Thursday, April 24, 2008

Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
a. analyze professional reading material of teachers.
b. compare and contrast the reasons why teachers leave the profession.
c. discuss the economic impact of education.

Agenda:
1. Warm-up: Students will answer the following question in their notebooks: Teachers often say that the reasons they leave the teaching profession is not because of pay but because of a lack of respect, support, and appreciation. In your opinion, when it comes to a job, would you rather receive a high salary or be appreciated and supported? Why? Give an example.

2. Warm-up part 2: Students will answer the following question in their notebooks: It has been proposed that teachers be paid $100k or more a year in order to attract and retain the best tlaent. Right now, a first year teacher in Philadelphia make $40k a year. Is this high salary a good idea? Why or why not? What is a drawback of a super high salary for teachers?

3. English Journal reading activity: Students will do a scavenger hunt through a REAL TEACHER JOURNAL! This is to expose them to the professional readings used in the education profession.
a. What image is on the front cover? What ideas or feelings does the images invoke?
b. What is the theme of this issue?
c. What kinds of advertisements do you see in the journal?
d. Write down the title of three of the articles in this journal.
e. Turn to page 111. What do you see there? What does it mean to have a section like this in an academic journal?
f. Read the poem on page 114 called surprise. What do you think of it? What images come to mind?

Homework: There is no homework assigned for this class tonight.