Board Meeting

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Allocate 3 hours in the field to support this assignment.

Attend a school board meeting for a local school district. If you are unable to attend in person, you may watch a live stream or an official recorded video of a recent school board meeting.

In a 500-750-word reflection about your experience, address the following:

  1. Describe each item addressed at the board meeting. What was being discussed and why?
  2. Explain who was in attendance at the meeting. What kinds of people were there? Why were they there? Were you surprised by who attended?
  3. Describe who presented at the meeting. Were the presentations civil? Did you agree with one side or another of the arguments?
  4. What you learned at this board meeting.
  5. How you will use what you learned as a teacher.

Submit a copy of the meeting agenda to LoudCloud with your reflection.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Video of Board meeting:

https://www.chclc.org/board-of-education/video

Discussion: You Are Defining and Defined by Social Responsibility

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Discussion: You Are Defining and Defined by Social Responsibility

The first observation of a social issue can be confusing for a young person. Witnessing extremes of wealth and poverty from one neighborhood to the next—or from one country to another—or hearing statistics related to literacy and school dropout rates in developed countries can be both shocking and baffling. While growing up, how did your community of family, friends, and teachers respond to social disparities? Were social issues ignored or confronted? Did you perceive a sense of helplessness or a responsibility to seek solutions?

Your own orientation toward social responsibility may have been shaped, directly or indirectly, by the cultural norms of your community. Whether you feel burdened by the myriad social concerns in the world today or called to address them, your response stems, in part, from how you see yourself in the world in relation to others.

In this Discussion, you explore the influence of personal values on your concept of social responsibility.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review examples of social responsibility presented in the assigned readings from the Loeb course text.
  • Review “The Golden Rule” from this week’s Learning Resources to identify commonalities across quotes and to determine whether any quotes align with your own values.
  • Complete the Cultural Genogram: Dimensions of Culture document located in this week’s Learning Resources to identify personal values related to social responsibility. Consider the direct or indirect influences that may have shaped your own orientation to social responsibility.
  • Think of the community or communities in which you grew up. What issues of concern or needs did you see addressed directly or indirectly? What issues were not addressed? Why?
  • Think about circumstances in your life that might have influenced your definition of social responsibility.
    • Did any of your family members choose careers or activities that served the community in which they lived?
  • Consider the convictions you hold today that were formed early in life. Think about how they now influence the way you view social responsibility.
  • Bring to mind a specific socially responsible act that you would consider influential in your life.

Hazard Vulnerability Matrix Worksheet

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Assignment Instructions
Hazard Vulnerability Matrix Worksheet

You completed the Hazard Vulnerability Matrix Worksheet to begin the process in developing your HVA. Over the next 2 weeks you will utilize the Matrix to complete the Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Worksheet (one worksheet for each type of hazard; manmade, technological, natural) (adapted from FEMA course IS559). This tool assists the Emergency Manager in determining the probability and severity of the hazard. The goal is to identify the hazards that pose the greatest risk to your community. Should you not have any information available regarding a hazard, make that known in the cell associated with the hazard and item of consideration.

Keep in mind that the more meticulous you are the less problems you will have when you develop your EOP in EDMG220.

Instructions
Download the EDMG101 HVA Vulnerability.xlsx. This contains a cover sheet and 3 blank tabs to fill–Natural, Technological, and Human.
Fill out your name and date on the cover tab.
Copy the hazards you identified in all 3 tabs from the HVA Matrix. Rate the hazard 1-5 in each of the column categories. The vulnerability index will be calculated from your inputs.
Add your first initial and last name to the filename. ie: AJones HVA Vulnerability.xlsx
Submit here in the classroom.
Supporting Materials
EDMG101 HVA Vulnerability.xlsx (16 KB)
Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Worksheet-Instructions.pdf (16 KB)

Toolkit IS-559 / G-556

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Hazard Vulnerability Assessment Spreadsheet– Completed Example Location/Facility: Manatee County Date Completed: 01/05/11 Completed by: EM This table has been adapted from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for inclusion in this Toolkit as an example of a system your community could implement. Scoring instructions are included after the table.

Type of Hazard Historical Occurrence

Prob. of Occurrence

Human Impact

Property Impact

Business Impact

Mitigation Activities

Internal Resources

External Resources

Total

Civil Disturbance* 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 0.3 Communications Failure

3 2 3 1 3 3 3 4 2.0

Coastal Oil Spill* 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1.1 Computer Crime/Virus/ Software Failure

1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 1.2

Drought* 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 1.6 Epidemic 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 2.0 Fire: Brush & Forest*

2 2 2 3 2 4 4 4 1.6

Fire: Structural 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 1.3 Flooding: Short Duration *

4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3.2

Flooding: Freshwater*

4 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 3.2

Flooding: Drainage*

3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 2.2

Flooding: Coastal Tidal*

1 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 2.6

Freeze* 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 1.0 Gas Leak 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1.0 Hazardous Material Spills: *

0.0

a. Roadways * 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 1.7 b. Air* 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 1.2 d. Pipeline* 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 0.7 e. Rail Systems* 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 0.6

 

 

Toolkit IS-559 / G-556

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Type of Hazard Historical Occurrence

Prob. of Occurrence

Human Impact

Property Impact

Business Impact

Mitigation Activities

Internal Resources

External Resources

Total

Hurricanes* 1 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2.8 Lightning 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 4 2.7 Mass Immigration* 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 4 0.3 Military Conflict 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 0.3 Plane/Train/Auto Crash

2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 1.4

Power Failure 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 5 1.1 Severe Weather/Storms *

3 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 2.2

Sinkholes/ Subsidence*

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0

Terrorism 1 1 3 2 2 4 3 5 0.9 Theft/Vandalism 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 2.0 Thunderstorm 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1.6 Tornado* 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 1.8 Tropical Storm * 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 2.6 Water Pipe Break 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2.3 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical/ Biological/Nuclear

1 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 2.0

Wildfires 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 1.8 Workplace Violence

1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 0.8

Work Stoppage 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1.7 Analysis Results: High Risk: Greater than 3.5 Medium Risk: 2.0 to 3.5 Low Risk: Less than 2 * Hazards of Concern as per HVA

 

 

 

 

 

Adapted from Manatee County Florida’s Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

Stress Activity And Applying Psychology To Everyday Life: A Reflection

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It is two different assignments

1. Stress   Activity

Use the attached document, “Identifying, Managing, and Reducing Stress,” to successfully complete the assignment for this Topic.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

2.

 

Applying Psychology   to Everyday Life: A Reflection

Reflect on the topics covered in this class so far and write a reflection that ties back to the material you have learned, which describes how these topics relate to different aspects of your life. In 750-1,000 words, consider the following:

1.Describe how you will use psychology in your personal life.

2.Describe how you will use psychology in your professional life.

3.Describe how you will use psychology in your academic careers.

4.Explain any overlap in any of the characteristics, including anything that applies to all three areas.

Use two to three scholarly resources to support your explanations. The textbook and other relevant resources should be cited when describing topics from the semester and how they apply to personal, professional, and academic careers.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.