Running head: COMPARING TEACHER STANDARDS Comparing Teacher Standards Jennifer A. Young Grand Canyon University SPE- 529N Special Education Foundations and Frameworks 03/21/11 Comparing Teacher Standards | State Specific Standards & NCLB | NBPTS | CEC | INTASC | Teacher Qualifications | CONTENT KNOWLEDGE & SKILL-Teachers have in-depth understanding of the content they plan to teach.-Teachers provide multiple explanations and instructional strategies.-Teachers are leaders and mentors in schools and communities.-Teachers reflect on their practice and make necessary adjustments to enhance student learning.Qualified Educators-Teachers have earned different levels of degrees in education and have had experience in a classroom …show more content…
This will also promote a student to work independently.Different ways of Learning-Teachers will provide more than one way for each child to learn appropriately.-Teacher will recognize that each student is different and come from a different background in life, so several outlooks on certain subjects will be used. | Individual Learning -Teachers understand each student has a unique learning style and require uniqueness in being taught.-Teachers will need to be resourceful and try different ways to teach.-Teachers will seek student’s background and use those resources to best reach that student’s teach ability level.-By delving into a student’s background, the teachers can provide each student with a meaningful and challenging learning environment.Learning Environment & Social Skills-Teachers will produce actively engaged students through fostering environments in which diversity is valued and individuals live harmoniously and productively in a culturally diverse society.-Teachers “shape environments to encourage the independence, self-motivation, self-direction, personal empowerment, and
I believe the fundamental goal of teaching is to foster, support and respect a safe learning environment for all students. In addition, to be passionate and commitment to give high equality education by providing an equal opportunity. Furthermore, my goal for students to explore, express themselves using effective communication and provide an open ear to listen to every in relationship and partnership in connection with each ELL/Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students to be successful Academic Achievement in learning. I believe learning takes place in many different learning styles, contexts, within a multicultural setting using different age appropriate activities, clues, learning strategies, and updated research through technology
Individualized instruction will not only benefit the student that it will also benefit the teacher because, "Teachers will acquire new skills; they will learn to diagnose, to help students learn how to learn, to take the student where he is and to teach him" (Steiner, F., 1971, p. 372).
Experts believe that each student is different. Students have different learning styles and they prefer various learning techniques for various subjects. Experts believe that individual work would help students to improve themselves on an individual level through the individual interactions with their teachers. I agree with this idea, as I believe that individual interactions with students are extremely important for students as well as teachers to exactly identify the learning requirements of the students.
As a future teacher, I will spend hours planning and executing lessons, but when some lessons did not go well, I may wonder, “What happened and why? Also, this experience taught myself to be proactive. Teaching uses specific strategies for students such as re-reading the problems or supplying students with additional materials. So, I’m designing an environment that influences all areas of their development.
An article states, “Developing an in depth understanding of each learner enables teachers to create a psychologically safe environment for every learner, determine each student’s readiness for learning, identify multiple access points to the curriculum to increase engagement and success, and develop and demonstrate greater emotional intelligence in the classroom” (Kusuma- Powell & Powell 2011). Teachers can build relationships and trust from students by creating an environment where students are comfortable and feel like they can be themselves. When the relationship and trust has been established students will open up and express their thoughts and teachers will be able to learn the readiness level of students. Students tend to engage more when they feel comfortable and trust that the teacher is there to encourage and motivate
Students all come from a different home life, so the teacher must be able to respect them and their guardians. Chapter 4 is all about student diversity and how culture impacts teaching and learning. Teachers must take into consideration of their student’s economic status, ethnicity, race, language and gender because there may be differences between them, and how well they learn, based on chapter 4. Students behavior may also differ and that could cause a lack or increase on certain skills like assignments and tests. Chapter 10 was about motivating students to learn, and how to teach different types of students. Teachers will have students who want to to do good and some that do not care as much about their grade. Tests are a great way to keep students on track and to see how well they are doing. A teacher must put a lot of thought into their students and how they will approach the classroom. Most importantly the teacher must stay unbiased and respect all of their
This solution is given by Freire to reform how education is currently. This method describes that teachers will be the students at times and the students will be the teachers at other times. In other words, the relationship switches and both sides benefit. The learning comes from real world situations and not just weird made up stories that school books give us. I want to be involved with others and learn with them so I can share what I know whenever I am having a conversation. I might not like every subject as much as others, but it’s important to know about it so you can talk with the people who do like that subject a lot. Also, the teacher isn’t just filling information into the student so the student can pass the class, learning nothing, and move on in life. The purpose of school is supposed to be increasing our knowledge of things that we will apply in our daily life, not just memorization. I want to do independent studies more often, in all classes, so I can become more engaged. I am definitely more of a visual learner too. For example, if I was doing a lab in chemistry and we were showing something about atoms, we could use beads that represent atoms even if we can’t handle the real thing. I don’t want to spend the rest of my student life dreading class because I will have to memorize pointless subjects. The future for great schools lies in inquiry rather than simply retaining for a
“When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in your struggle to do what's right and ethical. In fact, sometimes even you won't be on your side. You'll wrestle with inner conflict, torn between what you should do and what you want to do. You'll also aggravate other people. Seems when you walk the straight and narrow you always step on someone's toes. Don't count on the ethics of excellence to make you popular.”
This will encourage the students to think independently about what they learned previously in the lesson.
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Effective education systems should provide school leaders and teachers with the opportunity and authority to take action, information to act wisely, and support to enable them to implement changes. An effective classroom environment incorporates such aspects as safety, inclusion, and engagement of the student in performing the tasks of education (LaCour, McGlawn & Dees, 2016). The safety of a child implies that the child does not feel afraid of the teacher, subject or other students in the class. A student who feels safe will feel motivated to express their feelings and thoughts in addition to learning proficiently and interactively as a result. A good classroom environment plan should offer safety by ensuring that learners feel free to interact with their colleagues and the teacher without fear of intimidation. Secondly, it should have inclusion by ensuring that every pupil gets equal distribution of resources. Inclusion implies that the classroom environment does not humiliate the student regarding access to classroom resources. Inclusion enables the student to achieve constant brain attention in the subject discussed leading to active learning (LaCour et al., 2016). Inclusion allows students who do not see themselves as successful in class to trust the teachers and the other students. Finally, the management plan will ensure that the learners and the teacher work as a community to facilitate learning. Engagement creates a team environment which connects the students with
Teachers should have an established, cemented foundation built on the understanding on how children develop and progress. Taking into account that the development and well-being of learners can be affected by; social, cultural, developmental and linguistic influences. The ability to manage the learning of individuals, groups and whole classes effectively. Modifying their teaching appropriately to suit each stage of the lesson and the needs of the learners. The capability to engage with learners with different abilities and focused on personalised learning. Maximising all learners’ capacity to learn, achieve and participate. Through the dedication, time and skills needed to effectively plan and prepare challenging, well-organised lessons. This means supporting
As a future teacher it is my goal to not only help the children learn the core body of knowledge and skills necessary to be an acceptable member of society, but also to help children discover their own interest in a safe learning environment. I believe it is very important to use different instructional methods, different assessment methods, and effective classroom management techniques. To establish the learning style of each child, I want my students to be able to express themselves and be creative. Each child learns in a different way and at a different pace. Meeting the needs of diverse students is another major goal of mine. I will accomplish all of my classroom goals using the six teacher dispositions.
Teaching is difficult, requiring teachers to know a lot about their students in order to provide them the education they truly deserve. It is important that educators enjoy teaching and are willing to know their students personally, but it is more important that teachers are aware of their students’ cognitive development in order create meaningful learning experiences. While my students are reaching a point of semi-adulthood, they still require a large amount of guidance in order to effectively complete classroom tasks. Much of how we learn as humans is connected to our experiences and how we feel while we are receiving information. I have been teaching 9th grade for two years and many of my students’ richest learning experiences are rooted in meaningful activities and atmosphere. Although students may come from similar backgrounds, it is important that teachers are consistently providing the space for students to meet high standards. Additionally, effective teachers must then provide students to benefit from the experiences and cultures of their peers by allowing for individual and collaborative learning experiences.
Understanding student characteristics as an educator allows for more successful planning because student characteristics are affected by diversity, which exists inside and outside the classroom. Teachers should always remember to start where the students are, not where content begins. Before planning lessons, teachers should assess their students and take into account the differences and similarities amongst the students and the societal effects on them, this allows the individualization of planning. By integrating the students’ diversity, the educator will increase the students’ learning through relevance, motivation, and engagement.