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2. Planning       

2a. Assesses individual differences
The teacher candidate assesses individual differences through a variety of formal and informal techniques, and then designs instruction appropriate to students’ stages of development, cultural backgrounds, strengths, and needs.

  2b. Evaluates teaching resources
            The teacher candidate evaluates teaching resources for their comprehensiveness, accuracy, and utility for representing particular ideas and concepts.

  2c.Makes plans to address cultural and linguistic differences 
            The teacher candidate incorporates culturally diverse resources and practices, including those from the learner’s family and community.

2d. Makes short- and long-range plans
            The teacher candidate creates short-range and long-range plans around key concepts that are linked to student needs, and adapts these plans to promote student progress and motivation.