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Allowing Latinx Students’ Voices to be Heard
Get PDFThere are too many Latinx students falling behind academically, and coming to First Tee helped improve their academic performance. The First Tee of Monterey is a local non-profit organization that was established in 1997 and is based in Salinas, California primarily serving students who come from low-income backgrounds. The agency strives to support Latinx students who are fourth, fifth, and sixth grade who have a language barrier, not enough tutoring support, and not enough parent and teacher involvement. This increases the likelihood of dropout rates, mental health issues, and unemployment. Implementing an evaluation that the students can take part in allows First Tee to hear from the participants on how coming to First Tee has improved the students’ performance. After conducting the survey, the overall result was that the students do enjoy coming to First Tee, as it helps with their confidence. The driving range was the dominant favorite. The next steps that the agency can take are to continue the student evaluations to come up with even more fun activities for students
Say What You Can\u27t by Nick Oliveri
Get PDFAs a writer, Yeorbin both benefited from and competed against artificial intelligence. He shivered a bit but maintained a painful interest in what the video had to say. He thought it ironic that computer scientists were some of the first ones to suffer from artificial intelligence’s jet sweep of human labor. They’re supposed to be the anointed ones. Software engineers are supposed to be the ones with the guaranteed jobs. What’s happening
Cocina de Raizes / Roots and Recipes: A Family Cookbook
Get PDFCocina de Raizes / A Family Cookbook is a heartwarming journey through my family\u27s heritage, encapsulating the essence of familial bonds and cherished traditions. Combining flavorful recipes with evoking narratives, this cookbook serves as a testament to the cultural richness and generational wisdom passed down through the ages. Each dish tells a story, weaving together the past and present, celebrating the moments shared around the kitchen table. From cherished family gatherings to everyday meals, Roots and Recipes invites readers to savor not only the flavors but also the memories that make each recipe truly special. With a blend of nostalgia and innovation, this cookbook offers a glimpse into the soul of a family, honoring their culinary legacy while creating new traditions for future generations
Voices from the inside: Enhancing Co-Teaching experiences through Student Perspectives at \u27Small University\u27
Get PDFFor this capstone project, the researchers investigated how students in the credential program at ‘Small University’ on the coast of California viewed their co- teaching credential experience and what they think could be done to improve it. An evidence based argument is offered that co-teaching be improved to be more equitable for students. Considerations of the issue should include the perspectives of credential program students. Expected benefits included an opportunity for participants to reflect on the co-teaching credential program at “Small University” and provide concrete suggestions for improvement that may be translated into action. Three themes emerged from an analysis of the data and explored as ways to address the issue presented. Paying student teachers for the hours they put in, regardless, is argued to be the most effective way to achieve the goals of improving the co-teaching requirement
Drivers Of Intertidal Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) Reproductive Capacity Along The Central Coast Of California and Implications For Kelp Forest Recovery
Get PDFKelp forests are integrally important ecosystems along eastern Pacific coastlines, sequestering carbon, reducing wave erosion, and increasing biodiversity in coastal marine communities. However, kelp forest coverage in central California has experienced major decline in the past decade, being replaced with unproductive urchin barren habitats. The factors affecting the establishment and persistence of urchin barrens have been extensively researched in the subtidal, but the influence of intertidal sea urchin populations is unknown. Moreover, intertidal populations are likely connected to subtidal communities via larval dispersal, so an understanding of intertidal urchin reproductive dynamics is important. I collected urchins and biological and environmental data from nine sites along the Monterey Peninsula in central California with varying algal communities, urchin densities, and wave exposures. I weighed and extracted the gonads from urchins at each site to measure gonadal somatic index (GSI%), a representation of reproductive capacity proportional to urchin size. I found that intertidal urchin reproductive capacity is unrelated to coralline algae cover or urchin density; contrary to what is seen in the subtidal. There is a weak positive relationship in the intertidal between fleshy algae coverage and reproductive capacity. Moreover, urchins collected from sites that had higher drift algae presence exhibited higher reproductive capacities. This indicates that urchins in the intertidal can be resilient to poor fleshy algae coverage where they are living because drift algae is continually deposited into intertidal environments for them to consume. Therefore, the intertidal can support higher densities of healthy sea urchins that may represent an important contribution of urchin larval supply to subtidal urchin barrens. Kelp restoration efforts must be amended to include intertidal areas especially those of high urchin densities in order to maximize their efficacy
Journalistic Quality in the Digital Age Relating to Newsroom Diversity
Get PDFTraditionally, journalistic quality is determined by the integrity of a piece, along with its contribution to public knowledge. High quality, ethical journalism serves the purpose of holding those in power accountable and ensuring transparency in government actions through factual reporting. Objectivity is a highly emphasized element of American journalism because it allows the audience to form their own opinions and evaluate facts individually. However, as the distribution of media has changed with technological advancements, so have news writing trends. The theory of agenda setting, the concept that the media have the power to shift public opinions and perceptions of the news because they are the ones distributing information, ties into this conversation about news quality because as local news becomes more obsolete, issues that impact smaller or underrepresented communities are less likely to be covered adequately. In this research paper, I will evaluate journalistic quality in the digital age in relation to racial diversity in the newsroom. Diversity in the newsroom is crucial to ensure representation of various ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, and socio-economic backgrounds, allowing for a more inclusive and accurate portrayal of society in media coverage. As large corporations dominate and local newspapers close, jobs in journalism have become scarce, and some publications have even resorted to lay-offs. These events in the media industry have directly impacted ethnic communities, ethnic journalists, and the quality of the news itself; from local to national newspapers. For a community to accurately be represented in the media, they must be included in media production. Diversity in the media leads to enhanced accuracy and fairness and pushes back against a system that has historically favored the voices and experiences of white males. Narrative journalism which considers subjective perspectives can be ethical if it is written with transparency and supports its claims with evidence
Beyond The Field: Exploring Identity, Spiritual Growth, and Community through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Get PDFFor this Capstone Project, the researchers investigated Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) representatives’ views on bringing student-athletes to have a relationship with Christ and why they think it is important. Based on an analysis of the data and the relevant research literature, the researchers used what they have learned to formulate an action that responds to improving FCA in a way that inspires, informs, or involves a particular audience. This is important because student-athletes need a sense of community and safe space to express their relationship with God. It is argued that having a relationship with Christ is important, especially for student-athletes
Increasing Protective Factors for Non-Violence at a Continuation High School
Get PDFThis capstone project focuses on protective factors for non-violence among adolescent students at a continuation high school. The circumstances that have led students to be at this particular continuation school include things such as being suspended or on the path to suspension, behavioral issues, GPA or credit deficiencies (not on track to graduate in a traditional high school setting), and referrals from parents, teachers, counselors, etc. This workshop was intended to address the growing problem of violence between students. Several students at the continuation high school are involved in opposing gangs, which causes strife on campus and leads to physical altercations between students. The growing concern about violence at this school demonstrates a need for a workshop focused on protective factors for non-violence, which will provide students with skills that will inherently promote non-violence. In this workshop, I focused on four main concepts: empathy, self-esteem, and positive adult and peer relationships. Through building empathy students will learn to understand outside perspectives. When adolescents have positive self-esteem, it will allow students to make conscious moral choices when handling conflict. Creating positive adult and peer relationships will guide students to have relationships they can trust and rely on. Each of these skills has been connected to an adolescent’s tendency to engage in violence; as the protective factors increase, the likelihood of violent behaviors decreases, and vice versa (Losel & Farrington, 2012). The two-part workshop on non-violent protective factors took place in a high school English class at a continuation high school in Seaside, California
Unleashing Creativity, Nurturing Young Minds: The Power of Arts Education
No full textFor this Capstone Project, the researcher investigated how art teachers view the impact of arts education on students with mental health issues and provided suggestions of solutions they deem fit. After researching literature and data on the subject and interviewing stakeholders, the researcher used their newfound knowledge to curate an action to better arts education and, in turn, students’ mental health. This issue is important because the arts are not as valued as the other subjects in elementary school and are extremely underfunded. There is also a large population of students who struggle with mental illness. It is argued that the arts can help those who suffer from mental health issues by fostering creativity which builds and cultivates social skills. Three primary stakeholders were selected: two professors from a university for their background in the arts and teaching the “Arts in Education” course, and an arts elementary school teacher due to their title of Art teacher. Three themes emerged from the data and were explored as ways to address the issue presented. Providing resources to educators such as the Create CA website was decided as the most effective way to share a plethora of information to teachers, admin, and fellow advocates of the arts on how to heal young minds through arts education
Addressing Behaviors to Prevent Unhealthy Relationships among Adolescents
No full textThe purpose of this project is to inform adolescents of how healthy and unhealthy behaviors are expressed in relationships. The intention is for adolescents to be able to identify healthy dynamics and unhealthy behaviors in relationships, to potentially help a friend or a peer who is experiencing unhealthy dynamics in their relationships . The lack of information in the adolescent population about potential patterns or behaviors could be considered part of the increase that has been seen in teen dating violence. This project serves as a preventative measure to decrease the potential of both males and female adolescents to experience teen dating violence, as well as decrease the possibility of adolescents becoming perpetrators of teen dating violence