Gap year

with Patricia Carson, principal at Mandarin Oaks Elementary School in Jacksonville, FL, to complete my practicum experiences. Ms. Carson has been a school principal for 22 years and the principal of Mandarin Oaks for the last 14 years. According to Ms. Carson, the job of a principal has changed immensely in the last 10 years, and it is more important than ever to keep up with current research-based instructional delivery and teaching strategies. Ms. Carson allowed me to participate in a…

Introduction In recent years, response to intervention (RTI) has been the focus of research, debate and educational implementation. Two scholarly journal articles were analyzed and synthesized to deepen this writer’s understanding of Response to Intervention. It is not known if or to what extent Reading Recovery (RR) and Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy (DIBELS) impact the reading levels of students who were reading below grade level. Both articles revealed the authors’ purpose,…

As technology becomes an increasingly larger part of our world in the year of 2015, it is clear that certain things that may have not been relevant twenty years ago are becoming an increasingly large concern. Back in the day, things such as social media and the ways in which technology can be used today would have not been relevant research topics, as the information surrounding it would have been next to none, and in some cases, would have not existed at all. For this research paper, it will…

Life at Holy Cross College is a place in which everyone has an opportunity to learn from one another. Since I started at the college during 2013 (year 8) I have been blessed with seeing teachers and students helping one another to grow, inspire each other and become the best version of them self that they can be. As I witnessed this I knew that I wanted to inspire and help contribute to the growth of my fellow peers. I want to evoke others to strive for their personal best and I think it is…

Argentina Over the years Argentina has increased its imports bringing in a greater amount of goods. The main import of Argentina is cars; which is 9.8% of the total imported goods. Followed by cars, Petroleum gas which is 6.86% of the total imported amount of goods. Argentina is so big on imports that they rank 44th in the world on the largest amount of imports. Within five years the amount spent on imports went from $55B in 2008 to $72.1B in 2013. Exports on the other hand have stayed about in…

family students and the non-intact family students was enlarged with the recent waves while stayed mild in earlier years. Likewise, a gap of engagement rates existed in the cohort patterns as well for the interactions between the family structures and birth cohorts of students from 1974 cohort to the most recent 2002 cohort. The interactions between socioeconomic indicators and survey years revealed the general…

the new moon in the twelfth month and lasts for seven days." Bankston III, 2016) This is the only holiday that is celebrated by all Hmong people. The ceremonies that are performed are done to rid evil influences from the year before and bring about good fortunes in the New Year. "A small tree is brought in from the forest, though a green stick or other symbolic tree can be used. It is placed in the ground at the celebration site. One end of a rope is tied to the top of the tree and the other end…

Of everything related to comprehension that was covered in class, I found close reading and text complexity to be the most important. Close reading essentially is comprehension, as it requires a complete understanding of the text. By rereading multiple times and breaking down individual sections of the text, the reader is able to gain increased comprehension than he or she would have otherwise. I have also reviewed my previous reflections in order to evaluate how to best correct my common…

I chose to write mine about Chelsie ,my sister, and it was a fun way to get to know more about her childhood since we have a ten year age gap I wasn 't around for most of her younger years. This wasn 't just a book though we got to make it into a scrapbook which really enhanced the writing and brought the story to life. Another project was an autobiography about ourselves that we had to include our favorite…

The Early Years Curriculum has developed over time from 1944. The background of the progress of legislation and reports through the years will be shown in a timeline. The developments of provision within the UK will demonstrate the changes through the years and the adoptions made to enhance provision. The Early Years Curriculum since 1944 has been culminated through legislation and reports. From the start of 1944, The Education Act supported the concept of nursery education which leads to the…