As well, each student is expected to support the personal learning plan and portfolio with readings selected from the bibliography and elsewhere. Each student will be asked to compare personal professional development to the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards , for entry knowledge in the areas of curriculum and teaching strategies and to develop a learning plan to enhance self-knowledge and teaching repertoire. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
Teachers are members of learning communities.
In consultation with the instructor, each student will select a project that advances personal knowledge, skills, and dispositions for the teaching role. Students are encouraged to think of a specialty at the early childhood, middle childhood, or early adolescence level. The project should contain a relevant literature review in a standard bibliographic form as well as the personal reflective material. An approved, written pre-proposal is required for this assignment. As part of the personal learning plan, each student will select appropriate means for documenting the professional knowledge gained.