EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: PART 1 GRADES 11 – 12
UNIT 7: TEACHING: A PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT Objectives Students will be able to summarize education and training requirements and opportunities for career paths in early childhood, education and services. Students will be able to explain the roles and functions of individual engaged in early childhood, education, and services. Essential Questions What qualification does a good teacher possess? How is my own personal development related to my growth as a teacher? What is a professional code of ethics, and why should we have one? What does it mean to be a member of the teaching profession? How can teachers be culturally competent? What makes up a good teacher evaluation process? Knowledge and Skills Evaluate whether “Teaching is a Professional Commitment” or not.
What are the essentials of professionalism. Summarize the out‐of‐class responsibilities of teachers. Critique the importance of continuing education for teachers. What is evaluation, who is evaluated, and the implications of evaluation.
Instructional Strategies Survey students’ prior knowledge Class discussion Read Chapter 5 in text Define vocabulary Each student will research and share with class an aspect of professionalism Class discussion of what teachers do besides teach Class discussion of continuing education‐what, why, how Class discussion of teacher evaluation‐how, why, causes/effects. Who else is evaluated, how, why, cause/effect
Evidence of Learning KWL Exit card Assessment of vocabulary Class assessment Unit Test
UNIT 7 RESOURCES
Beginning Essentials in Early Childhood Education, Gordon, Ann Miles and Brown, Kathryn Williams. Delmar. 2007
Family & Consumer Sciences Curriculum
Waterford Public Schools
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