Employee Engagement Essay

During my JA in a Day internship, I learned quickly that student engagement would be important to the lesson plan. Having younger classes, I knew that we would have to keep the students engaged or they would lose interest quickly. A main engagement strategy we used was positive reinforcement. Students, especially the younger ones, want to be praised for their hard work. While the students were working on the activities, my partner and I would constantly let the students know they were doing…

In Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality”, she discusses an angle of women’s oppression that stems from heterosexuality being normalized in society. This normalization is not natural, and is instigated because it helps men stay above in power. It is a social institution that has a bias in favor of heterosexuality and romanticize heterosexual relationships and related rituals. The main argument of Chrys Ingraham’s “Heterosexuality” is that heterosexuality is not something people are born with or…

educate all stakeholders about the benefits that strong school-family partnerships have on student achievement. Before effective partnerships can be developed, it is important that families and schools truly understand the necessity of school-family engagement, and the effects it has on student success. When it comes to teachers, the research discussed by Ferlazzo (2011) has shown there is often a prevailing negative attitude in schools regarding working with parents that “do not lead to the…

their best effort (Macdonald, 2004). When students notice other students achieving their goals, it will encourage them to work hard and achiever their too. This will lead to academic success for the students in my classroom. B: engagement and motivation Student engagement and motivation are also included in my philosophy. Keeping students engaged and motivated are essential to academic success. Allowing students to have a voice in class and teach interesting and relatable information are…

Everything we choose to do in our day to day lives, and every decision we make is somehow motivated. Motivation is an underlying force to everything in our lives. It dictates our engagement with our surroundings thus impacting our ability to play. We tend to fall into three modes of engagement during play. Those three modes are “the 'immersion’ orientation, the 'social’ orientation, and the 'achievement’ orientation” also known as the 'mastery’ orientation” (Gauntlett, Ackermann, Whitebread…

begin to perceive that they lack friends, lack of likes for their pictures or they are being bullied. It is imperative for individuals to be around family and friends when they are depressed (Lewis et. al., 2015), reinforcing the notion that family engagement will decrease the chance of individuals being depressed due to social…

For the younger kids, the only aspect I can really go into is that of the staff/child interaction. The staff only conversed with the younger of the two, the three year old. But in those interactions, they didn’t follow the ideas that we put forth in the classroom. In the example I gave earlier, of the child who went outside and climbed on and across the structures, the teacher didn’t allow the child to go across without holding her hand for safety. As we learned in class, children likely wont…

ELAD690_52 M6 Discussion on Family Engagement As a new principal in an unfamiliar school, I would need to learn about existing family engagement by gathering data in order to develop an appropriate plan. According to Ferlazzo, “We need to relate to families, not as clients, but as partners in school and community improvement,” (2011, p. 10). Similarly, we need to engage all stakeholders in the community to support our schools, and educate teachers, that it is a misconception that providing…

Brother G’s environment greatly promotes his occupational performance and satisfaction, due to the services provided by the facility in which he resides. A large part of his life centers around his religious faith, and the facility enhances his engagement in these occupations by providing daily mass, weekly confession, and private prayer spaces. However, occupational performance and satisfaction are limited by the rules and standards of the facility. Although Brother G’s chronic health…

system relies on Evolent to perform based on the agreement and requires that it not only operates but also oversees its operations and report out its results to the organization. While both organization has a vested interest in the success of the engagement, ultimately it is up to Evolent to deliver on the agreement to ensure a successful operating…