Chapter 4 Professional Development, Leadership, and Community (PLT 5622)

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Which professional development opportunity includes a group of teachers who are working toward a specific student learning goal?
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Basic academic research
The purpose of finding out information - typically the goal of university researchers and professional associations
Applied research
Purpose is to prove a point usually to see a product
Qualitative reserach
More subjective since it uses observations, interviews and case studies
Quantitative research
Attempts to analyze findings through statistics
Steps of action research
  1. develop a guiding questions and data collection technique
  2. gather evidence
  3. display the data
  4. analyze the data and draw conclusion
    1. use the information to guide one's teaching practices
Which type of research is most reliable?
Peer reviewed journals meet minimal criteria for finding accurate research
An example of action research
Teachers research their own classroom results and draw conclusions about best practices
Which reflective practice requires respect, trust and collegiality among staff to be effective
Observation
Mr Reed develops a scale to help him rate the usability of his substitute lesson plans. What reflective practices is he using?
Self assessment
What activity harms the public perception of professional educators
Gossiping about colleagues and complaining about students and coworkers
Ms Smith calls Shelly's mother because Shelly has not done any work in two weeks. Ms Smith is shocked that Shelly's mother becomes angry with her. How could Ms Smith have made this a more positive interaction
She should not have waited two weeks to make a phone call she should have contacted the parents as soon as she realized there was a problem
Which piece of legislation protect against gender discrimination in athletic programs at public schools
Title IX
Action plan
A process by which goals and the steps toward achieving those goals are determined
Confidentiality
The ability to be trusted with private information