Environmental impact assessment

After critically reflecting on the following unit plan and the additional material that was developed for a school in western Sydney I was able to identify a number of issues with its development and the final product. The Stage 5 year 9 unit “self and relationships” had a number of areas that when reviewed were found to be lacking in the depth required for an effective unit outline that would promote students to meet the set outcomes of the unit. In order for students to get the most out of the…

an intervention program that can be followed by others reinforcing phonemic awareness in the classroom. This teacher acknowledged that the student does have an attention distraction problem but has found no reason for further recommendation for assessments. She also acknowledges that the student has reached the grade level benchmark according to the Reading First program (administered by the New york City Department of Education). What should be made mentioned is the recommendations of “Thomas…

Although I had heard about career assessments, I never had the opportunity to take one myself. Therefore, I took great joy in experiencing these activities for the first time. Different career assessments such as the MYERS BRIGGS, True Colors, Values Game, Eureka as well as Strength Quest revealed unique qualities that I often times overlook in my persona. These different assessments contributed to a deeper understanding of my skills and personality. In what follows, I discuss my reactions to…

Introduction Assessment is the topic of domain four. It is significance that teachers should include an assessment criteria in their lesson plans. It is so because it reflects a real picture about students’ understanding and, in addition to that, it gives the teachers an authentic result which measures their teaching methods aptitudes inside classrooms. Thus, I am inquisitively wondering: what is assessment? Why is it important? How to do assessment? I find that assessment is defined by…

“selective hearing” behavior in regards to certain conversation topics. The behavioral funnel will be used to assess Dr. Harvey’s behavior and the appropriate responses. According to Hawkins (1979), the behavioral assessment is similar to the shape of a funnel. The beginning of the assessment should be broad and consider all possibilities while having a narrow scope of the behavior. There are 5 stages that form the behavioral funnel and to better understand Dr. Harvey’s “selective hearing”…

effective in the styles that are outside of my preferred style. The case study is about a local school who have a high percentage of students failing an introductory course, and as a head of the department, I proposed a change of the school textbook, assessments, and classroom participation requirements. To better prepare the situation, the teachers will have to be aware of the high percentage of students who are failing the initial course. I would schedule a meeting with the teachers to…

Evaluation Plan for Barcode Medication Administration or Scanning Barcode medication administration or scanning is a technology that has emerged to help in lessening medical errors through performing an additional check before a medication is administered to the patient. The use of this technology is also geared towards ensuring medical errors are prevented. Similar to other medication administration or scanning technologies, barcode administration or scanning helps in dealing with drug…

fluency, and phonemic awareness. There are also a number of assessments and observations that fall under literacy, all of which are extremely important to effectively teaching literacy to young children. I learned a lot about the different types of assessments this semester. I learned about authentic assessments which includes observations and watching students in action. I thought the authentic assessment was an invaluable assessment. I can learn so much about a student by watching how she…

The Battelle Developmental Inventory is a developmental assessment for early childhood, it was first developed in 2004, but has been updated this year. It was developed, by Jean Newborg, was put together by LINC Associates INC and was published, by Riverside Publishing Company. The Developmental Inventory assessment helps measures out the following, personal and social aspects, adaptive, motor, communication, and cognitive. The have an English and Spanish version, which will help benefit…

isn’t possible for “one size” to fit everyone. For this reason, we don’t rely on one person to make every educational decision, one assessment to determine the appropriate services, or one teaching strategy to reach every student. This is an important concept to remember each and every day. 2. The child must always be the center of focus. Quantitative data (assessment scores) should never be the only factor in the decision-making process. 3. Under IDEA, there are 13 categories of disabilities.…