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What Level Is It
Criterion
Who does the work?
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100
Teacher writes lesson plans that describe lesson objectives, learning activities, and assessments, though the learning activities and assessments are only partially aligned to mastery of lesson objectives.
What is a level 2?
100
Develops student learning goals
What is PL1?
100
__________ explain how the lesson connects to previous learning and broader unit learning goals
Who are students?
100
“fist-of-five,” individual whiteboards, wireless student response tools, or exit slips
What is I-2?
100
Teacher facilitates a ___________lesson in which all lesson elements are sequenced and organized in order to lead students toward mastery of the objective.
What is cohesive?
200
Teacher writes lesson plans that describe: lesson objectives, learning activities that are sequenced to lead students towards mastery of those objectives, and how student mastery of objectives will be assessed.
What is a level 3?
200
Designs effective lesson plans, units, and assessments
What is PL-3?
200
____________ provides information about assessments, though students may be unclear about how their understanding will be assessed.
Who are teachers?
200
students connect lesson content to personal experiences or interests.
What is I-1?
200
Students take a ________ role during most of the lesson and require little or no guidance from the teacher to maintain momentum.
What is leadership?
300
Teacher plans backward-designed units by: a) first, selecting or developing assessments and/or rubrics that accurately measure student mastery of unit learning objectives, and b) then designing a sequence of lessons that leads students towards mastery of unit learning objectives as determined by those assessments.
What is a level 3?
300
Checks for student understanding and responds to student misunderstanding
What is I-2?
300
__________engage in learning experiences or performance tasks that allow for interest- or skill-based choice in processes or products.
Who are students?
300
the unit objectives, annual goals, and individual learning goals should be the same objectives assessed in Criterion PL-1 - “Develops student learning goals” and PL-2 - “Collects, tracks, and uses student data to drive instruction.”
What is PL-3?
300
Teacher selects and ___________ instructional strategies that effectively support lesson objectives.
What is executes?
400
Teacher writes lesson plans that describe opportunities within each lesson to check for student understanding and assess student mastery of lesson and unit objectives.
What is a level 4?
400
Facilitates organized, student-centered, objective-driven lessons
What is I-1?
400
___________ engage with lesson content in multiple ways1 that are appropriate to lesson objectives and responsive to their needs.
Who are students
400
multiple learning modalities
What is I-3?
400
Students __________ the lesson’s objective and what they will be doing in the lesson in their own words.2
What is explain?
500
Teacher works to ensure that the needs of most students are met by providing extra support as needed.
What is a level 2?
500
Promotes high academic expectations for students
What is I-7?
500
________ explains concepts and skills clearly and coherently.
Who is a teacher?
500
when students are tasked with a challenging assignment and the teacher uses various strategies to encourage and motivate students toward success.
What is I-7 Promotes high academic expectations for students?
500
Teacher plans _________-__________ units
What is backwards-designed?