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Teachers role vocabu
teachers role vocabulary words
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Professionalism | An occupation characterized by a specialized body of knowledge with emphasis on autonomy, decision making, reflection, and ethical standards for conduct. |
Extrinsic Rewards | Rewards that come from outside oneself, such as job security and vacations, or pay. |
Intrinsic Rewards | Rewards that come from within oneself, and are personally satisfying for emotional or intellectual reasons. |
Autonomy | The capacity to have control over one's professional life. |
Curriculum | What teachers teach. |
Assessment | How student understanding is measured. |
Standards | Statements specifying what students should know and what skills they should have upon completing an area of study. |
Technician | A person who uses specific skills to complete well defined tasks. |
Decision Making | Problem solving in ill-defined situations, based on professional knowledge. |
Reflection | The process of teachers' thinking about and analyzing their work to assess it's effectiveness. |
Ethics | Sets of moral standards for acceptable professional behavior. |
Socioeconomic Status | The amount of money students' parents make, their parents' level of education, and the kinds of jobs their parents have. |
Reforms | Suggested changes in teaching and teacher preparation intended to increase the amount students learn. |
Professional Portfolio | A collection of representative work materials to document developing knowledge and skills. |
Accountability | The process of requiring students to demonstrate understanding of the topics they study as measured by standardized tests, as well as holding educators at all levels responsible for students' performance. |
High Stakes Tests | Assessments that states and districts use to determine whether or not students will advance from one grade to another, graduate from high school, or have access to specific fields of study. |