Principle #2: The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social and personal development.

 
AYA Standard #1: The Development of Adolescents and Young Adults.
The teacher of adolescents and young adults understands the range of developmental characteristics of adolescence including interpersonal, cultural, and societal contexts and uses this knowledge to facilitate student learning.

EAG Standard #1: Young Adolescent Development
The early adolescence generalist understands the range of developmental characteristics of early adolescence within social, cultural, and societal contexts and uses this knowledge to facilitate student learning.

EAG Standard #2: Healthy Development of Young Adolescents
The early adolescence generalist demonstrates an understanding of the risk behaviors of young adolescents and the changes in family setting and society that affect their development by establishing a learning environment that promotes positive, productive, healthy development.

Reflection #1