Your content is top quality. I bought three of your teacher prep books and did very well on my Praxis exams. Most teacher prep material is absolute garbage. Your material is a diamond in the rough.
Hello! I'm so glad I came across your channel. Thank you so much for creating these high quality videos! I'm moving to a new state this summer and I have used your videos to help me study for the 190 Foundations of Reading Test and for writing my resume and cover letter.
I’ve been teaching for seven years. I’ve been working at the same place for the past 5 years, so my cover letter really needed a make over. This video is very helpful to me.
Should I do the same setup for a cover letter if applying for a TA job? I only have student teaching left for my schooling with a GPA of 3.9 Already tried student teaching and have to take it one more time since I need more practice. I'm sure filling out a substitute position would be the same. Thanks again for the great video and happy new year to you! Benjamin Corcoran
What about a generic cover letter that I need to upload to a program that allows administrators to view my cover letter/resume. What do I put as an introduction? To whom this may concern,.....? Or is there something more professional?
A generic cover letter is fine, especially if you are uploading it into a database. To whom it may concern is the proper salutation to use. Best of luck to you and thanks for watching.
Hi Carrie, Thanks for watching. It is a word document, so you'll need to access it on your desktop or laptop. When you click the link, the document goes straight to your downloads. It will not work on a phone.
Okay,, so be as brief as possible. I interviewed in Oregon, and the "new Principal" came from Georgia -- where all the best "principals" come from, right? So she asks me how I'll teach the science course I am to teach, and I say by using the textbook for the course, which hits on all the required content for the course as mandated by state regulations and law... and she says that is not going to work, because her students don't read well (actually they did read well, but were massive failures in math in that school district), and that I had to be an expert in applying what she called "experiential teaching," which was to create handouts each day where students would use the internet as a reference source to find answers to such questions posed in the handouts -- you can't make this sh*t up. So the principal of that high school in Oregon wants to dictate how a teacher teaches science courses of which the principal knows little or nothing. However, I would guess that where it comes to teaching on a "waiver" it would be the "friend" or "family member" that gets that job, as the principal has the excuse that they could not find a fully certified or credentialed teacher, so they decided they would go with the "friend" or "family member" they already knew something about. I don't think it would even do you any good to have a degree in the subject area in question. Without a certification you are fighting an uphill battle for a job if you don't know the principal personally or through a close friend or family member. Maybe a video on how to "schmooze" your way into a teaching position where you don't yet have full certification?
The textbook is a tool to use but should not be the primary source for teaching. No one, not even high-level readers, want to read from a textbook as the primary way to learn. Yes this was the way it was back in the day, but education have evolved. The best answer to a question like that is: 1. I would start with the academic standards for science. 2. I would use those standards to build objectives in the classroom. 3. I would use a variety of approaches based on students' needs and interest. 4. I would differentiate instruction/activities to meet the needs of every student. 5. I would progress monitor by using formative assessments throughout the lessons and adjust instruction based my formative assessments. Not only are these the "right" answers to her question, but this is the way effective teachers approach instruction. She is correct that students who have difficulty reading informational text will need more than the textbook. Teaching struggling readers is very complicated and they need differentiated instruction to help them succeed. The principal might not be an expert in science, but I am sure she is an expert in instructional design and classroom instruction. You don't become a principal by accident. It is a very rigorous process that requires years of experience. She's absolutely is in charge of instruction, regardless of content area. It's her school; she's the leader. I have a playlist on how to be a highly effective teacher. I go over a lot of this in these videos. ru-vid.com/group/PLBtoj0Jl2SNwM4R9OzKLUFKV9nJMFdZdS Have a good day.
@@KathleenJasperEdD The school is rated at 19% of the students as being proficient in math, 67% being proficient in English/language-arts. I have a B.S. in biochemistry and B.S.B.A. in management. And know a failing system when I see one.
