Category: Education

 

Do you remember how you felt, as a small child, when you missed the person to whom you were closest? Have you observed a content baby starting to fuss or cry when handed to a stranger? Are you surprised how vividly you, or other adults you know, remember events from early years that involve separation or loss? The powerful implications of early attachments continue to draw researchers from such various disciplines as child development, early childhood education, clinical psychology, pediatrics, sociology, and anthropology. The more we learn about attachment, the more we come to understand not only its far-reaching effects on human development but, also, the many faces of attachment in the early years.

This week, you studied various forms of early attachment, the importance of secure loving relationships for healthy development, and the long-term consequences of problematic early attachments. For a visual reminder of early bonding and attachment behaviors, review the course media for this week.

From the following variety of topics/concepts related to attachment, select one that attracts you strongly and/or stirs your curiosity:

• Synchrony
• Secure attachment
• Social referencing
• Attachment and prosocial behavior/empathy in young children
• Attachment and emotion regulation in young children
• Attachment and the development of spirituality in children

Next, conduct research on your topic/concept:

• Search the library for scholarly articles that provide further information about your chosen concept.
• Search the Internet for additional resources.
• From all resources you reviewed, select three that you find most relevant. At least two sources must be from scholarly journals.
• Study and reflect on the additional information you found.

By Day 3

Post:

• A brief description of the concept you chose and why you chose it
• Citations for the three resources you selected, in APA format
• At least one insight, fact, or new learning from each of the resources
• A personal reflection including:
  • Anything that surprised you and/or dispelled an assumption
  • The additional information you found important, noteworthy, and/or unusual

Criminal Justice field. I will add all the courses I am certified to teach. 

Answer questions at the bottom in the statement

What is a teaching philosophy statement?

A teaching philosophy statement is a narrative that includes:

• your conception of teaching and learning
• a description of how you teach
• justification for why you teach that way

The statement can:

• demonstrate that you have been reflective and purposeful about your teaching
• communicate your goals as an instructor and your corresponding actions in the classroom
• point to and tie together the other sections of your portfolio

What is the purpose of a teaching philosophy statement?

You generally need a teaching statement to apply for an academic position. A teaching statement:

• conveys your teaching values, beliefs, and goals to a broader audience
• provides a set of criteria and/or standards to judge the quality of your teaching
• provides evidence of your teaching effectiveness

Components of a teaching philosophy statement

• educational purpose and learning goals for students
• your teaching methods
• methods for assessing students learning
• assessment of teaching

You also may include:

• a list of courses you have taught
• samples of course syllabi
• teaching evaluations
• letters of recommendation
• a video of a class you have taught (asked for by some universities)

Teaching values, beliefs, and goals

You should consider what you believe is the end goal or purpose of education:

• content mastery
• engaged citizenry
• individual fulfillment
• critical thinking
• problem solving
• discovery and knowledge generation
• teamwork
• self-directed learning
• experiential learning

Where can you find your teaching philosophy?

• a syllabus (assignments, format, content, expectations, texts, assignments, grading and assessment)
• in-classroom environment (diversity of methods, level of interaction, quality of feedback, intercultural sensitivity)
• connection to institutional mission and disciplinary trends

What criteria are used to judge your teaching?

• student-teaching roles and responsibilities
• student-teacher interaction
• inclusiveness
• teaching methods
• assessment of teaching
• assessment of learning

How do you provide evidence of your teaching effectiveness?

• peer review
• students comments
• ratings
• portfolio
• syllabi
• teaching activities

Writing guidelines:

• There is no required content, set format, or right or wrong way to write a teaching statement. That is why writing one can be challenging. 
• Make the length suit the context. Generally, they are one to two pages.
• Use present tense and the first person, in most cases.
• Avoid technical terms and use broadly understood language and concepts, in most cases. Write with the audience in mind. Have someone from your field guide you on discipline-specific jargon and issues to include or exclude.
• Include teaching strategies and methods to help people see you in the classroom. Include specific examples of your teaching strategies, assignments, discussions, etc. Help them to visualize the learning environment you create and the exchanges between you and your students.
• Make it memorable and unique. The search committee is seeing many of these documentsWhat is going to set you apart? What will they remember? Your teaching philosophy will come to life if you create a vivid portrait of yourself as a person who is intentional about teaching practices and committed to your career.

Own your philosophy

Dont make general statements such as students dont learn through lecture or the only way to teach is with class discussion. These could be detrimental, appearing as if you have all of the answers. Instead, write about your experiences and your beliefs. You own those statements and appear more open to new and different ideas about teaching. Even in your own experience, you make choices about the best teaching methods for different courses and content: sometimes lecture is most appropriate; other times you may use service-learning, for example.

Teaching philosophy statement dos and donts:

• Dont give idyllic BUT empty concepts
• Dont repeat your CV
• Do research on the teaching institution and disciplinary trends
• Do keep it short (one to two pages)
• Do provide concrete examples and evidence of usefulness of teaching concepts
• Do discuss impact of methods, lessons learned, challenges, and innovationshow did students learn?
• Do discuss connections between teaching, research, and service

Answer these questions to get started:

• The purpose of education is to________.
• Why do you want to teach your subject?
• Students learn best by______________.
• When you are teaching your subject, what are your goals?
• The most effective methods for teaching are___________.
• I know this because__________________.
• The most important aspects of my teaching are______________.

 

Briefly respond to all the following questions. Make sure to explain and backup your responses with facts and examples. This assignment should be in APA format and have to include at least two references.

One of the big challenges with cloud-based reputation checks is performance. Users do not typically want to wait a few seconds while the reputation of potential URLs is checked. Most of us have come to expect that websites are at the immediate tips of our fingers and that access and loading of the content should take place rapidly and immediately. This presents a tricky security problem. Since the reputation service exists in the cloud, the challenge can be summed up as, How can a reputation be securely retrieved without slowing Web access down so much as to create a poor user experience?” 

Find two curriculum maps and one lesson plan for each curriculum map. You can use maps and lesson plans used in your current school, in your field experience placement, or found online. Each curriculum map should be from a different content area.

Write a 750-1,000-word essay that addresses:

1. Comparing and contrasting different styles for designing curriculum.
2. Similarities and differences between the two reviewed curriculum maps.
3. Articulation of the connection between curriculum mapping and lesson plans.
4. A critique of how each lesson plan is aligned with its corresponding curriculum map.

Include 3-5 scholarly articles to support your critique.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to TurnItIn.

1. After viewing The Differences Between Lesson Plans and Curriculum Mapping,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aur-2lsoWY0 explain the differences and connections between a lesson plan and a curriculum map. Review the two curriculum maps and lesson plans used in the topic assignment. What would you change, if anything, to help them align? Why is the alignment important? (250-300 words and at least 2 references)

2. What style of curriculum mapping do you find most appealing? What style of curriculum mapping do you find most effective for communicating with stakeholders such as parents, administration, district personnel, and students? Explain. (250-300 words and at least 2 references)

3. Review one curriculum map from Topic 1. Does it align with appropriate standards and assessments? (250-300 words and at least 2 references)

4. Are there academic standards that might not appear in the curriculum maps in the Topic 1 assignment? Explain. (250-300 words and at least 2 references)

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The , or CAPM, is used to price an individual security or portfolio. The general idea behind CAPM is that investors should be compensated in two ways, for the time value of their money and risk incurred. The model helps investors calculate risks and what type of return they should expect on their investment. The time money value is represented by the risk-free rate, usually a 10-year government bond yield, and compensates the investors for placing money in an investment over a period of time. That is added to the other half of the formula which represents risk. It calculates the amount of compensation the investor needs for taking on additional risk. This is done by taking a Beta, which measures a stock’s volatility, and multiplies by its premium. The premium is calculated by subtracting the risk-free rate of return from the expected return of the market. For example, the expected return of a stock can be figured out in the following way using a model. If the risk-free rate is 3% the Beta or risk measure of the stock is 3 and the expected market return over the period is 11%. The stock is expected to return 27%. In short, if the expected return does not make the risk worth it, the investment should not be made.

Respond to the following questions:

• You are the chief financial officer (CFO) of a multi-physician clinic. Do you see weaknesses or strengths in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)? Explain your response and support it with examples. Include a consideration of the small market line (SML).
• Your chief executive officer (CEO) asks you to decide between debt and equity financing. Explain which the best option is. Discuss the factors that influence your decision.

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 300-500 words. Be sure to cite your sources using APA format and using in text citations. Please include questions and references.

Barriers to Healthcare for Women and Minorities

Poverty and lack of education are two big barriers to healthcare for women and minorities. Low levels of education are associated with low life expectancies and high mortality rates. People living in poverty often lack education about when, why, and where to access healthcare. There have been various legislative activities in the US to improve public health.

On the basis of your understanding of the access to healthcare facilities and impacts of barriers to healthcare access, answer the following questions:

• Explain at least three public health campaigns targeting access to healthcare for women and/or minorities. Describe at least two aspects of their advertising strategies that have addressed income and education.
• Abortion has been the subject of numerous legislative activities in the United States. How have various legislations affected low-income and minority women?
• Describe the legal battle over birth control devices in the United States. Include how access to healthcare has been affected by the legal decisions.
• Describe the legal barriers to healthcare access for low-income immigrant minorities.
• Review the articles, “Ethnic and gender disparities in needed adolescent mental health care”, and “Overlooked and underserved: Improving the health of men of color”. Explain what it means to be “overlooked” by the healthcare system.
• Discuss at least two examples that illustrate why minorities are often overlooked in the healthcare system. Do you agree or disagree with these reasons, why or why not?
• Despite the fact that school-based psychological counseling is available to all students, Thomas et al., report that ethnic disparities in mental healthcare access and utilization still persist. Explain why this disparity exists. What can be done to decrease mental health access and utilization barriers for low-income and minority students?

What strategies does former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D., discuss that will decrease the potential for minorities to be overlooked by the healthcare system?

                   Include Questions with answers along with references and in text citations, APA format.

  

Respond to four (4) of your classmates postings.

Rosies Post:

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) purpose is to assure, both in advance and by periodic reviewing that appropriate steps are taken to protect the rights and welfare of the human participating as subjects in the research. (US Food and Drug Administration Institutional Review)  The IRB has a responsibility to approve or disapprove all activity that is obtained and that is given enough information to provide notified consent. All research activities involving human subjects must be reviewed and receive a written, unconditional approval from the IRB before performing research. The IRB seeks to protect researchers as well from adverse consequences of research with human subjects so that they comply with federal regulations and guidelines.

Researchers should avoid exposing participants to physical or mental danger. If the potential for such distress exists in a research investigation, then the participants should be fully informed, the potential research findings should be sufficient importance to warrant the risk and no possibility should exist of achieving the results without the risk. (Monette, Sullivan, & DeJong, 2017) When a participant gets involved with a research, all risk should be considered prior to any testing could be performed. Before the research is considered, the participant should be aware of all risk and the benefits that may result from the research. The participant should be presented a legal contract and disclosure of the agreement of what the participant may endure through the research or better yet what the participant may be exposed to.

Reference

Monette, D., Sullivan, T. & DeJong, C. (2017). (9th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

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Janices Post:

To protect a research participant from harm, the IRB uses procedures which are consistent with sound research design and do not unnecessarily expose subjects to risk; and when appropriate, by using procedures already being performed on the subjects for diagnostic or treatment purposes.  The IRB makes sure that the risks to subjects are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits, that the selection of subjects is equitable, informed consent will be sought from each prospective subject or the subjects legally authorized representative, informed consent will be appropriately documented, when appropriate, the research plan makes adequate provision for monitoring the data collected to ensure the safety of subjects, and when appropriate, there are adequate provisions to protect the privacy of subjects and to maintain the confidentiality of data.

The basis of the screening research application is for the IRB to determine whether the research is exempt and if it is not to gain permission to conduct the research.

The researcher responsibilities in terms of the IRB guidelines are getting informed consent, telling potential research participants all the aspects of the research.  Avoiding deception, tell participants the true hypothesis.  The Right to privacy, give false names and false places to protect the privacy of the research participant.  Researchers should also avoid exposing participants to physical or mental distress or danger.

Research

Monette, D., Sullivan, T & DeJong, C. (2017). Applied social research (9th ed.). Retrieved from

Janices Post:

The identity and face of the students being video taped should be blocked out as a right in protecting their privacy.  On the way to school it is noted that some children change into different clothing to what they left home in.  These children are the one’s being laughed at or are the loners on the walk to the school bus stop.  It is while walking home you see the changes in behavior, some students making fun of others just to impress their friends.  You also see the quiet individuals being pushed to the back of the line, sometimes causing them to sit in seats where they are slapped at the back of their heads by the bullying individuals.

Long-term bullying can be detrimental to the health and mental welfare of those being bullied.  Some victims become so angry that it causes them to eventually lash out, which sometimes will result in body harm or even death to the bully.  School counselors, teachers, and other staff members have a ethical obligation to create a safe environment for the school children.  Some children are already going home from school to unsafe conditions, so school should be a safe haven for them.  Another ethical factor is confidentiality.  Students should feel like they could come to you and confide in you, if you are going to help them, you should know how to help without exposing them to the public, information should only be released on a need to know basis.  School children also have the right to privacy, they have the right to determine under what conditions you give others access to your personal information, researchers even though given permission, the researcher has to abide by their wishes to maintain their privacy

Markaylas Post:

The profession I currently work in is within education. I currently work with students preschool thru 5th grade.I have witnessed a lot of bullying. Bullying of student on student and student on adult.  Ethics is the study of what is proper and improper behavior, of moral duty and obligation (Drewry, 2004). The text describes social researchers, ethics involves the responsibilities that researchers bear toward those who participate in research, those who sponsor research, and those who are potential beneficiaries of research. It also covers many specific issues. According to the text there are basic ethical issues arise in social science research which are informed consent, deception, privacy (including confidentiality and anonymity), physical or mental distress, problems in sponsored research, scientific misconduct or fraud, and scientific advocacy. Another issue that arises often is protecting vulnerable clients and withholding treatment for research purposes. Regarding this particular proposed research I believe privacy would be the main concern at hand. When dealing with children they are not legally eligible to consent to be on video capturing their social interactions. You would need permission from their parents to be able to video tape their kids. Within ethics the right to privacy is one of the key values and ethical obligations mentioned at the beginning of this chapter. According to the text privacy refers to the ability to control when and under what conditions others will have access to your beliefs, values, or behavior. I believe attempting to virtually videotape the kids by collecting social research raises the issue of privacy and confronts investigators with the dilemma of threats to privacy are warranted by the research conducted. You will also face deception because you didn’t collect the proper consent.  It can be argued that their confidentiality was exposed because for example there could be a student whose family is in witness protection and your research exposed them to danger. When dealing with minors and not getting  consent you run the risk of a lot of ethical issues and implications. 

Reference 

Monette, D., Sullivan, T. & DeJong, C. (2017). Applied social research (9th ed.). Retrieved from  

  

Guided Response: Respond in a substantive way to at least two of your peers. Choose at least one point from your peers response that impacted your thinking on this subject, and explain why and how that particular comment resonated with you or caused you to think in a different way. Compare the implications for human personality development identified by your peers to those you identified, and suggest alternative conclusions where appropriate. Challenge ideas with which you disagree, and support your arguments.

Ashleys Post:

Looking at the research that was performed on the rats in The Great Rat Mother Switcheroo (Webster, 2013) displayed motherly love by grooming the rats affectionately, which affected the rats on a genetic process level called epigenetics.  The pups were interchanged among the high-licking and low-licking mothers throughout this experiment.  The pups that belonged to the high-licking mothers were placed with the mothers who had low-licking behaviors.  The pups who were born and raised by mothers with the high-licking behaviors became low stress adults while pups born and raised by mothers with low-licking behaviors became high stress adults.  These qualities were transpired down to the off-spring with a reoccurring cycle.

Children who have encountered neglect or abusive parents will carry high stress in their adult life.  When a person encounters an early trauma, the balance of emotional arousal could possibly overcome the mind that is being developed and also may alter the developmental structure of the brain (Lecci, 2015).  Consequences of living with high stress can lead to mental illness and maladaptive behaviors.  According to Weaver et al (2004), the hypothesis that maternal care alters DNA methylation, these changes are stably maintained into adulthood (p.2).  This is extremely important information for us to assist those who have experienced a traumatic childhood that resulted in maladaptive behaviors or mental illness that carried over into later life.  In efforts to make changes, therapy and dieting is a start.  Applying one without the other will not be sufficient enough.

The proposal of how effectively the mother loves her child could possibly influence a child on a genetic level demolishing the nature vs. nurture dispute.  In my opinion, it is presented that there can be positive or negative results on one another.  Epigenetics is a system that turns our genes on and off.  The process works by chemical tags, known as epigenetic marks, attaching to DNA and telling a cell to either use or ignore a particular gene (Weaver et al, 2004).  In other words, genes are controlled due to the social surroundings we are in. 

References

Lecci, L. B. (2015). . Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

Weaver, I. C. G., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. A., DAlessio, A. C, Sharma, S., Seckl, J. R., Meaney, M. J. (2004). . Nature Neuroscience, 7(8), 847-854.

Webster, M. (2013, January 10). [Blog post]. Retrieved from

Leannes post:

The Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior phenomenon utilizes rats to examine how pup licking, grooming, and the way nursing took place may alter their offspring. Researchers believed that the epigenomic state of a gene could be formed with behavioral programming (Weaver, et al., 2004). Results have shown that mothers that lick and groom often as well as nursing with an arched back, tend to have offspring with DNA methylation differences. These are differences that they do not see in offspring that whos mothers do not display these techniques. Science has found that mothers that had low licking behaviors, produced pups that became highly stressed in their adult years and even passed this down to their pups (Webster, 2013). Results showed that the differences could be changed with the use of cross fostering. This was observed when they switched between a rat mother that did not lick and groom often to a rat mother that frequently groomed. The rats that were licked and groomed often grew to be less stressed and more likely to be a high licking parent.

           Researchers have found that according to the new implications of behavioral epigenetics, it is believed that experiences in our past and in our ancestors past, can leave molecular scars on our DNA (Hurley, 2013). Science suggest that individuals that grow up with alcoholic or abusive parents, continue to harbor the memories and pain associated with it. Some individuals look at this as a molecular residue that causes a bump in the structure of our genetics. Research shows that you can inherit predispositions to things. For instance, if your grandfather was neglected and abused as an infant, you may inherit a predisposition towards depression or even aggression. This can also work in the opposite. What if your mother was adopted at infancy? What would her adoptive parents have to do with her personality development? If at a young age the mother began being cared for in a loving nurturing home, her epigenetics will change to reflect such care. In the beginning we are exposed to different experiences, then we react to those things, and as we get older we have a better understanding to deal with those experiences. We do not always have to react to the same situation in the same way. We can alter our behaviors to help create a new out come.

           Researchers believe that what really matters is what your genes are doing. It is believed that when we move in and out of different environments, our genes adjust to these changes. Our genes can be turned on and off according to stress, nutrition, and exposure to toxins. The interaction between our environment and our genes are believe to help create characteristics throughout our lives. It takes both nature as well as nurture to create our personalities.

References:

Hurley, D. (2013). . Discover 34(4), 48-55. Retrieved from

Weaver, I. C. G., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. A., DAlessio, A. C, Sharma, S., Seckl, J. R., Meaney, M. J. (2004). Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior. Nature Neuroscience, 7(8), 847-854. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1276

Webster, M. (2013, January 10). [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.radiolab.org/story/261176-the-great-mother-switcheroo

My post:

Question 1

The study conducted on the rat in the The Great Rat Mother Switcheroo vividly indicates that the mothers love is highlighted by the maternal grooming in rats, which impact the rat on the genetic level via the procedure referred to as epigenetic (Weaver et al. 2004). The pups were swapped among the high licking rat mother and the low licking rat mother in the experiment. Later the rats with the low licking biological mothers were exchanged with the high licking rat mothers. The pups of the mother with the high licking behaviors were raised to become less stressed people who later became high licking mothers.” Contrarily, the pups raised or born of the mothers with low licking behaviors became highly stressed as an adult who later passes this behavior to their offspring as such continuing the cycle of the low licking behaviors (Webster, 2013).

Question 2

Kids who are neglected grow up to be stressful adults. Maladaptive, as well as mental health illness in adults who had an abusive childhood, is high compared to those who had a caring mother. One may inquire if the children of the low lick mother are bounded to remaining stressed adults or whether they can reprogram their genes by neglecting undesired genes and ad adapting or focusing on the desired ones alone. The hypothesis that maternal care alters DNA methylation, these changes are stably maintained into adulthood (Lecci, 2015); therefore, it is good news to hear that there is the ability to turn around traumatic events which can lead to maladaptive behaviors and mental health illness. To make changes, therapy and a good diet can be prioritized; however, therapy alone cannot produce satisfactory outcome.

Question 3

The assertion that how well the mother loves the kid can influence children based on genetic level shattering the nature vs. nurture discussion because it seems that every individual can possess both negative and positive impacts on the other (Lecci, 2015). Epigenetics is a system that turns our genes on and off. The process works by chemical tags, known as epigenetic marks, attaching to DNA and telling a cell to either use or ignore a particular gene (Weaver et al. 2004).

References

Lecci, L. B. (2015). . Retrieved from

Weaver, I. C. G., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. A., DAlessio, A. C, Sharma, S., Seckl, J. R., Meaney, M. J. (2004). . Nature Neuroscience, 7(8), 847-854. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn1276

Webster, M. (2013, January 10). [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.radiolab.org/story/261176-

DUE IN 6 HOURS

EXERCISE ALONG WITH 2 PEER RESPONSES

  

  

The Research Project

Identify a generic organization (e.g., manufacturing plant, hospital, educational institution). You will use this same organization in your Week 5 Final Project. Assume that you are part of a research team examining work groups in the organization to determine factors that enhance or inhibit group productivity. Identify what factors you would examine in your research and provide a rationale for your choice.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates posts using source citations from the course text and at least two other scholarly sources, one of which can be a course video.  Provide constructive peer review feedback.

Davids Post:

Organization: Manufacturing plant

I have almost no experience with manufacturing, but I think productivity is a huge focus in an operation like this. I would look at how the organization is structured and then I would examine how those sub-groups work.

I would look at performance levels as a baseline for each group then compare communication dynamic.  According to Hale (2012) and a MIT study, the most valuable form of communication for groups is face-to-face communication.  The development of new ideas and other kinds of creativity come from these interactions.

I would examine performance expectations and how goals are developed and defined (Coget & Losh, 2018, p.69). Clearly defined roles and expectations put staff on the right course to success.  If the target is unclear or ambiguous, then nothing really gets accomplished in terms of high level objectives.

I would assess how managers and supervisors are graded and what level of trust do the sub-groups have with their managers.  Effective management and leadership is critical.  Lack of cohesion, distrust and poor attendance are indications of ineffective leadership.

I would look at training and skills development opportunities.  Employees remain engaged and motivated if they see an investment in them.  That investment often produces loyalty and higher performance.

References

Coget, J. and Losh, S. (2018). Group behavior in organizations (2nd ed.). [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

Hale, E. (July 17, 2012). The 6 group dynamics of high performing team.  Fastcompany. Retrieved from https://www.fastcompany.com/1842891/6-group-dynamics-high-performing-teams

Lyndseys Post:

Organization- Educational Institution

           If I were to examine work groups in an educational institution, I would look at how everyone appears to work together overall, and then I would look deeper and see which factors enhance the productivity of the organization and which factors still need to be worked on. An important factor that needs to be considered is the morale of the institution as a whole. Are the employees actually passionate about their work, or are they just there to collect a paycheck? Do the employees enjoy their everyday work, or is there something that the institutions administrative team could do to make everyones days more enjoyable? Morale is such an important factor because if the company has low morale, then the whole thing can start to fall apart. Something else I would look at is how educated everyone seems to be on what they are teaching their children and what could be done to provide them with more opportunities to further their educations in their specific subject areas. I would look at how the staff communicate with each other and see if they can easily communicate with each other or if there seems to be some sort of tension. This is an important factor to consider because children will sense the tension between staff members, and this can cause disruptions in behavior and learning. Educational institutions should be happy environments where children can learn they shouldnt be filled with tension because there is a communication problem between staff. I would also look at the creativity level and diversity of the things being taught. Usually, there are some sort of guidelines to follow when it comes to teaching children whether it be state-mandated or just guidelines from the institutions administration, but this doesnt mean that the learning has to be boring and all be taught the same way.  I will look to see how the teachers are making the lessons fun and engaging for all of the students in the classroom so that everyone has the best chance at learning and retaining what is being taught to them.