Pre-kindergarten

and Assessment Grade Level: Kindergarten Native Americans, Kindness, and Thankfulness Unit I. Understanding of Literacy Development Objectives: Students will demonstrate understanding of thankfulness and expressing it in written form. Goals for Students: (Friendly version of objectives): Write a sentence or two using writing tools that express thankfulness. Rationale: This lesson will be during the month of November, which is a tricky time for kindergarten class.Kindergartens are…

Working as an instructional coach for struggling schools can be a challenge; however, I have made great strides rising to any challenge and proving to be a high impact educator. My experience in education and instructional leadership is diverse. I have served on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Standardized Testing and Assessment of Educational Progress Committee. With a focus on research and evidence-based practices in English Language Arts, I have conducted professional developments and…

encouraged my fellow classmates and me to always do our best in order to succeed. There is an abundant amount of gratitude in my heart for the teachers that have been supportive and helpful throughout my academic success. Between the years of Pre-Kindergarten and Senior year, my ambitions and dreams have changed, as did my age. From wanting to be president (five years old), then a doctor (six years old), then a teacher (thirteen years old), and now a registered nurse (eighteen years old),…

Our name was “Teaching Our Children where our motto was “Education is our business!” And “Where you’re not just a client, you’re family!” We were licensed for ninety-six children ages six weeks to five years old. The center taught a state regulated pre-k program and we had a before and after school-aged program. I became a state certified trainer and taught in all the core competencies of early childhood development. With my vast knowledge and extensive experience, I feel more than confortable…

of the home usually start at the age of four or five and continue until the age of eighteen. There are generally three levels to a child’s formal education. The first level of education is the elementary or primary level which range from pre-kindergarten (pre-k) until fifth or sixth grade depending on the school system. The next level will be middle school or secondary…

caught my attention was that although the school building is composed of only classrooms, there is still strict security around the area. The whole school is made up of at least seven small sections. There is the library section, the office section, the pre-school-2nd grade section, the 3rd-6th-grade section, the music/art and computer section, the cafeteria section and the restroom area. It surprised me to see how open the school area is because it does not resemble an American school building…

affects the mental capacity of a child in their future (Hungers Impact on Learning). In Too Hungry to Learn, it is found through research that children are more likely to have headaches, stomachaches, and colds by the time they reach the age of pre kindergarten (Hickson et al 2). In the follow up report Feeding Our Human Capital, it states that those who were food insecure in their childhood can later on have health effects like heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension (Hickson et al 2). If…

information under exception (ii) as the basis for their position that the statute of limitations period should not apply. Petitioners’ proposed exceptions are: (i) The District misrepresented to the Parent that simply passing J.P. on to kindergarten after a failed pre-K experience would resolve his educational issues; (ii) The District represented to the Parent that simply passing J.P. on the first…

The objective of this 30 minute professional development workshop is to inform pre-service undergraduate teachers of useful strategies and interventions that may be useful in their classrooms. The intended goal is to provide research-based assessment strategies that will improve literacy proficiency in their students. Teacher preparation programs teach theory therefore, the teachers do not have the hands-on experience they need. By having this workshop and future workshops to keep teachers…

People Helping People Scholarship Dedicated to making a better life for myself, I strive to be an example to others also. I’ve been a hard-working student ever since elementary school. I was actually placed in the next grade (Kindergarten) for the second remainder of Pre-K because I exceeded my work. I exemplified dedication and stayed motivated at an early age, which is why I continue to strive for more now. In the second semester, of my junior year in high school, my education was challenged…