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Education is the
process of
facilitating
learning,
or the
acquisition of
knowledge,
skills,
values,
beliefs, and
habits.
Educational methods include
reading,
storytelling,
discussion,
teaching,
training,
and
directed research. Education frequently takes place under the
guidance
of educators, but
learners may also
educate themselves. Education can take
place in
formal or
informal settings and any
experience that has a
formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered
educational. The
methodology of teaching is called
pedagogy.
There are many
debates about
educations precise definition and what the exact aims education tries
to achieve. Education is the transmission of some knowledge, some skills,
along with
undefined
character traits. Education supposedly socializes children into
society by teaching cultural values and norms. and supposedly helps equip
students with the skills needed to become productive members of society,
which is not proven or even accurately measured.

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InspirationAll information needs
instructions, if there
were no instructions, life could never exist. This is why we must make
sure that the instructions we give are the best instructions available, as
well as the best information available, otherwise,
mistakes will happen more
often, which makes life extremely
vulnerable, as
we can clearly see today. Our world is full of problems that should not even exist.
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Teacher is a person who provides
education for
students.
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Instructor is a person whose
occupation is
teaching.
Instruction is a
message describing
how something is to be done,
and how something
is used, and how something can be
perceived or
interpreted.
Instill is to teach and impress someone
by
frequent repetitions
or by giving cautionary
advice about something
imminent. To produce a
vivid impression of something valuable. To fill with a certain quality. To
impart gradually or enter drop by drop.
Educator is a person who provides
instruction or education. Someone who educates young people. A person
whose
occupation is teaching.
Teaching or
education involves the
activities of
instruction that
passes on or transfers
knowledge and
skill. Teaching is a combination of
principles
and
methods of instruction, that helps a student to
gain
knowledge by
learning, and acquire
valuable
skills
through the gradual process of
training.
Teaching is a
profession,
especially at a school or a college or university. Teaching is essential
for a
good upbringing.
Having knowledge
of
social
influences and
correct social behavior
is extremely important.
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Dropping Knowledge is the act of
supplying important information at a
crucial time to a person. The information supplied must be of some
significance within the context with which it was dropped. To give
information or share knowledge on a subject or just life in general. To
teach something. To give advice or share wisdom.
When it comes to teaching,
there is no single approach.
You have to understand the student. The learner is not a plant or an insect,
the learner is a human being with varying degrees of knowledge and
experience. So the teacher must adapt to the students needs and never
expect the student to adapt to the teachers needs.
Education needs to be
personalized.
Co-Teaching or
team teaching is the
division of labor between educators to plan, organize, instruct and make
assessments on the same group of students, generally in the a common
classroom, and often with a strong focus on those teaching as a team
complementing one another's particular skills or other strengths.
One Teaches, One Supports: One teacher
leads instruction, while the other provides support to students who need
additional help or enrichment, gathers observation data, or provides
classroom management.
Parallel Teaching:
Each teacher, or teacher and student teacher, plan jointly but each
teaches the same information to different halves of the classroom at the
same time.
Alternative Teaching: One
teacher manages most of the class while the other teacher works with a
small group inside or outside of the classroom. The small group does not
have to integrate with the current lesson.
Station
Teaching: Both teachers divide the instructional content, and each
takes responsibility for planning and teaching part of it. In station
teaching, the classroom is divided into various teaching centers. The
teacher and student teacher are at particular stations; the other stations
are run independently by the students or by a teacher’s aide.
Team Teaching: Both teachers are
responsible for planning and share the instruction of all students. The
lessons are taught by both teachers who actively engage in conversation,
not lecture, to encourage discussion by students. Both teachers are
actively involved in the management of the lesson and discipline.
The Magiera-Simmons Quality Indicator Model of Co-Teaching delineates
a “quality process” to ensure that co-teachers collaborate successfully
and achieve the best results for their students. Team teaching, a concept
first introduced in schools in the 1960s, appealed to ASU researchers
because they felt it could help revitalize teachers. The model of one
teacher
lecturing at the
front of a classroom to many kids wasn’t working.
Co-Parenting.
Pedagogy is the approach to teaching that refers to the theory and
practice of
learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced
by, the social, political and psychological development of learners.
Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how
knowledge
and
skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the
interactions that take place during learning. Both the theory and practice
of pedagogy vary greatly, as they reflect different social, political, and
cultural contexts. Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching. The
pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and other
teaching
strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning,
understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and
interests of individual students. Its aims may range from furthering
liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the
narrower specifics of vocational education (the imparting and acquisition
of specific skills). Conventional western pedagogies view the teacher as
knowledge holder and student as the recipient of knowledge (described by
Paulo Freire as "banking methods"), but theories of pedagogy increasingly
identify the student as an agent and the teacher as a facilitator.
Instructive strategies are governed by the pupil's background knowledge
and experience, situation, and environment, as well as learning goals set
by the student and teacher. One example would be the Socratic method.
Process is a particular
course of action intended to
achieve a result.
Process in
psychology
is the
performance of some composite
cognitive
activity; an
operation that affects
mental contents. A sustained
phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of
states.
A mental
process that you are not directly aware of. Subject to
a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some
purpose, improving, or remedying a condition. Perform
mathematical and
logical operations on (data) according to
programmed
instructions in order to obtain the required
information. Shape, form, or
improve a material.
Principles is a rule or standard especially of good behavior.
Rule of personal conduct. Direct the course of; manage or
control.
Behave in a certain manner.
Visiting Scholar is a
scholar
from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or
perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued. In many cases
the position is not salaried because visitor is salaried by their home
institution (or partially salaried, as in some cases of sabbatical leave
from US universities). Some visiting positions are salaried. A visiting
scholar is also known as visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting
fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor.
Student Teacher is a college, university or graduate student
who is teaching under the supervision of a certified teacher in order to
qualify for a
degree in education.
Practice Teacher.
Student Teaching is a college-supervised instructional
experience; usually the culminating
course in a university or college
undergraduate education or graduate school program leading to teacher
education and certification.
Substitute Teacher is a person who teaches a
school class
when the regular teacher is unavailable; e.g., because of illness,
personal leave, or other reasons.
Para-Professional Educator is a teaching-related position
within a school generally
responsible for specialized or
concentrated
assistance for students in elementary and
secondary schools.
Paraeducator is defined as a school employee who
works under the supervison of teachers or other professional
practitioners. Their jobs are instructional in nature and they provide
other direct services to children and youth and their families. a
paraprofessional is a person who is
trained to
assist a
professional
while paraeducator is a paraprofessional educator; a
teacher's assistant responsible for helping
students in the classroom.
Teaching Assistant is an individual who assists a teacher
with instructional responsibilities.
Research Assistant is a researcher employed, often on a
temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the
purpose of assisting in academic research. Research assistants are not
independent and not directly responsible for the outcome of the research
and are responsible to a supervisor or principal investigator. Research
assistants are often educated to degree level and might be enrolled in a
postgraduate degree program and simultaneously teach.
Teaching Assistant UK is a person who supports students in
the classroom. Duties can differ dramatically from school to school,
though the underlying tasks often remain the same.
Teacher Education refers to the
policies
and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the
knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their
tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community.
Certified Teacher is a teacher who has earned
credentials from an
authoritative source, such as the government, a higher education
institution or a private source.
A good teacher is measured by their ability to use
multiple teaching
methods and mediums to convey the same information. Behind every intelligent person, or highly skilled
athlete, is a great coach or a great teacher. Even if
someone taught themselves, they still had to use some
knowledge that was provided to them by others. Everything should have a Learning Objective, if not,
then what is it?
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In Loco Parentis is Latin for "
in the place of a parent", which refers
to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of
the functions and
responsibilities of a parent. Originally derived from English common
law, it is applied in two separate areas of the law. First, it allows
institutions such as colleges and schools to act in the best interests of
the students as they see fit, although not allowing what would be
considered violations of the students'
civil liberties. Second, this
doctrine can provide a non-biological parent to be given the legal rights
and responsibilities of a biological parent if they have held themselves
out as the parent. The in loco parentis doctrine is distinct from the
doctrine of parens patriae, the psychological parent doctrine, and
adoption.
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Learning and Teaching"Those who can,
do, those who can't,
teach." -
George Bernard Shaw (wiki)
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Education Specialist is an advanced degree in the U.S. that
is designed for individuals who wish to develop advanced knowledge and
theory beyond the master's degree level, but may not wish to pursue a
degree at the doctoral level.
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Proctor
is a persons who takes charge of, or acts for, another.
Professor is an
academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and
research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from
Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an
expert in arts or
sciences, a teacher of the highest rank. Professors conduct original
research and commonly teach undergraduate, graduate, or
professional courses in
their fields of expertise. In universities with graduate schools,
professors may mentor and supervise graduate students conducting research
for a thesis or dissertation. Professors typically hold a Ph.D., another
doctorate or a different terminal degree. Some professors hold a master's
degree or a
professional
degree, such as an M.D., as their highest degree.
Lecture is a
speech that is
open to the
public. Teaching by
giving a
discourse on
some subject to a group of people or a class. Deliver a
lecture or talk.
Lectures is an oral
presentation intended to
present
information or teach people about a particular subject. Lectures
are used to
convey critical information, history,
background, theories, and equations. A politician's
speech, a minister's sermon, or even a businessman's
sales
presentation may be similar in form to a lecture.
Usually the lecturer will stand at the front of the room
and recite information relevant to the lecture's content.
Lector
is someone who reads, whether aloud or not.
Lecturer
is someone who lectures
professionally or is a
public lecturer at
certain universities and
denotes an academic
expert without tenure in the university, who is hired
to teach on a full-time or part-time basis, but who is not paid to conduct
research.
Passive Learning.
Chief Learning Officer is the highest-ranking
corporate officer in
charge of
learning management. CLOs may be
experts in corporate or personal training, with degrees in education,
instructional design, business or similar
fields. Qualified CLOs should be able to drive the corporate strategy and
align the development of people with the business goals of the
organization. A full complement of skills, including business analytics,
technology, learning theory, performance consulting and scientific
inquiry, are important for success. The CLO may report directly to the
CEO, but may also report to the Head of HR or Chief Talent Officer.
Reader
as a academic rank
denotes an appointment for a senior academic with a distinguished
international reputation in research or scholarship.
College of Education is a division within a university that
is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an
interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology,
psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public policy,
history, and others, all applied to the topic of elementary, secondary,
and post-secondary education.
Normal School
is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Most
such schools are now called teachers' colleges.
Elementary Education Degree.
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Revolving Door Of Teacher Turnover Costs Schools Billions Every Year.
Teacher Attrition Costs United States Up to $2.2 Billion Annually, Says
New Alliance Report.
After 25 Years, This Teacher Says It's All The Paperwork That Made Him
Quit.
Teacher Shortages in the U.S. School-going population will increase by
roughly three million students in the next decade.
Master of Education is a degree in education that often includes the
following majors:
curriculum and instruction, counseling, school
psychology, and administration. It is often conferred for educators
advancing in their field.
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How to Get Your Teacher Certification?
Earn a
bachelor's degree
and complete a teacher prep program. Fulfill the student teaching
requirement. .Earn your master's degree if your specialization requires
one. Pass your state's required exam for teachers. Apply for state teacher
certification. All states require certified teachers to hold a bachelor's
degree, and more and more states now require candidates to hold a master's
degree or receive one within the first five years of teaching. Teachers
may earn a credential that allows them to teach either certain subject
matter or a specific grade level. It is still possible to become a teacher
without a bachelor's degree in education by going through an accredited
teacher certification program. Through the certification process, you will
take classes that will provide you with an appropriate segue into a
teaching job.
Rising number of Teachers
have License Revoked. Forty-two Connecticut educators had their
certificates revoked between 2015 and 2019, according to a list obtained
from the state Department of Education, which also shows the number jumped
from four revocations in 2015 to 17 revocations in 2019. State officials
say a jump in revocations of educators’ certificates may be due to a new
bureau, dedicated to investigating such cases. CONNECTICUT: Teacher's
certificate may be revoked if certificate has been obtained through fraud
or misrepresentation; teacher has neglected duties or been convicted of a
crime involving moral turpitude; teacher has been neglectful of duties; or
other due and sufficient cause exists.
Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges
or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific
academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. Deans are common
in private preparatory schools, and occasionally found in middle schools
and high schools as well.
Provost is a senior administrative officer in certain colleges and
universities. Provost is the senior academic administrator at many
institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada and the
equivalent of a deputy vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United
Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia. Additionally, the heads of certain
colleges in the UK and Ireland are called provosts; it is, in this sense,
the equivalent of a master at other colleges.
Academic Administration is a branch of university or college employees
responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution and
separate from the faculty or academics, although some personnel may have
joint responsibilities. Some type of separate administrative structure
exists at almost all academic institutions. Fewer institutions are
governed by employees who are also involved in academic or scholarly work.
Many senior administrators are academics who have advanced degrees and no
longer teach or conduct research.
Academic Personnel in many universities, the members of the
administration (e.g., department chairs, deans, vice presidents,
presidents, and librarians) are also
faculty
members; many of them begin (and remain) as professors. At some
universities, the distinction between "academic faculty" and
"administrative faculty" is made explicit by the former being contracted
for nine months per year, meaning that they can devote their time to
research (and possibly be absent from the campus) during the summer
months, while the latter are contracted for twelve months per year. These
two types of faculty members are sometimes known as "nine-month faculty"
and "twelve-month faculty". Faculty who are paid a nine-month salary are
typically allowed to seek external funds from grant agencies to partially
or fully support their research activities during the summer months. Most
university faculty members hold a Ph.D. or equivalent highest-level degree
in their field. Some professionals or instructors from other institutions
who are associated with a particular university (e.g., by teaching some
courses or supervising graduate students) but do not hold professorships
may be appointed as adjunct faculty. In North America, faculty is a
distinct category from staff, although members of both groups are
employees of the institution in question. This is distinct from, for
example, the British (and European, Australia, and New Zealand) usage, in
which all employees of the institution are staff either on academic or
professional (i.e. non-academic) contracts.
Teaching Assessment
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Teacher Quality Research
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Teacher Evaluation Policies
Teacher Evaluation by Students (PDF)
Rate My
Teachers
How Teachers Are Rated in 25 Countries
Global Teacher Prize
Teacher Vision
Teacher Qualities
Testing Failures
Assessment Warnings
Observation Flaws
The Global Teacher Status Index
Pre-Service Teacher Education is the education and
training provided to student teachers before they have undertaken any
teaching.
Educational Testing Service
The New Teacher Project is an organization in the United
States with a mission of ensuring that poor and minority students get
equal access to effective teachers. It attempts to help urban school
districts and states recruit and train new teachers, staff challenged
schools, design evaluation systems, and retain teachers who have
demonstrated the ability to raise student achievement.
The New Teacher Project
Tennessee Teachers Association
Teach
Thought
50 Great Teachers Project (NPR)
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Canter Teacher Training
Merlot Learning Online Teaching
Learn Teach Read
Student Achievement
We are Teachers
Get Schooled
Learning Point Associates
Scholastic
Education Consumers
Academic
Job HunterEducation Jobs
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Engines For
Education
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Commission on Teaching
Preparing Faculty
I Love Schools Help for Teachers
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Learning and Teaching
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A Way to
Teach
Teaching Tips
Instructional Tips
Effective Teaching
National Endowment
for the Arts
Wallace Foundation
Jacobs Foundation
Pearson Foundation
Imagine Cup
Learning Theories
Learning Contracts
Changing
Minds
Thomas Armstrong
books on human intelligence and education.
Process
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Blackboard
Million Ways to Teach
Connect a Million Minds
After School
Parent
Teacher Organization is a formal organization that
consists of parents, teachers and school staff. The organization's goals
may vary from organization to organization, but essentially the goals
include volunteerism of parents, encouragement of teachers and students,
community involvement, and welfare of students and families. It is not
affiliated with Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or Parent-Teacher-Student
Association (PTSA.) PTA is a national association of millions of members
and thousands of local units that provides leadership training and staff
support.
PTA is a formal organization composed of parents,
teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation
in a school.
Parent University.
Teaching Tips - Understanding Students in the Classroom
1: Watch how each student
interacts. How do they prefer to engage? What do they seem to like to do?
Observe so you can understand all they are capable of.
2: Listen. Try to understand what motivates
them, what their goals are and how they view you, their
classmates and the activities you assign them.
3: Engage. Talk with students about their
individual interests. Don't offer advice or opinions – just
listen.
4: Experiment: Change how you react to
challenging behaviors. Rather than responding quickly in the
moment, take a breath. Realize that their behavior might just be
a way of reaching out to you.
5: Meet: Each week, spend time with students
outside of your role as "teacher." Let the students choose a
game or other nonacademic activity they'd like to do with you.
Your job is to NOT teach but watch, listen, and narrate what you
see, focusing on students' interests and what they do well. This
type of activity is really important for students with whom you
often feel in conflict or who you avoid.
6: Reach out: Know what your students like to
do outside of school. Make it a project for them to tell you
about it using some medium in which they feel comfortable:
music, video, writing, etc. Find both individual and group time
for them to share this with you. Watch and listen to how
skilled, motivated and interested they can be. Now think about
school through their eyes.
7: Reflect: Think back on your own best and
worst teachers, bosses or supervisors. List five words for each
that describe how you felt in your interactions with them. How
did the best and the worst make you feel? What specifically did
they do or say that made you feel that way? Now think about how
your students would describe you. Jot down how they might
describe you and why.
How do your expectations or beliefs shape how they look at you?
Are there parallels in your beliefs and their responses to you?
Written by Researcher
Robert Pianta. Originally titled "7 Ways Teachers Can Change
Their Expectations"
Classroom Management is the process of ensuring that
classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive
behavior by students.
The term also implies the prevention of disruptive behavior.
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Classroom Management.
19 Big and Small Classroom Management Strategies
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Teacher Vision
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Instructional Practices for an Effective Classroom (PDF)
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Support for Instructional Coaches, Classroom Teachers and
Educational Leaders
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Rita Pierson: Every Kid needs a Champion (video)
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Education Purposes
The
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early
Learning (CSEFEL)
No
Nonsense Nurturer (PDF)
25 Things Successful Educators Do
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A Code of Professional Ethics: A Guide to Professional
Conduct in the field of Educational Communications and
Technology.
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Tools for Teaching Kids How to get Along (PDF)
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Whole Brain Teaching: Grade 1 Classroom (youtube)
The concept is correct, but it's misused a little.
Simultaneous Subject Teaching is about making connections,
it's not about silly gestures.
Interactive Teaching Methods by Chandralekha Singh's
(youtube)
Learning Management System
is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking,
reporting and delivery of electronic educational technology (also called
e-learning) courses or training programs. Learning management systems
range from systems for managing training and educational records to
software for distributing online or blended/hybrid college courses over
the Internet with features for online collaboration, school districts, and
schools use LMSs to deliver online courses and augment on-campus courses.
LMSs also act to augment the lessons the teacher is giving in a brick and
mortar environment, not just replace them. Corporate training departments
use LMSs to deliver online training, as well as to automate record-keeping
and employee registration.
"Sometimes in order to be a good teacher you have to modify your
behavior, and not just your
teaching methods."
The American
Statistical Association published research showing that
teachers account for up to 17% of student learning.
Teacher Responsibilities
The
teacher has the
responsibility to lead students toward the
fulfillment of his/her potential for intellectual, emotional,
psychological, and social growth. Teachers are responsible for
stimulating maximum learning on the part of the pupils assigned
to them by providing a good environment and by guiding sound
curriculum experiences and activities in the classroom, the
school, and the community. The teacher reports to the building principal
or other designated person.
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Teachers become Healthier when they Learn.
Major Duties and
Responsibilities of the
Teacher are to:
1. Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and at
the times designated.
2. Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to
effective learning within the limits of the resources provided
by the division, with responsibility for the order and progress
of his/her classes.
3. Prepare for classes assigned, and show written evidence of
preparation upon request of the immediate supervisor.
4. Assist students in setting and maintaining standards of
classroom behavior.
5. Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect
students, equipment, materials, and facilities with
responsibility for the neatness of his/her room and the proper
care of all furniture and supplies.
6. Evaluate student progress on a regular basis.
7. Employ a variety of instructional techniques and
instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of
the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the
individuals or student groups involved.
8. Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required
by law
9. Be available to students and parents for education-related
purposes outside the instructional day when required or
requested to do so under the reasonable term.
10. Comply with and enforce school rules, administrative
regulations, and School Board policies.
11. Attend and participate in faculty meetings as well as other
professional meetings called by the administrative staff.
12. Cooperate with other members of staff in planning
instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
13. Assist in selecting books, equipment, and other
instructional materials.
14. Establish and maintain cooperative relations with others.
15. Accomplish reasonable special assignments as assigned by the
principal.
16. Provide for his/her own professional growth through an
ongoing program of study, including workshops, seminars,
conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of
higher learning.
17. Perform other school duties as assigned.
Teacher Duties
The purpose of the Teacher
Duties and Responsibilities Instrument (TDRI) is to describe the expectations
for teachers in addition to the teaching tasks outlined in the GTOL.
A. Follows
professional practices consistent with school and system policies in working
with students, students’ records, parents, and colleagues .
Classroom Management
1. Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills as they relate to
interaction with students, parents, other teachers, administrators, and other
school personnel
2. Is available to students and parents for conferences according to system
policies.
3. Facilitates home-school communication by such means as holding conferences,
telephoning, and sending written communications.
4. Maintains confidentiality of students and students’ records.
5.
Works cooperatively
with school administrators, special support personnel, colleagues, and parents.
B. Complies with rules, regulations, and policies of governing agencies and
supervisory personnel.
1. Complies with state administrative regulations and Board of Education
policies.
2. Adheres to school and local school system procedures and rules.
3. Conducts assigned classes at the times scheduled.
4. Enforces regulations concerning student conduct and discipline.
5. Demonstrates timeliness and attendance for assigned responsibilities
6. Provides adequate information, plans, and materials for substitute
teacher.
7. Maintains accurate, complete, and appropriate records and files reports
promptly.
8. Attends and participates in faculty meetings and other assigned meetings
and activities according to school policy
9. Complies with conditions as state in contract.
C. Demonstrates professional practices in teaching.
1. Models correct use of language, oral and written.
2.
Demonstrates
accurate and up-to-date knowledge of content.
3.
Implements
designated curriculum.
4.
Maintains lesson
plans as required by school policy.
5.
Assigns
reasonable tasks and homework to students.
6.
Participates in
professional development opportunities and applies the concepts to classroom and
school activities.
D. Acts in a
professional manner and assumes responsibility for the total school program, its
safety and good order.
1.
Takes precautions to protect records, equipment, materials, and facilities.
2.
Assumes responsibility for supervising students in out-of-class
settings.
3. Demonstrates
appropriate personal contact while in performance of school duties.
E. Assumes a
role in meeting the school’s student achievement goals, including academic gains
of students assigned to the teacher.
F. Observations of the teacher by the principal and assistant principals, in
addition to those recorded on the GTOI during instruction, at other times as
appropriate.
(Other duties and
responsibilities prescribed by local school or system such as, but not limited
to: lunchroom, homeroom, hall, playground and other advisory duties).
GTDRI Assessment Instrument.
Student Teacher Responsibilities
A student from an approved institution of higher learning may
take practice teaching, practicum, or field work in Public
Schools
upon approval of the Superintendent and under such regulations
as the Superintendent shall set forth to ensure that the
progress of the pupils in any class is not adversely affected.
School Counselors (advising and guiding)
1. Teacher training institutions desiring to place students in
Public Schools should begin by contacting the Human Resources
Department.
2. To make the program effective and beneficial to both the
student teacher and the school division, full approval of the
principal and supervising teacher shall be secured.
(a) An understanding should be reached as to the hours during
the day and the length of time a student teacher shall be
working in any school.
(b) No student teacher shall be accepted by any Public School
until the principal has approved the application sent it to the
Human Resources Department.
3. Schools assigned student teachers shall work cooperatively
with the representative from the teacher training institution in
supervising the student teacher. Supervising teachers should not
leave the responsibility for supervising students to a student
teacher by being absent from the classroom until such time as
the student teacher is capable of managing the classroom and has
demonstrated competence in doing so.
Teacher Burn Out
Personality and Contextual Variables in Teacher Burnout (PDF)
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Teacher Turnover.
Teacher Attrition Costs United States Up to $2.2 Billion
Annually, Says New Alliance Report.
Teacher Stress and Health. Effects on Teachers, Students, and Schools.
America Schools Report.
Mindfulness for Teachers. Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in
the Classroom.
Meditation.
Is Silence Golden? Elementary school teachers' strategies
and beliefs regarding hypothetical shy/quiet and
exuberant/talkative children.
Extroversion.
School Principal Responsibilities
Principal is the administrative and professional leader of
the school, and as such, he/she is directly responsible to the
Superintendent for its successful operation. The major
effect of the principal is in the field of educational
leadership and supervision, with stress on the improvement of
teaching and learning. To bring about this improvement, he/she
should call
upon all of the resources of the school division.
Education Policy -
Department of Education.
A. Supervision of Instruction.
The primary duty of the principal is to develop and implement an
effective instructional program appropriate to the pupils in
his/her school. Careful attention should be given to the
supervision of teachers and other instructional personnel
working in the school, including both full and part-time
personnel.
B. Supervision of School Property
Principals have general supervision of the grounds, building,
and appurtenances of the school, and are responsible for his/her
neatness and cleanliness. The safety of the children is a
primary responsibility, and school premises should be inspected
regularly, giving careful attention of safety factors. When
repairs are needed, principals should notify the designated
person in the office of the Superintendent.
C. Make Recommendations
Principals may submit recommendations to the Superintendent for
the appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer and
dismissal of all personnel assigned to his/her supervision.
D. Other Duties
Principals also perform the following duties:
1. Collect data, prepare and complete attendance reports as
required by the Superintendent or by law.
2. Conduct, under the direction of the Superintendent, studies
and investigations to improve instructional procedure.
3. Establish and maintain proper relationships between the
school, the home, and the community
4. Keep an accurate record of all non-resident pupils in the
school and enroll no such pupils without an official permit
from the designated person in the office of the Superintendent.
5. Supply the Superintendent's office with pertinent information
whenever pupils are suspended and referred there.
6. Receive all patrons calling at the school and, when
requested, arrange for conferences between patrons and teachers.
7. Hold fire drills and submit drill reports promptly.
8. Organize the school for civil defense in accordance with the
latest bulletin published by the Virginia State Department of
Education and in accordance with such supplementary regulations
as may be issued by the office of the Superintendent.
9. File, in the administrative office, all required reports.
10. Attend all meetings called by the Superintendent.
11. Arrive at school long enough before the regular opening hour
and remain there long enough after dismissal to arrange for
proper supervision of activities of pupils from the time the
latter arrive on the grounds until they leave.
12. Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the
Superintendent pursuant to the rules and regulations of the School Board.
School Superintendent Responsibilities
A school superintendent is the chief executive officer of a
school district. A superintendent is usually hired by the school
board of the district. As the CEO, superintendents have general
management responsibilities, including hiring of senior staff.
They typically oversee education standards and student
achievement, plan budgets and allocate resources, and also act
as the point person for interactions with government agencies.
Education Policy.
Education Background
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A master's degree is the minimum education requirement for most
school superintendent positions, and a significant number of
superintendents have earned Ph.D.s. Many superintendents have
their master's and doctoral degrees in education, education
administration or public administration, but a few have graduate
backgrounds in the subject areas they taught.
Certification or Licensing
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Nearly all states require school superintendents to be certified
or licensed. States such as Washington and Wisconsin require
school superintendents to become certified before they can
become licensed. Superintendent certification is typically a
two-year program with a master's degree prerequisite, often
including a field-based element where you work with practicing
district superintendents for some months. Students working on a
doctoral degree may complete course requirements for
superintendent certification as part of their doctoral program.
Administrative Responsibilities
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School superintendents have a broad set of administrative and
supervisory responsibilities that vary based on the size of the
school district. Hiring and firing of senior staff, handling
teacher and staff disciplinary matters, and managing the budget
are the primary administrative responsibilities of most
superintendents. In most districts, superintendents are also
responsible for overseeing the implementation and enforcement of
all state and federal statutes and programs relating to schools.
Educational Standards and Student Achievement
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School superintendents have the difficult task of
helping to set educational standards and measure student achievement in
their districts. Superintendents typically have general authority over
school curricula, within state guidelines. They often work together with
the school board to develop and implement short- and long-range plans for
curriculum, as well as instructional evaluation and improvement. School
boards in some districts, however, sometimes clash with superintendents
when they want to take a more active role in designing school curriculum
or deciding how student achievement is measured.
Commissioner of Education was the title given to the head of the
federal Office of Education, which was historically a unit within and
originally assigned to the Department of the Interior in the United
States. The position was created on March 2, 1867, when an Act to
establish the Office of Education took effect under the influence of the
more Radical Republican Party they were influential mostly in the Northern
states and New England which were much more progressive in the fields of
education and had already established many state departments of education
and created a large number of public schools and systems in cities, towns
and counties, both on the elementary (grammar) school level and the high
schools, in which the South had lagged behind. The Commissioner was the
U.S. government's highest education official from after the Civil War and
its reforming period of Reconstruction, from 1867 until 1972, when the
office of Assistant Secretary for Education was established within the
independent Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which had been
earlier created as a cabinet-level department in April 1953, under
President Harry Truman, continuing the previous advances created by the
administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and instigated under Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Ultimately, the head of the Federal Government's nationwide
educational efforts was reorganized with the separation and division of
old H.E.W. of the new United States Department of Education in 1979, under
President Jimmy Carter with its own Cabinet-level position of the U.S.
Secretary of Education. The Commissioner was responsible for: Formulating
educational policy. Administering the various functions of the Office of
Education. Coordinating educational activities at the national level.
U.S.
Office of Education was a small unit in the Federal Government of the
United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1867 to 1972.
Education Policy -
Department of Education.
Curriculum Designers
Curriculum is the
totality of student experiences that occur
in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a
planned sequence of
instruction, or to a view of the student's experiences
in terms of the educator's or school's instructional
goals.
Seeing the Whole
Picture -
Multiple
Degrees -
SimultaneouslyCurriculum as a
body of knowledge to be
transmitted. Curriculum as a
purpose to help students achieve a goal.
Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted,
embodied, or realized. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging,
applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. This has been a
recurrent topic in the field of philosophy, discussed.
Explicit curriculum are the subjects that
will be taught, the identified "
mission"
of the school, and the knowledge and skills that the school expects
successful students to acquire.
Implicit
curriculum are
lessons that arise from the
culture of the school and the behaviors, attitudes, and expectations that
characterize that culture, the unintended curriculum.
Hidden curriculum are things that students
learn that are not included in the planning or
included in the
consciousness of those responsible for the school arrangements because
of the way in which the work of the school is planned and organized
(Kelly, 2009). The term itself is attributed to Philip W. Jackson and is
not always meant to be a negative.
Hidden curriculum, if
its potential is realized, could benefit students and learners in all
educational systems. Also, it does not just include the physical
environment of the school, but the relationships formed or not formed
between students and other students or even students and teachers
(Jackson, 1986).
Excluded curriculum are
the topics or perspectives that are specifically excluded from the
curriculum. It may also come in the form of
extracurricular
activities. This may include school-sponsored programs, which are
intended to supplement the academic aspect of the school experience or
community-based programs and activities. Examples of school-sponsored
extracurricular programs include sports, academic clubs, and performing
arts. Community-based programs and activities may take place at a school
after hours but are not linked directly to the school. Community-based
programs frequently expand on the curriculum that was introduced in the
classroom. For instance, students may be introduced to environmental
conservation in the classroom. This knowledge is further developed through
a community-based program. Participants then act on what they know with a
conservation project. Community-based extracurricular activities may
include "environmental clubs, 4-H, boy/girl scouts, and religious groups"
(Hancock, Dyk, & Jones, 2012).
Curriculum can
be ordered into a procedure:
Step 1: Diagnosis of needs.
Step 2: Formulation of
objectives.
Step 3: Selection of content.
Step 4: Organization of
content.
Step 5: Selection of learning experiences.
Step 6:
Organization of learning experiences.
Step 7: Determination of what to
evaluate and of the ways and means of doing it.
Curriculum Studies is a concentration in the different types of
curriculum and instruction concerned with understanding curricula as an
active force influenced by human educational experiences. Its proponents
investigate the relationship between curriculum theory and educational
practice in addition to the relationship between school programs, the
contours of the society, and the culture in which schools are located.
Syllabus s a document
that
communicates information about a specific
course and defines expectations
and responsibilities. It is generally narrower in scope than a curriculum.
A syllabus may be set out by an examination board or prepared by the tutor
who teaches or controls the
course.
Prospectus is a
catalogue listing the courses
offered by a college or university. A printed document that advertises or
describes a school, commercial enterprise, forthcoming book, etc., in
order to attract or inform clients, members, buyers, or investors.
Prospectus is also a formal written offer to sell securities usually filed
with the SEC that sets forth a plan for a proposed business enterprise.
Curriculum and Instruction is a field
within education which seeks to research, develop, and implement
curriculum changes that increase learner achievement in educational
settings. The field focuses on how people learn and the best ways to
educate. It is also interested in new trends in teaching and learning
process. It tries to find answers to questions such as "why to teach",
"what to teach", "how to teach" and "how to evaluate" in instructional
process. Master's degrees and doctorates are offered at a number of
universities. instructional curriculum.
Instructional
Design is the practice of creating
instructional
experiences and
lessons which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more
efficient, effective, and appealing. Instructional design is the process
of identifying the skills, knowledge, information and attitude gaps of a
targeted audience and creating or selecting learning experiences that
close this gap. The process consists broadly of
determining the state and
needs of the learner, defining the end goal of
instruction, and creating some "intervention" to assist in the transition.
The
outcome of this
instruction may be directly observable and
scientifically measured or completely hidden and assumed. There are many
instructional design models but many are based on the ADDIE model with the
five phases: analysis,
design,
development,
implementation, and
evaluation. As a field, instructional design is historically and
traditionally rooted in
cognitive and behavioral psychology, though
recently constructivism has influenced thinking in the field.
Presentation -
Interface
Curriculum Designers -
Curriculum Specialists -
Curriculum Assessment -
Standards
Backward Design
is a method of
designing educational curriculum by setting goals before
choosing instructional methods and forms of assessment. Backward design of
curriculum typically involves three stages: Identify the results desired
(big ideas and skills). What should the students know, understand, and be
able to do? Consider the goals and curriculum expectations Focus on the
"big ideas" (principles, theories, concepts, point of views, or themes).
Determine acceptable levels of evidence that support that the desired
results have occurred (culminating assessment tasks). What will teachers
accept as evidence that student understanding took place? Consider
culminating assessment tasks and a range of assessment methods
(observations, tests, projects, etc.). Design activities that will make
desired results happen (learning events). What knowledge and skills will
students need to achieve the desired results? Consider teaching methods,
sequence of lessons, and resource materials. Backward design challenges
"traditional" methods of curriculum planning. In traditional curriculum
planning, a list of content that will be taught is created and/or
selected. In backward design, the educator starts with goals, creates or
plans out assessments and finally makes lesson plans. Supporters of
backward design liken the process to using a "road map". In this case, the
destination is chosen first and then the road map is used to plan the trip
to the desired destination. In contrast, in traditional curriculum
planning there is no formal destination identified before the journey
begins. The idea in backward design is to teach toward the "end point" or
learning goals, which typically ensures that content taught remains
focused and organized. This, in turn, aims at promoting better
understanding of the content or processes to be learned for students. The
educator is able to focus on addressing what the students need to learn,
what data can be collected to show that the students have learned the
desired outcomes (or learning standards) and how to ensure the students
will learn. Although backward design is based on the same components of
the ADDIE model, backward design is a condensed version of these
components with far less flexibility.
Plain Language Writing and
Readability (writing tips)
Instructional Design Coordinator is a person who is responsible for
overseeing the implementation of instructional design techniques, usually
in an academic setting or in corporate
training.
Emergent
Design describes a theoretical framework for the
implementation of systemic change in education and
learning environments.
Instructional Theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how
to better help people learn and develop." Instructional theories focus on
how to structure material for promoting the education of human beings,
particularly youth.
Master of Science in Education with
Curriculum & Instruction Strategies.
Curriki Open
Source Curriculum.
Instructional Coaches -
Instructional Materials Development
Resources
Collaboration
Solutions for EducationEducation
Research
Mindshift -
How we will Learn
Project
for School Innovation
Academia
Who's Researching What?
NYC
Teaching Fellows
New Visions
Marc
Prensky
Teaching for Change
Core
Knowledge
Subsumption Theory
Teacher Collaboration
occurs when members of a learning community work together to increase
student learning and achievement. If our ultimate destination as educators
is student achievement, think of teacher collaboration as the journey.
Learning Styles.
Lessons - Lesson Plans
Lesson
is used to
teach skills and show students
how to use tools and
learn how to
understand subjects as a whole and also learn how to
effectively process a particular
area of knowledge in order to use the knowledge effectively. A lesson has
aims and
goals and
explains what the
lesson is reaching towards. The lesson has clear
objectives and specific
measurable outcomes, as well as the particular
skills or
knowledge
students should have acquired by its conclusion. A lesson should first
review previous knowledge of the learners
and how this will be activated
at the start of the lesson. The motivation of the
learners should also be
reviewed and the time required for each section of teaching and learning,
and the resources that are required and available. A lesson should also
cater for the different learning needs or
learning styles of the
individuals. The lesson is to be evaluated in several different ways.
Course is education imparted in
a series of lessons or meetings. A
connected series of events, actions or developments. A body of
students who are taught together. A general line of
orientation.
Curriculum.
Lesson Plan is a well-developed plan that reflects the interests and
needs of students. It incorporates best practices for the educational
field. The lesson plan correlates with the teacher's philosophy of
education, which is what the teacher feels is the purpose of educating the
students. The lesson is a teacher's detailed description of the course of
instruction or "learning trajectory" for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is
developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary
depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the
needs of the students. There may be requirements mandated by the school
system regarding the plan. A lesson plan is the teacher's guide for
running a particular lesson, and it includes the goal (what the students
are supposed to learn), how the goal will be reached (the method,
procedure) and a way of measuring how well the goal was reached (test,
worksheet, homework etc.).
Title of the lesson.
Time required to complete the lesson. List of required materials. List of
objectives, which may be behavioral objectives (what the student can do at
lesson completion) or knowledge objectives (what the student knows at
lesson completion). The set (or lead-in, or bridge-in) that focuses
students on the lesson's skills or concepts—these include showing pictures
or models, asking leading questions, or reviewing previous lessons. An
instructional component that describes the sequence of events that make up
the lesson, including the teacher's instructional input and, where
appropriate, guided practice by students to consolidate new skills and
ideas. Independent practice that allows students to extend skills or
knowledge on their own. A summary, where the teacher wraps up the
discussion and answers questions. An evaluation component, a test for
mastery of the instructed skills or concepts—such as a set of questions to
answer or a set of instructions to follow. A risk assessment where the
lesson's risks and the steps taken to minimize them are documented. An
analysis component the teacher uses to reflect on the lesson itself—such
as what worked and what needs improving. A continuity component reviews
and reflects on content from the previous lesson.
Preparation/Instruction: It pertains to preparing and motivating
children to the lesson content by linking it to the previous knowledge of
the student, by arousing curiosity of the children and by making an appeal
to their senses. This prepares the child's mind to receive new knowledge.
"To know where the pupils are and where they should try to be are the two
essentials of good teaching." Lessons may be started in the following
manner: a. Two or three interesting but relevant questions b. Showing a
picture/s, a chart or a model c. A situation Statement of Aim:
Announcement of the focus of the lesson in a clear, concise statement such
as "Today, we shall study the...".
Presentation/Development: The actual lesson commences here. This
step should involve a good deal of activity on the part of the students.
The teacher will take the aid of various devices, e.g., questions,
illustrations, explanation, expositions, demonstration and sensory aids,
etc. Information and knowledge can be given, explained, revealed or
suggested. The following principles should be kept in mind. a. Principle
of selection and division: This subject matter should be divided into
different sections. The teacher should also decide as to how much he is to
tell and how much the pupils are to find out for themselves. b. Principle
of successive sequence: The teacher should ensure that the succeeding as
well as preceding knowledge is clear to the students. c. Principle of
absorption and integration: In the end separation of the parts must be
followed by their combination to promote understanding of the whole.
Association comparison: It is always
desirable that new ideas or knowledge be associated to daily life
situations by citing suitable examples and by drawing comparisons with the
related concepts. This step is important when we are establishing
principles or generalizing definitions.
Generalizing: This concept is concerned with the systematizing of
the knowledge learned. Comparison and contrast lead to generalization. An
effort should be made to ensure that students draw the conclusions
themselves. It should result in students' own thinking, reflection and
experience.
Application: It requires a good
deal of mental activity to think and apply the principles learned to new
situations. Knowledge, when it is put to use and verified, becomes clear
and a part of the student's mental make-up.
Recapitulation: Last step of the lesson plan, the teacher tries to
ascertain whether the students have understood or grasped the subject
matter or not. This is used for assessing/evaluating the effectiveness of
the lesson by asking students questions on the contents of the lesson or
by giving short objectives to test the student's level of understanding;
for example, to label different parts on a diagram, etc.
Criteria of a Unit Plan: Needs,
capabilities, interest of the learner should be considered. Prepared on
the sound psychological knowledge of the learner. Provide a new learning
experience; systematic but flexible. Sustain the attention of the learner
til the end. Related to social and physical environment of the learner.
Development of learner's personality. It is important to note that
lesson planning is a thinking process, not the filling in of a lesson plan
template. A lesson plan is envisaged as a blue print, guide map for
action, a comprehensive chart of classroom teaching-learning activities,
an elastic but systematic approach for the teaching of concepts, skills
and attitudes. The first thing for setting a lesson plan is to create an
objective, that is, a statement of purpose for the whole lesson. An
objective statement itself should answer what students will be able to do
by the end of the lesson. The objective drives the whole lesson plan; it
is the reason the lesson plan exists. The teacher should ensure that
lesson plan goals are compatible with the developmental level of the
students. The teacher ensures as well that their student achievement
expectations are reasonable. The following guidelines were set by Canadian
Council on Learning to enhance the effectiveness of the teaching process:
At the start of teaching, provide the students with an overall picture of
the material to be presented. When presenting material, use as many visual
aids as possible and a variety of familiar examples. Organize the material
so that it is presented in a logical manner and in meaningful units. Try
to use terms and concepts that are already familiar to the students.
Maximize the similarity between the learning situation and the assessment
situation and provide adequate training practice. Give students the chance
to use their new skills immediately on their return home through
assignments. Communicate the message about the importance of the lesson,
increase their motivation level, and control sidelining behaviors by
planning rewards for students who successfully complete and integrate the
new content. To sustain learning performance, the assessments must be fair
and attainable. Motivation affects teaching outcomes independently of any
increase in cognitive ability. Learning motivation is affected by
individual characteristics like conscientiousness and by the learning
climate. Therefore, it is important to try to provide as much realistic
assignments as possible. Students learn best at their own pace and when
correct responses are immediately reinforced, perhaps with a quick “Well
done.” For many Generation Z students, the use of technology can motivate
learning. Simulations, games, virtual worlds, and online networking are
already revolutionizing how students learn and how learning experiences
are designed and delivered. Learners who are immersed in deep experiential
learning in highly visual and interactive environments become
intellectually engaged in the experience. Research shows that it is
important to create a perceived need for learning (Why should I learn, the
realistic relatable objective) in the minds of students. Then only
students can perceive the transferred "how and what to learn" part from
the educator. Also, provide ample information that will help to set the
students' expectations about the events and consequences of actions that
are likely to occur in the learning environment. For example, students
learning to become adept on differential equations may face stressful
situations, high loads of study, and a difficult environment. Studies
suggest that the negative impact of such conditions can be reduced by
letting students know ahead of time what might occur and equipping them
with skills to manage. Creating a reliable lesson plan is an important
part of classroom management. Doing so requires the ability to incorporate
effective strategies into the classroom, the students and overall
environment. There are many different types of lesson plans and ways of
creating them. Teachers can encourage critical thinking in a group setting
by creating plans that include the students participating collectively.
Visual strategies are another component tied into lesson plans that help
with classroom management. These visual strategies help a wide variety of
students to increase their learning structure and possibly their overall
comprehension of the material or what is in the lesson plan itself. These
strategies also give students with disabilities the option to learn in a
possible more efficient way. Teachers need to realize the wide range of
strategies that can be used to maintain classroom management and students.
They should find the best strategies to incorporate in their lesson
planning for their specific grade, student type, teaching style, etc. and
utilize them to their advantage. The classroom tends to flow better when
the teacher has a proper lesson planned, as it provides structure for the
students. Being able to utilize class time efficiently comes with creating
lesson plans at their core. Keeping the students engaged, attentive, and
intrigued is a must in order to have a successful classroom. Considering
each teacher has a unique teaching style, it is important to focus on the
students for each academic school year and make yourself flexible to their
needs. Lesson planning is a critical influence on classroom management.
Assignments are either in-class or take-home tasks to be completed for the
next class period. These tasks are important because they help ensure that
the instruction provides the students with a goal, the power to get there,
and the interest to be engaged in rigorous academic contexts as they
acquire content and skills necessary to be able to participate in academic
coursework. Experts cite that, in order to be effective and achieve
objectives, the development of these assignment tasks must take into
consideration the perceptions of the students because they are different
from those of the teacher's. This challenge can be addressed by providing
examples instead of abstract concepts or instructions. Another strategy
involves the development of tasks that are specifically related to the
learners' needs, interests, and age ranges. There are also experts who
cite the importance of teaching learners about assignment planning. This
is said to facilitate the students' engagement and interest in their
assignment. Some strategies include brainstorming about the assignment
process and the creation of a learning environment wherein students feel
engaged and willing to reflect on their prior learning and to discuss
specific or new topics. There are several assignment types so the
instructor must decide whether class assignments are whole-class, small
groups, workshops, independent work, peer learning, or contractual:
Whole-class—the teacher lectures to the class as a whole and has the class
collectively participate in classroom discussions. Small groups—students
work on assignments in groups of three or four. Workshops—students perform
various tasks simultaneously. Workshop activities must be tailored to the
lesson plan. Independent work—students complete assignments individually.
Peer learning—students work together, face to face, so they can learn from
one another. Contractual work—teacher and student establish an agreement
that the student must perform a certain amount of work by a deadline.
These assignment categories (e.g. peer learning, independent, small
groups) can also be used to guide the instructor’s choice of assessment
measures that can provide information about student and class
comprehension of the material. As discussed by Biggs (1999), there are
additional questions an instructor can consider when choosing which type
of assignment would provide the most benefit to students. These include:
What level of learning do the students need to attain before choosing
assignments with varying difficulty levels? What is the amount of time the
instructor wants the students to use to complete the assignment? How much
time and effort does the instructor have to provide student grading and
feedback? What is the purpose of the assignment? (e.g. to track student
learning; to provide students with time to practice concepts; to practice
incidental skills such as group process or independent research) How does
the assignment fit with the rest of the lesson plan? Does the assignment
test content knowledge or does it require application in a new context?
Does the lesson plan fit a particular framework? For example, a Common
Core Lesson Plan.
Lesson Study is a widespread professional development practice.
Working in a small group, teachers collaborate with one another, meeting
to discuss learning goals, planning an actual classroom lesson (called a
"research lesson"), observing how their ideas work in a live lessons with
students, and then reporting on the results so that other teachers can
benefit from it. Features common to all three levels are: preparation of a
detailed lesson plan, providing background research information, lesson
goals, connections to state or local learning standards, reasoning behind
the design of the lesson, and steps of the lesson along with anticipated
student responses; observation of a live lesson conducted with students
(the research lesson); and a discussion following the lesson, analyzing
its impact on students and implications for future instruction. School-,
district-, or national-level lesson study differ with respect to the
students they consider. School-based lesson study (discussed in more
detail below) aims to address a school-wide research theme. District-level
lesson study is often used for schools to share learning with other
schools. A school might have an open house, with research lessons held at
every grade, which district leaders and educators from other schools will
attend. National-level lesson study is conducted by enthusiastic
volunteers who are also very experienced, highly respected teachers. The
research lesson is done at a major conference. The objective may be to
explore new content or to present a new approach to teaching particular
content. National-level research lessons often inform changes in the
national Course of Study.
If a lesson is
vague and not capable of being applied to everyday life, or if a
lesson lacks relevance to everyday life, then the student cheating on that
test is a good thing, because they didn't waste time learning useless
knowledge. But if the lesson is valuable, then a student cheating on the
test is a bad thing. This means that the value of learning certain
knowledge must be taught first. A test is inadequate if there is no follow
up or if there is no discussion about the test. Since most students will
need to retake a test, they will at least know where they need to improve.
A student should be able to prove why their answer is right, and also
prove why they think their answer is wrong. Students should not be
learning just to pass a test, they should be learning how to pass and
succeed in life. So the test must prove understanding. And the student
must keep taking the test until understanding has been achieved. And
remember, a teacher is not here to pass you, you are here to pass
yourself. Education is your responsibility. BK101 is just a guide. But
BK101 is one of the greatest guides you will ever know. The BK101 guide
wants you to succeed, and will do everything in its power to help you
succeed. BK101 guide does not give up or quit, and neither should the
student.
Resources for Lessons
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Work Sheets
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Worksheet Generator
Busy Teacher 16,831
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Happy Child
Teach-nology
Lesson
Planet
Teach Hub
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Brain Games -
Educational Toys -
Moral of the Story -
Real Life Examples
Teaching Tools
Online
Teacher Resource
Google Classroom
Education News
Journal of Teacher Education (JTE)
Free
Teaching Aids
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International Children's Education
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Purpose of Education
Open
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Books on How to be a Great Teacher
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Learner
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Child Development
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Pedagogy
Tutoring -
Home Schooling
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21st Century
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Focus
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Education Research
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is a scholarly inquiry
into student learning which advances the practice of teaching by making
inquiry findings public.
Educational
Research refers to the
systematic
collection and
analysis
of data related to the field of education.
Research may
involve a variety of methods. Research may involve various aspects of
education including student
learning, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics.
Educational research attempts to solve a problem. Research involves
gathering new data from primary or first-hand sources or using existing
data for a new purpose. Research is based upon observable experience or
empirical evidence.
Research demands accurate observation and description. Research generally
employs carefully designed procedures and rigorous analysis. Research
emphasizes the development of generalizations, principles or theories that
will help in understanding, prediction and/or control.
Research requires
expertise—familiarity with the field; competence in methodology; technical
skill in collecting and analyzing the data. Research attempts to find an
objective,
unbiased
solution to the problem and takes great pains to
validate the
procedures employed.
Research is a deliberate and unhurried activity which is directional but
often refines the problem or questions as the research progresses.
Research is carefully
recorded and
reported to other persons interested in the problem.
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Education Reform Research
Oxford Journals (Academic and Research Journals)
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Institutes for Research
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Unpublished Academic Papers
Core
Standards
Learn Zillion
Science of
Learning Research Centre
National
Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Nat. Association
of Independent Schools
Education
Commission of the States
International Student Assessment is a 15-year-old school
pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and
reading.
Testing Flaws
Digital
Learning Now
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Promise
Instructure
Canvas
Teaching Matters
Early Education
Research
Association for
Middle Level Education
Educational Psychology is the branch of psychology concerned
with the scientific study of human learning. The study of
learning processes, from both cognitive and behavioral
perspectives, allows researchers to understand individual
differences in intelligence, cognitive development, affect,
motivation, self-regulation, and self-concept, as well as their
role in learning. The field of educational psychology relies
heavily on quantitative methods, including testing and
measurement, to enhance educational activities related to
instructional design, classroom management, assessment, which
serve to facilitate learning processes in various educational
settings across the lifespan.
National Center on
Education
National Center
for Education Info
Institute on
National Education
Higher Education Research
National Education
Assoc
National
Education Network
Public
Education
National Research & Education Network
Education Innovation Summit
Education Sciences
Timss
Books about Teaching
MAP-Works - EBI
Benchmarking
Alternative Education Resource
Education Revolution
Education Encyclopedia
Holmes Partnership
Spencer
Program
Thinking Maps
Peabody Vanderbilt Funded Projects
Jasper Research Projects
Nations Report Card
National
Assessment Governing Board
National Society
of High School Scholars
National Society
of Collegiate Scholars
National
Association of Scholars
Indian Knowledge Base
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Higher Education
Teaching and Learning
Research for Action
Digital Learning Strategies
Digital Literacy
Digital
Learning Now
Digital Learning Day
Technology is just a Tool
Bloom's
Taxonomy (wiki)
Ithaka S+R
Renaissance
Learning
Promethean World
Learning Research in the 21st Century
Center for Teaching and Learning
Design for Change
Education Reform
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Plagiarism
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Textbooks
Education
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Discovery Education
Can Teach
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Education Policies
Education Policy consists of the principles and government policies in
the educational sphere as well as the collection of laws and rules that
govern the operation of education systems. Education occurs in many forms
for many purposes through many
institutions. Examples include early
childhood education,
kindergarten through to 12th grade, two and four year
colleges or universities, graduate and professional education, adult
education and job training. Therefore, education policy can directly
affect the education people engage in at all ages. Examples of areas
subject to debate in education policy, specifically from the field of
schools, include school size, class size, school choice, school
privatization,
tracking, teacher selection, education and certification,
teacher pay,
teaching methods,
curricular content, graduation
requirements, school infrastructure investment, and the values that
schools are expected to uphold and model. Issues in education policy also
address problems within higher education. The Pell Institute analyzes the
barriers experienced by
teachers and students within community colleges
and universities. These issues involve undocumented students,
sex
education, and federal grant aides. Education policy analysis is the
scholarly study of education policy. It seeks to answer questions about
the purpose of education, the objectives (societal and personal) that it
is designed to attain, the methods for attaining them and the tools for
measuring their success or failure. Research intended to inform education
policy is carried out in a wide variety of institutions and in many
academic disciplines. Important researchers are affiliated with
departments of psychology, economics, sociology, and human development, in
addition to schools and
departments of education or public policy.
Examples of education policy analysis may be found in such academic
journals as Education Policy Analysis Archives and in university policy
centers such as the National Education Policy Center housed at the
University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder.
U.S. Department of Education
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Center on
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Education Policy
Public
Policy and Higher Education -
The Institute for
Higher Education Policy
Education Development Center -
Superintendent
Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act is a 1974
law that governs the access of educational information and records. FERPA
gives parents access to their child's education records, an opportunity to
seek to have the records amended, and some control over the disclosure of
information from the records. With several exceptions, schools must have a
student's consent prior to the disclosure of education records after that
student is 18 years old. The law applies only to educational agencies and
institutions that receive funding under a program administered by the
U.S.
Department of Education.
Education
Public Interest
Education Reform
Center for Public Education
Fordham Institute
Higher
Education
American Council
on Education
Council of Chief
State School Officers
European
School Net
Inside
Schools
Education Answers
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Independent Schools
Association of American Educators
National
Grammar School Assoc.
American
Association for Higher
Education &
Accreditation
Assoc. for the
Study of Higher Education
Higher Education Assessment
Knowledge
Management for Higher Ed
Council for
Higher Education Accreditation
International Development for Education
Association for
Institutional Research
United Federation
of Teachers
Assoc.
Elementary Principles
Middle School
Association
Nat. Assoc.
of Principals
Assoc. State
Boards of Education
National School
Boards Assoc.
American Assoc.
of State Colleges &
Universities
Assoc. Of
American Colleges
Society for
College & University Planning
American Assoc. of
Professors
Nat. Assoc. of
College Admissions
K12
Phoenix
Project
My ACPA
NASPA
New Tech High
ABC Teach
Kipp Knowledge is
Power
Education Corner
Teaching
Monster
Program Evaluation
Character
CountsSEDL
Reach
Every Child
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Center
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Bridges 4
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Education
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National Academies
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City Schools
Get
Schooled
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Committee for
Education Funding
The Class
List
High
School Gowns
Broad Prize
Americas Promise
Americas
Choice Pearson
Education
Commission
Children's Defense
Montage Education
Reggio Emilia Approach
Classical Liberal Arts
Learning Leaders Volunteering
National Community
Education Assoc.
Nat. Assoc.
of School Psychologists
Fun
Education
Reading, Writing & Literacy -
Special Education
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Child Development
Education Stages - Grade Level - Age Level
Educational Stages in
formal education in the U.S. is divided into a number of distinct
educational
stages. Most children enter
the public education system around ages five or six. Children are assigned
into year groups known as grades. The American school year traditionally
begins at the end of August or early in September, after a traditional
summer vacation or break. Children customarily advance together from one
grade to the next as a single cohort or "class" upon reaching the end of
each school year in late May or early June. Depending upon their
circumstances, children may begin school in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten
or first grade. Students normally attend 12 grades of study over 12
calendar years of primary/elementary and secondary education before
graduating and earning a diploma that makes them eligible for admission to
higher education. Education is mandatory until age 16 (18 in some states).
In the U.S., ordinal numbers (e.g., first grade) are used for identifying
grades. Typical ages and grade groupings in contemporary, public and
private schools may be found through the U.S. Department of Education.
Generally there are three stages: elementary school (K–5th grade), middle
school (6th–8th grades) and high school (9th–12th grades).
Grading Test Method.
Preschool: Ages 3-4
Pre-K: Ages 4-5
Kindergarten: Ages 5-6
1st Grade: Ages 6-7
2nd Grade: Ages 7-8
3rd Grade: Ages 8-9
4th Grade: Ages 9-10
5th Grade: Ages 10-11
6th Grade: Ages 11-12
7th Grade: Ages 12-13
8th Grade: Ages 13-14
9th Grade: Ages 14-15
10th Grade: Ages 15-16
11th Grade: Ages 16-17
12th Grade: Ages 17-18.
Educational Stage are subdivisions of
formal learning,
typically covering early childhood education, primary education, secondary
education and tertiary education.
Milestones -
Testing
Age-Based Grade Assignments Hinder Millions of Students. Traditional
age-based grade levels may be hampering the progress of millions of K-12
students in the United States and should be a
target for reform, according to a new
study co-authored by a UNC Charlotte education professor.
School Types - Education Types
School is an educational
institution. A
building where young people receive
education. The process of being
formally educated at a school. The
period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in
session. The body of faculty and students at a university. A large and
diverse institution of higher learning created to
educate for life and for
a
profession and to grant degrees.
School is an
educational institution designed to provide
learning spaces and
learning
environments for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the
direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education,
which is sometimes
compulsory.
In these systems, students progress through a
series
of schools. The names for these schools vary by country, but generally include primary
school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have
completed primary education. An institution where higher education is
taught, is commonly called a
university college or university. School can
also mean a large group of fish.
Preschool -
Early Education -
Life Readiness -
Purpose of Education -
Structure
Primary School is a school for children from about
four to eleven years old, in which they
receive primary or
elementary
education. It can refer to both the physical structure (buildings) and
the organization. Typically it comes after
preschool, and
before secondary school. The International Standard Classification of
Education considers primary education as a single phase where programmes
are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing
and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. This is
ISCED Level 1: Primary education or first stage of basic education.
Preschool (early
education).
Education History (timeline)
Secondary School is an organization that
provides secondary education
and the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide
both lower secondary education and upper secondary education (levels 2 and
3 of the ISCED scale), but these can also be provided in separate schools,
as in the American middle and high school system. Secondary schools
typically follow on from primary schools and prepare for
vocational or
tertiary education. Attendance is compulsory in most countries for
students until the age of 16. The organizations, buildings, and
terminology are more or less unique in each country.
Tertiary
education is the educational level following the completion of
secondary education.
College-Preparatory School or preparatory school,
prep school, or college prep, is a type of
secondary school. The term can refer to public, private independent or
parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for
Higher Education.
Compulsory Education refers to a period of education that is
required
of all people and is imposed by the government.
Comprehensive School is a school type, principally in the United
Kingdom. It is a school for secondary aged children that does not select
its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast
to the selective school system where admission is restricted on the basis
of selection criteria.
Selective School is a school that admits students on the basis of some
sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different
connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive
school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
State
School or
Public School are generally primary or secondary schools mandated for or
offered to all children without charge, funded in whole or in part by
taxation. are funded and overseen by government rather than by private
entities. often funded by religious institutions. testing and standards
provided by government. Direct control of education is a power reserved to
the states under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
because the Constitution does not explicitly or implicitly give the
federal government authority to regulate education. However, any public or
private school that accepts educational funding from the federal
government, including participation in collegiate federal financial aid
programs (such as Pell Grants and Stafford Loans), by accepting the funds
or participating in a particular federal program, subjects itself to
federal jurisdiction to the extent of that participation.
Remedial Education -
Assimilation
Independent School is independent in its finances and governance. Also
known as
private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state
schools, they are not administered by local, state or national
governments. They are usually not dependent upon national or local
government to finance their financial endowment. They are typically
governed by a board of governors which is elected independently of
government, and has a system of governance that ensures its independent
operation. Children who attend private schools may be there because they
are dissatisfied with public schools in their area.
Charter School is a school that receives government funding but
operates independently of the established state school system in which it
is located. There is debate on whether charter schools ought to be
described as private schools or state schools. Advocates of the charter
model state that they are public schools because they are open to all
students and do not charge tuition, while critics cite charter schools'
private operation and loose regulations regarding public accountability
and labor issues as arguments against the concept.
Magnet School are public schools with specialized courses or
curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across
the normal boundaries defined by authorities (usually school boards) as
school zones that feed into certain schools. There are magnet schools at
the elementary, middle, and high school levels. In the United States,
where education is decentralized, some magnet schools are established by
school districts and draw only from the district, while others are set up
by state governments and may draw from multiple districts.
HOPE PC - Home Organized Personalized Education
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Progressive Education
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Purpose of Education -
Right to Education
Unschooling is an informal learning method that
prioritizes
learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning. Unschoolers
learn through their
natural life experiences including play, household responsibilities,
personal interests and curiosity, internships and work experience, travel,
books, elective classes, family, mentors, and social interaction. Often
considered a lesson- and curriculum-free implementation of homeschooling,
unschooling encourages exploration of activities initiated by the children
themselves, under the belief that the more personal learning is, the more
meaningful, well-understood, and therefore useful it is to the child.
While unschooled students may occasionally take courses, unschooling
questions the usefulness of standard curricula, fixed times at which
learning should take place, conventional grading methods and standardized
tests, forced contact with children in their own age group, the compulsion
to do homework regardless of whether it helps the learner in their
individual situation, the effectiveness of listening to and obeying the
orders of one authority figure for several hours each day, and other
features of traditional schooling.
Deschooling
Society calls for the use of
advanced technology to
support "learning webs", which incorporate "
peer-matching
networks", where descriptions of a person's activities and skills are
mutually exchanged for the education that they would benefit from. create
decentralized webs that would support the goal of a truly equal
educational system: A good educational system should have three purposes:
it should
provide all who
want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their
lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want
to learn it from them; and, finally, furnish all who want to present an
issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.
Student Voice is the individual and collective perspective and actions
of students within the context of learning and education. It is identified
in schools as both a metaphorical practice and as a pragmatic concern.
Tech educator Dennis Harper noted that student voice gives students "the
ability to influence learning to include policies, programs, contexts and
principles. Student voice work is premised on the following convictions:
Young people have unique perspectives on learning, teaching, and
schooling; Their insights warrant not only the attention but also the
responses of adults; and, they should be afforded opportunities to
actively shape their education. Several typologies differentiate the
practices that identify as student voice. One identifies multiple roles
for students throughout the education system, including education
planning, research, teaching, evaluating, decision-making and advocacy.
Inclusion in education refers to
all students being able to
access and gain equal opportunities to education and learning. It
arose in the context of special education with an individualized education
program or 504 plan, and is built on the notion that it is more effective
for students with special needs to have the said mixed experience for them
to be more successful in social interactions leading to further success in
life. The philosophy behind the implementation of the inclusion model does
not prioritize, but still provides for the utilization of special
classrooms and special schools for the education of students with
disabilities. Inclusive education models are brought into force by
educational administrators with the intention of moving away from
seclusion models of special education to the fullest extent practical, the
idea being that it is to the social benefit of general education students
and special education students alike, with the more able students serving
as peer models and those less able serving as motivation for general
education students to learn empathy. a full panoply of services and
resources is required (of education for itself), including: Adequate
supports and services for the student. Well-designed individualized
education programs. Professional development for all teachers involved,
general and special educators alike. Time for teachers to plan, meet,
create, and evaluate the students together. Reduced class size based on
the severity of the student needs. Professional skill development in the
areas of cooperative learning, peer tutoring, adaptive curriculum.
Collaboration between parents or guardians, teachers or para educators,
specialists, administration, and outside agencies. Sufficient funding so
that schools will be able to develop programs for students based on
student need instead of the availability of funding. Indeed, the students
with special needs do receive funds from the federal government, by law
originally the Educational for All Handicapped Children Act of 1974 to the
present day, Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act,
which requires its use in the most integrated setting. In principle,
several factors can determine the success of inclusive classrooms:
Family-school partnerships. Collaboration between general and special
educators. Well-constructed plans that identify specific accommodations,
modifications, and goals for each student. Coordinated planning and
communication between "general" and "special needs" staff. Integrated
service delivery. Ongoing training and staff development. Leadership of
teachers and administrators.
Techniques to help
build classroom communities: Using games designed to build
community. Involving students in solving problems. Sharing songs and books
that teach community. Openly dealing with individual differences by
discussion. Assigning classroom jobs that build community. Teaching
students to look for ways to help each other. Utilizing physical therapy
equipment such as standing frames, so students who typically use
wheelchairs can stand when the other students are standing and more
actively participate in activities. Encouraging students to take the role
of teacher and deliver instruction (e.g. read a portion of a book to a
student with severe disabilities). Focusing on the strength of a student
with special needs. Create classroom checklists. Take breaks when
necessary. Create an area for children to calm down. Organize student desk
in groups. Create a self and welcoming environment. Set ground rules and
stick with them. Help establish short-term goals. Design a multi-faceted
curriculum. Communicate regularly with parents and/or caregivers. Seek
support from other special education teachers. Team-Teaching Models:
One teach, one support: In this model, the
content teacher will deliver the lesson and the special education teacher
will assist student's individual needs and enforce classroom management as
needed.
One teach, one observe: In this
model, the teacher with the most experience in the content will deliver
the lesson and the other teacher will float or observe. This model is
commonly used for data retrieval during IEP observations or Functional
Behavior Analysis.
Station teaching (rotational
teaching): In this model, the room is divided into stations in
which the students will visit with their small groups. Generally, the
content teacher will deliver the lesson in his/her group, and the special
education teacher will complete a review or an adapted version of the
lesson with the students.
Parallel teaching:
In this model, one half of the class is taught by the content teacher and
one half is taught by the special education teacher. Both groups are being
taught the same lesson, just in a smaller group.
Alternative teaching: In this method, the content teacher will
teach the lesson to the class, while the special education teacher will
teach a small group of students an alternative lesson.
Team teaching (content/support shared 50/50):
Both teachers share the planning, teaching, and supporting equally. This
is the traditional method, and often the most successful co-teaching
model.
Specialized School are secondary schools with enhanced coverage of
certain subjects that constitute the specialization of the school. They
should not be identified with vocational schools, whose goal is to deliver
skills for a particular type of job.
Specialist Schools Programme (wiki).
Micro-School is a smaller school size than traditional schools. It has
a low student to teacher ratio that focus's on individual student needs
and interests. A smaller school can focus on personalized learning and
often employ innovative teaching methods, technology, and project-based
learning experiences, but only if the curriculum is high quality and only
if the school is not
dumbed down.
Classes can be taught using a flipped classroom approach, a form of
blended learning, though not all microschools focus on technology in the
same ways.
One-room schools or little red schoolhouses where all of the students
met in a single room, is nothing new.
School Structure is more important than the
school size.
Home
Schooling -
Private Schooling
Alternative School is an educational establishment with a curriculum
and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of
philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly,
or philosophical orientations, while others are more ad hoc assemblies of
teachers and students dissatisfied with some aspect of mainstream or
traditional education. Some schools are based on pedagogical approaches
differing from that of the mainstream pedagogy employed in a culture,
while other schools are for gifted students, children with special needs,
children who have fallen off the track educationally or expelled from
their base school, children who wish to explore unstructured or less rigid
system of learning, etc. Just as long as the school is not
dumbed down.
Parochial Schools -
Religious Schools
Education in the United States is provided in public, private, and
home schools. State governments set overall educational standards, often
mandate standardized tests for K–12 public school systems and supervise,
usually through a board of regents, state colleges, and universities. The
bulk of the
$1.3 trillion in funding comes from state and local
governments, with federal funding accounting for only about $200 billion.
Private schools are generally free to determine their own curriculum and
staffing policies, with voluntary accreditation available through
independent regional accreditation authorities, although some state
regulation can apply. In 2013, about 87% of school-age children (those
below higher education) attended state funded public schools, about 10%
attended tuition- and foundation-funded private schools, and roughly 3%
were home-schooled. By state law, education is compulsory over an age
range starting between five and eight and ending somewhere between ages
sixteen and eighteen, depending on the state. This requirement can be
satisfied in public schools, state-certified private schools, or an
approved home school program. In most schools, compulsory education is
divided into three levels: elementary school, middle or junior high
school, and high school. Children are usually divided by age groups into
grades, ranging from kindergarten (5–6-year olds) and first grade for the
youngest children, up to twelfth grade (17–18 years old) as the final year
of high school. There are also a large number and wide variety of publicly
and privately administered institutions of higher education throughout the
country. Post-secondary education, divided into college, as the first
tertiary degree, and graduate school, is described in a separate section
below. Higher education includes elite private colleges like Harvard
University, Stanford University, MIT, and Caltech, large state flagship
universities, private liberal arts schools, historically-black colleges
and universities, community colleges, and for-profit colleges like the
University of Phoenix. College enrollment rates in the United States have
increased over the long term. At the same time, student loan debt has also
risen to $
1.5 trillion. According to a
report published by the U.S. News & World Report, of the top ten colleges
and universities in the world, eight are American (the other two are
Oxford and Cambridge, in the United Kingdom). The United States spends
more per student on education than any other country. In 2014, the
Pearson/Economist Intelligence Unit rated US education as 14th best in the
world. The Programme for International Student Assessment coordinated by
the OECD currently ranks the overall knowledge and skills of American
15-year-olds as 31st in the world in reading literacy, mathematics, and
science with the average American student scoring 487.7, compared with the
OECD average of 493. In 2014, the country spent 6.2 percent of its GDP on
all levels of education – 1.0 percentage points above the OECD average of
5.2 percent. In 2017, 46.4 percent of Americans aged 25 to 64 attained
some form of post-secondary education. 48 percent of Americans aged 25 to
34 attained some form of tertiary education, about 4 percent above the
OECD average of 44 percent. 35 percent of Americans aged 25 and over have
achieved a bachelor's degree or higher. The United States ranks 3rd from
the bottom among OECD nations in terms of its poverty gap, and 4th from
the bottom in terms of poverty rate. Jonathan Kozol has described these
inequalities in K–12 education in Savage Inequalities and The Shame of a
Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
SRM University, Andhra Pradesh offers undergraduate, postgraduate
courses,diploma and Ph.D programmes through its two schools, the School of
Engineering & Applied Sciences, launched in 2017, and the School of
Liberal Arts & Basic Sciences, which was launched in 2018.
Public University is a university that is in state ownership or
receives significant public funds through a national or subnational
government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national
university is considered public varies from one country (or region) to
another, largely depending on the specific education landscape.
Degrees (accreditation).
National University is generally a university created or managed by a
government, but which may at the same time operate autonomously without
direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated
with national cultural or political aspirations.
Private University are usually not operated by governments, although
many receive tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Depending on
their location, private universities may be subject to government
regulation. This is in contrast to public universities and national
universities. Many private universities are nonprofit organizations.
College Readiness
College Readiness refers to the set of skills, knowledge, and
behaviors a high school student should have upon graduation and entering
their freshmen year of college. It’s all about the ability to find success
while studying at an institute of higher learning. College Readiness is
about preparing students for college admission and helping them stay in
college once they get there.
Just
Passing an SAT or college
entrance exam does not mean you're ready for college.
Redefining-College-Readiness (PDF).
The Student Success Plan is an individualized student driven plan that
will be developed to address every student’s needs and interests to help
every student stay connected in school and to achieve postsecondary
educational and career goals.
Academic Advising is a series of intentional interactions
with a curriculum, a pedagogy, and a set of student learning outcomes.
Academic advising synthesizes and contextualizes students' educational
experiences within the frameworks of their aspirations, abilities and
lives to extend learning beyond campus boundaries and timeframes.
Early College Experience
College
Board
Completion Agenda
College
Surfing
College Transfer
Entrance Examinations
College Track
Education
Consultants
National
Association for College Admission Counseling
Great
SchoolsConcurrent
Enrollment
Study Hall
Accreditation for
College -
Degrees
World
Wide Learn
Educational Consulting
Appreciative Advising is a social-constructivist advising
philosophy that provides a framework for optimizing advisor interactions
with students in both individual and group settings.
Professional Development is learning to earn or maintain
professional credentials such as
academic degrees to formal coursework,
conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It
has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating
an evaluative stage. There are a variety of approaches to professional
development, including consultation, coaching, communities of practice,
lesson study, mentoring, reflective supervision and technical assistance.
Education
Portal -
Top
Education Guide
Education Options -
Adventure Jobs -
Adventure Schools -
Vocations -
Unique Employment Opportunities -
Green Jobs -
Job Searching Tools -
Social Involvement -
Public Service Jobs Ideas -
Volunteering -
Online Education Providers -
Education Sayings & Quotes.
Master Craftsman
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Training Definitions
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Inspiration 101
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Teaching Resources.
"Don't just learn the tricks of the trade, learn the trade."
School Counselor Responsibilities
School Counselor is a
counselor and an educator who works in
elementary, middle, and/or high schools to provide academic, career,
college readiness, and personal/social competencies to all K-12 students
through a
school counseling program.
School Social Worker provides counseling services to
children and adolescents in schools.
Consultant is a professional who provides expert
advice in a particular area.
Counseling Psychology
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Counseling
Categories (wiki)
Licensed -
Accredited -
Professional Advisor -
On
the Job Training -
Careers
School Counseling professionals provide direct and indirect
services
to students. They also
develop and implement comprehensive
counseling programs that focus on student
outcomes. Through direct student services, school counseling programs and
their counselors provide: Core School Counseling Curriculum. Lessons that
are designed to help students achieve competencies, knowledge, attitudes,
and skills appropriate to their level of development. Individual Student
Planning. Activities designed to assist students in establishing
goals and
developing their future plans. Responsive Services. Meeting the immediate
needs and concerns of students in both individual and small-group settings
or crisis counseling.
Indirect services for
students involve any activity that is completed on behalf of students.
These include referrals, consultation, and collaboration with stakeholders
such as administrators, teachers,
parents, and community organizations.
School counseling professionals are also involved in student
evaluation of
abilities, the identification of issues that impact school participation,
and prepare and present workshops on certain topics such as bullying and
drug abuse. Elementary school counselors take a collaborative approach to
helping students. They work closely with
teachers, administrators and
parents to make sure every young student is being taught at the right
level, students who may be struggling are getting the appropriate support
and referrals, and the top students are being adequately challenged. They
also watch for warning signs when a student may have a learning
disability, an underlying emotional or behavioral concern, or having
problems at home that affect their learning. In middle schools, school
counseling
professionals provide
guidance where it is sorely needed, among
a population that is experiencing physical, mental, emotional and social
growing pains. From the transition from childhood to adolescence, middle
school students typically explore and expand their interests, begin to
connect their learning in school to real world experiences, engage in high
levels of activity, develop their own identity, and seek opinions from
peers for comfort, understanding, and approval. A
middle school counseling office is rarely empty as all manner of
issues arise daily, from physical and social conflicts, to academic
struggles and emotional issues.
The American
School Counselor Association or ASCA describes the work of high school
counseling offices as providing support, guidance, and opportunities to
adolescents who are seeking to define their independence, transition into
adulthood, and evaluate and further develop their skills. High school
counselors provide academic and career planning activities, address
personal and social development concerns, and prepare and present
workshops on a variety of topics. Crisis counseling and management is
prevalent to the high school counseling role as adolescents are challenged
with the pressures of alcohol, sex, drug abuse, relationships, and
multiple stressors.
Guide is a person who
leads others to more abstract
goals such as
knowledge or wisdom. The term can also be applied to a person who leads
travelers or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations.
Mentor.
National Association
for College Admission Counseling and the
American School
Counselor Association compiled this report to provide a glimpse at the
10-year trends in student-to-counselor ratios from 2004-05 to 2014-15, the
latest school years for which data is available. Both NACAC and ASCA
advocate for more state and federal funding to hire, train, and equip
school counselors in public schools. Our intention in producing this data
is to shed light on the often unmanageable caseloads public school
counselors must serve. Research shows that access to a school counselor
can make a significant difference in student persistence/retention,
students’ postsecondary aspirations, and students’ likelihood of enrolling
in postsecondary education. To realize such results, school counselors
must operate in an environment free of overwhelmingly large student
caseloads. In addition to a high national student-to-counselor ratio
(482:1), the federal government must take into account widely varying
ratios among the states. Inequitable access to school counselors across
the states suggests a federal role in equipping all students, regardless
of their state of residence, with the resources they need to succeed.
More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
Occupational Therapist works with a client to help them
achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of
purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional
outcomes which promote health,
prevent injury or
disability and which
develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of
independence.
Occupational Therapy is an assessment and treatment to develop,
recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a
physical, mental, or
cognitive disorder. Occupational therapists also
focus much of their work on identifying and eliminating environmental
barriers to independence and participation in daily activities.
Occupational therapy is a client-centered practice that places emphasis on
the progress towards the client's goals. Occupational therapy
interventions focus on
adapting the environment, modifying the task,
teaching the skill, and educating the client/family in order to increase
participation in and performance of
daily activities, particularly those
that are meaningful to the client. Occupational therapists often work
closely with professionals in physical therapy, speech therapy, nursing, social work, and the community.
Career Path Testing
Career Aptitude Test is a
type of
questionnaire
designed to
assess your interests, values, and preferences that you may
have when deciding on a possible career choice. It could also provide some
information about what
motivates you and
interests
you, which could help you decide possible
education choices and the
types of
special
training that you will need to reach you goal. Once you decide on a
possible career choice, then you should do some
research and do an
investigation into
that type of work, and also talk to people in that field of work so that
you can get a better understanding of the type of work that you may be
doing, and the possible locations where this
type of work will be needed.
Remember, you will most likely have many careers to choose from. So don't
choose until you have looked around and seen all the different types of
work that are available. You should also look into the types of work that
will have the greatest benefit to yourself, and to the world.
Career Path Testing
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Career Aptitude Test -
Career Testing -
Test Q -
Central
Test -
Worker Qualities
Career
is the particular occupation for which you are trained for and
the general
progression of your working or professional life. A career can
also be seen as an individual's journey through
learning, work and other
aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a career and the
term is used in a variety of ways.
Changing Careers.
Jobs that Make a Difference -
Essential Workers -
Professions -
Maker Spaces
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Collorative Learning -
Cooperative Education
Occupation is the main activity or
work
that you do to earn
money.
A
responsibility.
Occupations (wiki) -
Occupations by Type (wiki)
One T Online
has detailed descriptions of the world of
work for use by
job seekers,
workforce. Browse groups of similar occupations to explore careers.
Occupations in Music (wiki)
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Music Performance
(wiki)
Arts Occupations (wiki) -
Education (wiki) -
Human Activities (wiki)
Unveiling a new map that reveals the hidden personalities of jobs.
understanding the hidden
personality dimensions
of different roles could be the key to matching a person and their ideal
occupation. The research used a variety of advanced artificial
intelligence, machine learning and data analytics approaches to create a
data-driven 'vocation compass' — a recommendation system that finds the
career that is a good fit with our personality. Even when the system was
wrong it was not too far off, pointing to professions with very similar skill sets.
Career and
Technical Education is the practice of teaching specific career skills
to students in middle school, high school, and post-secondary
institutions. CTE is split into 16 career clusters that apply to different
high-demand careers.
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over
the Lifecycle (PDF)
What Is Career and Technical Education?
Male Gender Bias deters men from some career paths. Jobs in early
education and other fields impacted, study finds. Men are less likely to
seek careers in early education and some other fields traditionally
associated with women because of male gender bias in those fields. While
female gender bias in science, technology, engineering and math fields has
received much public attention, male gender bias in health care, early
education and domestic fields careers has been largely ignored, even
though it also has negative impacts.
Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national
education association in the United States dedicated to the advancement of
education that prepares for careers. The ACTE is committed to enhancing
the job performance and satisfaction of its members; to increasing public
awareness and appreciation for career and technical education (CTE); and
to assuring growth in local, state and federal funding for these programs
by communicating and working with legislators and government leaders.
Changing Careers - Changing Majors
People can change their careers between three
and seven times in their lifetime: Changing your
career path tips -
Take a personal inventory. Assess Yourself. Evaluate your current job
satisfaction. Decide if you want to change industries. Brainstorm
careers.
Research potential job matches. Make a List of Occupations to Explore.
Make an action plan. Explore the Occupations on Your List. Continue
Narrowing Down Your List. Conduct Informational Interviews. Set Your
Goals. Write a Career Action Plan. Rebrand yourself. Use your network.
Consider educational resources and develop new skills.
Jobs that Make a Difference.
It's okay to change jobs frequently. The
good thing about changing jobs frequently is it gives you a chance to
build your professional credentials, get more skills and make more money.
The problem is that you risk creating a work history that doesn't reflect
an ability to make a commitment to a single company.
Goals -
Fantasies -
Quiet Qutting
Changing Majors: Many students switch their
majors during their college years. 80% of college students will change
their majors at least once. You don't have to feel stuck with your first
choice if your career goals evolve. However, when it comes to changing
college majors, it is wise to exercise caution.
You need to have people have the option
to change their careers when the needs of the society changes.
And in order to do this effectively everyone must have access to
information, knowledge and training, so that people can acquire
the necessary skills in order for them to work a new job that
is needed by society. This way people will always have work and
people will always have the ability to work a new and different
job when needed. And then society will always have the workforce
that's needed, thus people will be able to solve any problem
they're faced with, and make as many improvements to services and tools that they need.
You don't want to influence
people, or tell people what kind of work they should do, or what
career they should pursue. You want to show people the facts.
And show them how these facts were collected, show them the
importance of these facts, and show them how they can verify
these facts for themselves, while at the same time, also explain to
them that there are things that are still not known to us, so
that they are fully aware that as more information is learned
they may have to make corrections to how this information is
being used at the present time. If you provide this information
and knowledge to people, people will always do what's right and
always do what's needed. Yes,
people will still make mistakes,
but if people are completely educated they will be able to understand
these mistakes and correct them accordingly. Highly Educated people are
better prepared to learn from their mistakes instead of just continually
suffering from their mistakes, as ignorant people often do.
Quality Control (management)
"
It's not just what you do for work,
but just as important, it's what you do in your life. You can
work many hours and be very productive, but if your style of
living is filled with waste and abuse then that negates all the
hard work you've done, and
you will most likely not be a benefit to society at all, so
don't waste your potential."
“If he’d believed at any
point along this journey that he had to follow a straight path in his
career, he never would have found his true calling.” – Ken Robinson
“Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress.
There have been many ups and downs, and it is the choices that I made at
each of those times that have helped shape what I have achieved.” – Satya
Nadella
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but
significance, and then even the small steps and little victories along
your path will take on greater meaning.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Jobs fill
your pockets, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn
Vagrant is continually
changing, especially changing from one abode or occupation to another.
A wanderer who has
no established residence or visible means of support.
Extrovert -
Polymath -
Wanderer is someone travelling about
without any clear destination or having no fixed course. To go via an
indirect route or at no set pace.
Having no fixed
home; changing location regularly as required for work or food.
Searching.
"Figuring out what you want to do with your life is not easy.
There's a lot to learn, there's a lot to know, and there's a lot
of questions to ask. But what ever you plan to do with your
life, you better do it before you die."
You need to understand that your
parents don't know everything, so
that means that 99% of the world doesn't know everything. And
it's not their fault. We have not yet improved education
adequately enough in order to fully educate people. So everyone
is undereducated. So that is one of the main problems that we
need to correct. When we do, we will solve all other problems.
It will not happen over night, or will it be without
difficulties. But it will be one of the single most important
advances that humans has ever made.
Examine the world and see where
the major problems are, see if any
of those problems connect with you, meaning, does your knowledge
and experiences help you to understand this particular problem.
Do you feel like you can learn how to help solve this particular
problem? And if you do, then you would need to learn the
necessary steps to take, like, what education you would need?
And what type of training you would need in order to provide a
Needed Service, or needed product, that would
Help solve this problem and also improve peoples lives,
Sustainably?
When we
work together we can accomplish some amazing things.
Skills - Aptitude
Aptitude is a component of a
competency to do a
certain kind of work at a certain level. Outstanding aptitude can be
considered "
talent". Aptitudes
may be physical or
mental.
Efficacy is the ability to get a job done
effectively and
efficiently.
Skills (abilities) -
IQ Testing -
College Entry ExamSkills Gap is
defined as the disconnect between the skills employers look for when
recruiting potential employees and the number of job-seekers with those
skills.
Knowledge Gap.
Learning Abilities -
Teaching Adults
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Retraining
Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test is a pre-employment
aptitude
test that measures an individual's aptitude, or ability to solve
problems, digest and apply information, learn new skills, and think
critically. Individuals with high aptitude are more likely to be quick
learners and high performers than are individuals with low aptitude.
The CCAT consists of 50 items; very few people finish all 50 items in
the 15 minute time limit.
Worker Qualities
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Employee Ethics
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Psychological
Measurement
Skill Scan
Engaging Assessments for Career Development.
Accreditation -
Degree -
Prison Education
Transferable Skills Analysis is a set of
tests or
logic to determine what positions a person may fill if their previous
position(s) no longer exists in the local job market, or they can no
longer perform their last position(s) (e.g., because of an injury). An
informal transferable skills analysis can be performed with the help of a
career counselor, career portfolio or a career planning article or book.
Transferable skills are determined by
analyzing past accomplishments or
experience. For instance, a stay-at-home parent and homemaker might find
they have skills in budgeting, child development, food services, property
management, and so on.
American Job Center Network -
U.S. Department of
Labor
Engineering -
Construction
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. The ASVAB currently
contains 9 sections (except the written test, which contains 8 sections).
The duration of each test varies from as low as ten minutes up to 36
minutes for Arithmetic Reasoning; the entire ASVAB is three hours long.
The test is typically administered in a computerized format at Military
Entrance Processing Stations, known as MEPS, or at a satellite location
called a Military Entrance Test (MET) site. The ASVAB is administered by
computer at the MEPS, while a written version is given at most MET sites.
Testing procedures vary depending on the mode of administration.
Computerized test format: General Science
(GS) – 15 questions in 8 minutes. Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) – 15 questions
in 39 minutes. Word Knowledge (WK) – 15 questions in 8 minutes. Paragraph
Comprehension (PC) – 10 questions in 22 minutes. Mathematics Knowledge
(MK) – 15 questions in 20 minutes. Electronics Information (EI) – 15
questions in 8 minutes. Automotive and Shop Information (AS) – 10
questions in 7 minutes. Mechanical Comprehension (MC) – 15 questions in 20
minutes. Assembling Objects (AO) – 15 questions in 40 minutes. Verbal
Expression (VE)= (WK)+(PC).
Written test
format: General Science (GS) – 45 questions in 20 minutes.
Arithmetic Reasoning (AR) – 30 questions in 36 minutes. Word Knowledge
(WK) – 35 questions in 11 minutes. Paragraph Comprehension (PC) – 15
questions in 13 minutes. Mathematics Knowledge (MK) – 25 questions in 24
minutes. Electronics Information (EI) – 20 questions in 9 minutes.
Automotive and Shop Information (AS) – 25 questions in 11 minutes.
Mechanical Comprehension (MC) – 25 questions in 19 minutes. Assembling
Objects (AO) – 25 questions in 15 minutes. Verbal Expression (VE)=
(WK)+(PC). Navy applicants also complete a Coding Speed (CS) test.
Previous: "Numerical Operations" (NO).
"Space Perception" (SP). "Tool Knowledge" (TK). "General Information"
(GI). "Attention to Detail" (AD). "Coding Speed" (CS).
On the Job Training - Work Experience
Internship
is a
job training program to gain
work
experience for
a skilled labor job, as well as for white collar and
professional careers.
Residency.
Apprenticeship
is a system of
training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or
profession with
on-the-job training and often some accompanying study
in
classroom work and reading. Apprenticeship also enables practitioners to
gain a license to practice in a regulated profession.
Learn while you Earn -
Real Life Examples -
Virtual Reality
Training -
Experience Learning
Journeyman is a
skilled worker who has successfully
completed an official apprenticeship qualification in a building trade or
craft. They are considered competent and authorized to work in that field
as a fully qualified employee. A journeyman earns their
license through
education,
supervised experience, and
examination.
Work Experience
is any
experience
that a person gains while
working
in a specific field or occupation, but the expression is widely used to
describe a type of volunteer work that is commonly intended for young
people — often students — to get a feel for professional working
environments.
Work Experience Education is
a work-based learning course of study that offers internships and
employment combined with instruction in critical workplace skills.
Development of "non-cognitive" skills (soft skills) play an important part
in college and career success.
Put it into Practice.
Trainee
is an individual taking part in a
trainee program
within an organization after having graduated from higher and technical
courses. A trainee is an official employee of the firm that is being
trained to the job they were originally hired for. Literally, a trainee is
an employee in training.
Professions
(accreditation)
Guild is an association of
artisans and merchants
who oversee the practice of their craft or trade in a particular area. The
earliest types of guild formed as confraternities of tradesmen, normally
operating in a single city and covering a single trade. They were
organized in a manner something between a professional association, a
trade union, a cartel, and a secret society.
Inter-Professional Education refers
to occasions when students from two or more professions in health and
social care learn together during all or part of their professional
training with the object of
cultivating collaborative practice for
providing client- or patient-centered health care.
Vocational Education is education that prepares people to
work in a trade, a craft, as a technician, or in support roles in
professions such as engineering, accountancy, nursing, medicine,
architecture, or law. Craft vocations are usually based on manual or
practical activities and are traditionally non-academic but related to a
specific trade or occupation. Vocational education is sometimes referred
to as career education or technical education.
Trade School is a post-secondary educational institution
designed to provide vocational education, or technical skills required to
perform the tasks of a particular and specific job. Vocational schools are
traditionally distinguished from four-year colleges by their focus on
job-specific training to students who are typically bound for one of the
skilled trades, rather than providing academic training for students
pursuing careers in a
professional discipline.
Skilled Labor
-
Trades
-
Professions
Vocational Information Center -
Vocational School Database -
Vocational Schools
P Tech NYC -
Ct Tech
Dual Education System combines apprenticeships in a company
and vocational education at a
vocational school in one course.
Job Shadow is a popular
on-the-job learning, career
development, and
leadership development intervention. Essentially, job
shadowing involves working with another employee who might have a
different job in hand, might have something to teach, or can help the
person shadowing him or her to learn new aspects related to the job,
organization, certain behaviors or competencies. Organizations have been
using this as a very effective tool for learning.
Experience Learning -
Training
Cooperative Education is a structured method of combining
classroom-based education with practical work experience. A cooperative
education experience, commonly known as a "co-op", provides academic
credit for structured job experience. Cooperative education is taking on
new importance in helping young people to make the school-to-work
transition.
Situated
Learning is how individuals acquire professional skills,
extending research on apprenticeship into how legitimate peripheral
participation leads to membership in a community of practice. Situated
learning "takes as its focus the relationship between learning and the
social situation in which it occurs"
Higher Education Improvements
Training and Development is a function concerned with
organizational activity aimed at bettering the job performance of
individuals and groups in organizational settings. Training and
development can be described[by whom?] as "an educational process which
involves the sharpening of skills, concepts, changing of attitude and
gaining more knowledge to enhance the performance of employees.
Employment
Training Programs
Entrepreneurship
Programs -
Innovation
Industry City Innovation Lab trains a quality workforce of local
community residents, and integrates them into surrounding businesses. We
have a social responsibility, and we’re giving you the opportunity to get
onboard.
Hackerspace.
Competency-Based Learning is an approach to teaching and
learning more often used in learning concrete skills than abstract
learning. It differs from other non-related approaches in that the unit of
learning is extremely fine grained. Rather than a course or a module every
individual skill/learning outcome, known as a competency, is one single
unit. Learners work on one competency at a time, which is likely a small
component of a larger learning goal. The student is evaluated on the
individual competency, and only once they have mastered it do they move on
to others. After that, higher or more complex
competencies are
learned to a degree of mastery and isolated from other topics. Another
common component of Competency-based learning is the ability to skip
learning modules entirely if the learner can demonstrate they already have
mastery. That can be done either through prior learning assessment or
formative testing.
Slide Show.
Competency Based Education -
Learning Methods
Job
Readiness Training -
Jobs Program
Glass Ceiling represents an invisible barrier that keeps a
given demographic (typically applied to
women) from rising beyond a
certain level in a
hierarchy.
Professional Development is learning to earn or maintain
professional credentials such as
academic degrees to formal coursework,
conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It
has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating
an evaluative stage.
Personal Development.
Resources for Professional Development:
Professional Development
The
Makers Coalition
Standards for
Training
Performance Instruction
American Society for Training and Development
My Skills My Future
Career
Explorer
Read about
your Career Options
Careers in Government
Workforce Investment Act
Internet
Guru Guide
Work Certified Program
Work Certification
Work
Certified Testing
Military to Civilian Skills
Certification Program
Service Learning with Disadvantaged Youth.
Resources for different Occupations:
Changing Course
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Fastest Growing Occupations
Career Wise
Career one Stop
Quintessential Careers
Career Education Network
Online O
Net Center
O Net
Center
Career Path Services
Career Descriptions
Public Service Careers
Career Planner
Beyond Career
Know How
2 Go
Teacher
Teacher by 38 Special (youtube) - Just when I thought I finally
learned my lesson well, There was more to this than meets the eye, And
for all the things you taught me, only time will tell. If I'll be able
to survive, oh yeah. Teacher, teacher can you teach me? Can you tell
me all I need to know? Teacher, teacher can you reach me? Or will I
fall when you let me go? Oh, no. Am I ready for the real world? Will I
pass the test? You know it's a jungle out there, Ain't nothin' gonna
stop me, I won't be second best, But the joke's on those who believe the
system's fair, oh yeah. Teacher, teacher can you teach me? Can you
tell me if I'm right or wrong? Teacher, teacher can you reach me? I
wanna know what's goin' on, oh yeah. So the years go on and on but
nothing's lost or won. What you learn is soon forgotten, They take the
best years of your life, Try to tell you wrong from right, But you
walk away with nothing, oh oh. Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you tell me all I need to know? Teacher, teacher can you reach me?
Or will I fall when you let me go? Teacher, teacher can you teach me?
Can you tell me if I'm right or wrong? Teacher, teacher can you reach
me? I wanna know what's goin' on, oh. Teacher, teacher, can you
teach me? Teacher, teacher, can you reach me? Teacher, teacher, can
you teach me? Teacher, teacher, oh yeah. Teacher, teacher,
Teacher, teacher.