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Professional Development

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  • When participants are NOT involved in professional development planning, they are more likely to feel_____.
    motivated and encouraged
    alienated and distrustful
    valued and appreciated
  • Which is NOT requirement of a coach?
    Must have played a sport in college
    truthful and objective
    consistent and dependable
  • What is one reason to use study teams?
    They give teachers a chance to complain about everything.
    They give teachers a chance to boss each other around.
    They eliminate the isolation of teaching.
  • When should coaching be instituted?
    when skills and strategies are simple to master
    when teachers have experience and expertise
    when there is a gap between practice and PD objectives
  • What is a verified strategy to improve student achievement?
    Withholding feedback
    Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
    Corporal punishment
    Teaching to a single modality
  • Which strategy does NOT contribute to making professional development work in the classroom?
    Guiding and promoting the process of learning
    teachers discussing what they observed in peer-observation
    teachers watching each other teach
    Teachers staying out of each others' classrooms
  • Which of the following is NOT a factor to incorporate into professional development?
    motivate by need
    switch perspective
    use prior knowledge
    Give teachers the fewest choices possible
  • Before starting a professional development session, you must get teachers' attention with:
    throwing a ball at a teacher & making her introduce herself
    an engaging activity to set the tone
    a rousing game of Truth or Dare