The second plan furthers ELA for students of poverty (as per Gorski).

Please note that this is a somewhat contrived lesson planning assignment in that it is extremely unlikely that you will prepare lesson plans as specific as these in an actual classroom situation. By giving these two planning assignments, I am asking you to draw upon the readings to help you consider all aspects of lesson planning. Please cite (as per my class policies) any sources you use. You are free to utilize a piece of children’s or young adult literature upon which to base your lessons. However, it is not necessary that the same piece of literature must be used for all lesson plans. To be of the most benefit to you, I would suggest that you consider creating your lesson plans for the grade level(s) you are considering teaching. To make your life as a lesson planner a little easier, I would also suggest that you start by considering which part/parts of a Common Core State Standard you would like to address for your lesson plan and what you want your students to be able to do by the end of the lesson.

Your lesson plans should contain the following information (in the order presented):

• Title of the Lesson

• Grade level

• Duration: in minutes (I am looking here for a single lesson’s worth of planning, not multiple days of planning)

• Objective(s):

Identify the specific student learning objectives you want your students to achieve (what will my students learn), and briefly describe how they will demonstrate that they have achieved them.

• Common Core State Standard(s):

Identify the specific Common Core State Standards or performance indicators you will address in the lesson. This section should be written as a narrative, not a list.

• Community Knowledge:

Describe how you will account for, or incorporate students’ pre-existing knowledge and experiences in the lesson (think in terms of funds of knowledge here), and how that knowledge and experiences will be shared or included in the learning process so that they are engaged as members of a learning community. Please note: you must always assume you are teaching a diverse population of students.

• Procedure (the ‘story’ of the lesson):

Describe:

• How the lesson will begin,
• The activities that will help students to achieve the learning objectives of the lesson,
• The duration of each of the main components of the lesson,
• How transitions will be made between the major components of the lesson,
• How you will conclude the lesson
• Make this detailed enough that I or any of your classmates could teach the lesson

• Resources:
  • List all the human and material resources you will need to conduct the lesson. If you create/use worksheets or other learning materials, you must include these with your lesson plan. It should be evident that these resources enhance student learning.

• Assessment:

Describe the methods and strategies you will use to measure student learning throughout the lesson and at its conclusion, what will count as “evidence” of learning, and how the assessment in this lesson will inform instruction on an ongoing basis. Please note: I am looking for assessment that is built into your Procedure.Build your assessment into the Procedure (for example, don’t add an exit slip here, if it’s not already in your Procedure).

• Applications:

Describe how you will help students to apply what they have learned, make connections to other topics, concepts or ideas, and/or extend their learning beyond the lesson.

• Inclusive Instruction:

Describe how the lesson will be inclusive of all students’ strengths and abilities. Please note: Build inclusion/differentiation into your Procedure. Don’t add it here.

I can not have a lesson plan with a worksheet. I was thinking you could use the book inside out and back again by Lai, Thanhha because some of the poems in it talk about poverty and you could connect it to the class. Also I think third grade would be a good idea for this lesson plan.

This assignment consists of three (4) sections: a written project plan, revised business requirements document, project plan PowerPoint presentation, and a finalized project plan. You must submit the four (4) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for. Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

While taking all business and project parameters into consideration, make quality assumptions to support the following requirements.

Section 1: Written Project Plan

You are now in the final stage of the project plan development. All previous documentation should be combined into one document that will serve as the statement of work for the project. Your goal is to have the project approved by the executive team. The project plan should be very detailed, which is designed to accomplish the monumental task of implementation; however, the executive team is only interested in a 30-minute summation. Therefore, you also must create a compelling executive summary that is supported by your detail that convinces the executive team that they should move forward with your solution.

1. Develop a thirty to forty (30-40) page project plan in which you:

• Write a five to ten (5-10) page executive summary that provides a high-level technical overview of your project in which you:
  • Describe the scope of the project and control measures.
  • Describe the goals and objectives of the project.
  • Include a high-level overview of all project deliverables.
  • Give a detailed, realistically estimated cost analysis of the entire project, including human capital.
  • Relate the value of the project plan solution to the competitive advantage that information technology will afford your organization.
  • Recommend solution providers who can assist with development and implementation.
• Combine all previous documentation for Project Deliverables 1-5 in which you:Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
  • Provide all aspects of the information technology implementation into the project plan.
  • Revise the documentation based on feedback from the earlier evaluation of your deliverable.

Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an appendix of the project plan. All references to these diagrams must be included in the body of the project plan.

Section 2: Revised Business Requirements Document

1. Document all revisions made to the written project plan in the Document Control section of the business requirements document from Project Deliverable 2: Business Requirement. Note: This documentation must outline the revisions made to the previous deliverables required in Section 1: Written Project Plan.

Section 3: Project Plan PowerPoint Presentation

Additional to your detailed executive summary you must present your findings to the executive team and the venture capital group that along with the executive summary will convince the group that your solution is optimal.

1. Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

• Illustrate the concepts from your executive summary in Section 1 of this assignment.
• Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the executive board in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
• Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.

Section 4: Finalized Project Plan

Use Microsoft project to:

1. Finalize your project plan from Project Deliverable 5: Infrastructure and Security to include all necessary changes in assumptions, tasks, and / or subtasks.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Develop information systems-related activities to maximize the business value within and outside the organization.
• Demonstrate an understanding of existing and emerging information technologies, the functions of IS, and its impact on the organizational operations.
• Evaluate the issues and challenges associated with information systems integration.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems.
• Write clearly and concisely about strategic issues and practices in the information systems domain using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

For this project, we will use a random sample of 5000 full-time year-round (FTYR) workers from the 2014 American Community Survey. Individuals who worked at least 40 of the past 52 weeks and at least 35 hours during a typical week are classified as FTYR workers. Our data file includes 3 variables: annual earnings (dollars), gender (male or female), and race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic).

Statistical Analysis

Compute descriptive statistics for earnings by gender for the full sample and by race/ethnicity. Examine the data for suspicious values.

Using the full sample (i.e., for now do not exclude individuals with unrealistic earnings), compute the gender earnings gap overall and by race/ethnicity. The gender earnings gap (GEG) is defined as follows:

GEG = 1 – (median earnings of women working FTYR / median earnings of men working FTYR).

Test whether the population mean earnings of women working FTYR differ from the population mean earnings of men working FTYR. Repeat this test for each of the four racial/ethnic groups. For example, test whether the population mean earnings of Hispanic women working FTYR differ from the population mean earnings of Hispanic men working FTYR. For each of the hypothesis tests, determine whether the difference in sample mean earnings across the two groups is statistically significant at the 1% level, statistically significant at the 5% level, or not statistically significant at the 5% level.

Optional: Repeat the analysis above after excluding individuals with unrealistic earnings. Indicate which observations were excluded for this second analysis. To help you determine which observations to exclude, note that the 2014 federal minimum was $7.25/hour and that all individuals in the sample reported working at least 40 of the past 52 weeks and at least 35 hours in a typical week. Report the results of these hypothesis tests and/or discuss whether the implications differ from the results based on all observations. Be sure to report results based on all observations even if you also report these additional results.

Please note that the GEG is a function of the median earnings but the hypothesis tests involve mean earnings.

Here is an example of a nice table format and discussion of descriptive statistics.

Report

Write a brief report for the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Open with a brief motivation for estimating gender earnings gaps.

Provide a table reporting the mean, median, and standard deviation of earnings by gender (for all four racial/ethnic groups combined) and by gender and race/ethnicity. Also report the overall gender earnings gap as well as the gender earnings gap for each race/ethnicity. Provide a brief discussion of these descriptive statistics.

Report and interpret the results of each of your five hypothesis tests. Be sure to discuss the statistical significance of each difference.

Discuss the implications as well as the limitations of your findings.

Scoring Criteria

Background and Motivation

The purpose of the analysis is clearly stated near the beginning of the report.

The report provides background on the data including the source of data and the subsample sizes (number of men and women).

The report engages the reader’s interest by explaining the importance of the topic.

____ 4 possible points

Descriptive Statistics

The report provides accurate and relevant descriptive statistics, namely the mean, median, and standard deviation of men’s earnings overall, women’s earnings overall, men’s earnings by race/ethnicity, and women’s earnings by race/ethnicity. The report also indicates the gender earnings gap overall and by race/ethnicity.

These results are presented in a table. The table looks professional.

The discussion of the descriptive statistics and gender earnings gap is appropriate and interesting.

____ 8 possible points

Hypothesis Tests

The report presents the results of hypothesis tests concerning differences in mean earnings by gender overall and by race/ethnicity.

The description of the tests is clear and accurate.

These results are presented in a table. The table looks professional.

The t statistics, p-values, and hypothesis-testing conclusions are correct.

The interpretation of the findings is correct.

____ 18 possible points (up to 2 extra credit points for this section if optional results are also presented and/or discussed)

Implications and Limitations

The report provides a good discussion of the implications of the findings including discussions of both the statistical and economic significance of the findings.

The report addresses at least two limitations; one of these could relate to the possibility of incorrect earnings values for some observations.

____ 6 possible points

Quality of Writing

The report is clear. There are no sentence-level errors. The writing is professional.

____ 4 possible points

____ 40 Possible Points (Up to 42 Possible Points if Optional Results Presented)

For your Final Project, you will create a website that showcases the skills you have gained throughout your psychology program. Your website will consist of the following elements: a homepage, a literature review, expert opinions, résumés, a case study, and a list of pertinent websites. Each of these sections will be its own tab on the website. When complete, you may choose to use this website after graduation as a means to showcase your abilities to potential employers and/or graduate schools.

To begin, review the elements required for each section of your website below.

Next, visit the Wix.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website to familiarize yourself with this technology. Scroll down on the webpage and click the pink arrow to view a quick tour video of the website platform. Note: This site is best viewed using either the Chrome or Firefox web browsers. Refer to the Wix.com Quick-Start Guide for step-by-step instructions on setting up your website.

Wix_com_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf

If you experience any technical difficulties, please visit the Wix Support Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. The technical support offered through your Student Portal will not be able to assist you with the Wix website. When you are ready to create your website, click the Start Now button to register and begin building. If you are unable to utilize the Wix platform to complete this assignment and you have already watched the tutorial, read through the Wix.com Quick-Start Guide, and contacted the Wix Support Center, please contact your instructor. Other free website builders (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.are available and can be used for this activity.

It is highly recommended that you complete any and all written work in a separate document first and then cut and paste the required content into your webpage. This will allow you to edit and save your work separate from the website, should anything occur which causes the website to fail. Additionally, you will be able to work on your content without having to remain connected to the internet and it may be easier to develop and edit your content in Word, prior to publishing it on your website.

Sections of the Final Project will be completed within the course weeks and will be revised for inclusion in this project. Carefully review all suggestions and comments from the instructor and/or your classmates before including that work within the content of your website.

Clearly label the website as your course project. Although it will not be searchable to the general public, it will be publicly available and anyone who is given your specific site link will be able to view it.

Copy and paste the URL to your website into a Word document for submission. Once you have received your final grade for this course, you have the option of deleting this website through your account with Wix.com.

Creating the Website

The website:

• Must be named with the following convention: your last name + PSY496 Final Project. Example: Smith PSY496 Final Project.
• Must include six tabs with the following headings and information. Watch the screencast video below to assist you with setting up your required tabs.

1. Home Page
   
   Briefly introduce yourself and provide information regarding your professional background. Summarize your experiences within the Psychology program at Ashford University and what you hope to do upon graduation. You may include a professional photograph as well.
2. Literature Review
   
   • Create a brief literature review that presents a fair and comprehensive analysis of relevant literature pertaining to the topic you chose in Week One. This page must include the following:
     
     • A brief introduction of the topic and its relevance (300 to 500 words).
     • Three to five peer-reviewed articles based on applied psychological research. Each of the articles must directly relate to your chosen topic.
     • A one- to two-paragraph (500 to750 words total) analysis and summary for each article.
     • A reference list at the bottom of the page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
3. Expert Opinions
   
   • Begin with the work you completed for the Mental Health Disciplines discussion in Week Three. In this section, you will demonstrate your awareness of the psychological career alternatives in a community setting and take on the role of two experts in different fields of psychology. You will also evaluate contributions of psychological research in the applied context of these experts and discuss methodological issues unique to their areas of psychological research.
   • Take into consideration the comments your classmates and your instructor made on your discussion post.
   • Include information from at least two peer-reviewed articles of your choosing that were published within the last five years to substantiate your experts’ claims. The sources may not be any of those that are listed within this course. For information on how to generate search terms for specific resources, visit the Ashford University Library website.
   • Make any necessary changes to your presentation and create a new oral video presentation using a screencast program such as Jing and Screencast-O-Matic. You may also use YouTube or a voiceover PowerPoint saved as a video file with audio. Using the instructions on the Wix.com platform, embed the video of your oral presentation (screencast or video) in the Expert Opinions page of your website. As an alternative to embedding your video, you may copy and paste a working URL on the Expert Opinions page.
4. Résumés
   
   • Begin with the work you completed for the Develop Professional Résumés assignment in Week Three. Based on the feedback from your instructor, make the recommended changes to the résumés you created for the two experts from the Presentation by Experts discussion in Week Three and the Expert Opinions web page you created.
     Next, create your own professional résumé that includes brief descriptions of the major duties associated with any relevant work experience you have.
     Your résumé should appear first on the page followed by the résumés you created for the experts.
   • To begin constructing your personal résumé, utilize the Marketing Yourself Career Services resources provided by Ashford University. Because your final project will be available for public viewing, do not include your actual personal contact information (i.e., address, phone number, email).

   To utilize this resource:

   • Visit http://www.ashfordcareerresources.com/marketing-yourself.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
   • Download the resume template that best meets your needs
   • Begin filling in the template with your own information
5. Case Study
   
   • Begin with the work you completed for the Case Study: Evaluating Ashford University Institutional & Program Outcomes assignment in Week One.
   • Review the feedback you received from your instructor and then create a case study that takes on the role you did not pursue.
   • If you used your own story or that of a willing volunteer for the original assignment, then you will create a case study for a fictitious character.
   • If you created a character for the case study in the original assignment, then you will use your own story or that of a willing adult volunteer.
   • In this section, you will:
     
     • Create a 750- to 1000-word case study of a real (either yourself or a willing adult volunteer) or fictitious person who has developed the competencies of their academic program at Ashford University.
     • Evaluate your real or fictitious person’s learning within the program as it contributes to the overall attainment of the institutional outcomes.
     • Include at least one personal life example and one career example of applying the competencies to resolve personal challenges and an ethical dilemma (e.g., a client or research subject reveals compromising information about a friend or family member who also happens to be someone you know in a personal/social context).
     • Create or describe a scenario in which the person wrestles with an issue related to the assigned research topic in her or his personal and/or professional life. Be specific in your discussion of the scenario and provide details demonstrating professional problem solving on the part of the person in your case study.
     • Include a section wherein your fictitious person or you articulate a personal point of view, evaluate evidence, determine options for responding and evaluate the pros and cons of the options prior to making a decision about a course of action within the scenario.
     • Conclude with how the problem was resolved and what the person learned while at Ashford University that assisted in an effective resolution.
6. Websites
   
   • Create an annotated list of 10 to 12 reputable, professional websites (e.g., government agencies, professional organizations, professional associations…) that are relevant to psychological research and practice. Commercial or non-academic websites may not be used for this assignment.
   • Consider the merits of each website. Based on your knowledge of scholarly applications of psychological research, evaluate the use of scholarly applied psychological research and analyze the interpretations that are presented on each site. For information on how to evaluate web resources, visit the Ashford University Library website.
   • The list should be in alphabetical order with each website cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
   • The annotations should be four to five sentences long and reflect the relevance and usefulness of each website in terms of your topics of psychological research and your professional needs.

In addition, your website must:

• Include a footer with the date submitted (in Copyright section).
• Address the topics of each page with critical thought.
• Use the number of peer-reviewed sources listed with the instructions for each web page.
• Document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Include a separate reference section at the bottom of each web page, for the sources used on that page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.