1. Chapter 1 Ms. Burke

2. Students Will Be Able to (SWBAT): Identify characteristics and motivation of effective classroom teachers and reflect upon their own career goals. INTASC Principal #9: Is a reflective practitioner who evaluates the effects of his or her choices, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally. CORE Integration of Knowledge and Ideas  RST.11-12.7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

3. Motives For:Motives Against:

4. Motives for:Motives Against:

5. - “ I felt that I always had a calling, a vocation to be a teacher.” - “Teaching seems fairly to be a fairly secure occupation with benefits, and vacation.” - “My parents would really be pleased. “ - “I can’t imagine anything more important in life than helping children with disabilities succeed.” - “I like being in charge and being able to influence students.” - “Education is the field of the future. Businesses are interested in training and educating their employees. I want to be a part of this trend.” Conducted by Phi Beta Kappa. 1,800 Educators from 30 different U.S. states.

6. Internal physic, or spiritual satisfaction. Personal sense of accomplishment, enjoyment of the work itself

7. Public, external attractions such as power, money, or prestige. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm

8. Intrinsic - Students - Social service - The work of teaching - Collegiate relationships. Extrinsic -salaries -status -power -work schedule

9. Teacher 62% Physician 17% Nurse 6% Lawyer 3% Journalist 1% Politician 1% Accountant 1% * Recruiting New Teachers, Inc., 1998.

10.  A teacher affects eternity: he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams  What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation. Marcus Tullius Cicero  Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. Aristotle  It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein

11. 1. Which of the extrinsic rewards above applies to you most? 2. Which of the intrinsic rewards applies to you most? 3. As you have probed your own motives for considering teaching, what have you learned about yourself?

12. You are going to create a presentation about an outstanding teacher that you have researched. 1. Research the background history of this teacher’s personal life. 2. Share with us what motivated this individual to become an educator. 3. Explain this person’s educational philosophy. 4. Provide us with significant events that made this teacher famous. 5. Reflection Statement: Does this individual inspire you? Why?

13. Ron Clark http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/ Joe Lewis Clark http://www.joeclarkspeaker.com/biography.htm Jamie Escalante http://www.biography.com/people/jaime-escalante-189368 Sharon Krista McAulliffe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe Erin Gruwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Gruwell Melvin B Tolson http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/tolson/bio.htm Georges Lopez http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/education/archives/000953.htm Pat Conroy http://www.patconroy.com/about.php Michelle Shearer http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2011/05/2011_nat_teacher_of_the_year_a.html Anne Sullivan http://www.biography.com/people/anne-sullivan-9498826

14. Format: Power Point Length: 5-7 min Rubric: _____/5 Student provided background history of this teacher’s personal life. _____/5 Student discussed what motivated this individual to become an educator. _____/5 Student explained this person’s educational philosophy. _____/5 Student provided us with significant events that made this teacher famous. _____/5 Student included a reflection Statement that answers: Does this individual inspire you? Why? _____/5 Student included at least two illustrations. _____/5 Student included at least one quote from this individual. _____/5 Student sited their research sources.