For
this assignment, you work for a private, for-profit company which has 5
critical care, 35 ALS, and 60 BLS trucks. You hold the position of a
supervisor who routinely makes recommendations to the chief operations
officer (COO) regarding new equipment on the market.

You are to identify three (3) new EMS products that are currently available or under development. They must have been on the market for less than one year to be considered. You should attempt to contact and interview a sales representative from the company and learn all about the new device or piece of equipment. Using your “scientific mind,” evaluate these devices and make a recommendation to the COO on each new product. You may take a positive or negative stance as long as you justify your recommendation. At a minimum, you should provide a description of the device and consider cost, savings, redundancy of something you currently use, benefits, etc. **Using
websites, product literature, JEMS articles, etc.; these must be
referenced and documented in your paper following APA format**.

INDIVIDUAL REPORT

You
are a recently appointed consultant with your chosen organization.
Choose a department of your choice or one you are currently working for
and complete the following tasks in seven pages.

LO2: Be able to develop plans for own area of responsibility to implement operational plans

2.2 –
Write objectives which are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic
and time- based to align people and other resources in an effective
and efficient way.

2.1 – Design plans which promote goals and objectives for own area of responsibilities

2.3 –
Implement appropriate systems to achieve objectives in the most
efficient way, on-time, on-budget and meeting organizational standards
of quality

2.4 – Carry out work activities to meet the operational plan through effective monitoring and control

LO3: Be able to monitor appropriate systems to improve organisational performance

After
designing plans and objectives your team now has to design and monitor
systems for your relevant departments/areas of business.

3.1 –Design systems to manage and monitor quality standards specified by your department

3.2 – Demonstrate a quality culture to ensure continuous monitoring, evaluation and development of the process

3.3 – Recommend improvements which align with the organizations objectives and goals and which result in improvements

3.4 – Report on the wider implications of proposed changes within the organisation/department

Guidelines for Task 2

2.2 – Choose
an organization and department of work. For your chosen department
write two objectives within the limitations of the department and which
align with the corporate objectives

2.1 –
Design a plan on how to achieve the objectives. Include market
research, product development, customers, time management, risk and
budget.

2.3 – Include an implementation plan to
achieve the objectives on-time and on-budget including work based
structure and a Gantt chart

2.4 – Provide
details on how the activities will be carried out by providing details
on meeting product and service specifications and standards, meeting
quality, meeting quantity, meeting time, meeting budget, coordinating
activities and statistical process control

3.1 – Explain TQM and what quality systems can be implemented in your plan that will assist you in achieving your objectives.

3.2 – Provide information on how your department will monitor, evaluate and develop the quality process

3.3 – Recommend a change within your department (ensure that it meets objectives). What is the result of this change?

3.4
– How will the change undertaken in 3.3 impact on the stakeholders
(shareholders, members, employees, customers, suppliers, and
environment?)

Play Defense Assignment

Read the following scenario.

In your Kindergarten classroom, you have students working in a variety of centers while you, the teacher, work with a small group of 4-5 students on writing instruction. Some of the centers include: A science center with students examining ant farms and creating tunnels in the sand table; an art center where some students are painting scenes and others are building 3-D models of ants; a mathematics center with small plastic ants of multiple colors that the students are sorting, counting, patterning and playing with; a dramatic play area in the kitchen that has included ants and small plastic shovels, a block center with small 2 inch sized plastic ants and cars added to the area as well as a variety of pictures of ant tunnels, and a reading center with science books on ants and insects, fiction books with ants as main characters and other print out pictures of ants.

Your school administrator walks into the classroom and disapprovingly looks around. He asks you to meet him in his office after school. You have a sense that he will want to talk to you about the students not being engaged in “learning activities”. You walk into the office and your administrator says, “I am really concerned by what I saw in your classroom. What were the students doing playing during instructional time? You know we have to meet AYP (adequate yearly progress) this year. How can you justify the students spending all of this time playing?”

Write a defense

Prepare a 2-3 page defense of your teaching strategies based on the course information. In your response, be sure to address why you have set up the learning environment in this fashion, why the students are engaged in these activities (use specific examples), what the students are learning by participating in these activities and how you know the students are actually learning. You may feel free to make elaborations to the scenario that may better describe effective classroom strategies. Be creative, professional, and complete in your response. Remember many administrators (and parents) do not understand the importance of play.

Play Defense Rubric

	Exemplary	Highly Proficient	Proficient	Approaches Proficient	Does Not Meet Expectations
	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0-1 points
Overview of Teaching Strategies	Exceptional overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment. Outstanding introduction of the body of the paper and sets a professional tone for the rest of the piece General overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment. Introduces the body of the paper and sets a professional tone for the rest of the piece Limited or missing overview of the teaching strategies embedded in the play-based learning environment. Vague introduction of the body of the paper fails to set a professional tone for the rest of the piece Clear and well developed overview of the learning environment Insightful examples of how the learning environment promotes growth and development Strong evidence of the learning environment being consistent with best practice Demonstrates exceptional understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play Overview of the learning environment is provided Examples are included of how the learning environment promotes growth and development Rationalization of the learning environment being consistent with best practice Demonstrates understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play Overview of the learning environment is provided is minimal or lacking Insufficient examples are included of how the learning environment promotes growth and development Missing a rationalization of the learning environment being consistent with best practice Fails to demonstrate understanding of the role of learning environment to support purposeful play Specific examples of student engagement are provided and deeply connected to best practice. Student engagement is skillfully linked to purposeful play and aligned to standards-based learning. Examples of student engagement are provided and connected to best practice. Student engagement is linked to purposeful play and aligned to standards-based learning. Examples of student engagement are not provided or connected to best practice. Student engagement is not linked to purposeful play nor aligned to standards-based learning. Few to no minor errors in standard written English that do not interfere with understanding Writing is easy read and understand Paper is properly formatted Most sources are referenced appropriately References page follows APA style most of the time with minor errors Few to no minor errors in standard written English that do not interfere with understanding Frequent and/or severe errors in standard written English that interfere with understanding Paper is formatted incorrectly Most sources are NOT referenced appropriately References page does not follow APA style or is missing	(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)		(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)
	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0-1 points
Learning Environment		(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)		(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)
	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0-1 points
Student Engagement		(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)		(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)
	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0 -1 points
Conclusion	Conclusion provides an exceptional summary and defense of play with purpose.	(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)	Conclusion provides a summary and defense of play with purpose.	(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)	Conclusion fails to provide a summary and defense of play with purpose.
	5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	0-1 points
Writing/APA Style	Writing is free from errors and is easy to read and understand Writing is of an exceptional level, beyond masters level expectations Exemplary use of APA formatting with in-text citations Error-free reference page	(Evidence in both columns 3 and 5 present)		(Evidence in both columns 1 and 3 present)

website from lesson: http://www.nifplay.org/science/pattern-play/

You tube video from lesson

Writing a Complete Argument

The Topic

In Chapter 4 of our textbook Writing Logically, Thinking Critically, you will find Writing Assignment 6 which presents a list of proposals advocating a position on a social issue. Choose oneissue and write twoarguments, one defendingand one refuting the proposal. Follow the writing instructions in the textbook.

Each argument should be about one page (200 words, double-spaced and typed).

These “arguments” will constitute the “draft” of Essay 2. Try to write the arguments as balanced as possible, so that it would be difficult to know what your position is (or will be).

It should be typed in MLA style format. This “draft” is worth 30 points.

To prepare for this activity, please read Chapter 1 of your textbook and review the Instructor Guidance and relevant Announcements. In this activity, you will consider research methods by describing a simple experiment that utilizes elements of the scientific method, applying ethical considerations. See The Experiment for a detailed explanation of the experimental method.

Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Psychologists utilize the scientific method to test their ideas. There are many different types of research studies. In this interactive learning activity, your original post will explain the basic precepts of scientific approaches to the study of psychology; your responses will focus on descriptive and correlational methods. Be sure to use your own academic voice and apply in-text citationsappropriately throughout your post.

• Select a hypothesis from the following list:
  • Students who sit in the front row earn higher grades.
  • Attractive people are more likely to be asked on a date.
  • People drive more aggressively when behind the wheel of a sports car.
  • Diet is more effective than exercise in a weight loss program.
  • Reading to a child will result in a larger vocabulary.
  • Insert your own idea: __________________________________________
• Briefly summarize a perspective (e.g., behaviorism, psychodynamic theory, cognitivism, humanism, sociocultural perspectives, biological/physiological/psychological) that you might apply to your study of this topic. Explain how it may be relevant to your understanding of this topic.
• Describe a simple experiment that you might conduct to test the hypothesis you have chosen. In your description, include the following:
  • Identify the independent and dependent variables, clearly operationalizing each.
  • Explain how you would implement your manipulation and measure responses.
  • Predict any potential confounds and how to best control these factors.
  • Discuss steps a researcher could take to prevent bias (experimenter, subject, and/or sampling bias).
  • Apply your knowledge of ethics to your experimental design by explaining why bias is an important consideration in the process.
• Remember to use your own academic voice and apply in-text citations appropriately throughout your post

Post your initial response of 250 words or more