EMU | COE NCATE 2003 Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

Standard 1:
Candidate Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

Candidates^{^[1]} preparing to work in schools as teachers or other

professional school personnel know and demonstrate the content,

pedagogical, and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions

necessary to help all students ^{^[2]} learn. Assessments indicate that

candidates meet professional, state, and institutional standards. ^{^[3]}

Standard 1-A	Content Knowledge for Teacher Candidates
Standard 1-B	Content Knowledge for Other Professional School Personnel
Standard 1-C	Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teacher Candidates
Standard 1-D	Professional and Pedagogical Knowledge and Skills for Teacher Candidates
Standard 1-E	Professional Knowledge and Skills for Other School Personnel
Standard 1-F	Dispositions for All Candidates
Standard 1-G	Student Learning for Teacher Candidates
Standard 1-H	Student Learning for Other Professional School Personnel
Standard 1	Exhibits

^{^[1]}Candidates include persons preparing to teach, teachers who are continuing their professional development, and persons preparing for other professional roles in schools such as principals, school psychologists, and school library media specialists.

^{^[2]}"All students" includes students with exceptionalities and of different ethnic, racial, gender, language, religious, socioeconomic, and regional/geographic origins.

^{^[3]}The unit assesses candidate performance through a comprehensive set of assessments that includes state licensing examinations where they exist. Knowledge and skills are assessed through measures such as examinations, portfolios, papers, presentations, and case studies. Assessments of knowledge, dispositions, and teaching performance occur during field experiences and clinical practice and include candidate analysis of P-12 student learning. The unit supplements information about candidate performance with information about graduates derived from follow-up studies, employer evaluations, and job placement rates. If a program does not meet the state cut-off score on licensing examinations, the unit must provide other convincing evidence that the unit meets the standard.

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