Deck 9: The School and the Teacher: Expectations and Responsibilities

Question 1

What are the most common instructional duties teachers complete outside of school?

A)Professional development and club sponsors
B)Committee meetings and evaluations
C)Planning and grading
D)Assessment and calling parents

Answer 1

C

Question 2

How can administrators, parents and the community ensure that all their teachers are qualified to teach in schools?

A)Teacher has assumed all functions as a regular teacher for three years
B)Teacher has the ability to communicate and meet all students needs
C)Teachers must have a teacher certification
D)All teachers have a degree in their field

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is one difference in non-instructional duties between states with strong teacher unions and states with no union influence?

A)Nonunion states have greater flexibility in determining the roles of teachers
B)School systems with unions provide extra pay for duties stipulated in contracts
C)Teachers have limits on parent conferences in states with unions
D)Paperwork and reports are reduced in union states

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In what way can a school provide for the intellectual safety of its teachers?

A)Provide a class of students that are enthusiastic and willing to learn
B)Inviting teachers to share new and successful strategies
C)Peer evaluation of lessons and teaching
D)Make sure teachers follow established teaching methods

Question 5

Teachers may be granted tenure after a probationary period.Who awards tenure to teachers?

A)State school board
B)School administration
C)Professional standards commission
D)District school board

Question 6

Baltimore City schools showed an increase in graduation rates among African American males due to a shift in policies.What policy was implemented?

A)For every infraction of the rules, students required to exert physical activity
B)Students given in-school suspension over out of school suspension
C)All students required to participate in an extra-curricular activity
D)New teachers are given the students with behavior problems

Question 7

An alternative teacher preparation program involves brief, intensive teacher training that may lead to certification.According to a study by Humphrey and Wechsler (2005), what is a weakness of alternative programs?

A)Subject area knowledge is not fully developed
B)More intensive field experience is needed
C)High rate of turnover by teachers in these programs
D)Mentoring needs to be a strong component

Question 8

Expectations for teachers to participate in non-instructional duties can be influenced by __________.

A)PTA groups
B)Governmental groups
C)Certification level
D)Teacher unions

Question 9

As a teacher, what is one way you can establish and maintain a valuable relationship with your students without crossing the line of professionalism?

A)Be inflexible and rigid in your approach
B)Do not interact with students, only teach your lessons
C)Treat everyone the same without regard for family or culture
D)Respect confidentiality of conversations with students

Question 10

What would be appropriate professional behavior for the following scenario? You are trying to make plans with friends during the day and your friend's text you a message?

A)Inform your students and respond to the text message
B)Leave your phone in your office and wait until you have a break
C)Silence the phone and check it discreetly
D)Step out of the room and respond to the message

Question 11

Certain professional behaviors are expected of teachers.Consider the following scenario.A student in your class clowned around and disrupted learning for ten minutes.

A)Talk to the student, but keep the incident confidential
B)Share the incident with a friend or significant other
C)Laugh about the student in the teacher's lounge
D)Talk about the experience with the class

Question 12

Ms.Granger is a new teacher.What is the most important factor to her professional growth as a teacher?

A)Time allotted for lesson planning
B)Knowledge of current education developments
C)Having a mentor
D)Technological abilities

Question 13

What route to teacher certification enables a student who already has a bachelor's degree to become certified?

A)Post baccalaureate certification
B)Four year program of study
C)Master's degree certification
D)Quick certification

Question 14

Ms.Peter is moving to a new State and would like to receive reciprocity to teach in the new State.What is one common requirement?

A)State endorsement
B)State's teacher certification test
C)Recommendation from current principal
D)Statement of personal philosophy

Question 15

This is your first week as a teacher and you believe in order to be successful all you need to do is relate and be a friend to your students.According to Ryan's (1986) four stages of teaching, what stage are you?

A)Fantasy
B)Survival
C)Entry
D)Wonderment

Question 16

Ms.Hoffman is walking around the classroom and happens to see cigarettes in the pocket of one of her students.What should Ms.Hoffman do?

A)Tell your student to throw the cigarettes away
B)Report the student for bringing drugs to the school authorities
C)Ignore the situation because you feel it is harmless
D)Lecture the student on the dangers of smoking

Question 17

In order to maintain certification, Mr.Jackson is required to complete formal professional development.Which one of the following is NOT a form of professional development?

A)College courses
B)In-service programs
C)Programs approved by the State
D)Hours spent teaching in class

Question 18

Morgan has come to school with bruises on her arms and legs multiple times and you are concerned about child abuse.What should you do?

A)Wait until you can talk to the parents
B)Talk about the situation to other teachers to get their opinions
C)Immediately report any suspicions to school authorities
D)Respect the students privacy

Question 19

Why is it desirable to limit non-instructional duties for new teachers?

A)To develop instructional skills and interact with experienced teachers
B)New teachers are too inexperienced to ensure students safety
C)Experienced teachers should have first choice on which non-instructional duties get assigned
D)School culture is not fully understood by new teachers

Question 20

Why do teacher salaries vary by district within the same State?

A)Teaching experience is valued in different ways
B)Amount of students determines salary
C)Each district supplements the State base salary
D)Districts in more rural areas have higher salaries

Question 21

If you are teaching at a school that uses merit pay, what factors do you think the school should use to evaluate you? Do you think teachers should be compared to other teachers in the same school or school system? Why?

Question 22

What are some of the pros and cons to merit based pay based on achievement scores?

Question 23

How do you satisfy your own need to know and understand as a teacher?

Question 24

What impact does teacher participation in extracurricular activities provide to the school?

Question 25

What duties may interfere with a teacher's time to create lessons and evaluate students during planning periods?

Question 26

As a teacher, what factors contribute to positive working conditions?

Question 27

Do you think teachers should be required to participate in non-instructional duties? Explain. What is the benefit to students when teachers assist in non-instructional duties? Benefit to teachers?