...Jennifer Ince Educating Exceptional Children Grand Canyon University SPE 226 Instructor: Mike Mannelly Date: 07/10/2011 Differences among people are around us every day in our lives. Taking the time to understand individuals with uniqueness is an essential part of our own growth and development. Educators are more involved with helping students with disabilities now more than ever before. Finding the correct methods and instruction to produce a healthy learning environment, and assisting students with disabilities is a key element in classrooms today. There are many different disabilities and educating ourselves as teachers on aspects of disabilities helps us to help others. Intellectual disability is distinguished mutually by a substantial under average score on a mental or intelligence test. This score combined with restrictions of aptitude in subjects of daily life, which encompasses social and school functions, communication, and self care. Other aspects consist of partial scope to plan, solve, think abstractly, comprehend complicated thoughts, understand quickly, and gain knowledge through occurrences (How common is Intellectual Disability? ). The processing of delivering these aspects is slower than their peers with average intellect and capabilities. The varieties of this disability are categorized from mild to profound. When an individual has an intellectual disability it is not uncommon for other disabilities to be integrated with it (How common...
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...associates and work their way up in the organization if they choose to do so and if the store needs these positions filled. We also strive to hire an exceptional workforce. One way we may want to go about hiring an exceptional workforce may be to hire motivated, intelligence college graduates. However, according to the environmental scan, we have found that recent college graduates do not necessarily want to start at the bottom of an organization as a store associate in order to work their way up to a higher position. Additionally, the retail industry holds a negative (and partially accurate) image of providing low pay, requiring long hours, and of their being frequent conflicts with lower-level employees. A Prelimiary Statement of the Action Plan for Hiring for Washington Next Year According to the forecast of labor requirements found in Table 1.1, next year we will need 4,845 store associates, 42 shift leaders, 105 department managers, 21 assistant managers, and 5 store managers. As a result of both these figures and our hiring policy of hiring internally and thus starting every employee at the lowest position, we will need to hire a large amount of store associates. We will keep most of them at the associate position and promote some of the more experienced associates into the managerial positions. We also must keep in mind our other hiring policies of developing talent and having exceptional workforce quality. In order to fulfill all of our hiring practices, we propose the following...
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...up in the organization if they choose to do so and if the store needs these positions filled. They also strive to hire an exceptional workforce. One way they may want to go about hiring An exceptional workforce may be to hire motivated, intelligent college graduates. However, according the matrix scan, it has been found that recent college graduates do not necessarily want to start at the bottom of an organization as a store associate in order to work their way up to a higher position. Additionally, the retail industry holds a negative and partially accurate image of providing low pay, Requiring long hours, and of their being frequent conflicts with lower-level employees. According to the forecast of labor requirements found in Table 1.1, next year Tanglewood will need 4,845 store associates, 42 shift leaders, 105 department managers, 21 assistant managers, and 5 store managers. As a result of both figures and the hiring policy at tanglewood of hiring internally and thus starting every employee at the lowest position, the need to hire store associates will increase in the amount needed to perform at the highest level possible. It will be necessary to keep most of at the associate position and promote the more experienced associates into managerial positions. They will need to keep in mind the other hiring policies of developing talent and having exceptional workforce quality. In order to fulfill all of the current hiring...
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...motivated college graduates. One of the problems Tanglewood might have is that most college grads don’t want to work at the bottom in order to move up to manager’s positions. A lot of people don’t view retail as a great job because it sometimes requires long hours, low pay and conflict with lower-level associates. The action plan forecast for labor requirements for the next year will be 4845 store associates, 42 shift leaders, 105 department managers, 21 assistant managers, and 5 store managers. With the policy for hiring within will require a greater number of store associates, and promoting the associates who have completed training. To fill the other positions Tanglewood will need to plan. Tanglewood will need 4845 store associates for next year. In order to get a better quality associates there needs to be a flexible work time and better pay. Even offering associates a chance to buy stock in the company .Having store discounts is another way. Changing up the tasks which will allow associates to work in different department which will increase the knowledge of the associate .Encouraging feedback from associates will strengthen the bond of the workforce by showing that anyone can make a different. Hiring kids still in High School can help out in fill the spots during the peak seasons and possibly having a future Manager. Offering programs that teach associates the ways Tanglewood operates and...
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...When it comes to defining a need for anything and way to achieve it will require you to do research. Research will enable you to put together a needs assessment, which will tell you exactly what and why you need things to improve the overall performance. A need assessment will pick apart detail for detail what exactly is the problem and how you can fix it. For example, if you are lacking in customer service it will show the company where, when, why, and how. The needs assessment will show you where the initial system went wrong; whether it be a person or technical issue. The company will be able to see when it started to decline and why it was not fixed. In most situations companies believe that a plan that once worked will work forever. This is not true when we live in a world of change which means companies have to go with the times and keep up to survive. Then at the end, the assessment will show you how to fix the issue whether it be hiring, replacing, or moving around employees. It is very important that you don't waste time on improving an area that doesn't need improving and then be frustrated when you still have the same problem. The needs assessment cancel out that waste of time and pin pints your exact problem area and what is needed to fix it. In this case the area of opportunity is customer service. Therefore I want to implement a general training session that will be two parts. The first part will be interactive classroom learning and the second part will be role...
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...Hopefully building credibility, trust, and making it seem as if you are well prepared will put the potential client at ease when breaking the bad news to them. The next situation that needs to be addressed is when and what manner will we be able to explain to the client on the approval. It is known that we do have a high probability that our product will become approved and we need to show our facts to the client. The client chose our firm not based on the pending regulatory act but on our other strengths. We need to show the potential client our strengths and exceptional guest services to get the peopl eon outside. As stated in the question, our company has yet to receive the approval for a project we are developing, which means we are producing something that is ahead of the game. No other company is doing what we are doing. The advantage that our product will the first of its kind will benefit both the client and our own. Through analytical and factual evidence, we can explain how our major competitors fail in what we are succeeding to. Explain to the client why and how the product will benefit the companies both the negative and the positive. A marketing strategy will be conducted to give evidence of solid performance within the firm. We need to show the client the problem society is facing and how we plan on using our product to solve these problems by the aid of data and statistics from our research will be able to assist...
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...Cashier Training Needs Assessment Food City Beverly Moreno Park University HR421 Corporate Training & Development Taylor, Debbie G. Cashier Training Needs Assessment Food City Food City is a fast and up and coming competitor in the retail grocery business. Established in 2009, the company’s commitment is to provide excellent customer service while providing low cost to the community. Food city wants to offer their employees the support that is needed to encourage growth, skills, knowledge, and higher performance. Food city wants to stand above the competition to obtain our business objectives by providing training support to all employees. It is the observation of the company that cashiers are the ones most likely to be in direct contact with the customers. This opens the door to communicate and perform exceptional customer service. An immediate area of focus is on the front-line implementing the opportunity to increase customer service, carry out correct codes and procedures, listening and understanding information while using appropriate vocabulary, language and tone. Since customers are our number one priority, development of curriculum is in direct response to increasing demand in the operation for training materials that will target specific application of work related skills. Corporate office has asked for input to create a training program designed for continued, up-to-date materials given the company’s business strategy for resources...
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...What are the human resource issues facing the vice president's department and under which of the HR domains (e.g. Organizational Design, Staffing, Performance Management an Appraisal) does each issue belong? Identify some strategies for dealing with these issues. There are four employees under Suzanne Roberts (Vice President of Accounting at Valley National Bank); Bob Phillips, Carla Goodman, Greg Williams, and Kathy Lewis. Some of the issues facing the vice president’s department are: Staffing, Performance Management, and Appraisal. Bob Phillips came to Valley National Bank to manage through a merger. He managed/supervised only two people in his previous position and he lacked organizational and planning skills. He also has weak interpersonal skills which had created hard feelings among employees in the department. In regards to performance management, performance reviews are late up to six months and employee morale is low and attitudes toward the company have hardened. In regards to staffing, good people quit the bank and/or transferred to other departments and the replacements for those employees were done poorly in the way that the first person who walked in for an interview was hired (which means unqualified people were more than likely hired or a more qualified person did not have the opportunity to interview). Bob is very good at solving financial and accounting problems and he has an extensive knowledge of all major software programs. Another problem is Carla Goodman...
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...contact, and not responding to their name are some of the indicators early on that your child may have autism. According to the US centers for disease control and prevention, autism occurs in 1 of every 68 children. Because autism is so common, it's important to be aware and knowledgeable about the topic. This means also knowing what accommodations kids with autism need and what unnecessary measures some people may take. Each individual with autism is different. Some have exceptional abilities in the arts or academics and, according to the Autism Speaks organization, around 40 percent have intellectual disability (meaning an IQ below 70). Some are non-verbal, but can communicate in various other ways (such as gestures, visuals, and eye contact) , and some can easily use verbal communication. Considering that there is such a broad spectrum of affects autism can have on each individual it is important to get to know your child's/friend's specific needs and do your best to meet those needs. Because every child with autism is different, therapies and treatments are all unique to that child's specific needs. Behavioral treatments involving therapy with the child's family are common, as well as therapy in the classroom or in a specialized center. Medicine is also a common treatment for different conditions that kids with autism often have such as seizures, GI distress, and sleep troubles. Another...
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...We have discussed your work for EB3101 and we have agreed that you can in this exceptional circumstance be given another chance in EB3101. Given that you failed several pieces of work and I need to make sure that you can demonstrate that you have achieved the learning outcomes of the module, I'm going to ask you to do the following task: Write an essay with the title: 'Why it is important for my future career to know about the topics covered in EB3101' (800words) I realise that this will be a difficult essay for you to write, you will have to: 1) go back over the content of the module and read through the powerpoints for all the sessions 2) think about why topics such as genre, the language of public relations etc are important to somebody (you) working in China in 21st century 3) write the essay completely in your own words as you won't find anything about this in Wikipedia! Finally, given what you said about not being interested in the content of the module, you may have to use your imagination a bit too. I would like you to submit this essay through Turnitin on or before 27 February. If you have any questions, let me know. Please don't let me down again Finally, given what you said about not being interested in the content of the module, you may have to use your imagination a bit too. I would like you to submit this essay through Turnitin on or before 27 February. If you have any questions, let me know. Please don't let me down again ...
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...Merriam-Webster Dictionary the definition of gifted is demarcated as having exceptional talent or natural ability, so how does a school district allow students to enter this program? Many states have different ways of choosing students to enter the gifted and talented program, and some ways include if the student is performing exceptionally in the class, and taking tests to mark your abilities. In KATY ISD this is how a student is labeled “gifted and talented”, by taking a test that is referred to as “The GT Test”. An average student who simply gets good grades in school may not exactly be looked down upon, but that student can definitely feel inferior to the kids in the gifted and talented program academically; even though they can be just as actually talented but in something else like band or even sports. This is where the definition of gifted is misinterpreted because it does not mean this natural ability has to be educational/academic but that’s what society defines gifted and talented to be. Getting good grades in an academic class does not mean you’re stupid (like some people might think) it just means you don’t get it as quick as other and you just do not want to give your whole life up just so you can pass a class you really won’t need to be your strongest subject later on. To be honest, the work load given in academic may not be as high as gifted classes do give out, but there are some people that need to take it easy on classes in school because they want to focus on another...
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...to fit in long hours of work with low pay and conflicts with lower level employees. Answer d) Gap Analysis Next year (projected) 1 2 3 4 5 Year end total (column sum) 4505 1110 685 171 45 External hires needed (current workforce total) 3995 408 391 48 33 Answer e) Tanglewood needs to look at the percentage of employees needed each year for each position. Tanglewood wants to make sure that their employees stay so they should hire and promote within the company. This will make the morale of the company increase. Another option would be for Tanglewood to hire temporary workers. 2. According to the forecast of labor requirements found in table 1.1, next year will need 3995 store associates, 408 shift leaders, 391 department managers, 48 assistant managers, and 33 store managers. As a result we will need to be hiring a large amount of store associates. We will do this by attempting to attract college graduates. In order to do so we will provide higher pay and store discounts...
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...Persuasive writing is more than relaying information. It’s about convincing, compelling, and impacting the reader. In order to be good at this type of writing you must know your audience. And in order to know your audience you must be an exceptional listener. Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to effective communicating, and persuasive writing. If you listen to your audience, you will learn, if you learn you will know your audience. It is when you know your audience then you can use the angles of persuasion in your writing. In your persuasive writing always understand that the reader is human, selfish, and innately looking for ‘what is in it’ for them. In order to effectively answer that question and write persuasively you must understand what motivates people, and what people want. People want to make and save money, people want to make and save more time, they want to reduce risk, they want to be recognized etc. Its understanding and applying these motivators and wants in your writing that will help the reader attach themselves to your opinion. Thus making your persuasive writing more effective. Cheney and Tompkins, essentially masters on the subject of human communication, have regarded four principals as the process of persuasive negotiating. Those being Guardedness, Accessibility, Nonviolence, and Empathy. Gaurdedness, you are you, and just because you listen/read doesn’t mean you have to...
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...Hi, my is Jenna Hull. I am a resident of Hamilton, MS, and I will be a student at Mississippi State University in the of Fall 2018. I am reaching out to you because I am doing a Krispy Kreme Doughnut fundraiser as an individual. The fundraiser is not through a school or an organization, which means I need to sell at least fifty dozen doughnuts for the fundraiser to happen. I am doing the fundraiser to help a family in need. The family is the family of Melesa Rakestraw of Nettleton, MS. The proceeds of the fundraiser will go to support the family pay for bills and food. Ms. Melesa suffered a car wreck in April. The wreck shattered her kneecap, through the scans and tests done after the accident her physicians found a mass on her heart. The mass...
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...supposed to be done in the back office and to make sure that I knew exactly what was going on step by step. I also had to virtually perform the tasks as well to show that I did comprehend how to do it. I felt that the communication was effective because I was more confident in my abilities to perform job which enabled me to perform better and increase productivity by being able to monitor inventory levels more closely and help the associates out by being able to replenish items that sell faster than others. Of course, replenishing those items means they can continue to be sold to customers which in turn generate revenue for the company which shows why my role is necessary. Helping the associates with products they need is also a necessary step to provide exceptional customer service which keeps them coming back to us to buy products. Word of mouth is one of the best ways to advertise and if customers tell their friends about how we handled their transactions, they will be more inclined to come into our store. With the way technology is rapidly changing, there is always something new coming out or a different way to go about doing something that maybe a...
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