Standard Three: Understanding and Organizing Subject matter for Student Learning
3.1 Demonstrating knowledge of subject matter content and student development
Description of Practice
Experienced Practice that Exemplifies the Standard
The teacher's working knowledge of subject matter and individual student's development incorporates a broad range of perspectives, strongly supports all students' learning, and is current.
Maturing Beginning Practice
The teacher's working knowledge of subject matter and basic principles of student development incorporates different perspectives, supports all students' learning, and is current.
Developing Beginning Practice
The teacher's working knowledge of subject matter and basic principles of student development reflects a single perspective, supports some students' learning, and is usually current.
Practice Not Consistent With Standard Expectations
The teacher's working knowledge of subject matter and student development is inconsistently evident, does not adequately support students' learning, or may not be current.
What the classroom looks like:
- Historical events and literature are reinterpreted based on the social understanding of the time
- Content is not static; it changes
- Is familiar with how the content relates to students' development
- Knows the content, current findings and how they are interpreted.
- Knowledgeable about their subject(s)
- Knowledge of student cognitive development
- Builds bridges between the curriculum and students' prior experiences
- Supports all students' learning and is current
- Other____________________________
As teachers develop, they may ask, "How do I . . ." or "Why do I . . ."
- identify and understand the key concepts and underlying themes and relationships in the subject area(s) to be taught?
- ensure that my knowledge of the subject matter incorporates different perspectives?
- continue to keep my subject matter knowledge current ?
- ensure that my subject matter knowledge is sufficient to support student learning?
- build understanding of my students' cognitive and linguistic development?
- build understanding of my students' social, emotional, and physical development?
Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard 2: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Standard 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject matter for Student Learning
Standard 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experience for All Students
Standard 5: Assessing Student Learning
Standard 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
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