Question | Answer |
What are the reasons teachers want to teach? What is the reason most given? | To make a difference in students lives can be profound. The most given reason is because they care about students. |
Define student variability? | Difference among students in regard to their developmental needs, interests, abilities, and disabilities |
Define student diversity? | Differences among students in regard of gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation. and social economic status |
What are the benefits to teaching? | Tenure, flexible schedules, numerous holidays, summer vacations |
What are the challenges to teaching? | Long working hours, high stakes testing, strength and leadership skills |
What is high stakes testing? | Each state has mandated a standardized test of students mastery in academic standards |
What type of or in what areas are teachers needed? | Low income areas |
What is tenure? | Job security granted teachers after satisfactory performance for a specified period using 2 to 5 years |
What are Professional Standards? | Subject to matter knowledge caring effective teaching skill, praxis series, |
How many decisions do teachers make daily? | 3000 decisions |
How many teachers are in the US? | 4 Million |
What are some specialized areas of teaching? | Art teachers, music teachers, special education teachers, physical education teachers, and vocational education teachers |
What does IEP stand for? | Individualized Education Program |
What is subject content knowledge? | The ability to recite dates, know multiplication tables, etc |
What is pedagogical knowledge? | The knowledge of how to integrate |