Standard 1

Quality Standard 1: Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the context they teach. The secondary teacher has knowledge of literacy and mathematics and is an expert in his or her content endorsement area(s)

• Element A: Teachers provide instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards, their District's organized plan of instruction, and the individual needs of their students. 

• Element B: Teachers develop and implement lessons that connect to a variety of content areas/disciplines and emphasize literacy and mathematical practices.

• Element C: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of the content, central concepts, injury, appropriate evidence-based instructional practices, and specialized characteristics of the disciplines being taught.  

Artifact One (Lesson Plan Outline)

Explanation: This is the outline I created when making my lesson plan for a 3D middle school art class.  As I am concentrating on being an art educator, my partner was a FACS major, so I mainly focused on the construction aspect while my partner worked on how students could add elements of design to their projects. We both applied our own strengths and knowledge to making a lesson that incorporated both our contents. 

Artifact Two (Lesson Plan Slide presentation)

Explanation:  In addition to talking and demonstrating the steps of assembly and the project requirements, we also had a slide show of the step-by-step process where students could look back to if they had forgotten. Then when students were working, we provided a slide with basic requirements that needed to be in their works. 

Need to find presentation!