Idaho State Standards
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The Following Idaho State Standards has guided my teaching as an undergraduate and will continue to help me improve as a teacher in the future.
Standard 1: Knowledge of Subject Matter-The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline taught and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
Standard 2: Knowledge of Human Development and Learning
-The teacher understands how students learn and develop, and provides opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
Standard 3: Modifying Instruction for Individual Needs
-The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities to meet students’ diverse needs and experiences.
Standard 4: Multiple Instructional Strategies
-Multiple Instructional Strategies - The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to develop student learning.
Standard 5: Classroom Motivation and Management Skills
-The teacher understands individual and group motivation and behavior and creates a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard 6: Communication Skills
-The teacher uses a variety of communication techniques to foster learning and communication skills.
Standard 7: Instructional Planning Skills
-The teacher plans and prepares instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, curriculum goals, and instructional strategies.
Standard 8: Assessment of Student Learning
-The teacher understands, uses, and interprets formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and advance student performance and to determine teaching effectiveness.
Standard 9: Professional Commitment and Responsibility
-The teacher is a reflective practitioner who demonstrates a commitment to professional standards and is continuously engaged in purposeful mastery of the art and science of teaching.
Standard 10: Partnerships
-The teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ learning and well-being.
Standard 1: Knowledge of Subject Matter-The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline taught and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
Standard 2: Knowledge of Human Development and Learning
-The teacher understands how students learn and develop, and provides opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
Standard 3: Modifying Instruction for Individual Needs
-The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities to meet students’ diverse needs and experiences.
Standard 4: Multiple Instructional Strategies
-Multiple Instructional Strategies - The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to develop student learning.
Standard 5: Classroom Motivation and Management Skills
-The teacher understands individual and group motivation and behavior and creates a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard 6: Communication Skills
-The teacher uses a variety of communication techniques to foster learning and communication skills.
Standard 7: Instructional Planning Skills
-The teacher plans and prepares instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, curriculum goals, and instructional strategies.
Standard 8: Assessment of Student Learning
-The teacher understands, uses, and interprets formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and advance student performance and to determine teaching effectiveness.
Standard 9: Professional Commitment and Responsibility
-The teacher is a reflective practitioner who demonstrates a commitment to professional standards and is continuously engaged in purposeful mastery of the art and science of teaching.
Standard 10: Partnerships
-The teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ learning and well-being.