Ashford 6: – Week 5 – Final Project

Health, Nutrition, and Wellness Presentation
 

As a teacher, you have the opportunity to share the knowledge you have gained in this course with your colleagues to support a collaborative approach to shared health, nutrition, and safety goals. For your Final Project, you will create a presentation for other educators in your center that is focused on the development of a program valuing health, nutrition, and safety.
 

For this presentation, imagine you are part of a team of teachers at an early childcare setting working toward accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). As part of this lengthy process, you have been tasked with the creation of a professional development training for teachers focused on enhancing effective health, nutrition, and safety practices at your center. Use the knowledge you have gained in this course, as well as practical application and research to support your presentation.
 

You can be creative for this project, but you must include the following: Introduction that states the purpose of the      presentation  Summary of what will be covered in the presentation Health (five to six slides/pages)   Explain what this component includes in the early       childhood classroom.   Describe two to three strategies to support health and       wellness in the classroom.   Identify and describe at least two resources that       teachers can utilize in their planning and implementation. These can be       text or web-based resources.  Create a family activity or newsletter that you can       send home to support family engagement in fostering children’s overall       health and wellness.   Discuss one obstacle that teachers may encounter and a       plan for how to deal with the challenge. Nutrition (five to six slides/pages)   Explain what this component includes in the early       childhood classroom.  Describe two to three strategies to support       nutritional choices and possible food allergies in children.  Identify and describe at least two resources that       teachers can utilize in their planning and implementation. These can be       text or web-based resources.  Create a family activity or newsletter that you can       send home to support family engagement in fostering children’s nutrition.        Discuss one obstacle that teachers may encounter and a       plan for how to deal with the challenge. Safety (five to six slides/pages)   Explain what this component includes in the early       childhood classroom.   Describe two to three strategies on safety in the       early childhood classroom.  Identify and describe at least two resources that       teachers can utilize in their planning and implementation. These can be       text or web-based resources.   Create a family activity or newsletter that you can       send home to support family engagement in supporting children’s       safety.   Discuss one obstacle that teachers may encounter and a       plan for how to deal with the challenge.  Closing You have two options for your Final      Project.  You many either submit an 18- to 22-slide PowerPoint      presentation (not including a title and reference slide) or you may choose      to create a Prezi. You are able to use the free version of Prezi to      create your presentation. Be creative in your delivery. Include visuals,      audio, and video if you choose, but be thorough in your content. Your      presentation must utilize at least eight scholarly sources, in addition to      the course textbook. Be sure to address the required topics with critical      thought, elaboration, and college-level writing. The PowerPoint or Prezi      presentation must be formatted according to APA style, and it must include      a title slide, reference slide, and citations where appropriate.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.