Alternate Route Program
NJDOE North Plainfield Regional Site / Professor Missal
PHASE 2 FINAL ASSESSMENT
APRIL 18, 2015
Name:
School:
Directions:
Write your name and school in the footer and above (Begins on page 2). Answer all questions
completely on this document. Please print and staple your completed exam, bring a copy to class
on April 16th and email a copy to Professor Missal at smissal@saintpeters.edu
(If required to complete the NJDOE Phase 2 course evaluation survey, please bring a copy of the
completed certificate with your exam responses. The link will be posted here and or on our class
homepage.)
An ongoing topic of discussion in Phase II has been the attack on our profession. We discovered
district RIF’s initiatives affecting members of our own group. We shared personal issues that
enlightened our perspective on the political and economic aspects of education, developed an
understanding of the emerging NJDOE “Recommended Framework for the New Teacher
Evaluation System,” and the class analyzed current issues presented in NJ Spotlight, ASCD and
class homepage articles. These present ongoing radical challenges for our mission and careers.
Based on our discussions, notes, documents and your own research, very briefly and succinctly,
answer the following:
1. A. One of our class activities included an analysis of Harry Wong’s philosophy of teaching
(HARRY WONG SUGGESTION LIST located in resource library ) and the “What is a Good
Teacher Top Ten.” Briefly state how do you define “what great teacher’s do differently” by
relating two concepts from each document that serve to define your personal platform of
teaching.
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B. “Waiting for Superman” is a controversial proponent for charter schools and offers a solution
for education that suggests that bad teachers and the unions that protect them are the source of
systemic failure. What could be the films intent in excluding the vast majority of America’s
teachers, students, and parents in his portrayal of American education? Provide two reasons in
defense of this contention.
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C. Imagine you are assigned to your districts charter school application review committee. You
are asked to write a four-sentence introduction to the meeting stating your position on nonnegotiable requirements based on your understanding of the charter school movement.
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2. A. What is Special Education?
B. Based on the video F.A.T. City and class discussions answer the following questions:
a. What do we mean by "inclusion"?
b. Are there some children for whom "inclusion" is inappropriate? Briefly explain.
c. How or did the video affect your teaching? Brief response.
C. We all develop our own techniques and tips for coping with F.A.T. Cite any three mistakes we
might make in dealing with F.A.T. situations from the handout and briefly suggest how to address
each.
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3. The Madeline Hunter lesson plan is a prominent feature as our class reference for
instructional design. How would you modify/differentiate your lesson plan’s anticipatory set to
interest all of your students? Cite at least two examples.
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4. What is the relationship and required congruency of pedagogy, standards and assessment?
In your opinion what is the most important INTASC Standard and Why?
INTASC StandardReason5. Improving teaching and learning through technology requires ongoing personal reflection,
understanding of emerging Web 2.0 resources and a vision for the future of education. Answer
the following questions:
A. If you are to choose between classroom teaching and e-learning/distance learning, what would
you prefer and why?
B. Describe how you might incorporate any one aspect of your wikispace to improve teaching
and learning in your classroom.
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C. How do you think the future you are preparing children for will be different?
D. Go to http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com (Cool Tools for Schools) and cite any two
resources and how you would infuse each to improve teaching and learning in your classroom.
Resource #1InfusionResource #2
Infusion-
6. The focus of our class is to build a professional learning community for novice teachers who
bring a wealth of prior life experience to the teaching profession. 55% of teachers leave the
profession within five years. Current events and lack of respect for the profession are but two
reasons for this concern. Teachers cite lack of autonomy in decision-making and student
discipline as additional cause for leaving.
A. Based on your work in creating a collaborative group unit plan on a core ethical value, relate
two ideas you culled from the experience in addressing the above concern.
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B. Of the six core ethical values, which is the most important to your teaching and why?
C. As you finish your first year of teaching and look back on the good, the bad and the ugly, what
suggestions would you have for teachers who will be beginning their first year of teaching next
September? Name your top three.
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7. Define PARCC. State one reason for and one reason against the initiativePARCC is
1. For2. Against-
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8. A. What are the Common Core Standards? Cite one main difference as compared to the
NJCCCS.
CCS DefinitionCompare & Contrast-
9. Using the “Divergent Questioning Model” (PHASE 2 EXAM PDF FILE DIVERGENT MODEL &
BLOOMS pg 14 located in resource library) handout write two H.O.T.’s questions (Bloom
handout) for your content area.
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10. Choose any one letter from any one of the following questions submitted by professors from
the on-campus Saturday sessions. Answer completely.
Professor Bajor
#1. According to Lee Canter’s Assertive Discipline Techniques (a) explain your discipline plan.
(b) When and (c) how can you apply one of the activities we did in class in teaching your
discipline plan?
Professor Sanducci
#2. (a) Explain the purpose of cooperative learning and (b) the major differences from
individual/traditional learning. Provide (c) a sample of two academic/cognitive objectives (d)
two social/affective objectives, (e) two types of individual accountability and (f) two types of
group accountability.
Professor Gentile
#3. Most of us know that we can lose our licenses if we strike a child. However, there are many
other actions that can be deemed corporal punishment. (a) Discuss at least three methods of
corporal punishment that teachers might not be aware of that are illegal. (b) Discuss at least
three ways that teachers can manage their classrooms effectively without resorting to corporal
punishment.
Professor Shields
#4 Outline behavioral stages of development. (a) How does this knowledge improve your
instructional strategies?
Optional-Any professor/topic not listed above.
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