The teacher draws upon knowledge of content areas, cross-disciplinary skills, learners, the community and pedagogy to plan instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals.
Possible Indicators:
- Candidates identify measurable learning objectives based on target knowledge and skills and plans and sequences learning experiences linked to the learning objectives, making content relevant to learners.
- Candidates plan instruction based on formative and summative student data and candidate knowledge of developmental levels, prior learning, and interests and use this information to determine instructional groups.
- Candidates draw upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy to design appropriate curriculum.
- Candidates match instruction to the experience, needs, and interests of individuals and groups, providing scaffolding, differentiation, and extension to support student learning.
- Candidates utilize knowledge of learners and community context in selecting effective instructional strategies.
