Teaching Practices Standards

These standards represent the most promising practices for higher education instructors for early childhood education teacher preparation courses.

Teaching practices cannot be evaluated in the rubric but elements or placeholders of the practices can be present in the course. The following standards refer to elements that should be located in the course overview.

Here are the standards at a glance:

• Standard C1: Goals and Objectives
• Standard C2: Diversity and inclusion
• Standard C3: Accessibility
• Standard C4: Learning activities and criteria

• Standard C5: Norms and values
• Standard C6: Institutional standards
• Standard C7: Direct feedback
• Standard C8: Non-written contributions

• Standard C9: Inclusive practices
• Standard C10: Introduction and contact information
• Standard C11: Commitment to inclusion