Characteristic # 3 states that we believe that the novice teacher should recognize that teaching is a professional, moral, and ethical enterprise, should understand moral issues and ethical practices in educational environments, and should have developed ethical frameworks which facilitate effective teaching.
I feel that characteristic # 3 is an important quality for teachers to have because the principal of ethics is crucial when working with students. In my opinion, there needs to be a deep sense of trust between the student and teacher in order to have an effective relationship and in order for successful learning to occur. For the safety of the student, it is the teacher’s responsibility to keep all information about that student confidential. Although information about the student is expected to be confidential, it is also the teacher’s moral responsibility to protect that child. With that said, if a student relays information to the teacher involving the student being abused or neglected, it is the teacher’s responsibility to report it in order to save the child.
An artifact that I feel would be a good representative of this characteristic are the parental consent forms that state whether a parent gives their consent for their child’s picture to be taken in the classroom by the Benedum student. I feel that this represents the characteristic of ethics and morals because by asking for parental consent, the Benedum student is protecting the students and respecting their and their parents beliefs and opinions.
Characteristic # 4 states that we believe the novice teacher should be a facilitator of learning for all students
Characteristic # 4 is in my opinion one of the most important qualities for a teacher to have. Every student learns differently, so it is important that the teacher is able to differentiate their lessons in order to reach every student. Students can learn differently in ways such as kinesthetically, orally, and visually. Students may also learn differently due to disabilities or handicaps. For this reason, a teacher needs to be flexible in their teaching and ensure that their lesson plans are created in order for each student in their classroom. Each student needs to be offered an equal chance to learn to the best of their ability and it is the teacher’s job to ensure that.
An artifact that I feel would be a good representative of this characteristic is my differentiated lesson plan in which I created in my Special Education class last semester. For this particular lesson, I gave the students a choice in which way they wanted to represent their “book reports”. The students were given three choices: they could create a poster based on the main ideas of the book and present it along with a brief summary to the class, they could write a paper based on the main idea and summary of their novel, or they could create a visual of their choice to represent the main idea and summary of their novel. I found that the students responded very well to the assignment because they had the opportunity and power to choose what type of assignment they were working on. In the end, every student did very well on this particular project.
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I agree that parent consent forms are a perfect example for characteristic number 3. It is important for us as teachers to recognize what is professional behavior. We must keep a rapport with parents, students, and other faculty members.
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