Cultural competency is defined as a person having enough knowledge of cultural groups that are different from themselves to be able to interact with diverse groups and make them feel respected and understood (Harkreader‚ 2007). Nurses need to exhibit an attitude that values differences‚ and understand their own beliefs‚ before they can care and accept other cultures (Harkreader‚ 2007). Developing a plan to help meet the health care needs of transgender individuals could most likely be implemented
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COMPETENCIES OF AN EFFECTIVE OD PRACTIONER I start by giving a brief definition of competencies. For those of us who would have done HRM we learned that competencies are the behavioural characteristics (skills and abilities) of an individual which is causally related to effective or superior performance in a job. Every OD Practitioner should have some foundational skills and abilities. If the person claiming to be an OD practitioner is not strong on these‚ he or she might be a business consultant
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Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area 1: Safety is one of the most important aspects of the task given to an educator. My main concern is that the trust and respect is fulfilled daily while making sure a child is not injured in the given environment. Daily tasks must include a thorough cleanup of the classroom‚ making sure all loose furniture‚ accessories and electrical appliances are covered when not in use. All chemicals‚ utensils‚ and
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Competency Statement II To advance physical and intellectual competence Reflective Statement To advance physical competence‚ I allow children the opportunity to use their large and small muscles in various capacities. With young infants‚ I allow them the space to kick‚ roll over‚ or have tummy time. Playing music or singing to them allows them to use these skills more adequately. With mobile infants and toddlers‚ I give them activities that allow them to walk or run to use their gross
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Competency Goal 1 Functional Area 1: Safe. Candidate provides a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment my number one goal is to keep my children safe while they are in my care. I always make sure that I am aware of all the children in my room. I make sure that all plug outlets covered with protectors. All toys are age appropriate for my children. I practice the fire‚ tornado‚ and earthquake drill once a month with my children
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Gayle Y. Garrett Competency Goal VI To maintain a commitment to professionalism Function Area 13: Professionalism As a professional‚ I promote child development‚ learning and build family and community relationships. I continue to attend professional development sessions and read articles about early childhood. I am a continuous
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Competency Statement 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment. Safety Establishing and maintaining safety is extremely important. My goal is to prevent and reduce the number of injuries of children while they are in my care. Preschoolers are not usually aware of the dangers in the environment or of behaviors that can cause an injury to themselves or others. One of the ways I do this is by supervising children at all times. Supervising them by sight and sound even
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Competency Goal VI To maintain a commitment to professionalism Functional Area #13: Professionalism As a professional I attend regular trainings both in and out of work. Some training is provided for me by my employer‚ while others I seek out on my own. In June I attended training for 2 weeks before children started attending class. These trainings focused on areas such as health‚ routines and transitions‚ environments‚ goals/objectives and school readiness. One way I apply these trainings
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Bibliography: Boyatzis (1982) Competencies as motive‚ trait‚ skill‚ aspect of ones self image or social role‚ or body of knowledge. Nordhaug and Gronhaug (1994) Defined to include work related knowledge‚ skills and abilities.
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1. The skill I want to develop and my understanding of this skill. The skill I want to develop is the teamwork competency. What is Teamwork? I look up the Webster’s New World Dictionary‚ teamwork is defined as "a joint action by a group of people‚ in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group." This does not mean that the individual is no longer important; however‚ it does mean that effective and efficient teamwork goes beyond
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