Teaching Professions Exam Review – Flashcards
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Student Variability
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Differences among students in regard to their developmental needs, interests, abilities, and disabilities.
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Student Diversity
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Differences among students in regard to gender, race, ethnicity, culture, and socioeconomic status.
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Teach for America
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A program that enables recent college graduates without a teaching certificate to teach in districts with critical shortages of teachers and, after taking professional development courses and after supervision by state and school authorities, earn a teaching certificate.
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Tenure
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An employment policy in which teachers, after serving a probationary period , retain their position indefinitely and can be dismissed only on legally defensible grounds.
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High Stakes Tests
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Achievement tests that have high-stakes consequences for students, teachers, and administrators- for example, a test that determines if a student is eligible to graduate or whether educators receive merit pay increases.
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No Child Left Behind Act
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A federal law that mandates statewide testing in reading and mathematics each year in grades 3-8 and holds schools accountable for students' performance on state proficiency tests.
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Adequate Yearly Progress
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A provision of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requiring that schools provide evidence each year that students are making "adequate yearly progress."
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A Nation of Risk
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A 1983 national report critical of U.S. education
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Teacher Supply and Demand
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The number of school-age students compared to the number of available teachers; many also be projected on the basis of estimated numbers of students and teachers.
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Highly Qualified Teachers
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Teachers who have the following qualifications as contained in No Child Left Behind legislation: bachelor's degree, full state certification, and knowledge of the subject(s) they teach.
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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A board established in 1987 that began issuing professional certificates in 1994-95 to teachers who possess extensive professional knowledge and the ability to perform at a high level.
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Teaching Certificate
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A license to teach issued by a state or, in a few cases, a large city.
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Praxis I Series
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A battery of tests available to states for the initial certification of teachers. Consists of assessments in three areas: academic skills, knowledge of subject, and classroom performance.
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National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification's (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement
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A reciprocity agreement among approximately 47 states and the District of Columbia whereby a teaching certificate obtained in one state will be honored in another; developed by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification.
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Alternative Certification
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A provision allowing people who have completed college but not a teacher education program to become certified teachers.
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Early Childhood
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Educational programs from birth to age 8, also termed as pre-K education.
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Middle Childhood
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From grades 4-9. Teachers teach two subjects.
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Adolescent Young Adult
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Grades 7-12. Teachers teach one subject.
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Multi-Age
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Grades K-12 and teachers specialize in the extra subjects like gym, art, music, etc.
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Charter Schools
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Independent schools, often founded by teachers, that are given a charter to operate by a school district, state, or national government, with the provision that students must demonstrate mastery of predetermined outcomes.
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Alternative School
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A small, highly individualized school separate from a regular school; designed to meet the needs of students at risk.
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Magnet School
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A school offering a curriculum that focuses on a specific area such as the performing art, mathematics, science, international studies, or technology. Magnet schools, which often draw from a larger attendance area than regular schools, are frequently developed to promote voluntary desegregation.
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English Language Learner
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Students whose first language is not English.
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Various Reasons People Should Become Teachers
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Desire to work with children and young people, value of education in society, interest in subject matter, influence of teacher, long summer vacations, influence of family, never consider anything else, job security, opportunity for a lifetime of growth.
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Difference Between Student Variability and Student Diversity
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Variability is their knowledge and development in learning. Diversity is where they come from and their genes.
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The Three Passions of Teaching
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Subject, teaching life, and teaching-learning process
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Teachers Salaries
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Salaries are raising as the years go on. And they can be increased by extra duties.
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Benefits of Teaching
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Working hours, flexible schedule, can do work at home, vacations, holidays, long summers.
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Job Security
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is the probability that an individual will keep his or her job; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of becoming unemployed.
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Job Outlook
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is a careers and labour market research information site to help you decide on your future career. Use the search options below to find a wealth of information covering around 350 individual occupations.
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Long Working Hours
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Come to school early and leave late and also have to work at home.
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Job Stress
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Additional hours for lesson plans, spend 50 plus hours per week, high stakes tests, preparing students for OGT's, OAA's, and end of course exams.
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High-Stakes Test
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Huge emphasis on teachers with the high stakes test.
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No Child Left Behind
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In 2002 President Bush signed this legislation. Requires schools to test in reading and math each year for grades 3-8.
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The Public Trust
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Parents and the public trust that teachers will give their child or the young resents in the community a great education.
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Teacher Competency and Effectiveness
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Be proficient in use of instructional strategies curriculum materials, use of technology, and classroom management.
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Teacher Accountability
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Teachers have to be mindful of social ethics- their public duties and obligations embodied in the practice of teaching. You will be expected to create a safe and effective learning environment for your students, and you will be accountable for equalizing educational opportunity and maintaining high professional standards.
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Teacher Supply and Demand
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Even during times of teacher surplus, talented, qualified teachers are able to find jobs. Teaching is one of the largest professions in the United States.
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Demand for Teachers of Color
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In the United States, we need more teachers of color to even out the amount of students of color in the classrooms.
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Demand for Teachers with Disabilities
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Research indicates that people with disabilities can be effective teachers. They also can be inspirational to students without disabilities.
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Demand for Teachers with Geographic Region and Specialty Area
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Public elementary and secondary school enrollments and projected to rise by more than 4 percent between 2001 and 2013, and growth will vary widely across the nation.
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Highly Qualified Teachers
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Teachers who have the following qualifications as contained in No Child Left Behind legislation: bachelor's degree, full state certification, and knowledge of the subject(s) they teach.
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Teaching Certificate
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A license to teach issued by a state or, in a few cases, a large city.
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Praxis Series
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A battery of tests available to states for the initial certification of teachers. Consists of assessments in three areas: academic skills, knowledge of subject, and classroom performance.
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State Licensure and Certification Requirements
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For a person to receive a license to teach, all states require a successful completion of an approved teacher education program that culminates with at least a bachelor's degree. To be approved, programs must pass a review by the State Department of education approximately every five years.
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National Association of State directors of teacher education and certification (NASDTEC) Interstate agreement
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In addition to improve at the state level, most of the nearly 1,300 programs in the nation have region accreditation, and more than 600 voluntarily seek accreditation by this.
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EdTPA
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Portfolio assessment that test your ability to apply teaching knowledge to Ohio Educator Standards.
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Schools and Grade - Level Designations (Ohio licensure breakdown only)
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Teachers in the US schools teach students who are approximately three through 17 years of age and attend from pre-kindergarten through high school levels. A common arrangement is elementary schools that include prekindergarten or kindergarten through fifth grade levels middle schools that include six through eighth grade levels and high schools that include ninth through 12th grade levels
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Teaches a nontraditional school settings
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In addition to teachers who work in pre-K elementary, middle, and high school programs, some teachers teach a nontraditional school setting such as private schools, charter schools, alternative schools, and magnet schools.
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Teachers in specialized areas
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Some teachers, regardless of level, teaching specialized areas such as art, vocational education, music, or physical education. Others teach in areas differentiated according to the learning needs of students in various groups, for example, special-education teachers who specialize in teaching the students with disabilities and/or special needs. Other teachers specialize
