Organizations
The second largest organization that represents teachers in America. Affiliated with the AFL-CIO, it often is associated with union representation.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
A job that is highly respected and requires advanced education and expertise that most people don’t have.
Profession
Reward teachers partially or primarily on the basis of performance or objective standards
merit pay
An organization of parents and teachers in a local school community.
Parent Teacher Group
Nation accrediting body for educator preparation programs that utilizes peer review and evidence-based accreditation
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
The practice of inducting persons into a profession through carefully supervised stages
mediated entry
Compensation plan that offers financial incentives for teachers who can demonstrate that their performance enhances student academic achievement.
performance pay
A national organization of parents, teachers, and students to promote the welfare of children and youth that has affiliated local groups in school communities.
Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)
The largest organization that represents teachers in the United States.
National Education Association (NEA)
Providing a supportive environment for novice teachers so they may experience a more methodical entry into the teaching profession
Induction
A procedure for reaching agreements and resolving disagreements through employers and employees through negation
Collective bargaining
A state or national commission that permits educators to set professional standards and minimal requirements of competency.
professional practice boards
A national nonprofit organization that issues certificates to teachers who meet its standards for professional ability and knowledge.
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Continues education or training of a school district's teaching staff
professional development
Reason teaching lags behind other professions
Exercises control over licensing standards and/or entry requirements.
You are a graduate student in education interested in becoming a physics teacher. You would like to investigate the profession, meet other students interested in the field, and gain insight from established educators. What should you do?
Join a professional teacher's organization
In collaborative groups, teachers and other colleagues work together to improve instruction for their students.
Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Occupational prestige
Reason teaching lags behind other professions
Enjoys autonomy in making decisions about selected work spheres
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) assume that teams of educators are best suited to apply their professional expertise in which of the following areas? Select all options that apply.
Content Knowledge
Research
Curriculum training