Professional learning community

Social work students and professionals have opportunities to organize community gardens, which will allow guiding communities toward empowerment and working toward social equality and justice at a macro level. Kam (2014) called social justice "the crucial mandate of social workers," and indeed, it was the goal of pioneering social workers such as Jane Addams. While social work as a profession has moved away from macro work in recent decades, there still exists a need for this important work.…

competitive community colleges, create higher-level skills, technologist for higher demand industries, and cost-effective for taxpayers. In addition, Boggs (2004), suggests that community colleges cannot continue to do more with less and continue to maintain the open access and affordability for which they were created. Policy makers and state and federal decision makers must be on one accord in understanding the future goals. For instance, there are approximately twelve hundred community…

hold paramount the safety and welfare of the public. New innovative technologies are created buy engineers and they could be perfected so that everyone can benefit from them. 2. Social responsibilities of professional engineers Many engineers serve their communities offering their professional expertise. Engineers design systems that can in some way benefit the lives of the public. An example of an engineer designing a system that benefits others is Arturo Vittori who invented the Warka Water…

Throughout chapter one and two the main topic is engineering service in the community. The first chapter talks about the integration between community work and engineering classes within the university setting. The first chapter talks about how engineering classes and community work complement one another and have very beneficial outcomes in the long run. The chapter also highlights some of the key essential attributes for all engineers which consist of understanding engineering design, science…

measurable postsecondary goals that are required for all students that have verified disabilities. It was mandated through the IDEA reenactment of 2004, that transition planning begins by the age of 16. The transition services for students with learning disabilities will have a focus on helping the students gain a standard diploma, self-advocacy, post-secondary goals, and detailed plan so that when transitioning into adulthood and life after high school they will be more adapt to be accepted…

freshman, I was preparing for a new term and feeling the eagerness for a new beginning. The transition from a traditional-styled home, to a communal dormitory space, is the start of one’s direction to adulthood and independence. Presiding in the learning community of Alvarez Hall forged me into the person I am today. Encountering a mixture of individuals with different sets of personalities and beliefs, allowed me to appreciate the culture and diversity the housing provides in order to cultivate…

Question: According to Salter et al., what is a "community access cable channel"? Identify a community access TV channel in your community. What is shown on that channel? Response: A community access cable channel is a non-commercial, non-professional cable television network that is dedicated to providing high-quality local content to a local audience. Unlike other cable TV providers, a community access cable channel is only permitted to host local advertising and does not seek to maximize…

Traveled Makes All the Difference In the words of Liz Addison’s essay, “Two Years Are Better Than Four,” she emphasizes the benefits of community college before attending a university, saying “The philosophy of the community college and I have been to two of them, is one that unconditionally allows its student to begin.” In Addison’s essay, she explains that the community college system is the better route to take than attending a four year university program right away as many people do right…

direct practices, social workers provide professional therapeutic services which include psychotherapy, group therapy education, advocacy, referral, mediation, family therapy, and case management. In direct practice, treatment goals are reached through personal contact and direct influence with clients. Indirect practice is defined as program planning and development, policy analysis, administration, program evaluation and intervention with communities. Indirect practice activities are…

number one is the first priority on each athlete 's list of goals. The sports fan base is captivated by the level of play and dedication that college athletes display, only professionals show a higher level of play. Competitors in college sports play the same games and go through hard practices just as professionals do. Professionals get paid millions of dollars and college athletes get paid nothing to go through the same exhausting practice and games. WIthout college players there would…