American law enforcement organizations is hierarchal and it is a bureaucratic structure adopting ways of the military. The quasi-military structure found in police departments will emphasize the importance of specializations in task‚ duties‚ objectives‚ and responsibilities. Each level in the chain of command has specific authority and tasks to carry out. Historically speaking‚ Peel’s principles of a professional police organization can be seen in today’s philosophy of community-oriented policing
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DEVIANCY DEFINED “Men are born soft and supple; dead‚ they are stiff and hard. Plats are born tender and pliant; dead‚ they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.” TAO TE CHING Moynihan measures the increased level of deviance through three major categories that he feels are responsible for the change in defining deviance
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Decelerations Defined Decelerations are categorized as early‚ late‚ variable‚ or prolonged. FHR decelerations are defined according to their visual relationship to the onset and end of a contraction and by their shape. Early decelerations Visually apparent gradual decrease in and return to the baseline FHR associated with uterine contractions. The onset‚ nadir‚ and recovery of the deceleration generally correspond to the beginning‚ peak‚ and end of the contraction. Early decelerations are thought
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Professional Identity: The Professional Counselor Professional identity in the field of counseling or care services is an important topic to define and delve into. Individuals progressing in the knowledge needed for professional counseling often start off with a predesigned personal worldview. Koltko-Rivera (2004) defines a worldview as “a set of assumptions about physical and social reality that may have powerful effects on cognition and behavior” (p. 3). Personal worldviews can bring forth dilemmas
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Professional Development Adult Learning Theory When planning a professional development for staff‚ it is crucial for a leader to provide training that meets the unique needs of adult learners. Andragogy‚ a term coined by Malcolm Knowles‚ refers to the adult learn equivalent to pedagogy (Duffy & Forgan‚ 2005). While a great deal of resources focus on improving pedagogical‚ less attention is given to developing adult learning approaches. In order to meet the needs of adult learns‚ a professional development
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Professional learning communities‚ PLCs‚ what are they? This question was the focus of Chapter 1‚ Clarity Precedes Competence. The chapter clearly states the characteristics‚ assumptions‚ challenges‚ and the needs of a PLC. According to Dufour and Fullan (2013)‚ there are three big ideas that are essential to the PLC: 1. A relentless focus on learning for all students 2. A collaborative culture and collective effort to support students and adult learning 3. A results orientation to improve practice
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How to be professional engineer Hong Kong is many large-scale infrastructures in future. There are many job chances. Chances are often but my lower educational background may not be able to secure. If I want to fight for more chances‚ I must continue to enhance me. Become a professional engineer‚ experience and education are same important. When I success join the HKIE member‚ it can certificate I have professional qualifications because become corporate membership need definite experience and education
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term professional learning community is very common. This term‚ however‚ can mean many things to different educators. It can be used to talk about extending classroom practices to the community‚ bring outside people into the school to increase learning of students‚ engaging students‚ teacher learning‚ among other definitions. The main definition I want focus on is professional learning communities as a way of getting teachers and administrations together to enhance learning through professional learning
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would be saying “that’s gay” when a friend tells them their team lost the game. This misuse of the word can often lead to offending the homosexual community. The meaning of the word ”gay” has changed vastly over time‚ which today‚ can be offensive. How did the meaning of the word “gay” once turn from being “merry and happy” to “homosexual”? It all started around the 1630’s‚ when people often used it as both “splendid and
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Professional learning communities provides opportunities to have meaningful collaboration. The PLC permits teachers to work together to learn about and focus on a topic‚ collect and analyze data and provide an emotionally safe place where teachers are free to take risks‚ which helps build a strong community. The stakeholders that should be included in this conversation should be the teacher and her PLC team‚ the instructional coach‚ and the school leader. The school leader should hold a constructive
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