PACE - LCSC Education Division - Lewis-Clark State College

Professional Standards for the K-12 TeacherTeacher Education ProgramsLewis-Clark State College, Division of Education, Lewiston, IdahoGOAL: The goal of the Teacher Education programs is to prepare caring professionalswho teach for understanding in communities of learning.PHILOSOPHY: The philosophy embodied by the Teacher Education programs, while sufficiently robust to includeeclectic elements that, at once, reflect both the diversity and the combined wisdom of the faculty, is essentiallygrounded in a Pragmatic approach to metaphysical, epistemological, and axiological systems, a Progressiveorientation to education, and a child-centered, Constructivist approach to teaching and learning.OBJECTIVES: Each teacher candidate will demonstrate:Knowledge• Of the Nature of Learning• Of Effective Ways of Teaching• Of All Subjects TaughtSkill• As an Educational Designer• As an Educational Facilitator• As an Educational EvaluatorDedication• To the Well-Being of Children• To the Profession of Education• To Individual Differences & Special Needs• To Diversity• To Reflective PracticeIntegrative Themes: Diversity Technology Alternative PathwaysPERFORMANCE STANDARDS: In order to ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical developmentof the learner, the qualified teacher performs a variety of roles. In serving these roles, teachers demonstrateknowledge, skills, and dispositions related to eight main areas of professional competence.Successful teachers consistently exhibit:Appropriate conduct as a professional whoo Has knowledge of the foundations of the profession,o Understands and embraces the ideals of cultural consciousness, equity and human dignityo Expertise in all subjects taughto Skills as an educational designer,o Skills as an educational facilitator,o Skills as an educational evaluator, ando Capacity for reflective practice.53