... compassionate, safe, unbiased care. All the while using their knowledge, evidence based practices, and learned skills to secure the best outcome for these clients. Our appearance is also a part of professional nursing. This starts with personal hygiene and wearing appropriate uniforms and accessories in each area we practice. Our clients' trust and confidence in us forms as soon as we enter ... a room. Finally our confidence in our own skills and nursing processes along with experience strengthens the idea of professional nursing. Further ideas of professional nursing do emerge after the...

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... and responsibilities used to carry out a specific job. Ethics apply to every profession as noted in my article. Ethics are they way you are supposed to go about you profession. Professional ethics apply to every profession known to man. My article was about the Ethics in coaching. It said that, "In becoming a member of the teaching/coaching profession, a person assumes certain ... such a manner as to maintain the dignity and decency of their profession." Basically it is the way you do your job and the way you act while doing your job. Professional ethics are incorporated in many differe...

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... is also an important association for those in the music field. Theodore Presser and sixty-two of his friends in Delaware Ohio founded MTNA in 1876. This is the oldest professional non-profit teachers association in the world. The purpose of MTNA is committed to advancing the value of music study and music making to society and to supporting the professionalism ... The membership of this very prestigious organization is comprised of twenty-four thousand independent and collegiate music teachers of all instruments including voice. The California Association of Professional Music Teachers is...

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... organizations throughout the world. The article reviewed makes the correlation between Educators engaging in Web-based collaboration and the development of subsequent, future professional practices. Sloinski (2001) "believed that pre-service teachers would benefit from participating in Web-based professional collaboration, which in turn would lead to more student-centered and more innovative instruction." One might ask, why this is an important ... to collaborate with others outside their schools. As teachers acquire "collaborative skills and experiences, the students will begin to valu...

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... despite having tenure. "Catching potential problem teachers before giving them tenure is the best way"" (Moser). He readily admits that he has not dismissed a tenure teacher. "Iron clad tenure as well as aggressive union tactics allow a teacher to remain deeply embedded in the establishment as recertification takes place every five to seven years regardless if they do ... confronted " (Holland). A period for retraining remediation and correction is mandated. However, KERA clearly stipulates that if the unproficient teacher does not take advantage of these opportunities for professional g...

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... education in American today is trying to increase the number of Blacks successfully graduating from institutions of higher education at all levels 2-year and 4-year colleges, graduate schools, and professional schools. Many educators, political leaders, civil rights" groups, and other concerned organizations have expressed alarm in recent years trying to increase the percentage of Black high school graduates ... to make the transition from high school to college. The more crucial concern, however, "is getting Black youths through college to graduation and into and graduate from graduate a...

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... The result is that some states have relatively simple financing structures while others have highly complex structures. One type of financing structure is the "flat grant" which distributes an equal sum of dollars to each public school pupil in the state, regardless of the property or income wealth of the ... local school districts. Historically, the flat grant program has allowed for localities to create a school where none existed, and also funded an "in kind" contribution to those districts which had ... from this program. As the number of schools increased over time, there was a nec...

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... to an enemy, than blindly obedient men who only did what they were told. But then this is not to say that the discipline of the Roman army wasn't an iron one. During times of crisis such as the war against Hannibal severe measures were most likely necessary to maintain army discipline against a seemingly invincible opponent. The historian reports that the ... pluming system that was much like the modern system that we have today. 13 The Stagnum- an artificial urban lake. 14 The Euripus- a large canal 15 Field of Mars- a large flat region of the city next to the Tiber river ...

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... how to solve a quadratic equation. This will hurt students entering college, where you must take these core classes in order to graduate but were too busy learning how to make a ceramic pot. This is not the student's fault that we are not learning what we need. Teachers' and principals' must take full responsibility in our education, guaranteeing that they will teach ... ...

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... in the vital decision-making processes (Schecter, 2011). An effective learning program focuses on promoting equality among the participants in the learning course of action. The professional staff respects the students' opinions, appreciates their efforts and interests, and this helps to create a favorable learning environment. Initiating a realistic and achievable budget plan ... learner centered. Department heads will be responsible for implementation and target date will be to implement for next school year. Action Plan 3: Increase Meaningful Professional Development • Provide profe...

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... for children and families within a community. Advocacy will occur as an attempt is made to enhance the well-being of the children. "Informed program-based advocacy implies that professional work within current knowledge of child development, critical theory, and cultural relevance to promote family-friendly policies and evidence-based practice through their communities" (Fowler, Hulett, & ... " (Fowler, Hulett & Kieff, 2009, p. 422). Five applications of moral principles are involved when advocating for and thinking about an educational policy; intuition, personal values, professional kn...

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... for children and families within a community. Advocacy will occur as an attempt is made to enhance the well-being of the children. "Informed program-based advocacy implies that professional work within current knowledge of child development, critical theory, and cultural relevance to promote family-friendly policies and evidence-based practice through their communities" (Fowler, Hulett, & ... " (Fowler, Hulett & Kieff, 2009, p. 422). Five applications of moral principles are involved when advocating for and thinking about an educational policy; intuition, personal values, professional kn...

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... able to cope with this era. As the teacher plays the important role in both program quality and in learning outcomes, many countries are focuses in continuous professional development courses. Malaysia also included among the countries thats focuses on this aspect. Professionalization is normally understood to refer to the process whereby an occupation increasingly meets ... expertise and moral integrity appropriate to their profession (Jacobs & Bosanac, 2006). The term professionalization indicates a direct attempt to (a) use education or training to improve the quality of practice, (b)...

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... Though the 2 terms look very alike, Hargreaves (2000) also mentioned clearly about the distinction between professionalization and professionalism. Professionalization is a way to help teachers to "be a professional", while professionalism refers to whether teachers "behaving professionally". To Hargreaves (2000), stronger professionalization does not equal to greater professionalism. However, there is a strong correlation between professionalization ... , 2001). Diversified retraining courses are provided for teachers and school executives, and the expenditure and scale of these courses...

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... (not racial, ethnic, gender, but preparedness based). Just as a hospital would not high a doctor without credentials or a fortune 500 company a CEO without a significant proven background, nor should the professional sports industries. At stake are not just the millions of dollars in contracts but also the perceptions of the millions of youths witnessing these occurrences and placing the idea that ... developing a student first approach while still maintaining reputable sports program where all the participates will win; not just the ones fortunate enough to make it to the professional l...

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... the seven member associations. • Now AAHPERD is composed of seven affiliated associations and six affiliated district organization. It also remains the primary professional and academic organization seeking to hold together and serve a very diverse group of professional and academic interests. • The discipline movement that the AAHPERD made created problems among the leaders of the physical-education and teacher education ... of the sports-sciences launched the plan to change university programs from "physical education" to "kinesiology" which they felt would express the academic asp...

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... scheduling, time-management, and working with paraprofessionals. Strategic planning can encourage examination of the whole picture leading to definition of (1) immediate, short-term professional development, (2) extended continuing professional development, and (3) a thorough understanding of state regulations, day to day delivery, and the interface of teacher education programs for personnel supply. Academic ... resources may also be hosted in this location. Finally Component 3, resources will provide centralized, statewide, staff directories with email links; Web sites of recommended ...

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... certifications, form Special Interest Groups (SIG) and hold many local, regional and national conferences. AITP holds two annual national conferences: The AITP National Conference for Professional Members and The National Collegiate Conference. These conferences provide excellent opportunities for members to stay abreast of the latest technologies, see and use new products presented by ... conferences and events. It publishes numerous papers designed to help Information Technology professionals keep up to speed on various new (and old) technologies. Section II The Professional Chapter M...

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... , to deny students appreciable leadership skills, and to ensure docile and incomplete citizens-all in order to render the populace "manageable" (Gatto 2001: 36)." Weber theorizes about a notion called the iron cage, "which is an imagery of a powerful, cage like structure (Gatto 2001: 34)." This cage locks people inside and it is nearly impossible to escape. The Prussian culture educational system ... the Gatto says the United States has adopted is the iron cage in the public educational system. There are six functions that the system aims to establish, and these functions lock children i...

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... student-athletes play a sport because it is the only way of getting a degree in college, and for the other half it is their way into the professional leagues, (Should College Athletes Be Paid?). Giving NCAA athletes a salary would be a positive effect on their lives because they would be working for the money they ... is a rule. To sum it up, for these three sports one mainly plays and goes to college in order to enter into the draft of the professional league. Therefore, these men and women go to college for a year to play their sport and then leave the next year to get paid for what ....

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... of knowledge. As Morley and Kamler said (2001) is was a hallmark if feminist pedagogy. Thus feminist pedagogy involves and exploration of personal experiences and reflections of both professional and personal developments as being the part of teaching and learning.As higher educating kept developing such ides were inserted in a wider pedagogical practice and can be seen ... changes and the new knowledge economy. Thus developments towards a 'knowledge society or economy' have also entailed developments and diversity in women's education and forms of largely professional employment. ...

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... such as the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) no longer met their professional needs. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) was the first organization to recognize the emerging needs of ITTE, establishing in 1983 a special interest group for ... study can become a valuable primary source of understanding because they offer rich or thick data on a topic instead of the sometimes thin data gathered in quantitative studies. Ref...

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... the obligation of the principal to support teacher learning and instructional improvement are too often neglected because of other priorities and problems. Supervising teachers with the goals of professional growth and instructional improvement, is very time consuming. At a time when instructional improvement is most important, it seems that innovative, developmentally appropriate approaches, and meaningful ... teachers can become instructional leaders. As peer coaches, action researchers, or mentors, teacher leaders can become instructional leaders, sharing with the principal the respo...

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... it fair that a teacher can devote his/her entire career to his/her students, some which may grow up to be professional athletes, and altogether make only a portion of what a professional athlete makes per year? No, it's not fair. Something needs to be done about it. Educators deserve far better pay ... crime rates would drop drastically. The average salary for an elementary school teacher is between $37,000 and $42,000. The average salary for a professional athlete is around $5,000,000 (of course many athletes make far more than this). Teachers have gone to school and earned degrees, whi...

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... (1994:5), is about teaching students the value of new knowledge, theoretical learning and technology; ethical, moral and non-discriminatory behavior; discipline, cooperation and team-work; and professional and formal relationships. Further education helps prepare students in understanding what is acceptable behavior in our society, by teaching them the socially acceptable behaviour of our society (Haralambos et ... al, 1996:209). Education can offer an important socialising role for would-be graduates in courses that offer accreditation from a professional body. Professional membership ...

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