Chapter Two Vocabulary
Roles For Educators
Roles in Education
Professional Ethics
Chapter Two Vocab 2.0
100
Career-long, self improvement.
What is "growth"?
100
The single largest category of employees in a school.
Who are "Classroom Teachers"?
100
Learners
Who students and teachers?
100
Moral code or standard embraced by individuals or group
What are "Ethics"?
100
Your personal experiences and attitudes you develop from your former teachers, classmates and family members.
What is "pretraining"?
200
This preparation includes core studies, teaching specialization and professional education for any student teacher.
What is "Formal" or "Formal preparation"?
200
This school position often requires a master's degree and administrative certification.
Who is a "principal" or "school administrator"?
200
The leader of the district.
Who is the superintendent?
200
This is the primary ethical concern for any teacher.
What is "the student" or "the best interest of the student"?
200
These important classes include requirements in math, science and liberal arts.
What are "core" or "core classes"?
300
This includes pretraining, formal preparation, induction-years and continuing growth.
What is "Professional Development"?
300
This school position requires a listener and facilitator who spends a great deal of time with individual students.
Who is a "school counselor"?
300
They make political decisions about education.
Who are the politicians?
300
Teachers influence them through academic learning.
Who are "students"?
300
One mark of a professional is to follow this code.
What are "ethics".
400
Two general organizations for teachers.
What are the "NEA (National Education Association)" and the "AFT (American Federation of Teachers)"?
400
These former teachers serve as mentors for people preparing for careers as classroom teachers.
Who are "Teacher Educators"?
400
The federal agency with the most influence on educational policy.
What is the U.S Department of Education?
400
Teachers influence them through moral and ethical actions.
Who are "students"?
400
In-depth training in reading, math or social studies would be considered this for a teacher.
What is "specialization"?
500
This is typically interchanged with the term "staff-development" and is a school district organized activity for teachers.
What is "In-service"?
500
Teachers who are responsible for leading all teachers in a building, at grade level or in a specialization.
Who are "Department" or "Grade-level Chairs"?
500
Betsy Devos
Who is the Secretary of the Department of Education?
500
Some of the most difficult ethical decisions for teachers involve school administrators and or other __________.
Who are "teachers"?
500
Many teachers keep these to document their performance and as an aid to professional development.
What is a "portfolio"?
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