AmGov/Poli Sci Teachers Standards (approved in 2019)

Praxis II

First-time Pass Rate

AY 2018-19

AY 2019-20

AY 2020-21

AY 2021-22

5931

5/4 (80.0%)

4/* (*)

Standard (Indicator)

Evidence Type/Name

Rationale

Foundation Standard 1: Learner Development. The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.

Knowledge

1(a) The teacher understands the influences that contribute to intellectual, social, and personal development.

1(b) The teacher understands the impact of learner environment on student learning.

Performance

1(c) The teacher provides opportunities for learners to engage in civic life, politics, and government.

Foundation Standard 4: Content

Knowledge 

4(a) The teacher has a broad knowledge base of the social studies and related disciplines (e.g., history, economics, geography, political science, behavioral sciences, humanities). 4(b) The teacher understands how and why various governments and societies have changed over time. 4(c) The teacher understands how and why independent and interdependent systems of trade and production develop.

4(d) The teacher understands the impact that cultures, religions, technologies, social movements, economic systems, and other factors have on civilizations, including their own.

4(e) The teacher understands the responsibilities and rights of citizens in the United States of America’s political system, and how citizens exercise those rights and participate in the system.

4(f) The teacher understands how geography affects relationships between people, and environments over time.

4(g) The teacher understands how to identify primary and secondary sources (i.e., documents, artifacts, maps, graphs, charts, tables, statistical data) in interpreting social studies concepts.

Performance 

4(h) The teacher compares and contrasts various governments and cultures in terms of their diversity, commonalities, and interrelationships.

4(i) The teacher incorporates methods of inquiry and scholarly research into the curriculum.

Foundation Standard 5: Application of Content

Knowledge

5(a) The teacher incorporates current events and historical knowledge, to guide learners as they predict how people from diverse global and cultural perspectives may experience and interpret the world around them. 5(b) The teacher understands how to effectively analyze the use of primary and secondary sources in interpreting social studies concepts.

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Performance

5(c) The teacher demonstrates and applies chronological historical thinking.

5(d) The teacher integrates knowledge from the social studies in order to prepare learners to live in a world with limited resources, cultural pluralism, and increasing interdependence.

5(e) The teacher uses and interprets primary and secondary sources (i.e., documents, artifacts, maps, graphs, charts, tables) when presenting social studies concepts.

Foundation Standard 8: Instructional Strategies

Knowledge

8(a) The teacher understands strategies for clear and coherent reading, speaking, listening, and writing within the context of social studies, consistent with approved 6- 12 standards.

Performance

8(b) The teacher fosters clear and coherent learner reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills within the context of social studies, consistent with approved 6-12 standards.

Standard (Indicator)

Evidence Type/Name

Rationale

Standard 4: Content

Knowledge

4(a) The teacher understands the relationships between civic life, politics, and government.

4(b) The teacher understands the political spectrum and factors that affect individual political views and behavior.

4(c) The teacher understands the purpose and foundations of government and constitutional principles of the United States of America’s political system.

4(d) The teacher understands the organization of local, state, federal, and tribal governments, how power has evolved, and how responsibilities are organized, distributed, shared, and limited as defined by the Constitution of the United States of America.

4(e) The teacher understands the importance of international relations (e.g., evolution of foreign policy, national interests, global perspectives, international involvements, human rights, economic impacts, environmental issues).

4(f) The teacher understands the role of elections, political parties, interest groups, media (including social), and public policy (foreign and domestic) in shaping the United States of America’s political system.

4(g) The teacher understands the civic responsibilities and rights of all individuals in the United States of America (e.g., individual and community responsibilities, participation in the political process, rights and responsibilities of non-citizens, the electoral process).

4(h) The teacher understands different forms of government found throughout the world.

POLS 1101 (4a,4b,4c,4d,4e,4f,4g)

POLS 2221 (4a,4b,4e)

POLS 3331 (4a,4b,4e,4h)

POLS 4401 (4a,4b,4f,4g)

POLS 4403 (4a,4b,4c,4d,4e,4f)

POLS 4427 (4a,4b,4f,4g)

POLS 3308 (4d)

POLS 3313 (4a, 4b)

POLS 3326 (4e)

POLS 4411 (4a,4d,4g)

POLS 4443 (4a,4g)

POLS 4455 (4e)

POLS 4442 (4a,4c,4d,4g)

Performance 

4(i) The teacher assists learners in developing an understanding of citizenship and promotes learner engagement in civic life, politics, and government.

4(j) The teacher demonstrates comprehension and analysis of the foundations and principles of the United States of America political system and the organization and formation of the United States of America government.

4(k) The teacher demonstrates comprehension and analysis of United States of America foreign policy and international relations. 4(l) The teacher integrates global perspectives and current events into the study of civics and government.

4(m) The teacher engages learners in civil discourse and promotes its use in a democratic society.

POLS 1101 (4i, 4j, 4m)

POLS 2221 (4i, 4k, 4l)

POLS 3331 (4l)

POLS 4401 (4i, 4j)

POLS 4403 (4j)

POLS 4427 (4i)

POLS 3308 (4j)

POLS 3313 (4i, 4m)

POLS 3326

POLS 4411 (4l)

POLS 4443 (4i, 4j, 4m)

POLS 4455 (4i, 4j, 4m)

POLS 4442 (4l)