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    Interview Questions for Teachers

    Create a set of 12-15 questions that will be used to interview five veteran teachers (3, 5, 10, 15, and 20 years of experience, respectively) regarding current issues in education and their personal education philosophy.

    Phys Ed class observation questionnaire

    Observe a physical education or health education lesson for levels K-8 that is at least 30 minutes long. If you are observing a physical education lesson, it must be taught by a physical education specialist. Interview the teacher after the lesson using the questions included on the Observation Interview Questionnaire. ( the

    Pros & Cons of NCLB's 5 Principles and Diverse Learners

    What are the pros and cons of the NCLB five principles? Strong accountability Expanded flexibility and control Methods based on scientific research Expanded options for parents Highly qualified teachers How does it affect diverse learners?

    Educational Technology(current and Best Practices)

    What are some " best practices" that you believe the field of health education utilizes with regard to educational technology? and which one/s would you encourage, or recommend? and why? and How would you go about implementing the technology/devices you would recommend? (how is it/would it be used in the field)? Also inclu

    Resource Coordination Scenario

    Suppose you are a school counselor at an elementary school. Jennifer is an eight-year-old girl, who is often absent. When her teacher her asks her why, she states that her mother has been very ill and she is helping to take care of her. The teacher asks you to talk to Jennifer, to find out more about her living situation. As the

    Teaching Digital Kids

    Please read the attached file from Teaching the Digital Generation and answer the questions: 1. How is instruction in our schools geared to the minds of today's Information Age students? 2. How are you using Information Age resources for learning in your classrooms?

    Correlates of Effective Schools

    How can an organization utilize the Correlates of Effective Schools as its leading indicators to measure continuous improvement progress. What are some examples for each of the correlates?

    School Counseling Case Study of Child Sleeping in Class

    Nina, a second- generation Latina student in the high school, has been referred to you, the school counselor, because she has been sleeping in class for the past two weeks. You know Nina, but have not met with her individually for counseling until now. During your initial meeting with Nina, she tells you that she is just tired b

    A peer program is debated.

    Suppose you are a counselor working in a middle school attended by a high number of new students from military families. In the cafeteria during lunch, you observe tension between the new students and students whose parents have permanent ties to the community. Some of the new students are isolating themselves by eating alone. Y

    NTeQ lesson design or Spreadsheets/Databases in education

    This course can be informally divided into two parts: NTeQ lesson design, and Spreadsheets/Databases. Choose one of the two components that would be the most useful in your classroom and school, and explain how you might use it effectively. You do not need to use URLs to support your answer, but please ensure that it is highl

    Kindergarten Expectations: Example Problem

    On the first day of kindergarten, some children will be able to read and write while other will not recognize their written name. Have the kindergarten academic standards been raised too high or have we just realized the potential of five year olds?

    Learning and teaching of students to become fluent in a second language.

    This help is for someone who is fluent in a second language so, using appropriate SEI terminology in your answers, I need you to answer the following questions. 1. What styles of learning (auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc) were you most accustomed to when you first began learning your second language? How do you think knowled

    Non-traditional Instructional Methods

    Consider that an individual has been assigned to teach a group of students a session about conducting effective meetings. Provides a non-traditional instructional method that would be useful for this teaching. Please discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and reasons for the selected method.

    10 Questions for Newspaper Interview of an English Language Learner

    I need help Creating 10 questions inquiring how ESL students learned. Questions might include: (a) How old were you when you learned your second language? (b) What was the biggest challenge? (c) What learning strategies did you use? I need to write a two-paragraph summary of how this person's experiences correlate

    Character Education

    What type of character education would you implement in your school? Why? What would your expected results be?

    Classroom guidance and teaching experience

    If you are not currently a teacher, respond to this scenario: You have been hired as a middle school counselor, and one of the job responsibilities is providing classroom guidance at least twice per week. You have never worked with an entire classroom of students. Your experience is in working with students individually, or in

    NTeQ Model is clearly explored in this case.

    How does the NTeQ Model incorporate the five elements of effective instruction? The five components are: the teacher, the student, the computer, the lesson, and the classroom environment.

    Self-Esteem Explained

    Building self-esteem in a child involves collaboration, not deception? What does this sentence mean? State at least three, well-developed ways to collaborate with a child to help build their self-esteem.

    Critical Perspectives for Curriculum

    What critical similarities or differences did you identify among the perspectives? What effect might knowledge of curriculum theory have on educators? Details: In this assignment you will select and research one of the major approaches to curriculum. Try to select the approach that matches your area of expertise or i

    Website Demonstration

    FactMonster (http://www.factmonster.com/) is a Geography/Atlas type website. Demonstrate a particular facet of the website as it relates to the Geography Standard and themes. While this has a bit of â??Show-n-Tellâ?? involved, make sure to have a clear link in the demonstration to geography standards/themes/cornerstones/stran

    Global Warming: Course of Action

    Topic: â??If we cannot be certain that global warming and upper-level ozone depletion are caused by industrial activity rather than being natural fluctuation or cycles, should we take action or simply wait and see what happens?â? From a neutral position on the topic, provide some "Courses of Actions" and the "Pros and Con

    Demonstrate school counselor advocacy.

    As a school counselor student advocate, I would at times advocate for students and find students fearful about my advocacy. On one occasion, an African- American male student requested a schedule change that would have removed him from an honors- level class, placing him in an average- level class. After reviewing the student's

    Student Character Development in Education

    1) Write an essay of 500-750 words addressing the following issue: Should teachers be involved in the character development of students or does this infringe on the rights of parents? Address the current church/state debate as part of your discussion. Defend your rationale.