Teaching Standards: Different Agencies Requirements

The following is a series of lists that outline the requirements of teaching standards for different agencies. As a teacher, there are many requirements to meet and exceed. Here’s a shortly compiled list of some of the things required of a classroom teacher.

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National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, NBPTS

  • Demonstrate that teaching practice meets the exceptional Needs Standards*
  • Have access to at least 3+ student with exceptional needs prior to submission/ Field experience
  • Summit instructional material/videotape showing interactions w/ students
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in communication/literacy lessons
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in Social Development lessons
  • Use of assessments
  • Collaboration

AZ Department of Education Teaching Standards

  • Have access to at least 3+ student with exceptional needs prior to submission/ Field experience
  • A valid fingerprint card
  • Ed. Courses from accredited institution/ Appropriate Training with demonstrated knowledge
  • Pass Eligibility tests/extra training levels

Council for Exceptional Children, CEC, Teaching Standards

  • Have access to at least 3+ student with exceptional needs prior to submission/ Field experience
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in communication/literacy lessons
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in Social Development lessons
  • Use of assessments
  • Collaboration
  • Ed. Courses from accredited institution/ Appropriate Training with demonstrated knowledge
  • Articulate personal philosophy of Sp. Ed.
  • Relate levels of support to needed individual
  • Use research-supported methods for academic and non-academic instruction of individuals with disabilities
  • Learn necessary skills for teaching children with special needs, including but not limited to, adoption of technology, material, and pace
  • Uses/ supports Learning environments and social interactions
  • Use effective communication
  • Demonstrate instructional planning
  • Demonstrate Professional and Ethical practice
  • Teacher uses variety in instructional strategy

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium, INTASC, Teaching Standards

  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in communication/literacy lessons
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in Social Development lessons
  • Use of assessments
  • Collaboration
  • Teacher uses variety in instructional strategy
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in communication/literacy lessons
  • Demonstrate ability to engage/support students in Social Development lessons
  • Use of assessments
  • Collaboration
  • Relate levels of support to needed individual
  • Teacher continually evaluates self. Teacher understands how students differ and adapt curriculum
  • Teacher uses variety in instructional strategy. Instruction based on teacher’s knowledge, students, community, curriculum
  • Learn necessary skills for teaching children with special needs, including but not limited to, adoption of technology, material, and pace
  • Uses/ supports Learning environments and social interactions. Use effective communication

No Child Left Behind, NLCB, Teaching Standards

  • Use of assessments
  • Collaboration
  • Ed. Courses from accredited institution/ Approp. Training with demonstrated knowledge
  • Uses/ supports Learning environments and social interactions
  • Use effective communication
  • Demonstrate Professional and Ethical practice
  • Passing eligibility test/ Extra training levels

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