In tasc project
- 1. InTASC Presentation Cohort 6 Jacqueline Kayser Emily Mitchell Alicia Sydney Nicole Wylie
- 2. Standard 1 • The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences. • E: The teacher collaborates with families, communities, colleagues, and other professionals to promote learner growth and development. • Q: How can teachers collaborate with families, communities, colleagues and other professionals? Provide examples.
- 3. Standard 2 • The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards. • E: The teacher incorporates tools of language development into planning and instruction, including strategies for making content accessible to English language learners and for evaluating and supporting their development of English proficiency. • Q: How can teachers meet the needs of English language learners?
- 4. Standard 3: Learning Evironment • The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation. • E: The teacher uses a variety of methods to engage learners in evaluating the learning environment and collaborates with learners to make appropriate adjustments. • Q: Why is collaboration important?
- 5. Standard 4:Content Knowledge • The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content. • E: The teacher evaluates and modifies instructional resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy for representing particular concepts in the discipline, and appropriateness for his/her learners. • Q: How can teachers ensure instructional resources are appropriate for his/her learners?
- 6. Standard 5: Application of Content • The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues. • E: The teacher develops and implements supports for learner literacy development across content areas. • Q5: How can teachers help develop learner literacy in science?
- 7. Standard 6: Assessment • The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making. • E: The teacher engages learners in understanding and identifying quality work and provides them with effective descriptive feedback to guide their progress toward that work. • Q: Why is it important for teachers to provide descriptive feedback?
- 8. Standard 7: Planning for Instruction • The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross- disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context. • E: The teacher evaluates plans in relation to short- and long-range goals and systematically adjusts plans to meet each student’s learning needs and enhance learning. • Q: Why are planning goals important? Why is it important to adjust plans?
- 9. Standard 8: Instructional Strategies • The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understandings of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways • E: The teacher provides multiple models and representations of concepts and skills with opportunities for learners to demonstrate their knowledge through a variety of products and performances • Q: Why would it be important for student to have opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge through a variety of products and performances?