Initial Teaching Standards

As teachers we make an unspoken promise to our students, their parents, and ourselves. A promise to be knowledgeable, professional, and honest inside and outside of the classroom as well. In order to prepare students to be the best teachers they can be, the University of Houston-Clear Lake holds their students to a set of high standards known as the UHCL Initial Teaching Standards. The first Initial Teaching Standard is “Knowledge of the Subject Matter”: Under this standard the students is expected to demonstrate “depth and breadth of content knowledge, skills and dispositions that are aligned with national, state or district standards”. I believe that this standard is very important because if were are not knowledgeable of what we are teaching …show more content…
This involves developing and implementing rules and procedures that enable effective management of time, materials, and technology, so that teachers are able to maximize learning for all students. Procedures allow teachers to maximize instruction time by minimizing the time it takes for students to move from one class to another, or grab the appropriate materials. For instance I observed a classroom a few years ago where the teacher would call students by color to gather the materials they needed. In doing so the teacher avoided having all of the students up at one time allowing to students to easily become distracted making it much more difficult to get back on task. Another part of classroom management is deciding what corrective measures to take when a student displays inappropriate behavior, and are consistent when disciplining students. If a student is repeatedly displaying inappropriate behavior it is important for the teacher to be consistent so that the student understands that their actions have consequences. In order to decide which corrective measures are appropriate it is important that teachers collaborate with parents, supervisors, and …show more content…
There are many reasons why it is so important, a major reason why is because when children see their parents being involved in their education. It shows the child that their parent values education and believes it to be important to their well being. Which in turn causes the student to value their education as well. When teachers take the time to get to know students and their families, it helps develop a sense of trust amongst teacher, student, family, and community. This helps the student and their families to feel as if you value not only their education, but them as an individual as well. Developing relationships with students and their families will also help teachers to be more understanding of classroom factors that may affect