1. Aligns instruction with learning goals and standards.

2. Engages learners in challenging assumptions that sustain a system of inequity.

3. Makes instructional choices that empower students to self-advocate.

4. Integrates instructional technology and remote learning strategies that are accessible and developmentally appropriate for learners.

5. Nurtures higher order thinking skills in instruction.

6. Embeds collaborative experiences and student choice in instruction.

7. Engages learners in using academic language.

8. Incorporates methods of inquiry and standards specific to pedagogical content knowledge.

9. Uses theory, research, and data as the foundation of assessment choices.

10. Aligns assessments with standards.

11. Differentiates assessment allowing learners to demonstrate progress in different ways.

12. Collaborates with learners and colleagues in designing and implementing assessments.

13. Facilitates self-and peer-assessment strategies to support student learning and development.

14. Protects and safeguards learner and family privacy, personal information, and data.

15. Implements assessment in ways that comply with professional and ethical standards.

16. Uses assessment data analysis to inform instructional long-term and short-term planning.

17. Uses assessment data analysis to inform instructional modification and differentiation.

Review the list of competencies presented in the introductory material above. Indicate two or three competencies most familiar to you from your studies or experience as a teacher. Also, list those least familiar competencies that will require additional focus on your part.