ELA Candidate Pedagogy Candidates acquire and demonstrate the dispositions and skills needed to integrate knowledge of English language arts, students, and teaching. AS A RESULT, CANDIDATES NOT ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TARGET 4.1 Show limited experience in Examine and select Understand the purposes examining, and selecting resources for instruction and characteristics of resources for instruction, such as textbooks, other different of curricula such as textbooks, other print materials, videos, and related teaching print materials, videos, films, records, and software, resources and select or films, records, and software, appropriate for supporting create instructional appropriate for supporting the teaching of English materials that are the teaching of English language arts; consistent with what is language arts; currently known about student learning in ELA; 4.2 Demonstrate limited ability Align curriculum goals and Create literate classroom to design instruction to meet teaching strategies with the communities by the needs of all students and organization of classroom presenting varied provide for students’ environments and learning structures and techniques progress and success; experiences to promote for group interactions by whole-class, small-group, employing effective and individual work; classroom management strategies and by providing students with opportunities for Use few interdisciplinary feedback and reflection; 4.3 teaching strategies and Integrate interdisciplinary materials; teaching strategies and Work with teachers in materials into the teaching other content areas to and learning process for help students connect students; important ideas, concepts, and skills within ELA Show limited ability to with similar ones in other 4.4 create learning Create and sustain learning disciplines; environments that promote environments that promote respect for, and support of, respect for, and support of, Create opportunities for individual differences of individual differences of students to analyze how ethnicity, race, language, ethnicity, race, language, social context affects culture, gender, and ability; culture, gender, and ability; language and to monitor their own language use and behavior in terms of demonstrating respect for Demonstrate limited ability individual differences of to engage students ethnicity, race, language, 4.5 effectively in discussion for
ELA Candidate Pedagogy Candidates acquire and demonstrate the dispositions and skills needed to integrate knowledge of English language arts, students, and teaching. AS A RESULT, CANDIDATES NOT ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TARGET 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Show limited experience in examining, and selecting resources for instruction, such as textbooks, other print materials, videos, films, records, and software, appropriate for supporting the teaching of English language arts; Demonstrate limited ability to design instruction to meet the needs of all students and provide for students’ progress and success; Use few interdisciplinary teaching strategies and materials; Show limited ability to create learning environments that promote respect for, and support of, individual differences of ethnicity, race, language, culture, gender, and ability; Demonstrate limited ability to engage students effectively in discussion for Examine and select resources for instruction such as textbooks, other print materials, videos, films, records, and software, appropriate for supporting the teaching of English language arts; Align curriculum goals and teaching strategies with the organization of classroom environments and learning experiences to promote whole-class, small-group, and individual work; Integrate interdisciplinary teaching strategies and materials into the teaching and learning process for students; Create and sustain learning environments that promote respect for, and support of, individual differences of ethnicity, race, language, culture, gender, and ability; Understand the purposes and characteristics of different of curricula and related teaching resources and select or create instructional materials that are consistent with what is currently known about student learning in ELA; Create literate classroom communities by presenting varied structures and techniques for group interactions by employing effective classroom management strategies and by providing students with opportunities for feedback and reflection; Work with teachers in other content areas to help students connect important ideas, concepts, and skills within ELA with similar ones in other disciplines; Create opportunities for students to analyze how social context affects language and to monitor their own language use and behavior in terms of demonstrating respect for individual differences of ethnicity, race, language,
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