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Professional Development:

8085 Module2 Assignment: Professional Development of Others

Strong leaders do not only focus on building their own capacity; they also strive to develop leadership capacity in others. Effective leaders serve as mentors, guides, and coaches who support individuals in discovery, provide tools to help solve problems, and inspire others to make decisions, feel success, and grow in their own leadership capacity. Among the great strengths of the collaborative early childhood community are commitments to developing, supporting, and nurturing young children within early childhood classrooms and commitments to developing, supporting, and nurturing staff within early childhood programs.

For this Assignment, you will assume the role of a director of an early childhood setting of your choice. Imagine that you have just been awarded a generous grant to promote the professional development and leadership capacity of your staff. The focus of this Assignment, however, focuses less on the content of your professional development, and more on how you design professional development opportunities that serve to develop, support, and nurture staff.

To prepare:

You are encouraged to delve more deeply into the advocacy topic you selected in your Module 1 Assignment as a focus of your professional development. Your goal is to share this information with personnel/emerging leaders in your setting. If this is not pertinent to your setting, work with your instructor to identify an alternative topic.

Based on the topic you have selected, review relevant, current literature (ideally, within the past five years) to identify at least five current articles that not only provide breadth and depth for the topic you chose, but also provide information you believe is meaningful and appropriate for this particular audience.

Reflect on strategies identified within the Learning Resources that are likely to cultivate leadership capacity in your staff. Identify four to five key strategies that you would like to model or incorporate into your professional development design.

Assignment Task:

Create a tool or artifact that summarizes an experience for developing others’ leadership capacity and knowledge/skills related to the topic you chose.

Topic chosen: “ Exploring Language Development in Early Childhood Education “

· Create and write a training outline that includes the purpose of the training and a general overview of the content, including specific topics, recommended resources, coaching/mentoring activities that support implementation, and how leadership capacity will be cultivated within training activities.

Be sure to cite appropriate references in APA format to substantiate your thinking.

 

 

 

REFERENCES

 

https://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2012/08/Intelligence-360-Instruments-Are-the-Most-Popular-Way-to-Assess-Leadership

 

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=poh&AN=87803879&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ1017623&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=87786454&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200

http://hepg.org/hel-home/issues/28_2/helarticle/four-steps-to-building-leadership-capacity_530

http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/pubs/hrguidearticle/chapter-12-managing-diversity-in-the-workplace/

https://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=EAIM&sw=w&u=minn4020&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA429735027&asid=95c0e214a973df082efdd5802973aabf

 

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Tailored Study Plan

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Tailored Study Plan:

Assignment 2: Study Plan

Based on your practice exam question results from Week 2, identify strengths and areas of opportunity and create a tailored study plan to use throughout this course to help you prepare for the national certification exam. This will serve as an action plan to help you track your goals, tasks, and progress. You will revisit and update your study plan in NRNP 6675, and you may continue to refine and use it until you take the exam.

 

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To Prepare

· Reflect on your practice exam question results from Week 2. Identify content-area strengths and opportunities for improvement.

· Also reflect on your overall test taking. Was the length of time allotted comfortable, or did you run out of time? Did a particular question format prove difficult?

The Assignment

· Based on your practice test question results, and considering the national certification exam, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.  Note: Your grade for this Assignment will not be derived from your test results but from your self-reflection and study plan.

· Create a study plan for this quarter to prepare for the certification exam, including three or four SMART goals and the tasks you need to complete to accomplish each goal. Include a timetable for accomplishing them and a description of how you will measure your progress.

· Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review course, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.

 

Based on your practice test question results and considering the national certification exam, summarize your strengths and opportunities for improvement.

Create a study plan, including three or four SMART goals and the tasks you need to complete to accomplish each goal. Include a timetable for accomplishing them and a description of how you will measure your progress.

Describe resources you would use to accomplish your goals and tasks, such as ways to participate in a study group or review course, mnemonics and other mental strategies, and print or online resources you could use to study.

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction are provided that delineate all required criteria.

Written Expression and Formatting – English Writing Standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation

Professor MacQueen

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Professor MacQueen

Directions

Complete this project by addressing the criteria below. You will complete parts of the project in each module and receive instructor feedback. Your final submission will be revisions of the work you do throughout the course. Be sure to incorporate instructor feedback from each assignment along the way. Read these guidelines and rubric criteria closely, and reach out to your instructor if you have any questions. Professor MacQueen.

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Part 1: Natural Science Topic Exploration (USE THE SAME TOPIC YOU CHOOSEN BEFORE)
In this section, you will explore a natural science topic by selecting and analyzing a current news story. You will also reflect on your existing knowledge about the topic. Then, you will identify how research on the topic was conducted as described in the news story.Professor MacQueen
  1. Describe the main idea discussed in your chosen news story.
    1. In other words, what is the key concept or thesis being examined in the news story?
  2. Explain your prior and desired knowledge regarding the main idea in your news story.
    1. What do you already know about the topic? Do you have personal experience with the topic? What else would you like to know about it?
  3. Identify a scientific approach that the scientist(s) used to research the topic.
    1. Consider the way the topic was studied or how evidence was collected. Consult your article for this information. You do not need to conduct outside research.

Part 2: Fundamental Questions About the Natural World
In this section, you will identify questions you want to answer about your topic. Your finalized question will directly influence the hypothesis you write. Finally, you will consider how your opinions and experiences affected the focus of your hypothesis.

  1. Finalize your research question related to the main idea in the news story you selected.
    1. Your finalized question will be based on the questions you began working with earlier in the course.
  2. Propose a hypothesis based on your finalized research question.
    1. Make sure your hypothesis is directly related to your finalized research question and is both testable and falsifiable.
  3. Explain how your personal beliefs, assumptions, and values influenced how you approached writing your hypothesis.
    1. Think about your preexisting opinions and knowledge about the topic. How might they have affected the focus of your hypothesis?

Part 3: Major Developments in the Natural Sciences
In this section, you will research a significant advancement, discovery, or event that has affected how scientists research your topic. You will also explore the interrelationship between science and ethics.

  1. Describe one major development in the natural sciences that has impacted how your topic was or may be studied. 
    1. In other words, what advancements or events have changed how scientists research your topic?
  2. Describe the contributions of a scientist (or group of scientists) who was involved in the major development relevant to your topic.
    1. You might consider the scientist’s motivations to study the topic, the challenges they encountered, or how their research changed how we think about the topic.
  3. Discuss how an ethical issue might impact research on your topic.
    1. Some examples of ethical issues in science include bias in research, the impact of politics on science, research funding sources, objectivity in science, or the spread of scientific misinformation.

Part 4: The Value of Studying the Natural Sciences
In this section, you will reflect on the benefit of having a deeper understanding of the natural sciences to you personally and to society as a whole.

  1. Explain how viewing the world through a scientific lens may influence your personal life.
    1. In other words, how might applying scientific inquiry skills to your daily experiences help you better understand them or take action?
  2. Articulate how being a more scientifically informed citizen may affect your relationship with your community.
    1. Think about challenges or opportunities in your community. How might being more scientifically literate benefit your community?
  3. Discuss how being a more scientifically informed citizen may help you understand global contemporary issues.
    1. Consider how being scientifically literate could influence how you approach current challenges or questions in the world, even outside the sciences.

 

To complete this project, you must submit a Word document using 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Any sources used should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.

Research on Native Tools

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Research Article on Native Tools for Mobile App Development

Assignment Brief: Research Article on Native Tools for Mobile App Development

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The purpose of this assignment is for you to write a RESEARCH article that examines the problem: ” Are Third-Party Frameworks Viable Alternatives to Using Native Tools for Mobile App Development“. In your writing, you may NOT change this problem statement, but do develop at least 3 sub-questions ( research questions) that taken together specifically address this problem. A research question is one that can be tested quantitatively, qualitatively or based on some well-accepted basis (a method). For this assignment, therefore, you demonstrate your ability to follow research protocol by incorporating research components in your writing: Your paper must have the following components: Abstract, Introduction, Method (Exploratory – Limited Literature Review), Results, and Conclusion/Future Work (see details for each of these components in a article: ” Guidellines for Evaluation a Research article” under this week’s Learning Materials section),

Your assignment: First read (again) the article: Taxonomy of Cross-Platform Mobile Applications Development – notice how the author breaks the research problem into 6 measurable questions (Code is Resuable, Plugins, Easy for Web Developers, etc.).

Use any 3 of the 6 of these as your research question(s) – Note: customize the words to fit YOUR research problem.  Your Method – your Design here is: Exploratory – using a limited literature review. This means that you are relying on what you find in literature as your test. This design/method is limited because of the scope of this class and your research. Be sure to make this and circumstances clear both in your Introduction, Method, and Conclusion sections.

Your research question(s) must be appropriately tested in the literature that you cite. Therefore, you must cite at least 4 scholarly sources that support (or refute) EACH research question. Your Method section – that is, your limited literature review, might look similar to the “Previous Works” section in the article: Mobile_Apps_Development_A_Framework_for_Technology_Decision_Making_PROCEEDINGS, however, connected to YOUR study – your research problem).

  • Write a seven – ten (7-10) page paper that address your research problem – your paper should be: typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. See hand-outs provided on graduate and APA style research papers.
  • Use at least twelve quality resources (four that address each of your 3 research question(s); other citations may also apply. Note: Wikipedia, Blogs, Info articles, and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources for research writing.
  • In additiion to the above, cite at least one source that shows where this kind of Design/Method, a literature review, was used.
  • Include a cover page containing: a title for this assignment – title wording must match the original research problem, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference pages do not count toward the page count. Review the Helpful Information provided related to critical thinking and also follow the hand-outs provided in this week’s Learning Materials folder.