SPOTLIGHT DIVERSITY PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

The purpose of this assignment is to recognize the diverse needs of various student populations

although this assignment will focus on one spotlight diverse student who has definite needs in

speech and language acquisition or literacy development. Knowing the learner, the required

standards for the age group, the development stages, effective learning strategies, and reliable

assessments will bring each spotlight diverse student into focus. It will enable the candidate to

provide the best strategies to close the gaps in the literacy concepts which the student needs.

INSTRUCTIONS

The candidate will design a PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 10 slides. The

PowerPoint presentation has 2 parts.

Part 1: The candidate will use words and pictures to describe a spotlight diverse student in

preK-2 who has gaps in speech/language acquisition or literacy development in other areas. This

diverse learners spotlight focus can be cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic, academia-focused,

such as a specific learning disability, speech/language delays or other learning delays.

Part 2: The candidate will articulate a teaching philosophy of literacy by identifying key

background knowledge an educator needs to know about this student population, potential

strengths and weaknesses of this student population in the literacy areas, one intervention for

each of the literacy categories–reading, writing, and language, as well as accommodations in the

learning environment to meet the needs of this diverse group of learners with at least 3

references.

Below is the PowerPoint presentation outline.

Slide 1: Title slide

Slide 2: Name the preK-2 student with a hypothetical first name and identify the

spotlight area.

Slide 3: Provide an overview of the developmental stage where this age student should be

in reading, writing, and language. Reference the ideas with class readings or other

research.

Slide 4: Create a bulleted list describing the specific learning disability, speech and

language delays or other learning delays using research-based information. The students

gaps in literacy development can be cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic, or academia-

focused in nature. Research should support the ideas clearly. Using the hypothetical

spotlight diversity student, describe the 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses including the

effects of the spotlight diversity on literacy development in reading, writing, and

language. This slide is specific to research to identify struggles in this area. Any of the

readings from class can be used to create factual components.

Slide 5: Provide at least one intervention to improve reading. Include how growth is

measured in this area.

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Slide 6: Provide at least one intervention to improve writing. Include a description of

environment accommodations for reading. Include how growth is measured in this area.

Slide 7: Provide at least one intervention to improve language. Include a description of

environment accommodations for reading. Include how growth is measured in this area.

Slide 8: Design through an image and description a language and literacy-rich

environment that would be beneficial to aid in the success of literacy development for

this diverse population.

Slide 9: Conclude the presentation with overall philosophy of literacy in meeting the

needs of diverse populations and how SCRIP is integrated into the philosophy.

Slide 10: Reference slide. Remember if the reference is on the reference slide, it should

be cited in the presentation.

Content

Create 10 slides.

Demonstrate knowledge of speech/language acquisition and literacy development.

Apply the standards of learning for this age group.

Utilize evidence-based practices, which are supported with references.

Include at least 3 references.

General Requirements

Write with professional quality.

Use clear background with font which is easy to read.

Choose colors to complement the visual aspect of the presentation so that the presentation

could be read in the back of the room if presenting.

Avoid using paragraphs on the slide.

Bullet the ideas because it is easier to read, and make sure they parallel in structure.

Include images throughout the presentation to make it more engaging.

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Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.