The INTASC Standards

From http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/pbl/pblintasc.htm.

"What teachers know and can do makes the most difference in what children learn."

~ Linda Darling-Hammond

 

An integral component of the new performance-based process is the use of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards. These standards reflect the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for teachers starting their career.

1. Content Pedagogy

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.

2. Student Development

The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support a child’s intellectual, social, and personal development.

3. Diverse Learners

The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

4. Multiple Instructional Strategies

The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

5. Motivation and Management

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation.

6. Communication and Technology

The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

7. Planning

The teacher plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.

8. Assessment

The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.

9. Reflective Practice: Professional Growth

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

10. School and Community Involvement

The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support students' learning and well-being.

 

STANDARD 1: CONTENT PEDAGOGY

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

STANDARD 2: STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support a child’s intellectual, social, and personal development.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 3: DIVERSE LEARNERS

The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 4: MULTIPLE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving,

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 5: MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT

The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 6: COMMUNICATION & TECHNOLOGY

The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 7: PLANNING

The teacher plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 8: ASSESSMENT

The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 9: REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

 

STANDARD 10: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support students’ learning and well-being.

 

KEY INDICATORS

The Candidate:

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