INTASC Principles
Interstate New Teachers Assessment
and Support Consortium
- Knowledge of Subject Matter. The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches.
- Knowledge of Human Development and Learning. The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support their physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and personal development.
- Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs. The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
- Multiple Instructional Strategies. The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
- Classroom Motivation and Management Skills. The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation and management.
- Communication Skills. The teacher uses effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
- Instructional Planning Skills. The teacher plans instruction based upon knowledge of educational theory and concepts, subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
- Assessment of Student Learning. The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to ensure the continuous intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development of the learner.
- Professional Commitment and Responsibility. The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
- Partnerships. The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, agencies, and cultural organizations in the larger community to support students’ learning and well-being and to enhance the teacher’s cultural awareness.
To see how other educational institutions and teacher education programs incorporate the INTASC Standards click the links below:
Ball State University
John Hopkins University
Towson University
Visit the INTASC web site
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