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needing help in completing assignment

by grad student

Jul 6, 2011

I am in need of some experienced teachers who have been teaching for 10+ years to answer the following questions. If you can help please complete the questions below and send them to me via email.

Interview Questions

1. What are some effective ways that you were able to engage and have your students actively involved in their learning?

2. What advice would give to new teachers as they develop their own styles of teaching?

3. In your opinion, what constitutes good subject mastery; rote memorization or comprehension of the subject matter? Why?

4. What types of strategies have you seen utilized to bring about positive school leadership?

5. Do you think that standardized testing has taken the place of providing our students with a quality education? How so?

Thanks a bunch,

grad student:)

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kk Couldn't find an email link, but I will respond. I have 13 years of teaching experience at different grade levels, but mostly K-8.

1. I make opportunities for students to learn at appropriate readiness levels, and make sure they access different modalities. Both of these things help with student engagement. For example, I might add layers ...See MoreCouldn't find an email link, but I will respond. I have 13 years of teaching experience at different grade levels, but mostly K-8.

1. I make opportunities for students to learn at appropriate readiness levels, and make sure they access different modalities. Both of these things help with student engagement. For example, I might add layers of complexity to a choice menu for projects related to a science unit for some students, and provide more step-by-step structure for other students. All students would have some choice within the menu to select project formats which were more to their preference (some might be more artistic, while others might be more performance-based). Another thing that increases engagement is taking a personal interest in each student. I accept and encourage them to accept the fact that they are different, and have different preferences and interests--from each other, and from me. I think this approach creates a safe environment for students to try different things and develop their own opinions. 2. Good teaching is a constant interaction between assessing where students are and where they need to go. Having a clear picture of what you want them to be able to do, as well as having a clear picture of what they can already do, is essential, but it's surprising how many teachers don't have a handle on this. The last piece is figuring out how to get where you want to go, and being flexible for individual students is best. In other words, adherence to a specific teaching style is less important than awareness of who these students are and what they need from you. 3. I can't imagine anyone choosing rote memorization. There is so much research to support the idea that deeper connections lead to better retention and higher levels of critical thinking. 4. Leadership which prohibits clique-ish behavior, and which values all voices and makes reasoned, well-informed decisions and communicates them clearly to all parties is always appreciated. 5. I wouldn't say that standardized testing has taken the place of quality education. It has a valid place. However, it has taken far too many resources--personnel, money, and valuable teaching time, and the results of those tests are given far too much weight in many school districts. I think the emphasis on standardized testing robs students of other learning experiences--particularly things like social studies and the arts, which are not often tested--in addition to gifted students, who may already score in the highest standardized test category, and who are left with less instruction than so-called "bubble students."

On 7/06/11, grad student wrote: > I am in need of some experienced teachers who have been > teaching for 10+ years to answer the following questions. If > you can help please complete the questions below and send > them to me via email. > > > Interview Questions > > 1. What are some effective ways that you were able to engage > and have your students actively involved in their learning? > > 2. What advice would give to new teachers as they develop > their own styles of > teaching? > > 3. In your opinion, what constitutes good subject mastery; > rote memorization or > comprehension of the subject matter? Why? > > 4. What types of strategies have you seen utilized to bring > about positive school > leadership? > > 5. Do you think that standardized testing has taken the > place of providing our students > with a quality education? How so? > > > Thanks a bunch, > > grad student:)

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