Three Propositions That The National Board For Professional Teacher Standards

According to Pollard (2014:7), “the values we hold about the importance of education are critical to the decision to become teachers in the first place, and to sustaining our motivation and resilience through our career”. However, while values such as social justice, trust, professional commitment or respect are held as pivotal forefronts for the core of the teaching profession, as stated by the General Teaching Council for Scotland in the Standards for Registration (2012), it should also be essential for educational practitioners, throughout their career, to engage in critical reflection and professional enquiry.

In NEA, the first principle states that “the educator [must] strive to help each student realize his or her potential as a worthy and effective member of society” (NEA, Code of ethics). This seems hard to accomplish because I feel like there are many different views on what an effective member of society is. Also, I feel like it insinuates that teachers must teach children the right way and wrong way to act in society, which again is more like an opinion and differs from culture to culture. The second principle states that “the education profession directly influences the nation and its citizens, the educator shall

After reviewing the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards and the experiences of this class, I have been able to see how the standards are used in a real-life school. Each standard goes into detail on how a teacher could incorporate them into their classroom. However, through my experiences I have noticed that some of the standards are not meant for the actual classroom. So, I will be focusing on the first standard; leadership, the third standard; teachers need to know the content they teach, and some standards that I believe should be in the NC Standards. Lastly, I will talk about how my opinion on the NC Standards has changed and how I plan to incorporate them into my future classroom.

Standards are a precarious topic of discussion. They are given to us for assistance in organization and being on one accord, however, they can be very limited. Mike Rose brings up many interesting and challenging points about standards that made me question whether or not they were necessary and how I would apply them to my classroom when I become a teacher. As the examples in “Why School” gave the audience insight on those educators who live too much up to the standards of education and those who are passive about them, I came to the conclusion that a medium has to be met.

I believe that every teacher should have well-strucuted lessons. The teacher should be able to adjust to practice while the lesson is being implemented. The teacher should be able to recognize if she students may be struggling and how to adapt the lesson to the needs of those students. The teacher should be able to reflect on the lesson after the lesson and learn how to change the lesson if needed.

One of my strengths is that I have a strong sense of a "clear commitment to uphold the principles that should govern a democratic and pluralistic community" (Goal 3). In the classes I teach I have been working on creating a classroom environment that is both safe and a positive learning environment. I created a class constitution during my first week of full immersion, and have been working with students to ensure that the expectations are being followed. For example, when students use disrespectful language in the classroom, I remind them about the class constitution. Furthermore, Juliet said that I have created a safe community where students feel

The goal of education is to impart knowledge, wisdom, life skills, morals and values into the multitude of students we teach. This obligation is not only directed toward our work with students but is indicative of how we should strive to function each and every day as educators serving with high ethical standards. There is a lot of pressure on teacher during the high-stakes testing season but this should not influence educators to behave in any manner that would be unethical for any reason.

Unfortunately, the way we practice education in schools is not always related to these purposes. Some teachers prefer to talk rather than teach. What I mean by this is that some teachers think teaching is just delivering the information and the facts from a book directly to the students. When we asked them why they would reply because this is what teacher should be. One day I was working on a group assignment, and a question that we had to answer was what a concept in schools that our group should revise and why. Therefore, we decided to revise the traditional way of teaching (delivering information) to help students to have critical skills. During our meeting, one of the group’s members said, “I have been teaching for twenty years, and I

The role of state standards is to guides all teachers, all schools, and all publishers to the right content material for each core subject that state deems important. The purpose of standards tells educators what a student should know and what students should be able to do.

This article shows that effective teachers must be skilled in their subject area and have a broad knowledge of pedagogical materials. Mastery of content is of the highest importance, in order, for teachers to effectively understand the objectives of the various lessons that they are required to teach. Teachers should possess an awareness of knowledge relating to how students best accept new information.

There are four modules in the TEA teacher ethics training videos. The first module explains that a teacher should maintain boundaries with her/his students. One example of maintaining boundaries will be that teachers should never give students a gift. The second module outlines some guidelines when it comes to communicating with students through social media. Teachers should never friend students, and communications should be strictly professional. The third module is about anger management. Teachers should always use appropriate language, and should show patience, and respect to all students. The fourth and last module refers to teachers’ behavior off campus. It outlines that teachers are role models and must bear the responsibility everywhere

The professional educator makes a constructive effort to protect the students from conditions detrimental to learning, health, and safety. (AAE 2013)The professional educator should promote positive changes in the school/community that benefit the welfare of others.( COE- GCU 2013)

Education has longed to be a part of this countries foundation and unfortunately for a long time there has been differing opinions about the standards and curriculum of public education. “And for as long as American have fought the culture wars, they have debated the role of education, the institution most essential to ensuring the reproduction of national identity.” (Hartman, 2013) This essay will evaluate the sides for and against the creation of national standards in public education. The high stakes world of public education has created great concern along with trepidation about the future of the educational standards, as a result the current academically fluent students the current standards produces. When looking at the scriptures

The two quotes that I have listed above can in essence describe my feelings on education and teaching. My philosophy of education is almost wholly derived from my own experiences as a student and my observation from the placements. I believe that being a teacher is much more than just planning and executing lesson plans, but to encourage students to become more conscious of, and interested in learning, “transferring their learning” to more challenging and higher order thinking contexts. Having master of the subject content is a basic job of a teacher, to be a skilled practitioner of what I teacher is the main education philosophy. I want to focus on students’ cognitive development and teach them sufficient skills that prepare them for entering into the society. Apart from that, I think that a good teacher cares about the students’ happiness, well-being and life beyond the classroom. The most important development that has influenced my values of teaching was contact with my EAL teacher in high school who guided me in the direction of stopping abuses and bully. She mentored me throughout my three years of high school in Australia and helped me realise what kind of person I truly wanted to be. When I look back at my experiences with my EAL teacher, I want to be like her and inspire the other students just like she has inspired me. Being a teacher is not only about improving students’ academic performance, but also help them to discover who they are, so they can express their

Current reforms and initiatives based on the national education standards focus on student’s achievement and teacher’s preparation. Educational researchers and curriculum designers continuously find problems with standards and requirements on a state level and how the state and local boards of education focus highly on advanced placement and cultural literacy. A key focus is also accountability for students, schools, and school-districts in regards to academic performance. A new factor that has surfaced is school choice (charter schools and home schooling) and character development. Progressive teachers are able to guide learners to new experiences in every lesson. However; they are sensitive to unique and different learning styles which