excellence for all students. Quality education requires community participation and shares responsibility, as well as it “demands a commitment to the physical, emotional, social, and academic needs of learners.” (Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 , 2002-2017) However, English Language Learners have been underrepresented in Gifted and Talented Programs at District 47. Currently, out of 13 elementary schools in District 47, only two Elementary School have one student enrolled in a gifted and talented
assistant principal at my school. Mrs. Colbert’s experience familiarity extends from a classroom instructor to instructional educators as an assistant director. Her capability surpasses 15 years of service in and out the core content of science. Her experience in administration includes two years at middle school level and five years at a high school level as an assistant principal. I designated Mrs. Colbert as my professional to interview because I recently completed my administrator practicum
The collaborative inquiry project, "Using Triangulation of Learning and Assessment to Support Elementary English Language Learners," allowed us, as teachers, to reflect upon assessment at the elementary level. The Supporting English Language Learners (2008) document described how, "Through assessment, teachers gather information about their students' prior knowledge, language needs, and learning progress." Our project used the STEP: Steps to English Proficiency (2012) document to describe methods
console with his eyes fixed on the screen in a frozen stare. He is completely mesmerized by the graphic images he sees; totally immersed in the violent action. It makes you stop and wonder if these violent video games are a reflection of our society, or is our society a reflection of the violence that we are constantly exposed to. A list of the most popular video games of 2011 reveals that violence is becoming increasingly popular in the gaming world. It is up to us as a society to decide how much exposure
Structured Reflection: What? So what and now what? Taking time to volunteer at schools, childcare facilities, non-profit organizations, and various other local community services is not always a top priority of young people while navigating through their college or university experiences. Service learning, however, is “a work-based learning experience through which students learn, develop, and apply academic and vocational skills to address the real life needs of their local communities” (Bettina
side with a slight grin on my face, watching dozens of health professionals interact with one another. Many dentists caught sight of each other across the room and let out jovial shouts. A number of reunion hugs were exchanged, and hearty laughs resonated throughout the room. “I want to thank you all for making it out here today for our Give Kids A Smile event. Really, none of this would be possible without your kindness and dedication to helping the kids in our community.” Dr. White spoke with passion
within my community and race, one of my biggest challenges that I faced in my education was me not being allowing to speak my first language, Spanish, since I started in elementary until now. Many English Second Language Learned tend to forget to speak their first language primary because of the laws that we have within the education. With the ability of having language loss, there is more into the language itself besides being able how to speak the language. My family 's influence on my literacy
Abstract Over the years experts have studied the history and developmental aspects of the professional school counseling field. This paper will give an introduction to professional school counseling and the importance of the field as it relate to counseling. Major themes that are attached to the field of professional school counseling are relevant in their duties and a few are listed with their meaning, important identified clients, what counselors do to help in the situation, and the outcome for
In elementary school, I developed a passion for programming. However, I was discouraged by my parents, who believed that "programming was only for men." In spite of their discouragement, I still enrolled in CSE 120 because I felt inclined to revisit my long lost interest. Although I did well in the course, I stayed hesitant to follow my programming passion because of my parent 's stereotype of Computer Science still lurked in my mind. It was the encouragement from Professor Snyder, who said "You
Islamic school, a community center, an international school and the Mosque, which is the place of worship for Muslims. There are many misconceptions regarding Islam and Muslims. In reality most Muslims are non-Arabs and most live outside the Middle East. There are five million Muslims in the United States. There are an estimated 10,000-15,000 Muslims in the area. Passing through the wrought iron gate, my eyes rivet to the cluster of flags to the right, one to