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Secondary School Teaching Today Chapter 1. Kinds of Schools Secondary School (6- 12) Middle School (4-8) Junior High School (7-9) Magnet or theme school.

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1 Secondary School Teaching Today Chapter 1

2 Kinds of Schools Secondary School (6- 12) Middle School (4-8) Junior High School (7-9) Magnet or theme school Alternative Schools

3 Diversity James Banks To teach students different from you –Welcoming classroom climate –Emphasize cooperative and social-interactive learning –Build up students’ learning styles –Use strategies and techniques that have proven successful

4 Diverse students ELL Diverse student population challenges teaching skills. Lecture will not get the results desired.

5 No Single Shoe Fits All Schools today are different places. Two things are clear –Constant state of change –Use a combination of practices concurrently

6 Scheduling Adolescent sleeping patterns Multiple starting times Traditional day –50 – minute periods, 7-8 a day Team teaching Looping

7 Non-traditional Scheduling Block or flex –A/B days –4x4 –Trimesters Hidden Curriculum

8 Pause Complete Exercise 1.1

9 High Schools Comprehensive high schools endangered Early College Schools-within-a-school Smaller Schools

10 Pause Complete Exercise 1.2

11 Leadership The principal’s job description has changed. No Child Left Behind (2001).

12 No Child Left Behind Annual Report card Annual testing of disadvantaged children Annual testing of students in grades 3-8 Option for transfer All students proficient by 2013-2014. Highly-qualified teachers Content standards

13 Media Resource File

14 Policy Makers


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