Politics and Education

Out of the Classroom

Discussion

Expectations in the Classroom

Lead by Example

• Conduct beyond the classroom should be reasonable. The educator should be aware that he or she is always in the spotlight.
• While educators aren’t expected to treat all situations like they would in a classroom, they should be aware that their actions are noted by the community and reflect on the profession.

What is acceptable educator conduct in the classroom?

What is unacceptable educator conduct in the classroom?

What is unacceptable educator conduct outside the classroom? Why?

It was my first faculty meeting, and several teachers were talking

Talking while the principal spoke – gossiping and squawking

And then the issue of students arose, and those teachers ceased their balking

They said “Amen” to the issue of punishing students for too much talking

“Send them to the principal, remove them from my class

They’re interfering with the learning of others who want to pass

How dare they be so rude and do the things they do!

They’re embarrassing themselves, yet they do not have a clue

They speak when I am speaking, they don’t do all their work

They obviously have no manners – responsibility they shirk!

Well, as a brand-new teacher, I did not say a word

I just sat back and witnessed it all – the irony was absurd

How can you expect your students to do things that you won’t do?

If you want your students to be respectful, shouldn’t it begin with you?

• Professional classroom conduct is difficult to define because regions and situations dictate different behavior.
• An educator should be sensitive to the demographics of the class as well as socioeconomic differences.
• Educators should be able to act rationally with thought in volatile situations while still maintaining good communication.

Maintain a Professional Image

Discussion

As part of a professional image, educators should be good role models to students.

Language and actions should reflect adult behavior and be honorable and fair.

Because they are in the public eye, educators should always be aware of their actions and behave ethically.

What contributes to negative attitudes in educators?

How do can you deal with your negative attitudes?

How can you deal with negative attitudes in others?

A Positive Attitude

Professional Educators

The professional educator is always learning and growing.

The professional educator learns how to promote student growth.

Even though educator’s are often frustrated, overworked and under-paid, they must remember that they chose their profession because they love their students and their content area.

A school is no place for complaints and negativity.

Effective Teaching to Promote Student Growth Is:

Competence

Although requirements vary from state to state, all states have professional standards for K-12 teachers.

Most require a bachelor’s degree with a teaching major and basic testing for certification.

Most states require that educators work toward a master’s degree within a specific time period.

Educators must also attend mandatory professional training sessions.

• Seeing that students perform at or above expectations
• Solving problems so students receive the best possible services
• Using research-based and technological advancements
• Applying higher-order learning skills
• Applying increasingly complex learning tasks
• Using cooperative learning
• Using differentiated instruction
• Applying classroom management research

Discussion

Commitment to Students

A professional educator will always get to know his or her students.

He or she will listen to students’ problems, questions, and concerns and treat every student with respect.

How are you able to bring “real life” links to student learning into the classroom?

What does a good classroom environment look like?

How important is the appearance and arrangement of the room to student learning?

Commitment to Learning

This is Not Effective Teaching:

Read the assigned chapters

Answer the questions at the end of the chapter

Sit and take lecture notes

Watch a video with no

defined observation plan

Complete a worksheet

Take a test to measure

rote learning

A professional educator’s education does not stop with his/her degree.

He/she must continually be aware of best practices in the field, including new teaching methods and materials.

This involves post-graduate work, workshops, professional development, and joining professional organizations.

Commitment to Quality

The Professional Educator Recognizes the Importance of Knowledge

Knowledge is power.

Power is the ability to do things.

The more knowledge a person has, the more the person is able to accomplish.

Knowledge is obtained by reading professional literature and attending conferences.

Knowledge gives a person options. – As more knowledge is added, more learning takes place, more options are generated, and more power to accomplish is unleashed.

A professional educator is never satisfied with an average performance.

He/she must research and plan each lesson fully to give the students the best lesson possible.

Race to the Top

Barack OBama

Discussion

Professional Educators Make Good Use of Time

What do you consider acceptable teacher dress in and out of the classroom?

What do you consider unacceptable teacher dress in and out of the classroom?

The Professional Educator makes good use of instructional time in the following ways:

Follows lesson plans

Focuses student attention

Communicates the purpose of each lesson

Sets high expectations for student achievement

Uses materials, media, and technology appropriately

Provides logically sequenced instruction

Allows for individual student differences

Continuously evaluates and improves classroom instruction

Role Model

Administrative Responsibilities

A professional educator is a role model.

He or she must model proper manners, dress, behavior and ethics at all times

Professional educators should be well organized and keep accurate records of grades and student behavior.

They should be aware of all deadlines and adhere to their administrative duties in the school.

Questions

Professional Educators

A professional is defined not by the business a person is in but by the way that person does his or her business.

A professional educator is someone who, without supervision or regulation:

• Is a responsible person
• Has a continuing growth plan to achieve competence
• Strives continuously to raise the level of each new group of students

Discussion

Describe your definition of a professional educator.

Teaching as a Profession

• Critique the roles and responsibilities of teachers.
• Analyze professional and ethical behavior and qualities expected of teachers.
• Examine the importance of non-instructional duties and responsibilities of teachers.

Presenters: Latasha Shaw

and Dante' Thornton

Professors: Dr. Tanisha Hunter and Dr. Bruce Worth

References

http://www.ehow.com/facts

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Wong, Harry K. & Wong, Rosemary, The First Days of School, Harry Wong Publications, Mountain View, CA. 1998.

Educational Reforms

Nation at Risk

Ronald Reagan

• Nation at Risk Reform efforts in the 1980's

Educations reform- is the name given to a political process with the goal of improving public education.

• No Child Left Behind 2001

• Goals 2000

• Civil Rights Era 1950s-1970s

• Reform efforts in the 1990's and 2000's Outcome-Based Education (OBE)

Civil Rights Era on Education

The Political Science of Education

• Ethics and Politics

• Resources

Politics and Education

Professionalism

Budgeting, Financing and Teacher Unions

• What is Educating?

• Budgeting

• What is Politics?

• Instructional Materials

• Consolidation

• What is Ethics?

• Politicians

• Teachers

• Safety Nets

• National Education Association

No Child Left Behind Act 2001 George Bush

The Virtues

• Politics allows everyone in public schools to become educated

• Politics regulate birth and early training for healthy development of "reason and mind

Politics and Education

• Politics reflects that it's responsibility is to develop young adolescents to achieve success

Presenters: Dante' Thornton and Latasha Shaw

Professor: Dr. Tanisha Hunter and Dr. Bruce Worth

Date: March 26, 2013

Course: Educational Practicum II

Goals 2000

Bill Clinton