I interviewed Dan Carter‚ principal at Heritage Elementary School to gain a better understanding of how Heritage Elementary School’s budget is determined‚ how funds are allocated‚ and the timeline in which a budget has to be developed and finalized. In referring to School District Budgeting (Hartman‚ 2003)‚ I concluded that my district uses a centralized approach to budgeting. Many decisions are made at the district level by our Business Manager‚ Steve Summers and Superintendent‚ Randy Guttenburg
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has been the less than adequate performance scores on standardized testing in the literature area. Most of the elementary schools‚ and middle schools‚ have been decreasing in their scores in the reading and language arts content areas on tests like the MAP tests. However‚ students are exceeding expectations on the math and science portions of the test. When a student starts out elementary school with a poor basis in reading‚ they are already set behind their peers‚ no matter what their background
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Motor Skill Development Growth changes significantly during elementary. Most of these changes can be attributed to the changes in the skeletal‚ muscular system and some body organs. Most children grow an average of 2 to 3 inches per year. By the age of 11 girls stand 4 feet‚ 10 ¾ inches‚ while boys stand 4 feet‚ 9 inches in height and both girls and boys gain between 5 and 7 pounds in weight. In addition to height and weight changes children began to gain muscle mass and start to lose baby
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and guided by a mission that has the best interests of all students at its core.” (Trump‚ p. 43) When I read that quote‚ I was saddened for my school‚ the place where my heart has lived for nine years. Christy Johnston‚ as principal of Southaven Elementary School‚ has the potential to be a phenomenal leader‚ and the school has the capacity to be great! She graduated with her Specialist in Educational Leadership through this program at The University of Mississippi. She is smart‚ savvy‚ highly intelligent
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1. Were the groups in this study independent or dependent? Provide a rationale for your answer. Independent‚ the outcomes of each subject are independent of eachother. They are male and female groups‚ and there was no appearant attempt to match eachother on any variable. 2. t = –3.15 describes the difference between women and men for what variable in this study? Is this value significant? Provide a rationale for your answer. t=-3.15 describes the differences between women and men for the mental
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NAME: Eden Barrera Rodriguez COURSE: BEEd- General Education DATE: 11.26.2012 MATH LESSON PLAN: KINDS OF PLANE FIGURES OBJECTIVES: At the end of 45 minutes discussion‚ the students will be able to: * Identify the different kinds of plane figures * Draw plane figures correctly * Appreciate the shapes around us. Show awareness to the things around us. PROCEDURE: A. MATERIALS: white board marker (black) Visual aid (bright-colored cartolina) Pictures (shapes)
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Hawthorne Avenue Elementary School is located in Newark‚ New Jersey. The address of Hawthorne Ave is 428 Hawthorne Ave. Their mission statement is “ “The single greatest effect on student achievement is not a race‚ not poverty; it is the effectiveness of the teachers.” Therefore‚ the administration‚ teachers‚ staff‚ and parents of Hawthorne Avenue School are committed to providing a stimulating‚ structured‚ and safe learning environment that ensures the delivery of high- quality instruction with
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Intelligences in the Elementary Classroom Some of us are born with an inherited intelligence and others will find their level of learning as they grow from an early age in life through training from educators and parents. There seems to be evidence that shows signs of different levels of learning and multiple intelligences within each of us‚ especially in early childhood‚ that need to be recognized. It is important that schools‚ administrators‚ special educators‚ elementary teachers and all others
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When I first started school at the very young age of six I remember stepping through the stone threshold and into a huge elementary school with diverse attributes like height‚ nationality‚ personality and race. It was amazing to see all the diverse people at the school including myself! I thought to myself that I wouldn’t fit into school with the other kindergarteners at first but I actually did because most of the kids in my class lived in my neighborhood. It felt so awesome to be in a diverse class
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I never had a problem with the color of my skin until I entered elementary school. Thankfully‚ I’ve never encountered any severe forms of racism‚ but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I was coming up short. That maybe I wasn’t as talented as the other kids at school. In hindsight‚ I definitely had potential‚ but at the moment‚ I felt like I was below average. Both my elementary school and my middle school were predominantly Caucasian. The town itself wasn’t very diverse and my mother was never
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