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Possible Theorists for each Mo-STEP Competency:

Command of Subject Matter
John Goodland, Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky (scaffolding)

Curriculum and Planning
Lynn Erikson, E.D. Hirsch Jr., Madeline Hunter, Heidi Hayes Jacobs (curriculum mapping), R.F. Mager, Robert Marzano, Jay McTighe (backward design), Joan Palmer, Carol Tomlinson (differentiated instruction), Grant Wiggins (backward design)

Understanding of Development and Learning
Stages of Development:  Erik Erikson (psychosocial theory), Abraham Maslow (hierarchy of needs), Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky
Moral/Character Development:  Karen Bohlin, William Kilpatrick, Lawrence Kohlberg, Thomas Lickona, Kevin Ryan
Others:  Albert Bandura, Benjamin Bloom, Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Robert Gagne, William Glasser, Spencer Kagan (cooperative learning), Alfie Kohn, Carl Rogers,
B.F. Skinner, John Watson

Classroom and Behavior Management
Albert Bandura, Kay Burke, Lee Canter, Circle of Courage model (Larry Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg, and Steve Van Bockern), John Covaleskie, John Dewey (democratic classroom), Rudolf Dreikurs, William Glasser (choice theory/reality therapy), Herbert R. Kohl, Alfie Kohn, Jacob Kounin, B.F. Skinner, Harry Wong

Understanding of Diverse Learners
Jerome Bruner, Howard Gardner (multiple intelligences), David G. Lazear , Mel Levine, Thomas Lickona (character development), Abraham Maslow (hierarchy of needs), Carol Tomlinson (differentiated instruction)

Instructional Strategies
Mortimer Adler (Socratic questioning), Benjamin Bloom (taxonomy), Marilyn Burns (mathematics), Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, Madeline Hunter, Robert M. Hutchins, Spencer Kagan (cooperative learning), Maria Montessori (early childhood), Robert Slavin, Hilda Taba (inductive strategy), Lev Vygotsky (zone of proximal development)

Teacher as Communicator
Carolyn Adger, William Glasser, Terry Pearce, Marc Prensky (technology), Harry Wong

Teacher as Evaluator
Benjamin Bloom (taxonomy), Kay Burke, Allan A. DeFina (portfolios), John Dewey, Howard Gardner (multiple intelligences), Robert Mager, Jay McTighe (backward design), Grant Wiggins (backward design)



Teacher as Reflective Practitioner
Jay McTighe (backward design), Carl Rogers, Donald A. Schön, Grant Wiggins (backward design)

Learning Communities
Rick Dufour, Herbert R. Kohl, J. H. Levine, Paul Nachtigal (rural), Nancy S. Shapiro, Paul Theobald (rural), Lev Vygotsky (sociocultural approach)

Technology in Teaching and Learning
Margaret E. Bausch (assistive technology), Larry Cuban, Bernie Dodge (Webquests), Tom March, Marc Prensky (digital natives and immigrants), Ted S. Hasselbring (assistive technology)

**You may also cite professional journal articles in your competency reflections.
 
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