UNACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TARGET Middle level teacher Middle level teacher Middle teacher candidates candidates can articulate a candidates demonstrate their demonstrate their knowledge variety of content specific knowledge of content specific of content specific teaching teaching and assessment teaching and assessment and assessment strategies, use strategies. strategies by using them a wide variety of them in their successfully in their teaching. teaching, and modify their use based on the unique learning needs of their students. Middle level teacher Middle level teacher In collaboration with students, candidates understand the candidates create challenging, colleagues, and other importance of creating culturally sensitive, and stakeholders, middle level learning experiences that are developmentally responsive teacher candidates create developmentally responsive learning experiences that challenging, culturally and that engage young encourage exploration, sensitive, and developmentally adolescents. creativity, and information responsive learning literacy skills (e.g., critical experiences that encourage thinking, problem solving, exploration, creativity, and evaluation of information information literacy skills gained). (e.g., critical thinking, problem solving, evaluation of information gained). Middle level teacher Middle level teacher Middle level teacher candidates recognize the candidates understand the candidates collaborate with importance of formative and multiple roles of assessment students and colleagues to summative assessment in and use this knowledge to select and create a wide effective instruction. create formative and variety of formative and summative tools. They use summative assessments. They assessment data to inform analyze the data to evaluate their instruction (e.g., adjust their practice and inform their pace, differentiate for instruction (e.g., adjust pace, individuals, create meaningful differentiate for individuals, learning experiences, and create meaningful learning implement effective lessons). experiences, and implement effective lessons). Middle level teacher Middle level teacher Middle level teacher candidates understand the candidates demonstrate their candidates facilitate student importance of motivating ability to motivate young learning through a wide young adolescents. adolescents. They facilitate variety of developmentally student learning through responsive materials and developmentally responsive resources (e.g., technological materials and resources (e.g., resources and contemporary technology, manipulative media). They employ a materials, information literacy process of self-analysis and skills, contemporary media). collaboration with students
UNACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TARGET Middle level teacher candidates can articulate a variety of content specific teaching and assessment strategies. Middle level teacher candidates demonstrate their knowledge of content specific teaching and assessment strategies by using them successfully in their teaching. Middle teacher candidates demonstrate their knowledge of content specific teaching and assessment strategies, use a wide variety of them in their teaching, and modify their use based on the unique learning needs of their students. Middle level teacher candidates understand the importance of creating learning experiences that are developmentally responsive and that engage young adolescents. Middle level teacher candidates create challenging, culturally sensitive, and developmentally responsive learning experiences that encourage exploration, creativity, and information literacy skills (e.g., critical thinking, problem solving, evaluation of information gained). In collaboration with students, colleagues, and other stakeholders, middle level teacher candidates create challenging, culturally sensitive, and developmentally responsive learning experiences that encourage exploration, creativity, and information literacy skills (e.g., critical thinking, problem solving, evaluation of information gained). Middle level teacher candidates recognize the importance of formative and summative assessment in effective instruction. Middle level teacher candidates understand the multiple roles of assessment and use this knowledge to create formative and summative tools. They use assessment data to inform their instruction (e.g., adjust pace, differentiate for individuals, create meaningful learning experiences, and implement effective lessons). Middle level teacher candidates collaborate with students and colleagues to select and create a wide variety of formative and summative assessments. They analyze the data to evaluate their practice and inform their instruction (e.g., adjust pace, differentiate for individuals, create meaningful learning experiences, and implement effective lessons). Middle level teacher candidates understand the importance of motivating young adolescents. Middle level teacher candidates demonstrate their ability to motivate young adolescents. They facilitate student learning through developmentally responsive materials and resources (e.g., technology, manipulative materials, information literacy skills, contemporary media). Middle level teacher candidates facilitate student learning through a wide variety of developmentally responsive materials and resources (e.g., technological resources and contemporary media). They employ a process of self-analysis and collaboration with students
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