In compliance with Arizona State Teaching Standards 8:1-13, a special educator will demonstrate current professional knowledge sufficient to effectively design and plan instruction, implement and manage instruction, create and maintain an appropriate learning environment, and assess student learning. This will be accomplished through the demonstration of a variety of methods for teaching language arts and reading, math, science, social studies, and fine arts at the elementary level or a variety of methods for teaching reading and the subject area or areas in which the teacher is seeking certification at the secondary level.

In addition to this demonstration of knowledge, the interdisciplinary learning experiences that integrate knowledge, skills, and methods of inquiry from several subject areas are documented in this paper. Principles and techniques associated with various instructional strategies as well as learning theories, subject matter, curriculum development, and student development and how to use this knowledge in planning instruction to meet curriculum goals is addressed.

Methods for recognizing and accommodating exceptional children, respecting the influences of individual development, experiences, talents, prior learning, language, culture, gender, family, and community on student learning are addressed as well.

During the course of study, principles of human motivation and behavior and their implications for managing the classroom and organizing individual and group work have been reviewed and assimilated into everyday teaching practices. Effective evaluation of curriculum materials and resources for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts has been developed at a mastery level.

Finally, the characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of different types of assessments for evaluating how students learn, determining what they know and are able to do, and identifying what experiences will support their further growth and development were researched in order to develop better teaching practices at a master’s level.

In compliance with Arizona State Teaching Standards 8:1-13, a special educator will demonstrate current professional knowledge sufficient to effectively design and plan instruction, implement and manage instruction, create and maintain an appropriate learning environment, and assess student learning. This will be accomplished through the demonstration of a variety of methods for teaching language arts and reading, math, science, social studies, and fine arts at the elementary level or a variety of methods for teaching reading and the subject area or areas in which the teacher is seeking certification at the secondary level.

In addition to this demonstration of knowledge, the interdisciplinary learning experiences that integrate knowledge, skills, and methods of inquiry from several subject areas are documented in this paper. Principles and techniques associated with various instructional strategies as well as learning theories, subject matter, curriculum development, and student development and how to use this knowledge in planning instruction to meet curriculum goals is addressed.

Methods for recognizing and accommodating exceptional children, respecting the influences of individual development, experiences, talents, prior learning, language, culture, gender, family, and community on student learning are addressed as well.

During the course of study, principles of human motivation and behavior and their implications for managing the classroom and organizing individual and group work have been reviewed and assimilated into everyday teaching practices. Effective evaluation of curriculum materials and resources for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts has been developed at a mastery level.

Finally, the characteristics, uses, advantages, and limitations of different types of assessments for evaluating how students learn, determining what they know and are able to do, and identifying what experiences will support their further growth and development were researched in order to develop better teaching practices at a master’s level.