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First-year teachers are often observed and evaluated in their classrooms by administrators and/or more experienced teachers. |
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At the maturity stage of teacher development, teachers find themselves to be very comfortable in the classroom, having mastered an understanding of student development and established classroom routines, and now seek new approaches to teaching through professional development programs and in observing successful colleagues. |
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Professional development opportunities are plentiful but are often limited to the summer months when teachers are not in the classroom. |
| | A) | True |
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Currently in the U.S. there is a shortage of teachers, especially in certain fields, such as special education, bilingual education, and math. |
| | A) | True |
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Merit pay plans attempt to make teaching more accountable by linking teacher education (measured by postgraduate credit hours) to higher pay. |
| | A) | True |
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Margaret Haley became known as the "Lady Labor Slugger" for her courageous stand against the corrupt teachers' unions of Chicago, winning a class action suit on behalf of teachers whose dues had lined the pockets of the union leaders. |
| | A) | True |
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Today, teaching is one of the most organized occupations in the nation, with about nine out of ten teachers belonging to either the NEA or AFT. |
| | A) | True |
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The AFT supported school desegregation prior to the 1954 Supreme Court decision that established the principal that separate is not equal. |
| | A) | True |
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Daniel Pink believes that American schools should focus on right-brain skills such as intuition and creativity in part because the nature of design will be a powerful force in future product development. |
| | A) | True |
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The authors suggest that it is best to develop a teaching management style that is in sync with the norms of the teacher's school. |
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