Chapter 1 Becoming a Teacher

Chapter 1 Becoming a Teacher

Open Ended

Imagine that you are a teacher addressing a group of students considering teaching as a career. One of the students asks you about the pros and cons of teaching. How would you answer that student? Be sure to provide specific examples where appropriate.

Multiple Choice

Merit pay would best be described as which of the following?

• It is not part of the current reform movement.

• It reduces the "political" factor in deciding who is an effective teacher.

• It links students’ performance to teachers salary.

• It can be easily linked to measurements such as test scores and attendance.

Multiple Choice

Which is the biggest reason why people want to teach?

• Desire to work with young people

• High prestige and status

• Minimal amounts of paperwork

• Higher salaries as compared to other professions

Multiple Choice

Debbie is a teacher who has just finished her 2nd year of teaching at Hilmar High School. At the end of that 2nd year, Debbie was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point, Debbie can expect:

• iron-clad guarantee of job security.

• protection from arbitrary dismissal.

• offer a more comprehensive reflection of a candidate’s skills.

• are simpler to create and save time.

Multiple Choice

In terms of professional status, many feel teaching is a profession that cannot be associated with intrinsic rewards.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Who is Horace Mann? What was he known for? What did you write about him in your notes?

Multiple Choice

Normal schools were important because they represented the earliest form of professional teacher education.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Please write why you feel teaching should be considered a profession. Use 3 criteria to back up why you think teaching should be a profession.

Open Ended

Please write why you feel teaching should be considered a semi-profession. Use 3 criteria to back up why you think teaching should be a semi-profession.

Multiple Choice

Normal schools were important because they:

• remain, to this day, the primary way teachers are trained.

• led to a more diverse teaching force.

• focused solely on pedagogy and teaching methodology.

• represented the earliest form of professional teacher education.

Multiple Choice

What is pedagogy (besides a cool word to say)?

• Teachers who are not skilled at using different teaching strategies.

• Teachers who lack effective instructional skills.

• Teachers who give more importance to subject knowledge than teaching methods.

• Teachers who outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge.

Multiple Choice

Debbie is a new teacher in an inner-city school in Boston. To prepare for teaching, Debbie commits to teach for at least five years. Then, she spends her first year observing and working with Gina, a master teacher, while taking coursework. Based on this description, Debbie is part of _____.

• a teaching residency program.

• the Teach for America program.

Open Ended

What was Wendy Kopp known for? Write what you have in your notes :)

Open Ended

Proposition 1 of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards states: teachers are committed to students and their learning. Give your own example of how teachers demonstrate this.

Multiple Choice

The idea for Teach for America (TFA) came from:

• the report, A Nation Prepared.

• the No Child Left Behind Act.

• Wendy Kopp’s undergraduate thesis at Princeton.

• the American Federation of Teachers.

Multiple Choice

One of the recommendations to strengthen the Teach for America (TFA) program is to increase classroom support for TFA participants as they teach

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs tend to result in a less diverse teaching force.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the 1900's teaching was becoming an increasingly female occupation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Edward is a retired teacher who taught in the United States during the colonial period. He would pass a test to measure his knowledge of important subjects.

• True

• False