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Foundations Vocab W1
term | definition |
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accountability | equal responsibility, any profession, responsible for teaching and kids learning, develop ways to get knowledge across |
affirmative action | formal federation plan that schools, staffing, enrollment, and programs need to be integrated |
at risk student | any kid that you can predict will have problems, issues, concerns, that needs extra assistance |
5 skills for students and staff need to succeed | listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking |
teaching | instructing people on content, imparting knowledge, skills, and information to others |
profession | teaching or lawyer.... |
intrinsic | internal reasons, i want to shape kids |
extrinsic | external reasons, long summers |
certification | license to teach, needed, beyond course work |
teachable moments | interruptions in your plans and adapting to it in the classroom, can be more important than plans |
restoration aid | money from the federal govt. to help pick up states slack |
race to the top funds | state involvement, lower test scores in schools get more money for program development |
purpose for schools and education | schools provide for citizenship, help students get along, work force readiness, academic acheivement, self directed leaners, problem solvers, complex thinkers, communication, collaborative workers |
normal schools | not around today, 1900-1930, program where one room school house teachers would go to a 2 year state program to learn then be certified |
reciprocity | not all states have same requirements but neighbors can agree on standards |
classroom management | how you run your classroom |
cooperative learning | learning in groups where everyone has a responsibility |
curriculum | content of teaching |
curriculum alignment | asses what we teach |
diversity | can't teach all kids the same way, many factors |
tenure | 3 successful years at a school district, state of being, more rights, options if looking at being fired |
Professional Development | improving oneself, must complete 150-175 hours of professional development every 5 years (35 hours a year) |
Evaluation | opening the door for improvement, effects tenure |
formative evaluation | given time to improve, 3-4 a year, someone comes in to observe you, told positive and negative |
summative | test, pass or fail, fail = out, happens at the end |
no child left behind | educational standards on content and personnel |
praxis | exams to become qualified |