The Professional Educator takes diversity into consideration when valuing professional and ethical standards based on the behaviors consistent with professional education roles in the following areas.
Disposition 1: The candidate is highly sensitive to and demonstrates respect for student differences.
Disposition 2: The candidate engages in and reflects on professional learning opportunities.
Disposition 3: The candidate assumes professional education roles in the area of communication.
Disposition 4: The candidate assumes professional education roles in the area of preparation.
Disposition 5: The candidate assumes professional education roles in the area of professionalism.
Disposition 6: The candidate advocates, models, and teaches safe, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technology.
Disposition 7: The candidate exhibits the dispositions toward practice and implementation of education pedagogy.
Grading is determined by the professor. Incomplete status for the course is assigned at the discretion of the professor which is a university policy. Final grades are based on the following graduate level scale:
A = 93 -100% : Demonstrates a thorough understanding of course concepts and principles and provides insight into the inter-relatedness of the information. There is clear, convincing, and consistent evidence that the candidate demonstrates achievement. The evidence is comprehensive, thoughtful, and integrated.
B = 85 – 92.9% : Displays a complete and accurate understanding of course concepts and principles. There is clear evidence that the candidate knows what to do, and does it. The evidence is specific and reasonable. However, at times the evidence may be somewhat uneven, with specific features addressed more effectively than others.
C = 76 – 84.9% : Displays an incomplete understanding of course concepts and principles and has some notable misconceptions. There is limited evidence that the candidate knows what to do, how to do it, or when to do it.
D = 67 – 75.9% : Demonstrates severe misconceptions about course concepts and principles. Candidate does not have a grasp of information; student cannot answer questions about the subject matter presented. There is little or no evidence that the candidate has demonstrated achievement.
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