About the OSTPs
The number of OSTP standards
What is 7?
This is standard 1.5
What is Teachers recognize characteristics of gifted students, students with disabilities and at-risk students in order to assist in appropriate identification, instruction and intervention?
The number of sub-standards in Standard 4
What is 7?
The number of sub-standards in Standards 6-7.
What are 7?
Why is it important for teachers to model respect for students’ diverse cultures, language skills and experiences (Standard 1.4)?
Make sure students show the same respect, build relationships, avoid stereotypes, analyze own biases, all students feel welcomed in classroom, challenge misconceptions and disrespect, etc.
This is why the OSTPs were developed.
What is for use as a guide for teachers as they continually reflect upon and improve their effectiveness as educators throughout all of the stages of their careers?
This is the description of Standard 1
What is Teachers understand student learning and development and respect the diversity of the students they teach
This is the description for Standard 4.
What is Teachers plan and deliver effective instruction that advances the learning of each individual student?
This is the description for Standard 6.
What is Teachers collaborate and communicate with students, parents, other educators, administrators and the community to support student learning.
True or false: The OSTPs should be used as an evaluative tool.
What is false?
This standard falls under the category of The Conditions of Teaching and Learning.
What is Standard 5: Learning Environment?
The number of sub-standards in Standards 1-3.
What are 15?
Teachers should differentiate instruction to support the learning needs of all students, including these types of students.
What are students identified as gifted, students with disabilities and at-risk students?
True or false: Teachers are professionals who must recognize that they are in a unique and powerful position to influence the future of their students.
What is true?
True or false: Data collection and analysis is not essential for planning future instruction.
What is false?
Standards 6 and 7 fall under this category.
What is teaching as a profession?
This is how teachers make content meaningful, relevant, and applicable to students.
What is by making connections between the content that they teach and other content areas, real life experiences, and career opportunities?
True or false: Standard 4 does not include technology in any of its components
What is false?
Teachers should collaborate with various stakeholders. Standard 6 lists 6 different ones. Name 3.
What are parents, caregivers, other teachers, administrators, school and district staff, community, and community agencies.
Participating in department decision making, involvement in professional organizations, and taking leadership roles in their department and school are all potential indicators for which standard.
What is Standard 7.3?
There are 4 other ways the OSTPs can be used. List 2.
What are: assist higher education programs in developing the content and requirements of preservice training and development; focus the goals and objectives of districts and schools as they support educators and seek to improve the profession; be used to plan and guide professional development; serve as a tool in developing coaching and mentoring programs.
These are the types of assessments teachers should be able to develop and use.
What are diagnostic, formative and summative assessments?
In Standard 5, there are a number of descriptions of the learning environment teachers should create and maintain. Name 3.
What are: respectful, supportive and caring, physically and emotionally safe, or conducive for learning for all students.
True or false: Families are an integral component of teaching and learning and teachers should provide opportunities for them to contribute to the learning community.
What is true?
How might a teacher collaborate with the community and with community resources/agencies.
Responses vary, but may include bringing in members of the community to speak to students, referrals, advocate for health care services and mental health services, work with community as partners, service/ internship