Teachers know how to teach, understand, and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills. Teachers know how to manage a classroom. In their field experience, students will observe their cooperating teacher's classroom management plan. Then they will practice their ability to lead large and small group instruction. In an individual oral exam, students will discuss their self-analysis of their management skills and identify areas to improve and develop.
Teachers communicate well.
Students will participate in written and oral exams in which they will demonstrate factual knowledge as well as justify and explaining their decision making and reasoning in hypothetical and real-life teaching situations. Students will make presentations to their peers and will collaborate with peers and cooperating teachers in planning and analyzing their plans and teaching experiences. Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. Teachers know how to test for student progress. In class assignments and in their field experience, students will be required to demonstrate their ability to assess student learning with performance tasks, rubrics, and to facilitate student self-assessment.