What did you find interesting? Did the article change any of your preconceived ideas?

1. The title and date of the article. 2. 3-5 paragraphs summarizing the article in your own words. 3. 3-5 paragraphs connecting lessons in the article with lessons in the class. For example, if you chose an article that examines sustainability, did it agree or disagree with the section of sustainability in chapter 2 of the textbook? 4. 3-5 paragraphs on your perspectives of the article. What did you learn that was new to you? What did you find interesting? Did the article change any of your preconceived ideas? 5. Your review should be in Word format, 12-point font and double-spaced. It must follow the format given below. 6. Be sure to keep a copy of your article accessible because you will be asked to share your review during the class meeting.

Describe the strategies you would use to gain the support needed for this issue through individual advocacy.

Discuss why you, as a program administrator, would promote these approaches to assessment in an early childhood program you were administering.

Appropriate assessment strategies have the potential to support children’s individual learning needs, and they can help teachers see evidence of the effect of their teaching, while also providing a measure of program accountability. Additionally, it is also important to realize that assessment practices have the potential to do harm. Just as there are concerns about inappropriate curriculum content and teaching strategies, there are concerns about assessment. NAEYC has created guidelines that specifically address the early childhood professional’s ethical responsibilities to children around assessment. Here are the principles and ideals that focus on assessment in NAEYC’s Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment (Links to an external site.).

To begin this assignment,

• Read the weekly assigned reading and carefully review methods of data collection including anecdotal records, running records, event sampling, time sampling, checklists, and rating scales. Next, select your three most preferred methods of authentic assessment.
• Review the following document which highlights the ideals and principles specifically referring to the responsible assessment of young children found within the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment.

Next, in your initial post,

• Discuss why you, as a program administrator, would promote these approaches to assessment in an early childhood program you were administering.
• Provide at least one example of the negative consequences for children when programs use inappropriate child assessment tools or strategies (such as using an assessment tool incorrectly or interpreting assessment data).
• Use the course text and/or one outside source to support your response.

write a short 200 word paragraph about how you have been coping with the coronavirus and it effects on your life. 

STEP 1 PLEASE VIEW THE VIDEO

Please view the following videos and read the corresponding file on paragraph development, PIE.

PIE

Paragraph Structure

STEP 2 PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT BELOW

STEP 3 PLEASE WRITE YOUR RESPONSE

Once you view the video and read the handout, please write a short 200 word paragraph about how you have been coping with the coronavirus and it effects on your life. Please use the information you learned about paragraph development to build your paragraph.

Explain the systems development life cycle and 2 methodologies you could use to develop Healthy Harvest’s store app.

Imagine you have been hired as an information systems (IS) consultant for Healthy Harvest, a grocery store that sources most of its products from local farmers and producers in the surrounding counties. Healthy Harvest operates two brick-and-mortar locations and wants to expand its services online via an app customers can use to order their groceries ahead for pickup or local delivery.

Your client, Healthy Harvest’s owner Joan, is a savvy business owner and technology user but doesn’t know much about the process of developing an information system. She balks when you tell her the estimated time it will take to have the app ready for public use, which also translates into time for which she needs to pay you to complete the product. You realize that you need to explain to her the benefits and value of approaching the project using systems analysis and design methodologies and decide to prepare a presentation to help illustrate the process and concepts.

Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes comprehensive speaker notes on the following:

• Explain the systems development life cycle and 2 methodologies you could use to develop Healthy Harvest’s store app. Use diagrams and other visuals that illustrate the processes.
• Explain the importance and benefits of using a structured systems analysis and design approach on this project. Provide an example to illustrate each point.
• Describe 2 tasks or deliverables in each SDLC phase you will be working on for this project. Explain why each is integral to the project.

Briefly describe the purpose of each step in the writing process.

POST YOUR RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION BOARD

Respond to the following questions in 250 words or more using the PIE paragraph process, and include your own personal experience. To do so, please do the following:

1. View the videos below and read about the Writing Process (Links to an external site.).  
2. Briefly describe the purpose of each step in the writing process.
3. Describe a situation where you used the Writing Process or it could have been useful. Explain the positive or negative outcomes you experienced. And, what you’d do differently today?
4. Lastly, talk about how you feel about using the Writing Process? Are you ready to try it? Why, or why not? Is there a way I can help you be more prepared or confident in the process? How can we add a more positive spin on writing for our class?

STEP 2 READ AND RESPOND TO OTHER STUDENTS’ POSTS

Read other students’ posts and respond to at least two of them. In addition to any other comments you may have, respond to the following:

• If their situation is positive, give feedback as to how you will apply their positive experience the next time you are in a writing bind.
• If the situation is negative, offer two pieces of advice to the situation described in other students’ responses.

Use your personal experience, if it’s relevant, to support or debate other students’ posts. If differences of opinion occur, debate the issues professionally and provide examples to support opinions.

What are the similarities and differences in the timing of events between your relatives and you, and what are possible reasons for those similarities and differences?

Lifeline Assignment Instructions

Overview

Society has expectations for when certain events will occur or when certain roles will be filled. Often, these expectations are culturally determined or cohort dependent. This activity will challenge you to think about age-normative expectations for three family cohorts. You will recognize the changing social context through the lifespan and apply knowledge about adult roles to your own family.

Based on interviews with two family members, you will construct three lifelines: one for yourself, and two for family members. Then, you will compare/contrast the timing of important life events and social roles.

Instructions

Choose interview subjects. To construct the lifelines, you should interview your same-sex parent and grandparent (either in person or over the phone). If for some reason you cannot interview these individuals, you should choose another same-sex relative from the same generation (i.e., uncle instead of father, or great-aunt instead of grandmother). If you are uncertain of what to do, contact the instructor.

Conduct the interview in the following manner:

· To introduce the task, say something like, “I am doing an assignment for my class in adult development, and I would like to ask you some questions about your life—the events that were important to you, and any turning points.”

· Begin the question with: “Let’s begin with your childhood, from your early years until 8th grade. As you look back, what were some significant events?”

· For each event, be sure to find out how old the person was at the time.

· “Pick out one event that was particularly important for you during this period of your life. What was it? How did it affect the direction of your life (what happened as a result? What was different?)?”

· Ask the same questions for each subsequent life stage:

· high school years

· young adulthood (18-29)

· early middle adulthood (30-44)

· late middle adulthood (45-64)

· since turning 65

· Ask questions about common life events. Ask your relative about these events if he or she has not already mentioned them. You can ask, “Now let me ask you about some other specific events, and when they happened in your life. How old were you when you…”?

· started school.

· completed school and highest grade.

· experienced a faith conversion.

· got your first job of any type.

· got your first full time job.

· had any significant job changes.

· moved into your own home/apartment (no longer lived with parents)

· went into the military.

· got married.

· had your first child.

· had other children.

· if divorced/remarried, ask about dates.

· experienced significant moves.

· when your parents died.

· retired.

· Discover any more historical events.

· To see if your relative has not yet talked about specific historical events, ask:

· “What were some other important historical events in your life, besides the ones you’ve mentioned already?”

· For each event, find out how old your relative was at the time.

· “Which event had the most impact on you?”

· “How did it affect your life?”

· Thank your relative for helping with this assignment.

Construct the lifelines. After completing the interviews, you’ll need to draw the lifelines. You will construct three lifelines: one for you, one for your same-sex parent, and one for your same sex grandparent. The lifelines should be constructed on one or two pieces of paper. Plot a line from birth to your relatives’ current ages, marking out time at every 10-year intervals. Place along the line all the events your relative mentioned at the ages they took place. For your lifeline, the period up to the present should be written in black ink. Then, plot events that you expect to take place in your future in red ink. You should include normative life events and perhaps a few non-normative events.

Write the summary. After completing the lifelines, write a brief summary (two pages) of your observations. The summary should include:

· Two or three important life events for each of your relatives and how those events impacted him or her.

· A comparison of your lifeline and your relatives’ lifelines. What are the similarities and differences in the timing of events between your relatives and you, and what are possible reasons for those similarities and differences?

Paper format:

· Three lifelines

· Two-page summary

· Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1” margins.

· Sections:

· summary of life events for both relatives

· comparison of your lifeline to your relatives’ lifelines

· Avoid 2nd person pronouns (you, your, etc.) unless you are quoting your participant. First person is allowed for this assignment.

· You must use MS Word and submit your paper to Turnitin in Canvas.

· Name your file as “Last name 235”.

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

Explain how conflict management behaviors relate to coaching.

Reflection Paper

Instructions

For this assignment, you will explore conflict management style assessments. Research these online, and complete a conflict management style assessment. After completing the assessment, write a reflection paper discussing what the assessment indicated about your conflict management style. Include information about the following topics in your reflection paper :

· Include an introduction explaining what conflict management style the assessment indicated you have.

· Does the assessment accurately reflect your conflict management actions?

· What can you learn from this assessment and use in your current position?

· What is an area of conflict management you can improve upon, and what impact will it have in your future?

· Explain how conflict management behaviors relate to coaching.

Your assignment must be at least two pages in length and include at least three outside sources, one of which should be the online assessment you took. None of your sources can be a blog of any type. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

Resources

The following resource(s) may help you with this assignment.

· Citation Guide

· CSU Online Library Research Guide

· Submit Writing Center Request

Consider how not being mindful of appropriate leadership strategies can be harmful to organizations.

Case Study

Instructions

You have assumed the head leadership position over a small department within a public sector agency. You have inherited a small but diverse team of employees .

Your staff consists of the following individuals:

Melanie has been with the organization for close to 10 years and spends much of her day surfing social media sites. She enjoys her job for the perceived job security and benefits but has little interest in pushing herself for additional monetary gain. When confronted about her social media use and lack of a desire to advance herself, she complains that she does not have anyone to “look up to” within the organization.

Patrick is the most senior employee. Although he has an excellent record, he is going through a very difficult divorce and is only about one year away from retirement. He has become increasingly preoccupied with these matters. Regardless, having previously served in the military and having worked public service for his entire professional life, he expects much out of himself and has expressed a keen desire to involve himself with your managerial decision-making processes as soon as he is able to sort out some of his home issues.

Tom, the newest employee, is fresh out of college. He is young and energetic, although not a week goes by where you do not catch him browsing salary surveys or private sector job listings; nevertheless, he is an overly productive employee, and he confides in you that he is worried that he is producing much more than his salary seems to reflect. He also questions the impact that the organization’s work and his own work, in particular, are actually having on anyone.

To complete this assignment, you will need address the components below.

· Develop a concise motivation profile on each of the staff members.

· Correlate motivational theories to this real-world scenario.

· Summarize leadership strategies related to such aspects as work life stages, expected responses to rewards and punishments, and the degree to which followers feel they fit the ideal motivation mold of public sector employees.

· Consider how not being mindful of appropriate leadership strategies can be harmful to organizations.

Your case study findings and recommendations must be at least two pages in length, be double spaced, and be written in 12-point Times New Roman font.

Describe how habituation and sensitization might be involved in emotion regulation and addictions.

Essay Assignment Instructions

Overview

Students will complete 4 essay assignments in this class. Each essay has two questions to answer. Learning about a topic is a first step in understanding. Applying the knowledge you are learning allows you to show your understanding in a real-life situation. Research suggests when you apply information in a meaningful way, you will remember the topic at a deeper level and for a prolonged period of time. These essays will give you the opportunity to solidify the knowledge you are learning, consider biblical perspectives on learning, and will increase your application and communication skills.

Instructions

· Compose an essay in current APA format using a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page.

· Answer both questions in each essay with a minimum of 250 words for each question.

· Answer the academic questions using the concepts from the required course materials and reading assignments for this class.

· Biblical perspective questions require the use of the Bible and concepts from the course textbook. Use at least two appropriate scriptures and fully explain the use of the specific scripture. Do not list a scripture or add it to the essay without explaining its use.

· Write in a formal college-level essay style. For this assignment, you may use first person.

· Do not include the essay questions in your submission.

· Include at least one in-text citation per each of the essay questions. A minimum of one scholarly source (either our textbook or a required reading) and the Bible must be included on the reference page.

· Do not include direct textbook quotes. Instead, paraphrase information from the textbook or required readings (using in-text citations).

· Bible quotes are allowed and required.

Essay Prompts

Essay Assignment: History (Module 1)

1. Describe how habituation and sensitization might be involved in emotion regulation and addictions. Also, explain why a habitual user might continue to use even when the pleasurable effects are gone.

2. How might the Bible explain the process of learning? Does God see it as important? Use concepts from the textbook and at least two scriptures to support your answer.

Essay Assignment: Conditioning (Module 3)

1. Your friend has a problem with procrastination and her grades are suffering. According to learning concepts in the textbook, why is she procrastinating? What can you recommend that she do?

2. Explain learning self-control from a Biblical perspective. Give an example of a time when you learned self-control in your life. Use concepts from the textbook and at least two scriptures to support your answer.