Instruction
incorporate additional standards-based resources where appropriate (e.g., teacher-made materials,manipulative, resources from museums, cultural centers, etc.).
What is Activities and Materials (ACT)?
include performance checks and student reflection on performance throughout the school year
What is Assessment (AS)?
Teacher-student interactions are generally positive and reflect awareness and consideration of all students’ background and culture.
What is Respectful Culture (RC)?
The teacher sometimes organizes the content, including curriculum resources, so that it is personally meaningful and relevant to students.
What is Motivating Students (MOT)?
activities, materials, and assessments that: are sequenced and scaffolded based on student need
What is Instructional Plans (IP)?
Teacher creates learning opportunities where all students can experience success.
What is Expectations (ES)?
Expectations for student performance are clear.
What is Standards and Objectives
(SO)?
Assignments require students to:
• interpret information rather than reproduce it
What is Student Work (SW)?
Teacher often recognizes and motivates positive behaviors and does not allow inconsequential behavior to interrupt the lesson.
What is Engaging Students and Managing Behavior (ESMB)?
Teacher provides differentiated instructional content and strategies to ensure students have the opportunity to master what is being taught.
What is Teacher Knowledge of Students (TKS)?
build on prior student knowledge
What is Instructional Plans (IP)?
The teacher addresses students who have caused disruptions, yet sometimes he or she addresses the entire class.
What is Engaging Students and Managing Behavior (ESMB)?
The teacher and students analyze problems from multiple perspectives and viewpoints.
What is Thinking (TH)?
measure student performance in more than two ways (e.g., in the form of a project, experiment, presentation, essay, short answer, or multiple-choice test)
What is Assessment (AS)?
Teacher engages students in learning with clear and rigorous academic expectations with aligned materials and resources for students to access.
What is Expectations (ES)?