Becoming a high school educator is not an easy task, becoming one in Texas is even harder. There are many different positions and opportunities that come with this career choice. This important job takes time and money to be properly trained. In return a teacher is given a suitable salary and have a chance to make a difference in a young person’s life. The most significant job of an educator is to educate individuals with the knowledge they need in order to succeed in life. As for a high school…
Albers, P. (2007). Finding the artist within: creating and reading visual texts in the English language arts classroom. Newark, DE: International Reading Ass. In this non-fiction textbook, author Peggy Albers notes the intention of the text is “to support middle and high school English teacher’s learning – raw and untutored, perhaps – in designing and creating visual arts and technology rich-texts, as well as reading and interpreting students’ visual texts.” The majority of this book…
White -1% Black/ African American. • When comparing the totals with my student population I noticed the verbal/linguistic area is as expected with my 57% Latino/ Hispanic students. All of these students have some sort of support from our schools English language learner teachers and my professional development on SIOP strategies. I intend to teach vocabulary and new skills with related real life items to make connections to students background. I plan…
completely unaware of and found interesting. As a speech-language pathologist, it is important for one to know the function of the brain so one can have the skills to help improve the ability for an individual to communicate with others. Damage to certain parts of the brain function can lead to some drastic consequences relating to speech and language functions. I had always found neurons to be interesting even when I was learning about it in high school, but after a whole section of just…
New schools are intimidating as it is right? Well for me it was more than just a new school, it was new types of people, new classrooms, and a new language. It is why I say that life can put you out of place sometimes I still remember the day I had to walk in to the classroom all by myself because my mom had already dropped me off in the main office. “Are you scared?” Was the first thing my mom has asked me before dropping me off. “No” I answered without thinking. At the time I was not…
on their success in school. A few of the issues discussed were refugee children, children involved with Department of Human Services and children of gay or lesbian families. The refugee children, who are leaving dangerous situations and have experienced war and oppression, was discussed (Jarolmen, 2014). In regards to the school setting, these children can experience discrimination that can damage their “self-image, motivation, and academic progress (Jarolmen, p.170).” The school social worker…
Many reasons have encouraged me to be interested in Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and the Master of Dental Science Program in particular. However, these reasons could be concluded as the following; my ambition to pursue my education in the field that I love -prosthodontist- and my passionate to enhance research and teaching skills. This essay will discuss the reasons why I chose to apply for this program, and my professional goals in the future. Research and teaching are fundamental…
Vygotsky also believed development and learning was shaped by social interaction and culture (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2013, p.323). This is evident in students at school, where English is their second language. Their learning is scaffolded from speaking simple words, sentences, reading and finally writing. Appropriation takes place where students learn using cultural tools in order to reason, act and participate in everyday activities…
Solution to our education system Every morning as i wake up for school I would always think about the boredom that lays ahead of me and how many more days left until school is over. And when i get to school i would do my usual routine, stare at the clock and count how many minutes until class is over. If i feel this bored at school, I can guarantee you over half the people at school feels the same way and i consider myself to be a very motivated person at times, but what about those who are…
Section D2. In Learning Students like Jill with learning disabilities sometimes having problems with memory retrieval and some are more visual or auditory learners. Allowing Jill to use an I pad at her desk and bring it home with her may be beneficial for her. I pads have many interactive apps and will provide hands on instruction for her. This technology would be effective for her because it is both a visual and auditory learning tool. She can also store information on the device such as…