Essay On Teacher Community Assistant

What does a Teaching Assistant (TA) do? there are many variations to this role making this not a straight forward question to answer. There are class teaching assistants, Special Educational Needs (SEN) teaching assistants, specialist subject teaching assistants, Higher Level teaching assistants (HLTA’s) to name a few. The job role will differ from school to school as TA’s are present in schools from Early Years classrooms through to senior and upper schools, making the role of a TA an extremely diverse and varied one.

When asked why I want to be a graduate school teacher’s assistant (TA), my honest answer is the financial benefits. Being an out of state applicant, the financial responsibility is significantly higher. The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee is my dream graduate school. The clinical opportunities, unique elective offerings, and welcoming staff are only a few reasons why I am so drawn to this program. Throughout my undergraduate career, I have worked tirelessly to get to where I am today with selecting a graduate school. After working so faithfully for the past 4 years, I do not want to let financial liability stand in my way of committing to my desired school. Being a TA will provide me with the financial backing needed to make my aspirations a reality.

The key aspects of the role of a teaching assistant are to help raise educational standards in the classroom by providing support for the pupils, the teacher and the school. They must also promote a quality learning environment and contribute to making a positive, quality and effective classroom environment. Which in turn shall maximise learning, minimise behavioural problems and help to create a safe and positive environment.

As Connell, White and Johnston (1990,p.9) state, 'There is not a “culture of poverty”, nor any key “deficit” that makes poor people different from everybody else and therefore and educational problem'. Teachers and Education Assistants need to adapt into the culture of poverty and be sensitive and understandable to the extensive bar of needs that children of poverty bring to the classroom and they need to consider the cultural values of these children as they arrange their learning. The basis of Groundwater-Smith, Ewing and Le Cornu's opinions in the article is they position readers to view that the teachers dispositions low income students and that rarely the educators offer the same level or enough aid and attention than the other students and they are less likely to succeed in school when compared with the more advantaged children. According to Groundwater-Smith, Ewing and Le Cornu's and Geoffrey D. Borman and Laura T. Rachuba they both state that students from lower income families may not have as high expectations from their parents, teachers or their peers within the school. The students may also not be confident in their own abilities and

The sad reality is that kids living in underserved communities face real challenges in inequalities of available resources in health and in education. A lot of these schools lack essential tools like books. Consequently, kids are reading below appropriate reading levels. Children living in these areas have a higher incidence of not receiving a high school diploma, and moving onto college. The need to further education has become a necessity, and I understand the impact that a good education has on the quality of life. I want to close the achievement gap so that students of all backgrounds have a fighting chance in obtaining a better future for themselves. From my understanding TFA is the perfect platform to do that because I would have a network

American Federation of Teachers, also known as AFT was founded in 1916 and today represents 1.6 million members in more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, founded in Chicago by President Samuel Gompers. (“About”) The AFT also represents 80,000 early childhood educators and about 250,000 retiree members. (“About”) AFT targets to help students, families, and communities to target fairness, democracy, economic opportunity, high-quality public education, healthcare and public services. (“Mission”) The organization and members advance these principles through engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism. (“Mission”) The AFT addresses multiple issues that they believe has an importance to the union and our country,

Honest. Honest was the first characteristic that stood out to Superintendent/Principal, Mr. Ambrose Duckett, III. Mr. Duckett has served at Eastampton Community School for eight years as the Assistant Principal, Director of Instruction, Technology, and Curriculum. He also served as the Districts Affirmative Action Officer and Anti-Bullying Coordinator. The 2016-2017 marks Mr. Duckett’s first years as the Superintendent/Principal.While Mr. Duckett holds many jobs and “where many hats”, his most rewarding aspect of them all is achieving students success through improving test scores.

When I first came to the University of Pittsburgh from Houston, TX, I never could have imagined the person I would become four years later. I came to Pitt originally a Creative Writing major with the simple desire to become a medical doctor and “help” people. But I couldn’t help but to notice many of the problems around me in my local community, my field, and the world at large and do my best to become a person that could help.

I consider that some Caucasian teachers believed that many of the minority students are not capable of doing well in school and even if they express that statement that their voice is not heard. It is easy to forget terrible historical periods of US history where slavery and racial social division were the reality. This occurred less than 2 hundred years ago and yet the social climate tells us that minority have less political and economic participation in our country. Consequently, the voice of minority individuals had no weight in society. Our nation was experiencing a great hope during the civil right movement, granting minorities the right to vote, right not to be discriminated due to race, sexual orientation or religion. Unfortunately,

Imagine never getting the opportunities in life because you're a girl. Sadly that is the reality for girls in third world countries such as Ghana. Impoverished girls in Ghana don't get to go to school, and thus will never be educated, achieve their full potential, obtain a career, and escape the cycle of poverty. Windermere Create Change is part of the Create Change Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping these girls by sponsoring them to go to school. As a club, we have meetings about once a month in 312. We talk about the issue, and raise money through fundraising and

According to Healthy People 2020 a goal of theirs is to “increase immunization rates and reduce preventable infections.” The influenza virus is one of these preventable infections, which can cause serious harm to patients. The influenza virus is known as the “flu.” Everyone in his or her life has had some experience with the flu, whether that is himself or herself or a family member. What if there was a way to ensure people from contracting a strain of the influenza virus? Well, thanks to technology and medical research there is.

Early childhood education lays the foundation for future success. Therefore, primary education is a basic right that every child should be entitled to. However, in sub-Saharan Africa, one in five children received a primary education in the past and the proportions have considerably increased now to 59%. But even with this considerable increase to children who receive a primary education, literacy rates haven’t improved due to the inadequate quality of education. Therefore, lack of an adequate primary education is a problem in sub-Saharan Africa because it causes low literacy rates that harm the overall welfare of those countries and it could be best solved with a better internal education system and some external monetary aid.

During this year, of preparation this researcher will identify schools that will participate in the evaluation. We will gain approval from the school districts to conduct the evaluations and create the program within the selected schools. This researcher will have to find a director and staff to run the program and socialite volunteers. Since this program and evaluations will be centered on children, this researcher will need to establish funding for all volunteers to get a live scan clearance before being able to join the team. Also during this time, this researcher will have to secure partnerships with local grocery stores/super markets, to provide food donations throughout the following year. Finally, this researcher will notify the parents of the students at the selected schools and receive parental approve. Any parent who wishes to not have their child participate in the evaluation/ program will not be considered for the random selection. This researcher will need an estimated $4,000,000 to conduct the program. The $4,000,000 will go towards paying program directors, supervisors, paying for live scans of volunteers and provide transportation stipends to volunteers and practicum students. Any remaining funds will be given to the families which participated and completed the study/evaluation for their time and

In today’s world people need to compete globally for jobs and one of the most important factors in getting a good paying job is education. However, even the best schools cannot overcome some of the obstacles placed in front of the students that walk through their doors. Poverty, chaotic home environments, discrepancies in exposure to technology, and lack of funding for schools all negatively impact the effort to educate children.

School improvement is transformation. It is one of the most important actions of a school. It is a process that schools must use with fidelity to ensure that at all students are given the opportunity to perform and achieve at exemplary levels. School improvement is vital to schools and it is a process that cannot be done in isolation. It requires team work, collaboration, and constant analysis of data and setting of goals. School improvement goals focus on how to meet the needs of students. Addressing the educational needs, funding, and achievement gaps between subgroups is collaborative effort involves everyone that has a vested interest in the schools. These basic measures set the foundation for improvement. And so, if it is the