Essay Instructions: Module 5 Reflection ??" Peer Review
Submission Dates Vary ??" See Directions for Submission
Overview: Reflection on Dispositions
Over the past four modules, you have been asked to complete four progressive assignments. Collectively, all of these assignments were focused on helping you to collect and analyze data and information regarding the discipline, behavior management, and school safety approaches that are needed in any school.
In this module’s assignment, you will reflect on your assignments, their outcomes, and how this learning will help you exemplify the program dispositions of American College of Education:
? Equity: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to building and sustaining a positive school culture and a safe, orderly, effective learning environment that support the educability of all.
? Scholarship: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to leading and managing an evidence-based, data-driven instructional program that ensures that all students have the knowledge, skills, and values to become contributing members of society.
? Diversity and Unity: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to the inclusion of all stakeholders in a collaborative school learning community that promotes academic achievement for all.
? Lifelong Learning: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to the implementation of a shared vision of learning that is supported by the school community and promotes lifelong learning for self and others.
? Excellence: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to the implementation of clear learning goals, high-quality standards, evidence-based instructional strategies, and technology that will prepare all learners to experience success in a complex, global society.
? Ethics: Candidates believe in, value, and are committed to acting with integrity, fairness, and equity; bringing ethical principles to the decision-making process; and adhering to all local, state, and federal laws and policies governing schools.
In this Reflection, you will apply your research skills to locate and incorporate information in a response from a professional, scholarly source outside the course. You will also cite the source in APA style in your response with a full APA bibliography reference at the end of your response.
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Course Objectives
? Analyze the relationship of a Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS) to students’ academic achievement.
? Identify functional components of successful classrooms, including their physical set- up, effective grouping and instructional approaches, criteria for a positive climate and academic engagement, and necessary teaching behaviors.
Signature Assessment
This assignment is also a signature assessment. A signature assessment best displays the knowledge and skills essential to the course objectives and serves as a milestone in your progress toward fulfilling the program outcomes.
As a signature assessment, this assignment will move through a number of steps, including creation of a draft document, submission of the document for peer review, peer review and rubric grading, and submission in the course and self-grading. Directions for final submission are provided in the Module 5 Reflection ??" Signature Assessment.
Directions for Submission:
1. Complete the assignment according to the Directions for Completion.
2. Follow the directions to submit your draft document for peer review. This
draft should be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of Module 5.
3. Peer review the work of one other student, and receive a peer review of your work. Peer
reviews should be completed by 5:00 p.m. Friday of Module 5.
4. You will use the comments and peer reviews to revise and polish your assignment
document for submission on the Module 5 Assignment ??" Signature Assessment.
Directions for Completion:
1. Save and print the Module 5 Reflection PDF.
2. Create a Word or text document for your response. Use 12-point Arial or Times New
Roman font. Follow APA format.
3. Create a title page and references page in APA style.
4. Respond to the reflective questions described for Journal Entry: A Reflection of
Learning.
? Record your reflection as a one-page journal entry of approximately 250 words.
? Select at least one program disposition to relate to your learning experience, building a connection between the disposition and your understanding related to the topics presented in this course.
? Provide appropriate references and citations from any of the articles in the course.
? Incorporate information from one professional, scholarly source outside the course along with any presented in the bibliography. Use appropriate APA citations and references.
? Use the guiding questions to prompt your thinking and guide your writing. Do not use a question-answer approach.
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? Follow the directions to submit your final Word or text document. Introduction
At the graduate level, it is appropriate to include a brief introduction to set the stage for what follows in the body of the document. It is at the instructor’s discretion as to whether this component is to be included.
Journal Entry: A Reflection on Learning
This is a journal entry, reflecting upon your perspective of the learning experience as it relates to the dispositions of American College of Education. As with other graduate-level writing, use documentation to support the connection between research and application. Consider the following questions to help promote and prompt your thinking:
• How is classroom discipline and behavior management in an individual classroom influenced by what happens at the grade and building levels?
• How does the “instructional environment” (i.e., the teacher and instruction in a classroom, the academic and social skills curriculum, and the individual characteristics of the students) influence effective classroom discipline and behavior management?
• How does a preventative approach, such as a Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS), help maximize the prosocial behavior of students, while minimizing the number of students who need strategic or intensive behavioral interventions?
Conclusion
As expected of all graduate-level, APA documents, it is appropriate to address conclusions drawn from the experience of considering these topics. It is at the instructor’s discretion as to whether this component is included.
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