Area of Needs Improvement/ Highly Effective Effective Unsatisfactory Performance Developing 3.4 Use a variety of instructional strategies and/or modifications/accommodations for all students. Individual - Meets the learning needs of Differentiates and scaffolds Misses opportunities to Fails to provide instruction to meet most differentiate instruction. differentiated students by differentiating and Student Needs students’ learning needs. instruction for students scaffolding so they can be with special needs and (Correlates with engaged in the content. diverse backgrounds. Domain Indicator Displays little 3.4) knowledge of student needs. 3.5 Organize the class and use appropriate strategies to enhance critical and creative thinking or problem solving and complex tasks for all students. Instructional Implements multiple teaching Implements three or more Uses one or two teaching Teaching strategies or strategies, materials and teaching strategies, materials strategies, materials and types of materials fail to Strategies groupings to involve and and classroom groupings to groupings. reach most students. motivate all students. foster student learning. Lessons do not actively Most lessons consist of (Correlates with Incorporates activities Incorporates activities involve all students in lectures to passive Domain Indicator designed to foster higher level (which may include teacher learning activities or students, reading the 3.5) thinking and problem solving. or student use of appropriate incorporate higher level textbook or completing technology) designed to thinking. worksheets. All students are involved in foster higher level thinking relevant work in which they or problem solving. are active learners and problem solvers. Most students are involved in relevant work in which they Technology use enhances student learning. are active learners and problem solvers.
Area of Performance Highly Effective Effective Needs Improvement/ Developing Unsatisfactory 3.4 Use a variety of instructional strategies and/or modifications/accommodations for all students. Individual Student Needs (Correlates with Domain Indicator 3.4) - Meets the learning needs of students by differentiating and scaffolding so they can be engaged in the content. Differentiates and scaffolds instruction to meet most students’ learning needs. Misses opportunities to differentiate instruction. Fails to provide differentiated instruction for students with special needs and diverse backgrounds. Displays little knowledge of student needs. 3.5 Organize the class and use appropriate strategies to enhance critical and creative thinking or problem solving and complex tasks for all students. Instructional Strategies (Correlates with Domain Indicator 3.5) Implements multiple teaching strategies, materials and groupings to involve and motivate all students. Incorporates activities designed to foster higher level thinking and problem solving. All students are involved in relevant work in which they are active learners and problem solvers. Technology use enhances student learning. Implements three or more teaching strategies, materials and classroom groupings to foster student learning. Incorporates activities (which may include teacher or student use of appropriate technology) designed to foster higher level thinking or problem solving. Most students are involved in relevant work in which they are active learners and problem solvers. Uses one or two teaching strategies, materials and groupings. Lessons do not actively involve all students in learning activities or incorporate higher level thinking. Teaching strategies or types of materials fail to reach most students. Most lessons consist of lectures to passive students, reading the textbook or completing worksheets.