Give one essential function of a substitute teacher
- Follow Basic Procedures
- Provide Health and Safety for Students
- Comply with Applicable Laws
- Maintain Effective and Positive Classroom Control
- Provide Effective Instruction
- Exemplify Professionalism of Teaching
- Adapt and be flexible
- Communicate Effectively
List one of the six GLOs
- Self directed learners
- Community contributors
- Complex thinkers
- Quality producers
- Effective communicator
- Effective and ethical user of technology
Identify 8 major components of a lesson plan
- Learner Outcome
- Purpose
- Objective
- Opening/Anticipatory act
- Input/Modeling
- Check for understanding
- Guided practice
- Independent practice
- Closure/Evaluation
Select 2 of the 6 teaching tips. Explain importance.
- Be an effective communicator
- Polish your presentation skills
- Cooperative learning
- Provide specific positive feedback
- Equalize participation
- Ask good questions
- Develop Spnge activities
One of the important characteristic of a well-managed classroom.
- High level of student involvement
- Clear student expectation
- Relatively little wasted time or disruption
List 2 of the 5 building blocks for reading that were explained in the “Putting Reading First”. Briefly explain each of the two
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
- Text comprehension
What is a content standard?
Answer the question “What should students know, be able to do, and care about?”
Reason for implementing a standard-based educational system?
- Provides all learners with access to high expectation, etc. thus, links to equity with excellence
- Insures coherence of the school improvement effort
- Is supported by research based belief that all students can learn
- Prepares students for the demanding challenges of the next century
- Complies with federal directives
What is vocabulary?
Vocabulary refers to the words we must know in order to communicate
What is fluency?
is the ability to read a text accurately and quickly
Explain why giving specific positive feedback is important?
It reinforces positive behavior. It lets them know exactly what they are doing right. If they know what they are doing right and they are getting praise for it, they are most likely to continue that positive behavior.
Explain why equalize participation is important?
It lets students know that they are trusted to make their best effort
