Chemistry Teacher (7-12) - Chemistry Teacher (Option B), M.A.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Be prepared to pass NYSED teacher certification examinations in content area, pedagogy, and knowledge of students.
- Apply the ACTFL, CEC, NCSS, NCTE, NCTM, NSTA, and SHAPE Standards and the Next Generation Learning Standards to planning, instruction, and assessment for all students, including those of low SES, linguistic/cultural minorities, and those with IEPs.
- Design lessons and units of study that engage all students, including ELLs and students with IEPs, in doing, thinking, reasoning, speaking, and writing in the content areas.
- Incorporate community resources in culturally relevant units of study.
- Create classrooms that support social and emotional learning.
- Make plans for and use technological tools (e.g. communication and collaboration tools, adaptive devices, Web-based digital media) in instruction.
- Analyze instructional materials and assessments in order to identify linguistic & extra-linguistic demands and challenges of performance tasks in the content areas.
- Analyze and interpret whole-class interaction focusing on guiding techniques conducive to orchestrating meaningful, inclusive, and content-rich conversations.
- Analyze and interpret samples of student work and classroom data to identify different levels of student learning as well as typical errors and misconceptions.
- Conduct and use research in their own practices to improve learning and teaching.
