Category: Education

Read the speech below and answer the questions that follow.
(Mashaba, H. 2019. Resignation speech: Herman Mashaba.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-10-21-in-full-herman-
mashabas-resignation-speech/ [Accessed: 04 December 2019]
Question
1
The politician claims that “Our multiparty coalition in Johannesburg has
achieved enormous feats in the past three years against all odds.” Using one of the projects he described as a
success and:
1.        
Explain the different kinds of value created in line with the needs of
citizens and stakeholders.
2.        
Argue how the resignation of this member might influence the delivery
of the City of Johannesburg’s’ strategic objectives.
3.        
Use one of the highlights (achievements) listed in the speech and
analyse the various kinds of operational capabilities and resources needed to
deliver the project.
“The inner-city project stands poised to
transform the skyline of Johannesburg, with 139 properties awarded for
development, and construction has already begun.” Assess the possible risks
associated with a construction project implemented by a public entity
Question 2
1.   
If we accept that the
City of Johannesburg will need to undergo change within the next financial
year, describe the theories and
concepts they will have to consider to policy design, implementation and evaluation in line with their public
administration objectives.
2.   
Discuss the tools you will use to conduct a needs assessment that could be used to design effective
policies for the City.
3.   
Review the concept of impact evaluation and explain how you would
use it in the context
of policy design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
4.   
The City of
Johannesburg employs you as an independent consultant to monitor, implement,
plan and manage a policy research
project. Explain which
techniques and tools you will use to conduct the required activities.
5.   
Using one project
highlighted in the speech above, apply a method for evaluating it through
utilising various data collection systems.
6.   
Describe how you will utilise expert panels, focus groups and key stakeholders to evaluate the project you identified in question 5 above.
Question 3
Imagine that you are a senior
manager at the City of Johannesburg during
this period of change.
1.        
Identify a management theory you would
apply to your team to ensure that they stay focussed on their responsibilities.
2.        
Critically evaluate
approaches to management functions which would be effective to use by a senior manager
at the City of Johannesburg during this period.
3.        
Identify, describe
and evaluate the change management skills and competencies the manager will need to implement.
4.        
Explain financial
management processes that could be used to allocate and manage resources for
the effective functioning of employees in a period
of change.
5.        
Research one of the
projects highlighted in the speech. Critically evaluate whether this project
will continue to succeed during
this period of change.
6.        
If you were the project
manager of the project you research (question 5), what would you do to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
Apply the principles and theories of project management to your answer.
7.        
Argue the governance
challenges the new City Manager might be facing. Related your answer to regionalism and decentralisation for the City of Johannesburg.
Question 4
1.        
Analyse issues surrounding development frameworks in the City of Johannesburg in the context
of wider public sector objectives.
2.        
Analyse the institutional and conceptual frameworks for development programmes
which you would implement if you were the new mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
3.        
Assess different investigative methods and processes
to compile a development framework
for the City of Johannesburg.
4.        
Develop a plan to facilitate
the relationships required
to ensure the effective implementation of the development frameworks you discussed above.
Question 5
1.        
Illustrate and explain
the main features of Cabinet and parliamentary government in the South African context.
2.        
Describe the
relationships between legal rules, political structures, Cabinet and
demonstrate how they relate to other administrative processes and policy
outcomes.
3.        
Discuss how the
resignation of the City of Johannesburg’s mayor affects / do not affect
parliamentary government activities.
Explain how the relevant stakeholders and entities within the public sector are linked.

Effective professional development is based on addressing the identified needs of the participants. Collecting and analyzing data prior to creating the professional development presentation is an important step in the professional development process. Once professional development has been delivered it is important to determine if the instruction has met learner needs or if further training is required.
For this assignment, you will create two data collections tools: a needs assessment and a satisfaction survey . Both surveys will be administered in EDU-588.
Needs Assessment Survey
The purpose of the needs assessment survey is to discover what professional development topics your colleagues believe would be most beneficial to them. Create a list of at least 15 suggested professional development topics that are appropriate for your organization. Using a 1-5 Likert scale, create a survey to be distributed to your colleagues via an electronic survey platform in EDU-588.
Satisfaction Survey
A satisfaction survey is designed to assess the level of participant satisfaction with a professional development session. Results from satisfaction surveys can also help in the process of modifying presentations for more effective implementation in the future.
Develop a generic survey using a 1-5 Likert scale that could solicit feedback following any professional development session.
Include the following:
At least 3-5 questions to evaluate the quality and relevance of the information presented.
At minimum 3-5 questions to evaluate the effectiveness of the presentation and the presenter.
At least one open-ended response soliciting qualitative feedback.
Prepare your survey to be distributed to your colleagues via an electronic survey platform in EDU-588.
Submit links to your online surveys along with a 250 word rationale for your design choices, including the following:
How are the topics you suggested relevant to your particular organization or workplace?
Why is it important to collaborate with professionals to identify their professional development needs?
Why you believe the tools you developed elicit valid and reliable data? Support this answer with 1-2 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Cultural competency is essential for teachers to be successful in the classroom. They need to understand their own cultural identity as well as be open to learning about the varying cultures of their students.
For this assignment, submit the final version of your 1,000-1,250 word research essay on a controversial topic involving a cultural identifier and the implications for K-12 public education. Utilize the sources found in the GCU Library, and the EDU-330 Research Guide, and feedback provided by your instructor on the rough draft you submitted in Topic 4.
In your research essay address the following:
Describe the controversial topic and cultural identifier. Explain the connection between the controversial topic, the cultural identifier, and the role of social justice.
Summarize the key historical events that have significantly affected your specific controversial topic.
Summarize the topic in the context of K-12 education, including the related cultural identifier and any associated controversies.
Identify current scholarly statements for the controversial topic, including at least one supporting and one opposing.
Describe how this controversial issue could affect future teaching practices and how it could affect future students.
Summarize related policies or methods that have been implemented at the local level including both districts and schools as a solution to the controversial issue.­­­
Support your research essay with at least 3-5 scholarly resources.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. 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. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Candidates will interview a board member gathering information regarding the importance of policy and policy development. What are the concerns that board members have regarding their roles in rule-making for their school districts? 
Also do a reflection as to how Standard 6.3 relates to this assignment. (NELP 6.3) (2 hours)
Standard 6.3 
Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to
reflectively evaluate, communicate about, and implement laws, rights, policies, and regulations to
promote student and adult success and well-being.
Rubric
Board Member Interview Rubric
Board Member Interview Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDocument Submitted
40 pts
Full Marks
27 pts
0 pts
No Marks
40 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeNELP 6.4
Candidates will understand and demonstrate the capability to comply with applicable laws, rights, policies, and regulations as appropriate so as to promote student and adult success. 
threshold: 7.0 pts
10 pts
Exceeds Expectations
7 pts
Meets Expectations
0 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
10 pts

Please use the competencies shown in the attached document to create a mock 
internship scenario using the format on the attached checklist document. 
Please disregard the signature section(s). 
Please input the current week for the date section.
Please elaborate on each section individually within the checklist. 
Total hours: 40.
Please see the attachments, I left notes on the checklist I attached. 

Instructions: In a presentation to your mentor and key faculty members of your school you will present 3 types of program evaluation. Your presentation should provide an overview of the specific model. Detail the application and implementation of each model. Explain the conditions under which it should be used. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the specific model. Develop a chart that compares and contrasts each model. This should be your last slide.
*Please use the following Program Evaluations: Formative Evaluation, Performance Evaluation, and Summative Evaluation*

1.Students will reflect on what they have learnt in Child Protection and Safeguarding
that poses a challenge in their current educational setting. 
2. Students will relate how to apply Child Rights and Safeguarding related to their
current roles in ECE settings locally or internationally and will reflect this analysis in
a short literature review section. Refer to the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child. Atleast include 4 articles in your reflection.
3. Students will need to write three major takeaways that are inspirational and useful to
their future teaching, 
4. Students will need to reflect on personal growth after taking the course. 
5. References and citations required. APA style is preferred but above all consistency.
For citations author/year at minimum. For references, author, year, publication. 
6. 1,000 words paper, double space, the academic level of grammar
is expected. 

Need chart filled based off of paper I attached just need notes for each box doesn’t need be a lot of notes the photos can be off the internet but they do have to be cited the 4 and 5 are schools one located in Henry County Public Schools and One located in Newton County public School just need photos that represent the area and notes for each of the 5 places Bp in Dekalb, Marshal’s ofc, Barbershop, 2 Schools

Review the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center video, “Chapter 5: The IEP Meeting,” and think about how collaboration is used effectively or not effectively.
To Complete
Submit a 1- to 2-page paper and address the following:
Explain the verbal and nonverbal cues used by families and school professionals in each of the video segments.
Explain what you learn from these verbal and nonverbal cues. Include an explanation of how they influenced the effectiveness of the meeting.
Explain the effective collaborative strategies used in the video. (Note: Use the Learning Resources to guide you.)
Reflect on the overall success of team meetings depicted in the videos and the resources you read. Explain three strategies you might use to establish effective collaboration with students, families, and other stakeholders when leading team meetings in your future. Explain how these meetings will guide you when leading team meetings in the future.

PURPOSE OF THE
ASSIGNMENT
This assignment requires you to begin bridging between
your troubling moment and broader discourses as well as to think more deeply
about the critical moment you wrote about in Assignment 1. As you begin to
consult conceptual/theoretical discourses, you should begin to examine your
initial thoughts and reactions to the troubling moment. Consider what caused
you to react as you did. What assumptions were you making? How did you think
the moment should have turned out? Begin to speculate about the reasons the
moment played out as it did. Think about your inquiry question; write down any
sub-questions or corollary questions that occur to you. Pay particular
attention to ideas that challenge your thinking and/or feelings about the
moment. Make notes on resources you want to check out as you proceed through
your inquiry. (Resources you may not have had time to review before completing
this assignment.)  Remember that,
ultimately, your goal in this course is to reach deeper understandings about…
·      
The question/topic/issue under study;
·      
Teaching and learning – your pedagogy;
·      
The nature of interpretive scholarly inquiry;
·      
Your sense of self as student, learner,
practitioner, and scholar
·      
The scholarship informing your understanding
THE ASSIGNMENT
Look at both your title and inquiry question. Decide if
either or both need to be refined in light of what you are learning. (By
refined, I do not mean you should change the focus of your inquiry.  It may be that you are able to articulate the
title and inquiry question in a more focused or conceptual language.)
Briefly describing one particular moment/critical
incident/episode/significant interaction from your teaching experience and
explain how you believe it is in some way representative of a larger
pedagogical and/or curricular issue. 
What is this issue?  What insights
do you have about this issue?  In what
ways are you still grappling with it?
Use the feedback you received on Assignment 1,
information from in-class discussions, and ideas gained from the textbook to begin
the process of gathering and reviewing resource materials that can inform your
thinking. Make notes on what the various resources are contributing to your
thinking. Write notes on avenues of inquiry to follow.  Be sure to relate your inquiry question to an
issue in a field of study.  
Finally, based on what you’ve written in response to the
above prompts, what are you coming to understand more deeply about teaching and
learning?  What are you coming to
understand about your own developing pedagogy?
Please Note
To do well on this assignment, it is important to note
that any commentary you make about an issue must be rooted in the context of
your practice.  In fact, the assignment
positions you to begin with your own relationship with the issue.
What exactly caused you to begin thinking about this issue?  How did the issue manifest itself for
you? 
Before you can make connections to theory regarding this
issue, you need to describe/explain what occurred in your teaching/your
practice that caused you to examine the issue more closely.   
About This
Assignment (and
Rubric):
This 7–10-page draft is due no later than the posted due date.  Please submit to our online course site.  Any assignment submitted after the due date will
not be read by me in time for me to offer you timely suggestions for
revision/editing.
Please review the assessment guide/rubric carefully.  Note that I am expecting you to have at
least ten outside references for your work.  You will need to create a References page for these
resources.  Use correct APA formatting.
Please see Assignment 2 Rubric below and follow it carefully.
Student:                                                                                                Assessment:
Creative Inquiry 2 Assignment Rubric (12
Points)
INQUIRY
QUESTION AND TITLE (2)
–You have written one focused inquiry question that will guide your
study.  This inquiry
question along with the
conceptual title of the Creative Inquiry project appears on your title page.
Conceptual Title
Inquiry Question
Student’s Name
–Your inquiry question still needs to be refined.  You have given your document a title.
–Your inquiry question is still unfocused or missing from the
study.  There is what appears to be
a hastily conceived
title or there is no title.
A SPECIFIC
MOMENT AND REFLECTION ON THAT MOMENT (2)
–You begin with a specific moment; provide the relevant details;
explain the nature and  
significance of the
moment in terms of what was at stake; clearly convey what you were thinking
and feeling at the time
that contributed to your decision.  Your
narrative about the specific moment
enables readers to
understand how this particular moment led you to your inquiry question.  You
clearly explain that you
have begun to reflect at the conceptual level.
–You begin with a specific moment and do all of the above but to
a lesser degree.  Your
narrative about the
specific moment does not entirely enable readers to understand how the moment
you describe led you to
your inquiry question.
–You do not begin with a specific moment; you begin by writing
generally about an issue.
The reader has no idea
what caused you to pursue this particular inquiry question.
RESEARCH (2)
–You draw information from multiple and mixed sources to gain
deeper insight into the
question under
study.  A References page of at least
10 sources is included. 
–You have incorporated at least 10 resources in your writing, but
many of your sources are not rich and
varied enough to help
gain a deeper understanding of what is under study.
–Your writing includes research, but the sources are not rich or
varied enough to help gain a deeper
understanding of what is
under study. There are fewer than the required 10 sources.
ANALYSIS
AND DISCOVERY (2)
— You use pertinent research to make connections and discover new dimensions of the
inquiry.  You are “in conversation” with the discourses
and have begun to theorize for yourself.
–You use pertinent research to complement and support the points
of the study but have not
yet entered into a
dialogic relationship with the discourses.
–You include some research but merely restate or summarize the
ideas of others.
MECHANICS (2)
–Your writing is relatively free of all error, enabling your
audience to read effortlessly. 
The language is clear and
precise.
–Your writing contains a number of surface errors, but they do
not seriously interfere with
meaning. Your language
is clear. 
–Your writing is difficult to understand; there are both surface
and deep structure errors
that interfere with
effective communication.  Your language
is often unclear. 
APA
FORMATTING (2)
— APA 7th edition formatting and documentation are
accurate.
— APA 7th edition formatting and documentation are not
accurate.