The following items have been found to be program exemplars indicative of successful traditional teacher preparation programs in preparing highly effective teachers for P-12 classrooms. Please indicate the degree to which you feel the GaTAPP program offered by your educational agency or the GaTAPP program in general reflects those program exemplars. If you believe that the identified program exemplars are not transferable to the GaTAPP program, please indicate not evident and provide a narrative response as to why in your professional opinion, you believe that they are not pertinent. In addition, please provide narrative responses for examples of how your program or GaTAPP programs in general implemented these program exemplars based on very well, well, and needs improvement.
*If you are not a Program Provider or support staff, please use your expert professional opinion to determine how well the GaTAPP program in general is preparing highly effective teachers for P-12 classrooms across Georgia. Please provide examples that you may be aware of in the programs being offered throughout Georgia as your knowledge allows.
3=Very Well-implemented with strong supporting evidence 2=Well-implemented with limited supporting evidence 1=Needs Improvement
0=Not Evident (perceived as not relevant for the efficient implementation of the GaTAPP program)
*Please select the scale number in the space provided (this will be entered into SurveyMonkey).
Based on the GaTAPP program competencies and dispositions, how well is the program preparing highly effective teachers for P-12 classrooms in the following areas:
9. _____The teacher is prepared to present the concepts, knowledge, and skills of the discipline in ways that enable students to learn.
3 2 1 0
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10. _____The teacher is trained to understand how different students are learning.
3 2 1 0
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11. _____The teacher is required to set challenging and appropriate expectations of learning and performance for students.
157 12. _____The teacher is expected to help all students achieve academic high
standards.
3 2 1 0
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13. _____The teacher is required to develop curriculum that builds on students’ experiences, interest, and abilities.
3 2 1 0
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14. _____The teacher is trained to evaluate curriculum materials for their usefulness and appropriateness for students.
3 2 1 0
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15. _____The teacher is trained to create interdisciplinary curriculum.
3 2 1 0
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16. _____The teacher is expected to use instructional strategies that promote active student learning.
3 2 1 0
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17. _____The teacher is expected to relate classroom learning to the real world.
3 2 1 0
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18. _____The teacher is trained to understand how students’ social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development influence learning.
3 2 1 0
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19. _____The teacher is trained to identify and address special learning needs and/or difficulties.
3 2 1 0
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20. _____The teacher is trained to teach in ways that support English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
3 2 1 0
158 21. _____The teacher is expected to choose teaching strategies for different
instructional purposes and to meet different student needs.
3 2 1 0
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22. _____ The teacher is required to provide rational for teaching decisions to students, parents, and colleagues.
3 2 1 0
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23. _____The teacher is expected to help students become self-motivated and self- directed.
3 2 1 0
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24. _____The teacher is required to integrate instructional technology into classroom curriculum and pedagogy.
3 2 1 0
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25. _____The teacher is expected to develop a classroom environment that promotes social development and group responsibility.
3 2 1 0
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26. _____The teacher is expected to develop student’s questioning and discussion skills.
3 2 1 0
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27. _____The teacher is expected to engage students in cooperative work as well as independent learning.
3 2 1 0
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28. _____The teacher is required to use effective verbal and nonverbal communication strategies to guide student learning and behavior.
3 2 1 0
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29. _____The teacher is expected to present curriculum and pedagogy to students from a multicultural vantage point.
3 2 1 0
159 30. _____The teacher is expected to use questions to stimulate different kinds of
student learning.
3 2 1 0
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31. _____The teacher is expected to help students learn to think critically and solve problems.
3 2 1 0
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32. _____The teacher is expected to encourage students to see, question, and interpret ideas from diverse perspectives.
3 2 1 0
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33. _____The teacher is expected to use knowledge of learning, subject matter, curriculum, and student development to plan instruction.
3 2 1 0
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34. _____The teacher is expected to understand how factors in the students’ environment outside of school may influence their life and learning.
3 2 1 0
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34. _____ The teacher is required to work with parents and families to better understand students and to support their learning.
3 2 1 0
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35. _____The teacher is required to use a variety of assessments (e.g., observation, portfolios, tests, performance tasks, anecdotal records) to determine student strengths, needs, and progress.
3 2 1 0
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36. _____The teacher is expected to give productive feedback to students to guide their learning.
3 2 1 0
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37. _____The teacher is expected to help students learn how to assess their own learning.
3 2 1 0
160 38. _____The teacher is required to evaluate the effects of their actions and modify
plans accordingly.
3 2 1 0
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39. _____The teacher is expected to conduct inquiry or research to inform their decisions.
3 2 1 0
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40. _____The teacher is expected to resolve interpersonal conflict.
3 2 1 0
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41. _____The teacher is expected to maintain discipline and an orderly, purposeful learning environment.
3 2 1 0
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42. _____The teacher is expected to plan and solve problems with colleagues.
3 2 1 0
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43. _____The teacher is encouraged to assume leadership responsibilities in the school.
3 2 1 0
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44. _____Overall, how well do you feel that the GaTAPP program prepares highly effective teachers for P-12 classrooms via the program offered by your
educational agency or through the programs offered across Georgia?
3 2 1 0
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*Survey adapted from the teacher preparation survey published in Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs (Darling-Hammond, 2006, p. 355)
Section 3: Non-Traditional Teacher Preparation and Certification Program