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Standard Two: Instructional Leadership 2.1. Curriculum, Instruction, Learning and Assessment: 11.25 h 2.2 Instructional Time: 7.75 h 2.3 Implementing High-Quality Instruction: 15.75 h 2.4 High Expectations for All Students: 21 h Total= 55.75 h My comfort level with the standard: My comfort level with this standard is both quite high and low. As a practicing teacher, I am quite confident in these abilities. Having taught at various levels and in…

The U.S Department of Labor has reported that women make up about 47% of the workforce. However, there are much fewer women holding top positions than men in the following arenas: corporations, politics, military, and education. According to Center for American Women and Politics, women hold 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress (105 seats of 535), 24.4 % of state legislatures (1,805 seats of 7383), and 18.8% of Mayor positions (1391 seats of 30,000+). According to Catalyst.com in S&P 500…

On September 21, 2007, the court case Palmer v. Waxahachie I.S.D. took place because a student by the name of Palmer wore a t-shirt with the words “San Diego” on it to school. The administrators at school informed the student that he was in violation of the school dress code, which states that t-shirts with printed messages were not allowed. As a result, the student called his parents to bring him a different shirt. When they arrived, they had another t-shirt, but this time the message…

Dorothea Dix is an American social reformer with a huge impact of saving lives before and during The Civil War. In her early life, she opened a school for children including poor and neglected to help out on their reading and writing. Dix is more compassionate to teach the poor and neglected children, who can’t afford or able to make it to school, by coming to their houses because she felt the same connection during her childhood years under her strict and alcoholic father. Luckily her wealthy…

Therefore, in 1853, Scott hired Carnegie to be his personal clerk and telegraph operator at a payroll of a monthly $35. Again, after much hard work, he was named superintendent of the Pittsburgh division (McGuire, “Andrew Carnegie” 1). In 1861, after Scott was appointed secretary of war, Andrew Carnegie was promoted to superintendent of the eastern military and telegraph lines. During the Civil War, he assisted counterpart rail transportation for the Union Army and arrange the army’s telegraphic…

He was a diligent student and was accepted to West Point Academy. He graduated from the U.S. Military academy ranking third in his class in 1846. After that he was an acting commander of the brigade in the 1st division. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In November 1862, Ruger led his brigade of the Corps in the Battle of Chancellorsville. In the summer of 1863, Ruger was in New York, where he helped the suppressing draft riots.…

Appointed and hybrid boards are two types of board formations that may have positive or negative effects on the organizations’ ability to fulfill its mission. Board members may be appointed by an authority outside the organization. For instance, a governor may appoint a member to a state university board of directors. However, nonprofit boards are rarely comprised of totally appointed members. Hybrid boards may consist of elected members, appointed members and others serving by virtue of…

The AHA, also known as America Hospital Association, is a national organization founded in 1899 by eight hospital superintendents from Cleveland, Oh. Originally, the AHA was known as the Association of Hospital Superintendents but, was later renamed in 1906 to the American Hospital Association. The AHA represents nearly five thousand hospitals, healthcare systems, and other providers and an estimated forty-three thousand individual members; making it the leading association for United States…

A high school teacher named Marvin Pickering, sent a letter to a local newspaper, criticizing the Board’s allocation of school funds in between athletic and educational programs. He was then fired by the Board of Education after sending the letter. The Board was angry because they claimed that there were false statements in the letter. Marvin did not rest after being fired, and knew he had to do something to get his job back. He knew that it wasn’t right for someone to lose their job off of…

it upon himself to personally deliver the new textbooks to the Catto Community School. The school held a ceremony to commemorate the occasion. Many important officials were present at the ceremony, including the school's principal, Byron Dixon, superintendent…