module 12

I think teaching is something I still want to do because I have a desire to work with children who are at risk. I can see myself keeping up with the demands of good teaching by learning from my mistakes and from other peoples mistakes. I think one of the demands is making sure that your students make progress through out the school year. I see the job of a teacher challenging and fulfilling. A good teacher will know their students learning styles and abilities through time. The teacher also wears many hats such as teacher, parent, and sometimes mentor. The main thin that I learned is no one really have the answer on how to be an affective teacher. There are so many theories and point of views and all of them make sense. The only way to figure out how to be an affective teacher is through experience.

observation

I think that both teachers I observed displayed some of the standards in chapter 11. One of the teachers knew her students so well that she did not have to turn around and look to see who was disturbing her class. She just called their name and continue to teach the class without missing a point in her lesson. The other teacher had good classroom management. She was able to teach the class and keep all of her students under control. This particular teacher had eyes in the back of her head. I was just glad to be able to observe such wonderful teachers.

legal

Situation 3: Personal Lifestyle
This situation is about a teacher who has a good reputation in the school where she works and well like by her students. Many of the staff had strong feeling about her living with her boyfriend and begin to feel that she was not being a good role model for the children. When the school system found out that she was living with her boyfriend, they announce it publicly. She was suspended for the way she was living her personal life. The courts decided that the parents and the community did not know about her living arrangement until they were announce. The court also said that her life style did not affect the education of the children. The court ruling was in her favor.


Situation 14:School Prayer
This situation is about a coach who have prayer with his team and one of the team member objects having prayer. Although the coach is trying hard to be sensitive and not offend anyone, this particular team member is still offended. The coach offer this person to leave the gym whenever the team was about to pray. The coach has broken the law. According to the law, there is a separation between school and state. Although students can form religious clubs, teachers are not allow to promote or force any religion on the students. As teachers, we need to be considerate of other people religion and beliefs. The best thing to do I think is to never bring up anything about religion at all.

court ruling

In 1994, parents, school boards, and students from five low income counties filed a law suit against the state of North Carolina. The complaint was against the state for not providing an equal opportunity of education for children in those counties. The ruling of the court stated that the state of North Carolina has fail to provide the children in those counties an equal opportunity education. Personally, I love the fact that there are people who care about the education of all children and not just the wealthy ones. I believe that the courts ruling made the state more responsible for the education of those children in those counties. As far as social issue, children from those counties will have an opportunity to a good education. That good education can open doors for jobs in the future. It is just like a domino affect. A person get a good education and then gets a good job. The job keeps them from being tempted to commit crime and being on the streets. That's when the communities become better. The first domino is the foundation that a good quality education has laid for that person to build their life on.