...will face difficulty in classrooms comprised of fifty-one percent minority students. (Texas Education Agency, 1993) Nonetheless, traditional teachers with no experience in multicultural education training is a significant issue in Texas. Dayton Independent School District’s mission statement states, The mission of Dayton Independent School District is to educate all students to the maximum extent of their abilities and to challenge them to excel in a changing world. The fundamental purpose of Dayton Independent School District is to develop in all students the essential academic skills and knowledge of which to build lifetime learning. All students are taught a core curriculum of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Physical Education and Technological Literacy. All students will be expected to acquire a knowledge of citizenship and economic responsibilities and an appreciation of all common American heritage including its multicultural richness. Dayton Independent School District will strive to provide an educational system that maintains accountability for demonstrated results and will work towards continuous improvement. (DISD Dayton, Texas, 2013) This mission statement is stated and worded expressively, but does this really accommodate each student? There are many...
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...belief that we all have been born with gifts and talents. Some of us have the ability to sing, dance or play an instrument. Some of us are gifted with a natural instinct to help and encourage people through tuff times. Others are gifted with the natural ability to light up a room with charisma or cause people to burst with laughter at an instant. Regardless of background, pedigree or age I believe we all have gifts from God. These gifts were given to us to use for the exhortation of God and the building of his kingdom. Unfortunately we still have a major problem with getting people to lend their gifts to the house of God. Many people just don’t have an interest, or feel compelled to serve. They often times come to church year after year and do nothing. They have no interest what-so-ever to serve or assist in any capacity or manner within the ministry. No matter how many times we announce the need for ushers, greeters, children’s church teachers, camp counselors or choir members they have no desire to serve, even though they thoroughly enjoy the benefits of those ministries themselves. Someone once said people come to church with a SERVE-US mentality instead of a SERVICE mentality. This statement is truly echoed and brought to life when people are selecting churches in this modern day climate. People are no longer concerned about the mission of the church, the goals or the church or the history of the church they are only concerned about what that particular church can do for them...
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...Entrepreneurship People say that life is not about money and that money cannot buy happiness. Have you ever seen some one on a jet ski that looks sad? While it may be true that money cannot directly buy happiness, money easily unlocks the doors for happiness. Whether it is a small business startup or it is a simple investment opportunity, seizing the moment can result in the option to retire early. Entrepreneurship is the ability to flip investments and businesses for a profit. Entrepreneurship is what allows me to work from home and be my own boss. Entrepreneurship is what lets me live life to its fullest without restrictions. Looking back at my short time in business, I have started a business before I was able to drive, I turned a hobby into a source of income and I have been able to help my parents with finances. My first business venture came when I was 14 years old. I was very interested with making YouTube videos and how to get more views. I created my first website detailing the different methods on how to gain exposure on YouTube videos. It took me over a month to read up on web development and networking. I took the plunge and bought my first server to host my website. I implemented Google Analytics so I could watch how many viewers I was getting and what pages they were most interested in. After a couple of weeks of letting the site run on auto-pilot, I started to receive a few emails about creating websites and managing their web servers so I decided to start...
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...Describe your school campus (such as grade levels, size, number of administrators and teachers). Bose Ikard Elementary is a Title I campus in Weatherford Independent School District. Currently there are 637 students enrolled in grades pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. In addition, we are a bilingual campus for all grades except sixth grade. Our campus employs 52 professional staff members with 46 highly certified teachers, two administrators and four professional support staff. What is your school’s mission statement? How is school-community relations reflected in this mission? Our school mission supports Weatherford Independent School District with: The mission of WISD is to teach, challenge and inspire each student to succeed in the global community. The school-community relations is reflected in this mission because our school community works together to teach,...
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...When I was in the seventh grade, my English classes, which were meant to be for gifted students only, I had a teacher who had burned out. He was interested neither in providing material for us to study nor giving lessons on what we were expected to learn. Most days, the sequence of events in English class was this: come in, sit for roll, go to the computer lab and goof around until the class changed. Many fruitful things came from the inevitable boredom that ensued. The Montevallo Counterfeit, for example, was a student-led and distributed newspaper which published falsified reports loosely based on current school happenings, such as the relocation of a beloved student to a different school being explained by alien abduction. Although the majority of the time spent in this class was occupied with an empty mind, a well-needed break in the mundanity came in the form of a field trip with the entirety of the gifted students in my school. We met and, in addition to participating in team building...
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...Charismatic Leadership A charismatic leader is one who reveals “a transcendent mission or course of action that may not be in itself appealing to the potential followers, but which is acted on because the followers believe their leader is extraordinarily gifted” (Patrick, 2011, page 364). Charisma is the interplay between the leader’s traits and behaviors and the follower’s needs, beliefs, values, and perceptions. Charisma inspires devotion and enthusiasm. A charismatic leader is one who by their personality can have profound effects upon followers. The characteristics of a charismatic leader are a strong sense of self-confidence, conviction of the rightness of their own beliefs and ideas, and dominance (Patrick, 2011). Charismatic leaders are role-models who set the values and beliefs they want their followers to follow. They set high goals and demanding expectations, show confidence in their follower’s abilities, and articulate their visions of the future. The relationship between the leader and follower is emotional in nature and effects the follower’s commitment, motivation, and performance (Patrick, 2011). There are certain behaviors a charismatic leader exhibits. A charismatic leader sets the example for their followers. They model the value and beliefs they want followers to adopt. Charismatic leaders also build the image they want portrayed. They take actions that are viewed favorably by followers that provide an impression of competence and success. Lastly, goal articulation...
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...Motivation is the internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in a person to be continually interested and committed to a job, role or subject, or to make an effort to attain a goal (Business Dictionary, 2013). The main priority of an organization should be its people. They are the ones who help maintain the mission and the vision of the organization as well as keeping the business flowing. This paper will provide a design of an organization motivation plan, identify two methods that motivate employees and propose three ways to motivate the minimum wage worker. Additionally, this paper will analyze the relevance of the individual work and finally provide design a individual work to team chart. Design an organization motivation plan that encourages: a. high job satisfaction b. low turnover c. high productivity d. high-quality work As the manager of Small Manufacturing Company, high job satisfaction, low turnover, high productivity and high quality work are synonymous with motivating employees and the business as a whole. A motivation plan should include the basic of job design, job enrichment, rewards and alternative work schedules. Implementing and identifying a job design is a process through which managers plan specified job task and work arrangements that needs to be accomplished (Schermerhorn, 2012). Job enrichment is the building of high-content jobs that involve planning and evaluating duties. Through job enrichment creates a valued...
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...in order to secure his right to pilot a group of five other people on a potentially dangerous mission while suffering from a heart condition which could kill him (and, by inevitable extension, them) at any moment. Though Gattaca tries very hard to paint him as a hero, Vincent Freeman is despicably self-centered, and stands to ruin a great many lives, if one considers his actions in the film through a serious lens, rather than a dramatic one. It’s not surprising that many people can watch the movie while missing this detail - it makes every effort to show a world in which individual freedom is suppressed, and must triumph. It hardly goes a scene without inviting us to consider the plight of gifted ten-fingered piano players, unable to produce the currently fashionable music, or brilliant minds restricted to menial work because of their genius’ natural origins. It is a setting brilliantly suited to the story of a man unjustly disregarded attaining the dream he so richly deserves. This makes it somewhat unfortunate that it is actually the story of an unchained sociopath destroying everything in his way. Vincent’s case isn’t like the ones discussed above. He isn’t being held back from his dream by some arbitrary stereotypes or jaded aesthetic standards. He has a real medical condition which means that his heart may fail at any moment, starting a few months before his space mission. We first hear about this at the moment of his birth, and as I said above, for all of the social...
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...The mission statement for the district I work for has a line in it that is at the core of my leadership philosophy; “to love and inspire every child”. To be someone that helps inspire the students and teachers and shows them love and respect. However, being a leader is not just about loving and inspiring. From love comes humility. The best leaders lead by example and suspend their own needs for the betterment of the whole. A leader also needs to be teachable. Just because someone is in a leadership position does not mean that they know all the answers. Asking questions, listening, and continuing your education is an important trait of a leader. Even though a leader is always learning they also need to be confident. Confident in themselves...
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...Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school, and the kinds of programs and services that a school implements to support student learning. The purpose of the Vision Statement is to provide schools with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the school community will have a more complete picture of how the school perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This statement is structured for the school to reflect on how it provides teaching and learning on a day-to-day basis. Mission Statement: The mission of Gardner Newman Middle School is to meet students' needs by providing quality educational and personal growth opportunities ensuring success in our ever-changing world. Our commitment is to guide and inspire students to be responsible, productive citizens, to nurture students to achieve full potential in the classroom, to maximize students' intellectual, artistic, technological, and physical abilities, and to seize every opportunity to learn and achieve. Gardner Newman Middle School (GNMS) is one of three middle schools in LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. LaGrange has approximately 30,000 residents and is located seventy miles southwest of Atlanta and fifteen miles from Alabama. LaGrange has a number of Fortune 500 companies...
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...for such operations. Still, he couldn’t resist. “Good morning, gentlemen,” he said into the microphone, taking centre stage on the podium and glaring at the faceless sea of soldiers, London Metropolitan Police and Crisis Managers sitting on plastic fold-up chairs. “I’m Sir William Dewhurst, the only person in the United Kingdom that is one step below God.” The men laughed but many of them straightened their spines. “This is a secret mission brief and its purpose is to bring you up-to-date on the company in question’s perimeter defence plan.” Dewhurst continued in his best command voice. His arms were down behind his back, his shoulders locked into place, his chest pushed out and his head held high. “There will be a fictional “walk-through” scenario of multiple bomb attacks, an anti-terror drill. This is a pre-planned simulation to explore emergency response issues that would be created if multiple bombs were to hit London, particularly its buildings. You must assert the correct crisis management procedures, according to your training. “This mission brief’s goal is to secure co-ordinated and unified efforts towards the effective management of terrorist attacks. During this brief, I’ll discuss the four phases of the plan. I’ll refer to maps of our sector and then my assistant will bring out the sandtable to show you the expected sequence of movements and where to make contact. “During this drill, you must treat it as a real-life terrorist attack and under no circumstances should...
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...his nine principles of policing still govern modern day policing. Policing has changed and evolved over the years past and Sir Robert Peel’s nineprinciples still play an important role in modern day policing. The nine principles are an ethical guide for policing. Thestrong ethics that Sir Robert Peel outlines in his nine principles are still effective in modern day police work. Sir Robert Peel’s Nine Principles You can search the World Wide Webfor Anytown, USA and the mission statement for the police department will list crime prevention. It does not matter what state’s webpage or mission statement that you read. You would be hard-pressed to find a mission statement that does not include the some type of verbiagethat encompasses the meaning of preventing crime and maintaining order. The overview section of the St. Paul Police Department website states “TheSaint Paul Police Department’s mission is to maintain a climate of safety and security throughout the City.” Principle number one is the creation of a mission that exists to prevent crime and disorder. Police Chief Harrington emphasizes the importance "...excellence, ethics, empathy and education!" The emphasis section of the St. Paul Police Department lists: “strong community relations; active assessment of citizens needs for police service; modifying services, as feasible, to meet the needs of each neighborhood.” (¶) Sir Robert Peel’s second principle is the ability of the...
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...Anne Brengle faces different challenges over a period of 11 years and leads this non-profit organization (The New Bedford Whaling Museum) to improvement of its condition in every aspect – financial health, new and attractive activities, new programs and improved community interest. Analysis The Executive Director of the Museum begins to restore this organization with clear point of view, that the finances and other resources will never be enough to keep the main mission of the Museum: “To educate and interest all the public in the historical interaction of humans and whales worldwide and in regional and maritime history” (citation; New Bedford Whaling Museum Case). The museum is found in the area, increasingly dependent on the tourism. Anne Brengle begins the strategic change of the Museum by her organizational view and by her “Can-do” attitude. One of the first steps she made, were to review the key figures and figure out what should do to improve them - how the Museum goes about attempting to achieve its mission and what values, policies and people she needs in order to implement her vision of change. During the process of Cost-cutting and challenging situations on the Senior Director’s level, she succeed to realize, that there is a problem in the middle management level. After significant revenue fall to 158 000 USD (New Bedford Whaling Museum Case), which is main indicator for serious management mistakes, Ann and other Senior Managers realized the lack of proactive manner...
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...Growing up I loved to play strategy board games like chess and risk. The thrill was to formulate a plan and then see it come to fruition. This innate ability has served me well throughout my career. I have been a plans officer at various levels in the Army and being able to both understand the problem and then creatively come up with solutions has set me apart from my peers over the years. In one instance in 2012, I was serving in Afghanistan and our Brigade had to send home over 200 troops by a certain date. As part of our planning process we had each and every person evaluated in relation to reaching mission success. Some whole units were sent home and others only had a few individuals. Instead of slicing off an X number of person per company using no analysis, I lead our plans section to formulate the best case scenario to ensure our Brigade was lighter but still capable of completing our...
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...Chief Petty Officer Fountain is nominated for the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service as a Maintenance Control Chief Petty Officer and Armament Branch Leading Chief Petty Officer at Strike Fighter Squadron ONE TWO FIVE (VFA-125) from April 2016 to March 2018. He displayed sustained superior leadership and performance emphasizing his total commitment to mission accomplishment and subordinate development. His unparalleled aviation maintenance expertise and dedication to professionalism ensured the command surpassed all Naval Aviation Maintenance Program requirements while standing up the Navy's first F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron. Through his diligence and leadership, the squadron attained Safe-for-Flight status, leading the way for a successful training pipeline for all future F-35C pilots to the fleet. Specific accomplishments include: He has consistently set the standard of professionalism for 204 Sailors and 30 Lockheed Martin contractors. Within months of reporting aboard, he led efforts to establish 38 maintenance programs, seven Quality Assurance Representatives, 23 Collateral Duty Inspectors, and 491 required qualifications to ensure VFA-125 was prepared to operate immediately upon aircraft delivery....
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