Professional Development Case Study

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In the Discussion Board link “Professional Development Discussion”.
1) Provide a typed response to the two questions below; your post should be a minimum 250 words.
2) Rely to a classmate’s post (minimum 100 words).
The study by the AACU, described in this article, indicates that employers and college students view students’ career preparation and range of skills differently. For example, students are more than twice as likely as employers to think they are being well prepared. For this discussion, respond to these questions.
Question 1: Rate and describe how well you think your CD major has prepared you in these areas. Your ratings can be categorized by the following criteria: Poor, Adequate, and Excellent.
a) Working with others in teams:
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The CD major have prepared me excellent in this area because of the NAEYC code of ethical conduct that professors from 251/252, 282, 392, and 382 have shared and worked with example of real life situations using the NAEYC code of ethical conduct as a reference in 382.
c) Working with people from different backgrounds: Excellent. The CD classes have prepared me excellent because I have interacted with many people with different background in CD classes and worked with children and families with different background during my internships, 282 and 392.
d) Oral communication skills: Adequate. The CD classes have prepared me adequate because I feel I need to improve my communicating skills with parents. Even though, I have gained the skills needed to communicate with internship supervisors, children, classmates and teachers at internship and outside of class. I sometimes have a hard time speaking to parents. I am afraid I might communicate the wrong
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I would explain the knowledge I gained from learning in the classroom about the DRDP forms, planning and implement a curriculum using FIRE (Family engagement, Language, Routines, and Environment) and the stages of child development in cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. I would also explain my experience working with children at internship sites and applying the knowledge with hands-on experience working with children, staffs, and families at the internship

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