Category: Education

SCHOOL BOARD OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT:
Assignment:
Students you are to attend a School Board in person or virtually. Your assignment is to write a School Board Observation Report. The School Board Observation Report should be approximately two to three double-spaced typed pages to discuss your observations and reactions to the school board meeting.
Part I: Overview of the meeting:
Your overview should address
A brief description of the people present at the meeting, both on the board and in the audience.
An overview of the items on the agenda for that meeting. 
A brief description of any noteworthy occurrences during the open session of the meeting. 
What public school-community relations did you observe? 
Part II: Reaction and Reflection:
You should state your reactions and reflections on the meeting. School board meetings are often forums for intense discussion and debate. For this assignment, we would like you to write a reflective reaction to either the meeting in general or to a specific board agenda item.
HISD Board Meeting Link: 

Instructions
Standard 4: Demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to evaluate, develop, and implement coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, data systems, supports, and assessment.
Standard 5: Demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to engage families, community, and school personnel in order to strengthen student learning, support school improvement, and advocate for the needs of their school and community.
Session Three Resources
Watch
Session 3 Video Overview (1:13)
Required reading and referencing:
Principal Communication Tips
Seven Norms of Collaboration(NOC)
“The Art of School Leadership” Hoerr, 2005-
“Promoting Collegiality”  pg 20-34
“Diversity in Schools”  pg 140-142
“Personal Commitment to Diversity” pg 150-158
Read: (Select at least two to reference in your work)
What is a Professional Learning Community 
Effective Communication
The Power of the One-Page Strategic Plan
Collaboration Success Criteria and Checklist Collaboration Communication
Submission requirements
4 pages in length – if it’s any more than this, please revise
Citations do not count in the page length
12 point Arial
One-inch margins
Single-spaced
Insert Header that includes 
Header must include last name, first name, role, assignment title as stated
Collaborative Decision
Supporting and Growing Teacher Leaders
Standard 7: Demonstrate the capacity to promote the current and future success and well-being of each student and adult by applying the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary to build the school’s professional capacity, engage staff in the development of a collaborative professional culture, and improve systems of staff supervision, evaluation, support, and professional learning.
Session Three Resources
Watch
Session 3 Video Overview (1:13)
Read:
What is a Professional Learning Community 
Five Steps to Developing Teacher Leaders 
Effective Communication
Principal Communication Tips
Seven Norms of Collaboration(NOC)
The Power of the One-Page Strategic Plan
“The Art of School Leadership” Hoerr, 2005-
“Promoting Collegiality”  pg 20-34
“Supervision”  pg 43-46
“Evaluating Teacher Growth” pg 87-102
“Diversity in Schools”  pg 140-142
“Personal Commitment to Diversity” pg 150-158
Creating and utilizing teacher leaders is one way to achieve all of the above standards. Teacher leaders can support your work, take on some of the load for you, and position them into possibly exploring other avenues of leadership. 
Scenario:
You are the principal of a 1200 student middle school in a large suburban school district.  Due to the size of your school, you are realizing that things are slipping through the cracks and that you are struggling to attend to all the needs of the building.  One thing you notice is that both of your assistant principals are burdened with teacher evaluations and student discipline. 
On top of all of your other responsibilities, you are charged with instructional leadership in your school.  Knowing that the task is overwhelming, you would like to invite some of your staff members to take a bigger role in leading initiatives that can be handed off to staff.
To create a collaborative community and to alleviate some of the issues you plan to approach staff members about taking the lead on some of the curricular initiatives from a “grassroots” level. 
However, you notice that each of the selected are quite apprehensive regarding taking on leadership responsibilities.  One teacher confides that while they really enjoy their job, they would never want to be in a position of leadership where peers felt they had to “listen” to their advice/guidance.  Another shares that she is not interested in this opportunity because she likes to be told what to do and does the best she can, but she also does not want to be in a position where she has to focus on telling others what to do.  Yet another teacher is excited and interested to help, but is young and nervous about being labeled by her colleagues as a “know-it-all” or some sort of “kiss-up”.  To top it all off, a day after you approach these individuals, the union president (who is also a teacher in your building) comes into your office and wants to chat about the new evaluation legislation.  He wants you to know that neither he nor the union, would support any sort of teacher input or interference in the process. This includes staff members who are labeled “teacher leaders or coaches” who may provide opinions on how a teacher is progressing instructionally.  Additionally, he would expect any teachers who work outside the scope of teaching students would get paid additional stipends, and those need to be negotiated and offered by seniority rank.
In light of these described issues you face, you know you need to create a shared leadership environment.  However, you also see that this is not as simple as having someone do it.  There are many stakeholders involved, as well as circumstances such as personality traits and qualities, age, and experience that affect a teacher’s ability to effectively lead.
Fixing the issues
Your task:
Identify a detailed plan of action for helping this school succeed through assisted leadership.
Copy the outline and paste it into the discussion field. Type in your responses. 
Identify strategies that you might incorporate to help you approach, develop, and encourage teacher leaders. 
What individual traits, characteristics, and/or experiences/expertise might you consider as you plan your approach to building a team of teacher leaders?
In what way/s will you respond to the teacher union in this case? Remember, the teacher union is an integral part of much of our school processes.
Describe some effective practices of delegating that you can adopt.
Include your thoughts on how your power bases and leadership style contribute to the way in which you handled this scenario.
Include quotes from the materials and resources throughout your response.
Cite sources.

Kemampuan numerasi merupakan salah satu
keterampilan dasar yang sangat penting bagi siswa sekolah dasar. Numerasi tidak
hanya mencakup kemampuan untuk menghitung, tetapi juga melibatkan pemahaman
konsep matematis yang lebih luas serta kemampuan untuk menerapkan pengetahuan
tersebut dalam berbagai konteks kehidupan sehari-hari . Di Indonesia,
kompetensi numerasi menjadi salah satu fokus utama dalam pendidikan dasar,
sesuai dengan kurikulum yang menekankan pada penguasaan matematika sebagai
pondasi penting bagi perkembangan keterampilan kognitif siswa .

Speak with your mentor teacher and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe three classrooms, pre-K-Grade 3. Your mentor teacher must approve any hours spent observing another classroom environment.
Use the questions on the “Clinical Field Experience D: Behavior Management” template to guide your observation in each classroom. On the template, make note of how each teacher incorporates group motivation and behavior expectations during a lesson.

Using the scenario’s given on p. 42 and 43 of “Supporting Teachers as Learners” (Whitebook and Bellm) please select one scenario (situation 1, 2, or 3) and practice developing a “work plan.” Pg. 44 gives you a work plan template to follow.
My expectation is that you begin to use new skills sets that we have covered in class, on canvas, and that you “think outside the box” (tapping into resources, your experience, and asking questions when needed.) 
Be prepared to share you work plan overview with peers next week on our discussion board.
Formatting recommendations for this project:
1. Textbook template can be used as a “practice” sheet using a pencil to sketch out ideas.
2. Canvas upload should be your “final” sheet formatted in a way that you feel comfortable (as long as the required information is presented.) 
Work Plan Overview:
Scenario: [Briefly describe the scenario you have chosen.]
Goals and Objectives:
Goal 1: [State the overarching goal for addressing the scenario.]
Objective 1.1: [Specify the measurable objective related to Goal 1.]
Objective 1.2: [Specify another measurable objective related to Goal 1.]
Goal 2: [State another overarching goal, if applicable.]
Objective 2.1: [Specify a measurable objective related to Goal 2.]
Objective 2.2: [Specify another measurable objective related to Goal 2.]
Activities and Strategies:
Activity 1: [Describe the first activity or strategy to achieve Objective 1.1.]
[List steps or tasks involved in Activity 1.]
Activity 2: [Describe the second activity or strategy to achieve Objective 1.2.]
[List steps or tasks involved in Activity 2.]
Activity 3: [Describe any additional activities or strategies as needed.]
Timeline:
[Provide a timeline indicating when each activity will be completed. You can use specific dates or general timeframes.]
Resources Needed:
[List any resources required to carry out the activities, such as materials, personnel, or funding.]
Monitoring and Evaluation:
[Describe how progress will be monitored and evaluated, including any metrics or indicators of success.]
Reflection and Adjustment:
[Explain how the plan will be reviewed periodically, and adjustments made based on feedback or changing circumstances.]
Textbook: supporting teachers as learners: a guide for entors and coaches in early care and education

Juan
F. Samaniego,Technology with empathy: Using conversational agents in education,
British
Journal of Educational Technology (2023)
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-technology-empathy-conversational-agents.html

Chapter 7- Speak with an English as a Second Language teacher/coordinato or teacher from a local school division  Discuss with this individual regarding language use in each teacher’s respective school or division.  Are teachers encouraged to utilize students’ home languages in their classroom instruction?  How are they provided with the knowledge they need to do this?  How are teachers encouraged and supported in their efforts to incorporate elements of students’ language and culture into their classrooms?
Chapter 8- Interview a veteran teacher about his/her first year teaching experiences.  Analyze the interviewee’s responses (What did you learn?)
Here are a few questions you might ask:
1. What expectations did you have regarding teaching before you began your first job?
2. What surprises occurred during the first year in relation to those expectations?
3. During your first year of teaching, what did you find most difficult about: parents, students, colleagues, the administrators, and the school in general?
4. What did you do to alleviate those difficulties?
5. What did you find most rewarding and stimulating?
6. What advice would you share with a beginning teacher about how to survive during the first year of teaching?
Please share here what you learned from your interviews.
After posting your original response, read other postings and post a response to at least two classmates using the following ABC Approach.

defining the population and samples is one of the stages of the research.discuss the difference sample procedures researchers may use to get samples from the population with introduction, conclusion and references

Your project must be submitted as a Word document (.docx, .doc) or Rich Text Format file (.rtf)*. Your project will be individually graded by your instructor and therefore may take up to five to seven days to grade.
Be sure that each of your files contains the following information:
Project Name/Title of Paper
Your name
Your student ID number
Name of School
The course number and name
Project number
Date of submission
resources for this graded project, you’ll research the guidelines for selecting safe and developmentally appropriate toys for all children ages birth to eight years. Then, you’ll select three specific toys you believe to be safe and developmentally appropriate for children of a selected age group, and will explain the appropriateness of the toy as you answer a series of questions about each toy.
You’ll provide all of the requested information and answer all of the required questions in one continuous essay. Remember to use fully developed sentences and paragraphs, following APA format. Part 2
Select one of the following age groups:
0 to 17 months
18 to 35 months
3 to 5 years
Select three toys you believe to be safe, developmentally appropriate and educational for a typical child within the age group you’ve selected. Write an opening paragraph that identifies the age group selected for Part 2 of the assignment. In addition, identify the three toys that were selected for this age group, ensuring that three specific toys have been selected rather than toy categories. The opening paragraph should be 4 to 6 sentences. For each of the toys, provide responses to the following questions using fully developed sentences and paragraphs of 4 to 6 sentences each:

Due Thursday Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
Scholar Practitioner leader model SPL model
Provide an example of how the SPL model can enable you to become a better leader.
Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed sources to support your original post.