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    As new teachers leave the world of the University for the world of teaching, they often do not fully understand what is expected of them. The roles and responsibilities of a teacher can be vague and hard to understand when a new teacher is unwilling to ask questions of a mentor teacher, or the mentor teacher is unwilling to aid the new student. As Cathrine Le Maistre states in her paper, titled “Mentoring Neophyte Teachers: Lessons Learned from Experience” there is a much higher level of attrition

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    Teachers play an important role for the future of adolescents. As a teacher it is our responsibility to provide the best material for the academic growth of students and create relationships that help their overall development. The middle level movement is focused more on the development of adolescents and not the just the academic growth. As teachers we have to prepare students for the real world by teaching the quality traits they need in order to be successful. The modern teacher has to create

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    The reading that I felt was the most important for me in both my current role as a PE/Health teacher and in my future role as a possible administrator is “Moving up from Mediocre.” I am going to explain first, why I feel this reading is important and necessary in my current role as a teacher and second, why I believe this is essential for me if I am going to be a successful administrator. ‘PLC’s offer a guiding framework within which district staff learn together and collaborate to improve the achievement

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    inequalities. Parents of the students feel their adolescent children are not ready to tackle these issues of oppression, rather continue to focus on learning skills they feel will lead to future successes. I consider one of the primary roles of a grade 7 and 8 teacher is to help our youth understand how their own and others identities and

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    Discuss the role of the teacher within the early childhood classroom. Please connect your discussion to the characteristics of this aged child and our goal to educate for peace. Maria Montessori envisioned a different sort of educator of children than had hitherto been the norm. In Montessori’s vision the school was a sort of laboratory where the teachers acted as scientists, observing the development of the child under a carefully prepared set of environmental circumstances. The teacher adjusted

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    II. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the concept of professionalism as it relates to the current role of the teacher working in the PCET sector As alluded to in the previous section, professionalism and what it is that technically constitutes a ‘profession’ as opposed to merely an occupation, and what it means to be ‘professional’ has long been in debate. Millerson (1964) compiled a list of characteristics that members of a ‘profession’ should have – these included skills based on theoretical

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    questions like “Are you sure it is going to happen that way?” or a statement like “You are awfully young to think of something so far away?” My goal in life is to become manager (Administrative-nonlicensed role) in the school district that I grew up in. Currently I am employed as an assistant preschool teacher in that very district (Osseo Area Schools). I think this a great way to get my foot in the door. I tell my current co-workers what I want to do with my life and they say it is a great idea since my

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    relation to a teacher’s practice. In order for this objective to be met, the theory of gender will be introduced, followed by the stereotypes regarding the gender ‘’roles’’. Moreover the role of culture in the creation of gender roles and how popular culture-media carry stereotypes on children will be presented. This aims to show how a teacher can combat or prevent those stereotypes through her thoughtful, careful approach in the class. Based on the theoretical background biological sex is an organic

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    Revew your own role and responsibilities and boundaries as a teacher, what your role, responsibilities and boundaries would be/are as a teacher in terms of the teaching/training cycle| The teaching/training cycle is an invaluable model that should inform the practice of any teacher, of any subject. The beauty of it is that it provides a structure so that both teachers and trainers can assess and refresh their practice and, at the same time, review their role, responsibility and boundaries. By

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    Whether a novice or experienced teacher, their role is always a progressive one, as “in learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn” (Collins P, 1999). Teachers, just like learners, will learn/develop by reflecting on their practice and work by discussing this with other teachers and receiving feedback from learners; it is very important for teachers to be reflective and critical of their teaching (Calderhead, 2015) in order to ensure that learners are receptive and engaged in the material

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