...certain Teacher responsibilities and student rights. Students may not think that the teachers deserve to have as many rights as they should or do, but it is a good thing in the long run. If the teachers let the students get away with things more, then their will most likely be less teaching and also bad things could start happening. For example, teachers should be able to be able to randomly search a student’s locker without their permission sometimes. I think that if there is a reasonable cause to why they are checking it, then do it. But if the student does not do anything for it to happen then why can a teacher not trust their students. Today, a lot of students are starting drugs at a younger age and also bring weapons to school. Therefore, teachers have certain responsibilities and rights and students also have certain responsibilities and rights too. Teachers have rights that are constitutional when becoming a teacher. Some of those rights would be substantive and procedural due process rights. This includes the teacher’s rights to receive notice of termination and right to a hearing. The freedom of expression and association provided by the First Amendment is another right as well. A teacher has academic freedom too. Academic freedom is a limited concept that is recognized by courts based on principles of the First Amendment. They also have protection against unreasonable searches and school officials of a teacher’s personal property (Glink, 2011). Teachers also have...
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...Teacher Rights and Responsibilities Freddie Cole Grand Canyon University: EDA 555 August 29, 2014 Academic Freedom Academic freedom is defined as the right of teachers and students to express their ideas in the classroom or in writing, free from political, religious, or institutional restrictions, even if these ideas are unpopular (Academic Freedom, N.D.). Teachers and students have rights of academic freedom in various areas that will be outlined in this section: * Appointments and dismissals – Teachers should only be hired based on their ability to perform the tasks related to the job and their knowledge in their particular field of employment. They should not be hired, nor fired based on their sex, race, religion, political affiliation, nationality, or anything not related to their ability to do their job. Teachers may not be fired for holding or expressing an opinion neither, but only for lack of competence and poor performance. * Loyalty Oaths – Teachers have the option to commit to oaths based on whether or not it contradicts the loyalty to their homeland country or religious beliefs. * Curriculum – The teacher has the right to prompt thinking within a lesson, but not to a point that it implies something unorthodox is an acceptable way of living. * Selection of texts & Supplementary Information – Teachers may provide extra resources for students to use as research in order to expand and provide other points of views so that they are not limited...
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...Walker Students` Rights and Teachers Responsibilities Scenario June 4, 2013 AED/200 Hendrik Bos Ms. Walker Richardson Middle School 9099 Kings Avenue Tampa, FL 33619 June 4, 2013 Dear Parent I am writing this letter to inform you about the students` rights and teachers` responsibilities to be followed in my class. In this letter, I will discuss five students` right and my responsibility as a teacher to make sure that none of your children`s right will be violated. As a student your child had the right to an education no matter his or her race, sex or religion. As a teacher it is my responsibility to make sure your child receives an adequate education while in my class. While being part of my class your child is entitled to his or her to voice his or opinion. I will allow your child to voice his or her opinion as long as their opinion is indecent and does not cause any type of disruption in my class. If your child`s opinion cause any type of disturbance in my class, I will have to take some form of action and discipline your child. In my classroom corporal punishment is not prohibited but, I will not use excessive punishment to discipline your child. To help discipline your child and to make sure his or her grades are stay up in my class, parent involvement is strongly urged. I want parents to feel as if they are a part of my class as well. With your help we can maintain your child`s behavior as well as their grades. As a parent you have the right to examine your...
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...Should Teachers be involved in the Character Development of a student or does this Infringe on the rights of the parents? Dwanna Foster Grand Canyon University June 16, 2012 Should Teachers be involved in the Character Development of a student or does this Infringe on the rights of the parents? There is a question that states: Should teachers be involved in the character development of a student or does this infringe on the rights of parents? I absolutely believe that teachers need to be involved in character development of students because teachers have the skill to know how to effectively reach students. It is teacher’s duty to teach students the importance of character and how to deal with the issues the correct way when faced with them. It is a teacher’s duty to teach students the importance of character and how to deal with issues the correct way when faced with them. It is teacher’s duty to teach students the importance of being respectful, honest, responsible, confident, and how not to be procrastinators when it comes to getting things done and reaching their goals. All of these things make up the definition and forms an image of character. Teachers have a powerful influence on students’ lives and because of this it should not be taken lightly. We have the ability to help students see things in a way that they could have never imagine. It is a craft to being a teacher and a big responsibility as well because you have young minds in your hands that’s...
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...While children have a legitimate right to freedom and autonomy, this is necessarily limited by the authority of the teacher to discipline and punish. Children have a legitimate right to freedom and autonomy. However, these are not rights that children intuitively understand and know how to exercise. Nor do they develop naturally as the child matures. Instead they must be taught and learned. Children must be guided and educated into an understanding and appreciation of what it means to be both free and autonomous individuals within a given society. In order for this to occur, both autonomy and freedom must prevail within the classroom. Only in such an environment can children safely practise what it means to be free and autonomous individuals and learn how to responsibly exercise these rights. It is, perhaps, somewhat of a paradox that at the heart of both freedom and autonomy lie control and restraint. Children need to first learn these virtues in order to become free and autonomous individuals who are able to responsibly function within society and take full advantage of the opportunities available to them. In order for this to happen restraints may well be necessary. Teachers must have a degree of authority over children in order to educate them to exercise their freedom and autonomy responsibly. If the teacher’s authority is questioned or not respected, then the child’s successful transition into a responsible, autonomous adult may be compromised. To maintain a sense...
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...The Courts and Schools: Teachers Private Lives Overview Heralded by many as one of the noblest professions, teachers have been held at a higher standard of conduct than the general public for centuries. Many times this does not only apply to the classroom, but rolls over to the teacher’s private life. Parents, administrators and communities expect teachers to be beyond reproach both in and out of the classroom due to the common idea that values and morality are an integral part of teaching. Fair or unfair, teachers are role models for their students 24 hours a day and increased focus on character education in public schools has parents and school boards casting a more scrutinizing look at those individuals expected to teach our children right from wrong. Many wonder how the coach with smokeless tobacco in his mouth during practice can effectively teach students about its dangers in the classroom. If student athletes trying to emulate the coach start using smokeless tobacco, is the coach liable? Legal Issues With regards to the law it can be stated that teachers are privy to the same First Amendment rights as any other citizen. In actuality teachers, especially in small towns, are afforded very limited personal privacy. (Phelps, 2003) Some rights activists argue the unfairness of this higher standard and maintain that teachers should be treated no differently than any other citizen. Yet, many school districts rebut that a teachers actions outside of school...
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...is the most powerful tool we can use to change the world”. Education serves as a primary back-bone for every developed and developing country. In essence, education plays a very fundamental role in addressing the country’s socio economic issues. With the number of policies and school’s act having been introduced and implemented in the new democratic dispensation in South African post 1994, the education sector of South Africa has taken a major shift away from the apartheid education system. Many teachers start off teaching learners through formal learning and when learners’ battle or struggle, corporal punishment is used by teachers. Children should be treated as children not as adults. Mkhize (2000) maintains that “primary learning for young children in school comes not through direct teaching, but with social and intellectual interactions both with the teachers and the children’s social allies”. For example, during the times when I was still in primary school, the grade 6 teacher conducted direct teaching to learners and if they fail to understand, corporal punishment was an order of the day One major noticeable shift was that of banning or abolishing corporal punishment in schools. According to chapter 2 of Act no: 84 of 1996 South African School’s act, in the subsection that speaks to “prohibition of corporal punishment in school clause 10.1 stipulates clearly that “no person may administer corporal punishment at school to a learner”. Clause 10.2 further state that “any...
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...Grade Science Meadows Elementary Time: 08:30 to 10:00 Teacher: Mrs. De La Santo Teaching Strategies: The strategies that the teacher use for the activity was called: Steps of the Scientific Method (Steps of a Science Project.) The students had to use the background knowledge that had been shown to then in the beginning of the week and the information that she had went over at the beginning of the class that day. The children were told to think about: • Hypothesis • Recipes • Gathering material • Experiment • Control-things that stay the same (constant) • Review and ask questions • Get response from children • Conclusion- the end of investigation Class Learner or Teacher Centered: The children are teacher centered: due to the fact that they need her guidance on the project and they have to listen to her instructions so that they do the right thing and in the right steps. Learning Strategies: The children were put in groups of 3 to work on the flow chart of steps for the experiment. All the children were very involved in the project. They all used the resources that were around the room and their journal that had most of the information for the week of learning. They seemed to work hard to get the flow chart complete. They were doing it all as a group effort. They were very intense about the project and were doing everything that was expected of them. They were using the notes and the hint that the teacher had given them. Teaching and Learning Activity: The...
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...The Declaration of Independence Preamble: Let it be known that we as high school students are entitled to certain rights. That is to say, we have the right to happiness, having a voice, being respected and having physical well-being. That being the reason in which we must write our own Declaration of Independence to let everyone else outside this school know that every student is entitled to certain rights while being forced to go to school. Declaration of student rights: We hold these truths to be clear, that every student and teacher is created equal. We the students should be shown that we have about the same rights to make us happy. We are being forced to enter school in the first place, now we are also being forced to follow directions in which most, we do not agree on. To better our own education we should be independent. That to secure these rights, our administration and teachers should allow us to express ourselves in ways they do themselves. It is unfair to the students to be treated as less than the teachers. The majority of the population on campus is students, therefore we should have the right to have a voice as well as the teachers do. Teachers take on too much power thinking they are, of high class in the school....
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...of the recruitment process and ensuring that they hire the necessary people that require those particular skills to be able to perform the job role properly. Estimate future staffing needs HR planning helps SFX to estimate the staffing needs of SFX in the future .This is important because if it not run smoothly SFX students lessons will be disrupted. If the students find themselves without a teacher, it will cause a negative effect on the work and on the progress on the students. This will reflect in the student’s results. Another effect of this will be the college’s reputation; it will decrease and be known as poor. An example of this is if a teacher goes on maternity leave, HR will need to find an appropriate replacement to take over in order to prevent any disruption to the student’s education. The transition from one teacher to another has to be smooth o that the quality of the progress of the students is no affected. Help to achieve customer satisfaction by having the right people As SFX care about the wellbeing of their students, they will have to make sure they have the right people teaching...
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...requirements, organisational needs and workforce planning. Organisational needs: This is having all the correct roles filled within the tall structure with the suitable people in the business that can do the job right. All businesses will need change their organisational needs once in a while in the business this is due to the demand can influence the number of people needed in certain roles. Oxford spires Academy will need to consider the following the work force plan this is to make sure that they have a good support of staff with the correct skills in order to cater for OSA needs and students. Therefore they may need new staff for a particular subject to make the subject grow and to provide students with the right learning of that particular subject. This can be essential in OSA as without the right amount of staff it can mean they will lack the ability to provide all the students with the right teaching and it can take time to work with everyone. If they were to have a big group due to less teachers for the business lessons it can meet not every students needs will be met and this have an effect on their overall performance. For example Cheney School were lacking enough teachers to teach ICT this then meant they struggle to provide students with the right teachers to teach them the subject and they couldn’t find anyone to teach the subject. Therefore the result of this meant the school had to get rid of the subject completely which affected the school as parents were not happy...
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...Recruiting and retaining the right people Edexcel BTEC L3 Business Studies Unit 2 Business Resources I have gained an internship at my school, and I will spend 6 weeks supporting the human resources department. Currently the most experienced member of the human resources department, is away on long term sick leave. The school is looking to make sure I can help maintain its ability to recruit the right staff and control their financial and non-financial resources. Task 1 Describe the recruitment documentation used in your selected organisation. Specific Job- Teaching Job Job Description Once it has been decided that a vacancy exists the first document that would be needed is the job description. The job description would be needed just in case it need to be changed. The description is the document that gives you a detailed description of the job, what the job entails and any other information that you would need to know about the job. The job description is an important document because tells you specifically what you will be doing, for instance the first thing you would see on the job description would be the job title so you know exactly what you are going to be doing if you get the job, so for the teaching vacancy it would say Science Teacher. The document also tells you who you will be accountable to and who you will be accountable for so applying for a job such as a teacher you would be accountable to the head teacher but you would be accountable for the students because...
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...TEACHING METHODS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT OF ORANI: AN INVESTIGATION ________________________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School Bataan Peninsula State University City of Balanga, Bataan _______________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Education Major in Mathematics ______________________ by FAILLA B. PEPITO 2016 Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Caring classroom communities that are focused on mathematical goals help develop students’ mathematical identities and proficiencies (file:///D:/effective%20pedagogy.pdf). That’s why it is important that the school must have teachers using an appropriate method of transmitting knowledge and skills to the learners. Mathematics is the most international of all curriculum subjects, and mathematical understanding influences decision making in all areas of life either private, social, and civil. Mathematics education is a key to increasing the post-school and citizenship opportunities of young people, but today, as in the past, many students struggle with mathematics and become disaffected as they continually encounter obstacles to engagement. It is imperative, therefore, that we understand what effective mathematics teaching looks like—and what teachers can do to break this pattern (file:///D:/effective%20pedagogy...
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...There are many qualities a great teacher should have. They should be supportive, but stern, and they shouldn’t point out your mistakes just to embarrass you. All a student needs is a push in the right direction, and all a mean teacher is going to do is make them insecure and angry. Good teachers are important in America, because without them, who knows how good our education would be? One of the traits a teacher needs is to be supportive, but disciplinary. A teacher should encourage students because most students will give up if they think they can’t do it. If the student is supported, it gives them perseverance, which makes them want to finish or do something. (“Its not, ‘I can’t do it’, its, ‘I can’t do it YET.’” -- Mrs. Evans) A teacher needs to be stern because if they aren’t, the student will get off task and get distracted, of they will be rude and not do what the teacher needs them to do. If the teacher is too kind, the student may try to take advantage of that kindness and use it for their will. The student needs to have a teacher with a balance of stern and encouraging....
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...implementing each are as discussed below. 1. PRINCIPLE OF SELECTION Since it is impossible to teach every topic in a subject area within a given time frame, there is the need for selection. This is the first of the principle of effective instruction. While some countries give teachers/instructors the sole power to design a curriculum for their use, other countries restrict teachers to already prepared syllabus. In both cases, however, the teacher still plays a major role in the selection process. Techniques/ Skills a. The teacher should have his interest and that of the students’ interest in mind To render selection effective, the right choices ought to be made. These choices must be influenced by the interest of not only the teacher, but most importantly the learner. This can be done effectively if the teacher knows himself very well and also have a fair idea of the caliber of students he teaches. b. The Socio-cultural environment Every society has its own beliefs be it cultural or social. One cannot make the right selection without considering what the knowledge seeker aims at learning. Hence the teacher must be abreast with what is accepted or not in his teaching society in order to make the right choices in his selection process. 2. PRINCIPLE OF OBJECTIVE An objective is the learning outcome expected of a learner after...
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