Teaching Compentencies
Teacher Education Competencies
1.0 Content Knowledge
1.1 Liberal Arts. Teachers have broad knowledge of the liberal arts.
1.1.1 Have background in basic subject areas: the arts, humanities, mathematics, and sciences, and have a broad understanding of the major cultures, religions, geography, political systems, philosophies, and economic systems by which people organize their lives.
1.1.2 Know and appreciate the great creative works of world cultures.
1.2 Subject-area Content. Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty and the relevant applications of this content.
1.2.1 Know their subjects considerably beyond the content they are expected to teach, and know how professionals in their field think and analyze the world.
1.2.2 Have a strong background in the subjects related to their specialty area.
1.2.3 Understand major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline they teach.
1.2.4 Know how to apply information from their discipline to real-world situations.
1.3 Curriculum Theory. Teachers understand the ways in which their teaching area connects to the broad curriculum.
1.3.1 Know the links between the grade or subject they teach and what comes before and after their course or grade.
1.3.2 Can relate disciplinary knowledge to other subject areas.
1.4 Developmental Theory. Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of the students they teach.
1.4.1 Understand how learning occurs-how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind.
1.4.2 Understand that students' physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive development influence learning.
1.4.3 Are aware of expected developmental progressions and ranges of individual variation within each domain (physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive), can identify levels of readiness in learning,
1.0 Content Knowledge
1.1 Liberal Arts. Teachers have broad knowledge of the liberal arts.
1.1.1 Have background in basic subject areas: the arts, humanities, mathematics, and sciences, and have a broad understanding of the major cultures, religions, geography, political systems, philosophies, and economic systems by which people organize their lives.
1.1.2 Know and appreciate the great creative works of world cultures.
1.2 Subject-area Content. Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty and the relevant applications of this content.
1.2.1 Know their subjects considerably beyond the content they are expected to teach, and know how professionals in their field think and analyze the world.
1.2.2 Have a strong background in the subjects related to their specialty area.
1.2.3 Understand major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline they teach.
1.2.4 Know how to apply information from their discipline to real-world situations.
1.3 Curriculum Theory. Teachers understand the ways in which their teaching area connects to the broad curriculum.
1.3.1 Know the links between the grade or subject they teach and what comes before and after their course or grade.
1.3.2 Can relate disciplinary knowledge to other subject areas.
1.4 Developmental Theory. Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of the students they teach.
1.4.1 Understand how learning occurs-how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind.
1.4.2 Understand that students' physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive development influence learning.
1.4.3 Are aware of expected developmental progressions and ranges of individual variation within each domain (physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive), can identify levels of readiness in learning,