Washington County Community College

On-the-job Training

• Monthly OJT Hours
• Knowledge of Student Learners
  • Demonstrates an understanding of students as both people and learners through feedback, conversation, and effective classroom strategies
  • Designs lessons with appropriate strategies to create and maintain a safe and productive learning environment
  • Engages in reflective practice and modifies instruction and communication accordingly
  • Develops instructional practices that supports building supportive relationships with students
• Learning Environment
  • Incorporates effective instructional methods into daily practice
  • Engages students in instructional activities
  • Leads group work and discussions, creating a safe and supportive    environment
• Curriculum
  • Implements the five major Philosophies of Education into instructional design
  • Applies constructivist learning components to instructional methods
  • Designs, assigns, and evaluates effective learning assessments
  • Develops summative and formative assessment practices
  • Employs reflective practices and modifies methods to meet the needs of learners
  • Consistently incorporates curriculum design practices that demonstrate the nature of teaching based on heart and integrity
  • Designs and effectively utilizes a teacher platform
  • Creates and implements a major unit using all five dimensions of learning
• History of American Education
  • Reports on current research trends in education
  • Follows all local, state, and federal guidelines
  • Consistently models the role of teachers and the law
  • Demonstrates knowledge of the basic framework of Title l and Head Start programs
  • Completes study of the role of teacher unions
  • Demonstrates knowledge of a wide variety of school choice options
  • Identifies the topic of the academic achievement gap and makes plans to limit disparities in the classroom
  • Incorporates strategies to promote gender equity in the classroom and activities
  • Designs a communication plan to demonstrate knowledge of academic freedom responsibilities
• Foundations of Literacy
  • Incorporates the process of reading as a message getting/problem solving activity
  • Aligns instruction to the K-12 Continuum of Literacy Development
  • Designs lessons and applies Guided Reading approaches at all levels
  • Designs lessons that utilize Close Reading strategies
  • Utilizes methods that incorporate whole to part approaches to reading instruction
  • Interprets assessment for all levels
  • Utilizes strategies to promote vocabulary, effective reading of texts and study skills
  • Adjusts instruction based on case studies with analysis at all levels
• Teaching Exceptional Learners
  • Follows IDEA Principles and ESSA Every Student Succeeds Act
  • Uses knowledge of FERPA and FAPE to inform instruction
  • Follows special education referral process-testing and identification
  • Uses knowledge of the Continuum of Special Education services to inform instruction
  • Achieves a Behavioral Health Professional certification
• Equity and Diversity
  • Designs and delivers instruction to address culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds of students
  • Creates instructional practices that promote gender equity in the classroom
  • Develops lesson plans to address the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students
• Assessment
  • Designs and implements assessment that drives curriculum and instruction
  • Uses both formative and summative assessment strategies to evaluate learning
  • Delivers and interprets various assessments in Reading using the Observation Survey
  • Utilizes and interprets the various assessments that are used in the referral process in Special Education
  • Applies Behavior Rating Scales in special education evaluation