Artifact Case Study

My artifact is a necklace and it’s so unique and important to me because it has my name on it. And it’s so beautiful, in the middle there is my name with Arabic letters it’s so old so I don’t wear it any more but it still my favorite on of all. I allow keep it in a small box in my bed room near to me so that nobody will play or touch it. I get it when I was 11 years old from a special people in a special event. It from my family they give it to me as a present when I pass my sixth grad, I was so happy that day and until now every time I look at it I remember how hard I worked to pass that school year. It also my first necklace in my life I keep it until now because I love my family. When I feel upset or depressed I tack it out and keep

Over the course of my analysis I learned a great deal about this artifact using each method individually. However, I believe the biggest impact of this analysis comes from looking at the findings of the two types of criticism combined.

The community experience that I will be focusing on for this part is NWCC daycare. The age range of the children at NWCC Daycare are 13 months to 5 years old. The two Piaget stages of development that were present in most of the children at the daycare are sensorimotor and preoperational. The three Erikson’s stages of development that were present in the children at the daycare are trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, and initiative vs. guilt.

The Social Story allowed me to participate as an effective team member to support collaboration in early childhood setting. Working with the program director we determine the behaviors, which needed to be addressed in the social story along with developing a social story founded in the interests of the child. The ELL Family/Teacher Collaboration Project also demonstrated my ability to demonstrate appropriate interpersonal skills to support collaboration in a preschool setting. I interview a program director to understand her philosophy on ELL learners and how her

This artifact supports the standards 4.5 and 4.6. I use my progress monitoring sheets to keep accurate data on the students’ progress towards their IEP objectives. This form allows me to quickly determine the students’ percentage of accuracy for any specific trial. This progress monitoring form allows me to see the students’ progress and make adjustments to my teaching methods as needed.

State what skills you now have because of participating in the artifact development process. The skills I now have is a more complex way of using my critical thinking skills, being able to look at the whole clinical picture. As well as, being a leader able to advocate and protect my patient. Also, being able to understand the patient values, beliefs and cultures and not letting my own personal moral get in the way of dealing and caring for my patient. One thing that I understand a lot better is health care policy. As nurses, we should know about the health care policy to explain it to our patient if they have questions in relations to it, being able to advocate, just in case not being treated properly in accordance to their health care policy.

The Interact Club could organize a school supplies drive or classroom supplies drive. This drive would be organized as to where member of the Interact Club would contact local schools and be provided with a list of school supplies or basic supplies for a classroom. Members of the club would then get the word out to students organizing the delivery of the supplies and getting them back to the local schools.

The ISLLC standards provide high-level guidance and insight about the traits, functions of work, and responsibilities expected of school and district leaders (ISLCC, 2008). Their main purpose is to increase understanding of how educational administrators can enhance teaching practices and student learning. As future school leaders it is imperative that we use these standards as tools in assisting us when making a decision regarding our stakeholders. However, applying the ISLLC standards in a school setting does not guarantee success for a school leader, but it does facilitate the process in creating a positive school culture in a learning

The third artifact I chose to do was a poem with the word appreciation written down and then words branching off of each letter with the same meaning as appreciation. The words are a great attitude that people make towards each other. I chose to do this poem because it helps people understand what the words really mean and how people should appreciate the things that have going for them in their lives, also to be kind to people when they are trying to be kind to you. Peers always say, “ Treat others the way you want to be treated”. Our peers are right because how you treat others is the way they will treat and appreciate you more. It ties in with my larger theme because I’ve learned to appreciate things in life before it’s too late.

During the spring semester of my junior year, I completed a case study on a child from the Juniata College Early Childhood Education Center. Throughout the semester I collected data while observing the child in the ECEC for three hours per week. In addition, I wrote jots and completed four home-visits to the child’s house. The purpose of the case study was to learn how to use a Teaching Strategies Gold book to track the physical, social-emotional, cognitive, and language development of a child. The child I worked with had a language delay, so I helped him learn more functional sign language throughout the semester as well.

Albert Einstein once said, “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” This quote describes the responsibilities and standards of teaching children. I believe that teachers should be held to high standards for being the foundation of a student’s education and well-being. For my future students, my responsibilities as a future educator include supplementing the growth of a variety of students’ knowledge and creativity, abiding as a role model for students and colleagues, and understanding the issues in the foundations of education.

The artifact I uploaded to demonstrate my proficiency in Standard 4 is a budget summary I completed for EDG 541: School Business Administration in October 2015. This project required me to develop a budget presentation for my school when dealing with the issue of a 5% increase in funds but a 15% increase in the student population. As a result, I had to analyze what was necessary to support student learning, how I could reallocated funds, and where I could make budget cuts so that a balance budget was developed. The specific feedback I received to develop my understanding further was to think more creatively with staffing to help with budget constraints and alway ensure the school’s budget aligns with the school’s vision. This artifact shows

Artifacts would be better kept in certain conditions, and some places are not suited to do so. The artifacts that have been here for centuries that are not put in the correct conditions have degraded and some have come to the point of no return, having been broken down and rendered unusable. This could have been prevented, had the artifacts been put in an environment where they could be cared for and enjoyed longer. Many people argue that they should be returned to their place of origin, but is that really worth risking the artifact? They can still be looked at, admired and inspected, just in a better environment.

The film provided a clear visual of how inclusion is welcomed and embraced by the Early Head Start program where Christopher attends. The staff ensured that Christopher was included in the regular classroom. I feel that Christopher gained a sense of belonging in the regular classroom. He formed friendships with his peers and staff that boost his self-esteem. The effects of being in an inclusive setting visibly helped Christopher’s development and growth because of the collaboration of family and community.

An artifact I own, which I would consider important, is a snow globe. The snow globe is a jar. The jar is filled with water, glitter, and has a nutcracker inside of it. The nutcracker is small, and the jar is turned upside down. This snowglobe is important to me because it was given to me as a gift, from my sister and mother, which gives me old memories. This is also considered very important to me because it is a original snow globe, and unlike any other that I own. As a conclusion, this artifact is an original, important artifact to me, which has qualities bringing me back to younger memories.