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INTASC ~ NCATE ~ IPSB !?
What is INTASC? It's the
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium.
What is NCATE? It's the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
What is IPSB? It's the Indiana
Professional Standards Board.
 Why
are we telling you this?
Well, NCATE and the IPSB have adopted INTASC standards for accrediting
all teacher education programs in the state of Indiana.
What are INTASC standards?
There
are 10 principles. (See below.)
Under
each principle there are 8-15 standards divided into Knowledge
standards, Disposition standards, and Performance
standards.
- Effective teachers need to know a lot about
each of the 10 areas (principles) below.
- Effective teachers also need to have the right
attitudes and dispositions toward and in each of the 10 areas.
- And effective teachers need to show evidence that
they can perform at effective levels in each of the 10 areas.
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Here are the 10 INTASC Principles under which the knowledge, disposition and
performance standards fit. (Stop in the Education Office if you want to see
all the standards under each principle.)
Principle
#1: The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and
structures of the discipline(s) he or she teachers and can create learning
experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for
students.
Principle
#2: The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide
learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social and personal
development.
Principle
#3: The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to
learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse
learners.
Principle
#4: The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies
to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving and
performance skills.
Principle
#5: 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.
Principle
#6: The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media
communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and
supportive interaction in the classroom.
Principle
#7: The teacher plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter,
students, the community, and curriculum goals.
Principle
#8: The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment
strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social and
physical development of the learner.
Principle
#9: The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the
effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and
other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out
opportunities to grow professionally.
Principle
#10: The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and
agencies in the larger community to support students' learning and
well-being.
These INTASC principles and the standards that go with them can
be neatly mapped in many cases onto the NCATE standards dealing with
- a college's design of the education program,
- standards met by the candidates in the
program
- and the faculty teaching them,
- and standards for the wider institutional
support of the education program.
Additionally, these INTASC principles and standards line up neatly
with the HC Education Department's
conceptual framework: Teacher as Effective Steward. At
HC, we believe teachers should be responsible and effective
stewards of
- knowledge
- learner development
- learning environments
- instruction
A teacher
needs a well-rounded background of content and pedagogical knowledge,
a service- and responsibility-oriented disposition, and
multiple experiences (performance) with a variety of learners
to be best equipped to impact the world for Christ.
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