Chapter 2 Flashcards

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Profession

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An exclusive occupational group that applies abstract knowledge and specialized skills particular cases

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2
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Professionalism

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Accepting responsibility for developing and growing one’s expertise

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3
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Apprenticeship of observation

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The phenomenon were late persons who have spent thousands of hour at school, children, watching and judging teachers in practice, develop many false ideas about teaching and mistakenly considering themselves experts

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4
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Pedagogy

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The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept

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5
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Charlotte Danielson’s framework

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Validated as a means for teachers to improve their teaching practice and ways that can increase measured student achievement

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6
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Reciprocity

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An agreement between states to accept each other’s teaching credentials

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7
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Prestige

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The level of social respect or standing a job has

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The position are standing in society, that confers certain benefits and privileges

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Status

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9
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The self perception of rank or prestige that emphasizes personal achieve

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Subjective status

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10
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Professionalization

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An occupations qualities usually enhanced by increasing training or raising required qualifications

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11
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Defined benefit (DB) plans

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Special annual retirement benefit based on a formula, generally considered final average salaries and years of service 

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12
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A _____ is an example of teacher autonomy

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English teacher selecting the literature they will teach

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13
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True or false | US teachers certification requirements are the same from state to state

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False

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14
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Which of the following describes how individuals arrive at ideas about the teaching profession based on their own experiences as students

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Apprenticeship of observation

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15
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Which action has greatly improved teacher status over the past century

A

 education level

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16
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True or false | teacher salaries have buying large, kept up with inflation and wages for other occupations requiring a college degree in the United States

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False

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17
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A system of employment compensation, that links salary to measures of work, quality or goals

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Performance pay or merit pay

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18
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Salary incentive programs that give teachers extra compensation for acquiring new knowledge and practices

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Knowledge and skill based pay

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19
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The practice of paying effective teachers more than their colleagues with similar years of experienced if they agree to teach hard to staff subjects or work in hard to staff school

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Differentiated salary schedules

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20
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Multiple roots to new rules and responsibilities that best fit their career interest and goals

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Career pathways

21
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Providing release time or a part-time classroom schedule that supports teacher and instructional leadership activities during the school day

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Hybrid rolls

22
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True or false | a teacher that is new to the field is less effective than an experience teacher

A

False

23
Q

Which of the following teacher openings would school districts generally be willing to pay a higher teacher salary for

A

Math teacher

24
Q

What is the relationship between teacher performance pay and student achievement

A

Research shows the performance pay incentives, have no major implications on student achievement

25
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The series of courses in field experiences that educate individuals to become teachers

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Teacher preparation

26
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Career preparation pathways that typically allow candidates to begin teaching while working on teach program coursework and requirements

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Alternate teacher routes

27
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Which is an example of an alternative teacher route

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An accelerated degree program in which students teach while completing coursework

28
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More than 42% of teachers leave the profession after teaching for _____ years

A

Five

29
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True or false | teacher preparation programs must be federally approved

A

False

30
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How do new teachers become licensed?

A

Formal academic training
Completion of an accredited teacher preparation program
Statewide assessments and testing
Additional checking

31
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True or false | teacher, certification, and teacher licensure means the same thing

A

True

32
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Which is an example of Practica

A

School observations

33
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A course of study designed, especially to prepare teachers

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Practica

34
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A group of employees who come together voluntarily with the shared goal of improving their working conditions

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A union

35
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A formal process that gives union members a voice and decisions that affect its members compensation and work lives

A

Collective bargaining

36
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Strikes

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When employees stop working in support of demands made on their employer

37
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What should be considered before striking?

A

Personally and professional ethics
Employment
Colleagues
Students
Administration

38
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It means of self policing and quality control

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Accreditation

39
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InTASC (interstate assessment and support consortium)

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A group of state, educated agencies in national educational organizations, dedicated to reforming teacher preparation, licensing, and ongoing professional development

40
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NBPTS (National board for professional teaching standards)

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A voluntary system to provide a national advanced teaching credentials for most pre-K through 12 teachers

41
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Which is an example of a common outcome of a strike?

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Increase teacher salaries in classroom resources

42
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True or false | teacher union participation has remained steady among teachers over the years

A

False

43
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Which of the following is the most likely caused for a teacher strike?

A

Low pay

44
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True or false | the American Federation of teachers is the largest professional organization in US labor union

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False

45
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The set of beliefs, values assumptions in relationships that educators and staff share about teaching and learning

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Professional culture

46
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A comprehensive coherent and sustain professional development process that the school district organizes to train support and retain new teachers

A

Induction

47
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A specific type of induction program consisting of a collegial supportive relationship developed between a veteran and a new teacher to ease the transition into the realities of daily classroom teaching

A

Mentoring

48
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True or false | Mentoring is a specific type of induction aim to assist early career professionals

A

True

49
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____ refers to beliefs, values expectations in relationships that educators and staff share about teaching and learning that influence how a school functions

A

Professional culture