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Teaching Quality Standard
Quality teaching occurs when the teacher’s ongoing analysis of the context, and the teacher’s decisions about which pedagogical knowledge and abilities to apply result in optimum learning by students.
Alberta School Act, 1997
Teachers who hold a Permanent Professional Certificate must demonstrate Teachers who hold a Permanent Professional Certificate must demonstrate, in their practice, professional repertoires that are expanded beyond the Interim KSAs.
| Teaching Quality Standards | Meets | Below | Comments |
| 3a. Teacher’s application of pedagogical knowledge, skills and attributes is based in their ongoing analysis of contextual variables. | |||
| 3b. Teachers understand the legislated, moral and ethical frameworks within which they work. | |||
| 3c. Teachers understand the subject disciplines they teach. | |||
| 3d. Teachers know there are many approaches to teaching and learning. | |||
| 3e. Teachers engage in a range of planning activities. | |||
| 3f. Teachers create and maintain environments that are conducive to student learning. | |||
| 3g. Teachers translate curriculum and objectives into meaningful learning activities | |||
| 3h. Teachers apply a variety of technologies to meet students’ learning needs. | |||
| 3i. Teachers gather and use information about students’ learning needs and progress. | |||
| 3j. Teachers establish and maintain partnerships among school, home and community, and within their own schools. | |||
| 3k. Teachers are career-long learners. |
Summative Comments/Recommendations:
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I acknowledge receipt of this report. I am aware that I may respond to it in writing within five days and such response will become part of the report. I am aware that I may appeal any aspect of this evaluation process or the report to the Superintendent within thirty days.
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Ministerial ORDER (# 016/'97)
SCHOOL ACT
Teaching Quality Standard Applicable to the provision of Basic Education in Alberta
1. Teaching Quality Standard
Quality teaching occurs when the teacher’s ongoing analysis of the context and the teacher's decisions about which pedagogical knowledge and abilities to apply results in optimum learning by students.
All teachers are expected to meet the Teaching Quality Standard throughout their careers. However, teaching practices will vary because each teaching situation is different and in constant change. Reasoned judgment must be used to determine whether the Teaching Quality Standard is being met in a given context.
2. Descriptors of Knowledge, Skills and Attributes. to Interim Certification
Teachers who hold an Interim Professional Certificate must possess the Knowledge, Skills and Attributes Related to Interim Certification (Interim KSAs), and apply them appropriately toward student learning. During their first two years of teaching, teachers should use the Interim KSAs to guide their teaching; reflect on their practice, and direct their professional development in collaboration with their supervisors and evaluators.
3. Descriptors of Knowledge, Skills and Attributes Related to Permanent Certification
Teachers who hold a Permanent Professional Certificate must demonstrate, in their practice, professional repertoires that are expanded beyond the Interim KSAs.
The following descriptors comprise a repertoire of selected knowledge, skills and attributes from which teachers who hold a permanent Professional Certificate should be able to draw, as situations warrant, in order to meet the Teaching Quality Standard. Teachers, staff. supervisors and evaluators should use the descriptors to guide professional development, supervision and. evaluation and remediation strategies in order that teachers can meet the Teaching Quality Standard consistently throughout their careers.
Standard a) Teachers' application of pedagogical knowledge, skills and attributes is based in their ongoing analysis of contextual variables.
Teachers’ analysis of contextual variables underlies their reasoned judgment and decisions about which specific pedagogical skills and abilities to apply in order that students an achieve optimum learning. Selected variables are outlined below.
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Student Variables
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Standard b) Teachers understand the legislated, moral and ethical frameworks within which they work.
Teachers function within a policy-based and results oriented education system authorized under the School Act and other legislation.
Teachers also function within policy frameworks established by school authorities. This includes policies which require: a commitment to teaching practices that meet their school authority's teaching quality Standard(s); and that teachers engage in on going individualized professional development.
Teachers recognize they are bound by standards of conduct expected of a caring knowledgeable and reasonable adult who is entrusted with the custody, care or education of students or children. Teachers recognize their actions are bound in moral, ethical and legal considerations regarding their obligations to students, parents, administrators, school authorities, communities and society at large. Teachers acknowledge these obligations and act accordingly.
Standard c) Teacher's understand the subject discipline they teach.
Teachers understand the knowledge, concepts, methodologies and assumptions of the subject disciplines they teach. This includes an understanding of how knowledge in each discipline is created and organized, and the subject disciplines are more than bodies of static facts and techniques - they are complex and evolving. Their understanding extends to relevant technologies, the linkages among subject disciplines, and their relevance and importance in everyday life at the personal, local, national and international levels.
Teachers understand that students typically bring preconceptions and understandings to a subject. They know strategies and materials that are of assistance in furthering students' understanding.
Standard d) Teachers know there are many approaches to teaching and learning.
Teachers appreciate individual differences and believe all students can learn, albeit at different rates and in different ways They recognize students' different learning styles and the different ways they learn, and accommodate these differences in individuals and groups of students including students with special learning needs.
Teachers understand the fluidity of teaching and learning. They constantly monitor the effectiveness and appropriateness of their practices and students' activities, and change them as needed.
Standard e) Teachers engage in a range of planning activities.
Teachers' plans are founded in their understanding of contextual variables and are a record of their decisions on what teaching and learning strategies to apply. Plans outline a reasoned and incremental progression towards the attainment of desired outcomes for both teachers and students. Teachers monitor the context, their instruction, and monitor and assess students' learning on an ongoing basis, and modify their plans accordingly.
Teachers strive to establish candid, open and ongoing lines of communication with students, parents, colleagues and other professionals, and incorporate information gained into their planning.
Standard f) Teachers create and maintain environments that are conducive to student learning.
Teachers establish learning environments wherein students feel physically, psychologically, socially and culturally secure. They are respectful of students human dignity, and seek to establish a positive professional relationship with students that is characterized by mutual respect, trust and harmony. They model the beliefs, principles, values, and intellectual characteristics outlined in the Guide to Education and programs of study, and guide students to do the same.
Teachers work independently and cooperatively, to make their classrooms and schools stimulating learning environments. They maintain acceptable levels of student conduct, and use discipline strategies that result in a positive environment conducive to student learning. They work with students to establish classroom routines that enhance and increase student’s involvement in meaningful learning activities. They organize facilities, materials, equipment and space to provide students equitable opportunities to learn and to produce for students' safety.
Where community members work with students either on-campus or off-campus and where students are engaged in school-sponsored off-campus activities, teachers strive to ensure these situations also are secure and positive environments conducive to students learning.
Standard g) Teachers translate curriculum content and objectives into meaningful learning activities.
Teachers clearly communicate short and long range learning expectations to students, and how the expectations are to be achieved and assessed. They engage students in meaningful activities that motivate and challenge them to achieve those expectations They integrate current learning with prior learning, and provide opportunities for students to relate their learning to the home, community and broader environment.
Teachers apply a broad range and variety of instructional and learning strategies. The strategies vary in keeping with contextual variables, subject content, desired objectives, and the learning needs of individuals and groups or Students. The strategies are selected and used to achieve desired outcomes, primarily the expectations outlined in the Guide to Education, programs or study and other approved programs.
Standard h) Teachers apply a variety of technologies to meet students’ learning needs.
Teachers use teaching/learning resources such as the chalkboard, texts, computers and other auditory, print and visual media, and maintain an awareness of emerging technological resources They keep abreast of advances in teaching/learning technologies and how they can be incorporated into instruction and learning. As new technologies prove useful and became available in schools, teachers develop their own and their students' proficiencies in using the technologies purposefully, which may include content presentation, delivery and research applications, as well as word processing, information management and record keeping.
Teachers use electronic networks and other telecommunication media to enhance their own knowledge and abilities, and to communicate more effectively with others.
Standard i) Teachers gather and use information about students' learning needs and progress.
Teachers monitor students' actions on an ongoing basis to determine and respond to their learning needs. They use a variety of diagnostic methods that include observing students' activities, analysing students' learning difficulties and strengths, and interpreting the results of assessments and information provided by students their parents, colleagues and other professionals.
Teachers select and develop a variety of classroom assessment strategies and instruments to assess the full range of learning objectives. They differentiate between classroom and large-scale instruments such as provincial achievement tests, administer both and use the results for the ultimate benefit of students. They record, interpret and use the results of their assessments to modify their teaching practices and students learning activities
Teachers help students, parents and other educators interpret and understand the results of diagnoses and assessment and the implications for students. They also help students develop the ability to diagnose their own learning needs and to assess their progress toward learning goals
Teachers use their interpretations of diagnoses and assessments as well as students' work and results to guide their own professional growth. They assist school councils and members of the community to understand the purposes, meanings, outcomes and implications of assessments.
Standard j) Teachers establish and maintain partnerships among school, home and community and within their own schools.
Teachers engage in activities that contribute to the quality of the school as a learning environment. They work with others to develop, coordinate and implement programs and activities that characterize effective schools. They also work cooperatively with school councils.
Teachers strive to involve parents in their children's schooling. Partnerships with the home are characterized by the candid sharing of information and ideas to influence how teachers and parents, independently arid cooperatively, contribute to students' learning.
Teachers seek out and incorporate community resources into their instruction. and encourage students to use home and community resources in their learning. Teachers make connections between school, home and community in order to enhance the relevance and meaning of learning Home and community resources are utilized to make learning meaningful and relevant, and so students can gain an increased understanding of the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to participate in and contribute positively to society.
Standard k) Teachers are career-long learners.
Teachers engage in ongoing professional development to enhance their understanding of and ability to analyse the context of teaching; ability to make reasoned judgments and decisions; and, pedagogical knowledge and abilities. They recognize their own professional needs and work with others to meet those needs. They share their professional expertise to the benefit of others in their schools, communities and profession.
Teachers guide their actions by their overall visions of the purpose of teaching. They actively refine and redefine their visions in light of the ever-changing context, new knowledge and understandings, and their experiences. While these visions are dynamic and grow in depth and breadth over teachers' careers. the visions maintain at their core a commitment to teaching practices through which students can achieve optimum learning.v