What are some limitations or challenges of traditional professional development opportunities?
What will be an ideal response?
For example, Teachers are not given choices for their development; they often find the workshops meaningless in terms of application to their daily lives; they sit and listen to the presenters, possibly see a demonstration of the intervention, and then probably have a brief opportunity to practice the new intervention; there is no follow up or extensive opportunities to practice new skills.
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When you ask a question of the entire classroom of students you should wait ____ for a response
(a) for up to 5 seconds (b) for as long as 7 seconds (c) no longer than 2 seconds (d) longer for girls than for boys (e) as long as it takes to obtain a response
Of the following, which best describes the comparison between the amount of education money that is spent on administration and maintenance of schools compared to administration and the maintenance of physical plants in industry?
a. Education spends a much higher percentage of its total budget (about 50% more) on administration and the maintenance of schools than does industry for its administration and maintenance of physical plants. b. Education spends a slightly higher percentage of its total budget (about 5% more) on administration and the maintenance of schools than does industry for its administration and maintenance of physical plants. c. Education and industry spend comparable percentages of their total budgets on administration and the maintenance of schools and physical plants. d. Education spends a significantly lower percentage of its total budget (about 20% less) on administration and the maintenance of schools than does industry for its administration and maintenance of physical plants.
What are three groups of students who need special supports but who are NOT eligible for services under IDEA? How does this ineligibility affect the education of these groups of students?
What will be an ideal response?
To ensure teachers are attending to instructional planning issues, the administration at Westwood Middle decides to take a more proactive stance on the issue. Which of the following has been cited as a strategy to ensure such planning?
A. Administration "spot-checking" classrooms for apparent orderliness B. Having senior faculty observe an assigned teacher's classroom on a weekly basis C. Engaging teachers in weekly workshops on the importance of and methods for planning instruction D. Requiring lesson plans to be submitted a month in advance