Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW DOMAIN F

Literature Review Domain F

Steven Bambauer
National University

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for

TED 690Capstone Course
Professor Nanci Hanover

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Abstract

The California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE) Domain F

Developing as a Professional Educator is summarized to explain the personal
reflection and ethical obligations required of teachers which includes both
TPE12 and TPE13. Next, the article Professional Development and Teacher
Learning: Mapping the Terrain (Borko, H. (Novenber 2004). Professional
Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the Terrain. Educational
Researcher: Volume 33 Issue 8) is summarized. Domain F and the Article are
then discussed to note how the article and the domain expectations,
reflections, and learnings are related. Finally, a review of professional teacher
development in general is provided.

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Literature Review Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping the

Terrain Hilda Borko

Domain F: Developing as a Professional Educator

TPE12: Professional, Legal, and Ethical Obligations
TPE13: Professional Growth
Domain F, TPE 12 and 13 looks to the teacher and what it takes for them to be
responsible for student academic outcomes and their own ability to evaluate their teaching
practices and knowledge. Within TPE 12 teachers are able to understand and implement school
and district policies and state and federal law in responding to inappropriate or violent student
behavior (California Teaching Performance Expectations, 2013 p. 17). TPE 13 has within it the
requirement that teachers use reflection and feedback to formulate and prioritize goals for
increasing their subject matter knowledge and teaching effectiveness (California Teaching
Performance Expectations, 2013 p. 17). How teachers meet these requirement is less defined as
the nature of this domain is more personal in nature.

Article Summary
This article focuses on the effectiveness of professional development programs and
how/if they impact teacher learning and success. Specifically, this article outlines three phases of
research that were used to obtain their findings. Phase one determined that intensive
professional development programs can help teachers to increase their knowledge of research to
support three different findings (Borko, 2004 p. 5). In Phase two, the author determined that

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development programs that could be used in multiple settings were not developed enough to
ensure integrity (Borko, 2004 p. 10). Finally in Phase 3, the author determined that not enough
schools are implementing processes and policies to improve institutional learning.(Borko, 2004
p. 12).
Relationship between Domain F and the Article
The California Teacher Performance Expectations (TPE) Domain F Developing as a
Professional Educator Making Subject Matter Comprehensible to Students sets cleearl
guidelines for what teachers are aware of and how they act as it relates to their various
obligations and personal growth. Domain F highlights, as the article did the importance of
evaluating ones own subject matter knowledge (California Teaching Performance Expectations,
2013 p. 17). To guide student thinking, teachers must also understand how childrens ideas
about a subject develop, and the connections between their ideas and important ideas in the
discipline (Borko, 2004 p. 6). The ability of the teacher to understand how students are learning
the concepts is directly related to the TPE13 expectation to know your own knowledge of a
subject and enhance that knowledge which will lead to personal growth.
Professional Teacher Development in Review
Professional Teacher Development should include subject matter specific training,
classroom, and content requirements on an ongoing basis to ensure that the teacher will be able
to meet the expectations set out in Domain F TPE 13. By providing courses and requiring
teachers to take them, schools will have more qualified teachers who are able to recognize their
students subject matter competencies, strengths, and weaknesses.

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References

Borko, H. (Novenber 2004). Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Mapping

the Terrain. Educational Researcher: Volume 33 Issue 8.

California Teaching Performance Expectations. (2013, March). Commission on Teacher

Credentialing. Retrieved from http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/standards/adoptedTPEs-2013.pdf.