What informal support could an experienced teacher provide to a beginning teacher to support their professional identify in the first year of teaching?

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1- Activity

  1. Almost all teacher educators point out that the first 3-5 years of teaching are the most critical. If sufficiently supported, teachers remain committed to their chosen vocation. Read the article below by Pillan and colleagues who discuss the tension between professional identity and beginning teachers. An important and insightful aspect to consider when mentoring a beginning teacher!
  1. Then post to the online forum responding to the following prompt...( max 150 words)

Consider the role of a beginning teacher. This may be based on your own experiences or someone that you know.
What informal support could an experienced teacher provide to a beginning teacher to support their professional
identify in the first year of teaching?

2- Activity

  1. Below are three articles that discuss the problem of teacher retention and how mentoring can enhance induction and reduce professional isolation. Read at least 2 of these articles and then post online to the prompt (150 words or less)

Identify 2-3 ways mentoring may enhance teacher induction.

Hallem et al 2012.pdf

Paris 2013.pdf

Buchanan et al 2013.pdf

3- ACTIVITY     (max 100 words)

If you are in a school it would be timely to consider the graduate teacher Standards from AITSL.
I have included the link below. If you are not in a school consider the policies, standards
and expectations of your organisation for beginning teachers. Are they reasonable? Do you
think beginning teachers are equipped to work to fulfil these standards in the first years of
teaching? Post your thoughts to the online forum below.
Standards _ Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. pdf

4- Activity

Below are three mentoring movies that showcase three different mentoring programs across various contexts. View the three movies below.   (max 100 words)

As you watch the movies take note of the similarities and difference of the mentoring programs for beginning teachers. You might consider areas such as…

– the metalanguage used to discuss the programs

– the purposes for each of the programs

– the resources and strategies utilised in each of the programs.

Using the online forum link below, share your insights from these three movies. Two of the movies are school based the the third is a very different context of a medical college. What was similar, what was different?

Who makes the decision on discontinuing treatment of stop of medical assistance? Deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy can help those close to you make the right choices when the time comes.

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Planning for the end of life can be a very difficult process. Some questions that may come up are; where you want to spend your final days? , Which treatments you plan to continue until your final day? , And what type of palliative care and hospice care you wish to receive. My research proposal is addressing end of life decisions and the fine line between religious beliefs and proper medical practices. Some hard decisions to address are; decisions about withholding or withdrawing treatment in the absence of reversible causes of deterioration. Decisions about withholding treatment are commonly faced when the patients are entering the terminal phase. Another question to ask is, when does pain and suffering reach its limit and deaths become the best option. Who makes the decision on discontinuing treatment of stop of medical assistance? Deciding what end-of-life care best suits your needs when you are healthy can help those close to you make the right choices when the time comes.

Some other background information provided within this learning module included (without citation): What is Quality and What is its Role?

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The only important part of health care to the patient is the outcome and our interactions with them. Understanding that quality and safety in the health care arena are more than one person’s individual responsibility.

Journal Entry #1:
After viewing the video created by the Cleveland Clinic please create your first journal entry in APA format with at least 2 references. Reflect on the following: Did the Cleveland Clinic video effect how you worked your next shift? What impact did the video have on you, in general your practice of nursing or even your every day life? Remember that the journal entry is only shared between you and I. Please reflect honestly.

This is for a master’s level nursing course titled Innovation in Information, Quality, and Safety. I work in both the adult and pediatric emergency departments at Rochester General Hospital (located in Rochester, NY).

Some other background information provided within this learning module included (without citation): What is Quality and What is its Role? When defining quality, we should always think about what the patient would perceive as quality. Most patients feel that when they come to a hospital they are going to a safe environment where only the best will be provided to them. They view us as professionals who are knowledgeable and most definitley would provide quality care. But again we are back to …”what is quality”? Think of a patient and their experience… first off they don’t feel well and most likely are scared. They present to the emergency room hoping we can discern what the problem is and make them feel better. The first thing we do, remove all of their comforts and securities such as clothes, place them in a gown and begin asking questions and poking and prodding. They remain scared and when (and if) we communicate with them we do so in a “medical language” that only WE understand. The patient’s experience is startling at best and certainly confusing!! But still have we provided “quality care” to them? How can we meet their expectations in a safe environment while still obtaining quality? It is imperative that we all know and understand the definition of quality. However, this is where one of the biggest issues with health care arises….do we really have a unified definition for quality? Can anyone really truly define quality? Not really and that is the part of health care that without each of us to change that philosophy and practice we will never be able to obtain quality if we can’t define it. Similar to any performance measurement, if we do not know and understand the expectations, we will not know how and if we achieve the goal. What about Patient Safety? Patient safety – can we define it? It is much easier to think that patient safety is doing the right thing to the right patient and at the right time. But could that same definition be used for quality? Probably yes. The issue here being that patient safety and quality really are not two distinct and separate practices but rather to processes or systems that interact to provide the patient experience and ultimately the outcome of care. Cleveland clinic empathy video: There are many things to consider when we strive to improve quality and patient safety. One of the most important aspects is the patient’s perception. This video, created by the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, reminds us of just that. While you view this clip think about your most recent day at work. Maybe you passed one of these patients and never realized it. Would you have done anything different? Maybe we need to approach our patients and encounters differently. How would we approach people? Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care Duration: (4:25) User: clevelandclinic – Added: 2/27/13 YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDWvj_q-o8

Legal Methods and Skills Memorandum of Advice Assignment

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For presentation use: 2.5 cm margins, LH and RH justified, bibliography
• Notes and bibliography conform to AGLC3

Style: Use AGLC3

Legal Methods and Skills Memorandum of Advice Assignment

Lily Struthers is a sensitive soul. She had a strong childhood bond of friendship with Eva Trentham, but since Eva went away to university in Brisbane they have grown apart, something Lily regrets.

Eva’s family live on a large block of five acres in Bruce, a suburb in the Australian Capital Territory. The block does not have fences, and it is unclear where it begins and ends. Sometimes, when she is feeling especially nostalgic, Lily will walk along the borders of Eva’s family’s land, and think about old times. One such time was on 15 March, 2016. Lily was feeling especially pensive on this night, as 31 March was her old friend’s birthday. So she took herself for a walk by their house and in doing so realised that the house was ablaze with lights. Getting closer, she realised that a party was being held—a party, she suspected, in honour of Eva’s 21stbirthday.

Deeply hurt, Lily came close to the house. When she was about 100 metres away (at which point she knew that she was on the Trentham’s property) she was stopped by Eleanor Butterworth, an employee of Safe and Sound Security, a firm hired by the Trenthams to provide security during the event. Eleanor told Lily that she was on private property, and that she had to leave immediately. Lily, very upset, refused. Eleanor asked Lily to leave a second time; when she refused again, Eleanor placed Lily in handcuffs and walked her to the house. The police were called, and Lily was escorted away… but not before seeing Eva who, from a distance, made eye contact and then turned away, without saying anything.

On 31 March, 2016, Lily came to your firm’s office. Speaking with your managing solicitor, Ellen Wood, she said that on 29 March she had received a letter from the Trentham’s solicitor saying that she was going to be sued for trespass to land. Because of this, as well as Eva’s snubbing her on the night of the party, Lily not only wants to know how she can defend herself in the trespass to land matter, but also the grounds on which she might sue the Trenthams. Ellen Wood speaks to you, detailing the matter as above and giving you the following instructions:

Please provide a memorandum of advice, written in an appropriate manner and using AGLC3 style, regarding Ms Struthers’s matter. We have been able to confirm that, as of yet, no civil action has been commenced, but you should assume, for purposes of this memorandum, that any such action would be commenced in the ACT.

With regards the Trentham’s action against Ms Struthers, you should briefly identify the law concerning trespass to land (this is a tort law matter, also known as the law of obligations), the elements of that the Trenthams will need to prove to make their case against Ms Struthers, and any defences, and apply these to our client’s case. Please note that while the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT) sets out defences to trespass to land, it does not identify the elements of the action; for that you will need to look elsewhere.

Having considered the grounds on which Ms Struthers might pursue an action against the Trenthams, I think that her best course lies in the tort of false imprisonment. Please describe the elements of this tort and how it operates in the context of any claim that she might have; in doing so, please identify and describe at least two pieces of relevant case law that have a bearing on the case in support of your advice. Note that the Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT) does not have any provisions relating to this tort.

In both instances, you should identify the strengths and weakness of Ms Struthers’s position. You should also briefly consider the options, whether litigation or alternative forms of dispute resolution, generally available to her in resolving these matters.[1]

[1] Assume for the purposes of this assignment that Lily is not facing any charges relating to any other criminal or civil matter, nor is she looking to sue Eleanor Butterworth or Safe and Sound Security. While you should consider both litigation and alternative forms of dispute resolution as options available to Lily, do not spend time detailing the appropriate court in which these actions may be filed, or specific procedural questions connected to this. For information on the format, learning outcomes, and grading criteria for this assignment, please see the accompanying instructions on Moodle.

Order 110061: questions

Explain reasons why the medical office’s owner’s equity account from the balance sheet will not be equal to the Personal Physician New Worth calculation from the article. Reply with a question to one other student’s post and answer any question(s) your post received. Please include a reference or source at the bottom of your comment for your discussion question. also the two pdfs

Order 109729: The Clintons

Instructions: Go to the American Experience President’s Series on pbs.org, and watch either the documentary on Reagan or the one on Clinton The Clintons. This biography is about a political marriage, not just a president, and is particularly relevant given the political campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination currently underway. Consider the following questions in writing your essay: In what ways did Hillary Clinton represent a new generation of women’s political leadership? What explains her commitment to Bill Clinton? In what ways did her role replicate that of Eleanor Roosevelt? In what ways did the debut of 24-hour news channels make life much more difficult for the Clintons than it had been for the Roosevelts? Many have criticized special prosecutor Ken Starr because he was looking for a crime instead of investigating one. His investigation of Whitewater, which turned up nothing illegal, cost taxpayers more than $40,000,000. Starr located a possible crime, but not the one he was looking for. Given that most previous presidents had extra-marital relationships that almost never became a target of national scandal, what does the media frenzy about the Monica Lewinsky affair say about modern American life and politics? Was the Republican response to his marital infidelity (impeachment) appropriate? (If you are not familiar with the constitutional criteria for impeachment, read the U.S. Constitution in the Appendix to your textbook. The constitution says that impeachment is justified if the accused has committed treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors. Consider whether or not lying about an extra-marital affair meets that criteria.) How do the commentators on the video evaluate his presidency? How do you evaluate it? Does the film help explain why Hillary Clinton appeals to older voters, particularly women, in 2016, but she has far less appeal to young women? Explain.

Order 109646: 1 Kings

MUST HAVE ACCESS TO: Dictionaries (At least two dictionary articles need to be part of the research) Good for general reference and word studies The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols.) The Anchor Bible Dictionary (6 vols.) The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (5 vols.) – older but still a good source Commentaries (Three commentaries from this list need to be used in the research. Use no more than three commentaries since the information becomes redundant) Anchor Bible Commentary The New Interpreter’s Bible The New American Bible Commentary Hermenia Series The New International Commentary on the Old Testament/New Testament The Word Biblical Commentary The Interpretation Series The Old/New Testament Library Series The Broadman Bible Commentary Online Journals (At least two online journal articles need to be s part of the research) The only internet websites allowed are the databases JSTOR and ATLAS which are accessible through the library’s website. These are “Peer-reviewed articles). These sites offer full-text citations of many journal articles.

Order 109605: Talks Review: Reviving New York’s rivers — with oysters!

Please watch this talks “Kate Orff: Reviving New York’s rivers — with oysters!”, and write a review, talk about related NYC’s water issues. Below is the link to the talks. https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_orff_oysters_as_architecture?language=en

Order 109402: Health Care Service Provider Presentation

Resources: Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Tutorials, Center for Writing Excellence Select one of the health care service providers identified in your Week Three assignment, Health Care Providers and Products. Prepare an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes that discusses the health care service provider selected. Include the following in your presentation: Identify the selected health care service provider selected. Identify two additional services and products he or she provides. Identify the roles of various stakeholders and emerging roles within the health care service provider selected. Explain how the services and products are financed or paid for. Identify current and future trends that may have an impact on this provider of health care services. Cite at least 3 peer-reviewed or scholarly reference and your textbook to support your information. For additional information on how to properly cite your sources, log on to the Reference and Citation Generator resource in the Center for Writing Excellence. Format your presentation according to APA guidelines. Your presentation must include a title page, introduction slide, conclusion slide, and a reference slide. Also be sure to note references “in text” of the speaker notes, like you would in the body of an essay. Week Three health care service providers as follows: Preventive care or public health Ambulatory or primary care Subacute or long-term care Acute care Auxiliary services Rehabilitative services End-of-life care Mental health services Emergency management or disaster preparedness Dental services Military and veteran services Indian health services