School Setting Developmental Standards – Secondary Education
Educator Standards
Standard 1: Student Development and Diversity
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of student development and diversity and demonstrate the ability to provide instruction that is responsive to student differences and that promotes development and learning for all students.
Standard 2: Learning Processes
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of learning processes and demonstrate the ability to facilitate student achievement.
Standard 3: Instructional Planning and Delivery
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of instructional planning and delivery and demonstrate the ability to plan and deliver standards-based, data-driven differentiated instruction that engages students, makes effective uses of contemporary tools and technologies, and helps all students achieve learning goals.
Standard 4: Assessment
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of assessment principles and practices and demonstrate the ability to use assessment to monitor student progress and to use data to guide instructional decision making.
Standard 5: Learning Environment
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of student learning environments and demonstrate the ability to establish positive, productive, well-managed, and safe learning environments for all students.
Standard 6: The Professional Environment
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of professional environments and expectations and demonstrate the ability to collaborate with others to improve student learning, to engage in continuous professional growth and self-reflection, and to adhere to legal and ethical requirements of the profession.
Standard 7: Reading Instruction
Teachers at the secondary level have a broad and comprehensive understanding of content-area and disciplinary literacy skills, and demonstrate the ability to plan and deliver integrated content-area reading that is based on student learning standards, student literacy needs and strengths as reflected in ongoing student data, and scientifically based reading research.
Taken from IN DOE: http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/educator-effectiveness/ssd-secondary-education.pdf