Purpose:

Candidates demonstrate the ability to plan and teach two in-depth, standards-based lessons in the endorsement sought. Candidates reflect on student learning, and their teaching and growth over time.

Principles to be addressed:

Principle #1: The educator has knowledge and skills in the content of his or her endorsement(s) at a level that enables students to meet or exceed the

standards represented in both the Fields of Knowledge and the Vital Results of

Principle #4: The educator understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to provide opportunities for all students to meet or exceed the expectations in Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities.

Principle #5: The educator creates a classroom climate that encourages respect for self and others positive social interaction, and personal health and safety.

Principle #7:The educator uses multiple assessment strategies to evaluate student growth and modify instruction to ensure the continuous intellectual,social, physical, and emotional development of every student.

Required documentation:

Lesson plans, samples of student work with analysis, video tape, transcription or detailed supervisor’s notes of lessons taught, and evaluation of lesson by supervisor and/or cooperating teacher.