...Professional Portfolio: The Importance of a Professional Portfolio to Teachers Polly Anne Bell Grand Canyon University: SPE-529N August 13, 2014 Professional Portfolio: The Importance of a Professional Portfolio to Teachers A professional portfolio is a valuable tool for use by teachers as a reflective instrument to plan and chart professional growth. It is an equally valuable tool for teachers as they engage in job searching (Campbell, Melenyzer, Nettles & Wynan, 2014). A well developed portfolio can help present the teacher as being professional, organized, and a serious member of the teaching profession (Hom, 1997). A Personal Growth Tool When used for personal growth, the portfolio can provide the teacher with a schematic design for structuring, implementing, and advancing professional development. It can help her to link her professional goals to requirements of school districts, state and national standards (Hom, 1997). Additionally, by capturing her experiences in the portfolio, the teacher is better-able to self-evaluate her academic growth, professional development and teaching experiences (Hom, 1997). An Interview Tool A professional portfolio is also valuable in ensuring a smoother and less stressed interview (Campbell et al., 2014). With the portfolio in hand, the teacher is readily able to refer to talking points. When the interviewer poses questions about the teacher’s knowledge, experiences, or how she approaches teaching a certain concept,...
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...marketable or non-marketable. d. only financial and real assets that are marketable. (c, easy) 4. The retirement plans that guarantee retirees a set amount of money each month are known as: a. 401(k) plans b. self-directed plans c. defined-benefit plans d. defined-contribution plans (c, moderate) The Importance of Studying Investments 5. The investment professionals that arrange the sale of new securities are called: a. arbitragers b. traders c. investment bankers d. specialists (c, moderate) 6. Another name for stockbrokers is: a. specialists b. registered representatives c. security analysts d. portfolio managers (b, moderate) 7. Investment professionals whose jobs may depend on their performance relative to the market are the: a. registered representatives b. security analysts c. investment bankers d. portfolio managers (d,...
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...Career Management Guide In the current career environment, individuals with alternatives obtain more challenging and growth-oriented opportunities. Individuals with alternatives need not accept consequences, rather they create opportunities for themselves. Career Management Guide Section 1 Paaggee 11 SECTION 1: CAREERS TODAY Part 1 - The Environment, Career Issues and Trends The Importance of Education and Experience In the current economic environment, education is becoming increasingly critical to career success. While employment rose for Canadians with university and college educations, 651,000 fewer jobs existed for those people without high school qualifications. Unemployment rates in the U.S. exceed 10% for those with less than a high school diploma and approximately 2.5% for college graduates.1 When professional designations (i.e., accounting, engineering) are taken into account, the data on employability and income is skewed in favour of the professional, relative to those who possess only a post secondary educational background. However, in order to maintain a competitive edge, individuals must continue to invest in their development throughout their careers. Specifically, with respect to the future for business and accounting positions, “growth due to the increasing number and complexity of business operations will be offset somewhat by corporate restructuring and downsizing of management, resulting in average growth for executive, administrative and managerial...
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...GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional Syllabus Credit hours: 4.5 Contact/Instructional hours: 56 (34 Theory, 22 Lab) GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional Syllabus COURSE SUMMARY COURSE DESCRIPTION This course reviews characteristic and trends of the global information society including basic information processing, Internet research, other skills used by the technical professionals and techniques that can be used for independent technical learning. MAJOR INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS 1. Getting Started at ITT Technical Institute 2. Productivity Software 3. Overview of Technology Tools 4. Microsoft Word 5. Microsoft PowerPoint 6. Microsoft Excel 7. Microsoft Access 8. Communication Tools 9. Exploring Career Goals 21st-century skills o Changes in work and the workplace o Building marketable proficiencies o Projecting professionalism ITT Technical Institute Career Services Resources o Targeting job descriptions o Transferable skills Crafting a Resume 10. Skills and Techniques of a Successful Student Strategies for independent learning Learning styles Note-taking strategies Test-taking techniques © ITT Educational Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [2] 10/29/2013 GS1145 Strategies for the Technical Professional Syllabus Critical thinking Problem solving Basic research skills o ITT Tech Virtual Library o Web searches o Citing sources Time management Working in teams COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this course, you should be able...
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...requirement— Understanding of the Nature, Importance and Implications of the Boston Matrix. Product Types according to the Boston Matrix. Managing the Product Portfolio As we have seen every product has a life cycle, that is a period of time for which it appeals to the consumer. Within this life cycle there are five stages. Introduction. Growth. Maturity. Saturation Decline. High Market Share - Slow Market Growth—Cash Cows. Here we have a mature market which is growing slowly, new competitors are few and far between. Cash Cows are very profitable products, expenditure on such things as advertising is relatively low, customers know and understand the product, brand value has been established. It is also likely that development costs have already been recouped, increasing profitability further. Firms should aim to have successful products in mature market places, these products are known as cash cows. Examples of such products would be Ford Transit Vans, Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Coca Cola. A More recent example would be the Wii, which has established itself as the games consol for non gamers. It is very unlikely that companies market a single product, it is much more probable that firms market a range or a number of ranges of products. This means that managing the product portfolio can be a complex task. There are three main tools that can be used in managing the product mix .These are; Product Portfolio (Life Cycle) Analysis. The...
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...The purpose of the assigned paper “Can Social Networks and E-Portfolios Be Used Together for Enhancing Learning Effects and Attitudes,” coauthored by M.Fatih Baris and Nilguun Tosun, was to explore the use of social media for the presentation of originally produced content and to consider the impact of these forms of exhibition. The experiment presented in the paper used high school students and seemed to demonstrate that the use of these vehicles to present original productions was more motivating than the actual projects themselves. At least, I received that interpretation from my reading of it. The paper, while offering an interesting concept, was difficult to read due to the poor translation from what seems to be an original Turkish text to poorly structured English. This distraction made reading the paper more difficult than it could have been with a better translation. Furthermore, the paper was laced with citations and miscellaneous facts that seemed to distract from the authors’ true research. Baris and Tosun do seem to grasp a legitimate insight into the Web 2.0, that being that the use of social media to connect with instructors and employers is the way of the future. Homework and professional presentations are rapidly finding their ways into becoming crucial ingredients for the analysis of individuals’ skills. Social media and e-portfolios are acting as the vehicles for making these materials easily and readily available to all who wish to consider an individual’s...
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...Shorter development times b. Higher worker morale c. Lower cost of capital d. Higher profit margins 3. A…………………….. is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. a. program b. process c. project d. portfolio 4. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project? a. projects are unique b. projects are developed using progressive elaboration c. projects have a primary customer or sponsor d. projects involve little uncertainty 5. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management? a. meeting scope goals b. meeting time goals c. meeting communications goals d. meeting cost goals 6. ………………….is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. a. Project management b. Program management c. Project portfolio management d. Requirements management 7. Project portfolio management addresses …………….. goals of an organization, while project management addresses …………….. goals. a. strategic, tactical b. tactical, strategic c. internal, external d. external, internal 8. Several application development projects done for the same functional group might best be managed as part of a ………………. a. portfolio b. program c. investment d. collaborative 9. Which of the following is not true? a. Most American companies have a project management office. b. You can earn an advanced degree in project management from hundreds of colleges and universities...
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...PROJECT MANAGEMENT MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT 1. Define a project 2. Identify the stages involved in s project life cycle 3. Determine the roles of a project manager 4. Explain the importance of project management ORGANIZATION STRATEGY AND PROJECT SELECTION 1. Understand the strategic management process and the four activities involved at such 2. Define and explain the need for an effective project portfolio management system 3. Identify the classifications of a project 4. Identify sources and solicitation of project proposals 5. Rank proposals and select projects 6. Explain how to effectively manage a portfolio system in terms of risks and types of projects ORGANIZATION: STRUCTURE AND CULTURE 1. Determine the different project management structures 2. Identify the different ways to organize projects 3. Explain the essence of right project management in terms of both organizational considerations and project considerations 4. Explain organizational culture and justify its implications to organizing projects DEFINING THE PROJECT 1. Identify the different steps involved in defining a project 2. Understand process breakdown structure 3. Explain the responsibility matrices 4. Understand project communication plan ESTIMATING PROJECT TIMES AND COSTS 1. Identify the factors influencing the quality of estimates 2. Understand estimating guidelines for times, costs and resources 3. Compare between top-down and bottom-up estimating 4. Determine the methods...
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...outline will overview each of the following topics: TaskStream, Learner Goals, Professional Dispositions and Where to Start. * Taskstream: Taskstream is an e-portfolio that each student in the college of education is required to have. Throughout the students’ schooling they will be instructed to upload pertinent assignments that are attached to standards; the assignment serves as evidence. When applying for teaching positions, students can use this online collection as their portfolio, showing what they have accomplished throughout their time at Grand Canyon University. The student may even choose to share this e-portfolio on the Web. * Learner Goals: Learner goals are standards that are mandated by “…state and federal departments of education, professional education organizations and accrediting bodies” (GCU, 2012). They include professional dispositions, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skill, professional pedagogical knowledge and skills, data-informed decision making, performance assessment, technology integration, and field experience/clinical practice. * Professional Dispositions: Values and ethics that will have a positive effect on the teaching community. * Content knowledge: Having mastery of the concepts being taught. * Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Skill: Ability to take that mastery and effectively deliver it to one’s students. * Professional and Pedagogical Knowledge: Ability to create a meaningful learning environment...
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...134 Zara’s Competitive advantages • Zara’s secret, according to CEO Jose Castellano, is its reliance on communication, and the way it uses existing technology to take control of almost every aspect of design, production and distribution. • “This ‘fast fashion’ system depends on a constant exchange of information throughout every part of Zara's supply chain—from customers to store managers, from store managers to market specialists and designers, from designers to production staff, from buyers to subcontractors, from warehouse managers to distributors, and so on.” • Zara has made enormous efforts to ensure that operational procedures, performance measures, and even store and office layouts are designed to make information transfer easy. one of core activities for Zara to leverage its ‘fast fashion’ system. • It can therefore be concluded that information management is I.3 Any thoughts about the company? 135 IKÉA Purchasing Ikea Trading Ikea Prodcut Lines Sweden Distribution D/service D/center Sales Region, country, stores The four basic functions of the IKEA Group IKEA Automated Warehouse 1(240p_H.263-MP3).flv IKEA Automated Warehouse 2(360p_H.264-AAC).flv 136 IKEA Trading • 46 Purchasing Bureau, In 32 countries • 1 300 Suppliers in 53 countries • 9 500 manufactured products (a catalogue of 5000 products) • Purchasing policies: • Low cost country • Take a dominant part in the choice of technologies used by supplier...
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... BUS 474- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR Prof. Marie Hermann October 11, 2009 Introduction “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities, they vary in their desires to reach their potentials.” (John Maxell). Over the many years, the clothing that an individual wears has continued to tell a vast amount about their character. From an individual that wears loose trousers, to an individual that wears tight blouses, the attire a person wears ultimately shapes their identity, impacts the perceptions of others that may have about them, and the individual’s professional goals in a business (Bruce). However, the one variable that still remains true and sound is, when in a business world one must dress for success. Therefore, it is highly important to dress for success for interviews, searching for a job, and even on the job sites as our attire sends great messages to the perspective viewers. As the old saying goes, “It is much better to be overdressed than to be underdressed (or undressed).” Appropriate Dress Wears for an Interview According to Kim Zoller at Image Dynamics, “55% of another person’s perception of you is based on how you look” (Dressing for Success). Dressing for success during an interview sometimes determines whether an individual will or will not get the job. The interview is the process where the interviewer puts a picture to the resume that was presented. Therefore if the resume sounds professional, the individual is...
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...PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: SEPARATING WINNERS FROM LOSERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WORK PLAN Once an association has adopted a strategic plan, the next step is to convert the goals and objectives in that plan to a work plan and budget. But how can this be done? Every association program or service has a constituency and a claim on resources. How then to weigh the allocation of scarce resources to ensure that the objectives of the plan are attained and member needs are served? Portfolio analysis has been devised to help associations bridge the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, it helps you make the hard choices of where to put your money. It is the creation of Dr. Ian MacMillan of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the basis for The Forbes Group’s model. What Portfolio Analysis Is Portfolio analysis is a systematic way to analyze the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio. All associations (except the simplest and the smallest) are involved in more than one business. Some of these include publishing, meetings and conventions, education and training, government representation, research, standards setting, public relations, etc. Each of these is one of the association's strategic business units (SBUs). Each business consists of a portfolio of products and services. For example, an association's publishing business might include a professional journal, a lay magazine, specialized newsletters...
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...research justification. Legitimization turns from an abstract idea to an achievable entity by an act. The act of evaluation has the likelihood of delegating legitimacy and empowers the foundation of caring science, which in turn will become a cornerstone of nursing. At this stage there is no intention to develop an evaluation theory, rather to create a meaningful discussion for the future development of an ethics-based theory.2. Watson's caring science as a framework for exploring the experience of the act of praying... 30th Annual International Association for Human Caring Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina~The Carolina Inn~April 6-9, 2008.(1992) attributes of caring, the survey’s questions were designed to explore the usefulness of the portfolio as a personal expression of living caring. Results revealed study participants strongly agreed or...
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...for the team entrusted with management of the brand. Managing brands for value creation According to the research which was carried out by Booz Allen Hamilton and Wolff Olins, they have found that there are three categories of companies. These companies were categorized in a way that how each company has identified the importance of brands in their success. The three types are briefly described below. * Brand-guided companies: These companies have identified that brand is so important for the success of their business and therefore to have a reasonable management of brand. They have established a common understanding of what they stands for and therefore have assigned clear brand ownership at top management level [1]. * Emerging brand companies: These companies have not yet fully recognized the importance of brands in success. They are developing a common understanding of their brands. Therefore we can expect them to be a brand-guided company over the next five years. * Brand-agnostic companies: These companies have not indentified the importance of the brands for their success currently, and they do not ready to believe the importance in the next five years. So we can come to a decision that brand-guided companies are the ones who manage their brand well. Brand-guided companies have assigned the brand management as a top level management. Therefore the brand...
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...PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: SEPARATING WINNERS FROM LOSERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WORK PLAN Once an association has adopted a strategic plan, the next step is to convert the goals and objectives in that plan to a work plan and budget. But how can this be done? Every association program or service has a constituency and a claim on resources. How then to weigh the allocation of scarce resources to ensure that the objectives of the plan are attained and member needs are served? Portfolio analysis has been devised to help associations bridge the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, it helps you make the hard choices of where to put your money. It is the creation of Dr. Ian MacMillan of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the basis for The Forbes Group’s model. What Portfolio Analysis Is Portfolio analysis is a systematic way to analyze the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio. All associations (except the simplest and the smallest) are involved in more than one business. Some of these include publishing, meetings and conventions, education and training, government representation, research, standards setting, public relations, etc. Each of these is one of the association's strategic business units (SBUs). Each business consists of a portfolio of products and services. For example, an association's publishing business might include a professional journal, a lay magazine, specialized...
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