Ch. 11- Education Ch. 12- Schools Ch. 15- Teacher Organizations Ch. 15 & 13 Toss Up Ch 14 & 13 Toss Up
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What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
2001 re-authorization of ESEA law that set high standards and measurable goals for education
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What is school choice
allowing parents to select alternative educational programs for their children
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What is National Education Association (NEA)
The nation's largest teachers' association, founded in 1857 and having a member-ship of over 3.2 million educators
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What is in-service programs
professional development programs such as courses, workshops, or short retreats that focus on some particular problem or issue such as communication with parents, or target some new area such as environmental education.
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What is Culture shock
the feeling of disorientation experienced by individuals when initially immersed in a society with different values customs, and mores
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What is the State board of Education
to exercise general control and supervision of schools within the state the state board is the states educational policy-making body for elementary and secondary schools
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What is schools-within-schools
in large schools the establishment of houses of teachers and 100 -400 students
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What is American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
The nation's second largest teachers' association or union. Founded in 1916, it is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest union.
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What is profession
An occupational group that fulfills certain criteria. Among other things, it must require training and knowledge, perform a social service, have a code of ethics, and have a sense of autonomy and personal responsibility
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What is mentor
a person who gives both personal and professional guidance to a novice
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What is the state department of education
usually operates under the direction of the state board of education and is administered by the chief state school officer
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What is magnet school
schools that specialize in the arts math or science
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What is National Board or Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
The professional agency that sets voluntary standards for what experienced teachers should know and be able to do in more than 30 different teaching areas
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What is learning organizations
an organization that systematically learns from its experience what works and what does not work, with the goal to increase innovation, effectiveness, and performance.
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What is social distance
the psychological relationships between individuals ranging from the formal to the familiar
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What is compensatory education
approach to creating more equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged children
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What is charter schools
independent public schools that are publicly funded with more privilege and their own curriculum
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What is Association of American Educators (AEE)
Established in 1994, tit is the nation's largest nonunion professional organization of teachers.
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What is professional development
the efforts by a school district to improve the professional skills and competencies of its professional staff. Also called in-service training in education. Also called staff development.
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What is teaching journal
a professional record of reflections, instructional ideas and observations by a teacher or future teacher
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What is elementary and secondary education act (ESEA)
Passed as part of LBJ's War on Poverty. Most far-reaching educational legislation affecting education ever passed by congress. It funds primary and secondary education and forbids the establishment of a national curriculum. It gives each child a fair and equal opportunity to get a good education.
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What is profit schools
EMO's finacially driven businesses that contract with community schools to provide educational serves food services transportation services
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What is learning communities
organizations in which all members are engaged in continuous learning and improvement efforts
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What is a teaching portfolio
collection of items such as research papers, pupil evaluations, teaching units, and video clips of lessons to reflect the quality of a teachers teach. Portfolios can be used to illustrate to employers that teachers experience or to national board certification
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What is credential file
a file established by college students- typical with with schools career planning and placement officer- that contains materials important for securing a teaching job, for example , letters of recommendation, a transcript and a resume






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