Negotiating Cultural Conflicts Taken from:”Negotiating Cultural Conflicts: Building a Culturally Relevant, Anti-Bias Approach in Early Childhood Programs By Ellen Wolpert NAEYC Annual Conference 2000″Working with children of color – choose one to address. Then read others in your group and respond to at least 1. Story #1. Tian:Tian is three and a half. She is about to enter your preschool program. Tian’s Parents feed her. They intend to continue feeding her until she is five. It is their feeling that children are too independent. They place a high value on interdependence and relationships in which people help each other. They believe that feeding children, because of the great importance food has in their lives, is an important way to teach these values of interdependence and caring for one another…In your preschool program individualism and doing things for oneself is of primary importance. Children are encouraged to feed themselves. Recognizing the difference in cultural values between your program and Tian’s family, how will you integrate Tian into the program? Story #2. Tian Part II: Just today Tian finally fed herself during lunch. Your co-teacher, sitting at the lunch table with all the children, really pleased said, “Tian you fed yourself…that’s terrific!!! Let’s all clap hands for Tian!!! And they applauded…What is the cultural conflict in this situation?What are your feelings and thoughts about this situation?You are the co-teacher in this classroom…what might you do inthis situation? Story: #3. Returning to country of origin: Parents planning on returning to their country of origin are concerned that their daughter is learning values that will make it very difficult for her to adjust to the change. They as her teachers to help prepare her. They (the parents) would like her not to participate in playground games where there is close contact with the boys. She is a very athletic child and loves active games that involve physical contact.What is the cultural conflict in this situation?What are your thoughts and feelings about this request?How might you respond to these concerns? Story #4. Too old for a pacifier: Raquel is four and new to your preschool. Her mother sends her with a pacifier each day. Your co-teacher tells Raquel’s mother that she should keep the pacifier at home… Raquel is really too old to have one… and if the other children see her with one, they’ll want one too, or it might get in the way of her socialization.What is the cultural conflict in this situation?What are your feelings and thoughts about this situation?What might you do in this situation?

Discuss the relationship between organizational change and the organization’s need to stay competitive in a global market.
How much does this relationship drive change?
What other factors drive organizational change?

Due Monday 
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
responses:
1. n my current workplace there was a recent acquisition of another company. This is a major change that the organization has recently undergone. This organizational change is huge and can make or break the direction that the company is moving. Staying competitive in the global market is so important along with keeping up to date with remaining relevant. These things have to be considered when change is happening. Lack of consideration can’t be detrimental to the company as a whole.
Organizational change is driven by many factors. one of the main ones that come to mind is profit. If the company is losing money or not meeting goals, then change is needed. Another factor for organizational change is the work environment. Many organizations (large organizations) contract with survey companies to so employee engagement surveys to see how the employee views their work climate and get suggestions on how to improve the work environment if needed. I personally like it when the company takes their time to do surveys and get opinions of the employees. It shows they care about the employees and want them to have a good work environment.
2. The relationship with organizational change is how the daily operations keep the business going especially with technology that changes often. The organizational change is the business does personal change, unplanned change if something occurs. The importance of this relationship with any business is to set and maintain goals and develop a strategy. For an example Amazon use to be just an online book app. However, amazon did a different approach and now well known for their services and their different offers to their customers and vendors
How much does this relationship drive change? This relationship drive change because of the different benefits that are offered to staff, customers, third parties everyone wants in with amazon because of their well-known services.
What other factors drive organizational change? When an owner of his business not only care about himself and his business but his staff and customers is his top priority. This positive factor matches the needs, wants, and the feedback to drive this organizational change. People really want to work for a business that they can depend on and feel good with working with.

*Important notes:• This assignment will focus on examining an organization’s purchasing policy to understand the language/content to see what’s missing and connect that missing language to how the policy can be improved/strengthened.• The capstone requires that you highlight problems with a policy’s content, problems with how staff understand how to use/implement the policy, and highlight what a policy is lacking.• The professor is looking for a draft to be written in a clear and concise manner and get to the point about the policy, problem/shortcomings with the policy, no jargon• This assignment is for a capstone topic, in the below format• See instructions in the below format, attached Capstone Guidelines, a sample of an approved capstone topic in the format the professor is asking for, and the purchasing policy for the organization that will be the focus for this assignment• Please focus more on section II. It would be helpful to have a clearly written draft of the policy shortcoming and the language to understand the new federal standards for nonprofit organizations.Use the below format and respond to the instructions.I. THE POLICYThis section must describe an existing policy in an organization where you work or an existing policy that is mandated by an organization. The discussion needs to tell the reader the name of policy, its goal, and the scope of the policy. In terms of scope, you must review what the policy requires.- Possible policy to examine is the purchasing policy that relates to competitive bidding, specifically language pertaining to federal purchases of $3,000- Pp.9-10 “For items purchased with Federal funding, competitive quotes are required for goods and services over $3,000”- “Competitive bidding must be based on the procedures outlined in the…*Purchases Funded with Federal Awards Competitive quotes are required for goods and services over $3,000 (followed by bidding requirements stated above.); Competitive Bidding Procedure…”II. PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS WITH POLICYThis section must discuss the problems with the policy. Problems can focus on (1) what the policy lacks to help staff make decisions and (2) challenges with understanding and implementing the policy in the field and (3) other relevant difficulties with the policy.- Possible language the procurement policy is lacking and may need to be updated is the procurement methods the federal government requires for nonprofit organizations receiving federal funds (See U.S. Department of Education, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal

TASK: In this paper, you must analyze a controversy using two course texts. Choose two texts

from our second unit that are not making the same argument about the controversy and write
a paper to explain and analyze how these texts each contribute to the discussion about the
controversy. Here are some questions you should consider, both as you read the essays and as
you write about them. What do they contribute?  How are these two authors talking to each
other? What makes it useful to read these two very different perspectives on this controversy?
Toward the conclusion of your essay, you may indicate whether or not you find one of these
texts more persuasive or effective than the other, but the goal of the paper should always be to
balance your analysis of the two texts, not to prefer one over the other. In other words, your
goal should be to summarize both essays and show how, from their different vantages, they are
contributing to the debate.  Consider an example from the first section of the course. We talked
a great deal about the American food system. If you were to pair Pollan and Freedman, you
could develop a paper the shows the two sides of the debate about food. Pollan allows us to
see the dangers of industrial food production, while Freedman reveals a potentially valuable
aspect of it. Together, these essays (one directly confronting the other) paint a better picture of
the debate than either one of them can on their own. You should aim to do something similar
in your paper: provide a full picture of what people are debating.  
METHOD: Consider each author’s conveyed purpose, tone, evidence, language, and/or
intended audience, as these are tools for developing your overall stance about the relationship
of these texts. Also consider how these two texts exist in context: what do these authors add to
the discourse around the controversy?
RATIONALE: This essay extends your use of summary and analysis from Essay #1, and it requires
you to think and write more broadly about a topic and its context. Use TSIS Chapters 5, 6, and 7
to ensure that you are always distinguishing what you say from what they say. The following
SKILLS should be demonstrated in your work: direct reference to the sources, summary of their
arguments, and clear presentation of how these writers approach a single topic in very different
ways.
TEXT OPTIONS: You may choose any two of our course texts from unit 2, though be sure to
choose two that are NOT in agreement on the issue of the economy.  If you choose two texts
that agree, you will not be able to write an effective essay. 

Directions: Step 1: ReviewFirst, please carefully review your Essay 2 Prompt.Also, please review this helpful link on Providing Peer Feedback. (Links to an external site.)Step 2: Submit Submit your rough draft of Essay 2 by attaching it to this discussion board by Thursday. By Thursday at 11:59 pm, submit your rough draft of Essay 2. Your rough draft does not need to be complete, but should be at least 600-900 words long (about 3/4 of the essay word requirement)You will click “Reply” and then “Attach File” on the bottom. For help with that, you can check out the How to Attach a File to a Discussion Reply (Links to an external site.)resource. If you submit a Google doc, make sure it is public, so your partner can access it. Step 3: Partner UpCheck for your partner on Friday morning.Check back in on Friday morning. I will have matched you up with a partner (I will send out a partner list as an announcement on Friday). Once you see who your partner is, find his or her post, download the rough draft, and make as many helpful comments and suggestions on it as you can. You can use the insert comment function on word, or you can simply write your comments in red.Step 4: Review your Partner’s Paper.Once you are done commenting, go onto the next page (add a new page to the writer’s essay) and answer the following questions:Does the author present the issue of inequalities in education in his or her introduction? Is lead the author used effective (refer back to Writing a Good Introduction)? What could the writer add to his or her introduction?Does the introduction have a clear thesis as its last sentence? Does the thesis answer the questions at least one of the focusing questions from the prompt? Is the thesis an argument?Does the writer have at least three body paragraphs developed in PIEIE structure? Refer back to the Lecture on Argument Essay Structure. Does each body paragraph the writer has start with a Point? Does the Point connect back to the argument in the thesis? Is the Point an opinion?Does the writer use strong Information from both his or her personal life and the sources we read or viewed in class? Is there Explanation after? Are there at east two IEs in every paragraph?Are all examples from the articles or videos introduced properly? Is the paper formatted in MLA style? Is there a works cited page in the end?Does the writer have a conclusion that restates the thesis and gives a final thought?What would you say are the paper’s greatest strengths? What did the writer do particularly well?What should the writer focus on most as he or she revised the paper? What can be most improved?