principals share leadership‚ and time management. Principal as an Instructional Leader The principal is an instructional leader‚ a teacher of all teachers. Instructional leadership can be broken into two categories: direct and indirect instructional leadership. Examples of direct instructional leadership that a principal should provide are staff development‚ teacher observations/evaluations‚ and supervision. Also providing subordinate’s instructions about their tasks and including what is expected
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Introduction Paragraph Teachers are important‚ because they are many students role models‚ My perception of an ideal teacher is basically of a good human being‚ kind‚ compassionate‚ understanding and forgiving‚ who is interesting and fun loving‚ someone‚ who loves us and can make teaching interesting. Teaching is considered to be a noble profession but today people opt for this profession without giving a thought to the sacrifice‚ commitment and dedication it needs. There are many teachers but it would not
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members of the opposition is that standardized tests alone do not present a fair representation of a student’s intelligence and character. Critics‚ authors‚ and researchers alike of the opposing party hold the view that standardized tests fail to measure a lot of what makes up a meaningful education (Bracey). American education policy researcher‚ Gerald Bracey‚ is widely known for composing a comprehensive list of important character traits that standardized tests largely fail to address including
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Normal Diversity SOE Goal #3: Teachers differentiate instruction with respect for individual and cultural characteristics. Introduction To begin the discussion on differentiating instruction and making sure it is respectful of the individual‚ I will need to begin with some definitions of terms and basic thoughts. The scope of this paper is to talk about multicultural education as well as differentiation for the varying abilities of the students. It is a wide coverage! There cannot be a simple
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com/2012/11/action-research-on-classroom.html ction research on classroom participation ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our tutor Mr. Sonam Rinchen‚ for leading us in to the world of academic research which I felt is helpful in our profession as a teacher to enhance ourselves professionally. Sincere and grateful thanks are not nearly enough in expressing what I feel about the support and guidance provided by our tutor Mr. Sonam Rinchen‚ and some of my colleagues. This action research might never have
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“CAN you still remember your Grade I teacher?” This was once the by-line of an advertisement of one financial institution. This is also the base concept of the play “Ang Guro” staged by Stairs Production and Imagination Beyond Events Philippines at West Negros University Gym last Saturday‚ January 21. The musical play was written by occupational therapist Paul Ballano. This is his form of loving tribute to his Grade I school teacher‚ Mrs. Cecilia Resontoc‚ who was instrumental in making him pursue
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Standardized test is any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions from common bank of questions‚ in the same way‚ and that is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner‚ which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students (The Glossary of Education Reform‚ 2014). Standardized testing has a previous history. According to National Education Association (NEA) standardized testing was actually
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stated‚ “Standardized testing has swelled and mutated‚ like a creature in one of those old horror movies‚ to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole” (qtd. in Solley). Kohn is right; the emphasis on standardized testing has only increased since the practice was first introduced to schools. The pressure surrounding tests affects schools‚ teachers‚ and students‚ and poor scores reflect badly on all of them. This leads to increased focus from teachers on test items and test specific
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“If my future were determined by my performance on a standardized test‚ I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.” Standardized testing is‚ “any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ in the same way‚ and that is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner” (“Standardized Test Definition”). Standardized testing is used in most schools and is used to determine the futures of many students’ educations. These tests usually have sets of multiple choice‚ or true or false
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The article discusses cheating in academia including the numbers and statistics‚ the reasons and the strategies to prevent it. What striked me the most in this article is the long term effects of the unethical behavior. McCabe‚ Treviño‚ and Butterfield (1996) found a link in their studies between the cheating attitude in college and workplace. The direct correlation between unethical behavior at school and workplace was observed by Sims (1993) in a study conducted on 60 MBA students. His research
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