A wide range of ages in public schools, grades K-12

Students who have successfully completed the professional sequence in Education from Lakeland University should be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline one teaches and create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
• Describe how children with broad ranges of abilities learn and how pupils differ in their approaches to learning.
• Demonstrate how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and adapt instructions to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
• Use a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology to encourage children’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
• Apply an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
• Use effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
• Organize and plan systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
• Use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of pupils.
• Evaluate the effect of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others; and seek opportunities to grow professionally.
• Foster relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and wellbeing, and act with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
• Effectively integrate the principles of character education based on pro-social values and stimulates the examination and understanding of personal, social, and civic values.
• Integrate the central ingredients of critical thinking and use rational, evidence-based argument in the presentation of classroom materials.