UMF+Standards+for+Initial+Teacher+Certification

All teacher education candidates, regardless of their major or concentration, must demonstrate that they meet these standards in order to be recommended by UMF for state certification. Each standard is further explained and exemplified in four ways:

Narrative: this is an explanation of what the standard means and why it is critical that a beginning teacher be able to meet that standard.

Knowledge, this is a list of understandings that the beginning teacher must have in order to be effective at helping students achieve the Maine Learning Results. In this document, knowledge refers to the concepts and