Standard 1

The teacher candidate commands essential knowledge and understandings of the academic discipline(s) from which school subject matter is derived and integrates that knowledge into personally meaningful frameworks. (knowledge, dispositions, & abilities)

Knowledge

·         The candidate knows the factual information, organizing principles, and central concepts of the discipline(s).

·         The candidate is cognizant of the competing theoretical views, assumptions, and controversies in the discipline(s).

·         The candidate knows the paradigms that guide inquiry in the discipline(s).

·         The candidate knows how new knowledge is generated in the discipline.

·         The candidate knows the sources and resources for research in the disciplines.

·         The candidate’s beliefs about the discipline are informed and defensible.

·         The candidate knows how the discipline relates to other disciplines.

Dispositions

·         The candidate is cognizant of discipline ethics and strives to develop discipline related dispositions.

·         The candidate has a sense of self-efficacy in relation to the discipline.

·         The candidate seeks out opportunities to extend his or her knowledge and understanding in the discipline and keeps abreast of new ideas and understanding in the field.

·         The candidate believes in the value or worth of formal study in the discipline and communicates that commitment to others.

Performances

·         The teacher candidate conducts self-selected, self-directed inquiry in the discipline domain.

·         The teacher candidate comprehends, interprets, and critiques discipline-related scholarship.

·         The teacher candidate can construct an informed, defensible position on a discipline-related issues.

·         The teacher candidate can locate, evaluate, document, an integrate discipline-related sources, including Internet sources.

·         The teacher candidate uses discipline knowledge and skills to create or design original products.

·         The teacher candidate expresses discipline related ideas fluently in both speaking and writing.