Apr 30, 2014 -
Audience: Principals and District Leaders
Description
Systematizing communications on APPR
Leveraging elements of the system to deliver feedback and inform developments
Calibrated use of Evaluation...
Jan 20, 2016 - The activity engages students at an appropriately high level cognitive challenge. The students interact with each other to explore the problem.
Jan 20, 2016 - Teacher's instructional practices engage students at an appropriately high level of cognitive challenge. Students have regular and ongoing opportunities to interact with the teacher and with...
Jan 20, 2016 - Teacher's spoken language is correct. It is also expressive, with well-chosen vocabulary that enriches the lesson. Teacher finds opportunities to extend students' vocabularies.
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher changes her lesson mid-stream (at the beginning of the clip) to meet a need, and then monitors student work, making adjustments and corrections on an as-needed basis.
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher uses formative assessment, in the form of questions, to monitor student learning and student progress to immediately adjust the instruction.
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher's feedback to students is timely, frequent, and relevant to their work and understanding. The feedback advances student learning.
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher promotes a sense of pride in student accomplishment and creates an environment where students have high expectations for their own learning. The students accept the teacher's...
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher's procedure to check for understanding occurs smoothly, with little loss of instructional time. Students assume some responsibility for their own evaluation.
Jan 20, 2016 - The teacher's routines/procedures occur smoothly, with little loss of instructional time. The students assume some responsibility for their learning under teacher direction.
Jan 20, 2016 - Teacher's grouping results in small group work being well organized and students are productively engaged at all times, with students assuming responsibility for productivity. Students work...
Jan 20, 2016 - Teacher's grouping results in small group work being well organized with students productively engaged and assuming responsibility for productivity. Students work independently and...
Jan 20, 2016 - Both students demonstrate attention to detail and take pride in their work, initiating improvements by trying different set-ups to solve the problem.
Jan 20, 2016 - Small-group work is well organized, and students are productively engaged at all times, with students assuming responsibility for productivity. Notice that both students were working on the problem.
