what is InTASC
What does InTASC stand for?
Interstate Teachers Assessment and Support Consortium
What is standard 6 about?
Assessment
What is standard 7 about?
Planning for Instruction
What is standard 9 about?
Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
What is standard 10 about?
Leadership and Collaboration
What are the four general categories?
1. The Learner and Learning
2. Content
3. Instructional Practice
4. Professional Responsibilities
Name one components to standard 6
-Engage learners in their own growth
-Monitor learner progress
-Guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
What is standard 8 about?
Instructional Stategies
Name one component of standard 9.
-Engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice.
-Keep in mind how the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals)
-Adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.
Name two components of standard 10.
-Take responsibility for student learning
-Collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members.
-Ensure learner growth
-Advance the profession.
What is the purpose of InTASC standards?
To transform our education system to meet the needs of today’s learners.
What is the purpose of using assessments?
To document, monitor, and support learner progress appropriate for learning goals and objectives.
Name one component to standard 8.
-Encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections.
-Build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
Why does the teacher collaborates with colleagues?
-To reflect, analyze, and improve individual and collective practice to address learner, school, and professional needs.
Name one leadership trait a teacher should possess.
-Coach and encourage others
-Generate research that can influence policy
-Advocate through leadership roles
These standards are no longer intended only for “beginning” teachers but as what?
Professional practice standards.
How does the teacher implement assessments?
In an ethical manner and minimizes bias to enable learners to display the full extent of their learning.
Name at least two things a teacher should have knowledge of when planning for instruction.
Knowledge of:
-content areas
-curriculum
-cross-disciplinary skills
-pedagogy
-learners and the community context.
Why should the teacher actively seeks professional, community, and technological resources, within and outside the school?
For support and analysis, reflection, and problem-solving.
Why is it important for the teacher to collaborate with colleagues on the instructional team(s)?
To probe data and seek and offer feedback on practices that support learners.
Name two of the 10 standards
1. Learner development
2. Learning Differences
3. Learning Environment
4. Content Knowledge
5. Application of Content
6. Assessment
7. Planning for Instruction
8. Instructional Strategies
9. Professional Learning and Ethical Practice
10. Leadership and Collaboration
Why does the teacher use formative classroom assessments?
To maximize the development
of knowledge, critical thinking, and problem solving skills embedded in learning objectives.
How does the teacher plan instruction?
By collaborating with colleagues, specialists, community resources, families and learners to meet individual learning needs.
Why does the teacher engage in structured individual and group professional learning opportunities?
To provide all learners with engaging curriculum and learning experiences.
Why does the teacher collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members?
To ensure learner growth.