Competency 1:
Competency 2:
Competency 3
- Blooms HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
- Lesson cycles (Madeline Hunter)
- Set learning goals for your classroom
- Appropriate ways to use homework
- What TEKS do and do not have
Competency 4
- Multiple Intelligences are always important to remember
- Engaging Instruction
- Reflective Teaching
- Constructivism
- Different learning styles
Competency 5:
Competency 6:
Competency 8
- Engagement is KEY!
- Use active learning activities to promote involvement.
- Plan your groups beforehand
- Learning environments are important
- There are different models of teaching
- Growth, health and development of students is vital to the classroom experience.
- Design developmentally appropriate material.
- Children need to be able to discover things on their own sometimes
- Personalidentity... Who am I?
- Socializing within the classroom is huge!
Competency 2:
- Diversity: Teachers need to MODEL equality
- Low socioeconomic status affects response time and competitiveness
- Multicultural Education- embrace the differences and teach about them!
- The educational environment should empower, help, nurture, develop, and prepare students.
- There are many misconceptions related to gender, race, etc. Watch for these!
Competency 3
- Blooms HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
- Lesson cycles (Madeline Hunter)
- Set learning goals for your classroom
- Appropriate ways to use homework
- What TEKS do and do not have
Competency 4
- Multiple Intelligences are always important to remember
- Engaging Instruction
- Reflective Teaching
- Constructivism
- Different learning styles
Competency 5:
- The classroom climate needs to be positive!
- Remember Maslow's hierarchy of needs and use these!
- Teach students to fulfill their own dreams.
- Strive to have a well managed classroom.
- Remember to be aware of the affective domain of your students!
Competency 6:
- Reinforce good behaviors!
- Vary lesson plans and the materials used in them to keep your students attention.
- Plan your lessons. Students need to know that YOU are ready for class!
- State classroom rules clearly and make sure that they are understood.
- Be aware and prepared for dealing with bad behavior if and when it occurs.
Competency 8
- Engagement is KEY!
- Use active learning activities to promote involvement.
- Plan your groups beforehand
- Learning environments are important
- There are different models of teaching