TAP
Three letter acronym that stands for Individualized Growth Plan for teachers.
What is an IGP?
The acronym SLT stands for
What are student learning targets?
Reading this genre allows students to identify and analyze characters, plot, setting, problem, solution
What is literature?
The reinforcement areas (2) of BBP when looking at teacher evaluation data
What are motivating students and teacher content knowledge?
A sheet used to "keep fresh" those skills that have been previously learned
The number of evaluations conducted on each teacher for the school year.
What is 3?
Data points used to measure progress towards attainment of student learning target
What is benchmark testing, iREADY, anecdotal notes, etc.
Reading in this genre allows students to identify and analyze topic, main idea, supporting details
What is informational?
What is student engagement?
Items used by students to work out the thinking involved in math
What are manipulatives?
When the teacher and evaluator get to share/visit outcomes of a lesson following an evaluation.
What is a post-conference?
Converting numeric scores to levels of attainment in SLTs.
*hint: advanced, approaching basic*
What are achievement levels?
The portion of the reading block where students meet with their teacher to address individualized student needs
What is reader's workshop/small group?
Studying student work samples of writing to determine level(s)
What is the Kinsley Writing scale?
The name for math terms necessary in understanding, processing, and understanding mathematical ideas
What is math vocabulary?
The descriptor(s) of the instructional rubric that encourages teachers to plan for student conversation where students are allowed to ask questions or improve their own understanding.
What is questioning, student work, grouping students, etc.
Updated form used by teachers to gauge student progress towards learning target studied during cluster
What is SLT progress monitoring spreadsheet?
ARC CORE
Goals set for students that are necessary for movement to the next level/color band
What are power goals?
A portion of BBP's day devoted to math or reading tailored to students' needs (a.m.)
Describes a student's ability to work efficiently when faced with a problem/problem set
This is the also a component of rigor
What is fluency?
The descriptor(s) of the instructional rubric that refer to the the opportunities that students have to productively struggle and persevere in solving problems in the face of difficulty.
What is activities and materials, questioning, academic feedback, problem-solving, thinking, etc.
The purpose of tracking student data on SLTs is tied to this indicator of the TAP rubric
What is student work, assessment, standards and objectives, etc.
ARC CORE
A posted plan of when a teacher plans to meet with each color band group based on need
Studying the progression of standards between and among grade levels
What is vertical alignment?
A student's ability to take previous learning and make it useful to another concept
What is application?