Pathways to Accomplished Teaching Certificate Program

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CERTIFICATES
CRTNB in Pathways to Accomplished Teaching

The Pathways to Accomplished Teaching certificate is designed to help students improve their teaching practice by learning about the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and by applying these standards to their practice. This involves becoming a reflective practitioner through a deep analysis of instruction, pedagogical practice, student work, student learning and professional involvement.

Candidates who complete this program:

• Develop and teach a unit plan that uses backwards design and differentiates instruction for the individual needs of students.
• Analyze and evaluate student works samples as evidence of accomplished teaching practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of accomplished teaching standards of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
• Describe, analyze and reflect on teaching practice relative to accomplished teaching standards.
• Develop and teach a lesson that uses a variety of brain-based strategies that address various learning styles of students.
• Analyze and evaluate a videotape of teaching practice against accomplished teaching standards.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of content area standards of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
• Document professional activities associated with being a leader and collaborator, with families and community and as a learner.
• Describe, analyze and reflect on personal involvement in professional learning communities and its impact on student learning.
• Investigate how knowledge is constructed in various content areas.
• Construct and respond to prompts that assess content-area knowledge and pedagogical understanding of how to address student misconceptions in those content areas.