Performance Standard 1: Professional Knowledge The teacher demonstrates an understanding of the curriculum, subject content, and the developmental needs of students by providing relevant learning experiences. Proficient Proficient is the Exemplary* Unacceptable Improvement expected level of performance. In addition to meeting The teacher The teacher The teacher the standard, the demonstrates an inconsistently instruction on material teacher consistently understanding of the demonstrates that is inaccurate or demonstrates extensive curriculum, subject understanding of the out-of-date and/or knowledge of the content, and the curriculum, content, inadequately addresses subject matter and developmental needs and student the developmental continually enriches the development or needs of students. of students by curriculum. providing relevant fluidity in using the knowledge in practice. learning experiences. *Teachers who are exemplary often serve as role models and/or teacher leaders. Performance Standard 2: Instructional Planning The teacher plans using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students. Proficient Developing/Needs Proficient is the Exemplary* Unacceptable Improvement expected level of performance. In addition to meeting The teacher plans The teacher The teacher does not the standard, the using the Virginia inconsistently uses the plan, or without teacher actively seeks Standards of school’s curriculum, adequately using the and uses alternative Learning, the school’s effective strategies, school’s curriculum, data and resources and curriculum, effective resources, and data in effective strategies, consistently strategies, resources, planning to meet the resources, and data. differentiates plans to and data to meet the needs of all students. meet the needs of all needs of all students. students. *Teachers who are exemplary often serve as role models and/or teacher leaders.
Performance Standard 1: Professional Knowledge The teacher demonstrates an understanding of the curriculum, subject content, and the developmental needs of students by providing relevant learning experiences. Exemplary* Proficient Proficient is the expected level of performance. Improvement Unacceptable In addition to meeting the standard, the teacher consistently demonstrates extensive knowledge of the subject matter and continually enriches the curriculum. The teacher demonstrates an understanding of the curriculum, subject content, and the developmental needs of students by providing relevant learning experiences. The teacher inconsistently demonstrates understanding of the curriculum, content, and student development or fluidity in using the knowledge in practice. The teacher instruction on material that is inaccurate or out-of-date and/or inadequately addresses the developmental needs of students. *Teachers who are exemplary often serve as role models and/or teacher leaders. Performance Standard 2: Instructional Planning The teacher plans using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students. Exemplary* Proficient Proficient is the expected level of performance. Developing/Needs Improvement Unacceptable In addition to meeting the standard, the teacher actively seeks and uses alternative data and resources and consistently differentiates plans to meet the needs of all students. The teacher plans using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students. The teacher inconsistently uses the school’s curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data in planning to meet the needs of all students. The teacher does not plan, or without adequately using the school’s curriculum, effective strategies, resources, and data. *Teachers who are exemplary often serve as role models and/or teacher leaders.