Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. Teachers exhibit in-depth working knowledge of subject matter, academic content standards, and curriculum frameworks. They apply knowledge of student development and proficiencies to ensure student understanding of content. They organize curriculum to facilitate students’ understanding of the subject matter. Teachers utilize instructional strategies that are appropriate to the subject matter. They use and adapt resources, technologies, and standards-aligned instructional materials, including adopted materials, to make subject matter accessible to all students. They address the needs of English learners and students with special needs to provide equitable access to the content.
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. Demonstrating knowledge of subject matter content and student development.
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. In order to provide readily available and inclusive access to learning expectations, instructional materials and assignments, secondary teachers are required to use the District’s adopted Learning Management System (Schoology) to electronically-post their course syllabus, instructional materials, and assignment handouts. Secondary teachers are required to post graded homework assignments, assessment (e.g. lab, project, essay) due dates and test/quiz dates on the Schoology Calendar (with the exception of pop quizzes).
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. 3.1 Demonstrating knowledge of subject matter, academic content standards, and curriculum frameworks.
3.2 Applying knowledge of student development and proficiencies to ensure student understanding of subject matter.
3.3 Organizing curriculum to facilitate student understanding of the subject matter.
3.4 Utilizing instructional strategies that are appropriate to the subject matter.
3.5 Using and adapting resources, technologies, and standards-aligned instructional materials, including adopted materials, to make subject matter accessible to all students.
3.6 Addressing the needs of English learners and students with special needs to provide equitable access to the content.
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. 3.1 Demonstrating knowledge of subject matter, academic content standards, and curriculum frameworks
3.2 Applying knowledge of student development and proficiencies to ensure student understanding of content
3.3 Organizing curriculum to facilitate student understanding of the subject matter
3.4 Utilizing instructional strategies that are appropriate to the subject matter
3.5 Using and adapting resources, technologies and standards-aligned instructional materials, including adopted materials, to make subject matter accessible to all students
3.6 Addressing the needs of English learners and students with special needs to provide equitable access to the content
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. 3.1 Demonstrating knowledge of subject matter, academic content standards, and curriculum frameworks
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. Demonstrates knowledge of teaching as discrete skills as described in the California Standards for Teaching Professionals (CSTP). Expands knowledge of related elements of effective instruction, learning goals, assessments, and content as informed by the CSTP. Utilizes knowledge of CSTP to make connections between elements of effective instruction, learning goals, assessments, and content standards. Articulates knowledge of the inter-relationships between elements of effective instruction, learning goals, assessments, and content across the CSTP. Applies in depth knowledge of the CSTP to interconnect effective instruction, learning goals, and assessment within and across content areas.
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. Reinforces the learning stated in the objectives with appropriate practice.
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences
Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning. The level of “Meets Standard” is reached when at least four (4) of the objectives in the standard are rated at “Satisfactory or above”.
