Week Seven Vocab

Front 1

The term used to describe joint planning and decision making across grade levels by teachers and other employees of the district?

Back 1

Vertical Teaming

Front 2

The term used when one uses spoken word to transmit information to other individuals?

Back 2

Verbal communication

Front 3

The term used when instruction is provided by two or more teachers who share responsibility for planning and implementing learning experiences for the same class or group of students?

Back 3

Team teaching

Front 4

This is a form that is required by the PDAS that encourages teachers to look within themselves and to closely examine their personal convictions and work towards improvements?

Back 4

Teacher Self-Report Form

Front 5

This is a term that refers to the procedure used to evaluate, assess, and critique the teachers' abilities to provide meaningful learning outcomes for their students?

Back 5

Teacher appraisal system

Front 6

This is the term that refers to a group or individual who are a source of strength, guidance, and encouragement for teachers and students?

Back 6

Support Systems

Front 7

This is the term used to describe a final comprehensive evaluation of a teacher's performance at the end of a period of time?

Back 7

Summative Evaluation

Front 8

This describes a person who has specific knowledge, understanding, and expertise in a particular area of information?

Back 8

Specialists

Front 9

This is a term that describe a procedure where teachers participate in the management, decision making, and governing of certain aspects of their own school?

Back 9

Site-based decision making (SBDM)

Front 10

The term used to describe one's expectation of their effectiveness?

Back 10

Self-efficacy

Front 11

This is the term that describes when a teacher rates, judges, or critiques their own performance, ability and effectiveness?

Back 11

Self-assessment

Front 12

The term that refers to all the individuals and organizations that assist one another in providing learning opportunities for students at a school?

Back 12

School community

Front 13

This is the term used to describe the process of probing, inspecting, and studying to improve one's teaching practice?

Back 13

Reflective thinking

Front 14

The term used to describe the natural outcome of teachers' reexamination and reevaluation of their teaching?

Back 14

Reflective teaching

Front 15

This term refers to a teacher who contemplates, looks again, or studies their past teaching moments to enhance professional growth and student achievement?

Back 15

Reflective practitioners

Front 16

This term refers to when someone gives serious thought or consideration to issues, activities, or events related to teaching and learning?

Back 16

Reflection

Front 17

This term refers to a beginning teacher who benefits from the wisdom and guidance of a mentor?

Back 17

Protege

Front 18

This term refers to the formal evaluation of a teacher's performance in the classroom?

Back 18

Professional Development Appraisal System (PDAS)

Front 19

This refers to to activities that enhance teacher's professional knowledge, competence, expertise, and growth as educators?

Back 19

Professional Development

Front 20

This term is used to describe the school personnel who provide information about child growth and development and support for family member in their roles as primary caregivers of children?

Back 20

Parent Educators

Front 21

This term refers to a new or beginning teacher who has limited teaching experience?

Back 21

Novice

Front 22

This term refers to a teacher who is experienced or a administrator who provides guidance and individualized assistance to promote retention and success for new teachers?

Back 22

Mentor

Front 23

This term refers to a teacher, usually a beginner, who receives guidance and individualized assistance from a more experienced teacher?

Back 23

Mentee

Front 24

This term refers to the school personnel who serve as contacts and promote positive links between school personnel and the parents, grandparents, and relatives of enrolled children?

Back 24

Family Liaisons

Front 25

This refers to the specific areas of related information?

Back 25

Domains

Front 26

This is the term that refers to the state requirements for certificate renewal specifying time and participation in approved learning experiences that improve and update a teachers knowledge and skills?

Back 26

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

Front 27

This term refers to a plan that involved teachers in individual campus-level planning, evaluation, and decision-making processes at their own school?

Back 27

Campus Improvement Plan (CIP)

Front 28

This term refers to a method of investigating a problem in a school or classroom that involves the scientific processes of identifying, analyzing, planning, implementing, and evaluating problems, concerns, or educational questions?

Back 28

Action research

Front 29

This term refers to a statement of expectations for how students and faculty will use school resources, procedures they are expected to follow and the consequences when expectations and procedures are violated?

Back 29

Acceptable use policy

Front 30

This term is used to describe the Individual Educational Program (IEP) team, this committee determines the eligability for special education services, creates, reviews, and modifies a students IEP and decides if the student no longer requires the special services?

Back 30

Admissions, review, and dismissal committee

Front 31

This is who you contact if you suspect abuse or neglect of a child must be reported to this agency within 48 hours of suspicion?

Back 31

Child Protective Services (CPS)

Front 32

This refers to the person who is appointed by the governor and has administrative responsibility for the Texas Education Agency and oversees the implementation of legislation into school and district operations. Also known as the chief educational officer?

Back 32

Commissioner of education

Front 33

This is the term that refers to physical punishment given to a child such as paddling, giving links, etc. must have parent approval.

Back 33

Corporal punishment

Front 34

This is the term that refers to the procedures set up a head of time when discipline actions occur and which teachers and schools must follow?

Back 34

Due process

Front 35

The standards of ethical conduct developed by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) for educators and violation of this may lead to disciplinary action?

Back 35

Educators' Code of Ethics

Front 36

This term refers to the discipline or restraint of a student where only appropriate force can be used so that a larger, stronger teacher does not injure a student?

Back 36

Excessive Force

Front 37

This term refers to part of Federal law which relates to copyrights that allows specified copying privileges of a copyrighted work?

Back 37

Fair Use doctrine

Front 38

This is the term that refers to a families and child's right to confidentiality concerning school information and records?

Back 38

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Front 39

This is a provision of IDEA that guarantees special education and related services to children with disabilities at public cost?

Back 39

Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)

Front 40

This is the term that refers to a philosophy and practice associated with the education of special education students in regular educational classroom settings?

Back 40

Inclusion

Front 41

This is the term that refers to the plan or program that is developed by the Admission, review, and dismissal committee or IEP team to meet the needs of each individual child who is placed in special education?

Back 41

Individual Education Plan (IEP)

Front 42

This is the law that requires the provision of special education and services for children with disabilities?

Back 42

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Front 43

This is a part of IDEA that requires students with special needs to be educated in a regular classroom or other regular educational setting to the greatest extent possible.

Back 43

Least restrictive environment (LRE)

Front 44

This is a committee that is elected by the community board of trustees who oversee the operation of schools in the local school district?

Back 44

Local school board

Front 45

This is the term that refers to a teacher who neglects their duty and a child is hurt. They can be found at fault and held liable for the incident.

Back 45

Negligence

Front 46

This is the law that provides for a free and appropriate public education for children who qualify?

Back 46

Public Law 94-192

Front 47

This is a state agency that is directed by the commissioner of education that assists in the development and enforcement of regulations required by the educational laws.

Back 47

Texas Education Agency (TEA)