Alabama Quality Teaching Standards – Abbreviated Version

Standard 1:
Content Knowledge / Standard 2:
Teaching and Learning / Standard 3:
Literacy / Standard 4:
Diversity / Standard 5:
Professionalism
  1. Academic Disciplines
  2. Knowledge of the subject matter
  3. Ability to use students’ prior knowledge to introduce content
  4. Ability to help students make to promote retention
  5. Curriculum
  6. Ability to design and develop instruction to address the scope and sequence of curriculum
  7. Ability to modify and adapt curriculum to meet the needs of all learners
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  1. Human Development
  2. Knowledge of student’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development
  3. Ability to design developmentally-appropriate learning experiences
  4. Organization and Management
  5. Knowledge of effective classroom organization and management techniques
  6. Knowledge of school emergency response procedures
  7. Ability to use Alabama Course of Study
  8. Ability to use data for instruction
  9. Learning Environment
  10. Ability to communicate with families
  11. Ability to create safe and stimulating learning environment
  12. Ability to create print-rich environment
  13. Ability to encourage student assumption of responsibility
  14. Instructional Strategies
  15. Ability to create integrated instructional design
  16. Ability to use appropriate research-based instructional strategies
  17. Ability to use effective questioning
  18. Assessment
  19. Knowledge of the purposes of formative and summative assessment
  20. Ability to design and use a variety of formal and informal assessments
  21. Ability to develop and use assessments that meet diverse needs of students
  22. Ability to develop and use rubrics fro student self-assessment
  23. Ability to interpret and use results of state assessments
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  1. Oral and Written Communication
  2. Knowledge of language acquisition
  3. Ability to demonstrate standard oral and written communication
  4. Ability to foster effective verbal and nonverbal communication during instruction
  5. Reading
  6. Knowledge of strategies that increase students’ competence in reading, writing, speaking, and listening
  7. Knowledge of assessment tools to monitor reading strategies
  8. Ability to integrate reading instruction into content areas taught
  9. Mathematics
  10. Knowledge of role math plays in everyday life
  11. Ability to solve problems using different strategies
  12. Ability to communicate about math
  13. Technology
  14. Ability to integrate technology into teaching
  15. Ability to facilitate students’ use of technology
  16. Ability to use technology to assess student progress and manage records
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  1. Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity
  2. Recognize learning is influenced by student backgrounds; model multicultural awareness, acceptance, and appreciation
  3. Ability to communicate with students from different backgrounds
  4. Language Diversity
  5. Knowledge of strategies to support 2nd language acquisition
  6. Ability to identify difficulties resulting from language learning
  7. Special Needs
  8. Knowledge of major areas of exceptionality in learning
  9. Ability to identify and refer students for special services
  10. Ability to address learning differences in classroom
  11. Learning Styles
  12. Ability to help students assess their own learning styles
  13. Ability to design learning that engages all learning styles
  14. General
  15. Knowledge of how biases can affect teaching and learning
  16. Ability to involve families, community agencies, and colleagues to support learners
  17. Ability to assess student strengths and learning needs and to address these in instruction
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  1. Collaboration
  2. Knowledge of benefits of collaboration
  3. Ability to share responsibilities for students with diverse learning needs
  4. Ability to collaborate in IEPs and 504s
  5. Ability to communicate and collaborate with members of the school community
  6. Continuous, Lifelong Professional
Learning
  • Knowledge of professional learning options
  • Ability to articulate a personal educational philosophy
  • Ability to improve as a teacher
  • Ability to design and conduct action research to monitor teaching effectiveness
  • Ability to participate in professional learning community
  1. Alabama-Specific Improvement Initiatives
  2. Ability to communicate with students, parents, and public about Alabama’s assessment system and major state initiatives
  3. Ability to integrate state programs into curriculum and instructional processes
  4. School Improvement
  5. Ability to use principles of change
  6. Ability to assume leadership responsibility
  7. Ethics
  8. Knowledge of appropriate behavior
  9. Ability to use confidential student information
  10. Ability to practice safe, responsible, legal, and ethical use of technology
  11. Local, State, Federal Laws and Policies
  12. Knowledge of laws related to students’ and teachers’ rights
  13. Ability to access resources and keep accurate records