Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities COMPONENT 4A: REFLECTING ON TEACHING Component Unsatisfactory Needs Improvement Proficient Excellent Teacher does not know whether a lesson Teacher has a generally accurate impression Teacher makes an accurate Teacher makes a thoughtful and accurate 4a: Lesson effectiveness was effective. Teacher has no suggestions of a lesson’s effectiveness. Teacher makes assessment of a lesson’s assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness. for how a lesson could be improved general suggestions about how a lesson could effectiveness. Teacher makes Teacher offers specific alternative actions, another time the lesson is taught. be improved. specific suggestions about how a complete with the probable success of lesson could be improved. different course of action. Evidence COMPONENT 4B: MAINTAINING ACCURATE RECORDS 4b: Students’ Teacher has no system for maintaining Teacher’s system for maintaining information Teacher’s system for maintaining Teacher’s system for maintaining information completion of information on student progress in on student completion of assignments and information on student completion on student completion of assignments is fully assignments and learning. progress in learning is only partially effective. of assignments and student effective. Students are encouraged to progress in learning progress is fully effective. participate in maintaining and interpreting records. Evidence COMPONENT 4C: COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES Component Unsatisfactory Needs Improvement Proficient Excellent 4c: Information about Teacher provides little or no information Teacher participates in the school’s activities Teacher provides frequent Teacher provides frequent information to the instructional about the instructional program to families. for family communication but offers litter information to families, as families, as appropriate, the instructional program additional information. appropriate, about the program. Students participate in preparing instructional program. materials for their families and contribute ideas for projects that could be enhanced by family participation. Evidence 4c: Information about Teacher proves minimal information to Teacher adheres to the school’s required Teacher communicates with Teacher provides information to families individual students families about individual students, or the procedures for communicating with families. families students’ progress on frequently on student progress, with students communication is inappropriate to the Responses to family concerns are minimal or a regular basis, respecting contributing to the design of the system. cultures of the families. Teacher does not may reflect occasional insensitivity to cultural cultural norms, and is available as Response to family concerns is handled with respond, or responds insensitively, to norms. needed to respond to family great professional and cultural sensitivity. family concerns about students. concerns. Evidence
Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities COMPONENT 4A: REFLECTING ON TEACHING Component Unsatisfactory Needs Improvement Proficient Excellent 4a: Lesson effectiveness Teacher does not know whether a lesson was effective. Teacher has no suggestions for how a lesson could be improved another time the lesson is taught. Teacher has a generally accurate impression of a lesson’s effectiveness. Teacher makes general suggestions about how a lesson could be improved. Teacher makes an accurate assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness. Teacher makes specific suggestions about how a lesson could be improved. Teacher makes a thoughtful and accurate assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness. Teacher offers specific alternative actions, complete with the probable success of different course of action. Evidence COMPONENT 4B: MAINTAINING ACCURATE RECORDS 4b: Students’ completion of assignments and progress in learning Teacher has no system for maintaining information on student progress in learning. Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments and progress in learning is only partially effective. Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments and student progress is fully effective. Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments is fully effective. Students are encouraged to participate in maintaining and interpreting records. Evidence COMPONENT 4C: COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES Component Unsatisfactory Needs Improvement Proficient Excellent 4c: Information about the instructional program Teacher provides little or no information about the instructional program to families. Teacher participates in the school’s activities for family communication but offers litter additional information. Teacher provides frequent information to families, as appropriate, about the instructional program. Teacher provides frequent information to families, as appropriate, the instructional program. Students participate in preparing materials for their families and contribute ideas for projects that could be enhanced by family participation. Evidence 4c: Information about individual students Teacher proves minimal information to families about individual students, or the communication is inappropriate to the cultures of the families. Teacher does not respond, or responds insensitively, to family concerns about students. Teacher adheres to the school’s required procedures for communicating with families. Responses to family concerns are minimal or may reflect occasional insensitivity to cultural norms. Teacher communicates with families students’ progress on a regular basis, respecting cultural norms, and is available as needed to respond to family concerns. Teacher provides information to families frequently on student progress, with students contributing to the design of the system. Response to family concerns is handled with great professional and cultural sensitivity. Evidence