Decision to Teach

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Decision to Teach, a video series designed to help beginning education students to make informed decisions about their future, gives a peak inside the minds and classrooms of four veteran teachers.

Each segment includes a 13-15 minute studio interview with the teacher about why they decided to become a teacher, why they chose the age group they became certified in, what they see as the defining characteristics of their student population and what makes them get up each morning to face another day in the classroom with anticipation.

We are also given the opportunity to visit their classrooms and observe a 15-20 minute excerpt from a lesson. A variety of teaching methods from problem based learning to computer simulation are demonstrated.

Any student who is trying to decide whether education is the right career, will find these tapes helpful in choosing what direction they should go.


The four tapes in the series are:

Decision to Teach: The Early Years 25:41
Discover the world of teaching children in their early years (grades PK-3) by visiting the classroom of Mikasa Sims and her first and second grade students as they study elephants. Gain insight into the life of a primary teacher in an up-close and personal interview with Mikasa.





Decision to Teach: Children with Special Needs 38:09
Deepen your understanding of teaching children with special needs by joining Lavonne Dursch and her K-6 students as they develop their language arts skills. Reflect on an interview with Lavonne as she describes her work as an intervention specialist.





Decision to Teach: The Middle Years 38:40
Explore the rewards of teaching students in the middle years (grades 4-9) as you watch veteran teacher Lori Dorn and her 5th grade students study the Underground Railroad. Discover what it takes to be a successful middle years teacher by sitting in as Lori discusses her teaching life.





Decision to Teach: Adolescents and Young Adults 39:09
Immerse yourself in a high school classroom as social studies teacher Chad Raisch engages his students in a computer-based simulation involving international politics. Listen in as Chad reveals his motivations for teaching adolescent and young adult students (grades 7-12).

Decision to Teach
$395 for the set of four videotapes