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4.A
Reflecting on Teaching
4.B
Maintaining Accurate Records
4.C
Communicating with Families
4.D
Participating in a Professional Community
4.E/F
Growing and Developing Professionally/Showing Professionalism
100
It is through critical reflection that teachers are able to do this
What is assess effectiveness of their work and take steps to improve?
100
Teachers need to keep accurate records of these
What are routine classroom events, student progress, and non instructional matters.
100
Educators have long recognized that when they can enlist the participation of ______ in the educational process, student learning is enhanced.
Who are students' families?
100
Educators, by contractual agreements or by a sense of professional responsibility will participate in activities extending beyond their classroom doors, such as these
What are committee meetings, rehersals, family nights, or school/districtwide programs
100
Educators committed to attaining and remaining at the top of their profession invest much energy in staying informed and are often in a position to do this
What is excercise leadership among colleagues?
200
One difference between a novice teacher's reflection and an experienced teacher's reflelction might be this
What is global or vague judgements
200
In regard to record keeping, a mark of a truly experienced and expert teachers is this
What is making record keeping a routine procedure that doesn't require much extra effort?
200
Many useful strategies to inform families about how a class is run, can include these
What is written information and classroom websites?
200
This is an important element of teachers' participation in a professional community.
What are relationships with colleagues?
200
______ is one area in which educators can always grow and develop professionally
What is content knowledge?
300
In acquiring the skill of reflective practices, ____ and ____ play a critical role with new teachers
Who are coaches and mentors?
300
It is essential for teachers to keep track of student learning. This can be done using these methods
What are skills checklists, records of competencies, and portfolios of students' work.
300
Teacher responses to situtations where parents express specific concerns about their children in school should be handled with ___ and ____
What are empathy and respect?
300
An enormous resource available in every school is this
What is the expertise of teachers?
300
Teachers are not only on the receiving end of professional expertise and growth; as they gain experience, educators find ways to make substantial contributions to the profession by doing any of these
What is conducting research, supervising student teachers, leading study groups, and/or writing articles
400
Through these, mentors and coaches can help new professionals become more accurate in their reflective practices
What are questioning and probing?
400
______ are important resources in designing effective systems, for recording their levels of mastery of the curriculum.
Who are students?
400
As an essential component of any program of parent communication, teachers must do this
What is keep parents informed about the academic and social progress of the child?
400
Above all, participation in a professional community requires this
What is active involvement in a culture of inquiry?
400
Teachers display their professional ethics in this way
What is daily interactions with students and colleagues?
500
Skilled reflection is characterized by these
What are accuracy, specificity, and ability (to use analysis in future teaching)?
500
The use of these methods for record keeping can be less time-consuming and more accurate
What are the use of databases and spreadsheets
500
____ are essential partners with teachers in ensuring that students devote sufficient time and energy to work that they do at home.
Who are parents?
500
Teachers demonstrate their participation in the professional community through this
What are their actions (with record keeping of their involvement)?
500
Professional educators comply with school and district regulations and procedures such as
What is punctuality, dress code, completion of reports?