Idaho Chemistry and Science Teacher Standards

Endorsement Overview

ISU recommends the following endorsements:

(45 credit) Chemistry 6-12

(30 credit) Chemistry 6-12

(20 credit) Chemistry 6-12

Course Catalog | Secondary Education> Search: "Chemistry"

Performance Evidence - Portfolio Guide

Portfolio Guide

To show evidence of these standards, candidates will upload scored work into their Taskstream portfolio. To facilitate this, cach faculty member is requested to remind teacher education candidates in their course to retain evaluated work and upload it into Taskstream. The following one-page document can be distributed to teacher education candidates as needed.

Chemistry One-page Portfolio Guide

ISU College of Science and Engineering requested each program to create document for each course that lists the objectives and outcomes aligned to program standards.

Chemistry Course Objectives and Outcomes 

Program Standards Alignment

Faculty members from both the Chemistry and Teaching and Educational Studies departments worked to identify evidence from the endorsement program to support the standards.

Program Alignment and Assessment Process Working Document (GDoc)

Assessment Reports (password protected)

Knowledge Documentation Collection

The repository for documentation is Google Drive. The following pieces of evidence are needed for each course listed in the 20-credit endorsement:

 Syllabi for most recent semester

 Course calendar with topics (can be screenshots of Moodle course)

 Final exam, paper, project, or equivalent measure of student knowledge

 View documentation folder