Code of Massachusetts Regulations
603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Title 603 CMR 47.00 - Licensure Of Adult Basic Education Teachers And Preparation Program Approval
Section 47.07 - Subject Matter Knowledge Requirements for Adult Basic Education Teachers
Universal Citation: 603 MA Code of Regs 603.47
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) English/Reading and Writing
(a) Literature:
1. Literature appropriate for a range of
adult reading levels.
2. Genres,
literary elements, and literary techniques.
3. Nature, history, and structure of the
English language: lexicon and grammar.
(b) Reading and Writing:
1. Knowledge of theories, practices, and
programs for developing reading skills and reading comprehension for adult
learners.
2. Phonemic awareness and
phonics: principles, knowledge, and instructional practices.
3. Vocabulary development.
4. Theories on the relationships between
beginning writing and reading.
5.
Writing process and formal elements of writing.
(2) English as a Second Language
(a) Theories of language
acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition
and development.
(b) Linguistics,
including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of English,
other languages, and language variations.
(c) Language assessment procedures and
instruments: selection, administration, and interpretation.
(3) Mathematics
(a) Basic principles and concepts related to
mathematics, including algebra.
(b)
Number sense and numeration.
(c)
Patterns and functions.
(d)
Geometry and measurement.
(e) Data
analysis.
(4) History and Social Science
(a)
Major developments and figures in Massachusetts, United States, and world
history.
(b) Principles, ideals,
institutions, and processes of American government and the Founding Documents
of the United States.
(c) Basic
geographical principles and concepts:
1. Major
physical features of the world.
2.
Key concepts of geography and its effects on various peoples.
(5) Science
(a) Basic principles and
concepts of physical and life sciences appropriate to the adult secondary
curriculum.
(b) Principles and
procedures of scientific inquiry.
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