Substitute teacher

are breeding tomorrow 's leaders, empowering students and teachers through academic success. Administrators, principals, and school leaders, both formal and informal are under an amassed amount of pressure, they must manage the education process holistically assuring that it is legal and effective in every way. My purpose for seeking a master 's degree in Educational leadership is to develop the theory and research necessary to empower teachers and students in urban areas. I understand that schools

to debate about whether the theory of evolution should be taught in schools. In the year 1925, a trial was held in Tennessee in which a substitute teacher was being tried for teaching human evolution in a state funded school. The man, John Scopes, was found guilty and fined, but this brought about a question that has plagued the country for years. Should teachers in public schools teach about human evolution, and if so how does this interfere with the religious side of people’s beliefs? Although many

taught in history class and not in an English class. In an article by The Washington Post, a teacher that talks about how there are more works of literature then Shakespeare that teach the same thing. When the author writes “Because, ‘she said, she doesn’t like his work and thinks that their other work of literature from

district. I was a preschool teacher assistant for three years and decided that I wanted to go further with my career goals. So I stepped out on faith and resigned from the district and started substitute with the district. While working in the urban school district I have learned so much from the students compared to when I was a student in the district. Not only have I learned from them I do believe I have made an impact on their education as well. When students and teachers request me to fill in for

classroom, or workplace better because you are there? - I’m a life-long-learner; I’m always learning how to make anything I do better: it could have been my experience in student teaching, my volunteering with the Park Service in Morristown, or my substitute teacher experience. I try to work closely with my colleagues of a daily basis to improve upon our skills and our interactions with others. I try to make sure that all visitors and students are respected and get the support and help that they need. For

practice after each opportunity that I have to sub is to reflect upon my day. The text in this first chapter helped give me some insight as to how I can improve my classroom management methods. The first teaching style that is mentioned in the text is teacher-centered versus student-centered. Of the two I believe that I am student-centered. In a previous class that I had my instructor mentioned that it’s best to have your class create rules together. This allows students to help set the tone for the classroom

Not a tertiary-trained teacher, life experiences along with formal training during 20 years of military service involved working with young adults combined to provide an interesting mix of different methodology, using a mix of ideas, methods, and unorthodox motivators. There are few experiences in life better than watching people achieve something new for the first time. Young learners are sponges for information (as well as pre-learners) and given the right motivation, they seem to be capable

and both the teachers and the students are feeling the impact. Teachers should therefore be actively involved in preparing their students to be tolerant to this change and teaching them how to interact in a diverse environment. As teachers, we find ourselves in this unique position, charged with the responsibility of ensuring that every student feels valued irrespective of their social identities. Of course we too have social identities, we even experience situations where teachers show some elements

the room was fairly sparse and the walls were bare At student can be referred for special services by a parent, teacher, or principal. A studentstudy team is then set up to evaluate the child. The team includes the school psychologist, who is the coordinator of the team, the principal, the child’s teacher, the special education teacher, speech specialist, upper and lower grade teacher representatives, and the parents. The parents can also bring other people, including a therapist. The school psychologist

statistic dramatically decreases among middle and high school classes. Schools should assess whether their current program follows the updated guidelines from the CDC and SHAPE America. Some of the guidelines include not using physical education as a substitute for recess, taking away recess as a form