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STANDARD 1
All teachers must know a broad range of literacy techniques and strategies for every aspect of communication and must be able to develop each student's ability to read, write, speak and listen to his or her potential within the demands of the discipline.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent teacher:
1A. understands and can articulate the needs for literacy development in general and in specific disciplines or at specific grade levels.
1B. understands effective literacy techniques to activate prior student knowledge and build schema to enhance comprehension of "text.”
1C. knows strategies and techniques for teaching communication skills to those students’ whose first language is not English.
Performance Indicators - The competent teacher:
1D. practices effectively the language processes of reading, writing, and oral communication in the daily classroom exchange between student and teacher, between student and student, between teacher and "text," and between student and "text".
1E. practices effective literacy techniques to make reading purposeful and meaningful.
1F. practices effective questioning and discussion techniques to extend content knowledge acquired from "text."
1G. uses a variety of "text" and research resources with students/ in an attempt to enhance student learning from reading, learning from writing, and learning from oral communication.
All teachers must know a broad range of literacy techniques and strategies for every aspect of communication and must be able to develop each student's ability to read, write, speak and listen to his or her potential within the demands of the discipline.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent teacher:
1A. understands and can articulate the needs for literacy development in general and in specific disciplines or at specific grade levels.
1B. understands effective literacy techniques to activate prior student knowledge and build schema to enhance comprehension of "text.”
1C. knows strategies and techniques for teaching communication skills to those students’ whose first language is not English.
Performance Indicators - The competent teacher:
1D. practices effectively the language processes of reading, writing, and oral communication in the daily classroom exchange between student and teacher, between student and student, between teacher and "text," and between student and "text".
1E. practices effective literacy techniques to make reading purposeful and meaningful.
1F. practices effective questioning and discussion techniques to extend content knowledge acquired from "text."
1G. uses a variety of "text" and research resources with students/ in an attempt to enhance student learning from reading, learning from writing, and learning from oral communication.