The Teacher

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The Teacher

• And
• Teaching

AGED 1411, Intro To Agricultural and Extension
Education Instructor David Agnew
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The age old question

• Is teaching an art
• or a science?

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Objectives

• Identify 10 Characteristics of teachers (Chapter
  8, page 133-134-135).
• Identify 10 abilities needed by Agriculture
  teachers (Chapter 8, page 137-140)
• Describe 10 ways that a teacher can continue to
  grow professionally (Chapter 8, 141).
• List the individuals or groups to whom a teacher
  is responsible.
• State the two major responsibilities of a
  teacher.
• List three things teachers must do to be a
  success.
• Describe the four stages of teacher development
• Identify the positive traits of a good teacher.

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Characteristics of Teachers
Phipps, Lloyd J. Handbook on Agricultural
Education in Public Schools. Danville, Illinois
The Interstate Printers Publishers, Inc. Text
Pages 134-135
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Abilities needed by Agriculture Teachers

• Phipps, Lloyd J. Handbook on Agricultural
  Education in Public Schools. Danville, Illinois
  The Interstate Printers Publishers, Inc.
• Text page 138-140

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Ways that a teacher can continue to grow
professionally?
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The individuals or groups to whom a teacher is
responsible

• A. Student
• B. Parents
• C. School (Administration Board)
• D. Community
• E. Profession
• F. Self and family
• G. and.

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Two major responsibilities of a teacher

• To Know what to teach.
• Curriculum planning
• Content selection
• Selecting text books
• Sequencing the content
• To know how to teach.
• Methods and techniques
• Understanding students and how to manage the
  classroom.

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Three things teachers must do to be a success

• Have positive expectations of the outcomes
• Good at classroom management
• Know how to design lessons that will help
  students learn
• Note page 42 of Wongs Book (Expectations)
• Harry Wong, To be an effective teacher The first
  Days of School, 1998

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Who is Harry Wong?
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Four stages of teacher development

• Fantasy
• Survival
• Mastery
• Impact

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Fantasy

• All they need to do is relate, have fun with the
  students, be there for them, be their friends,
  Identify with them.
• Refer to the note on the handout about being a
  pal.
• They are not going to be like the teachers they
  had in school.

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Survival

• Just make it through the day, learning is out the
  window, Put in your time and get on with my life,
  look to the weekend and look forward to a
  paycheck, busy work is in,
• they revert to the practices they condemned
  before they started teaching, they make excuses
  for why students dont learn.
• Attitude is negative

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Mastery

• They have a command of the subject matter and
  they are going to get it over to students.
• They know how to control the classrooom and they
  know what to do when something does not work--
  Try something else. willing to learn
• Not interested in deadend activities.
• I can make a difference,
• Hopeful, Positive attitude

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Impact

• Teachers have a positive impact on students, uses
  variety of methods and techniques to make a
  positive impact/change.
• Apply the knowledge they have in a way that
  results in the most benefit to students.
• Sometimes more questions are rasied than are
  ask!!!!

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Good News

• You can get through the first two stages quickly
  and move on to the mastery and Impact stage,
  sooner if you know what to do.
• First few days of school are the most important.

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Quotes

• Heres the biggest secret to teaching success
• Beg, Borrow and Steal..
• .Ideals

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The first year can be frightening

• Teacher education will not have prepared you
• Student teaching will not have prepared you
• The district may not have prepared you.
• Yet you will be expected to perform immediately

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The End
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What to teach?

• State Competences list (frameworks)
• Students are tested based on the frameworks.
• School May have expectations for what to teach
• The community has expectations
• Alumni, Ag Leaders, Advisory, etc.
• The teachers has some say
• Even students to a small extent can have input
  into what is taught in the ag classroom

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State Competences or Frameworks BACK

• http//dwe.arkansas.gov/CurriculumFrameworks/CGAgr
  i.htm

AquacultureBiological Animal ScienceBiological
Plant ScienceEnvironmental Resources Soil
WaterFloricultureFood Science
TechnologyForestryGreenhouse ManagementIntroduc
tion to HorticultureIntroduction to World
Agricultural ScienceLeadership and
CommunicationsManaging Natural
ResourcesNursery/LandscapePlant ScienceSmall
Engine TechnologyTurf Grass Management
Agricultural BusinessAgricultural
ElectricityAgricultural GraphicsAgricultural
MarketingAgricultural Mechanics I Agricultural
Mechanics IIAgricultural Metals IAgricultural
Metals IIAgricultural Power Systems
IAgricultural Power Systems II Agricultural
Structural Systems IAgricultural Structural
Systems IIAgriculture ScienceAgriculture
Science and TechnologyAgriculture
SurveyingAnimal Science
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How to teach?

• What is a method of teaching?
• What is the difference in a methods and a
  technique?
• Name five methods of teaching
• Presentation
• Discussion
• Supervised study
• Job Instruction
• Cooperative learning

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Common Methods of Teaching

• Lecture
• Teacher lead discussion
• Computer activity
• Video
• Field trip
• Demonstration
• Panel

• Project
• Guest Speaker
• Problem solving
• Learning by doing
• Hands-on activities

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Then the Organizational Process

• Lesson Plans
• Teaching Plan
• Teaching and Learning plans
• Difference in a lesson plan and a unit plan?

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Parts of a Lesson Plan

• See Sample
• See Description
• Back