EDUC CH.1-3

praxis series

a professional assessment for beginning teachers

profession

a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and extensive academic preparation

organizational structure

alternative schools, charter schools, magnet schools

phi delta kappa

goal to enahnce quality education through research and leadership activities. members are graduate students, teachers, administrators

association for supervision and curriculum development

interested in school improvement. members are teachers, supervisorrs, curriculum, coordinators, education professors, administrators.

blueprint for reform

$4.3 billion contests to spur "innovation and reforms". states are rewarded points for adopting ed policies like teacher evaluation based on student test scores and adopting common core standards. turn around lowest-performing schools. alaska, north dakota, texas, and vermont are not currently participating

purpose of schooling in the US

-to provide students with the academic knowledge and skills needed for the world of work or for further schooling. -promote the prosocial growth of students -promote the understanding and acceptance of social change

Elementary and secondary education act (ESEA)

1965 president johnson's program to increase skills in reading, writing, and math in low-ability students

National Eduacation Association

78% teachers. focuses on issues of concern for teachers. 2/3 of the states have passed some type of collective bargaining. found mostly in rural and suburban areas.

School as Family

caring community of adults who attend to these needs within each student: academic needs, emotional needs, and social needs

curricula

college prep, vocational, general

american recovery and reinvestment act of 2008

federal government invests $10 billion for school districts to retain or rehire teachers and other educational staff. R2T is how the recovery money is being channeled into schools.

teach for america

founded by wendy kopp in 1990. college graduates agree to teach in underprivileged area-urban or rural- for at least 2 years. corps members must undergo intensive training. after the two years, members are eligible to earn their teaching certification.

collaboration

meaningful authentic relationships among professionals

resident educator program

measures knowledge and skill in classroom

institutional monopoly of service

must have a certificate/ licensure to teach vs. private school requirements to teach are more lenient. emergency certification help deal with teacher shortage

race to the top

new version of the ESEA. goals are to close achievement gap. encourage teacher quality. eliminate 2014 deadline for all students to attain academic proficency but instead high school students would be "college or career ready" upon graduation.

American federation of teachers

only open to teachers and non-supervisory school personnel. 1.4 million members. known to be stronger in urban areas

professionals

possess a high degree of specialized theoretical knowledge, along with methods and techniques for applying this knowledge in their day to day work; united by a high degree of in-group solidarity stemming from their common training and common adherence to certain doctrines and methods.

praxis I

pre. professional skills tests-reading writing and math- required to enter a teacher education program

No Child left behind act (NCLB)

reauthorized in 2002 by president george w. bush. mandated statewide testing in reading and math each year in grades 3-8. guarantee all students pass state proficiency tests during the 2013-2014 school year. schools provide evidence that students were making adequate yearly progress.

praxis II

subject assessment/ principles of teaching and learning- required to achieve licensure or certification

Prosocial values

the public agrees that schools should teach these values: caring, civic virtue and citizenship, justice and fairness, respect, responsibility, trustworthiness, giving

teacher autonomy

work behind closed door, rarely observed by another adult, freedom to structure classroom environment, must accept ALL clients, teach what the state/local officials mandate.