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    Optimal Educational Environment

    Describe the optimal educational environment in your current or future role as an education by addressing the following: 1. Create a list of best practices for ensuring the safety of students. 2. Discuss how the needs of students with disabilities would be met. 3. Outline a plan for protecting both teachers and the school

    Narrative Text in the Secondary Classroom

    1. Define narrative literature. 2. Investigate the possible uses of narrative literature as it applies to middle school language arts and/or content area classrooms. 3. What are the advantages of using narrative text? 4. What are the disadvantages of using only narrative text? 5. Propose five possible uses for narrative lite

    Six Components of Teaching Design

    According to Kelting-Gibson (2005), six components of teaching design are listed which are required of seasoned and beginning teachers. How does backward design out perform traditional curriculum design in planning and preparing curriculum to meet these six components? Reference: Kelting-Gibson, L. M., (2005). Comparison

    Vocabulary Programs

    Do you think that most traditional vocabulary programs are ineffective? Why or why not?

    Instructional Design

    How would you describe the field of instructional design to a friend who is not an instructional designer? Give an example of an instructional experience in which one participated as a learner (work or school). Just based on one's gut feeling, do you think the instruction was well designed, or not, and why? Was there anything

    Encouraging Habits of Mind

    Research suggests that the habits of persistence, precision of language and thought, and managing impulsivity can lead to self-directedness. Select two that you see as interrelated in some way and explain how the selected two relate to each other. Write a description of a teacher behavior or practice that may inadvertentl

    American History Test Format

    Write one good item in any format, along with a brief explanation of why you think it is a good item. The item should be for a new test you are developing called the American History Test, to be administered to ninth graders.

    Where are examples of dramatic form in the play - Riders to the Sea

    Use the play, Riders to the Sea (Synge) as an example, explain what elements and qualities make drama unique as a literary form. Support your idea with textual evidence from Synge's play. Take into consideration how the literary theme of Riders to the Sea relates to the dramatic form. Please list any resource used.

    Emerson and Mentoring

    Based on the quote below, can someone explain in detail how this thought connects to facilitating results through mentoring? "The only true gift is a portion of yourself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Strategies to Improve Student Understanding

    Please help me understand this problem. 1. Describe one observed procedure for how students self-monitor and self-report performance on classroom assignments. 2. Analyze the level of student engagement with an observed procedure for student self-monitoring and self-reporting of performance on classroom assignments. 3. Assess

    Mentoring: Reinforcement and Reward

    In the work environment, how can reinforcement or reward be utilized to encourage positive action and outcomes from a mentor-mentee relationship?

    Early Intervention Programs

    Explain the benefits of an early intervention program for parents of children with Intellectual Disabilities (ID).

    School-Wide System of Behavior

    Why does a school wide system of behavior support the optimal type of implementation for behavior management? Can having or not having a school wide approach affect one's role as a coach and if so, how?

    Partnership for 21st Century Learning Framework

    After reviewing the Partnership for 21st Century Learning Framework, what in particular do you believe would impact the learners in your classroom the most? What is your responsibility to your students and yourself with regard to this framework?

    Trainer Attributes

    1. What are some of the abilities of a good trainer? What is it about each of these attributes that makes them successful? 2. In your opinion, are good trainers born or made? Why or why not? 3. Why do we train trainers?

    Toxicological Poisoning

    Identify three common chemicals found in the home and discuss their potential for toxicological poisoning. Include what treatment, if any, is appropriate in these poisoning cases.

    Classroom Curriculum: Ability and Age Needs

    How does age affect curriculum for students with severe disabilities and/or mental challenges? What can assist teachers in creating a curriculum that matches both ability and age needs?

    Improving Student Achievement

    What are the various components involved in improving student achievement? How can a teacher consciously integrate these components into a unit?

    Assessment - AZELLA

    How does assessment data from the various formative and summative assessment tools, such as AZELLA and high stakes standardized tests, drive instruction for English language learners as well as native English speakers? Please provide a detailed explanation for the logic behind your response.