Teachers create a learning environment that encourages appropriate standards of behavior, positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. Teachers foster collaborative relationships with colleagues, families, and agencies in the larger community to support student's learning. Teachers use effective communication as the vehicle through which students explore, conjecture, discuss, and investigate new ideas. Teachers use a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to support the continuous development of the learner. Teachers reflect on their practice and assume responsibility for their own professional development by actively seeking opportunities to learn and grow as professionals.
Teachers maintain professional standards guided by social, legal, and ethical principles.