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How Many Hats can a Teacher Wear Dr. Ronald J. Bonnstetter. Preferred Title:. Educational Reform Improves Funeral by Funeral. Opportunities. The job of teaching has changed and requires more and new personal attributes.
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Preferred Title: Educational Reform ImprovesFuneral by Funeral
Opportunities • The job of teaching has changed and requires more and new personal attributes. • Teachers teach to their personal strengths, which may not match the evolving teaching jobs. • Matching the teacher with the job requires knowledge of the personal attributes specific to that job. • The business world knows that job satisfaction and retention is tied to knowledge, skills and personal attributes. Why should education be any different?
Facts you need to know! • Nationally, over 25-30% of all teachers leave the profession within three to five years of their first job • After five years in a classroom, nearly 60 percent of teachers quit the profession. • Almost 80 percent of the demand for teachers represents the need to replace experienced teachers, not to fill new classroom positions.
Why such huge turnover?? • Contrary to conventional wisdom, retirement is not an especially prominent factor in teacher turn over • 27 percent of teacher turnover accredited to teachers pursuing of other jobs • Another 29 percent leaving because of job dissatisfaction
Of 29% who left because of job dissatisfaction • 61 percent cited poor salary • Another 32 percent cite Poor Administrative Support
More facts in note! • Schools accept and ignore the problem by simply hiring replacements But at what cost?? • Tuesday, August 16th Norman Oklahoma newspaper “Oklahoma School Districts spend 56 Million dollars to replace lost teachers” Link of Note: http://www.dnainsights.com
So Where Do WE fit into Education? Needs: • Teacher Preparation is ripe • Teacher Selection and Retention • Administrator Selection and Retention
Personal Attributes - Missing Link • Defined in Education as Dispositions • Education is now requiring “Disposition”
DispositionsDefined by NCATE • The values, commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward students, families, colleagues, and communities and affect student learning, motivation, and development as well as the educator's own professional growth. • Dispositions are guided by beliefs and attitudes related to values such as caring, fairness, honesty, responsibility, and social justice.
TEACDefines the essential components of teacher education TEAC requires graduating teachers to possess: Professional knowledge Strategic decision-making Caring leadership skills
North Central AssociationDefines Student Learning Objectives Objectives are expressed in terms of the specific behaviors, skills, and attitudes to be sought…
Teacher Prep Must address: KnowledgeSubjectPedagogy SkillsLaboratoryTeaching Dispositions (Personal Attributes)BehaviorsValuesSoft Skills (People Skills)
Major Paradigm Shift Focus on Teacher to Focus on Job
Comparison of 3 Teaching Jobs(Using Secondary Science Teachers) • 1. One on One Tutorial Teaching • 2. Information giving (lecture based Program) • 3. Inquiry/Laboratory based Program
The Design • Randomly select 3 groups of secondary science teachers, with at least 5 years of experience. • Groups were provided with a job description • Each group were given the TriMetrix Job • Instruments were merged using the Multiple Response TriMetrix Job Report The results!!!!
Order of Importance, based on Inquiry/Laboratory Job Comparison
What if the Job could Talk??? We truly could improve education Funeral by Funeral!!!
ContactsRon Bonnstetterrjb@unl.eduPlease download @http://www.dnainsights.com