Chapter 1 Key Terms: The Teaching Profession and You

Question 1

American Federation Of Teachers (AFT)

Answer 1

A national organization of teachers that is primarily concerned with improving educational conditions and protecting teachers’ rights

Question 2

Induction Program

Answer 2

“provide some systematic and sustained assistance to beginning teachers for at least one school year”

Question 3

Mentors

Answer 3

“Experienced teachers selected to guide new teachers through the school culture and norms, shedding light on the official and hidden school cultures. Offer insight, hints, advice, and support in a variety of school-related functions and areas.

Question 4

Merit Pay

Answer 4

A salary system that bases a teacher’s pay on performance

Question 5

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

Answer 5

An organization designed to award board certification to extraordinary teachers whose skills and knowledge indicate their high level of achievement

Question 6

National Education Association

Answer 6

The largest organization of educators. The NEA is concerned with the overall improvement of education and fo the conditions of its educators. It is organized at the national, state, and local levels

Question 7

Normal School

Answer 7

A two-year teacher education institution popular in the nineteenth century. Many normal schools were expanded to become today’s state colleges and universities

Question 8

Pay-for-performance

Answer 8

A salary method that attempts to make teaching more accountable by linking teacher and student performance to teacher salary. See also merit pay.

Question 9

Pedagogy

Answer 9

The science of teaching

Question 10

Tenure

Answer 10

A system of employment in which teachers, having served a probationary period, acquire an expectancy of continued employment. The majority of states have tenure laws