...Report Assuring quality in education has been the goal of educators for centuries. According to UNICEF every child has a right to an Education. This is also supported by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) which says, “Every child has the right to an education which develops their personality, talents, and abilities to the fullest.” The Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago along with UNESCO supports these objectives and worked together to develop programs that would address these issues. The Education Policy Paper (1993 – 2003) states, “Every child has an inherent right to an education that will enhance the development of maximum capability regardless of gender, ethnic, economic, social or religious background.” One project that has been agreed upon is Education for All. Education for All has as one of its goals ‘improving all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills.” This goal can only be achieved through the ‘delivery of a systemof quality education to students at all levels of the education system.’ In order to provide quality education to students it is important that all stakeholders play an active role in the education process. Therefore it is important that teachers continually upgrade and develop their skills to be able to identify and properly meet the needs of students. The ministry...
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...Life Coaching Spiritual Formation: What Does It Mean? Liberty University Abstract This research paper will give a brief examination of the history and development of life coaching in general, and then it will look towards the niche coaching specialty of spiritual formation. This writer will endeavor to answer the question, “Spiritual formation: what does it mean?” There will be discussion around this topic as it is examined from several perspectives and worldviews. It will include an brief overview of secular, non-religious, and non-Christian religious worldviews. Judeo-Christian worldviews will be discussed highlighting biblical aspects with regard to spiritual formation and how it may fit with a life coach who is familiar and skilled with this specialty niche. From this vein of information the reader should be well able to extrapolate a clear view of not only what spiritual formation is or can be and how its development is a personal journey. Additionally, the reader should have gained a good understanding of how the journey can be assisted with the help of a like-minded life coach. Introduction Historical Overview of Life Coaching This overview looks at events that began in the 1980’s. Thomas Leonard was a professional financial planner, whose many clients asked for his help with other life issues they were experiencing. After dealing with these client matters for a time, Leonard chose to close his financial planning business and become a full-time life...
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...Director of Kellogg Leadership Coaching Programs. In 2009 she was promoted to Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations. Since 2008, Professor Booth has been a certified executive coach and has the designation of an Associate Accredited Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). At the MBA level, Professor Booth is teaches two courses: Personal Leadership Insights and Leader as Coach. In 2010 & 2012, Kellogg students awarded Professor Booth with the Certificate of Impact in recognition for her outstanding to their Kellogg experience. At the executive level, Professor Booth is co-academic director of the Executive Development Program, the Energizing People for Performance & the Reinventing Leadership programs. She designs the curriculum, teaches courses on leadership, and serves an executive coach in these programs. She has also taught topics in leadership and/or has served as an executive coach for numerous organizations including the Chicago Cubs organization, Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Ersnt & Young, Jefferson Wells, Baxter International, the U.S. Intelligence Community, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Chicago Public Schools, Alaine Locke Charter Schools, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists. In prior years, Booth served as academic director of USG, International Paper, Baloise Insurance, Aon Financial Services And Baker & Mckinsey law firm. From 2007-2012, served as Director of Leadership Coaching Programs. In this role, Professor...
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...Thames, New Zealand. Article by: Dr Tom H Brown Deputy Director Department of Telematic Learning & Education Innovation University of Pretoria South Africa 0002 +27 12 420-3884 (Tel) +27 12 420-3828 (Fax) +27 82 908-3884 (Cell) eMail: tom.brown@up.ac.za Beyond constructivism: Exploring future learning paradigms Abstract Educational practice is continually subjected to renewal, due to developments in information and communication technology (ICT), the commercialisation and globalisation of education, social changes and the pursuit of quality. Of these, the impact of ICT and the new knowledge economy are the most significant. Changes in our educational practice lead, in turn, to changes in our approaches to teaching and learning. These changes also impact on our teaching and learning paradigms. Currently, as over the past few decades, we teach and learn in a constructivist learning paradigm. This article discusses past and present paradigm shifts in education and then explores possible future learning paradigms in the light of the knowledge explosion in the knowledge era that we are currently entering. 1. The impact of ICT on education The electronic information revolution currently experienced in the world can be compared to and reveals the same characteristics as the first information revolution started by Gutenberg’s printing press. This means that, just as present-day society accepts the printing industry as given and printed materials form an integral part of our...
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...Teacher Development Cutback Paper Teresa Atuatasi Argosy University-Hawaii Models of Professional Development E7452 Dr. Carole Freehan March 08, 2014 The cuts in professional development (ProD) will affect the educational system, especially teachers and students. Professional development keeps teachers abreast with the skills, pedagogies, and research-based practices needed for effective teaching and to improve student performance. Valuable learning opportunities that teachers attain through (ProD) are essential for educators to grow professionally. This learner has participated in numerous professional development activities, courses, and workshops where opportunities of action research, training, study groups, conferences, and coaching just to name a few were provided. Learning definitely occurred and assisted in professional learning and educational needs to be more effective in teaching students, helping teachers, developing plans, and practice professional skills. Cutback in professional development will have a great impact on the education of students. Teachers will lack skills critical for effective instruction, “actions that will harm the quality of teaching and learning” (Wasley & Hirsh, 2010). The infusion of professional learning during the school day that has been practice by some schools was quite interesting to read about. Collaboration amongst leaders and peers establishes trust vital for...
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...Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Topic: - Establishing shared value in Education sector by targeting the Bottom of pyramid in Andhra Pradesh. Problem and Vision Statement: - To provide affordable and reliable coaching for the BOP students at their local village. The current scenario is like the coaching institutes are based only in cities and the price range is too high for students especially from villages to use this product and service offered by many education firms. Introduction: - The main theme of the paper is about analyzing and finding out the feasibility about the sustainable and social entrepreneurship in the education sector targeting specifically to the BOP segment in India. This research is about finding an answer to the following key questions: 1. How big is the market? 2. Can the idea be implemented in a profitable way? 3. Is the idea sustainable and social? The paper kicks off with the introduction to the BOP segment in India and the current situation of the education sector in the targeted market segment and about my start up. Then the analysis using the theories of value proposition canvas, Business model canvas, ten types of innovation and sustainable and social entrepreneurship is explained in detail. I explain more about the exact approach that our model will be using in many different aspects of my analysis and with a projection sheet for the pilot program. Finally, the conclusion as to how far have come to answer the questions...
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...Introduction Assessing and planning are two big components of the supervisory process. They can be done through clinical supervision and/or peer coaching. It depends on which model will work best for your school. Clinical supervision looks more at data whereas, peer coaching involves more around. However, they are both similar and different in many ways that will be discussed in this paper. Clinical supervision Clinical supervision has changed over the years. It started in 1969 with five steps to include preconference, observation, analyzing of data and planning for post conference, post conference with teacher, and critique of the previous four steps (Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon, 2014). Over the years, twelve principles were added. They are classroom based, purpose for instruction and teacher’s long term development, separate from summative evaluation, understanding of child development, education, and teacher improvement, supervisor needs to have relational and problem solving skills, open-minded, reciprocated trust, collegial affiliation, data-based, gathers data based on the teacher’s lesson to be observed, has reflective conversation with teacher and supervisor, and is recurring ((Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon, 2014). It involves a teacher receiving feedback from a colleague that observed the teacher but wears many hats like a sounding board to enables the teacher to examine and alters their own professional practice (Pajak, 2003). Strengths and Weakness...
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...Education FIPSE program, and the National Science Foundation. This work would not have existed without the close cooperation of the University of Minnesota School of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. We have incorporated the suggestions of many faculty members from both Physics and Education at the University of Minnesota and other institutions that have communicated with us at workshops, meetings, and by e-mail. This work has depended on the efforts and feedback of many graduate student teaching assistants in the School of Physics and Astronomy over the years. Much of this development is directly based on the research of the graduate students in the University of Minnesota Physics Education Program: Jennifer Blue, Tom Foster, Charles Henderson, Mark Hollabough, Ron Keith (deceased), and Laura McCullough. We are indebted to our colleagues in the Physics Education community for their ideas, insights, and research. Finally we would like to thank Arnold Arons for his inspiration and guidance that has lasted a lifetime. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction How to Use This Book...
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...PERSONAL DATA SHEET – NBC 461 NOTE: THIS FORM WILL BE FILLED BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS OF A STATE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTIONS: 1. FILL OUT THIS FORM ACCURATELY AND LEGIBLY, TYPEWRITTEN OR HANDWRITTEN. REFER TO ATTACHED NOTES FOR DETAILS. 2. FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE, USE THE SAME SIZE OF BOND PAPER. FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT. |Name: | |Date of Birth: |Sex: Female Male | |Civil Status: | |Home Address: |Tel. No.: | |Mailing Address: |Tel....
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...For my career development research project I decided to shadow Candice Jackson (College of Charleston Women’s Basketball Head Coach), Amanda Taylor (Athletic Trainer for Women’s Basketball at the College of Charleston), and Marc Pronto (Strength and Conditioning Coach for both Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams at the College of Charleston). I selected job shadowing because it is a very useful activity that allows a person to explore a career that they are interested in by spending time with a professional working in that field. It provided me more insight rather than just reading a job description or even asking an employee to describe what they do. While job shadowing, I was able to ask questions and experience the trials, triumphs, and normal day-to-day activities that Marc Pronto, Candice Jackson, and Amanda Taylor might experience while working in their jobs. I was able to experience how the professional approaches the job, the necessary social cooperation, standard operating procedures, and the tools that I need in order to perform the job successfully. Normally, job shadowing usually lasts only a day, but in...
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...Effective leaders accomplish positive cultures with the use of appropriate dialogue, actions, and symbolic gestures. The overall goal of positive school culture is effective student learning and achievement. Therefore, school leaders must establish a culture that meets the needs of diverse student populations and challenges of accountability-driven education systems. This also involves effective collaborative instruction that is designed to maintain a focus on improving student learning. School leaders are required to ensure that students are meeting performance standards in a collaborative process. The research in this paper offers several suggestions for school leaders to facilitate their responsibilities to student achievement. Organizational development and management are discussed to provide principles and concepts that promote a dynamic continuum of teaching and learning. An organization that is nourished with trust and teamwork further develop group processes and consensus building. Avolio and Gardner (2005) discuss four elements of authencity that are crucial...
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...Dispersed Power in Organizations Annotated Bibliography Doraiswamy, I. (2012). Servant or leader? Who will stand up please? International Journal of Business & Social Science, 3(9), 178-182. Doraiswamy discusses how the hierarchal system is giving way to servant leadership. Servant leadership is coaching and helping employees to find the good in them. This type of leadership can help their employees to develop themselves and help the company to reach its goals. Gordon, R. D. (2002). Conceptualizing leadership with respect to its historical-contextual antecedents to power. Leadership Quarterly, 13(2), 151. Gordon discusses how dispersed leadership can be an effective way of managing people. However, the author mentions that some researchers misinterpret this concept. He gives examples from several different resources to maintain his objectivity on the topic. Handy, C. (1993). Balancing corporate power: A new federalist paper. McKinsey Quarterly, (3), 159-182. In this article, Handy states that companies are rethinking federalism. Separating employees into smaller groups can help companies balance the power in organizations. This way of thinking can give employees the opportunity to grow and be more effective. Pearce, C., & Manz, C. (2011). Leadership centrality and corporate social ir-responsibility (CSIR): The potential ameliorating effects of self and shared leadership on CSIR. Journal of Business Ethics, 102(4), 563-579. doi:10.1007/s10551-011-0828-7 This article...
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...October 2015 Basketball Coaching There are many kinds of basketball coaches, there are good ones and there are bad ones. The way that the team you are coaching plays all determines which one the coach turns out to be. A basketball team is either a well-oiled machine or they are dysfunctional. It is all up to the coach and how they teach them to determine if the team will be a good one or not. A basketball coach has many jobs that they do while coaching the team. They have to make drills, order uniforms, make sure everyone has rides to and from games, make sure that the team works well together, and make sure the team has enough players. The coach also has to make sure that they plays are executed right and that every team member knows what position they play and how to play that position properly. The coach is constantly doing everything they can for the team, the coach devotes their life to the team that is being coached. There are three main topics of focus for this paper, they are; sports related injuries, how to properly motivate the team and better them as a team and individuals, and bullying in the sport. First, there are a lot of sports related injuries that occur when playing basketball. The most common is an ankle injury, it can be injured in the muscles, the tendons, or the joints. “Muscle strength and balance around the lower limb joints may play an important role for performance and injury prevention in basketball” (Gerodimos 1). When coaching a basketball team, the...
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...e-learning training in Australia. Being the largest provider of distance education and vocational training in Australia, the goal of OTEN is to provide our valued students with high quality education and training @ your own place by offering customised and flexible distance and e-learning delivery arrangements. OTEN has formed partnerships with business, industry enterprises, local communities and government organisations. These connections enable them to design and deliver customised training programs to meet the needs of their customers. Potential customer research * online enrolment form (OTEN web site) * partnership with seek learning * external VET researcher "John Mitchell & associates" * consultation with external stakeholders * staff feedback * economic and industry trends of industry for employment outcomes * OTEN student exit survey * The National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd (NCVER) Organisational Planning OTEN staff maintaining their industry experience ensures that our courses reflect the latest industry trends and developments. As an organisation controlled by State, Federal and...
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...are times in our profession that will allow students to slide by and not hold them responsible for the material because of an aptitude reason, behavioral reason or other reason. However, we are not doing them any favors and will eventually cause issues down the line for both the student and his eventual teacher. We must do our best to reach every student and prepare them for the next step in their education. Decision Making Essay: How and why I came up with the title and theme of my educational philosophy paper is because the subject is something that I have thought about and have had discussions about with my peers. My writing plan is to gather my thoughts and put them in paragraph form. I usually add points to back up my thoughts afterwards if I am confident there is such evidence. I did not get to use as much research as I would have liked due to my schedule, which has been burdensome and difficult. I determined my beliefs and theories based on my teaching experience over the last year. I am confident in my beliefs and passionate about my philosophy of integrating my Christian worldview into my daily lesson plans regardless of whether I am in a Christian or secular school....
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