Discussion 3

**Explain the importance of the ICS system for schools and identify the key stakeholders you would include in your safety and security planning efforts?

Online Discussion – District Documents Protect Student and Teacher Rights (initial post is due by Wed)No unread replies.No replies.

**How do district documents (board policies, negotiated grievances, student code of conduct, teacher and student handbooks) explain the protection of student’s and teacher’s  rights? Refer to text, on-line sources, the LEGAL UPDATES FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS Modules, and the School Law Primer attached to week one for resources. Cite at least one court case for this issue in your response.  Also make at least one reference to an implication of this as a result of the pandemic. The document in week 1 modules can be a resource. 

On Line Discussion Criteria:

• Must make 1 initial comment with 2 responses to 2 of your classmates
• 50 + words for initial comment with 25 + for responses
• Must participate in 4 online discussions
• Total for complete online discussions 20 Pts. X 4 = 80 Pts.

Build-A-Teen Reflection #3

For this assignment, please use the fictional teen you created for BAT #1.  Please choose a problem behavior that might occur during adolescence regarding peers (Module 5).  Ideas could include bullying, being bullied, loneliness, changing peer groups, moving to a new school, losing friends, difficulty making new friends, hanging out with the wrong crowd, or you can think of your own idea. Your problem behavior just needs to be something that causes stress or difficulty in the teen’s life and system. Then, answer each question below based on your teen’s specific circumstances.

Identify a Problem or Behavior:

Influences (provide responses for all parts listed below):

How do these parts of the system influence the teen’s problem behavior?

·         Family-

·         Peers-

·         School-

·         Neighborhood-

·         Individual Characteristics-

How does the teen’s problem behavior influence these parts of the system?

·         Family-

·         Peers-

·         School-

·         Neighborhood-

·         Individual Characteristics-

Resiliency (provide responses for both questions listed below):

·         What are the protective factors in this situation that could help the teen overcome this problem? (Use Masten’s article and video for ideas) 

·         What changes could be made (individual or systematic) to help the teen be successful in this situation?

Your friend is starting a new position within your place of employment and has a couple of questions. She wants to know what to expect and how your organization uses teamwork to build positive relationships. In this assignment, you will give your friend some ideas of what to expect by outlining the following aspects of your workplace:

• Explain the role of the human resource department and how they can help you.
• Define the role of a mentor.
• Describe the ways in which you can work together with a mentor to overcome challenges in the new position.
• Provide a description of a mentor from your life and how you used teamwork to solve problems.

Your complete assignment must be at least two pages in length. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources, if used.

Differentiation is the intersection where instruction meets students. Differentiation in assessment is important to meet the needs of the diverse students in a classroom. Discuss 2-3 formative assessments teachers can use during instruction for a reference of student comprehension to quickly modify and adjust instruction.

Use dates February 10-27,2023

1.  Select 15 corporate stocks. Describe each company selected, its position in the industry, its recent performance, and your reason for selecting that company.  You must submit one good paragraph for each company.

2. Provide a description of each major market index (DJIA, S & P 500, NASDAQ).

3. Monitor the stocks of your 15 companies, and the 3 major indices for a period of 10 business days and record the daily stock prices and the daily values of the 3 major indices (DJIA, S&P 500 and NASDAQ on a spreadsheet. 

4. Compute and record the average 10-day price for each stock (the 15 companies) and each major index.

5. Compute and record the daily Rate of Return for each stock and each major index.

RET = (Day2 – Day1) / Day1

6. Compute the average daily return (Ave. RET) for each stock (15 in total) and the 3 indices. 

7. Compute the average daily return of your 15-stock portfolio.   

8. Compute the average daily return of the 3 major market indices. 

9. Rank the stocks and the 3 major indices based on their Rate of Return.

10. Describe/explain your findings and the performance of your portfolio compared to the 3 major indices.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Each report must be developed as a MS-Word document, double-spaced, using a 12-point font, and presented neatly with a cover page and a reference page. The assignment must also have an introduction presenting the organization of the work and a conclusion.  It should contain two major sections: 1) a narrative part presenting general information on each of the 15 companies and the 3 major market indices; 2) a spreadsheet containing the financial data on each company and the 3 major market indices.