Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
- Review the procedures, expectations, and requirements for student teaching.
- Identify stressful situations one might encounter during student teaching.
- Analyze stress management techniques and strategies.
- Examine the importance of appropriate attire for the professional educator.
- Examine expectations of the formal student teaching observation process.
- Analyze the attributes of an effective cooperating teacher and student teacher relationship.
- Examine state reporting requirements for school personnel.
- Evaluate how the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act affect teachers’ role in education and communication.
- Examine copyright infringement as it applies to students and teachers.
- Examine legal and ethical issues related to technology use.
- Compare and contrast the cultures of various districts, schools, and the early childhood setting.
- Analyze the different demographics of schools and school districts.
- Examine relationships within the early childhood setting among teachers, colleagues, administrators, support staff, and students.
- Develop techniques for collaborating with grade-level or subject-level teachers.
- Describe various ways to create a team atmosphere within the school setting.
- Develop goals and objectives for the Birth through Preschool Teacher Work Sample instructional unit based on the teaching and learning context.
- Justify selected learning goals and objectives based on teaching and learning contexts.
- Examine various early childhood setting arrangements and available resources.
- Compare and contrast formative and summative assessments.
- Evaluate the usability and applicability of a variety of assessment methods.
- Design an assessment plan to monitor students’ progress.
- Compare and contrast different lesson plan formats.
- Design standards-based lesson plans.
- Demonstrate the use of differentiated instructional strategies.
- Apply technology to the creation of instruction and instructional activities.
- Compare and contrast various methods of early childhood setting management.
- Analyze the implications that contextual factors may have on learning and the learning climate.
- Evaluate the aspects of the early childhood setting that contribute to positive learning experiences.
- Explore how brain-based research can contribute to building a positive learning climate
- Analyze strategies for remediation of disruptive and nondisruptive student behaviors.
- Compare and contrast various early childhood setting procedures.
- Apply formative information to make instructional planning decisions.
- Analyze examples of instructional decision-making based on students’ learning or responses.
- Evaluate assessment data to diagnose student learning.
- Analyze data to report performance of the following groups: whole class, subgroups, and individual students.
- Create visual representations to profile student performance.
- Identify areas for improving instructional skills and early childhood setting management skills.
- Evaluate your teaching performance relative to the instructional unit implemented for the Birth through Preschool Teacher Work Sample.
