Being Effective as a Teacher

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• Precepting Role and Feedback

  Offer some examples of what was effective and was not effective. A preceptor is not a true teacher and therefore teaching basic subject matter was not as effective as doing mentoring.

• Students Who Behave in One Class and Misbehave in Another

  This young man had such a terrible home life, which bordered on being abusive or neglectful that he didn't perceive traditional school punishments as any kind of effective deterrent.

• Kounin's Classroom Management Techniques

  "Withitness" is Kounin's term for a teacher's skill in being fully aware of what's going on in all parts of the classroom at all times.

• Strategies for Special Education Classrooms

  Using station teaching requires a large room or two adjoining rooms. Many times the physical facilities make being an effective co-teacher very difficult.

• Domains for an Evaluation Team to Discuss at a Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team Meeting

  Professionalism is more teacher focused than student focused, because it concerns the individual teacher, who should serve as a positive role model and have a caring attitude toward special ed students.

• Does a Teacher Need to be a Master in their Subject?

  Solution: I completely agree with the statement that being an effective teacher or leader requires knowledge and mastery of the subject.

• Designing Evaluations of Educators

  The checklist could be a simple yes or no in regard to a required component being completed. Some examples are being included as possible formative assessments that also involve personal reflection. Do not use each of these methods simultaneously.

• Effective in-class interventions for struggling learners

  For children who may be struggling with an attention deficit one suggestion may be to use the child's name in a question or in the material being covered, another effective intervention may be to increase novelty of lessons by using films, tapes, flash

• Challenging behaviours in the classroom

  As a teacher, I will place this student far away from the door closest to the hallway where other students walk by throughout the day and noise is most prevalent.