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**Model Core Teaching Standards ** //Adopted April 2011 // ||
 * InTASC **
 * **Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) **
 * **The Learner and Learning ** ||
 * 1 – Learner Development || 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 ||
 * 2 – Learning Differences || 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 ||
 * 3 – Learning Environments || The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and the encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation ||
 * **Content ** ||
 * 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 the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content ||
 * 5 – Application to 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 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Instructional Practice ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">6 – Assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">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 leaner’s decision making ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">7 – Planning for Instruction || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">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 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">8 – Instructional Strategies || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Professional Responsibility ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">9 – Professional Learning and Ethical Practice || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">10 – Leadership and Collaboration || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">B. Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">MTTS **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">1 – Information Access, Evaluation, Processing, and Application || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Access, evaluate, and process information efficiently and effectively. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">2 – Communication || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">A. Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">3 – Legal, Social and Ethical Issues || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, social, and ethical issues related to technology use. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">4 – Assessment for Administration and Instruction || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Use technology to analyze problems and develop data-driven solutions for instructional and school improvement. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">5 – Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in the curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communication or collaboration. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">6 – Assistive Technologies || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Understand human, equity, and developmental issues surrounding the use of assistive technology to enhance student learning performance and apply that understanding to practice. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">7- Professional Growth || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Develop professional practices that support continual learning and professional growth in technology ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Benchmarks **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Mount St. Mary’s University Benchmarks ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Description ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">I. Planning, Instruction & Assessment || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher candidates will develop skills in the instructional process through planning, execution of plan, and assessment of learning. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">II. Management || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher candidates will develop skills in managing time, the classroom and student behavior. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">III. Communication || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher candidates will develop skills in communicating with professionals, students, peers, and parents. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">IV. Professionalism & Leadership || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher candidates will develop skills in taking on leadership roles while demonstrating professional ethics, presence and attitudes. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">V. Analysis & Reflection || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Teacher candidates will develop skills in reflecting on teaching and learning. ||