One of the most important professions in a democratic society.
What is a teacher?
100
A complilation of works, records, and accomplishments that teaching candidates prepare for a specific purpose to demonstrate their learnings, performances, and contributions.
What is a portfolio?
100
The values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
What are dispositions?
100
Comprehensive assessment system through which candidates demonstrate their proficiencies that are being measured.
What is Performance Assessment?
100
Defines what students should know and be able to do - set by state and district.
What are Student standards?
200
First one to three years of full time teaching.
What is Induction?
200
The current age in which information and its management are critical to education and societal advancement.
What is Information age?
200
A series of tests that one must take to earn teaching certification.
What is the PRAXIS?
200
An experienced professional helping a less experienced colleague.
What is Mentoring?
200
An assessment procedure that uses real-world situations to access students' ability to encounter those situations successfully, using journals, drawings, artifacts, interviews, and so on.
What is Authentic Assessment?
300
Outlines the critical values and behaviors expected of practicing teachers.
What is a Code of Ethics?
300
Schools must meet levels set by state.
What is Adequate Yearly Progress?
300
Legislation that was created to improve the American school system.
What is No Child Left Behind?
300
Defines what professionals should know and be able to do - they also indicate core values and essential knowledge and skills all professionals must have.
What are Teaching Standards?
300
Teachers should represent the ______ of the nation.
What is diversity?
400
GPA required in most states for students studying to be teachers.
What is 3.0?
400
The importance of teachers in society is that they aid students in educational, _________, and physical development.
What is social?
400
The percentage of new teachers hired that are not teaching 3 years later.
What is 20%?
400
Years of quality service that most states require in order to grant a professional license.
What is 3 years?
400
Percentage of college grads that land a full time teaching position within the first few years of graduation.
What is almost 50%?
500
Salary schedules are based on years of service and ______.
What is degrees earned?
500
Two innovative strategies that some districts use?
What are video interviews and discount housing?
500
Two factors that influence the number of teachers needed in a district.
What are # students, student/teacher ratio, immigration/migration, new teachers graduated, retired teachers?
500
According to society, the profession that provides the most benefit to society.
What is teaching?
500
Most trusted group of professionals, according to society.