Standards

I.  Teachers are committed to all students and their learning.  (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators and
NCTE Standards

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern understands how students learn and develop and can provide learning opportunities that support a student's intellectual, social, and personal development.

4.2 Create literate classroom communities by presenting varied structures and techniques for interactions by employing effective classroom management strategies and by providing students with opportunities for feedback and reflection.

Evidence

 

 

 

The teacher intern understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

2.1 Create an inclusive and supportive learning environment in which all students can engage in learning.

Evidence

 

 

 

4.4 Create and sustain learning environments that promote respect for, and support of, individual differences of ethnicity, race, language, culture, gender and ability.

Evidence

 

II.  Teachers know the subjects and how to teach the subjects to students. (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators and
NCTE Standards

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern 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 to students.

2.4  Uses practices designed to assist students in developing habits of critical thinking and judgment.

Evidence

3.1 Demonstrate knowledge of, and skills in the use of, the English language.

Evidence

 

3.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the practices of oral, visual and written literacy.

Evidence

 

3.3 Demonstrate knowledge of the reading process.

Evidence

3.4 Demonstrate knowledge of different composing processes.

Evidence

3.5 Demonstrate knowledge of, and uses for, an extensive range of literature.

Evidence

3.6 Demonstrate knowledge of  the range and influence of print and nonprint media and technology in contemporary culture.

Evidence


II.  Teachers know the subjects and how to teach the subjects to students. (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

NCTE Standards and Performance Indicators

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, state and national standards, students, and the community.

2.1 Create an inclusive and supportive learning environment in which all student can engage in learning.

Evidence

2.2 Use ELA to help students become familiar with their own and others’ cultures.

Evidence

2.5 Make meaningful connections between the ELA curriculum and developments in culture, society, and education.

Evidence

4.1 Examine and select resources for instruction such as textbooks, other print materials, videos, films, records, and software appropriate for supporting the teaching of English language arts.

Evidence

4.2 Align curriculum goals and teaching strategies with the organization of classroom environments and learning experiences to promote whole-class, small-group and individual work.

Evidence


II.  Teachers know the subjects and how to teach the subjects to students. (NBPTS)

 

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators and
NCTE Standards

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

2.4 Use practices designed to assist students in developing habits of critical thinking and judgment.

Evidence

4.3 Integrate interdisciplinary teaching strategies and materials into the teaching and learning process for students.

Evidence

4.4 Create and sustain learning environments that promote respect for, and support of, individual differences of ethnicity, race, language, culture, gender, and ability.

Evidence

4.5 Engage students often in meaningful discussions for the purposes of interpreting and evaluating ideas presented through oral, written and/or visual forms.

Evidence

4.6 Engage students in critical analysis of different media and communication technologies.

Evidence

4.7 Engage students in learning experiences that consistently emphasize varied uses and purposes for language in communication.

Evidence

4.8 Engage students in making meaning of texts through personal response.

Evidence

4.9 Demonstrate that their students can select appropriate reading strategies that permit access to, and understanding of, a wide range of print and nonprint texts

Evidence

 

II.  Teachers know the subjects and how to teach the subjects to students. (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators and
NCTE Standards

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern uses knowledge of effective verbal, non-verbal and media communication techniques and appropriate technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

4.4 Create and sustain learning environments that promote respect for, and support of, individual differences of ethnicity, race, language, culture, gender and ability.

Evidence

 

 

4.5 Engage students often in meaningful discussions for the purposes of interpreting and evaluating ideas presented through oral, written and/or visual forms.

Evidence

4.6 Engage students in critical analysis of different media and communications technologies.

Evidence

4.7 Engage students in learning experiences that consistently emphasize varied uses and purposes for language in communication.

Evidence

3.6.1 Understand how media can influence constructions of a text’s meaning, and how experiencing various media can enhance students’ composing process, communication and learning.

Evidence

 

 

3.6.2 Show an ability to construct meaning from media and nonprint texts, and to assist students in learning these processes.

Evidence

3.6.3 Incorporate technology and print/nonprint media into instruction.

Evidence


III.  Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.  (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators and NCTE Standards

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

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.

 

 

 

Evidence

The teacher intern understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies, consistent with instructional goals, to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.

4.10 Integrate assessment consistently into instruction by using a variety of formal and informal assessment activities and instruments to evaluate processes and products.

Evidence

 

 

 

 

4.10 Integrate assessment consistently into instruction by creating opportunities to use a variety of ways to interpret and report assessment methods and results to students, parents, administrators and other audiences.

Evidence

 

 

 

 

 

IV.  Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.  (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern 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.

 

2.3 Demonstrate reflective practice, involvement in professional organizations, and collaboration with both faculty and other candidates.

 

 

    Evidence

Evidence 2

3.2.2 Use writing, speaking and observing as major forms of inquiry, reflection in coursework and teaching.

 

Evidence

Evidence 2

3.7 Demonstrate knowledge of research theory and findings in English language arts.

Evidence


V.  Teachers are members of learning communities (NBPTS)

INTASC Standards

Performance Indicators

Evidence for Meeting Standard in Portfolio

The teacher intern fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support students and well being.

 

2.3 Demonstrate reflective practice, involvement in professional organizations, and collaboration with both faculty and other candidates.

Evidence

 

 

 

 

4.10b  Create regular opportunities to use a variety of ways to interpret and report assessment methods and results to students, parents, administrators and other audiences.

Evidence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home