Jacqueline Levine - Executive Function

The video discusses the importance of executive function in teachers, highlighting the challenges adults face in developing these skills. It emphasizes the need for teacher preparation programs to focus on executive skill-building and suggests providing clerical support to reduce teachers' non-instructional tasks. The impact of stress and trauma on executive skills is also addressed, underscoring the importance of supporting teachers' well-being.

What is a common assumption about adults and executive skills?

• Adults naturally possess strong executive skills.

• Adults need constant guidance to develop executive skills.

• Adults are not expected to have executive skills.

• Adults develop executive skills only in their 40s.

Why are executive skills crucial for teachers according to the Danielson framework?

• They allow teachers to work independently without any support.

• They help in building relationships with students.

• They are essential for high effectiveness in classroom management.

• They ensure teachers can teach multiple subjects.

What is one proposed method to help teachers develop executive skills?

• Reducing the number of subjects teachers need to teach.

• Providing online courses on executive skills.

• Implementing residency programs to observe master teachers.

• Increasing the number of assessments for teachers.

How can clerical support benefit teachers?

• By providing teachers with more vacation days.

• By reducing the number of students in each class.

• By allowing teachers to focus more on instruction and less on administrative tasks.

• By increasing teachers' salaries.

What factors can negatively impact a teacher's executive skills?

• Excessive training and development programs.

• Stress, trauma, and lack of sleep.

• Having too many teaching assistants.

• Over-reliance on technology in the classroom.