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Running Head: IMPACT OF CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS
ON THE FIELD
IMPACT OF CURRENT ISSUES AND TRENDS ON THE
FIELD 2
Building Blocks Learning Center in Hansvale County
Johnna Darragh
Suzanne Murphy
PV004
June 15, 2019
Changing Demographics
The dynamics in the demographics of Hansvale County are
greatly affecting the development of the center. The main
demographic changes that were experienced in Hansvale County
that positively or negatively affects the progress of the center
include racial changes, cultural changes, as well as linguistic
changes. Thank you for your introduction.
To start with, under racial changes, black mothers are likely to
be in permanent employment as compared to white mothers.
This is because, economically, the whites are relatively stable
as compared to the blacks. The income disparities between the
races determine which center, for instance, the child is taken to

during his or her earlier childhood development. Therefore,
from the demographic representation in one of the public
elementary school in Hansvale County, shows that the white
students are the leading with 40%, chances are that the majority
of them comes from the less fortunate white families in terms of
income. I would encourage you to provide a citation here. The
building blocks learning centers are usually associated with the
Blacks and Asians as well as Hispanic children. From the chart,
it is clear that Blacks have 27% of the total population of
children, followed by Asians with 20% and finally Hispanic
with 13%. With many of the children being from relatively
low-income families, raising of capital to facilitate the
development of the center in terms of infrastructure, more
importantly, the expansion of classrooms due to the increasing
population becomes a challenge for this center (Lai, 2015).
Good overview.
Secondly, the issue of cultural changes has negatively on the
operations of the center. Every parent tends to take his or her
child to a center, which favors his or her cultural belief. For
instance, from the information collected from one of the public
elementary school in Hansvale County, it was unfortunate that
there was no Indian student in the school. It is not that there
are no Indian children living in the County, their absence from
the school is associated with cultural differences. Either,
Muslims tend to take their children to Muslim norms supporting
centers the same applies to Christians. This has negatively
affected the center’s ability to implement educational equality
policies. Either on the positive side of culture impact to the
center, the This is a little confusing – which Center are you
referring to? center has been named as the best center for
spreading the diversity of cultures in the society for it
recognized all cultures through its well-structured
organizational cultural policies (Sharma, & Bothra, 2017).
Finally, the linguistic changes in the County also affect the
center in different ways. From the demographics of Hansvale
County, the number of students who speaks a second language,

other than English at home increases steadily from around
9.25% in 2005 to 10.25% in 2015. Citation needed here. The
number of these students is also increasing according to the
trend. This has negatively affected the organization bearing in
mind that it has to put in more resources and funds trying to
help the children to stick to the official language that is English
since it will be the one to be used in the explanation of
concepts. For instance, home language affects the academic
calendar of the child since he or she has to undergo an English
training that is outside the normal academic calendar.
Therefore, such students end up staying in school longer than
others stay. The families of such students are also expensed
more on special English learning programs to their children.
Another example is that the home race can block the child from
getting a job. This comes when the job specifications are
against the cultural believes of the child even is the child is
qualified for the job for instance, if a job is to work in a
Catholic church and the child is of Muslim decent, he or she
losses the job automatically. This affects the family of the
child if they directly depend on him or her to be the family
breadwinner (Paulson et al. 2018). Please note that you need to
incorporate citations at the sentence level – please include an
in-text citation for each connection that is not common
knowledge.
It is recommendable that policy which policies? has to be
enacted to enable major developments in the building blocks
learning centers to be funded by either the state or federal
government. This will bring equality across all early childhood
learning centers in the County. Also, the building blocks
learning centers should ensure that they employ the staff
members in a diversified manner so that race, cultural as well as
linguistic changes are all well taken care of in the center. You
have good general information – please see my comments
regarding support for your connections.
Poverty and its Impact on Child Development
Poverty presents a persistent trauma for children as well as

families that may obstruct starting from thriving modification to
progress tasks, besides their academic accomplishment. It is
clear that children who are brought up in low-income
backgrounds are greatly at risk for academic as well as social
challenges without forgetting poor health and well-being, which
in turn undermines their academic objectives. This means that,
since the earliest times in life, poverty affects their life directly,
indirectly through meditated, moderated as well as transactional
processes. The application as well as the profits of education in
the current times is in recognition that they can help in escaping
from poverty. However for the above to be effective, there
must be support from various strategies developed by both the
federal government as well as state government. Thank you for
your introduction.
For instance, the poverty alleviation strategy that entails
improved opportunity structures as well as empowerment of
families. Poverty can also lead to children starting up school
late than their peers due to poor development from their
childhood. (Citation needed.) It is good to note that this
readiness gap can never be closed in life. The sentence really
needs a citation. Either the children from low-income
backgrounds are at an increased risk of dropping out of school
without graduation. Research has shown that children from the
low-income background are victims of lower cognitive as well
as academic performance besides behavior challenges. In
addition, the children from low-income families cannot access
quality health services that result from the inability to pay a
monthly subscription health insurance fee. Regarding
technological use in education, they are poorly exposed to
because of low income. It is quite unfortunate that the majority
of the children in Hansvale County are from low-income
families (Chaudry, & Wimer, 2016). I appreciate these
connections – please see my comments regarding sentence level
citations.
With respect to the center, the first way is to adjust its service
delivery fee for children from low-income families. The center

can achieve this by introducing bursary programs for the poor
children, which will help to cater for part of their schooling
fees. Through this, the center would have assisted in reducing
the burden, which would have even prevented these children
from accessing quality education. Secondly, the center can
employ the parents of these children from low-income families
so that part of the parents' salary is taken to cater for the
children’s education. I would encourage you to explain this
further and to provide support for this idea. Finally, the center
can look for donors to fund low-income families’ education.
This will allow them to comfortably start schooling in time as
others to completely clear the readiness gap with their
counterparts from high-income families (Hair, Hanson, Wolfe,
& Pollak, 2015).
Individual staff members can promote healthy development and
learn for children living in poverty by creating a positive
classroom culture; making sure that all students have a
classroom that exudes positivity and community is important.
Either giving them lessons on how it is good to be
compassionate as well as respectful to one another like holding
conversations about not judging others more especially
regarding appearances. Some of the great ways that will ensure
that this happens is through team building activities, modeling
kindness, having mutual respect as well as sharing the
significance of sharing with others.
The policy of offering frees breakfast and lunch for all children,
regardless of income; this policy takes care of both children
who come from rich as well as poor background. It advocates
for pure equality in learning centers. This policy might make
the center to strain its resources more especially if the federal
or state government will not supplement the program of feeding
(Hamad, & Rehkopf, 2016). Please expand to – this needs to be
connected specifically to policy.
Brain Research and Child Development
1. Bergen, D., & Woodin, M. (2017). Brain Research and
Childhood Education: Implications for Educators, Parents, and

Society. Routledge.
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This article provides the results of a research that was
conducted concerning the child brain development as well as
childhood education. The results presented help the individuals
in the early childhood education sector, like the teacher
educators, the learning institutions psychologists, learning
institutions administrators, as well as the students in the field of
education. The article also presents how the results relate to the
optimum teaching practice in childhood as well as adolescence.
In addition, the article provides case studies that were used, as
well as providing valuable information on how brain
development affects children's emotional, social, cognitive, as
well as educational learning chances (Bergen, & Woodin, 2017).
I would encourage you to provide specific information – this is
very general.
2. Blair, C., & Raver, C. C. (2016). Poverty, stress, and brain
development: New directions for prevention and intervention.
Academic Pediatrics, 16(3), S30-S36.
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This article gives an overview on the reviews, which are
offering evidence on the impacts of poverty on children's brain
functions, the brain’s cognitive ability as well as early brain
development as far as its function is a concern. The article has
also stressed on the early development of the child's brain as it
attributes to the great achievement of the child in academics,
which later determines the child’s success in life. The negative

implication of poverty, as it relates to development of a child’s
brain, were discussed in the article, the finding of the research
that was conducted on a group of 50 children of the same
education level, where it indicates that children from low-
income backgrounds tend to experience difficulty in brain
development which impairs their memory. Finally, the article
described some mechanisms as what are these, specifically?
well as directions that can be adopted to safeguard the children
from these challenges that are related to poverty to the child’s
brain development. Issues related to the intersection of
developmental science, diet, the psychology of the child, as
well as enacting child-supporting public policies have been
discussed (Blair, & Raver, 2016).
3. Feldman, R. (2015). The adaptive human parental brain:
implications for children's social development. Trends in
Neurosciences, 38(6), 387-399.
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information in essay format.
Another interesting article, which presents the relationship that,
does exist between the parent and the child's brain. According
to the article, a result of the research that was done on the
neurobiology of parenting, there is a strong correlation between
the parent and the child's brains. The article also presents
global parental caregiving that was incorporated in the research,
which integrates structures that do support mammalian. The
brain of the child and that of the parent are compared or bonded
with related hormones more especially oxytocin as well as
increased postpartum brain plasticity, which proved an
adaptation to an infant stimulus, child-rearing experiences as
well cultural contexts. The article further illustrates how
human sociality is linked to the inheritance from the parents.
Finally, the article puts it clear that there is a high possibility of

a couple giving birth to children with either both parent’s
features or one parent characteristic. The article authors
contradict themselves when they argue that the sharpness of a
child is not inheritable but naturally acquired. That is, the
child’s sharpness in life is dependent on the environment where
he or she was brought up (Feldman, 2015). I would encourage
you to expand how this article relates specifically to brain
research.
The teachers in the center can make use of the information
discussed above to develop a mechanism that takes care of
every child in class through the understanding the children’s
brains were not developed in a similar way and for that reason;
they are prone to different understanding levels. Therefore,
they can generate an assessment strategy that can take care of
all the children in the class. Secondly, the teachers in the
center can use the above information to establish the best diet
that can be offered to the children in enhancing their brain
development. Finally, the teachers can use the child brain
development information as well as home history to determine
the appropriate way of handling every child’s community-
related challenges. Please extend your description of
connections, tying specifically back to each article.
Effective Uses of Technology in the Classroom
With the advancement in technology, every sector is adopting
the use of technology where the education sector has not been
left behind. Nowadays, there is a wide range of technology as a
teaching tool either at home or in the classroom. The following
are the benefits of using technology are a teaching tool.
First, technology promotes school readiness as well as cognitive
development. Research has proved that technology when
meaningfully used; it provides the children with opportunities
to gain necessary skills, which are meant to prepare them for
schooling. Secondly, technology use improves the language
skills of a child who have or have not started schooling. For
instance, an active screen time helps a child to be reading e-
books, which aid in the improvement of his or her language

skills. Thirdly, technology use improves the eye to hand
coordination of a child. Through engaging applications that are
in technology, children develop their hand-eye coordination
significantly. At the same point, technology use helps the
children to develop a higher capacity for visual attention. This
more especially is brought about by gaming as well as learning
applications (Healey, 2018). Please include appropriate
citations at the sentence level.
Despite the above-discussed benefits of technology to the child,
there are some challenges associated with it as discussed below.
To start with, there is normally a resistance to change; this is
because when the children have been possessed or addicted to
technology, I would suggest clarifying use of the term
possessed - please expand your description. anything concerning
research, they will prefer using technology. In other words,
they tend to be lazy, as they know that everything is online.
Secondly, there is a tendency of the kids knowing more than
their educators do. Every knowledge now days is on the
internet, for such a reason, the educators fear to be great being
challenged by the children they teach. Finally, there is a lack of
training opportunities and rigid teaching models as far as
technology is a concern and hence seems to be a straining thing
to children.
The families at pre-school age should guide their children on
how they use the tools that will assist them to be connected to
technology like home computers as well as tablet. This is
because; they will need the tools in their schooling as well as
their lifetime. Therefore equipping them with the necessary
skills will be relevant to the child under the pre-school
category. On the school age, the children must be allowed to
fully use technology but under control of the sites that they
browse. The internet is full of evil information This would
benefit from explanation. that requires control from the parents
on the information they will be accessing from online (Ahmad,
2015). Please extend with sentence level citations – please see
my comments regarding additional details that will be

beneficial.
References:
Ahmad, F. K. (2015). Use of assistive technology in inclusive
education: Making room for diverse learning needs.
Transcience, 6(2), 62-77.
Chaudry, A., & Wimer, C. (2016). Poverty is not just an
indicator: the relationship between income, poverty, and child
well-being. Academic Pediatrics, 16(3), S23-S29.
Hamad, R., & Rehkopf, D. H. (2016). Poverty and child
development: a longitudinal study of the impact of the earned
income tax credit. American journal of epidemiology, 183(9),
775-784.
Hair, N. L., Hanson, J. L., Wolfe, B. L., & Pollak, S. D. (2015).
Association of child poverty, brain development, and academic

achievement. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(9), 822-829.
Healey, D. (2018). TESOL technology standards. The TESOL
Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, 1-6.
Lai, C. (2015). Modeling teachers' influence on learners' self-
directed use of technology for language learning outside the
classroom. Computers & Education, 82, 74-83.
Paulson, K. G., Park, S. Y., Vandeven, N. A., Lachance, K.,
Thomas, H., Chapuis, A. G., & Nghiem, P. (2018). Merkel cell
carcinoma: current US incidence and projected increases based
on changing demographics. Journal of the American Academy
of Dermatology, 78(3), 457-463.
Sharma, S., & Bothra, M. (2017). Changing Demographics &
Dementia: A Reflection on the Challenges Ahead for India.
Health Care, 2, 1-8.
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3 Introduction The laws on employment discrimination seek to
prevent discrimination based on sex, race, national origin,
sexual orientation, age, and physical disability by employers.
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Introduction The laws on employment discrimination seek to
prevent discrimination based on sex, race, national origin,
sexual orientation, age, and physical disability by employers
Employment Discrimination laws seek to prevent discrimination
based on race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin,
physical disability, and age by employers
Practices, which include perception, include bias in hiring, job
assignment, promotion, termination, retaliation, compensation,
and various other types of harassment (Krieger et al.
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Practices, which include perception, include bias in hiring, job
assignment, promotion, termination, retaliation, compensation,
and various other types of harassment (Krieger et al
Discriminatory practices include bias in hiring, promotion, job
assignment, termination, compensation, retaliation, and various
types of harassment
2015). 3 The employment discrimination laws the main body
comprised of state and federal statutes.

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The employment discrimination laws the main body comprised
of state and federal statutes
The main body of employment discrimination laws consists of
federal and state statutes
The U.S constitution and other constitutions from some states
provide additional protection to the employee when the
employer is government body or in a situation whereby the
government has taken significant steps to foster the practice of
discrimination of the employer.
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The U.S constitution and other constitutions from some states
provide additional protection to the employee when the
employer is government body or in a situation whereby the
government has taken significant steps to foster the practice of
discrimination of the employer
The United States Constitution and some state constitutions
provide additional protection when the employer is a
governmental body, or the government has taken significant
steps to foster the discriminatory practice of the employer
Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation, within the last
ten years, that helps to protect employees from discrimination
in the workplace.
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Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation, within the last
ten years, that helps to protect employees from discrimination

in the workplace
Recent legislation that helps to protect employees from
discrimination in the workplace
1 Provide at least two federal legislative protections.
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Provide at least two federal legislative protections
Federal Legislative Protections
3 Provide some insight when the national legislation conflicts
with the state.
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Provide some insight when the national legislation conflicts
with the state
Some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the
state
The U.S constitution has two amendments, Fifth and Fourteenth,
which limit the federal and state governments’ power to
discriminate.
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The U.S constitution has two amendments, Fifth and Fourteenth,
which limit the federal and state governments’ power to
discriminate
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States
Constitution limit the power of the federal and state

governments to discriminate
The Fifth Amendments comprise of a specific requirement
which has the federal government not to have individuals
deprived of “liberty, life, or property” which is without the due
process of the law (Lewis et al. 2018). An implicit guarantee is
found in the Fifth Amendment, which ensures that all persons
receive protection on an equal basis of the laws. Therefore,
several rights are created by the Fifth Amendment, which is
relevant to both civil legal proceedings and also criminal legal
proceedings (Mallory et al. 2015). The amendment breaks down
to five different constitutional rights one of them being right
against self-discrimination, which is forced.
The Fourteenth Amendment has a specific requirement which
prohibits the violation of the rights of an individual by the
states to the due process and protection, which is equal (Lewis
et al. 2018). 3 In the context of employment, the equal
protection right limits the state and federal governments’
powers to have them discriminating their employment practices
through treating the former employees, employees, or job
applicants unequally because of a group membership such as
sex or race (Schoenbaum et al.
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In the context of employment, the equal protection right limits
the state and federal governments’ powers to have them
discriminating their employment practices through treating the
former employees, employees, or job applicants unequally
because of a group membership such as sex or race
(Schoenbaum et al
In the employment context, the right of equal protection limits
the power of the state and federal governments to discriminate
in their employment practices by treating employees, former
employees, or job applicants unequally because of membership

in a group (such as a race or sex)
2017). 3 Protection during due process requires that the
employees receive a process which is fair before termination
when the term relates to a given type of liberty, for example,
the right to free speech or property interest.
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Protection during due process requires that the employees
receive a process which is fair before termination when the term
relates to a given type of liberty, for example, the right to free
speech or property interest
Due process protection requires that employees receive a fair
process before termination if the termination relates to a
"liberty"
Also, employee discrimination protection can be afforded by the
State Constitution. 4 The private sector discrimination is not
constrained directly by the Constitution.
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The private sector discrimination is not constrained directly by
the Constitution
Constitution does not directly constrain discrimination in the
private sector, but the
But it has become a subject to the growing body of state and
federal statutes.
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But it has become a subject to the growing body of state and

federal statutes
private sector has become subject to a growing body of federal
and state statutes
The Equity Pay Act is also a law which protects employees from
discrimination in their different workplace. The Act prohibits
unions as well as employers from paying wages differently
based on the sex of the employees (Schoenbaum et al. 2017).
The Act does not prevent other practices of hiring but provides
that if the workers are performing equal work in jobs which
require similar effort, skill, and responsibility which are
performed under the same condition; these workers are to
receive equal pay. The Fair Labor Standards Act is also another
law prohibiting discriminatory practices in the place of work.
The rule applies to the employees who are engaged in the aspect
of commerce, which is interstate.
Lastly, it is the Rehabilitation Act. The Act aims at promoting
and expanding employment opportunities in the private and
public sectors for those individuals who are handicapped. It is
done through the discriminative and affirmative action’s
programs being eliminated. The Act covers employers such as
agencies of the federal government and the employers receiving
federal contracts which are over $2500 or financial assistance
from the national.
Employment at Will Doctrine At will, employment refers that
employees can leave the given work at any time they wish to for
any given reason, and the employers can, on the other hand,
terminate the employee for any given, and it is without cause or
notice (Zimmer et al. 2017). 3 The main intention of the act will
employment doctrine is to prevent termination, which is wrong,
and employment lawsuits between the employers and
employees.
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The main intention of the act will employment doctrine is to
prevent termination, which is wrong, and employment lawsuits
between the employers and employees
The intent of the at will employment doctrine is to prevent
wrongful termination and employment lawsuits between
employees and employers
However, at-will employment has essential exceptions which
are both at the federal and state level, which prevent it from
being used in a lawsuit as a defense.
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However, at-will employment has essential exceptions which
are both at the federal and state level, which prevent it from
being used in a lawsuit as a defense
However, there are some important exceptions to at will
employment both at the state and federal level that can prevent
it from being used as a defense in a lawsuit
At will employment doctrine enables employers to work
together without the promises from either the party or contracts
which are long term.
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At will employment doctrine enables employers to work
together without the promises from either the party or contracts
which are long term
It allows employees and employers to work together without
long term contracts or promises from either party
When an employee gets a job opportunity elsewhere, which
he/she considers better or does not like the current job, he/she

can leave freely (Zimmer et al. 2017). 3 If the employer wants
to have the benefits, wages changed or let someone go;
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If the employer wants to have the benefits, wages changed or let
someone go
If an employer wants to change wages, benefits, or let someone
go, they can do so freely as well
they also can do it freely. 3 Also, at will employment can be
used as a defense for employers in a lawsuit which involves
wrongful termination.
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Also, at will employment can be used as a defense for
employers in a lawsuit which involves wrongful termination
It can be a defense for employers in a wrongful termination
lawsuit
Many employers hope not to defend themselves in courts over
employee termination. 3 Best employers have documentation
which is useful when firing an employee, for example,
performance reviews which are kept in the personnel file of the
employee.
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Best employers have documentation which is useful when firing
an employee, for example, performance reviews which are kept
in the personnel file of the employee

The best employers have good documentation when they fire
someone, such as performance reviews kept in the employee’s
personnel file
1 Exceptions to the Employment at Will Doctrine.
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Exceptions to the Employment at Will Doctrine
Employment at Will Doctrine and Exceptions to the Doctrine
Under this doctrine, either party has the capability of ending the
employment relationship for any given reason. As stated earlier,
employees can quit with no notice or, which is the same for the
employers (Kattari et al. 2016). However, it is not easy as
sounds; for example, in the case of employers, it is risky to
terminate an employee because one does not like how the dress
or act. Therefore, four exceptions are undermining the doctrine.
3 Covenant of good faith is the first exception.
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Covenant of good faith is the first exception
Covenant of Good Faith
It means that the employee and the employer have to be
forthright and fair with each other, and no one can undermine
other’s benefits or rights (Guerin et al. 2016). 3 The second
exception is the public policy exception whereby the doctrine
recognizes the existence of government rules, laws, and policies
such as anti-discrimination laws which protect the employees.
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The second exception is the public policy exception whereby
the doctrine recognizes the existence of government rules, laws,
and policies such as anti-discrimination laws which protect the
employees
The public policy exception to at will employment recognizes
that there are many governmental laws, rules and policies, such
as anti-discrimination laws and other employment laws, that
protect employees
The other exception implied, or written employment contracts
also undermine the employer’s protection under the doctrine. 3
The last limitation is collective bargaining units and trade
unions.
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The last limitation is collective bargaining units and trade
unions
Trade Unions & Collective Bargaining Units
Employees at these organizations are not subject to the theory.
Scenarios The first scenario, of Brenda, who is a manager, the
move she makes is not a smart move at all. The at-will
employment doctrine provides that such employees in trade
unions are not subject to the theory. The second scenario, of
Jason a supervisor, the exception of good faith undermines his
acts of firing his secretary. Thus, it is not a smart move. In the
third scenario involving Brian who is the head of accounting, he
does not take a smart move as it is undermined by the
exceptions of the doctrine as it is the right of Lori to be off.
Lastly, the scenario involving peter where he does not want to
stop working, yet he is sick is undermined by the exceptions;
thus not a good move to continue working.
Federal law regarding undocumented workers In the United
States, undocumented workers have employment rights despite

immigration status. 2 It is s federal law which dictates that it is
illegal to have any worker discriminated, regardless of the
immigration status.
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It is s federal law which dictates that it is illegal to have any
worker discriminated, regardless of the immigration status
Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against any
worker, regardless of their immigration status
Discrimination, which is based on the citizenship status, is
prohibited by the Immigration and Nationality Act (Dau-
Schmidt et al. 2016). They are therefore eligible for the
worker’s compensation by the state.
References
Dau-Schmidt, K. G., Finkin, M., & Covington, R. (2016). Legal
protection for the individual employee. West Academic.
Guerin, L., & Barreiro, S. (2016). Essential Guide to Federal
Employment Laws. Nolo.
Kattari, S. 5 K., Whitfield, D.
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K., Whitfield, D
L., Walls, N.
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L., Walls, N
E., Langenderfer-Magruder, L., & Ramos, D.
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E., Langenderfer-Magruder, L., & Ramos, D
E., Langenderfer-Magruder, L., & Ramos, D
(2016). 5 Policing gender through housing and employment
discrimination:
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Policing gender through housing and employment
discrimination
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PV004: Impact of Current Issues and Trends on the Field
Assessment Rubric
0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3
Exceeds Expectations
Part I: Changing Demographics and Building Blocks Learning
Center
Sub-Competency 1: Analyze the impact of changing
demographics on the field of early childhood.
Learning Objective
1.1:
Explain the impact of

changing demographics
on early childhood
professional practice.
Explanation is missing. Article provides a vague or
irrelevant explanation of
how the changing
demographic characteristic
of children and families
impact professional
practice.
Article clearly explains how
the changing demographic
characteristics of children
and families impact
professional practice.
Article is supported by
logical connections to the
professional knowledge
base.
Demonstrates the same
level of achievement as
“2,” plus the following:
Article identifies one key
impact related to changing
demographics and a
rationale for its
importance.
Learning Objective
1.2:

Explain the impact of
changing demographics
on children and
families.
Explanation is missing. Article provides a
superficial explanation of
the impact of changing
demographics on children
and families, or article only
provides a single example
for their analysis.
Article provides two
examples that clearly
illustrate the impact of
home language or race and
culture on children and
families.
Article provides more than
two relevant examples
that allow for a detailed
explanation of the impact
of changing demographics
on children and families.
Learning Objective 1.3:
Explain how early
childhood programs
can effectively respond
to changing

demographics to
ensure an equitable
Explanation is missing. Article includes a
superficial explanation of
how the center can create
an equitable experience
for all children.
Article includes an
appropriate and relevant
explanation of how the
center can create an
equitable experience for
all children and a clear
rationale.
Article includes more than
one strategy for
responding to changing
0
Not Present
1

Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3
experience for children
and families.
base.
demographics.
Part II: Poverty and Child Development
Sub-Competency 2: Analyze the impact of poverty on the field
of early childhood.
Learning Objective
2.1:
Describe existing
research on the impact
of poverty on child
development.
Description is missing. Article provides limited or
inaccurate information
about the impact of living
in poverty on child
development.

Article provides accurate
information about the
impacts of living in poverty
on child development.
Response is supported by
base.
Provides examples that
clearly illustrate the
impact of poverty on child
development.
Learning Objective
2.2:
Describe how to
modify early childhood
programming to meet
the needs of children
living in poverty.
Description is missing. Article provides a vague
description of components
that will be adjusted to
meet the needs of the
children living in poverty,
or article only includes one
component.

Article clearly describes
two components of the
early childhood program
that will be adjusted or
added to meet the needs
of the children living in
poverty and a clear
rationale for the changes.
base.
Article describes more
than two early childhood
program components that
will be adjusted to meet
the needs of the children
living in poverty.
Learning Objective
2.3:
Describe strategies
Description is missing. Article provides an
inappropriate
recommendation on how

Article provides at least
one relevant
recommendation how to
0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3
early childhood
professionals can use
to promote healthy
development and
learning for children
living in poverty.
to enhance healthy
development and learning
for children living in

poverty.
promote healthy
poverty that is supported
by a clear rationale.
base.
Article provides more than
one recommendation on
how to enhance healthy
poverty.
Learning Objective
2.4
Analyze early
childhood education
policies related to
equity.
Analysis is missing. Article provides a limited
analysis of one relevant
policy that ensures equity
for all children or analyzes
an irrelevant policy.

Article provides a clear
analysis of one relevant
for all children.
Article clearly explains how
the policy might impact
the center.
Article provides a specific
or detailed analysis of
more than one relevant
for all children.
Part III: Brain research and Building Blocks Learning Center
Sub-Competency 3: Analyze relevant findings from brain
research in the early childhood field.
Learning Objective
3.1:
Analyze recent findings
in brain research and
its relevance to child
development and
learning.
Analysis is missing. Analysis is vague or
incomplete.

Article logically analyzes at
least three developments
related to brain research
and child development.
references to three
research articles written in
the past five years about
brain research.
Article provides a cohesive
synthesis of the research
articles.
0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3

Learning Objective
3.2:
Describe how early
childhood
research about the
brain and child
development to foster
healthy development
and promote learning.
Description is missing. Article vaguely describes
how early childhood
research about the brain
and child development to
foster healthy
development and promote
learning.
Article clearly describes
how early childhood
research about the brain
and child development to
foster healthy
development and promote
learning.
Article provides examples

of classroom practice that
illustrate how teachers use
brain research in authentic
contexts with children.
Part IV: Effective Use of Technology in the Classroom
Sub-Competency 4: Describe issues related to the use of
technology in early childhood settings.
Learning Objective
4.1:
Describe the benefits
and challenges of using
technology as a
teaching tool for
children.
Description is missing. Article provides a limited
description of the benefits
and challenges of using
technology as a teaching
tool for children.
Article provides a clear and
appropriate description of
the benefits and
challenges of using
tool for children.
base.

Response provides realistic
examples that illustrate
the benefits and
challenges of using
tool.
Learning Objective
4.2:
Describe the
recommended
guidelines for
technology use for
children at different
ages of development.
Description is missing. Article provides an
inappropriate
recommendation
regarding technology use.
Article provides an
appropriate
recommendation
regarding technology use
in two stages of
development.

Article provides an
appropriate
recommendation
regarding technology use
in three stages of
development.
0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3
Professional Skill 001: Written Communication: Demonstrate
graduate-level writing skills.
Learning Objective
PS 1.1:
Use proper grammar,
spelling, and

mechanics.
Multiple major and minor
errors in grammar,
spelling, and/or mechanics
are highly distracting and
seriously impact
readability.
Multiple minor errors in
grammar, spelling, and/or
mechanics are distracting
and negatively impact
readability.
Writing reflects competent
use of standard edited
American English.
Errors in grammar,
spelling, and/or mechanics
do not negatively impact
readability.
Grammar, spelling, and
mechanics reflect a high
level of accuracy in
standard American English
and enhance readability.
Learning Objective
PS 1.2:
Organize writing to
enhance clarity.

Writing is poorly organized
and incoherent.
Introductions, transitions,
and conclusions are
missing or inappropriate.
Writing is loosely
organized. Limited use of
introductions, transitions,
and conclusions provides
partial continuity.
Writing is generally well-
organized. Introductions,
transitions, and
conclusions provide
continuity and a logical
progression of ideas.
Writing is consistently
well-organized.
Introductions, transitions,
and conclusions are used
effectively to enhance
clarity, cohesion, and flow.
Learning Objective
PS 1.3:
Support writing with
appropriate resources.
Writing does not integrate
appropriate resources and
content in support of ideas

and argument.
Writing loosely integrates
some appropriate
resources and content in
support of ideas and
argument.
Writing sufficiently
integrates appropriate
resources (which may
include peer-reviewed
resources) and content in
support of ideas and
argument.
Writing effectively
integrates appropriate
resources (which may
include peer-reviewed
resources) and content to
support and expand upon
ideas and arguments.
Learning Objective
PS 1.4:
Apply APA style to
written work.
APA conventions are not
applied.
APA conventions for
attribution of sources,
structure, formatting, etc.,
are applied inconsistently.

APA conventions for
are generally applied
correctly in most
instances. Sources are
generally cited
appropriately and
accurately.
APA conventions for
are applied correctly and
consistently throughout
the paper. Sources are
consistently cited
appropriately and
accurately.
0
Not Present
1
Needs Improvement
2
Meets Expectations
3

Learning Objective
PS 1.5:
Use appropriate
vocabulary and tone
for the audience and
purpose.
Vocabulary and tone are
inappropriate and
negatively impact clarity of
concepts to be conveyed.
Vocabulary and tone have
limited relevance to the
audience.
generally appropriate for
the audience and support
communication of key
concepts.
consistently tailored to the
audience and effectively
and directly support
communication of key
concepts.
Professional Skill 006: Information Literacy: Apply appropriate
strategies to identify relevant and credible information and data
in order to
effectively analyze issues and make decisions.

Learning Objective
PS 6.1:
Identify credible
sources.
Credible sources are
missing.
Some sources are credible,
appropriate, and relevant
to the topic.
Most sources are credible,
to the topic.
All resources are credible,
to the topic.
Learning Objective
PS 6.2:
Analyze findings from
relevant sources.
Analysis is missing. Analysis superficially
reflects relevance of
findings to the identified
problem, issue, or
purpose.
Analysis clearly reflects
relevance of findings to
the identified problem,
issue, or purpose.

Analysis clearly reflects
relevance of findings to
the identified problem,
issue, or purpose, and
synthesizes findings to
generate new insights.
May 27, 2019
Memorandum
To: Teacher of Building Blocks Learning Center
From: Director
Date: June 7th
Re: Faculty Newsletter for Upcoming School Year
Building Blocks Learning Center (BBLC) will host a kick-off
meeting to usher in our new school year. The purpose of this
meeting is to welcome back our staff and faculty, and to address
challenges and opportunities that BBLC will face in the coming
year—and for years to come.
As one of our most valued teachers, I am writing to ask for your
help. I would like to develop a faculty newsletter with articles
written by members of our staff. The articles in this newsletter
will serve as an introduction to several of the issues that affect
early childhood learning centers. Since this is our first
newsletter, and you are a more-experienced member of our
staff, I am asking you to create four (4) articles to include in
our newsletter. These articles will inform our faculty and help
BBLC prepare for the upcoming year and meet our expected
challenges.
In the newsletter, we would like you to write four articles about
the following issues and trends in the field, and their impact on
BBLC:
· Changing demographics

· Poverty and its impact on child development
· Brain research and child development
· Effective uses of technology in the classroom
At BBLC, our goal is to promote the healthy development and
learning of every child. This newsletter is the first step in
spreading awareness about the critical issues and trends that
impact children, families, and our profession. Your help and
guidance are greatly appreciated for this task.
Sincerely,
Shana J. Roche
Building Blocks Learning Center Director
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Data and Statistics for Hansvale County, Minnesota
Hansvale County is located in central Minnesota. The following
information provides a glimpse into the demographics of the
county. The county demographics and trends should represent
likely students and families of Building Blocks Learning
Center. Consider the following information while accounting for
strategies that Building Blocks Learning Center will incorporate
to accommodate the Hansvale County community.
Figure 1. Hansvale County population
Figure 2. Diversity in a sample elementary school in Hansvale
County

Overall Percentage
Handicapped
ELL Kindergarten
Kindergarten
1st grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Am. Indian
0.2
1
1
Asian
19.6
2
19
15
20
18
26
24
26
20
Hispanic

13.6
3
17
4
7
19
15
13
19
21
Black
27
5
28
33
37
32
36
36
28
White
39.6
1
30
50
60
56
57
49
41
Figure 3. Percentage of Hansvale County students who speak a
language other than English at home

Figure 4. Household income distribution by income bracket
Figure 5. Trends in the rates of uninsurance in Hansvale County
and Minnesota
Trends in the rate of uninsurance in Minnesota and Hansvale
County
Year
Minnesota
Hansvale County
2004
7.00%
7.50%
2007
7.25%
9.35%
2009
8.75%
9.50%
2011
8.50%
9.25%
2013
8.25%
9.20%
Figure 6. High-speed Internet adoption by income group in
Hansvale County
Figure 7. Preferred devices used to connect to the Internet at
home in 2013

©2014 Walden University
1
PV004-Impact of Current Issues and Trends on the Field
Using the “Demographics from Hansvale County” document,
write an article for the faculty newsletter that includes the
following:
An explanation of how changing racial, cultural, and linguistic
demographics in the county impacts the center
Two real-world examples that illustrate how home language or
race might affect children and families
An explanation of at least one way Building Blocks Learning
Center can respond to changing demographics to ensure an
equitable program
Part 2-Poverty and Child Development
Using the “Demographics from Hansvale County” document and
information from the professional knowledge base, write an
article for the faculty newsletter that includes the following:
An explanation of how poverty affects healthy child
A description of at least two ways the center can adjust or add
programming to meet the needs of children and families living
in poverty
A recommendation regarding how individual staff members can
promote the healthy development and learning of children living
in poverty
An analysis of at least one recent state or federal policy related
to early childhood education to ensure equity for all children in
early childhood settings. Explain how the policy might affect
the center.

Part 3-Brain Research and Building Blocks Learning Center
Using three research articles written in the past 5 years about
brain research and child development, write an article
explaining brain research and its impact on the early childhood
field that includes the following:
A summary of three recent developments in brain research and
child development (Note: Use articles that have been published
in the past 5 years, either from the Walden library or from other
professional resources, to support your summary.)
A description of at least two ways teachers at Building Blocks
Learning Center can use this information about the brain and
child development to foster healthy development and promote
learning.
Part 4-Effective use of Technology in the Classroom
Using two research articles written in the past 5 years about the
effective use of technology with children, write an article
explaining the implications of technology on child development
and the early childhood field that includes the following:
An explanation of the benefits and challenges of using
technology as a teaching tool for children
A recommendation for families concerning appropriate use of
technology for children at two different stages of development
(i.e., infant-toddler, preschool, school age).

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