Delaware Professional Teaching Standards

	3.0 Content Knowledge: The teacher understands the core concepts and structure(s) of the discipline(s) and their related content standards and creates learning experiences that make the content meaningful to students.

Delaware Professional Teaching Standards

	2.0 Definitions: …
		“Disciplines” means academic disciplines which include the arts, humanities, languages, mathematics, and natural and social sciences that provide the basis of the subjects taught in schools.
		“Structures” means the structures of disciplines which provide the overall framework which both connects and transcends the skills and content of the discipline. The big picture or outline of the discipline helps students understand the commonalties and the interrelationships of concepts within a discipline. An understanding of the structure of a discipline allows students to see connections as they acquire new knowledge.

Delaware Professional Teaching Standards

	3.0 Content Knowledge
		3.1 Knowledge Components
			3.1.1 Understands major concepts, principles, and theories that are central to the discipline
			3.1.2 Understands the dynamic and complex nature of the content of the discipline
			3.1.3 Understands the processes of inquiry central to the discipline
			3.1.4 Understands the relationship of knowledge within the discipline to other content areas and to life applications

Delaware Professional Teaching Standards

	3.0 Content Knowledge
		3.2 Performance Indicators
			3.2.1 Uses a variety of explanations and multiple representations of concepts to help develop conceptual understanding [“Pedagogical Content Knowledge”]
			3.2.2 Anticipates and adjusts for common misunderstandings that impede learning within the discipline
			3.2.3 Engages students in generating and testing knowledge according to the processes of inquiry of the discipline
			3.2.4 Creates learning experiences that make connections to other content areas and to life experiences

Delaware Professional Teaching Standards

		4.0 Human Development and Learning
		5.0 Diverse Learners
		6.0 Communication
		7.0 Learning Environment
		8.0 Planning for Instruction
		9.0 Instructional Strategies
		10.0 Assessment
		11.0 Professional Growth
		12.0 Professional Relationships
		13.0 Educational Technology
		14.0 Professional Conduct