Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 10 - EDUCATION › Chapter 10.58 - PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM STANDARDS › Subchapter 10.58.5 - Teaching Areas: Specific Standards › Rule 10.58.532 - ELEMENTARY

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) The program
				requires that successful candidates:
(a)
				demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the major concepts, principles,
				theories, and research related to the development of children and young
				adolescents and apply these understandings to construct learning opportunities
				that support individual student development, acquisition of knowledge, and
				engagement in learning;
(b)
				demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and application of central concepts as
				outlined in the Montana Content Standards for students across grades K-8 and
				engage students in meaningful learning experiences that support students in
				meeting standards;
(c) demonstrate
				and apply understandings of the elements of literacy that are critical for
				purposeful oral, print, and digital communication; apply knowledge in the areas
				of language, speaking and listening, reading and writing processes, literature,
				new literacies, and technology; include texts from and about American Indians
				and tribes in Montana; plan, implement, assess, and reflect on English/language
				arts and literacy instruction that promotes critical thinking and creates
				engagement; teach children how to read; recognize that there are major theories
				of reading, writing, and communication processes and development, including
				first and second literacy acquisition; and recognize the role of a heritage
				language in learning to listen, speak, read, and write in a new
				language;
(d) demonstrate
				knowledge, understanding, and application of the fundamental concepts of
				physical science, life science, earth and space sciences, and engineering
				design to design and implement developmentally appropriate inquiry lessons
				based in the history and nature of science, including tribal ways of knowing
				and scientific contributions related to tribes in Montana, to build student
				understanding for personal and social applications;
(e) demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and
				utilization/application of the major concepts and procedures that define number
				and operations in base ten, fractions, operations, algebraic thinking,
				geometry, measurement, data, ratios and proportional relationships, the number
				system, expressions and equations, statistics, data science, probability, and
				functions to engage elementary students in problem solving, reasoning,
				constructing arguments, communication, connections, and representation through
				culturally inclusive instruction, including tribal ways of knowing and lessons
				and examples relating to American Indians and tribes in Montana;
(f) demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and
				application of the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies,
				including the use of original historic documents and sources, which include the
				integrated study of history, civics and government, geography, and economics,
				including personal financial literacy, to promote elementary students'
				abilities to make informed decisions as citizens of an interdependent and
				culturally diverse world that includes American Indians and tribes in
				Montana;
(g) demonstrate knowledge,
				understanding, and application of the content, functions, and achievements of
				dance, music, theater, media arts, and visual arts as an essential part of
				communication, inquiry, perspective, and engagement among elementary students,
				and culturally diverse performing and visual arts inclusive of the works of
				American Indian artists and art in Montana;
(h) demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and
				application of the major concepts in health education to create opportunities
				for students to develop and practice skills that contribute to good physical
				and mental health;
(i) demonstrate
				knowledge, understanding, and application of human movement and physical
				activity as central elements to foster students' active, healthy habits in
				order to promote mental well-being and enhanced quality of life;
(j) demonstrate knowledge, understanding, and
				use of interdisciplinary connections to integrate subject matter contents,
				employing inclusive ideas and issues that engage students' ideas, interests,
				concerns, and experiences;
(k) plan
				and implement instructional strategies based on knowledge of individual
				students, families, learning theory, content, connections across the
				curriculum, curricular goals, and community;
(l) demonstrate understanding of how
				elementary students, within different populations, including American Indians
				and tribes in Montana, differ in development and approaches to learning and
				demonstrate the ability to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of
				individual students;
(m)
				demonstrate knowledge of proven instructional strategies and use this knowledge
				to develop elementary students' ability to use critical thinking, problem
				solving, and current and emerging technologies;
(n) demonstrate knowledge and application of
				relationship building and developmentally appropriate behavior responses to
				create learning communities that foster active engagement in learning,
				self-motivation, self-discipline, and positive, healthy interactions;
(o) demonstrate knowledge and application of
				effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques in elementary
				learning environments to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive
				interactions among students and transparency with students' families;
				and
(p) demonstrate knowledge and
				understanding of formative and summative assessments to support data-driven
				decision making to monitor student growth and ensure the continuous
				intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of elementary
				students.