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An
integral component of the new performance-based process is the use of
the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
standards. These standards reflect the requisite knowledge, skills, and
attitudes necessary for teachers starting their career.
1. Content
Pedagogy
The teacher
understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures
of the discipline he or she teaches and can create learning
experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for
students.
2. Student
Development
The teacher
understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning
opportunities that support a child's intellectual, social, and
personal development.
3. Diverse
Learners
The teacher
understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and
creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse
learners.
4. Multiple
Instructional Strategies
The teacher
understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to
encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving,
and performance skills.
5. Motivation and
Management
The teacher 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.
6. Communication
and Technology
The teacher uses
knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication
techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive
interaction in the classroom.
7. Planning
The teacher plans
instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the
community, and curriculum goals.
8. Assessment
The teacher
understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to
evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and
physical development of the learner.
9. Reflective
Practice: Professional Growth
The teacher is a
reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his
or her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other
professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out
opportunities to grow professionally.
10. School and
Community Involvement
The teacher fosters
relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the
larger community to support students' learning and well-being
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