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. Central to our teacher education program are academic excellence and social responsibility. Our teachers must be aware of effective teaching strategies to constructively examine social issues and respond to inequalities.
Teaching is a developmental process .
Teaching is a developmental process, one in which educators continually strive to improve themselves and to further their profession. The PTPP structures the sequence of the content and learning experiences to support our students' development in their knowledge and beliefs about effective teaching. As such, while the initial focus of beginning teachers often is limited to their classroom, the PTPP program lays the groundwork for its graduates to expand their horizon to the school and community, and beyond to the state and national level, as well as to relevant professional organizations. Teaching is connected to learning . Effective teachers establish productive learning environments and continually evaluate student understandings, attitudes, and abilities to inform decisions about which learning opportunities might help students develop further.