General Vocabulary

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Advanced Organizer

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Stucture providing a preview of the upcoming lesson

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Analogy

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A logical comparison inferring that if two things are known to be alike in some ways, then they must be alike in other ways

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Collaborate(Collaboration)

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To work together

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Critical Thinking

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Evaluating information and logically solving problems

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Curriculum

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What we teach

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Discourse

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Verbal expression in speech or writing

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Domain

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Related area

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Eclectic

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Using a variety of sources

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Empower(Empowerment)

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To have control or be confident in one's own abilities

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Explicit

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Clearly defined or direct

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Feedback

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Information about the result of a performance

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Graphic Organizer

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Visual overview that shows the relationship of important concepts for example, webbing or mapping

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Heterogeneous Grouping

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Grouping students with unlike characteristics or abilities

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Homogeneous Grouping

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Grouping students with like characteristics or abilities

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Implicit

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Implied or suggested but not directly indicated

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Impulsivity

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A tendency to respond quickly without thinking

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Instruction

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How we teach the curriculum

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Internalize

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To take in or absorb and make part of one's beliefs or attitudes

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Learner-Centered or Student-Centered

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Teaching style focusing on the needs of the students

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Modality(Modalities)

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Preferred way or ways of learning such as seeing (visual), hearing(auditory), touching (tactile), or moving (kinesthetic)

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Objectivity

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Perceiving something without being influenced by personal opinions

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Paradigm

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An example, pattern, or framework for thinking

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Pedagogy

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The art, profession, or study of teaching

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Precocious

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Advanced in development

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Proficiency

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Correctly demonstrating a skill

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Project Learning

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An in-depth study in an area of interest done independently or small groups

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Rationale

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Reason behind a lesson rule

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Reflection

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To think back and carefully consider specifics of teaching and learning

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Rote Learning

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Memorizing facts or associations

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Scope

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Amount covered by given activity or subject

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Self-directed Learning

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The process of gradually shifting responsibility for learning to the students though activities that engage them in increasingly complex patterns of thought

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Student Ownership

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Taking control of the learning process

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Subjectivity

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Based on personal opinions or feelings rather than on external facts or evidence

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Teacher-centered

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Traditional teaching style in which teachers make all of the decisions focusing on the subject

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Technology

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Any device used to complete an objective or task (not exclusively computers)

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Terminology(terminologies)

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Vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field

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Vicarious Learning

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Learning by watching someone else, without direct experience

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Accountability

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Holding teachers and schools responsible for students learning

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Administrators

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Superintendent, principals, and other supervisors who carry out policies of the school board in a school district

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At-risk

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Describes a student with a greater than usual chance of having difficulty in school due to factors such as limited English proficiency, culture diversity, poverty, race, homelessness, or teen pregnancy

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Charter School

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Experimental schools operating by contract or charter receiving public funds but following different rules than public schools

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Compensatory Education

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Special programs for at-risk students such as remedial instruction, special activities, or early learning experiences

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Compulsory Education

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School attendance required by law for every child, ages 6-19

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Confidentiality

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Keeping certain information private only between people involved

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Ethics

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Principles of good behavior, explaining how one should act in certain situations

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Inclusion

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Including special needs students in regular classroom for all or part of the day

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Mentor

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An established teacher given the job of advising a new teacher or a person who serves in a counseling role for a student

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Modification

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Adjustment for students who are in need

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Novice

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Someone who is new or inexperienced

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Professionalism

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Conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a career

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Title I

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Federally funded programs for students needing extra help