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TeacherBuilder.com Curriculum Summary
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| The curricular program will focus on integration of the TExES standards
in the area and level for which certification is sought.
Interns will participate in a minimum of 90 hours of web-based instructional modules
focusing on the development of the participants’ knowledge and skills necessary
for completion of the program.
The hands-on experience will further assist the interns to prepare them for successful completion
of the certification examinations. Successful program completers will assist schools working
to increase student performance on TAKS. |
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| Intern performance on the TBC web-based curriculum will serve
as key formative evaluation data and will consist of benchmarks conducted
at various intervals targeted to the TExES competencies.
Candidates’ progression through the curriculum will be dependent on their performance
on benchmark measures of mastery of standards and will require interns
to show mastery before moving on to proceeding modules. |
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Initial curricular offerings will focus on the following TExES domains and competencies:
- TEKS, TAKS, and Instructional Planning
- Test Construction and Educational Measurement
- Effective Teaching Strategies and Enhancement of the Classroom Climate
- Multiple Intelligences and Special Student Populations
- Special Education and Inclusion
- Effective Classroom Management Strategies
- Technology in the Classroom
- Language Acquisition and Language Development
- Multiculturalism and the Diverse Learner
- Motivating Students; Effective Communication Skills
- Age Level Characteristics and Learning Styles
- Human Development Theory; PDAS and Teacher Effectiveness
- The Teacher, the Law and the Code of Ethics
- Test Taking Strategies; and any other topic as deemed necessary
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TBC candidates and interns will also have access to a minimum of an additional 18 hours of web-based preparatory modules designed to prepare the participants for the appropriate content TExES exam. Initially, TBC will provide preparatory modules for the following:
- Bilingual Generalist (EC – 4)
- Bilingual Generalist (4 – 8)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)/Generalist (4 - 8)
- English as a Second Language Supplemental
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TBC staff is committed to systematically using various forms of data, follow-up of candidates’ teaching success, and retention in the profession for continuous program improvement. Program evaluation procedures will include internal as well as external criteria as evidence of the quality of program delivery and will use this data for formative and summative program improvement strategies. Evidence of the quality of program delivery and effectiveness will include but will not be limited to the following:
- Improved student achievement
- Accountability System for Educator Preparation Data
- Evaluation of training modules by consumers and instructors
- Continuous review and update of curriculum for alignment with TExES, TEKS and TAKS
- Intern classroom performance as evidenced by administrator, supervisor and/or mentor evaluations
- Intern performance on the TBC web-based curriculum
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