I HAVE ATTACH AN SAMPLE   Identify a possible topic that you plan to write on for your academic essay and explain briefly why you have chosen this focus. This is a preliminary idea so you may end up changing your focus based on feedback from your classmates, but starting to plan for your Assignment can help you manage your time in the next few weeks. Generate a list of changes in your field of study. Select the one change you think is most relevant to write about and that you know something about.  Then, post a preliminary thesis for that topic, applying what you learned about strong thesis statements  along with an informal outline that identifies at least two to three supporting details. Remember that the more detailed your outline is, the stronger your plan for success in the academic essay will be.  Include an open-ended question about any issue your initial post raises which your classmates can help you with.  RESPOND TO STUDENTS POST KIM POST The main information is loyalty between you and your staff. Your business will never be successful if there is no loyalty. You also must make your staff aware that mistakes happen and that the business will not fail if you learn from the mistakes and make better decisions. This is part of the fundamental characteristics of a leader. Managers need to stay focused and alert and one way they can do that is to have a reaction to change instead of anticipating it. Warren Buffett’s leadership style was very successful, and it made all employees believe in themselves. This review has some great resources and helpful information from Warren Buffett. After reading this review it has left me wanting to know more of Warren Buffett’s helpful information.   CORY POST When I first started to think about managers and leaders I assumed that these roles were always separate and dealt with different aspects. At first managers were seen as those who managed their time and resources for short term goals, while also looking ahead for future needs without truly leading anyone, and that leaders focused on one goal leading those around them to achieve a common goal but without worrying about the resources it would take, or how much time and effort would be needed. Since reading this article: The Differences Between Management and Leadership , I have started to realize that both roles have similar paths although not completely, and yet each one needs the other to help themselves thrive. Good managers should strive to be good leaders and good leaders, need management skills to be effective (Wajdi, 2017). Now not all managers and leaders can attain the skills of the other and end up only ever being a leader or a manager, however, by honing your skills one can be a leader with proper management skills for future problems, and management can learn to become leaders and help strive their company for greatness with their co-workers. It is not easy, and not everyone can see the path that it will take to achieve and at ...

1. I HAVE ATTACH AN SAMPLE
Identify a possible topic that you plan to write on for your
academic essay and explain briefly why you have chosen this
focus. This is a preliminary idea so you may end up changing
your focus based on feedback from your classmates, but starting
to plan for your Assignment can help you manage your time in
the next few weeks. Generate a list of changes in your field of
study. Select the one change you think is most relevant to write
about and that you know something about. Then, post a
preliminary thesis for that topic, applying what you learned
about strong thesis statements along with an informal outline
that identifies at least two to three supporting details.
Remember that the more detailed your outline is, the stronger
your plan for success in the academic essay will be. Include an
open-ended question about any issue your initial post raises
which your classmates can help you with.
RESPOND TO STUDENTS POST
KIM POST
The main information is loyalty between you and your staff.
Your business will never be successful if there is no loyalty.
You also must make your staff aware that mistakes happen and
that the business will not fail if you learn from the mistakes and
make better decisions. This is part of the fundamental
characteristics of a leader. Managers need to stay focused and
alert and one way they can do that is to have a reaction to
change instead of anticipating it. Warren Buffett’s leadership
style was very successful, and it made all employees believe in
themselves. This review has some great resources and helpful
information from Warren Buffett. After reading this review it

2. has left me wanting to know more of Warren Buffett’s helpful
information.
CORY POST
When I first started to think about managers and leaders I
assumed that these roles were always separate and dealt with
different aspects. At first managers were seen as those who
managed their time and resources for short term goals, while
also looking ahead for future needs without truly leading
anyone, and that leaders focused on one goal leading those
around them to achieve a common goal but without worrying
about the resources it would take, or how much time and effort
would be needed. Since reading this article:
The Differences Between Management and Leadership
, I have started to realize that both roles have similar paths
although not completely, and yet each one needs the other to
help themselves thrive. Good managers should strive to be good
leaders and good leaders, need management skills to be
effective (Wajdi, 2017). Now not all managers and leaders can
attain the skills of the other and end up only ever being a leader
or a manager, however, by honing your skills one can be a
leader with proper management skills for future problems, and
management can learn to become leaders and help strive their
company for greatness with their co-workers. It is not easy, and
not everyone can see the path that it will take to achieve and
attain both sides of this coin, but if your willing to try and work
hard, in the end both sides are attainable to become an effective
leader or manager.
As mentioned above I have learned that although there are
differences between both a manager and a leader, and that it
takes a lot to incorporate both sides to become an effective

3. leader/manager, I have also learned that it is possible to have
both. This article helps as it talks about the differences that
each role has including that management look forward for
possible “bumps in the road”, and manage what they have on
hand, and leaders, well, lead their people to achieve a common
goal without thinking about future problems and or needs.
This article takes a view on other articles that have discussed
the differences between the management and leadership roles
and dive deeper and more in-depth as to what each role does and
how each role/aspect has a different view point from their
perspective. This article even includes the different qualities
that refer to each role like managers should have good
communication, organizational, negotiation skills, and leaders
should have risk taking, toughness, and visibility.
TIFFANY POST
One of the first and foremost strategies to be used would be
language interpretation. Offering the utilization of translators
for parents during conferences and other such events can lessen
the impact of language barriers. The accommodations can be
very vital for parents to offer their child support. Educators can
also use strategies of speaking slowly when communicating,
clear and annunciation verbal usage, and checking for
understanding with parents. "Additionally, because teachers
may dominate discussions with parents, at natural points
throughout discussions (e.g., after telling a parent about a
child’s fine motor skill development at school) early educators
can ask parents to give opinions and share their ideas about
what is discussed"(Cheatham 2011). Asking for parent input can
help educators become aware of the families’ thoughts and
opinions about their child’s learning. Many times, when
communicating over language barriers; pictures can be
extremely resourceful for helping guide understanding during

4. conversations. There are many different strategies to use when
communicating with parents and families who may or may not
speak the same language. It is important as an educator to
address any language barriers and offer accommodations to the
student and family for support and success of the student’s
educational career.
STEVEN POST
Communication between parents and teachers is a crucial aspect
to ensure that education continues even when the student leaves
the classroom. This is especially an important issue when
implementing behavioral interventions with individuals with
special needs. Behavioral interventions are only effective when
the principles of reinforcement are manipulated consistently and
when replacement behaviors are also reinforced consistently.
This places an added importance on communication between the
school and home.
Although it is very important to keep up lines of communication
between home and school, it is often very difficult to so
thoroughly. Issues related to communicating on a consistent
basis can be attributed to the high volume of parents that
teachers must contact. Additionally, parents often have jobs
which make consistent communication difficult if the
communicative medium is not readily utilized.
One solution to this problem is to use applications which
facilitate quick and easy communication. One application which
would be a viable option to expedite the communication process
is called “Group Me.” I have had experience using this
application to communicate with parents in between home
service sessions. While I have not been the head teacher in a

5. classroom, my success using this application with home services
suggests that it will work for multiple settings. Applications
such as this allow for instant communication, an attribute which
is not present when using traditional, notebook-based
communication.
KRISTY POST
I decided to research Head Start, since it was a program I
briefly considered working with this summer. Head Start was
implemented in 1965 during the "War on Poverty" of President
Johnson's term. It was established through the Office of
Economic Opportunity. The program's "overall goal is to
increase school readiness of young children of low-income
families" (Driscoll and Nagel). In 1998 the program was
reauthorized to expand to full-day and full-year programs; in
2007, it was again reauthorized with the support of President
Bush and both sides of the political faction.
The Head Start program covers ages 3-5, while the Early Head
Start program encompasses ages birth - 3, as well as prenatal
support for families.
Since 1965, over "32 million" children have received families
through promotions "of education, health, social, and other
services" (Office of Head Start). The Office serves over 1
million children and families per year in all 50 states, District
of Columbia, and U.S. territories. However, more funding is
needed to reach all eligible children.
In my county of residence in New York State, there are nine
independent Head Start center locations, four office locations
for home-based services, and 4 locations with collaborations

6. with other organizations (PEACE Org). All of the programs
provide "high quality individualized educational programming
to prepare children and families for kindergarten" and also
provides "opportunities for parents to volunteer" (PEACE Org).
The center-based Head Start programs provide a classroom
setting, a choice of full or half day programs, healthy meals,
and some transportation.
HEIDI POST
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) passed with
“overwhelming bipartisan support” (edweek). NCLB was an
update to the pre-exisiting Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA), which was introduced in 1965 as part of President
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program. ESEA “created a
clear role for the federal government in K-12 policy, offering
more than $1 billion a year in aid under its first statutory
section, known as Title I, to districts to help cover the cost of
educating disadvantaged students” (edweek). NCLB was
intended to increase federal responsibility in education and
boost the United States’ international competitive advantage.
NCLB mandated that states “bring all students to the ‘proficient
level’ on state tests by the 2013-2014 school year” (edweek). A
special focus was put on increasing performance for certain
“sub-groups” which included “English-learners and students in
special education, racial minorities, and children from low-
income families” (edweek). Participation in NCLB was not
required, but states that chose not to participate risked losing
their federal Title I funding. In order to comply with the goal of
proficiency, students in grades 3 through 8 were tested annually
in math and reading, and states had to report their test scores.
NCLB required schools to stay on track by making an “adequate

7. yearly progress” (AYP) goal. States were subject to the
following sanctions for not making their AYP goal.
NCLB was met with many criticisms. Educators and the public
felt that it relied too heavily on standardized testing. There was
concern that many teachers chose to “teach to the test” and only
focus their lessons on what students would be tested on.
Additionally, NCLB’s emphasis on math and reading “narrowed
the curriculum” by compelling schools to spend less time and
money on subjects – like science, social studies, foreign
language, and the arts – that were not “explicitly tested”
(edweek). As the controversy surrounding NCLB grew, test
scores continued to decline or remained stagnant.
Once it became clear that NCLB was failing and the majority of
schools in the country would not be able to meet their intended
goals, congress began offering a series of waivers that allowed
“states to get out from under many of the mandates of the NCLB
law in exchange for embracing certain education redesign
priorities” (edweek) States no longer had to aim for the goal of
100% proficiency or offer school choice or tutoring. Instead,
they had to set standards that were meant to prepare students for
“higher education and the workforce” (edweek). This is known
as the Common Core State Standards. By early 2015, thirteen
years after NCLB was enacted, it was determined that no
schools reached 100% proficiency (edweek).