Week 1

• Address the academic, socioemotional, and developmental needs of adolescents in lesson planning. 
• Create learning experiences appropriate for curriculum goals and content standards. 
• Determine research-based methods for teaching a specific content area at the secondary level. 
• Utilize assessment strategies to determine students’ knowledge for use in planning. 

Week 2

• Analyze how students’ personal, cultural, family, and community values affect learning.
• Reflect on ways to integrate culturally relevant content to build on learners’ background knowledge and achieve learning goals. 
• Analyze how multiple intelligences and learning styles influence instructional design. 
• Examine ways to differentiate instruction and assessment to meet the needs of diverse learners. 
• Evaluate resources and supports available to meet the needs of all students, including those with exceptional needs. 

Week 3

• Evaluate strategies for utilizing multiple representations, perspectives, and explanations to enhance learners’ understanding of content standards. 
• Identify ways to foster learners’ engagement through collaboration and critical thinking. 
• Critique effectiveness of lesson delivery and make recommendations for changes. 
• Evaluate the use of data to identify needs and enhance instruction for diverse learners. 
• Develop questioning techniques that deepen students’ content knowledge and check for understanding. 
• Describe ways to develop learners’ understanding and use of the academic language of the discipline. 

Week 4

• Determine methods for implementing 21st century skills to foster learning and creativity in a variety of environments. 
• Determine strategies for guiding students in developing innovative solutions to complex, interdisciplinary, and real-world problems through the use of technology. 
• Examine the use of technology to meet the needs of diverse learners. 
• Formulate ways to model collaboration and evaluation of student work in the digital age. 

Week 5

• Formulate ways to support students in developing innovative solutions to complex, interdisciplinary, real-world problems. 
• Develop ways to build students’ local and global awareness and understanding through the development of interdisciplinary instruction. 
• Evaluate strategies to implement learner literacy development across content areas. 
• Determine learning environments that will encourage learner exploration, discovery, and expression across content areas. 
• Analyze ways to develop learners’ communication skills in disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts. 

Week 6

• Investigate professional development opportunities specific to content and areas that need improvement, as a means of improving pedagogical practice. 
• Determine the role that professional and ethical standards play in the field of education. 
• Defend the importance of collaboration, self-reflection, and professional development in improving practice.