Session Christ-Centered Psycho-Educational Process Group Program for Adolescents and Young Adults
The purpose of this initiative is to develop a six-session Christ-centered psycho-educational process group program for the population of interest described further below. This intervention is designed for six weeks duration.

The population of interest for the initiative outlined herein is male adolescents aged 13 to 17 years and young adults aged 18 to 25 years who have experienced a significant personal loss or transgression by another individual in the past that requires forgiveness.

Male adolescents and young adults experience higher levels of involvement with the criminal justice system by virtue of family-related problems and emotional turmoil compared to their female counterparts, indicating a lack of self-control and impulsivity (Hartwig & Myers, 2009). For instance, according to Hartwig and Myers, "These additional problems include family and relationship dysfunction, higher incidences of violence, drug use, deficiencies in mental health, sexual promiscuity and…...

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References

Alika, H.I. (2012, September). Career choice in engineering: The influence of peers and parents

-- Implication for counseling. College Student Journal, 46(3), 537-541.

Brown, N.W. (1999). Expressive processes in group counseling: Theory and practice.

Westport, CT: Praeger.

Educational Processes
Telling the story of the structure and the people in an organization is the foundation of what an educational leader does. According to Hoy & Miskel (2012), elements of educational administration include theory, research, and practice. In this case, educational administration is regarded as the art and science of applying knowledge to organizational and administrative issues. Through educational administration, teachers or educators utilize different approaches to teaching, which are commonly known as educational processes. The educational processes differ across learning environments as teachers seek to generate improved students' outcomes based on the specific characteristics of the students in the classroom. Students play a crucial role in the structure of the organization and in professional development since their feedback informs teaching practices.

Educational Processes in the Video

The video, Sharing Ideas at EYFS, has various educational processes that are identified through peer education and are beneficial in this learning environment, especially…...

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References

Davys, D. (2007, November). Peer Observation: A Tool for Continuing Professional Development. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 14(11), 489-493.

Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (2012). Educational administration: Theory, research, and practice (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

Kowalski, T. J. (2012). Let the Committee Decide. In Case studies on educational administration (6th ed., Chapter 6, pp.35-42). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.

Parisio, A. (Director). (2011). Sharing Ideas at EYFS, Evans Woolfe [Video file]. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xlKwfaYxg

Accelerate Framework School AssessmentFor gap closing school leaders, accurately assessing a schools strengths and areas of growth with precision is essential. A school assessment begins by identifying the key characteristics of gap closing schools, assessing a school against those characteristics, and prioritizing the opportunities for action. Using the Accelerate Framework as the measuring stick, a leader gathers qualitative and quantitative data to analyze the level of execution. The SWOT process is integral to this analysis as it allows leaders to rapidly identify strengths and opportunities for action. Once the assessment of the school is complete, the leader determines opportunities that would be the highest levers in reaching the characteristics of a gap closing school.As you complete this assessment, the question you should continually be asking yourself is: How Do You Know? You should use observations, data analysis, and Framework aligned rubrics/checklists to help you complete a full picture. You want…...

Communication Plan for Building elationships with FamiliesThe purpose of the communication plan for students and families is to create a bridge between home and school, facilitating a robust and open line of communication that directly impacts student achievement and development. The communication plan aims to foster an environment where parents and teachers can freely collaborate on strategies to enhance the learning experience and promote student success. If we can keep families informed about their children\\\'s progress and the happenings at school, we can help them actively engage in their child\\\'s learning, thereby creating a strong community network focused on student development.This communication plan aligns with our schools mission and vision statements, which emphasize the holistic development of students in a supportive, respectful, and inspiring environment. Through the active involvement of families in our educational process, our school can make collective efforts towards fulfilling our school\\\'s mission and vision, emphasizing shared…...

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ReferencesDearing, E., Kreider, H., Simpkins, S., & Weiss, H. B. (2006). Family involvement in school and low-income children\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s literacy: Longitudinal associations between and within families. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(4), 653.Epstein, J. L. (2018). School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Routledge.

Educational Situations
List 4 examples of opportunties you have given students to listen to language at school. Ensure that you include one example that reflects the relevance to the student's culture and background.

A Jewish student, who attends Hebrew School classes in the evenings, shared information about the Hebrew alphabet and history about the Hebrew language with the class as part of a student-directed learning session. The entire class practiced reciting the alphabet, and we watched a short film that was in Hebrew with English subtitles so that the students could hear the language in normal use. This student was able to share the language as well as an important part of her culture with the class in a fun lesson.

One student who aspires to be a comic book artist is very enthusiastic about Japanese anime and Japanese "manga" comic books. He brought authentic Japanese anime videos and manga (not the Westernized…...

Educational Planning and Economics: How the needs of looked after children can be addressed through non-formal and formal education.
There are current trends in non-formal educational processes that allows for interesting, unique and relevant work within the educational environment that could likely lead to enhanced short-term educational opportunities for impoverished and/or at-risk students. Additional long-term benefits including; increased levels of societal education, higher incomes, better living conditions, a less impoverished lifestyle and a society that benefits with the input of the individuals who receive the education are also realistic results from a study such as the one being proposed.

A recent study determined that young orphan girls receiving psycho-social support helped in keeping the intervention group in school (n= 184) and that the girls comprising the intervention group were less likely to drop out of school (5%), had higher educational aspirations, higher expectations concerning the future, a more equitable attitude towards…...

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References

Holfors, D.D.; Rusakaniko, S.; Hyusan, C.; Mapfumo, J.; (2011) Supporting adolescent orphan girls to stay in school as HIV risk prevention: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Zimbabwe, American Journal of Public Health (in press)

Mhaka-Mutepfa, M. (2010) Types of services for children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS: Results and implications of a Zimbabwean study, International Journal of Psychology and Counseling, Vol. 2, Issue 6, pp. 100-106

Mualuko, N.J. (2008) Empowering out of school youth through non-formal education in Kenya, Educational Research and Review, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 56-60

The launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 -- an event which marked the beginning of the space race and showed a significant Soviet lead -- renewed the vigor of essentialist practices and theories in the United States especially, but this event also helped to spur on the spread of essentialist practices in countries less involved with the Cold War (Nayak 2008). Cultural literacy programs are all essentialist when viewed as a set of basic theoretical trappings; as multicultural understanding has become a greater part of the educational process and system in many countries, essentialist programs have also become more widespread and more deeply engrained (K12 2010). Growing industrialization and development have also produced many basic educational systems, and essentialist practices are inherent to many of them (Siddiqui 2008).
There have also been political pressures brought to bear on various educational institutions that have supported and proliferated the…...

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References

K12. (2010). "Educational essentialism." Accessed 14 August 2010.  http://www.k12academics.com/educational-philosophy/educational-essentialism 

Nayak, a. (2008). Educational philosophy. Delhi: APH Publishing.

Siddiqui, M. (2008). Philosophical and sociological foundations of education. Delhi: APH Publishing.

98). The need for ongoing research to identify optimal solutions in a given setting is also made clear by the reliance on experimental methods to measure options. The efficacy of the scientific method is well established, of course, and it is not surprising that many educators are drawn to this super-philosophy as a way of formulating effective solutions to convoluted problems. For instance, Glickman and his colleagues add that, "The use of trial and error in a laboratory setting is the key to evaluating the outcome of action. Therefore, experimentalists do not view knowledge as absolute or external to human capabilities. ather, knowledge is a result of the interaction between the scientific person and the environment" (p. 97).
Conclusion

The research showed that educational supervisors are faced with a complex set of challenges in their day-to-day work that demands a viable educational super-philosophy. For this purpose, the research also showed that…...

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References

Brubacher, J.S. (1939). Modern philosophies of education. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Ediger, M. (1995, Spring). Demonstration teaching in the schools. Education, 115(3), 371-375.

Garubo, R.C. & Rothstein, S.W. (1998). Supportive supervision in schools. Westport, CT:

Greenwood Press.

Chapter 3 stresses the importance both fundamentally and ethically of representing information truthfully and honestly through visual and experiential means that are meaningful to the learner and respect the fact that the individual mind is rather limited and therefore needs human centered externals to help it learn and retain information. Chapter 4 stresses the importance of individuality in the development of technologies that teach and interact with people. The overall work is important as it stresses the fact that technologies, as a creation of man must be developed and manipulated to reflect the humanity of their purpose. The fallibility of the mind is stressed as is its limitations and the possibility of the development of greater tools to impart knowledge is the most important factor in the development of learning tools.
Norman, D. (1988). The Design of Everyday Things. New York: Doubleday/Currency. [chapters 1, 2, 3, 4]

In this work Norman…...

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Wittrock, M.C. (1992). Generative learning processes of the brain. Educational Psychologist, 27(4), 531-541.

Wittrock present a functional model of learning that pays close attention to four processes of learning; attention, motivation, knowledge or preconceptions and generation. The author's point-of-view is clearly one of biological i.e. neurological brain function and develops a schema in which knowledge or learning takes place, as interactive and fluid in the mind. Understanding each of these four aspects can give the educational developer an idea of the need to bring learners all the way in to a learning environment through attention, motivation and base knowledge to elicit generative principles of cognition, i.e. The assimilation of novel material, that will add to their base knowledge of understanding. Wittrock's model in fact stresses that in creation of interactive or even static instruction if one key aspect is lacking, the whole of the system is resistant to learning. This is important in that it makes clear that development of technologies that instruct must produce attention and elicit motivation as well as build from some existing knowledge base to be effective for any user to generate a set of new knowledge. Even the most simple instructions often build on a set of base knowledge, that is frequently taken for granted and many instructional environments lack the sort of stimulation that garners attention and motivates the learner.

Total 17 papers including 3 books. I'll send you the articles in PDF files except three books Saffer, D. (2007). Designing for Interaction. Berkeley: New Riders. Norman, D. (1988). The Design of Everyday Things. New York: Doubleday/Currency. Norman, D. (1993). Things that make us smart. New York: Doubleday/Currency. I think you can find these easiliy in libraries.

Many of these activities commonly focus on happy and positive feelings and thoughts, at the expense of allowing an examination of more painful issues. This is especially problematic for disenfranchised and failing students, who, through this type of structure, receive direct and indirect messages from the group structure to not deal with the depths of their pain, anger, frustration, sadness, hurt, anxiety, or fear." (Bemak, 2005, p.1)
The need for a culturally diverse approach must not be lost, either in the approach of education of counselors and educators, despite the need to build teams and effective groups. Controversially, Bemak entertains the suggestion that an ethnic and gender match between students and guidance counselors might be a needed additional support for students from at-risk groups, although he finally rejects the idea as impractical. (Bemak, 2005, p.5) the article is provoking and challenging to accepted norms, suggesting that the need to build…...

Educational Situations
Name four practices that commonly require written administrative procedures.

Memorandums that include school policy changes or important information for the staff are commonly distributed in writing so that the information is accurately conveyed and properly received and documented. Many staff communications to the administration, such as requests for new classroom supplies or for personal leaves of absence, are also communicated in writing. If disciplinary action of any kind is taken against a student, it is commonly recorded in writing in the student's permanent file, and a copy of this information may be sent home to parents. Finally, the recording of daily vital information, such as student attendance and test scores, are done in writing.

How would you know if you are complying with EQ policies and procedures?

A a) If I were not complying with EQ policies, I would receive notification or a warning of some kind from my superiors;

b) I will…...

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Bibliography

Graves, Bonnie & Michael. "Scaffolding Reading Experiences to Promote Success: A Flexible Approach to Fostering Comprehension." University of Minnesota.  http://education.umn.edu/carei/Reports/Rpractice/Winter95/comprehension.htm 

Education Queensland. Queensland Government.  http://education.qld.gov.au

Descriptive statistics were employed to describe the participants' responses and constant comparative analysis was used to quantify the survey data.
Results

According to the survey results, ninety-two percent of the school superintendents confirmed the validity of the twenty-one factors identified in the prior literature. However, fewer than eight percent reported having any methodology for applying those criteria to the school principal hiring process. Given the obvious correlation between the quality of school principals in relation to those factors, it is clear that school superintendents must develop practices and methods for using those criteria during the school principal hiring process.

Recommendations, Conclusion, and Implications

Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that public school superintendents develop specific assessment procedures and tools to enable them to better evaluate prospective candidates for school principals. Specifically, those methods and tools must relate to the factors about which there is a strong consensus among superintendents…...

This might also have an energizing effect upon the teachers as well.
Part 4 -- egarding mathematics, what can be done in the learning community to address the school's need? The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, an international organization of teachers who are focused on improving the math curriculum globally, presented new standards in 2000 designed to improve curricula, teaching and assessment. Within their rubric, six principles were established to address themes that were valid regardless of the school culture:

Equity -- There must be high expectations and support for excellence in math education from all levels; teachers, administrators, school boards, and parents.

Curriculum -- More than a collection of problems or activities, a math curriculum should be focused, well-articulated, and flow from grade to grade.

Teaching -- Appropriate and effective math teaching requires not only an understanding of math principles but of what students need to understand, and how that should…...

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REFERENCES

Mastropieri, M. (1994). Text vs. Hands-On Math Curriculum. Remedial and Special Education, 15(2), 72-85.

McKee, J. a. (2005). Integrating Instruction - Literacy and Math. London: Guilford Press.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2009). Overview: Principles for School

Mathematics. Retrieved from:

Fullan, et al.'s approach is to employ "greater specificity without suffering the downside of prescription," (9) meaning that curriculum design must teach people how to do something within the proper context and that all details must be included without the complicating and ineffective method of saying that all children must be taught the same subjects in the same manner ("prescription"). The attending result, then, would be that curriculum would be designed with an inherent awareness of all learning modalities, with the flexibility to be taught to all students in any number of different manners, with ultimate flexibility - in short, massive textbooks would give way to a more interactive multi-branched approach that the teachers would actively control during the classroom much like a boat captain pilots a tricky inner-harbor channel. To allow this, curriculum design would be a collaborative process not only within the schools and districts but between the…...

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Reference:

Fullan, M., Hill, P. & Crevola, C. (2006). Breakthrough. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. pp109.

436-437). In other words, official commitment to multiculturalism is just a smoke screen for many Canadian officials who believe that the Euro-Canadian way of doing things is the norm.
The limits of multiculturalism in practice are also visible in the treatment of Canadian citizens and immigrants who have dark skin color. According to Kelly (1998), African Canadians are routinely "racialized" and "othered" (that is, they are put outside of the dominant group). The manner in which African Canadians are unable to become fully-fledged Canadians even if they are born in Canada was succinctly explained by Marlene Nourbese Philip, an African Canadian essayist: "Being born elsewhere, having been fashioned in a different culture, some of us may always feel 'othered,' but then there are those -- our children, nephews, nieces, grandchildren -- born here, who are as Canadian as snow and ice, and yet, merely because of their darker skins, are…...

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References

Fieras. A & Elliot. J (2010a) Chapter 10, Multiculturalism in Canada: "Living together with differences." In Unequal relations: An introduction to race, ethnic, and Aboriginal dynamics in Canada (6th ed) (p283-308).

Fieras. A & Elliot. J (2010b) Chapter 11, "Institutional Inclusiveness: Putting Multiculturalism to work." In Unequal relations: An introduction to race, ethnic, and Aboriginal dynamics in Canada (6th ed) (p309-343; 362-374).

Kelly, J. (1998) Under the Gaze: Learning to be Black in White Society. Fernwood publishing, Blackpoint Nova Scotia.

Millar. J. (1996a) Chapter 13, "Our greatest need today is proper education": Winding down the system. In Shingwauk's vision: A history of Native residential schools (p377-405; 526-535) Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

1. The effectiveness of using action research to improve teaching practices in a specific subject area
2. The impact of collaborating with colleagues on an action research project in a school setting
3. The role of reflection in action research and its influence on decision-making and implementation of changes
4. Exploring the challenges and benefits of conducting action research in a diverse classroom or school environment
5. The use of action research to address and improve student behavior and engagement in the classroom
6. Investigating the role of technology in facilitating action research projects in education
7. The importance of building relationships and fostering collaboration with....

Igniting Student Engagement through Enthusiasm and Exuberance

Engaging students is paramount in fostering a dynamic and impactful learning environment. As educators, we possess the power to ignite their curiosity, cultivate their eagerness to learn, and empower them to actively participate in the educational journey. One potent strategy to achieve this is by exuding enthusiasm, excitement, and an unbridled passion for the subject matter at hand.

The Power of Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is an infectious energy that permeates the classroom and captivates students. When teachers demonstrate a genuine love for their subject, their excitement becomes contagious, inspiring students to embrace the content with newfound enthusiasm.....

Educational Technology: Recurring Themes in Its Definition
Educational technology (EdTech) has evolved over time, reflecting the dynamic nature of education and technological advancements. Several recurring themes have shaped its definition, providing a framework for understanding its scope and impact.
1. Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning
EdTech emphasizes the purposeful integration of technology into pedagogical practices. It involves using digital tools, resources, and platforms to support and enhance the educational process, from curriculum delivery to assessment.
2. Enhancement of Learning Outcomes
A central theme in EdTech is its potential to improve student learning outcomes. By providing access to interactive and immersive experiences, personalized learning....

Why Using ChatGPT for College Essays is Unwise: A Comprehensive Analysis

Introduction:
In the contemporary academic landscape, the advent of advanced language models like ChatGPT has sparked a debate regarding their potential impact on higher education. While these tools offer assistance in various writing tasks, their use in the context of college essays raises ethical concerns and undermines the integrity of the educational process. This essay will delve into the reasons why relying on ChatGPT for college essays is not a prudent choice for students.

Lack of Critical Thinking and Originality:
One of the fundamental objectives of a college essay is to foster critical....