PHED 239 Module 4: High School

Professional Standards for Teachers (PSTs) Assignment

20 points
Due: Monday, March 7th
The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with the four (4) Massachusetts
Professional Standards for Teachers (PSTs) and indicators for licensure. Throughout
your experience in all four (4) modules, you will be introduced to the pedagogical and
professional knowledge and skills necessary to be effective as a beginning teacher.
You will have an opportunity to practice these skills in teaching by providing evidence for
the standards and indicators - - a test run for your pre-practicum and practicum
experiences, and the Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP).
For this assignment, the student must select one (1) indicator from Standard 1 AND
one (1) indicator from Standard 2, and provide two (2) pieces of evidence per
indicator of teacher effectiveness gathered from your high school module teaching
experiences. Evidence (documentation) may include lesson plans, task sheets,
assessments, feedback from observations, reflections, and video. MUST have a variety
of evidence! Cite evidence as specifically as possible (e.g., lesson plan date/number,
date/number of reflection, date/number of observation). Be sure to HIGHLIGHT the
actual content you are using as evidence on the documentation, and place evidence
DIRECTLY behind each worksheet. In addition, the student must justify in just a few
sentences how each piece of evidence supported the standard. Information is
completed on the PSTs worksheet (one worksheet for each standard/indicator-see
below). Comprise documents and the PSTs worksheets in Weebly for verification.
EXAMPLE:
Standard 1 Curriculum, Planning and Assessment standard
Indicator 1a: Curriculum and Planning indicator: Knows the subject matter
well, has a good grasp of child development and how students learn, and
designs effective and rigorous standards-based units of instruction consisting
of well-structured lessons with measurable outcomes
Evidence: (example) LP #1 (10/17/15) SPOs include all 3 domains that are
specific and have measurable objectives.
Weebly Format:
Create separate tab for PSTs worksheets and documented evidence.
Organize the evidence in chronological order behind the respective PSTs
worksheet for each standard/indicator.

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PPA Worksheet
NAME: _____________________________________________ DATE:_________________
STANDARD ________:
________________________________________________________
INDICATOR ________:________________________________________________________
EVIDENCE: (two)
1.

2.

DISCUSSION: (justify how each piece of evidence supported the

standard)
1.

2.

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PSTs Worksheet
NAME: _____________________________________________ DATE:_________________
STANDARD ________:
________________________________________________________
INDICATOR ________:________________________________________________________
EVIDENCE: (two)
1.

2.

DISCUSSION: (justify how each piece of evidence supported the

standard)
1.

2.