Illinois State Teaching Standards

Business, Marketing, & Computer Education

Knowledge Indicators - The competent business, marketing, and computer education teacher:
2A. understands pedagogy unique to the discipline.
2B. understands the rationale for integrating student organizations’ activities into the curriculum.
2C. understands professional literature relating to specific content area and to workplace needs.
2D. understands economic/socio-economic conditions, patterns of business development, and changing labor and career opportunities and their impact on the relevancy of classroom instruction.

Performance Indicators - The competent business, marketing, and computer education teacher:
2E. utilizes appropriate pedagogy unique to the individual discipline within career and technical education.
2F. creates learning environments and classroom activities that develop life/workplace skills and knowledge in the discipline.
2G. identifies and utilizes educational research findings that justify teaching strategies.
2H. applies curricular content and processes in order to achieve the goals of student organizations.
2I. applies post-secondary admission standards and occupational skill standards when designing curriculum and assessment.
2J. designs appropriate assessment plans for and by students.
2K. develops collaborative partnerships with students, colleagues, community, business/industry, and parents to maximize resources.
2L. participates in appropriate professional organizations and develops a plan for continued personal and professional growth.
2M. plans, organizes, and manages laboratories/technical facilities for instruction that meet diverse needs of students (i.e., safety, inventory, filing, requisitioning equipment and materials, maintenance, budgeting).
2N. implements laws and policies relating to safe environments and incorporates appropriate safety standards, healthy practices, and ergonomic needs.