What do teachers do?
Dec 13, 2014
What do teachers do?
duties & responsibilities
• Instruction
• Assessment
•Classroom Management
• other...
Elements of Instruction
•objectives/standards
•focus
•teaching
•guided practice
•closure
•independent practice
lawyer
head of school
doctor
nurse
electrician
mail carrier
architect
plumber
physicist
teacher
police officer
accountant
bartender
actress
biochemist
EMT
real estate agent
IRS agent
policitian
gardener
IT support
zoo keeper
investment broker
nutritionist
judge
mechanic
midwife
social worker
speech therapist
custodian
stuntman
meteorologist
welder
• philosophy(s)
• body of knowledge including the art & science of the practice
• leaders or philosophers
• guidelines for behavior
• support organizations
teachers are professionals
•engaged member of profession
•professional behavior
•life long learner
•listener
Favorite
Teacher Favorite
Teacher
Philosophy•stand on the shoulders of
giants
•read, listen, and reflect
•build your own
•add, subtract, and revise
body of knowledge
•instructional practices
•assessment
•curriculum
•content
•other’s contents
•professional development
Professional Developmen
t•content - improve your expertise
•practice - improve your how
•lots to learn locally
•get out of town
•feed your need
find your leaders
• fast horses
• local, national, & international
• old, new, and in between
PlatoB.F. Skinner
Jean Piaget
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Neil Postman
Rudolf Steiner
Jerome Bruner
Sir Ken
Robinson
Jerome Bruner
Jerome Bruner
Ian Jukes
Howard Gardner
Daniel Pink
Maria Montessori
Paulo Freire
Mr. Beckett
Jack Creeden
Dr. Chris Dede
John Dewey
Will RichardsonRichard Miller
Stephen Hubbell
Greg Whitby
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jason Ramsden
Richard MillerRichard MillerRichard Miller
• positive outlook - easy to be critical
• emotional control
• assertive without aggressive
• tactful disagreement (critique with solutions)
• language - precise, concise, and compelling
• respect
• supportive & collaborative
• self improvement & self-reflective
Professional Demeanor
Support • local leaders
and inspiration
• faculty lounge, lunch, and humor
•wikis, ning, and blogs
• regional or national groups
exampleshttp://isenet.ning.com/
http://
englishcompanion.ning.com/
#isedchat
finding fuelpodcasts like TED
booksexplore outside of your world
make a symphony other ideas?
where do you find your fuel?
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