Vocabulary Vitalizer
Magnet Schools (6)- A school with specialized programs, that are not available elsewhere in the district, that increase diversity in the students population.
Preparatory School (12)- a school that prepares students for college
Ancillary personal (23)-Staff in a school that are necessary for the running of the building, such as custodians and paraprofessionals.
Tutors(24)- Are teachers that believe that students can improve academically and that they, as their teachers are the ones that will help their students improve.
General Contractors (24)- Teachers that hand over the job of improving their students to someone else such as the resource room teachers and paraprofessionals, rather then taking responsibility for their students’ education.
Custodians(24)- These teachers think their students cannot improve, and do not give the task of teaching these students to anyone else.
Referral Agents (24)- These are teachers that do not believe anything can be done to help their students, but do try and give responsibility of their education to special education teachers or other ancillary personal.
Conductors (26)- These teachers think that all students can achieve excellence and strive to help their students themselves.
Coaches (26)- these teachers believe that all students can achieve excellence, but they work with other teachers, parents, and community members to achieve this goal.
Culturally Relevant (38)- Teachers with high self-esteem and esteem in their students abilities, trying to draw out information from their students, helping them make connections, and is part of the community.
Assimilationist (38)- This teacher does not believe all can succeed, encourages education to escape their community, and sees educating their students as depositing information
1.) Billy’s teacher, who believed in being a tutor to her students, encouraged him by believing in him and educating him.
2.) As a culturally relevant teacher, I worked with my fellow teachers and local library to create a service project for my students.
3.) Teachers should work with their ancillary personal to ensure that students receive extra help when they need it and have a safe and clean environment to work in.
It is sometimes easy to forget that teachers are conductors, coaches, custodians, tutors and referral agents.
ReplyDeleteI believed that you picked out some vital vocabulary words that need to be understood to further understand the text. Why are there so few Magnet school is Rochester...if the goal is to increase diversity within a district?
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