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15 Cards in this Set
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What factors influence the number of teachers a district hires in any given year?
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Teacher-to-student ratio, recent retirements, and the number of students in a school.
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In what disciplines are there currently teacher shortages?
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Special education, math, science, and ESL.
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Over the next 10 years, where will teachers be needed?
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Rural areas and inner cities
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What are some of the professional responsibilities of a teacher?
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Obtaining licensure, utilizing educational research, promoting standards, and keeping cost-benefit ratios low.
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What are some of the professional dispositions held by successful teachers that help students learn?
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Enthusiasm for the discipline, a belief that all children can learn, valuing and using many modes of communication, and developing respectful relationships with students and parents/guardians.
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How do teachers develop professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions?
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Field experiences, clinical practices and mentored work within schools.
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Why is teaching sometimes classified as a “semiprofession”?
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Because the lower salary base may indicate less prestige.
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What are some of the characteristics of professions?
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Regulated licensure, common dispositional standards, and required higher education.
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What characteristics of teaching qualify it as a profession?
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Regulated licensure, required higher education, and agreed upon knowledge bases.
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What are the types of evidence you could use to show that you are developing as a professional?
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Journals, folios, and portfolios.
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What is a folio?
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An organized comprehensive collection of teacher and/or student artifacts.
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What is a portfolio?
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A selected collection of teacher and/or student artifacts for a specific purpose.
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What is the challenge regarding salaries that affects teaching but not other professional occupations?
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Some school districts view teachers as professionals and pay them accordingly; others do not.
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What is one challenge regarding working conditions that affects teaching but not other professional occupations?
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Teachers get virtually no breaks during their work day.
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What is another challenge regarding working conditions that affects teaching but not other professional occupations?
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Depending on the school and their specialty/grade level, teachers can work with greatly varying amounts of students.
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