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What Makes a Great Teacher Survey

by Prospective SS Teacher

Dec 8, 2008

Hello Master Teachers,

I am a Graduate student obtaining my MEd and provisional certification. As I requirement for one of my classes, I must conduct a research survey asking "What makes a great teacher?". Please rank the following qualities in order of importance, six being most important, one being least important.

Knowledge ...See More

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Leah It's probably too late, but administrators might include Classroom Management Skills.

Dec 9, 2008

nora Knowledge 4 > Friendly Disposition 1 > Genuinely Cares for Students 6 > Effective Communicator 5 > Patience 2 > Positive Mental Attitude 3 /

Dec 13, 2008

Teaching Vocabulary

by Eric

Dec 16, 2008

I am wondering how you teach vocabulary. There so many great ideas teachers have on how to instruct vocab. I am compiling a list of these ideas / instructional strategies at my website, so other teachers can use it in their classrooms.

What are effective and/or unique ways you teach vocabulary?

Happy Holidays! Eric

Walden University online program????

by Danni

Dec 21, 2008

Hi

I have posted this question on another board as well. Has anyone ever heard anything about Walden University for special ed. online program?

thanks for your time

-danni

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mrsbolanos I got my masters in technology integration from there, and I felt it was very beneficial as well as "doable." There is a lot of work, but they only have you take one class at a time so you don't get too overwhelmed.

On 1/07/09, Trina wrote: > I haven't heard of that either. I have my masters from there > also in Reading and Lit. K-6...See More

Jan 30, 2009

Ryan I earned my Masters in Ed leadership and after 4 months as an assistant principal in Florida have found the Walden education extremely relevant and valuable. The rigorous coursework truly prepared me for my position as a school administrator.

On 1/30/09, mrsbolanos wrote: > I got my masters in technology integration from there, and I f...See More

Jan 31, 2009

Student Teaching

by Michelle Jones

Dec 21, 2008

Hi,

My name is Michelle Jones and I am about to start my student teaching this February. I wanted to ask you or anyone that could give me some tips on how to prepare for student teaching. I will be doing EC-4 and I live in Texas. Anything you or anyone can tell me or help me with would be greatly appreciated. I am limited, like we all are ...See More

Leah Michelle, try posting on the Student Teaching chatboard. You might want to spend some time reading the posts as well.

Best wishes!

Dec 24, 2008

Testing/ teaching to it/ scores most important to district

by Vicky

yesterday, 2008

icture in your mind a Venn Diagram with Teaching after the test on one side and list all the resourses you use because of benchmarks/frameworks/ Then, list on the otherside the resources you would use if you were not under the guidelines of state mandated tests and NCLB. What would be the resources that would be similar if testing was not an issue....See More

How do you deal with negativity from a staff member?

by stymied

Jan 1, 2009

I find myself in an unusual position...a member of my dept has an attitude that absolutely gets in the way of establishing a helpful environment in the classroom and also can prevent the subject area team from working well together. The comments made to staff and students can be very edgy and are delivered in a way that is off putting. I have spoke...See More

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Leah I agree with Patrick. Document and possibly have others document too, if appropriate. The children deserve better. > I would first document what the man says and does that > you feel is inappropriate. Eventually, you are going to > probably need to talk with your principal if he continues > and you will need documentation. Don't just si...See More

Jan 30, 2009

I'd deal with it without the P In my humble opinion, this could quickly turn into a "he said, she said" issue. It is hard to prove "attitude." If you are in an area with a union, I would ask the union to step in a mediate (we have mediation services). If not, I would work hard to deal with this without the P. Otherwise, you could end up being the one who is in trouble if the sit...See More

Jun 7, 2009

Are you an Informal Teacher-Leader? by Hal Portner

by Kathleen - Teachers.Net with an excellent article

Jan 8, 2009

Are you an Informal Teacher-Leader?

When teachers have the desire and take the initiative to use their talents to accomplish something they believe in -- something that will make a difference not only in the classroom butalso inthe hallways, grounds, and the school community as a whole -- they are Informal Teacher-Leaders.

Click b...See More

Master teacher snored too loudly

by Seven

Jan 8, 2009

My master teacher hadn't taught in 25 years. In fact, he was rehired just to be a part time master teacher. After the first week, all he did was sleep through class. I had to do everything, including trying to keep the students focussed while he loudly snored.

Apparently, the master teacher was hired on as a personal favor by my universit...See More

Leah Yes, they deserve better!

On 1/08/09, Seven wrote: > My master teacher hadn't taught in 25 years. In fact, he > was rehired just to be a part time master teacher. After > the first week, all he did was sleep through class. I had > to do everything, including trying to keep the students > focussed while he loudly snored. >...See More

Jan 8, 2009

Opinion, please

by Frustrated

Jan 8, 2009

I teach in an elective area in a high school that according to state standards has classes that are tiered and have pre-req's. The only thing is, I have a curriculum supt. that told me today pre-req's will never be approved (we were trying to get aligned to state standards again in our course description book) as it "blocks" too many students from ...See More

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Sara No one said it would be easy. One eduational philosopher said "Start where the students are at." And I'd say this - state standards are often a charade - they were written at the insistence of politicians pandering to the public who were clamoring for change in public education. So they had people write out standards - long, lengthy lists of standa...See More

Feb 2, 2009

jmak You must let administrators take responsibility for their actions. That means... go with the flow. You do what they want you to do. Another term for this is "submission". Good, bad, or indifferent, your administrator has made this decision and, as a teacher, you can let the chips fall where they may. Either deal with it, or move. Those are your cho...See More

Feb 14, 2009

by Laurie

Jan 10, 2009

Hi!

I'm on a mission. In the never-ending quest to be a better teacher, I had an epiphany of sorts the other day. I received a new student that has moved around _A LOT_.

After comparing three of his report cards for the same third grade year I was shocked to find that, on paper, this student looked like three different kids. Of ...See More

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