Formal Observation/Evaluation Rubric Media Specialists – Media Specialist: School: Bergenfield High School Participants: Activity: Observer: Date: Summary of the Activity: Evidence of Professional Activity Domain 2: The Environment Component Unsatisfactory Improvement Effective Highly Effective Needed/Developing 2a Interactions, both between the Interactions, both between the Interactions, both between the Interactions the media Creating an media specialist and students media specialist and students media specialist and students specialist, individual students, Environment of and among students are and among students, are and among students, are polite and the classroom teachers are Respect and negative, inappropriate, or generally appropriate and free and respectful, reflecting highly respectful, reflecting Rapport insensitive to students’ cultural from conflict but may be general warmth and caring, genuine warmth and caring and backgrounds and are characterized by occasional and are appropriate to the sensitivity to students’ cultures characterized by sarcasm, displays of insensitivity or lack cultural and developmental and levels of development. or conflict. of responsiveness to cultural or differences among groups of Students themselves ensure developmental differences students. high levels of civility among among students. students in the media center. Weight 6.0 Component Unsatisfactory Improvement Effective Highly Effective Needed/Developing 2b Media specialist conveys a Media specialist goes through Media specialist, in interactions Media specialist, in interactions Establishing a sense that the work of seeking the motions of performing the with both students and with both students and Culture for Investi- information and reading work of the position, but without colleagues, conveys a sense of colleagues, conveys a sense of literature is not worth the time any real commitment to it. importance of seeking the essential nature of seeking gation and Love of Literature and energy required. information and reading information and reading literature. literature. Students appear to have internalized these values. Weight 6.0
Formal Observation/Evaluation Rubric – Media Specialists Media Specialist: School: Bergenfield High School Participants: Activity: Observer: Date: Summary of the Activity: Evidence of Professional Activity Domain 2: The Environment Component Unsatisfactory Improvement Needed/Developing Effective Highly Effective 2a Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport Weight 6.0 Interactions, both between the media specialist and students and among students are negative, inappropriate, or insensitive to students’ cultural backgrounds and are characterized by sarcasm, or conflict. Interactions, both between the media specialist and students and among students, are generally appropriate and free from conflict but may be characterized by occasional displays of insensitivity or lack of responsiveness to cultural or developmental differences among students. Interactions, both between the media specialist and students and among students, are polite and respectful, reflecting general warmth and caring, and are appropriate to the cultural and developmental differences among groups of students. Interactions the media specialist, individual students, and the classroom teachers are highly respectful, reflecting genuine warmth and caring and sensitivity to students’ cultures and levels of development. Students themselves ensure high levels of civility among students in the media center. Component Unsatisfactory Improvement Needed/Developing Effective Highly Effective 2b Establishing a Culture for Investi- gation and Love of Literature Weight 6.0 Media specialist conveys a sense that the work of seeking information and reading literature is not worth the time and energy required. Media specialist goes through the motions of performing the work of the position, but without any real commitment to it. Media specialist, in interactions with both students and colleagues, conveys a sense of importance of seeking information and reading literature. Media specialist, in interactions with both students and colleagues, conveys a sense of the essential nature of seeking information and reading literature. Students appear to have internalized these values.