PROGRAM GOALS AND LEARNING TARGETS

GOAL 1: EFFECTIVE TEACHING, ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION
The TEP student will understand and demonstrate effective and appropriate teaching, assessment, and evaluation practices within content areas.


Target 1A: Subject Matter Knowledge
The TEP student will demonstrate deep knowledge of subject matter and create learning experiences that make subject matter meaningful and understandable to students. Deep knowledge includes an understanding of:
  • Central concepts
  • Thinking/inquiry skills
  • Dispositions (curiosity about and appreciation of)
  • Strategies of communicating


    • Target 1B: Instructional Strategies
    The TEP student will understand and use a variety of instructional strategies, and meaningful routines, activities, materials, and resources (including media and technology) to support learners' development of central concepts, thinking and inquiry strategies, dispositions, and strategies of communicating in the disciplines.

    Target 1C: Planning
    The TEP student will incorporate knowledge of subject matter, students, community, and curriculum goals into his or her planning and teaching.

    Target 1D: Subject Matter Assessment
    The TEP student will understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support learners' development of concepts, thinking/inquiry strategies, and strategies of communicating in the disciplines.


    GOAL 2: MEETING THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE LEARNERS
    The TEP student will demonstrate an understanding of learner development through appropriate practice and a commitment to supporting the needs of all learners. This includes attending to the entire range of, but not limited to, differences in ethnicity, socio-economic status, gender, culture, exceptional needs, and language.


    Target 2A: Learning & Development
    The TEP student will understand how students learn and develop, and will provide learning opportunities that support intellectual, social, and emotional development.

    Target 2B: Adapting for Differences
    The TEP student will understand how individual differences can influence learning and how to create/adapt curriculum, instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of diverse learners.

    Target 2C: Respect for Learners
    The TEP student will demonstrate respect for learners as thinkers and as individuals and create a learning community in which individual differences are respected.

    Target 2D: Assessment of Development
    The TEP student will understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies to ensure the continuous social, emotional, and physical development of the learner.


    GOAL 3: CREATING A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
    The TEP student will use an understanding of classroom and social dynamics to create a positive learning environment that encourages students to work effectively as individuals and in groups. This includes supportive social interactions, collaboration, active engagement in learning, and self-regulated learning.


    Target 3A: Communication Strategies
    The TEP student will understand and use effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage learners to work effectively as individuals and in groups.

    Target 3B: Classroom Management
    The TEP student will understand and use classroom management strategies that encourage learners to work effectively as individuals and in groups.


    GOAL 4: PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT
    The TEP student will demonstrate on-going commitment to the progress and well being of the learner, to the school and professional community, and to his/her own professional development.


    Target 4A: Teamwork with Colleagues
    The TEP student will work with colleagues within the school to make the school an effective learning environment.

    Target 4B: Community Relationships
    The TEP student will foster professional relationships with parents/guardians, other professionals, and other agencies within the community to support learners.

    Target 4C: Ethical Practice & Professional Conduct
    The TEP student will understand the ethical dimensions of teaching and will demonstrate ethical classroom practices and professional conduct within and beyond the school.

    Target 4D: Reflective Practice
    The TEP student will exhibit a thoughtful and reflective stance toward teaching and learning.

    Target 4E: On-going Learning
    The TEP student will actively seek out professional development opportunities to foster his or her growth as a teacher.

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