TEACH is a documentary that follows four educators that vary in subject, grade, background, personality, and teaching style. This selection is so diverse in an attempt to represent all members of the profession. While it isn’t accurate in terms of attitude or statistically, it covers many demographics. Each of these teachers was followed for an entire school year. The footage documented everything from the challenges the teachers faced everyday to the “ah-ha” moments when a student makes sense of something that they’ve struggled with for a long time. The goal of filming everything was to show a realistic perspective of teaching in challenging places. It’s supposed to show the hard parts and the rewards that make it worthwhile. It is a very inspiring piece that could probably make anyone want to be a teacher, at least while they’re watching it.
Each teacher started off by evaluating their student’s prior knowledge with various tests. then after realizing their students weren’t up to par, they each began planning ways to better prepare their students. None of them did this planning alone. they all reached out to principals, professors and other
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Not everyone understands everything the first time or when it is taught certain ways. This is why teachers need to learn to reteach and differentiate their lessons. Joel and Lindsay gave extra help by offering to stay after class and work with the students that were struggling. Shelby and Matt focused more on students getting help from each other and offering one-on-one help during class time. After they’ve with finished this long process, the reflect on every day. They either asked for an outsider’s observation to reflect with them or went over their lessons on their own. Either way, they found things that worked well and found other things that they could improve