teacher education standards

STANDARD 1: INCORPORATES UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Teachers design learning environments and pedagogical practices for students that are grounded in concepts and interpretive frameworks provided by disciplines that study human development and learning.

STANDARD 2: UNDERSTANDS SOCIAL CONTEXT OF SCHOOLING
Teachers understand how local, state, national, and global social and political contexts differentially affect schooling and its outcomes for students.

STANDARD 3: DEMONSTRATES SOPHISTICATED CURRICULAR KNOWLEDGE
Teachers understand the central concepts, assumptions, tools of inquiry, ways of reasoning, uncertainties, and controversies of the disciplines that they teach to students.

STANDARD 4: DEMONSTRATES PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIFIC DOMAINS
Teachers are knowledgeable about the problems, challenges, and opportunities that commonly arise as students develop understanding or competence in particular domains.1

STANDARD 5: EXPLAINS AND JUSTIFIES EDUCATIONAL CHOICES
Teachers can articulate and defend their curricular and instructional choices with sound ethical and pedagogical justifications.

STANDARD 6: CONNECTS SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
Teachers use the knowledge and abilities necessary for collaboration with individuals, groups and agencies within the school and community. They base instruction of students on an understanding of curricular goals, subject matter and the community, and help the students make connections between community-based knowledge and school knowledge.

STANDARD 7: UNDERSTANDS AND ADAPTS TO MULTIPLE FORMS OF COMMUNICATION
Teachers understand and adapt to students’ multiple forms of expressing and receiving experiences, ideas and feelings.

STANDARD 8: EMPLOYS VARIED ASSESSMENT PROCESSES
Teachers understand and thoughtfully use formal and informal evaluation strategies to assess students’ achievements, strengths, challenges and learning styles for continuous development.

STANDARD 9: MANAGES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Teachers establish and maintain an environment that engages students in learning while providing for their physical and socio-emotional well-being.

STANDARD 10: EMPLOYS VARIED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Teachers understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to enhance students’ learning.

STANDARD 11: USES TECHNOLOGIES
Teachers appropriately incorporate new and proven technologies into instructional practice. They understand the major social, cultural, and economic issues surrounding their implementation.

STANDARD 12: ACCOMMODATES FOR ALL STUDENTS
Teachers design educational environments and use instructional practices that accommodate students’ achievements, strengths, challenges, interests and learning styles.

STANDARD 13: IS A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER
Teachers are reflective practitioners who evaluate the effects of their assumptions, choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seek out opportunities to grow professionally. They examine assumptions enmeshed in ways of thinking and in familial, institutional, and cultural lore and practices.

STANDARD 14: RELATES WELL WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES
Teachers relate to students, families, and community members in a fair, respectful and sensitive manner. They show an appreciation for the cultural2 diversity of our society.

STANDARD 15: UNDERSTANDS LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Teachers understand the legal rights and responsibilities of professional educators and the law as it applies to their specific domains of teaching.