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

what teachers make

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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