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These are the program standards 5 Instructional Specialist Program Standards 1. Technology: The graduate candidate will be able to integrate technology appropriately within the context of their teaching. 2. Assessment: The graduate candidate will be knowledgeable about and use a variety of assessment techniques, both formative and summative, to assist with making instructional and curricular decisions. 3. Current Educational Policy: The graduate candidate will be knowledgeable about the history and politics of education and how they impact schooling. 4. Diversity: The graduate candidate will understand, in the teaching, learning, curriculum milieu, different aspects of diversity and its relationship to practice and will be able to integrate diversity knowledge appropriately to address the needs of all candidates. 5. Environmental Classroom Management: The graduate candidate will be able to define components of effective classroom environment/culture that will address the needs of all learners. 6. Developmental Theories: The graduate candidate will define his/her personal philosophy of teaching and articulate rationale for instructional practice based on learning theories. 7. Standards: The graduate candidate will be knowledgeable about the alignment of curricular standards and teaching and will be able to integrate this knowledge into his/her instruction and assessment. 8. Research: The graduate candidate will be able to read and use research to guide his/her practice. 9. Content: The graduate candidate will have a strong understanding of content in the areas of social studies, mathematics, science, language arts, and reading and be able to use that knowledge effectively to teach and assess

These are the program standards Instructional Specialist that i feel most skilled are technology and diversity

least skilled are research and develeopment theories

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