KPS Standards

"Understand that learning to read, for most people, requires explicit instruction."

"Understand how reading disabilities vary in presentation and degree."

• Standard 1: Foundations of Literacy Acquisition

• Standard 2: Knowledge of Diverse Reading Profiles, Including Dyslexia

• Standard 4: Structured Literacy Instruction

• Standard 5: Professional Dispositions and Practices

"Know/apply in practice considerations for using multisensory routines to enhance student engagement and memory."

"Understand the reciprocal relationships among phonemic awareness, decoding, word recognition, spelling, and vocabulary knowledge."

"Understand/apply in practice the general principles and practices of structured language and literacy teaching, including explicit, systematic, cumulative, teacher-directed instruction."

What does KPS stand for?

Integrate, summarize, and communicate (orally and in writing) the meaning of educational assessment data for sharing with students, parents, and other teachers."

"Know/apply in practice considerations for the appropriate uses of assistive technology in written expression."

• Standard 4G.2

• Standard 4G.1

• Standard 4G.5

• Standard 4G.3

"Respect the ____ of students or clients"

"Support just treatment of individuals with dyslexia and related...."

• academic deficits

• disabilities

• learning difficulties

• educational needs