Student Principles Students are the focal point of teaching and learning. Students represent the focal point of teaching and learning, be they students in our program or those in the schools. Student assessment is systematic, multi-focal, and used to enhance development. Teaching Principles Teaching is a profession . The PTPP has an intended goal of initiating our students into a community of professionals that can be recognized by standards of practice and beliefs.
Teaching requires reflective decision making.
We also recognize that the daily decisions entailed in all teaching are made in unique environments. In other words, teaching is context specific. The effectiveness of a particular strategy varies with grade level, subject, concept to be taught, school context, and the student. The key to effective teaching, therefore, is to know, through discovery, inquiry, and investigation, when to employ a particular instructional strategy or to provide a particular learning opportunity. Teaching involves social responsibility.