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Parent Taught Vs. Driver Education Is driver education necessary? Parents of fifteen-year-old teenagers ask this question every day. Is it worth the time? Money? Effort? Well according to statistics and studies, I am here today to tell you, the parents, that it is worth it. There are long term and short term affects to parent taught driving. Driver education courses have their perks and benefits of being the ultimate road safety guideline to your teen’s driving skills. Are you thinking about…

and give all children the opportunity to succeed. However, critics of this approach point out that even if teachers adopted the colorblind approach, it does not guarantee that their biases still would not influence their teaching. In addition, research shows that when teachers recognize that students backgrounds impacts their educational needs, and acknowledge that biases influence teacher-student interactions; it would be easier to address their needs (Boykin & Noguera, 2011;Williams, 2011).…

A Comparison of Leadership Practices Inventories Spanning Two Years I am proud to say that I have been an educator for the past eight years. Throughout my experiences in the teaching profession, I have always had a strong desire to continue to learn and to grow professionally. Through personal research and professional development opportunities, it was clear to me that I had a desire to pursue educational leadership. It was this desire that lead to me enrolling in the Educational Leadership…

As a new teacher, I strive to learn more about the various nuances of the teaching profession and the steps necessary to become a better instructor. For the past year in a half, I have worked hard to create lessons that pique my students’ curiosity and interests. This instructional approach is done with the intent of assisting those students with engineering/architecture career aspirations and those with other career aspirations. As a way to monitor my students and, in parallel, improve my…

1. What did you plan to teach and/or do (transitions, management, accommodations)?Did you teach the plan you made? For reading intervention, I planned to read the emergent reader. Then we would color it. For reading centers, we painted with shaving cream and glue. We made habitats for the arctic animals we learned about last week. For ELA centers, we wrote down the main idea of a story, and then drew a picture to match it. For transitions we planned on having the students go in the assigned…

students in my class. It is important for teachers to use different strategies to accommodate different student’s needs. There are many different strategies that teachers choose to use and there are many different ways to adapt your teaching to specific learning needs; it just takes time and planning. This semester because of the high number of ELL students in my classroom my CT gets a lot of support. We have a reading specialist, math specialist and ESOL teacher who comes into our class at…

Fifty-seven years ago, John Howard Griffin had the courage to temporarily assume a black man’s identity through medical treatment in order to better understand what it means to be “black” in a society where black’s have little to no rights. He travelled throughout the southern states for six weeks and encountered a plethora of discrimination, oppression, and social injustice during his journey. Arguably, Griffin’s passion for the black community came from his liberal arts education at the…

instructions, some teachers could not understand why I struggled…

Although I do want to be a respected and authoritative teacher, I want my students to know that they can come to me and that I will be there to listen. I want to encourage my students both in and outside of the classroom. I hope to not only teach my students, but to grow and learn alongside them. I want to convey…

and reasonable citizens of society. Teachers employ practices that develop positive self - concept in students. Part of the care that is provided by English teachers is being well-grounded in classroom management and school procedures. In addition to teaching creative subjects like poetry and fiction writing, teachers should be prepared to teach grammar, spelling and diction, word pronunciation, sentence structure, punctuation, reading and essay writing. teachers play an important role for…