These standards support and sustain the student learning that is the center of the model. Planning, Instructing,, and Assessing are the first three Standards in the middle circle. Planning is the way in which a teacher plans for, adjusts, and follows up on instruction. Instructing is what teachers do in a classroom setting. Assessing is the way in which a teacher uses knowledge and student performance to make decisions about future planning and instruction.
Language refers to an understanding of what language is and how it is used.
Learning refers to an understanding of the learning process in formal and informal settings and the specific requirements and place of language in that process. Identity and Setting focuses on who the learners are and how their communities, heritages, and goals shape learning and their experiences of learning. It is the way in which a teacher takes from a community information that will help guide planning, instructing and assessing. Such activities as peer coaching, publishing, conducting research, professional association activity and collegiality are part of this Standard. It is also the way that a teacher takes from student learning to inform and change a community.