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STANDARD 1: Content Knowledge
The candidate understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.

1. Understands content, concepts, and processes. 2. Links content to students’ prior knowledge of everyday life. 3. Chooses accurate, comprehensive, and useful resources (e.g. visuals, alternate texts). 4. Integrates content knowledge and skills with other subjects.

STANDARD 2: Student Learning
The candidate understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social and personal development.

5. Provides instruction to support all learning styles and learners’ needs in intellectual, social, and personal development. 6. Provides opportunities for active engagement. 7. Provides opportunities for students to assume responsibility for their own learning. 8. Pre-assesses student thinking and experience as a basis for instruction.

STANDARD 3: Diversity
The candidate understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

9. Makes provisions for and uses appropriate services and resources for exceptional learning differences and needs. 10. Connects content to students’ diverse background and culture. 11. Demonstrates high expectations for all learners.

STANDARD 4: Instructional Strategies
The candidate understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

12. Uses the right combination of teaching strategies to ensure student learning of the lesson objective(s). 13. Engages students in learning opportunities that promote critical thinking, problem solving and performance capabilities. 14. Teaches using an appropriate plan, adjusting plans in response to informal assessment results and learner needs. 15. Monitors and adjusts teaching strategies in response to learner understanding and student motivation, varying his/her role during instruction as appropriate.

STANDARD 5: Management
The candidate uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

16. Uses effective management strategies and sets appropriate behavior expectations/standards so that students can engage in purposeful learning activities. 17. Establishes a positive learning climate where individual differences are respected. 18. Creates a democratic learning community where students assume responsibility for themselves and others. 19. Provides opportunities for successful collaborative and independent learning. 20. Motivates students to learn. 21. Appropriately uses materials, time, space, and activities.

STANDARD 6: Communication
The candidate uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

22. Uses effective communication strategies. 23. Recognizes and supports students’ communication skills. 24. Uses effective and varied questioning strategies. 25. Uses a variety of technology communication tools to facilitate learning.

STANDARD 7: Planning
The candidate plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.

26. Uses principles of effective teaching in planning. 27. Plans for needs of all learners.

STANDARD 8: Assessment
The candidate understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the learner.

28. Uses a variety of formal and informal assessments to evaluate students’ performance and modify teaching and learning strategies. 29. Provides self-assessment opportunities for students. 30. Keeps detailed, appropriate records.

STANDARD 9: Reflective Practitioner
The candidate is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

31. Self-assesses accurately through reflective strategies, then revises practice. 32. Accepts, uses, and responds well to feedback from colleagues and supervisors.

STANDARD 10: Interpersonal Relationships
The candidate fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support students’ learning and well-being.

33. Demonstrates professional characteristics. 34. Utilizes school and community resources to foster student learning.