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creating and composing. Luistro (2012) said that such a music teacher is therefore expected to possess all the competencies to handle Music subject. Under the DepEd Memo No. 72, s. 1950 known as Music Courses in the Secondary Schools Curriculum, it states that a school can offer music courses if there are qualified, pleasant and dignified teacher and academically and professionally trained in Music. It is also necessary to have a well-equipped music…

I want to be a teacher, but that was not what I was planning to be when I was applying to colleges. I was originally in the Nursing program, but changed to education after my freshman year at Keene State. One of my advisors in high school had said that he saw me as a teacher and I said I didn’t want anything to do with teaching because I saw what the long hours were like. It is funny how things have changed. Now, I cannot wait to be a teacher and have a positive impact on my students. I think…

Standardized tests are deemed to be extremely reliable. Without these generalized tests, officials for each state would have to utilize individual scores from each school district and somehow compare these benchmarks to other districts. There is no way to determine if these tests are all equal and covering the material needed to be covered. So standardized testing has done just that, created a universal benchmark.…

million to almost $1.1 billion in 2008 (a 160% increase compared to a 19.22% increase in inflation over the same period), according to the Pew Center on the States. Standardized testing is insanely expensive since it is a huge undertaking to get entire school districts to take these…

emblematic ways to communicate and argue with people inside that group. This paper is all about how I entered the discourse community of Volleyball Team in High school by gaining required knowledge, skills as well as the power to persuade the other members of the community. This paper is very important in shaping…

third item is my bible. I am a Christian and my religion is important to me. When I was in my Junior and Senior in high school, I got an opportunity to teach Sunday School at my old church. The church was small and they thought that I can teach since I was old enough. Teaching Sunday School sparks an interest in teaching. As of right now, I am at a new church, I am currently teaching Toddler’s Sunday School and I enjoy it very much. Just seeing my students being amazed by the songs and the…

helps shape our morals, beliefs and essentially gives us direction. Healthy social interaction and communication within peer groups are necessary for forming this identity. One of the ways I chose to identify myself was through Christianity. In high school, I met many people who didn't share the same religious belief as I did. Many of my friends were of varying religions and some…

Florida Gulf Coast University I have had multiple observations. These observations range from mere observing students to being a tutor with bilingual students. Each class would have 15 observation hours to undergo dealing with elementary through high school education giving me an understanding of the needs for level of education whether it be academically or environmentally structured. There’s an academic structural need in the teaching field whether it’s the certified teacher; bilingual…

Nebraska-Lincoln with degrees in Agricultural Education, Biology Education, and Horticulture Education, along with two minors in Agribusiness and Horticulture. Before I even graduated I accepted a job as an Agricultural Education Instructor at Omaha Bryan High School. Ever since I accepted the job I have always wondered why I accepted it in the first place. Was it my love for urban agriculture? Was it my drive to seek diversity? Or was it simply that I wanted to try something that wasn’t seen as…

Preparation for Standardized Test Administration Overview One of my job responsibilities is to serve as a testing coordinator at the high school campus. I am the person who serve as a testing facilitator for the ACT state mandate test, the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams, PSAT/NMSQT and other district tests. In this activity, I participated and organized the testing training and implementation process and described my role on standardized test administration, data preparation before…