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What is Strong Voice?
Being confident and clear to your students. Using respectful tones. NOT SHOUTING!!!
What is a lesson plan?
A teacher's plan for what will happen during a class period.
What is a syllabus?
A document that lists standards, lessons, and goals for a course.
What is a collage?
Pictures put together to create a story.
How do you Monitor Quality of Work?
Observation, tests, reflections, collecting data.
What is classroom management?
Rules and routines teachers use to keep a classroom organised and safe
What is practicum?
An experience that allows high school students to work in real classrooms.
What is 3-2-1?
3 things learned, 2 questions, and 1 thing they enjoyed.
What are 3 Nonverbal Cues?
Eye contact, hand movement, body language, gestures, thumbs up, ect
What is Pedagogy?
The method and practice of teaching.
What degree do you need to be a teacher?
At least a bachelor's degree.
What is an Exit Ticket?
Sometimes done on a notecard, it shows the teacher what the students learned from that lesson.
What is Independent Practice in the classroom?
The kids working on their own, usually with the teacher walking around observing.
What is Curriculum?
The words and ideas that the students will be learning. Sometimes made by the teacher or district.
What is one difference between an IEP and a 504 Plan?
An student with an IEP is usually in the Special Ed class, while the students with a 504 stay in their original classroom.
What is Think-Pair-Share?
Students think, discuss with a partner, then share with the class.
What does it mean to "Access Prior Knowledge"?
The students think back to something they learned in previous lessons, school years, classes.
What is Cognitive Development?
How individuals gain knowledge, process information, and make sense of the world, progressing from basic sensory input to complex abstract thought.
What does VARK stand for?
Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic.
What is a socratic Seminar?
Usually teacher led guided discussion.