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New Jersey Professional Standards for Teachers

Standard Four - Instructional Planning & Strategies

Teachers shall understand instructional planning, design long- and short-term plans based upon knowledge of
subject matter, students, community, and curriculum goals, and shall employ a variety of developmentally appropriate
strategies in order to promote critical thinking, problem solving and the performance skills of all learners.

KNOWLEDGE Teachers know and understand:	DISPOSITIONS Teachers value and are committed to:	PERFORMANCES Teachers apply:

4.1 How to plan instruction based on students’ needs, developmental progress and prior knowledge. 4.2 Available and appropriate resources and materials for instructional planning; 4.3 Techniques for modifying instructional methods, materials and the environment to help all students learn; and 4.4 A variety of instructional approaches and the use of various technologies, to promote thinking and understanding.	4.5 The development of students’ critical thinking, independent problem-solving and performance capabilities.	4.6 Identify and design instruction appropriate to students’ stage of development, learning styles, strengths and needs; 4.7 Plan instruction based on knowledge of classroom, school and community culture; 4.8 Evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts; 4.9 Identify strategies to create learning experiences that make subject matter meaningful for students, address a variety of learning styles, encourage students to pursue their own interests and inquiries and help students connect their learning to personal goals; 4.10 Plan and develop effective lessons by organizing instructional activities and materials, incorporating a wide range of community and technology resources, to promote achievement of lesson objectives; 4.11 Use formal and informal methods of assessment, information about students, pedagogical knowledge, and research as sources for active reflection, evaluation and revision of practice; and 4.12 Create interdisciplinary learning experiences that allow students to integrate knowledge, skills and methods of inquiry from several subject areas.

KNOWLEDGE
Teachers know and understand:

DISPOSITIONS
Teachers value and
are committed to:

PERFORMANCES
Teachers apply:

4.1 How to plan instruction based on students’ needs, developmental progress and prior knowledge.

4.2 Available and appropriate resources and materials for instructional planning;

4.3 Techniques for modifying instructional methods, materials and the environment to help all students learn; and

4.4 A variety of instructional approaches and the use of various technologies, to promote thinking and understanding.

4.5 The development of students’ critical thinking, independent problem-solving and performance capabilities.

4.6 Identify and design instruction appropriate to students’ stage of development, learning styles, strengths and needs;

4.7 Plan instruction based on knowledge of classroom, school and community culture;

4.8 Evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts;

4.9 Identify strategies to create learning experiences that make subject matter meaningful for students, address a variety of learning styles, encourage students to pursue their own interests and inquiries and help students connect their learning to personal goals;

4.10 Plan and develop effective lessons by organizing instructional activities and materials, incorporating a wide range of community and technology resources, to promote achievement of lesson objectives;

4.11 Use formal and informal methods of assessment, information about students, pedagogical knowledge, and research as sources for active reflection, evaluation and revision of practice; and

4.12 Create interdisciplinary learning experiences that allow students to integrate knowledge, skills and methods of inquiry from several subject areas.