Assignment 04 EC410 Cultural Diversity Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format.  Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages in length; refer to the "Format Requirements" page for specific format requirements. This assignment is comprised of two different parts that will show your learning of various course objectives from Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4. Part 1 Identify and discuss six values about life and success that you vividly recall learning from your family. For each, explain how the particular value is supported by or at odds with your current community setting; community setting may mean current family framework, school, job, peer group, etc. You will want to refer back to Lesson 1 and 2. Part 2 To practice lesson planning, create an age appropriate activity for the early childhood aged student. Then, create a section of your lesson plan that describes three strategies that can be implemented to modify/adapt this lesson to meet the needs of dual language learners. Your lesson plan should include a learning objective (what the students will be able to do), materials, a step-by-step guide on how to complete the activity, and a description of the modifications/adaptations. You will want to refer back to Lesson 4. Grading Rubric Please refer to the rubric on the next page for the grading criteria for this assignment. CATEGORYExemplarySatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryUnacceptable 30 points20 points10 points2 points The student wrote a clear paper discussing six values that were instilled by family. The student wrote a somewhat clear paper discussing the six values that were instilled by family or only discussed four to five values. The student wrote an unclear paper discussing the six values that were instilled by family or only discussed two to three values. The student wrote a poor paper discussing the six values that were instilled by family or only discussed one value. 15 points10 points5 points2 points The student clearly explained how all of the six (6) particular values are supported by or at odds with parts of his or her personal and/or professional life. The student mostly explained how all of the six (6) particular values are supported by or at odds with parts of his or her personal and/or professional life. The student somewhat explained how four or five (4 or 5) of the particular values are supported by or at odds with parts of his or her personal and/or professional life. The student poorly explained how three or four (3 or 4) of the particular values are supported by or at odds with parts of his or her personal and/or professional life. 30 points20 points10 points2 points The student created a clear lesson plan integrating three strategies to meet the needs of dual language l.

1. Assignment 04
EC410 Cultural Diversity
Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer
before submitting it for grading. Unless otherwise stated,
answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct
English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA
format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages
in length; refer to the "Format Requirements" page for specific
format requirements.
This assignment is comprised of two different parts that will
show your learning of various course objectives from Lessons 1,
2, 3, and 4.
Part 1
Identify and discuss six values about life and success that you
vividly recall learning from your family. For each, explain how
the particular value is supported by or at odds with your current
community setting; community setting may mean current family
framework, school, job, peer group, etc. You will want to refer
back to Lesson 1 and 2.
Part 2
To practice lesson planning, create an age appropriate activity
for the early childhood aged student. Then, create a section of
your lesson plan that describes three strategies that can be
implemented to modify/adapt this lesson to meet the needs of
dual language learners. Your lesson plan should include a
learning objective (what the students will be able to do),
materials, a step-by-step guide on how to complete the activity,
and a description of the modifications/adaptations. You will
want to refer back to Lesson 4.

2. Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric on the next page for the grading
criteria for this assignment.
CATEGORYExemplarySatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryUnacceptable
30 points20 points10 points2 points
The student wrote a clear
paper discussing six values
that were instilled by family.
The student wrote a
somewhat clear paper
discussing the six values
that were instilled by family
or only discussed four to five
values.
The student wrote an
unclear paper discussing
the six values that were
instilled by family or only
discussed two to three
values.
The student wrote a poor
paper discussing the six
values that were instilled
by family or only discussed
one value.
15 points10 points5 points2 points
The student clearly
explained how all of the six
(6) particular values are
supported by or at odds with
parts of his or her personal
and/or professional life.

3. The student mostly
explained how all of the six
(6) particular values are
supported by or at odds with
parts of his or her personal
and/or professional life.
The student somewhat
explained how four or five
(4 or 5) of the particular
values are supported by or
at odds with parts of his or
her personal and/or
professional life.
The student poorly
explained how three or
four (3 or 4) of the
particular values are
supported by or at odds
with parts of his or her
personal and/or
professional life.
30 points20 points10 points2 points
The student created a clear
lesson plan integrating three
strategies to meet the needs
of dual language learners,
and the lesson plan included
all of the following
components: a learning
objective, materials, a step-
by-step guide, and a
description of the
modifications/adaptations.
The student created a
mostly clear lesson plan
integrating two strategies to

4. meet the needs of dual
language learners, or the
lesson plan included three
of the components: a
learning objective,
materials, a step-by-step
guide, and a description of
the
modifications/adaptations.
The student created an
unclear lesson plan
integrating one strategy to
meet the needs of dual
language learners, or the
lesson plan included two of
the following components:
a learning objective,
materials, a step-by-step
guide, and a description of
the
modifications/adaptations.
The student created a poor
lesson plan integrating
none of the strategies to
meet the needs of dual
language learners, or the
lesson plan included one
of the following
components: a learning
objective, materials, a step-
by-step guide, and a
description of the
modifications/adaptations.
10 points 8 points 5 points 2 points
Student makes no errors in
grammar or spelling that

5. distract the reader from the
content.
Student makes 1-2 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content.
Student makes 3-4 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content.
Student makes more than
4 errors in grammar or
spelling that distract the
reader from the content.
15 points 12 points 8 points 5 points
The paper is written in
proper format. All sources
used for quotes and facts are
credible and cited correctly.
Excellent organization,
including a variety of
thoughtful transitions.
The paper is written in
proper format with only 1-2
errors. All sources used for
quotes and facts are credible
and most are cited correctly.
Adequate organization
includes a variety of
appropriate transitions.
The paper is written in
proper format with only 3-5
errors. Most sources used
for quotes and facts are
credible and cited correctly.
Essay is poorly organized,

6. but may include a few
effective transitions.
The paper is not written in
proper format. Many
sources used for quotes
and facts are less than
credible (suspect) and/or
are not cited correctly.
Essay is disorganized and
does not include effective
transitions.
Format - APA
Format, Citations,
Organization,
Transitions
(15 Points)
Mechanics -
Grammar,
Punctuation,
Spelling (10 Points)
Explanation of
values as it relates
to personal and/or
professional life
(15 Points)
Personal Values
(30 Points)
Create a lesson plan
integrating
modifications for
dual language
learners (30 Points)
The Cult of Success
In a staff meeting, I would have my teachers participate in The

7. Marshmallow Challenge. They would be divided into groups of
4. The goal is to construct a tower as high as possible using
only spaghetti and masking tape. The marshmallow must be
placed on the top of the tower. The tallest tower still standing
unassisted wins. They will get twenty minutes to complete the
challenge. After the challenge is done, the groups will talk
about the successes and failures they encountered while trying
to complete the activity. Through the discussion, I hope to hear
that even though they had some failure that they didn’t give up.
I would tell my staff that this is a great way to get the students
thinking about failure and that failure doesn’t mean the end, but
the beginning of another way to look at the situation and to
become a better resourceful individual.
How have you been affected by rankings and ratings in your
estimation of success?
As a teacher, ranking and ratings are used to evaluate my skills
as a teacher through the Teacher Evaluation State System. Each
year, I receive a score that determines if I have a job or not. It
is disappointing that teachers are reduced to a score to
determine their worth, but that is how the system is set-up to
operate. For me, the ranking and rating haven’t affected me
because I demonstrate my teaching skills well. However, I do
know teachers who may rank well due to their teacher ratings.
How have these experiences influenced your assessment of
success?
Through my experiences, I know that failure sometimes doesn’t
mean the end; it is the beginning if I allow it to be. Failure
means to find other ways to move forward in order to meet
success. My experiences help me to make better choices for
myself and my students’ learning. The world is always changing
and I must change with it if I want to succeed. I have to
remember that nothing stays the same because it is always
evolving. Leading and teaching are always also evolving.
Failure is just another word that means a new beginning.

8. The Cult of Success
How will you, as a principal, teach your staff and students that
we need to learn from our mistakes to improve our
performance?
I am thankful for my musical background, as I feel like music is
still an outlet where mistakes are celebrated and students feel
very comfortable in my class to try something and fail. I would
like to take these experiences and help lead teachers and
students to allow failures in classrooms and actually celebrate
them as much as a success. Students are learning, and learning
makes mistakes! Positive posters about mistakes and sharing
mistakes that teachers have experienced will hopefully
encourage students to feel comfortable trying instead of always
succeeding.
How can we redefine our ideas about success?
It is important to teach children about success and how we can
best measure it in education. Redefining success is a long
process, as many have predisposed ideas of what success
means. The text gave excellent ideas about measuring success
in both tangible and intangible successes for students.
Your text asks this question: "How have you been affected by
rankings and ratings in your estimation of success? How have
these experiences influenced your assessment of success?
I think we are all heavily influenced by rankings and ratings in
the 21stcentury. The ratings of anything can affect if it has
value to us and the challenge in education is to go against this
trend and allow students to learn to think for themselves and
reach for goals, unhindered by failures. My personal assessment
of success has been influenced by growing up in musical family
of symphony musicians and I am thankful for having always
viewed success in a way that is countercultural. I hope to bring
this view to my school as a principal.

9. The Cult of Success
How will you, as a principal, teach your staff and students that
we need to learn from our mistakes to improve our
performance?
I find this topic very interesting as I was having a similar
conversations with some of the coaches at my school just last
week. There is this new belief in sports that all children need to
receive a trophy for "participation." As former athlete and now
coach I can understand why that makes some students angry.
How does the looser get a trophy when the winner worked hard
to get one? There has to be a looser and that is same belief I
have in education, someone will always fall short and will not
win but our job as teachers is to take those that loose and show
them the way to the winners circle. That is what teachers do. As
a principal I would approach my teachers the same way to show
them the way to the winners circle of education and teaching. It
is important that teachers and students understand that just
because you failed doesn't mean that you are not successful lit
means that something or a thing merely just did not work and
now it is time to start again.
How can we redefine our ideas about success?
We have to make sure that as leaders are instilling the idea that
failure is apart of success. As a business owner it took me and
is still taking me time to really grasp this lesson because it is an
important one to have. We have to stop thinking that success is
instant and does not come with hard work and failure behind it.
Even Michael Jordan was cut from a basketball team.
Your text asks this question: "How have you been affected by
rankings and ratings in your estimation of success?
Among my colleagues and friends they have all stated that I am
more successful than them which I do not believe at all. I am
my worse critic when it comes to my own success and I often
feel as though I am not moving forward but moving in place. I
can see my accomplishments however, they are not as big as I

10. would like them to be so therefore to me that means that I am
not being successful. Those around me do not see it that way.
How have these experiences influenced your assessment of
success?
I have learned to take the failures the same way I take my wins.
I have learned that although it may be hard that I have to
celebrate my failures just as much as I have done with my
successes. The reason for this is because with my failures at
least I can say that I tried something that I had never tried
before.