About the course

Teacher Cadet Curriculum Standards

Experiencing Learning

AWARENESS AND REFLECTION

I.1.1: Students will analyze their strengths and areas for improvement as learners.

I.1.2: Students will evaluate themselves as diverse individuals, learners, and community members.

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I.1.4: Students will analyze the role of self-esteem in learning and its contributing factors.

STYLES AND NEEDS

I.2.1: Students will evaluate different learning styles.

I.2.2: Students will identify the special needs and exceptionalities of learners and determine how these

needs affect the learning process.

I.2.3: Students will examine major physical, social, and personal challenges that can impede successful

learning.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

I.3.1: Students will differentiate among the physical stages of learners.

I.3.2: Students will examine the cognitive stages of learners.

I.3.3: Students will distinguish between the moral stages of learners.

I.3.4: Students will analyze the steps in the psychosocial stages of learners.

I.3.5: Students will apply an understanding or knowledge of the developmental changes of learners.

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Experiencing the Profession

HISTORY AND TRENDS

II.1.1: Students will trace the history of education in South Carolina and the United States.

II.1.2: Students will evaluate the educational philosophies that have influenced the issues in education

today.

II.1.3: Students will predict future educational movements based on past and current events.

STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

II.2.1: Students will compare the various types of schooling.

II.2.2: Students will examine the governance structure of their local, state, and national educational

systems.

CERTIFICATION AND EMPLOYMENT

II.3.1: Students will explore careers in education.

II.3.2: Students will describe the process and structure of teacher certification.

II.3.3: Students will identify the reasons for teacher shortages and the content and geographic areas that

are greatly impacted.

II.3.4: Students will demonstrate effective job application and interview skills.

ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM

II.4.1: Students will recognize and analyze the current state code of educator conduct.

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II.4.3: Students will understand how teachers can exhibit leadership as advocates and agents of change

for education.

II.4.4: Students will assess the importance of service to the community and civic responsibility.

II.4.5: Students will identify the services professional organizations provide for teachers.

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Experiencing the Classroom

OBSERVATION AND PREPARATION

III.1.1: Students will analyze their strengths and areas for improvement as potential teachers.

III.1.2: Students will evaluate appropriate instructional objectives after analysis of developmental

stages of learners.

III.1.3: Students will distinguish between desirable and undesirable teaching strategies and traits.

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impact instructional style and interaction.

III.1.5: Students will defend effective teaching methodologies.

III.1.6: Students will evaluate components of effective classroom climate, management, and discipline.

III.1.7: Students will incorporate various technologies in the planning of effective instruction and

demonstrate its application.

III.1.8: Students will evaluate various assessment techniques.

III.1.9: Students will design and deliver an effective lesson for instructor and peer feedback that

differentiates instruction to accommodate all learners.

APPLICATION AND INSTRUCTION: THE INTERNSHIP WITH A COOPERATING TEACHER

III.2.1: Students will implement developmentally appropriate learning activities for all learners in order

to build confidence, knowledge, and skills.

III.2.2: Students will accommodate major physical, social, and personal challenges that can impede

successful learning.

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brain-based strategies for learning, and classroom management to instruction and assessment.

III.2.4: Students will design and deliver an effective lesson in a classroom setting that differentiates

instruction to accommodate all learners.

III.2.5: Students will apply the components of effective classroom climate, management, and discipline.

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Experiencing Education

ANALYSIS AND REFLECTION

IV.1.1: Students will evaluate positive and negative aspects of the teaching profession.

IV.1.2: Students will describe, analyze, and think systematically about their practice and reflect on

their field experiences.

IV.1.3: Students will develop a personal philosophy of education.

IV.1.4: Students will submit requested data for program development and evaluation in a timely

manner.