EDUCATION

Skimming and Scanning for Graduate Education

Graduate courses involve reading large amounts of text, articles, and book chapters. Two strategies for managing the reading load are to practice skimming and scanning.SkimmingThis exercise asks you to skim this chapter—focus on pages 1-19, to learn about how educators discuss diverse emergent bilingual students.ScanningNext you will scan the chapter—meaning, you are actively searching for …

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Skimming and Scanning for Graduate Education

Graduate courses involve reading large amounts of text, articles, and book chapters. Two strategies for managing the reading load are to practice skimming and scanning.SkimmingThis exercise asks you to skim this chapter—focus on pages 1-19, to learn about how educators discuss diverse emergent bilingual students.ScanningNext you will scan the chapter—meaning, you are actively searching for …

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Classroom Community

  Establishing and maintaining a sense of community is an integral part of the classroom environment. These elements are what make students feel comfortable and safe to learn. Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience. Speak with your mentor teacher and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe three different …

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What makes you unique?

  Help us get to know you a little bit. What makes you unique? (for example- what extracurricular activities or hobbies do you participate in?) What are you looking forward to? What do you think will be most challenging for you?    

Diversity, social justice, and student achievement

Please explain your understanding of diversity, social justice, and student achievement. It’s a personal statement for a principal position. Discuss its implications for leadership and how it intersects with your personal leadership in your current school setting, as well as future administrative leadership roles. (I currently am not a principal but I was in my …

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