Pedagogy

1. Describe some of the emotions that a family of children with special needs experiences. Some emotions they may experience are appreciation, gratefulness, disappointment, anger and hurt. One parent explained what she went through with her son’s teacher who believed he didn’t belong in her class. The teacher was unable to see his improvements academically and simply believed he shouldn’t be in her classroom. At the end of the year his mother asked the teacher what is something good about him…

In their article "Classroom Profiling Training: Increasing Preservice Teachers' Confidence and Knowledge of Classroom Management Skills," Jackson, Simoncini and Davidson (2013) states that classroom management is a huge obstacle that faces new teachers and the more data and feedback a first-year teacher receives on their classroom management procedures, the higher their confidence and control in the classroom. Australian teachers must show proficiency in classroom management before being…

Collaboration is a practical method of achieving your professional development goals. When you collaborate with other teachers you both are responsible for a percentage of the outcome based on the decisions you make. Both collaborators are responsible for materials regarding the subject they are discussing. For example, a general education teacher may have worksheets and activities for her students in her classroom and the special education teacher may have resources that target the same course…

A functional group consists of many key factors that not only make the best decisions for the group, but the best decision for the whole population. When observing the school board meeting, I am pleased to say that I saw many great traits of a functional and well minded group. The structure of this group consisted of some of the more important people of the town of Ripon, and then some higher ups in the schooling system. This group had a great system that seemed to do the job they needed well.…

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” said the Dalai Lama. I fully agree with this quote, for if you are not happy with the job you’ve chosen, life will be miserable. Money does indeed play a very important role in life, with its importance accumulating the older you age and the more you mature. As the Dalai Lama said in the quote that was previously stated, happiness should be your number one concern, not everything should revolve around money. That is why I have chosen the career path of…

The movie chalk is based on the lives of three teachers and a principle. The movie showed real life experiences that are found and still currently in the teaching field. This film was an improvised film about having an experience with high school education, which is told from one of the educator’s point of view. The movie chalk showed real life situations where teachers have to go through with stubborn students who don’t want to learn as well as the ones who enjoy learning. Being a high school…

A majority of the tactics demonstrated in the second video tie in with the concepts suggested in the book “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too” by Christopher Emdin. He discusses how using elements from aspects of neoindigenous (African American) culture, such as the call-and-response utilized by both church ministers and rap MCs, in the classroom will increase engagement among students. The class shown in the second video appears to be actively engaged while also…

The teaching is a very important thing in our lives because teaching can help the people t oexpand their knowledge and learn important things that can help people in their jobs in the future. Some people agree that the teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform. Others disagree. In my view, I agree that teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform for these two important reasons. First, paying to the teachers according how much the students…

On Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7:25 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Punxsutawney Phil of Punxsutawney, PA, saw his shadow. Therefore, as the saying goes, for the rest of the world, all except sunny Blythe, California, there will be six more weeks of winter. In lieu of the day being Groundhog Day and everyone caring about shadows, at 6:30 a.m., PST, principals and local volunteers from the community, gathered at the Palo Verde Unified School District for the ‘Principal for a Day’ experience. Serving a…

CM Gilmore met response time at 8:30 a.m. at 4477 Wrightsboro Rd #F2 Grovetown, Ga. Bmo’s boyfriend answered the door, and told Bmo (Gladys Romero) that someone was at the door. CM Gilmore determined the language that needed to be spoken during the interview, due to the family being Hispanic. Bmo’s boyfriend helped Bmo with some of the words to ensure she had a clear understanding of information that was being provided. The interviewed included, Gladys Romero, Galilea Guillen, and Bmo’s…