In the Teacher Education Program, instruction
and experiences on campus and in the field are based on specific
GOALS in four (4) important areas:
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Effective Teaching, Assessment, & Evaluation
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Meeting
the Needs of Diverse Learners
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Creating a Positive Learning
Environment
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Professional Commitment
The LEARNING TARGETS in these areas represent a common core of
essential teaching knowledge and skills. However, the TEP student's
performance of specific teaching decisions and actions occurs in
numerous and varied contexts. This means that the evidence of the
student's performance of learning targets is also numerous and
varied. In addition, teaching decisions and actions involve an
interaction of knowledge and skills. Thus the same decision or
action may provide evidence of several of these goals and targets.
GOAL 1 EFFECTIVE
TEACHING, ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION:
The TEP student
will understand and demonstrate effective and appropriate
teaching, assessment, and evaluation practices within
content areas. This includes
understanding and demonstration of skills related to the state goals
and essential academic learning requirements (EALRs)
and evidence of a positive
impact on student learning.
Learning Target 1A- Subject Matter Knowledge
The TEP student will demonstrate deep knowledge of subject matter
and create learning experiences that make subject matter meaningful
and understandable
to students. Deep knowledge includes an understanding of:
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central
concepts
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thinking/inquiry strategies
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dispositions (curiosity about
and appreciation of)
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strategies of communicating
Learning Target 1B- Instructional Strategies
The TEP student will understand and use a variety of instructional
strategies, and meaningful routines, activities, materials,
and resources (including
media and technology) that support learners' development of
the central concepts, thinking and inquiry strategies, dispositions,
and strategies of communicating
in the disciplines.
Learning Target 1C: Planning
The TEP student will incorporate knowledge of subject matter,
students, community, and curriculum goals into his or her
planning and teaching.
Learning Target 1D: Subject Matter Assessment
The TEP student will understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies
to evaluate and support learners' development of concepts, thinking/inquiry
strategies, and strategies of communicating in the disciplines.
GOAL 2 MEETING THE
NEEDS OF DIVERSE LEARNERS:
The TEP student will demonstrate an understanding of learner development
through appropriate practice and a commitment to supporting the
needs of all learners. This includes attending to the entire
range of, but not limited to, differences in ethnicity, socio-economic
status, gender, culture, exceptional needs, and language.
Learning Target 2A: Learning & Development
The TEP student will understand how students learn and develop,
and will provide learning opportunities that support intellectual,
social, and emotional growth.
Learning Target 2B: Adapting
for Differences
The TEP student will understand how individual differences
can influence learning and how to create/adapt curriculum,
instruction, and assessment to meet the
needs of diverse learners.
Learning Target 2C: Respect for Learners
The TEP student will demonstrate respect for learners as thinkers
and as individuals and create a learning community in which
individual differences are respected.
Learning Target 2D:
Adapting for Diversity
The TEP student will demonstrate understanding and respect
for students’ diverse
cultural, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds
and create/adapt appropriate inclusive curriculum.
GOAL 3 CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:
The TEP student will use an understanding of classroom and social
dynamics to create a positive learning environment that encourages
students to work effectively as individuals and in groups. This
includes supportive social interactions, collaboration, active
engagement in learning, and self-regulated learning.
Learning Target 3A: Communication Strategies
The TEP student will understand and use effective verbal and nonverbal communication
techniques that encourage learners to work effectively as individuals and
in groups.
Learning Target 3B: Classroom Management
The TEP student will understand and use classroom management strategies that
encourage learners to work effectively as individuals and in groups.
GOAL 4 PROFESSIONAL
COMMITMENT:
The TEP student will demonstrate on-going commitment to the progress
and well being of the learner, to the school and professional
community, and to his/her own professional development.
Learning Target 4A: Teamwork with Colleagues
The TEP student will work with colleagues within the school
to make the school an effective learning environment.
Learning
Target 4B: Community Relationships
The TEP student will foster professional relationships
with parents/guardians, other professionals, and other
agencies within the community to support learners.
Learning Target 4C: Ethical Practice & Professional
Conduct
The TEP student will understand the ethical dimensions of teaching
and will demonstrate ethical classroom practices and professional
conduct within and
beyond the school.
Learning Target 4D: Reflective Practice
The TEP student will exhibit a thoughtful and reflective
stance toward teaching and learning.
Learning Target 4E: On-going Learning
The TEP student will actively seek out professional development opportunities
to foster his or her growth as a teacher.
