1. STUDENT LEARNING: The practitioner understands how students learn and develop and provides learning opportunities that support intellectual, career, social and personal development.

2. DIVERSE LEARNERS: The practitioner understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are equitable and are adaptable to diverse learners.

3. INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING: The practitioner plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, curriculum goals and state curriculum models.

4. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES: The practitioner understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

5. LEARNING ENVIRONMENT/CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: The practitioner uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

6. COMMUNICATION: The practitioner uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal and media communication techniques, and other forms of symbolic representation, to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and support interaction in the classroom.

7. ASSESSMENT: The practitioner understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate the continuous intellectual, social and physical development of the learner.

8. FOUNDATIONS, REFLECTION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The practitioner continually evaluates the effects of the practitioner's choices and actions on students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community, and actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

9. COLLABORATION, ETHICS AND RELATIONSHIPS: The practitioner fosters relationships with parents, school colleagues, and organizations in the larger community to support students' learning and development.

10. COMPUTER APPLICATION: The practitioner understands and uses a variety of computer applications to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

11. CONTENT/SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALIZATION: The practitioner understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structure of the discipline(s); the practitioner teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.