Although I don't plan on teaching in Michigan, the Professional Standards for Michigan Teachers are good goals to aspire to and are most likely very similar to any first-world state or country I could ever teach in.
The seven main categories of standards are as follows: subject matter knowledge-base in general and liberal education; instructional design and assessment; curricular and pedagogical content knowledge aligned with state resources; effective learning environments; responsibilities and relationships to the school, classroom, and student; responsibilities and relationships to the greater community; and technology operations and concepts.
Right now, I am not very competent in any of these categories. However, I feel that I will be able to meet certain standards better with experience, and some more with study. For example, knowledge about how to have productive relationships with my students, the school, and the community, will not come by taking any particular class. I will learn to do this by experience as a teacher in the unique school and classroom I am in.
Right now, my weakness is the curricular and pedagogical content knowledge aligned with state resources. I am learning more about this in other classes right now, especially focusing on physical education curriculum requirements.
To become proficient in all of these categories will require a combination of experience, trial-and-error methods, and memorization.
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