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Teacher Candidate Observation Instrument (TCOI) Initial Candidate (Student Teaching) | passion to communicate this knowledge. 1. LIBERAL EDUCATION: A liberal education prepares one for “lifelong intellectual, personal, and professional growth.” A liberally-educated teacher is ome who possesses great content knowledge and a H-te. Values intellectual independence (D) {Domain 1- Planning and Preparation} 1. Little or no knowledge of content in one or ‘mare subjects; makes uncorrected errors in ‘content; does not correct errors made by students; lacks awareness of connectedness of concepts. ° es ° ‘Additional Suggestions: Indicators # Evidence Tia & ib. Possesses and applies content ‘@ Ailcontent is accurately demonstrated knowledge across the curriculum (KS) Uses multiple resources in addition to the textbook Readily corrects teacher and student errors ‘Gives constructive and supportive feedback to incorrect student responses Additional Evidence: Teacher Candidate Observation Instrument (TCOT) Initial Candidate (Student Teaching) I. LIBERAL EDUCATION: A liberal education prepares one for “lifelong intellectual, personal, and Professional growth.” A liberally-educated teacher is one who possesses great content knowledge and a | passion to communicate this knowledge. E-tc. Values intellectual independence (D) Lib. Practices and encourages eritical ‘Uses appropriate instructional strategies (eg, ‘hinkdng, problem-solving and innovation to ‘projects, discussions, discovery learning, racet students” needs (5) differenciated instruction, cooperative learning, literacy centers, balanced literacy techniques) to {Domain 3: Instruction} facilitate critical thinking + 1. No attempts are made to encourage critical | 1 + thinking ; all questions are of poor quality ° low level with single correct response; questions students’ needs and address individual interests are asked quickly giving students lite time to © Consistently uses metacognitive techniques (¢.., think. think-alouds) to teach stratcgies 2 © Explicitly teaches various critical thinking 2. Few attempts are made to encourage critical strategies (¢,, inductive and deductive thinking, ‘thinking; most questions are of low level and ‘compare/contrast, metaphorical reasoning, asked quickly with litle time to think of analogies, ec.) thoughtfil responses Uses Bloom’s Taxonomy to select activities, instructional strategies, and questions : 3. Multipf attempts are made to encourage 3 Guides students as they make various connections ‘ritical thinking: questions are a combination of 10 other subject areas Jow and high quality (one answer responses and & Uses “gradual release of responsibility” effectively ‘open-ended; some questions elicit thoughtfial Uses open-ended and divergent questions to responses ‘generate discussions ‘Fosters independent thinking by allowing students 4, Multiple attempts are made to encourage 1 give their opinions based on evidence

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