Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Throughout this course, we have looked at a variety of assessments, from formal to informal, standardized to teacher-designed, and observations to rubrics. All of these assessments play a role in understanding the strengths and needs of the children with whom you are working. In this discussion, we will look at another category of assessments called performance based assessments. As is discussed in the video Assessing 21st Century Skills assessment should be responsive, flexible, and integrated (Singh, 2013). Performance-based assessment aligns well with these ideas.

To prepare for this discussion, watch the video below
Assessing 21st Century Skills (Links to an external site.), read the article What is Performance Based Assessment? (Links to an external site.), and read Chapter 9 in your course text, Assessment in Early Childhood Education.

Using the video
Assessing 21st Century Skills (Links to an external site.), the article What is Performance Based Assessment? (Links to an external site.), and Chapter 9 in your course text, Assessment in Early Childhood Education, address the following in your initial response:

• Explain, as a leader, your views of how performance-based assessment should be incorporated as part of your assessment plan when working with young children.
• Defend your views by examining what the research says about using performance-based assessments. Make sure to use the article, the video, your text, or an additional scholarly or credible source for support.
• Discuss, based on your views, your plan for how you will implement performance-based assessments in your work with young children. Make sure to include the role that learning standards will play in your plan.
• Analyze how performance-based assessment is unique when it comes to meeting the needs of 21st-century learners.

Purpose

Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective. Research methods to influence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.

Activity Learning Outcomes

Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing (CO1)
2. Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)
3. Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)
4. Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)

Requirements:

Using the readings from this week as well as outside reliable resources to:

1. Identify and describe practice barriers for APNs in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level.
2. Identify forms of competition on the state and national level that interfere with APN’s ability to practice independently.
3. Identify the lawmakers at the state level (i.e., key members of the state’s legislative branch and executive branch of government)
4. Discuss interest groups that exist at the state and national levels that influence APN policy.
5. Discuss methods used to influence change in policy in forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.

One of the main characteristics of the SQL language is that it is a declarative or nonprocedural language. From the programmer’s point of view, this implies that the programmer does not need to specify step-by-step all the operations that the computer needs to carry out to obtain a particular result. Instead, the programmer indicates to the database management system what needs to be accomplished and then lets the system decide on its own how to obtain the desired result.

• Discuss the pros and cons of this approach.
• Explain the difference between a simple SQL query and the programming necessary to accomplish the same results.

• Be TOTALLY free of grammar issues, and follow APA Style
• Reflect comprehension of the topic(s)
• Be supported with the text or other SCHOLARLY sources

Introduction

This assignment will evaluate students’ ability to generate and communicate gained knowledge of the food service industry from this module. The assignment will focus on the positive and negative ways the food service operation interacts with their local community.

How can management effectively allocate their time and resources to the best locations and problem solve when interacting with the general public and employees? Mastering these skills will enable you to become a master manager in the food service industry.

How can a restaurant operation directly affect the local community in a positive or negative way?

Your assignment is to look at one example of a restaurant operation near you.

• Identify the style of operation, number of employees (approx.) and hours of operation.
• Evaluate how the operation has impacted their local community. You could use your own place of employment or some establishment close by.
• Has the presence of the restaurant operation had a positive of negative effect upon the local environment?
• Has the management of the operation been engaged with their staff and local community?
• Where do you see improvements could be made?

Assignment Requirements

To obtain a high grade for your effort it is highly recommended you proofread before submitting your assignment.

• Well organized and able to finish most of the assigned tasks in allotted time to complete the assignment to a high standard of academic writing
• Demonstrates full knowledge with explanations and elaboration throughout the assignment. Arguments are fully supported with support material correctly referenced
• Recommendations and conclusions that can be readily adopted or show a clear rationale and supporting acknowledgment of the processes in the correct context

Assignment Instructions

• Maximum of 1000-1200 words; word count to be stated on the front Cover Page
• Cover page: module name, code, your name and student ID. An Assignment Cover Page will be available on Canvas
• Font 12 of Times New Roman with 1.5 spacing and one-inch margin
• Pages are to be numbered at the bottom center of the page
• The editorial style of American Psychological Association (APA) for citation of references has to be followed. Information can be accessed via Canvas subject modules as to APA referencing requirements
• Required to use at least 3 relevant journal articles in this assignment
• Only two internet references allowed
• Please reference correctly

All original documents are to be uploaded as .docx files in Microsoft Word and pasted into the submission box. It’s important that this criteria is met, if not, they will not be given a grade. Once you have completed the discussion document, upload your correctly formatted file as an attachment. No other software programs will be accepted, especially .ink or .odt.

Please be sure to limit your file size to 1 MB for any files you upload for course assessment.

Submission Requirements

Discussions documents are due by 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time. Please note that NO WORK may be submitted later than 12 Hours beyond the original due time and date without prior approval from your instructor. NO work will be accepted after the final class of the semester.

If you complete assignments late and have not previously been given an extension by the course instructor, your grade on the assignment or test will be automatically lowered. The number of points deducted will depend upon the relative lateness of the submission.

Remember, to submit work that is overdue to receive some credit, rather than not submit and receive no credit.

Late submission will be heavily penalized (over 12 hours 30% off the assignment marks) 24 hours overdue will not be accepted.