REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Describe two distinct demographic groups within the U.S. student population, using information from a professional source.
1. Describe a challenge that each identified group may experience in a school setting (i.e., one challenge for each group in part A) and how each challenge affects learning.
2. Describe a strategy for each of the identified groups by which educators can support the educational achievement of students from that group.
a. Support each of your strategies in part A2 with 1–3 professional sources.
B. Explain why it is important for educators to develop approaches that are responsive to the diversity background of all students.
C. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
