Scenario You have received a position that requires you to oversee a group of 30 correctional officers. This job will be challenging, because these officers are noted for holding negative, and sometimes even hostile, attitudes toward the institution’s leadership, as well as the prisoners they oversee. Your job is to try to create a better rapport between the officers and prisoners in an attempt to ensure better behavior from the prisoners as a whole. The facility is designed to hold 1,200 male inmates, but it currently houses 1,376. Most are classified as medium security, though there is a minimum-security dormitory that is used to reward good behavior. You have been assigned to oversee one of the three minimum-security units. It houses 345 inmates in a space designed to hold 275. All indoor recreation areas have been converted into makeshift dormitories, and portable toilets have recently been installed in the only accessible exercise yard. The prison that you have been assigned to has also received many complaints of abuse from prisoners, and you are directed to correct this problem with the officers. These complaints range from relatively minor issues, such as failure to distribute mail in a timely manner, to serious violations, including deliberate denial of access to daily meals. The unit is currently down six officers, which has disrupted shift schedules, and the administration recently increased mandatory overtime and announced suspension of all vacation and personal leave until further notice. The CO shortage has also made it difficult to move inmates for meals, medical care, visitation, and classes. Officers have also complained that they are not getting breaks and that they do not have the opportunity to eat, go to the bathroom, or sit down, sometimes for an entire 12-hour shift. What challenges do you foresee in overseeing the correctional officers? Why? How can you apply the principles of the path-goal theory to ensure the success of the task entrusted to you? How will you use supportive and directive leadership to motivate the correctional officers assigned to you? Can you apply the situational leadership theory to improve the relationship with your officers? If yes, how? If not, then why? Can situational leadership be applied to the inmates? How can participative and achievement-oriented leadership motivate these officers? Can it be used to motivate the inmates? What are the situational variables that might affect the application of the path-goal theory of leadership? 

Section A There are a number of issues that an instructor must consider related to assessing student learning. A few such issues are student learning styles, frequency of assessments, types of assessments, size of the class, and time spent grading. For example, if you have a large lecture class of 200 students, you probably would not want to have an essay exam and grade all of the exams yourself; even if each exam only took 10 minutes to grade, that would be 200 exams x 10 minutes = 2,000 minutes or 33 hours. How might you effectively assess student learning while maintaining a reasonable workload? For this Discussion review and study this week’s Learning Resources. Then consider the following scenario: You have a class of 30 students in an introduction to psychology course. Think about what face-to-face assessment strategies you would use and why they might be effective. Finally, reflect on the time commitment involved with the type of assessment you selected. With these thoughts in mind: Post by Day 4 a description of the assessment strategies you might use based on the scenario provided, the frequency of assessment, and an explanation of why you think they might be effective. Then explain the time commitment involved for the type of assessment you selected. Be sure to defend your response with references to the Learning Resources. Be sure to support your post with specific references to the Learning Resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full, APA-formatted citations for your references. Section B Why choose one assessment method over another? What might be the challenges of the assessment method you chose? There are a variety of factors to consider when selecting an assessment method. What might be the benefits of an essay test over a multiple-choice test? Are you evaluating a student’s ability to retain facts or apply concepts and principles? These are only a few of the possible areas of assessment you might choose when selecting an assessment method. In this week's Assignment, you will add an example of some methods of testing to your Teaching Portfolio. Consider the strategies discussed this week as you develop your exam and prepare the correct responses. For this Teaching Portfolio Assignment, review and study this week’s Learning Resources, including Griggs’s Psychology: A Concise Introduction textbook to help in the selection of your assignment topic. Select a new topic or use the topic you selected in Week 4 as the focus of an exam that you will design for "your" introductory psychology class. Assignment (5–7 pages, APA format where appropriate) Your exam must include the following: An explanation of the topic you selected, referencing the chapter in the Griggs Psychology: A Concise Introduction textbook you consultedFive multiple-choice questions (identify the correct answer with boldface type)Three fill-in the blank prompts (include the correct response in boldface type following the question)One essay question (include, in boldface type, a list of elements that you will be looking for as you grade).A determination of points for each of your questions and a calculation of the percentage for each question of the total 100% available. For example, if your multiple-choice questions are worth 10 points each and there are 100 points available in the test, one multiple-choice question is worth 10/100 = 0.10, or 10% of the total 100%. Resources Readings Ashton, P. (2004). Testing: If you’re going to do it, do it right. In R. M. Cordell, E. M. Lucal, R. K, Morgan, S. Hamilton, & R. Orr (Eds.), Quick hits for new faculty: Successful strategies by award-winning teachers (Ebrary version, pp. 35–36). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Griggs, R. A. (2017). Psychology: A concise introduction (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth. Note: While you do not have a specific reading assignment for this text, it is to be referenced when appropriate for the selection of introductory psychology topics in Discussions, Assignments, and the Final Assignment.Society for the Teaching of Psychology. (2010). Best practices: Assessing teaching and learning in psychology. Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/conferences/bp/index.php Note: Review the Abstracts of Keynotes, Workshops, and Symposia document located in the Conference Schedule section of the web page to choose the presentation files you would like to review. Be sure to make note of the first author’s name. Then click on the “Access Presentation Files, by last name of first author” link at the top of the web page to find the files for the presentation you selected.