Kymberli's Argument Essay

As part of the community’s growth, large technology firms moved into the community and while they were willing to assist local schools, they also expected high school graduates to be skilled technology workers (MacDonald, 2006). To meet this need, the school board adopted a goal of providing a technology resource teacher in every school within the next three years. In addition, the school board had a five-year plan to increase and support instruction and instructional leadership in schools and improve student assessment scores on state exams in mathematics. In two years they planned to reduce language

According to Speaking of the Devils Podcast, Arizona State's Kalen Ballage will return to school for his senior year and final year of eligibility.

Violence is everywhere in the United States of America. Many people in America and around the world have been a victim or know someone who has been a victim of violence. Over 22 million women in the United States have been raped in their lifetime according to the website, Victims of Crime. This number is significant. Advertisements could play a role in making violence more acceptable in our society. PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is known for having shocking advertisements. This pro-vegan and pro-vegetarian nonprofit organization has always been a topic of interest. Many of PETA’s ad campaigns are related to sexuality, violence, discrimination against how people look, and dominance over women. There are many

Earlier this month, we were very excited to have the opportunity to meet with Sonia Galaviz when she visited our main office. As a 5th grade teacher at Garfield Elementary School here in Boise, Idaho, she’s been steadily making a name for herself in the education world. In 2009, she was named Idaho Woman of the Year by the Idaho Business Review, and in 2011 she was one of five educators nationally chosen to receive Teaching Tolerance’s award of Excellence in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, and this year, Galaviz’s devotion to her students has once again been recognized.

David Aleman is a 4th grade teacher from Arizona who was kind enough to sit down and discuss the current state of social studies education in Phoenix schools. The interview gave new depth to my understanding of how social studies is currently being taught in my state. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the interview responses and Arizona’s 4th grade social studies standards for such things as thoroughness, clarity, relationship to literacy development, and the shifting emphasis off of teaching social studies topics.

Students come to the classroom with their own ideas and pre-conceived notions. As a future educator it is important for me to understand what students know and where there are misunderstandings. These incorrect ideas about our world and history translate into misconceptions, gaps in knowledge, and stereotypes that will be taken as fact until otherwise taught. To better understand the missing pieces in social studies education and to find ways to address these gaps, I delved into the minds of two third-graders, one male, Sawyer, and one female, Brooke. After conducting my interview I have a better understanding of topics that students are not clear on and would benefit from more instruction. One topic students have missing information about is knowledge of famous women in history. A second topic students seem to be confusing is basic geography understanding.

Despite the many challenges I face daily, remembering that I significantly influence the lives of each my students will help me in becoming a better teacher leader. Reason and Reason (2011) states that a mission will not come to fruition without ownership and ownership cannot be stimulated without consistently reminding everyone why they come to work each day. It is my mission every day to transform lives in my classroom and school environment. I have chosen a career in education because I believe that it is one of the most important functions performed in our culture. I believe that teachers individually and collectively have the ability to not only change the world but to improve it.

January is a month for fog, kind of gray, a let down from the holidays, of course the 27th is a bright spot, it’s my birthday. As a child, it wasn’t an ideal birthday month; always a worry that the cold and snow would keep friends from coming to celebrate however, my friends like the fog always came. This year the fog came even thicker, January 8th, a call from Jacob, our son in law said “Keli” our youngest “was in the ER this morning. She woke me up at 3:00 a.m. cried; call 911, she couldn’t talk and went into a long seizure. She seems ok now, and is at home.” I felt my lungs exhale with his last words, “she’s ok.” Just a month earlier Keli’s, three year old son Kaden experienced a seizure brought on by a high fever, it happened just once, perhaps, the same would

As you may already know students study Civics in the 8th grade and I design my units so that Reading, Writing & Civics are interwoven. Under this umbrella, students will consider issues of race, class, culture, and gender, how they are tied to the construction and perception of identity, and how these factors impact life choices. Students will also discuss the expectations imposed by ones community, friends and family, and how, oftentimes, these can be the hardest ties to break. My hope is that students will learn that they are not without power; choices can be made and it is possible to resist negative

Although growing up in Las Vegas was interesting, the schools I attended where not comparable to the schools I attended in Michigan. When I moved to Plymouth, Michigan in 2009, my fourth grade teacher, Mr. Nordbeck, realized I was

On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at approximately 2:30 pm Security Supervisor Carolyn Nolin was contacted by former guest Daniel Gerardi (via e-mail) pertaining to a guest illness.

Since 2010, I have inspired, coached, and mentored fellow educators in the purposeful use of technology to engage students and improve student achievement beginning with the first 1:1 mobile technology program, iEngage, at Aliso Elementary in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. What began as simply having students record themselves reading aloud into iPods to develop reading fluency expanded into a tool used across all content areas to not only engage students but to facilitate active participation from all students all the time. Due to the success of iEngage in improving student achievement, Saddleback Valley expanded the program K-12 with funds from the ETT grant. Consequently, I, along with Principal Crystal Turner, was awarded Apple Distinguished Educator and the following year iEngage was honored as an Apple Distinguished District program. As the Instructional Technology Coordinator for the OCDE, I would continue to support, inspire, and motivate districts to use technology to enhance student engagement and improve student learning. Ensuring schools receive access to information and technology resources to create the learning environments necessary for our students to graduate with the skills to be competitive in a global workforce.

weird and peculiar to her friends. She somehow brings her crazy to her friends, and

Cellini, in spite of the ups and downs faced in his life, regales how he is currently living in a pleasurable state, “but now I am less troubled by adversity than at any time before in my life and, in fact, I believe that my mind is more at rest and that I am enjoying better health than ever.” (Cellini 15). For one who has gone through a complete fall from grace, as it were, Cellini's outlook is not bleak, “I remember some of the delightful and some of the indescribably terrible things that have happened to me” (Cellini 15). He is able to stay objective and acknowledges his downfall. At the end of his autobiography, Cellini, after hitting the bottom, regains some semblance of the position he once had. This is not the case for Wilson. The beginning

Well as with most fights in that arc I believe it had a little inconsistencies. The only one I can think of is that Kimimaro should've had his bones crushed at least once but somehow they weren't. I just think that it wasn't right for his bones to keep withstanding the pressure of all that sand. You may disagree. Also Kimimaro could've easily gone around that Sand defensive move Gaara used, but for some odd reason