You have been hired as the Curriculum Specialist for a new early childhood education program. The program will provide services for children ages: birth to 5 years old. Review the Curriculum Models described earlier, in Preschool Curriculum Choices. State which curriculum model you would recommend for the center and provide your reasoning for choosing this Model based upon what you know. Additional research is […]

Research best practices and trends from educational leaders that promote technology integration in organizations for learning. Select a presentation tool from the Technology Resource Library on the College of Education Resource page, or use a presentation tool of your choice. Note: Do not use a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation. Review the assigned readings in this course and any outside research you have completed on this topic. Create a 7- to 10-minute […]

  In this assignment, you will conduct observations in a variety of early childhood settings to identify age-appropriate practices to promote guidance and positive discipline strategies for children. Create a 3- to 5-page paper (not including the title and references pages) in a Word document for your response. Use APA 7th edition format for the paper and citations. Develop an introduction and conclusion for your […]

The primary goal of this course was for you to create a personal definition of leadership and identify the strengths and skills necessary to develop as a leader. On the way to this goal you have had the opportunity to analyze leaders you have known or admired in the context of different leadership styles. As you developed your personal leadership philosophy, we discussed the models and […]

In your module there are four videos.  For this assignment, you are to watch each of the four videos and do the following: On a Word document describe in a bulleted fashion at least 3 specific things that you learned in each video. Relate your comments to how you feel what you watched might be useful to you as a teacher. Organize your bulleted comments under […]

You have a standard practice of displaying all student work in your classroom. Recently, you assigned students to write any essay and submit a pictorial depiction on the person they considered to be their hero. One of your students submitted an essay on Jesus and a drawing of the Last Supper. In a 500-750-essay, discuss any legal issues regarding the grading of your student’s essay […]

  In Week 1, you identified a need (such as new equipment, expanding curriculum, change in procedures, and so forth) that you want to address through the instructional curriculum you will create for your class project. You also provided a rationale concerning why the problem or need exists, outlined a goal for the project, and proposed instructional strategies. Each week is a building block as we move […]

  Colleague Letter Directions For this week’s assignment, you will be writing a letter to a colleague. In this letter, you will be talking about fluency instruction. Your goal is to convince your colleague that fluency instruction is important and offer them ideas of how to add fluency instruction to their teaching. Questions to guide your thinking include: What is fluency instruction? Why is fluency […]

Creating a learning community that is supportive and reflects consistent, positive, caring relationships among children, teachers, and families is paramount to realizing the goals of anti-bias education. Review the scenarios below. Based on the strategies shared in Chapter 4, “Creating an Anti-Bias Learning Community,” analyze each scenario by asking the following questions: How effectively did the early childhood professional respond to the given situation? Where […]

View both short videos provided in this module by Drs. Shanahan and Hiebert. Pay close attention to the important aspects of fluency they discuss. After you’ve viewed them, think about what resonates most with you in relationship to fluency. Please write your “take-away” on the discussion forum. Then, make sure you respond to one more student’s take-away (must be different than your own).  For your […]