STANDARD 2 – Human Development and Learning
The competent teacher understands how individuals grow, develop, and learn and provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent teacher:
2A. understands how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind.
2B. understands that students' physical, social, emotional, ethical, and cognitive development influences learning.
2C. understands human development, learning theory, neural science, and the ranges of individual variation within each domain.
2D. understands that differences in approaches to learning and performance interact with development.
2E. understands how to include student development factors when making instructional decisions.
2F. knows the impact of cognitive, emotional, physical, and sensory disabilities on learning and communication processes.
Performance Indicators - The competent teacher:
2G. analyzes individual and group performance in order to design instruction that meets learners’ current needs in the cognitive, social, emotional, ethical, and physical domains at the appropriate level of development.
2H. stimulates student reflection on prior knowledge and links new ideas to already familiar ideas and experiences.
2I. introduces concepts and principles at different levels of complexity so that they are meaningful to students at varying levels of development and to students with diverse learning needs.
The competent teacher understands how individuals grow, develop, and learn and provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent teacher:
2A. understands how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind.
2B. understands that students' physical, social, emotional, ethical, and cognitive development influences learning.
2C. understands human development, learning theory, neural science, and the ranges of individual variation within each domain.
2D. understands that differences in approaches to learning and performance interact with development.
2E. understands how to include student development factors when making instructional decisions.
2F. knows the impact of cognitive, emotional, physical, and sensory disabilities on learning and communication processes.
Performance Indicators - The competent teacher:
2G. analyzes individual and group performance in order to design instruction that meets learners’ current needs in the cognitive, social, emotional, ethical, and physical domains at the appropriate level of development.
2H. stimulates student reflection on prior knowledge and links new ideas to already familiar ideas and experiences.
2I. introduces concepts and principles at different levels of complexity so that they are meaningful to students at varying levels of development and to students with diverse learning needs.