance

Documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann has accused Steven Spielberg’s film  Schindler’s List of trivializing the holocaust by attempting to represent what cannot be represented. Philosopher Richard Kearney defends  Schindler’s List in his essay, “ Narrative and the Ethics of Remembrance ,” arguing that narrative representation is essential to cultural identity.

In two to three pages (excluding title and reference pages), argue your own position on the representation of the Holocaust. Can the Holocaust be represented in a way that honors the unimaginable suffering of the victims? Be sure to defend your view against the objections of the opposing side. Cite Kearney, Lanzmann, and other authors, as appropriate.

Additional Resources to Complete the Assignment:

· The Craft of Argument Student ResourcesLinks to an external site.  (http://wps.ablongman.com/long_williams_ca_2/6/1652/423158.cw/index.html)

· Guidelines for Incorporating QuotesLinks to an external site.  (http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/quoting-paraphrasing-summarizing)

· In-Text Citation GuideLinks to an external site.  (http://writingcenter.uagc.edu/citing-within-your-paper)

Carefully review the  Grading RubricLinks to an external site.  for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Assignment: Signature Assignment: Compose a Project Plan

As you prepare your Signature Assignment this week, please keep in mind that for your Week 8 assignment, you will review and respond to faculty feedback provided for this week’s Signature Assignment. You will also reflect on the course content, concepts, and course competencies, and critically analyze how these elements impact and/or advance your career interests and degree program pathway. 

All projects start with a plan. In this assignment, you will create a project plan responsive to the ongoing scenario weaving the assignments of this course together.

Scenario:

You are a healthcare administrator in a popular healthcare facility in your community. This facility has decided to expand its telemedicine capabilities to better reach community members with limited physical access to the facility. You have previously been involved in the exploration of this expansion and have been assigned the development of a project plan to initiate and guide the project. In particular, you have identified that the EHR system will require upgrading to accommodate the delivery of telemedicine services better. Since this EHR is also used to support inpatient and ambulatory services, you will need to minimize any disruptions to patient care and daily operations, which will continue during project integration.

You will create a project plan, including each of the project management knowledge areas (Glandon, 2013). Incorporate your previous assignments to address the appropriate elements of your project plan.

Ensure your project plan addresses:

· Ongoing strategic evaluation of the expanded telemedicine services.

· The primary measures that will be used to determine which EHR system to purchase and implement.

· Steps that will be required to install and launch the selected EHR system while continuing to maintain normal clinic operations. Indicate why implementing in this manner is important.

· The anticipated timeline for implementation.

· The performance metrics that will be monitored over time to indicate the success or failure of the implementation and ongoing performance. Expand upon what data would be desirable or what data would be considered problematic for each of the metrics.

Length: 8-12 pages

References: Include a minimum of 2-3 additional scholarly references, beyond those included in previous assignments. The total number of references should be a minimum of 12-15.

Comprehensive Literature Review

Assignment:

Now that you have successfully determined the potential steps to take when preparing and writing a comprehensive literature review, it is time to put some of your readings into action. 

1. Using a selective database (e.g., ERIC or ProQuest), you are to follow steps 1 through 4 in the text and collect a minimum of 10 specific articles, dissertations, books, white papers, etc., that may support your topic of interest that you presented in the earlier modules. 

2. Explain briefly how each selected reference supports the topic chosen for the research discussed during the first module.

3. Using the examples found in the online link to Annotated Bibliography, you are to create at least 10 references as your assignment.  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/graduate_writing/thesis_and_dissertation/getting_started.html

4. Be sure to include each summary rationale as to what each selected reference adds to further knowledge on the subject.

You are also expected to share where any specific reference either supports or refutes another reference that has been included in the prepared Annotated Bibliography. Be sure to carefully follow the proper APA format rules when listing the reference before adding your descriptive information. 

For each bibliographical reference, provide a summary description of 150-200 words. Focus your description on the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the study.   

 

Assignment Expectations

Length: 1500 – words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner. 

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA style. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. 

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least ten (10) scholarly sources to support your claims.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).

Filename: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.docx”)