Category: Management

 
The ultimate purpose of professional development is to bring about positive changes in teaching that have an impact on student achievement. Having a model of how a desired change will occur can contribute to the success of professional development efforts. In this Application you will explore models of change as they relate to different models of professional development. You will also answer essential questions about a school or school system’s current professional learning practice

Identify the similarities and differences between the two models
Describe how having a model of change can help guide and support professional development efforts
Support your response with information from this week’s The Three I’s of Change video
Then, consider the various models of professional development you learned about in the “Faces of Professional Development in Education: Multiple Intelligences at Work” book excerpt and how the essential components of those models can help to bring about positive change. Which models are currently used at the school? How do you rate the professional development practices at the school you are working with, in relation to the “Model for Planning Results-Based Professional Learning” from your Becoming a Learning School course text? What trends did you notice in the ratings your Walden colleagues reported at their schools? What do the trends reveal? Which seem to be the most difficult components for schools to operationalize? Why do you think this is so?

Finally, based on your review of professional development design practices at the school you are working with, answer the following questions posed by Edie Holcomb (2009, p. 2).

Where are we now?
Where do we want to go?
How will we get there?
How will we know we are there?
How can we keep it going?
Note: Your responses will be based on your learning thus far about professional development models and your current perceptions about professional development in schools. You will have the opportunity to return to and refine these questions at the end of this course.

Submit the following:

Your comparison of two change models and a rationale for having a model of change
A brief analysis of professional learning design at the school and the trends you noticed in your Walden colleague’s responses about their schools

Topic: Assessment Literacy
1. Assessment Baseline: Discuss your level of influence on assessment practices in your present position. (2 page minimum) Be sure to include support from readings/

3. Write a paper discussing (1) the historical relationship between assessment practices and educational reform, and (2) how assessment practices could influence future reform efforts. (5 pages minimum )

4. What are your beginning thoughts on what YOU can do to increase effectiveness in assessment in your present position. (3 page minimum) Be sure to include support from readings/research.

5. Compare what assessment was like when you were in school versus what it is like in the classrooms of today. Reference Lorna Earl’s book in your paper. (3 pages minimum)

6. Your Board / Supervisor has questions about the assessment system in your district / agency. Prepare a brief report discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the current assessment system including the historical and present factors that are supporting the current system as well as any barriers to change. Make recommendations for improvement (e.g., areas that are not currently being assessed, changes in how assessment information is reported or used). Write it like you were going to present it at Board Meeting. (5 pages)

7. Review your readings and share how you have changed assessment so far in your work – if you have and if you haven’t why? (3 pages minimum) Be sure to include support from readings/research

Imagine you are the community recovery coordinator in a community that has recently suffered a major bushfire. You have been asked to provide the Disaster Management Committee with a brief on the recovery phase to guide their on- going management of the event.
Prepare a brief which outlines:
1. The principles that should guide management of the recovery phase.
2. The key strategies required to ensure effective management of the recovery phase.
3. How you would evaluate the effectiveness of the management of the recovery phase

1. All References need to be recent Journals/Articles (NO CONFERENCE PAPAER or BOOK or NEWS PAPER)
2. Each Title/Subject/Paragraph need to Compare or support the idea of each scholars by using and citing different views of writers on the subject, (Literature Review)
3. The paper need to be related to Construction management/ Industry.
4. Further information is attached… (assignment brief )
5. Length: 1100 words report (excluding references, figures, tables, etc)
6. Main text of paper: Single spacing, justified
7. Paragraphs: Single space between paragraphs
8. Left margin: 30 mm
All other margins: 25 mm
9. Referencing style: Harvard

, 40 possible marks)

This is an academic report and must therefore adopt an analytical and critical perspective. You need to research your organisation thoroughly, demonstrate a sound grasp of the literature on organisational change, and draw from a wide range of theoretical frameworks and concepts to inform and underpin your analysis. This critical analysis then flows on to the specific recommendations you make.

The purpose of the essay is to examine and critically analyse The effectiveness of performance management as a motivational tool of Performance in depth, to understand some of the activities that make up scholarly research and to see the way in which knowledge is built gradually.

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Question/Prompt: Discuss all 3 components of the Dual-Store Model of Memory. Give an example of the development of a piece of information through all 3 structures of your memory according to the Dual-Store Model. At each stage, give the verbal or visual stimulus and the cognitive processing for transferring information between stages. Include clear biblical principles in your response.

1. What do you think Vroom’s expectancy theory of motivation stands for? In a multicultural environment, what are the multinational management implications for this expectancy model?
2. Discuss the major principles of reward allocation. Which one(s) is (are) preferred by the collectivist culture? Individualistic culture? Why?
3. A slew of research points to the fact that performance is significantly reduced in an individualistic culture in work team assignments. What is responsible for this? How should multinational managers address this phenomenon?
4. The needs theory and the process theory (expectancy, equity, goal setting, and reinforcement theories) of motivation are applicable in different situations and cultures. Compare, contrast, and discuss multinational management applications of these two categories of motivation theories. What challenges would multinationals experience as they apply these theories of motivation to work environment?

How might process technology be utilised to take advantage of the production and distribution changes occurring in global organisations? Provide an example that demonstrates an organisation’s implementation of technology in response to such change?

Please develop an Organizational Policy to address the IT-related ethical issue in the matrix which has been uploaded.
1. Write an organizational policy to address the IT-related ethical workforce privacy issue that you described in Matrix which is attached, where you mapped key organizational issues and identified how these ethical issues were affected by laws, regulations, and policies.
The following elements must be addressed:
2. Look at other policies to see how they are written.
3. Your policy must include the following major headings:
a. Overview of policy
b. Purpose
c. Scope (roles and responsibilities of stakeholders)
d. Policy/Procedures to follow
e. Sanctions/Enforcement
4. Prepare a 3-5 page, double-spaced Organizational Policy.
5. This assignment requires a minimum of three external references. Indicate appropriate APA reference citations for all sources you use.
6. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills, your paper must reflect appropriate grammar and spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style.