What is a Professional Learning Community? NaKishia D. Glenn Gardner-Webb University Abstract Throughout this paper you will be able to gain more knowledge on what a Professional Learning Community (PLC) is. I will explore two different areas: general characteristics of PLCs and the big ideas that are associated with them. I will refer to different types of students throughout this paper. When I mention high achievers I will be referring to those are students whose test scores put them in the
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Coming from a community college to a very large four-year institution can be challenging. It can be challenging in the way that one may feel fear‚ fear of the challenges that will come up while in this journey. Personally‚ a challenge that I face is whether I will be admitted into the Upper-Division of my Social Work program or not. This is for me‚ and I’m sure is one that is faced by many others like myself. Unlike the small community college‚ I transferred from. Here at UNCC I have to apply to
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nations have been involved‚ from President Ronald Reagan to most recently‚ President Barack Obama. For Russia‚ the most well-known leader was Vladimir Putin‚ the “geopolitical wrecking ball.” According to: Bush and Putin’s Tentative Embrace‚ the emerging partnership between the United States and Russia is the most significant geopolitical
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Critically analyze China’s evolving geopolitical role and its participation in the WTO. China’s evolving Geopolitical Role: Introduction: In terms of geopolitics‚ it was been observed that China is among the three great powers‚ beside the United States and the European Union. According to O. Tuathail‚ 1996; Agnew‚ 2009‚ critical geopolitics intends to understand world politics in terms of the ways in which elites and publics actively construct the spaces of political action that are
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Do you ever wonder what made up the community of the greasers‚ or what makes up a community in general? A community is made up of the personality of the members in the community‚ the certain aspects the community is known for‚ and the family and love inside these communities. I will also explain to you what makes up the greaser community‚ and I will explain to you the emotional help that the greaser community did for its members‚ but I will include how the greaser community unfortunately did harm
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In what sense(s) are virtual communities real communities? A virtual community is a network of people who interact through various forms of media‚ and allow users to obtain support‚ advice‚ friendship and sometimes merely just interaction with others. In a world where the internet is becoming ever more important‚ and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are now a part of many people’s every day lives‚ there is a strong sense that online‚ virtual communities are becoming ever more
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird‚ which was placed around 1920s and 1930s‚ there were many problems between African Americans and white people. The main factor in all of the issues was racism. The white community in America viewed the coming together as immoral. They were considered “separate‚ but equal.” People didn’t view the two races as equal. Separation actually isn’t equal‚ so they shouldn’t have been viewed that way. If they were equal they wouldn’t be separated. African Americans were
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Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux Regina L. Golden AJS/502 January 12‚ 2015 John Baiamonte Community Policing-Trojanowixz/Bucqueroux Community policing ideology is to bring communities and law enforcement closer together. The very idea to bring the protectors of a community to the citizens in order to build trust‚ and assist both law enforcement and communities in reducing crime‚ and was developed in the early 1980s. As time goes by‚ the idea of community policing did not flourish in all
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Public Funding: The Great Impact On the Community Supersized digital displays‚ retractable roofs‚ luxurious suits and seats‚ brand new state of the art technology‚ all things that are publicly financed by taxpayers and host cities of professional sports teams for their stadiums. Public subsidization is a policy that needs to stay around. Public funding of sports stadiums will boost the economy of not only the city‚ but the region around the city as well. When cities are willing to bring in and subsidize
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Community as defined by Google "is a set of people (or agents in a more abstract sense) with some shared element". Generation Y is "the generation following Generation X‚ especially people born in the United States and Canada from the early 1980s to the late 1990s" (Answers.com). The Generation y period is also referred to as the "the Millenials and the Internet Generation" (Answers.com). There is some uncertainty with the range of age that qualifies some one as generation y or generation x. But
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