You Are a Principal Who Is Interviewing Potential Teachers for Your

question 18

Multiple Choice

You are a principal who is interviewing potential teachers for your school. Because your highest priority is student achievement, you should be most concerned that the teachers you hire:

• A)de-emphasise 'hands-on' experience in the classroom.
• B)earned high marks at university.
• C)have good classroom management skills.
• D)discourage the practice of peer tutoring.

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Definitions:

Performance Management

A continuous process by which managers and employees work together to plan, monitor, and review an employee's work objectives and overall contribution to the organization.

Performance Appraisal

The process of evaluating an employee's job performance and providing feedback on their strengths and weaknesses.

Extinction

In psychology, a process by which a previously learned behavior decreases in frequency or stops altogether as a result of non-reinforcement.

Alternative To Punishment

Techniques or strategies used to modify behavior that do not involve penalizing the individual, focusing on positive reinforcement or corrective measures instead.