Zero Tolerance By Purple Team Grand Canyon University: EDA 555 Instructor: Norman Hale February 25, 2015 Zero tolerance policies began in 1994 following the passage of the Gun-Free Schools Act (GFSA). It was generated in response to numerous school shootings that had taken place across the United States (US). The Gun-Free Schools Act entail policy that forces schools to expel students who possess or carry a gun(s) while they are on school campuses
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Was Aristotle Right or Wrong? Grand Canyon University Biology Concepts Lab-100 September 3, 2011 Resource 1: Was Aristotle Right or Wrong? Directions The exercise below presents a scenario that begins with an observation made by Aristotle (4th century BC). The theory of Spontaneous Generation, which suggests that life originated from inanimate matter, was popular in the ancient world. Your assignment is to apply the scientific method beginning with Aristotle’s observation by answering
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School Environment Analysis Migdalia Torres-Rosario Grand Canyon University: 575 May 14, 2014 School Environment Analysis There are many problems in schools that impact the instruction that is delivered and how children learn. According to Lecture, 2 (2012, p.2), “Understanding the environmental context of an organization can provide insight into areas that require the leader's attention, evaluation, reorganization, or support.” Therefore, it is vital for the school leadership
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Running head: COMMUNITY COLLAGE Community Collage Juanita Henry Grand Canyon University: EDU 310 May 20, 2012 Religious Groups General Public Government Students Parents (Microsoft Corporation, 2012) Community Collage/Stakeholders A stakeholder is an important person who has a vested interest, economic, community or otherwise in an action or association. For instance, education stakeholders are not simply the education panel, parents, employees
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years to obtain. Both degrees include similar core classes such as community nursing, maternal and newborn care, pediatrics, adult health and so on. Associate’s typically focuses on clinical skills, whereas the BSN curriculum according to the Grand Canyon University College of Nursing Philosophy focuses on more nursing theories, leadership, managerial skill, teaching, assessment, ethical decision making, critical thinking and communication. According to Nursinglink.com, the starting salary for both ADN
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Like any other profession, nursing is also built on certain important concepts. These concepts include ‘person, environment, health and nursing practice’. Combinations of all these concepts are known as metaparadigm of nursing. American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families
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Formulating Questions Grand Canyon University: EDA-577 Data – Driven Decisions for School Improvement May 4, 2011 School improvement teams and school improvement plans are developed and utilized to increase achievement levels of individual students and the school as a whole. Many schools today are facing diverse student populations, therefore making it difficult for the school to reach and maintain AYP on state assessments. When schools fail to meet AYP for three consecutive years, they move
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Running head: LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Interactive Learning Environments Shammanika Renfro Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 December 14, 2011 Interactive Learning Environments The article titled, ‘Interactive Learning Environments', written by Nagel, L., Blignaut, S. A., & Crongé, J. C., set out to inform us of the importance of “creating an online community amongst a peer group and a facilitator.” The article informed the reader on many things such as literature, the debate on online
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Kailey Thorpe Grand Canyon University: Legal and Ethical Principles in Healthcare 27 January 2013 Life is Worth Fighting For Healthcare is one of the most challenging areas of work. There are so many choices that involve using one's own discernment of right and wrong. Although others' opinions, lives, and religious affiliations conflict with a doctor or nurse's decisions, there is a certain amount of honor that supports choices are motivated by the effort to preserve life. One of the biggest
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Classroom Visitation Travis Laird Grand Canyon University Mr. Chad Segersten EDA-551 Supervision and Instructional Leadership 12 June 2013 Classroom Visitation The main purpose of the observation and visitation was to examine the teaching styles of a novice and veteran teacher. One of the main differences I was familiar with was the distinct age difference. Going into the visitations I was curious as to if the age difference would show through their teaching styles. Both settings were
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