What steps should be taken from restraining qualified teachers from leaving teaching profession?
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1. On the issue of generational imbalance, at least modest generational imbalance- borrowing and spending today at a rate that shifts part of the pay back burden to future generations-is often perceived as acceptable. The rationale put forth is that the present generation improves the quality of life for future generations in tangible (smart phones, tablet computers, 3D printing, 3 car garages ) and intangible ways (longer and healthier life span, smoking ban in public spaces, more acceptance of diversity..) and so it is only fair that the future generation bears this burden.
Logically, then, if improvement in quality of life is incremental and continuous, the shift in the payback burden should also be continuous? Do you agree?
2. Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, wrote in an article in Foreign Policy (October 30, 2009):
In the advanced market economies, people care deeply about eliminating pain and injustice and ensuring the welfare of fellow humans.This concern exists because a rich, liberal society places enormous emphasis on the health and well-being of the individual. Life is no longer nasty, brutish, and short; rather, it is gentle, kind, and long, and more precious than before.
This passage reminds me of a disturbing phenomenon that you may have noticed in your sojourns outside of advanced market economies or even if you have seen the recent movie \’Slumdog Millionaire\’- and Ill put it bluntly with the usual caveat of a broad generalization- people in these places often are more cruel and apathetic to the conditions of their fellow citizens. Growing up (and above) a mass of people in Calcutta whose lives were indeed nasty, brutish and short, I never quite understood why the Westerners were such suckers- falling easy prey to the hordes of beggars that gathered outside their hotel gates. Yes, I too would give now and then, but not see things with the same eyes, nor with the belief that life is supposed to be gentle, kind and long, and more precious than before.
So, a related question would be: as market economy expands to embrace more and more traditional societies, would morality in the sense discussed above expand in the consciousness of more and more people?
Directions:
Complete the Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS): A Comprehensive Framework for Implementing the California Common Core State Standards (CA CCSS) professional learning module (four units). All documents are attached there are four units.
These four units provide guidance on how to integrate supports and structures into instruction to systematically address barriers to access and opportunity and support the learning of ALL students. The module provides an overview of MTSS as a framework for designing and organizing system-wide resources, strategies, and practices when implementing the CA CCSS for English Language Arts and literacy (ELA/Literacy). You may also refer to a copy of the CCSS for ELA/Literacy throughout the module.
Provide a written analysis that addresses all aspects of the required prompts to demonstrate your ability to synthesize and critically analyze concepts. Your analysis should be 5-7 pages in length (not including title page, reference list or appendix), double spaced, and include a combination of references from textbooks/articles used in the course, and outside reading/research. All sources should be cited in APA format (6th Edition). Please review the rubric for details regarding the quality of writing that is expected at the graduate level.
Writing Prompts:
Part I/Unit I: Multi-tiered Systems of Supports
What is MTSS?
How is MTSS different from Response to Intervention and Instruction (RtI)?
Why is MTSS important in implementing the CA CCSS?
What steps do we need to take to put MTSS to practice in CA schools?
Part II/Unit II: Data-Based Decision Making
Explain the rationale for data-based decision making in MTSS
Define and describe the importance of universal screening and progress monitoring
Part III/Unit III: Instructional Planning & Supports
What is high quality core instruction?
What is scaffolding? What does it look like? Where is scaffolding addressed in the standards?
Why is differentiating instruction important?
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
How do accommodations support and benefit all students to master the standards?
Part IV/Unit IV: Leadership for Implementation of MTSS
What critical components are necessary to implement and sustain MTSS?
What role does leadership play in initial implementation and sustainability?
How can districts and school sites establish self-correcting feedback loops to support implementation?
Part V: Integrating MTSS in School Growth Plans
Read the Foothill Single Plan for Single Achievement in the course as an example of how a School Growth Plan can be fully integrated with MTSS. Review the School Growth Plan your wrote and and modify it as appropriate to incorporate MTSS as a researched-based strategy. Submit your revised School Growth Plan with all modifications highlighted in yellow.
Write a 2,000-2,500-word synthesis paper (excluding references) focusing on health psychology. Ideally, select a topic that aligns with personal and/or professional goals. To complete the paper, do the following:
1.Select a health psychology topic that aligns with personal and professional goals.
2.Include hypothesis and a review of the literature.
3.Incorporate a minimum of 10 outside scholarly resources including, but are not limited to, scholarly peer-reviewed journals, books, and websites.
Decide on a topic and write an essay related to one of the folllowing topics:
1 Global Ethics, Universalism, and Relativism I
2 Global Ethics, Universalism, and Relativism II
3 Human Rights
4 Poverty Relief
5 Caring for All Equally? Cosmopolitanism, Patriotism, and Justified Partiality
6 Global Distributive Justice Beyond Poverty Relief?
7 Letting Them in? Immigration
8 Violence for Justice?
9 Environmental Justice I
10 Environmental Justice II