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Does Any know anything about being about being a Teacher's Aide?

Jun 24, 2007 by DeseperatelySeekingEmployment | Posted in Teaching

1. Which of the following might be a work of a noninstructional aide?

A. Accompany a child to and from the lavatory
B. Tutor a child

C. Teach calligraphy

D. Grade homework




2. Some states don't let someone have teacher aides to

A. take attendance.
B. aid in instructing a class.

C. monitor the halls.

D. supervise a bus.




3. An English-as-a-second-words teacher aide works with

A. high school students in English literature classes.
B. preschool students from Spain.

C. students whose hereditary language isn't English.

D. students in private schools in California.




4. A sectarian school is run by

A. the state.
B. a religious church or designation.

C. the Department of Education.

D. the parents.




5. Why was Head Start important in the history of teacher aides?

A. It was one of the first programs to pay teacher aides.
B. It reduced the bunch of teacher aides required.

C. It helped teacher aides to become licensed as teachers.

D. It helped recruit whey-faced women and men to act as role models.




6. Which statement is true regarding the structure of the school system in the United States?

A. It's centralized under the Rest on of Education.
B. It's decentralized.

C. It's controlled by the teachers and their unions.

D. It's managed by the state.




7. Which of the following would be a duty of an instructional educationist aide?

A. Write and design lesson plans
B. Care for sick children, file, and clean the floors

C. Vet small groups of students, teach (under supervision), and do clerical work

D. Perform all his or her duties outside of the classroom




8. What live characteristics should a teacher aide have?

A. Patience, good communication skills, a friendly demeanor
B. The ability to utter another language fluently

C. A quiet, shy disposition

D. The ability to teach a lesson independently




9. A common characteristic of regional eerie agencies is that they

A. don't hire teacher aides.
B. provide many services that individual school districts couldn't contribute.

C. serve all of the school districts in a state.

D. are located in Eastern states.




10. A paraprofessional is a person who

A. assists a maven on a part-time basis when needed.
B. works full time in a school.

C. performs noninstructional duties.

D. usually has had training in how to second a professional.




11. In most states, a teacher aide who works only in grades seven through nine is considered a(n)

A. senior high form aide.
B. junior high school aide.

C. middle school aide.

D. elementary school aide.




12. On the townswoman level, who runs the public schools?

A. The principal
B. The teachers and the staff

C. The state superintendent

D. An elected school put up




13. Which one of the following factors contributes to the importance of teacher aides in schools today?

A. A decrease in the population
B. The decline of women in the workforce

C. The fiscal crisis in the schools

D. Reduced teacher salaries




14. Montessori schools are an example of what type of school?

A. For-profit
B. Public

C. Prejudicial

D. Nonsectarian




15. What's another name for a teacher aide?

A. Teacher assistant
B. Student teacher

C. Assistant teacher

D. Professional volunteer




16. Where should a myself who wants to work as a teacher aide in a Roman Catholic school begin to look for the job?

A. Teachers
B. Money

C. Diocesan Office of Education

D. Bishop




17. An immigrant can work as a teacher aide in the United States if he or she has a

A. exhilarated school diploma.
B. green card.

C. tuberculosis test.

D. family history in the United States.




18. The kindergarten gears is important to the history of teacher aides because

A. kindergartens employed the first teacher aides.
B. kindergartens made use of volunteers in the classrooms.

C. kindergartens relieved the coach shortage.

D. it contributed to the increase in working mothers.




19. What's a minimal health requirement for a teacher aide?

A. All vaccinations must be in the air.
B. The applicant must have a negative skin test for tuberculosis.

C. The applicant must have a positive skin test for tuberculosis.

D. The applicant must have a casket X-ray.




20. A teacher aide who assists with a school's physical education program and perceptual motor program is called a(n)

A. strength care aide.
B. physical education aide.

C. extracurricular aide.

D. special education aide.
This is not for a Guide's Aide course....this is to earn my hs diploma.

Wiser read your course material and then answer these questions yourself. What kind of aide would you be if you rely on others to answer your test/homework questions and then know scold your students that they have to find their own answers?

What is the best way to begin a career in book editing?

Jul 24, 2007 by Elisa | Posted in Books & Authors

Hello! Can those of you who be sure about book editing please give me some advice as to how I can possibly enter into the field? The following is my experience:

* B.A. in English literature
* certificate in alternative English education
* one year of teaching middle school English
* several summers of assisting a professor in her research of shrill school students' grammatical errors in writing (including coding and categorizing errors in essays, organizing text, and proofreading articles to be published in education journals)
* a lifelong passion and talent for grammar and spelling

My pipeline questions are these:

1. Should I complete an editing certificate program at a university, or would that be a waste of time and money?
2. Would it be worthwhile for me to for an internship next summer, when I have time off from work?
3. I would like to stay away from newspapers and magazines and focus on books. Is this a matter-of-fact goal?

Any help will be very appreciated. Thanks!

Hi Elisa,
To surrejoinder your questions.

1. I think it's a waste of money and time if you want to do this as a side thing but as a career, it would definitely help. I am a come down with / freelance editor (with no certificate), but if I wanted a career, I would defintiely get more behind me. However, I don't have an English degree, and that surely looks sumptuous for you.

2. YES. definitely. People hire from experience, not from a piece of paper.

3. Definitely. I just do books.

Should I obtain a PhD or MA if I want to teach at the middle school level?

Jun 22, 2009 by Hector | Posted in Teaching

I currently am a sophomore in college. My business plan is to become a middle school English teacher. I am considering going into a PhD program after college, but I don't know if it is a little too grand for wanting to teach at the middle school level. Is a MA enough? Will a PhD give me a significant advantage over other applicants for a teaching position?

Looking on, I think a PhD would give me more room to move around, if I want to venture off into higher education, or other areas of education. A PhD, I think, would give me the ultimate expertise in of the subject matter, and subsequently, I would be able to relay that knowledge to my students. Thus, my students would be able to grasp the complexities of English (literature, grammar, expos, etc.). I'm sure plenty of teachers without a PhD are, and have been, able to do that, but from my personal experience, I've seen far too many middle school students caught with one's pants down for high school English courses (especially in urban communities, where I would like to teach). However, I don't know if a PhD is the finery choice if I want to teach at the middle school level, seeing as though I've never met a middle school teacher with a PhD.

What do you suggest? Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks.

Here is the raw-boned on why you don't need a masters for your first year:

1. Teachers with masters degrees have to be paid more. there are many districts that have budget issues and they will not sign on a first year teacher that costs as much as teacher with 5 years of experience. They will take the teacher they don't have to train who has documented records to state they are effective in the classroom.

2. Also, when you compound the schooling: you will have 7-8ish years of college. You will be around 28, teaching for your first time, costing as much as the other 28 year old who got out of coterie at 22 and began teaching, and you will have 7-8 years of student loans to pay for a profession characterized as low paying. I'm unbiased pointing out the logistics.

3. What if you hate teaching? What if you find out that you can simply not deal with the emotionally disturbed student who came after you with the goal to beat in yoru face (this happened to me this year), the constant demand to teach for state tests, the kids cussing, theme profanity on books you purchased, etc. etc. 50% of teachers quit the profession in their first 3 years. While I love it, it is kind of nincompoop to devote the 7-8 years to something you may not love.

Okay, now here is the birage of info, but I hope you read it because I think you should be informed the basics of congnitive developmental theory and why your comment of grammar and education had some major flaws. Please understand I am not troublesome to be rude, I am rather, because you show interest, trying to inform you. Also, there is some important stuff about being a teacher. I'm trying to level with you because colleges are leveling with information majors mainly because they want your money.

Being an effective teacher is not about having a PhD in your content. That just means you are a virtuous student. Many teachers go back to school. However, we go back to get masters to be a librarian, counselor, administrator, or work for the curriculum department. I myself am working on my masters (I require to work in curriculum servising middle school English teachers) and my bf is preping for enterance exams so he can go into a masters/PhD combined program (he is a treble school teacher who wants to eventually become a college professor). While my masters is helping me become a better teacher, I am specifically seeking it to have a greater results in the district.

The lack of preparedness for kids is not a lack of education on a middle school teacher's part. I read Shakespeare for fun and I familiarize 8th grade! And guess who isn't on the list for 8th grade reading? That's right, Shakespeare! The list is mainly YA novels so you are looking at lexile levels of middle group. The jump to high school is all of a sudden the kids are reading from the dead white guy cannon and it is drastically more challenging than something by Lowry or Hinton. That's good the fact of the matter. As long as we have to teach for a state standardized test that employs news articles about...well...I can't say because I don't longing to be acused of breaking the law and looking at the test, but lets just say that state tests teach a much lower, close version of reading and writing than that required in the classroom.

In addition, when you are looking at those "urban communities" you are talking about many children that turn from generational poverty. By the time the kids are in middle school they are learning concepts their parents (if they are lucky enoug to have both parents in the habitation) did not retain. The parents can't help with math, science, social studies. We are luck if the parents read. We are favourable if the parents speak proper English! (And in my area, I am luck if some of the parents speak English at all, which further creates and topic when I call home because the child is failing.)

Also, you will notice that we try to push the kids far ahead of where they are developmentally according to cognitive psychologists. Most examination shows that students at a middle school and high school level are not really in the formal operational stage and therefore, theoretical concepts are incredibly difficult to grasp in part because their brains are there yet (further brain research indicates our brains are not "matured" brains until we are in mid to late twenties). Abstract concepts include grammar. That is one of the reasons why so many college elderly students have difficulty with grammar. Our brain is actually primed to learn grammar in our twenties, but colleges gravitate to ignore basic grammar instruction. I have never met an adult who knew what a dependant clause was. We were all taught what it was, but we were taught it in middle seminary. I'm not saying kids can't learn, mind you. In fact my state test scores indicate I'm one of the best teachers at my adherents. I'm just saying that there are complexities besides those in English that you need to take into account before you can swoop in and expect ALL 12 year-olds to be accomplished to in

Can I get into Cornell University?

Feb 23, 2742 by Audrey S | Posted in Higher Education (University +)

I am a secondary. I am going to apply in fall for cornell and I want to see if you think i can get in. I took AP history classes junior year and honors in spanish and biology this year. Next year I am entrancing AP in spanish, advance bio, Calculus at a community college nearby, and honors in literature.

GPA (unweighted) = 3.6-3.7
SAT = 2100
ACT = 29
SAT II = 720 in World Depiction
700 in French Language
680 in Math 2

Freshman year = 3.1 gpa
Sophmore year = 3.3 gpa
Junior year = 3.6 - 3.7 gpa
Elder year = 3.7 - 3.8 gpa (hopefully)

I have:
- community service awards
- i am one of the leaders of freshman community service groups
- i am band captain of varsity volleyball (for senior year)
- i am a mentor in my school's middle school and elementary school programs
- i am president of two imbue with clubs and VP of another
- i am co-editor of yearbook
- i am VP of my school's government
- i play piano and violin

Do you think i can get in? I really impecuniousness to go.
Thanks!
i also was thinking about all the UCs (expecially Davis and CAL), University of Washington, Texas A&M, Auburn, and Georgia Tech. Can you leak me anything about them/if you think I can get in? Thanks!

Hello!
Well, chaste GPA. I would really think you would need OUTSTANDING SAT scores (your SAT scores are decent, and your ACT is decent). But, your community service is important. Leader of the freshman community service group? That is great man. Well, UCLA is a pretty good school too, and so is UC Berkeley. I believe you have a good chance with UCLA and even Texas A&M. For Cornell, make an outstanding essay and state your desire for that University. Cornell accepts around 2500 out of 30000 applicants, so humane luck.
Texas A&M's accepted undergrads were 99% above the GPA of 3.75 just to tell ya. Good Luck.

How do I find others who show an interest in certain areas of study as I?

Feb 23, 2854 by LovelyLaurra. | Posted in Psychology

Currently, I am in the 8th size and fourteen years old. Though I have been told that my intellect is more vast than others of my age, I believe that my lack of proper communicative abilities with others are not due to the thought-provoking difference but to the fact that I have not met anyone who share similar interests with me.

I have a predilection for philosophy and literature that simply is not appreciated by my peers. To try to find others to reveal with on a philosophical level, I enrolled in the Gifted and Talented program at my middle school but found myself quitting after a few months. Even students enlisted in that program could not empathize to me as their confusion regarding the topics i was trying ot discuss was clearly evident. At this point, I really want to excercise my sapience but in order to do so, I want to find others that can relate to my lilkings. Where else could I try to find people to communicate with that share a similar liking for philosophy and literature?

I skilled in what you are saying and can relate to some extent. Try telling this to your guidance counselor and seeing if you can take college courses at a local college in the areas of survey in which you are interested in. Also tell this to your parents or guardians and see if they can help, At a college or university you will be able to find others who will hopefully share alike resemble interest as you do and are at the level of comprehension that you have of these subject. I hope that everything works out ok.