DC Public Schools is a system that services students of many diverse ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Given this information, please share why you are interested in pursuing this position. (Please limit your response to 300 words.) Please enter your response here:Essay #2
Imagine you are an educational aide in a third-grade elementary school classroom. The teacher is leading a math lesson on fractions in preparation for a major exam. The teacher assigns you to assist a small group of students who are struggling with the lesson, and advises you that certain students within this group learn best by utilizing various learning modalities (e.g. visual, auditory, tactical, kinesthetic).
Given this information, please provide two to three activities you would implement with this small group to support the instruction of this lesson. (Please limit your response to 300 words.) Please enter your response here:Essay #3
It is six weeks into the school year, and a student in your class is chronically truant. You also know that this student is currently performing below grade level, and has difficulty staying on task while in the classroom. Your lead teacher asks that you provide additional one-on-one support to this student during class to make sure he stays engaged. Please provide 1-2 strategies you would implement to keep this student engaged during this class. (Please limit your response to 300 words.) Please enter your response here:Essay #4
A large contributor to one’s success in this position is teamwork. Please describe a time when you worked with a team or group of individuals in a challenging situation, and provide two (2) strategies you utilized to overcome this challenge and contribute to your team’s success
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