Service Learning Experience Reflection Christians Reaching Out for Social Services (CROSS) is a nonprofit organization supporting the communities of Maple Grove‚ Rodgers‚ Osseo‚ Champlin (west)‚ Corcoran‚ and Dayton‚ Minnesota. Since CROSS was established in 1977‚ they have been supporting low income families and individuals by providing grocery service‚ meal delivery‚ clothing‚ and social services support (“Welcome to CROSS‚” 2017). Over the period of three days‚ February 8th‚ 10th‚ and 12th‚ I
Premium High school Education Community
Experience outside of the classroom can contribute to the advancement of literacy learning. The same can also be said that literacy is experienced only inside the classroom. I have had the luxury of experiencing both. The literacy I have gained in past courses and work experience is characterized by attending class‚ completing tasks in the work place‚ peer and instructor critique‚ personal habits‚ and literacy acculturation. Although I have taken an English 101 course‚ I can’t recall if the learning
Premium Writing Essay High school
Formal‚ Non-formal and Informal Learning: What Are the Differences? Earlier this year I did some applied research on the differences between formal‚ non-formal and informal education in both the sciences‚ as well as literacy and language education. These terms have been used by the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) as well as researchers and practitioners around the globe. Here’s a simplified explanation: Formal education – Organized‚ guided by a formal curriculum‚ leads
Premium Education Educational psychology Learning
Service-learning i.e. community service with organizations or out-class opportunities for communicational learning. First‚ it provides students an eye-open experience by “pushing” students out of their comfort zones to view the outside world. Second‚ service-learning helps students gain communication skills because they have to talk and interact with different group of people. Not only to view and to talk‚ but also to think. Students make connections between what we learn from the book and what we
Premium Education Knowledge Psychology
The experience I received from my service learning assignment has changed my perspective on volunteering‚ education‚ and how I manage myself and others. Volunteering with my classmates and others trying to achieve the same goal has been amazing. It was such a great experience to spend time at the Madrona Marsh to help with restoration and preservation. I was able to make a difference for the animals and native plants who call the marsh home. I did not realize how important the marsh was for the community
Premium Water Ocean Water pollution
publicly traded corporations. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants still holds the responsibility of standard setting for governments and not-for-profit entities‚ however‚ their recent pronouncements have been influenced by the PCAOB. 3. Steps that governmental and not-for-profit agencies may take in order to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Bill include: restructuring their Board of Directors to include and audit committee consisting of financial experts in various
Premium Internal control Auditing Audit
Other times‚ the issues have resolved themselves‚ providing me with more of a learning experience. There are those obnoxious problems I have not been able to solve‚ the issues that pester me months after they first occur. These are the problems that have truly tested my abilities and beliefs and made me think carefully. Recently‚ a new challenge literally grabbed my legs and slowed my life down. For the past three years‚ I had endured countless hours of taxing running. I ran during all three sports
Premium Psychology High school Leadership
Belief and witness The first pillar of Islam (the Shahadah) is believing and professing the unity of God and the messengership of Muhammad: “There is no god but God‚ and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” The Qur’an requires the faithful to tell others of Islam‚ so that they will have the information they need to make an intelligent choice. However‚ it rules out the use of coercion in spreading the message: Let there be [or: There is] no compulsion In religion: Truth stands out Clear from
Premium Islam Muhammad Hajj
Stakeholder analysis Stakeholders are defined in many ways. Traditionally in UNICEF guidance‚ stakeholders are defined as "people or groups that have an interest in a program or activity and/or are likely to be affected by it." Stakeholder analysis as a strategic tool often casts wider‚ including all the actors who can influence or be influenced by the achievement of a given goal or undertaking. These include the winners (those who have something to gain by achieving a goal) and the losers (those
Premium Stakeholder Stakeholder analysis
Foreign literature Airzona electric power Systems Applications and Products‚ known as SAP‚ is an enterprise resource planning system (ERP) used by Arizona Electric Power. “An ERP system integrates internal and external management information across an entire organization. Enterprise resource planning systems automate this activity with an integrated computer-based application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the
Premium Enterprise resource planning Supply chain management