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• EDU 650 All Journals and Assignments
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• EDU 650 Week 1 Journal No Excuses University
  Culture of Universal Achievement
• EDU 650 Week 1 Assignment Education Philosophy
• EDU 650 Week 2 Assignment Classroom Management
  Plan
• EDU 650 Week 3 Journal No Excuses University
  Standards Alignment
• EDU 650 Week 3 Assignment Different School Models

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• EDU 650 Week 1 Assignment Education Philosophy
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• Your philosophy of education will influence all
  of your activities in the classroom from how you
  teach, what you teach, how you manage your
  classroom, how you connect and relate to
  students, parents and colleagues, to how you
  engage in your own professional learning. Being
  able to articulate your beliefs and educational
  philosophy is a critical aspect of being an
  effective teacher and learner. In a two- to
  three-page paper, in addition to a title and
  reference page, create your philosophy of
  education. Please cite and reference at least one
  scholarly source, in addition to the textbook, in
  this assignment. Make sure your assignment is in
  APA format.
• Below are some reflection questions to help you
  get started. Use these questions to jump-start
  your thinking and to craft your educational
  philosophy.
• 1. What should students expect of you as a
  teacher?
• 2. What should parents expect of you as a
  teacher?
• 3. What do you expect of yourself as a teacher?

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• EDU 650 Week 1 Journal No Excuses University
  Culture of Universal Achievement
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• No Excuses UniversityCulture of Universal
  Achievement. Due by Day 7.
• Greatness is not a function of circumstance.
  Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of
  conscious choice, and
• discipline. Jim Collins
• Upon reading chapters 1-5 of No Excuses
  University (Lopez, 2013), reflect on the
  foundational concepts of No
• Excuses University addressing each of the listed
  points. Compose your journal using first-person
  language.
• 1. Consider the structure of each chapter.
  Describe the key elements you observed that make
  each chapter easy to follow or more readable.

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• EDU 650 Week 2 Assignment Classroom Management
  Plan
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• Choose a class you teach or one you hope to teach
  in the future and describe your classroom
  management plan. Because a classroom management
  plan refers to the things that a teacher does to
  organize students time, space, and materials so
  that instruction and student learning can
  effectively take place, your plan should discuss
  these factors and demonstrate your ability to
  create a climate conducive to learning. Your plan
  should also establish high expectations for
  student behavior and learning. At a minimum, your
  plan should do the following
• 1. Explain the goal of the plan, including the
  grade level(s) it addresses.
• 2. Generate a set of rules and expectations.

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• EDU 650 Week 3 Assignment Different School Models
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• Part One There is a range of school models that
  exist within our school communities, all of which
  have the goal of helping students achieve their
  potential. You will need to interview two
  teachers, principals, or teaching support staff
  members from two different schools to complete
  this assignment. Although it is not necessary,
  you should try to visit each site. Each school
  must be a different school model as discussed in
  the readings. Compare and contrast the two
  schools based on what you learn from your visits
  and/or interviews. The goal is to analyze the two
  different school models, compare the type of
  teaching and learning that occurs within each,
  understand what each school has identified as a
  priority, and understand what each school or
  classroom has determined is the top issue(s). In
  addition to identifying key statistics, such as
  the type of school, demographics, and student-to-
  teacher ratio, use the following questions as a
  guide for your observation/interview
• 1. What are the most important issues you
  currently face in ensuring all students achieve
  their potential?
• 2. How are you addressing these issues?
• 3. What role does technology play in classrooms
  to support teaching and learning?

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• EDU 650 Week 3 Journal No Excuses University
  Standards Alignment
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• The rubric is the lens from which the student
  focuses, to find understanding. The rubric is the
  lens from which
• the teacher focuses, to measure that
  understanding! Jackie W. Kyger
• In Chapter 7, Lopez emphasizes the importance
  that standards have on a schools accountability
  to its students and their parents. He also
  acknowledges that many disagree with the need for
  standards and/or they have different expectations
  for standards. Consider what the author shares
  regarding the importance of aligning standards as
  well as the common mistakes made when aligning.
  If you do not have direct classroom experience,
  you may respond
• to these questions based on your own
  understanding of what occurs in your own
  childrens school, or a professional or volunteer
  position youve held outside of a school setting.
• Using first-person language, address the
  following points in your journal
• 1. How has your own viewpoint regarding
  educational standards changed or been validated
  by what you

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• EDU 650 Week 4 Assignment Effective Lesson
  Planning and Design
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• EDU 650 Week 4 Assignment Effective Lesson
  Planning and Design
• Chapter 9 of the textbook focuses on the
  importance of designing effective lessons. For
  this assignment, you will create a presentation
  using PowerPoint, Prezi, or another presentation
  tool of your choice to analyze effective
  practices in designing effective instruction for
  students.
• Scenario You have been asked by a colleague or
  administrator to support other educators in
  designing effective instruction. It has been
  observed that most of the educators have been
  planning instruction using a traditional model.
  The objectives of the presentation are to explain
  the backwards design model of designing
  instruction, to provide an overview and rationale
  of the process, to compare and contrast the two
  models, and finally to provide an example that
  other educators could use as a model for their
  own planning.
• The presentation will consist of three parts
• Part One Effective Lesson Design and Backwards
  Design
• In this
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• EDU 650 Week 5 Assignment Assessment Matters
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• As a teacher, you need to have solid knowledge of
  formative and summative assessment and how each
  can help you ensure students are mastering key
  contents and skill. You also need to be able to
  take the information gleaned from assessments and
  make decisions that support the learning of all
  your students. This week, you will build on your
  previous assignment from last week and integrate
  the knowledge from your research and the
  readings.
• Watch the following videos
• Rick Wormeli Formative and Summative
  Assessment
• TEDxSoCal Dr. Brian Stecher Cultivating
  Thriving Schools
• Both videos examine the role of accountability
  and how they can and do impact our work in
  schools. Brian Stecher specifically discusses
  three indicators that drive everything that
  happens in schools, while Rick Wormeli outlines
  how different types of knowledge are assessed.
• In this assignment, please address the following
  topics and questions
• 1. Analyze the roles of assessment and evaluation
  in school improvement and in measuring
  educational quality.
• 2. Examine and explain your perspectives on the
  roles and trends related to assessment in
  education.
• 3. Evaluate the value of both types of assessment
  and, specifically, the role you see assessment
  playing in your classroom.

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• EDU 650 Week 6 Final The Big Interview
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• The Big Interview. Due by Day 7. The Final
  Project requires you to integrate the work you
  undertook throughout the course into a multimedia
  presentation. You can use any of the following
  multimedia tools Present.me, Jing, Screenr, or
  VoiceThread
• Scenario The school you researched during this
  course is being taken over the by the state for
  poor performance. Based on your educational
  philosophy, your classroom management plan,
  lesson plan, and the learning activities and

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• EDU 650 Week 6 Journal No Excuses University
  Interventions
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• Those who are in a position of strength have a
  responsibility to protect the weak. Thomas
  Cushman
• Compose your journal using first-person language.
  Follow APA formatting including in-text citations
  and a reference page covering the discussion
  points below.
• In Chapter 10 of our text by Lopez, the term
  intervention is defined as taking action so as
  to improve a situation (2013, p.123). Lopez also
  discusses the theory of fixing versus the
  provision of extra support and proposes that
  investing and using ones time intentionally is
  a better investment than money.
• a. Describe how your understanding and
  application of the term intervention has
  changed after considering Lopezs remarks in
  Chapter 10.

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