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Explain how you the educator should proceed in each of the areas. …
Explain how you the educator should proceed in each of the areas.
For example: The teacher demonstrates care and concern.
I demonstrate care and concern to the degree that is appropriate and helpful to the student. I will follow up to ensure students understand the assignments and if needed look for new ways to explain the information.
The teacher believes that all children can learn at high levels and persists in helping all children achieve success.
I work with students at all levels of learning. I am dedicated to ensure that students are able to achieve success to the highest degree that they are able with the understanding that everyone’s degree of success is different.
One paragraph explanation on whether or not our in class discussion affected your answers if so how?
THE CONTENT SPECIALIST:
Exhibiting Expertise in Subject(s) Taught
The Principle:
The successful teacher is one who understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the
discipline(s) they teach.
Key Attributes:
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structure of the discipline(s) they teach.
The teacher maintains currency in knowledge of the content area(s) and the skills of the discipline.
Indicators of Performance (Grouped by Attributes):
1. The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) they
teach.
a. The teacher understands major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of
knowing that are central to the discipline(s) they teach.
b. The teacher understands how students’ worldview can influence their understanding.
c. The teacher understands the role of discipline in preparing students for the global community.
d. The teacher understands the relationship of knowledge of the discipline to other subject areas and
real-life situations.
e. The teacher recognizes multiple perspectives and conveys to learners how knowledge is
developed from the vantage point of the knower.
f. The teacher has enthusiasm for the discipline(s) they teach and sees connections to everyday life.
g. The teacher sees how the application of learning is useful in life.
h. The teacher recognizes the interconnectedness of the disciplines.
i. The teacher is skilled in the tools of inquiry for each discipline of the content area(s) that they
teach.
j. The teacher can relate their knowledge of the discipline to other subject areas.
k. The teacher presents information that is accurate and relevant.
l. The teacher effectively uses multiple modalities and explanations of disciplinary concepts that
capture key ideas, links them to students’ prior learning, and makes connections to everyday life
and the global community.
m. The teacher presents differing viewpoints, theories, ways of knowing, and methods of inquiry in
their teaching of subject matter.
n. The teacher evaluates teaching resources and curriculum materials for their accuracy,
comprehensiveness, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts.
o. The teacher engages students in generating knowledge and testing hypotheses according to the
methods of inquiry and standards of evidence used in the discipline.
2. The teacher maintains currency in knowledge of the content area(s) and skills of the discipline.
a. The teacher realizes what subject matter knowledge is not a fixed body of facts but is complex
and ever-evolving.
b. The teacher is committed to continuous learning to stay abreast of new ideas and perspectives in
the field and engages in professional discourse about subject matter knowledge and children’s
learning of the discipline.
