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    This document is a guide for beginning teachers that discusses teacher roles and responsibilities. It notes that elementary school teachers tend to use more hands-on and interactive teaching methods compared to higher grades. It also explains that elementary teachers usually teach multiple subjects to the same class each day, unlike in middle and high school where students change teachers for each subject. The document then outlines different types of school settings like charter, private, and magnet schools and how teacher roles may vary in those environments. Finally, it discusses the many responsibilities teachers have beyond just instruction, like serving as role models and problem solvers. It also mentions that teachers can join professional organizations for support and leadership opportunities.

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    CHALKBOARD

    ESSENTIALS
    A Back to Basics Guide for Beginning Teachers.

    IN THIS ISSUE
    TEACHER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES VARY.
    That's right! You heard it here! Traditionally pre-K and
    elementary school teachers tend to be more hands on than
    teachers of higher grades for obvious reasons. However, the
    overall classroom environment of a typical pre-K or elementary
    classroom usually displays a significantly lower level of
    structure. Teachers of younger grades often must keep in mind
    that younger children benefit the most from interactive and
    small group activities that often challenge their developing
    minds to branch out creatively instead of logically, like a
    curriculum geared towards a high school grade level may.
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    Teachers at the elementary level also usually teach multiple


    subjects such as English, mathematics, or history to the same
    class of students most every day, where in a high school or
    middle school setting, students frequently change teachers
    throughout the day because usually teachers at the secondary
    level primarily teach one particular subject.
    THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEACHERS
    Currently, the American educational system is facing an influx
    in teachers who teach in nontraditional classroom settings,
    meaning there is a rising population of teachers who teach not
    only in public
    elementary schools or high schools, but charter schools,
    private schools, and magnet schools as well. Private school
    teachers usually have smaller class sizes, and are able to
    exercise a higher level of control over their classroom than
    what a public school teacher may have. Charter school
    teachers teach at schools that are independent from local
    school districts, and set goals to meet, and often exceed the
    state recognized educational standards in alternative ways.
    Finally, teachers at magnet schools are usually
    able to display the highest level of professional autonomy, by
    being able to more actively participate in school wide decision
    making than what a teacher at a public school may be able to
    participate.
    THE MANY ROLES OF TEACHERS
    Teachers must not only serve as formal educators to the
    masses, but must also serve as dutiful role models and
    problem solvers to their students. Due to the sometimes
    unforeseen nature of classroom order, a teacher must always
    be able to think on their feet so to say, and be ready to offer
    a logical, and easily attainable solution to most any presented
    problem that may arise within their classroom. Teachers must
    learn how to practice classroom justice and stringently
    monitor student behavior, homework as well as provide each of
    their classes with a model of respect and appropriate academic
    behavior and action.

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    THE BIG QUESTION: DO TEACHERS BELONG


    TO ANY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?
    the BIG answer. . .OF COURSE!
    Fortunately today, our teachers are experiencing an ever
    expanding leadership role thanks to hundreds of national
    teacher organizations. The National EducationAssociation
    (NEA) is the oldest and largest teaching organization that has
    worked to help school districts, resolve salary disputes, and
    enhancing the sometimes rigid relationship between the
    profession and the public. The AmericanFederation ofTeachers
    (AFT) is another helpful teacher's organization that tends to be
    more focused on the needs of urban schools and teachers.
    Recently the two organizations merged and created the NEAFT.

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    BEING MORE THAN AN


    INSTRUCTOR:TACKLING
    DROPOUTS AND POVERTY.

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    Unfortunately, the United States does not exist as a povertyfree nation. It is estimated that nearly 18% of children live in
    poverty, and a majority of these impoverished children live
    without homes. It is reported that a majority of homeless
    children are unable to attend school regularly due to monetary
    concerns. In saying this, it is important that the educational
    system implements acts such as the McKinney-Vento Act,
    which requires the state to provide homeless students with a
    free education in attempts to curb the cycle of poverty.
    Poverty also contributes to America's dropout problem, which
    is reported to be higher among younger students. Substance
    abuse, emotional/behavioral disorders, and learning
    disabilities are all significant causes for a student to drop out
    of school. It is the job of teachers to identify these at-risk
    students, and make sure that they receive the personalized
    academic attention that they need.

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    What are schools doing to


    address societal problems?
    THE STRUGGLE AGAINST BULLYING:

    With the expansions of personal computers and cell phones,


    bullying has became more than just a face-to-face problem.
    Cyberbullying is the latest epidemic in bullying, which involves
    students posting obscene, insulting, or slandering content
    online in attempts to attack another student socially. On
    average, it is estimated that over 20% of today's students
    report that they have been cyberbullied during school. To
    address some of the social problems that are crippling today's
    students, some school have implemented peer counseling
    programs that allow students to address issues such as
    academic struggles, personal problems at home, substance
    abuse, and career planning. In response to the expanding
    number of at-risk students in America, full-service community
    schools have been formed that in addition to tending to
    student's academic needs, also tend to their medical, social
    and other human service needs all in one building. Alternative
    schools have also been a recent trend among schools seeking
    to provide aid to at-risk students. Alternative schools are small
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    schools that are separate from a local school district that often
    provide remedial education programs to either problematic
    students, or students that have become at risk due to factors
    such as teen-pregnancy or gang experimentation.

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