Category: Writing

Identify and explain three ways that you can prepare
yourself to be successful in your job-seeking endeavors and get hired as a
classroom teacher.
1. Explain what the benefits are to joining a
professional organization in your teaching field.
2. Identify five ways you plan to continue to grow
professionally

During your student teaching, suppose you should try out
a new teaching technique and it fails miserably for you. Describe what you
should do.
1. Identify three danger signals that a cooperating
teacher needs to be alert for to try to prevent a student teacher from getting
into serious teaching trouble.

Who are the authors of the handbook?
1. Who is the intended audience? Was this handbook created
to be used by faculty, staff, students, administrators, or parents?
2. What information do you think was most important?
3. What information do you think a teacher would
reference often?
4. What can you tell about the school context from what
they include or leave out of their handbook?

From your current observations and fieldwork related to
this teacher preparation program, clearly identify one specific example of
educational practice that seems contradictory to exemplary practice or theory
presented in this chapter. Present your explanation for the discrepancy.
5. Describe any prior concepts you held that changed as a
result of the experiences of this chapter. Describe the changes.

Do you believe that a student’s self-esteem is bolstered
from a “feel-good” grade inflation system where no students get less than a C
and where those who do not excel are still given As? Explain why you agree or
disagree with the idea that being generous to students on their report cards is
a way to spur them toward higher achievement.

The local school board is concerned about copyright law
and how it relates to instruction. You have been asked to make a presentation
on the topic to the board. Prepare a summary of your presentation. 3. What do
you predict will be the nature of the student textbook in the year 2025?