Engages Students in Learning Using Activities and Assignments (b) U Activities and B Some activities and P Most activities and D All students are cognitively assignments are assignments are assignments are appropriate engaged in the activities and inappropriate for appropriate to students, to students. Almost all assignments in their exploration of students in terms of and they are cognitively students are cognitively content. Students initiate or adapt their age or engaged. engaged in them. activities and projects to enhance backgrounds. understanding. Students are not cognitively engaged. Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments: Engages Students in Learning Using Suitable Instructional Materials and Resources (f) U Instructional B Instructional P Instructional materials and D Instructional materials and materials and materials and resources are suitable to the resources are suitable to the resources are resources are partially instructional goals and instructional goals and engage unsuitable to the suitable to the engage students cognitively. students cognitively. Students are instructional goals, or instructional goals, or involved in the choice, adaptation, they do not actively level of or creation of materials to enhance students’ engage students. cognitive engagement their own learning. is moderate. Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments: Accommodates to Learning (d) Students’ Varied Approaches U Teacher librarian is B Teacher librarian P Teacher librarian D Teacher librarian uses unfamiliar with the inconsistently displays demonstrates solid and knowledge of varied students’ different approaches to general understanding consistent understanding of approaches to learning in learning that of the different the different approaches to instructional planning. There is student’ exhibit, such as approaches to learning learning that different evidence of student choice in learning styles, and that students exhibit. students exhibit. appropriate learning activity. different “intelligences.” Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments:
Engages Students in Learning Using Activities and Assignments (b) U Activities and B Some activities and P Most activities and D All students are cognitively assignments are inappropriate for students in terms of their age or backgrounds. Students are not cognitively engaged. assignments are appropriate to students, and they are cognitively engaged. assignments are appropriate to students. Almost all students are cognitively engaged in them. engaged in the activities and assignments in their exploration of content. Students initiate or adapt activities and projects to enhance understanding. Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments: Engages Students in Learning Using Suitable Instructional Materials and Resources (f) U Instructional B Instructional P Instructional materials and D Instructional materials and materials and resources are unsuitable to the instructional goals, or they do not actively engage students. materials and resources are partially suitable to the instructional goals, or students’ level of cognitive engagement is moderate. resources are suitable to the instructional goals and engage students cognitively. resources are suitable to the instructional goals and engage students cognitively. Students are involved in the choice, adaptation, or creation of materials to enhance their own learning. Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments: Accommodates Students’ Varied Approaches to Learning (d) U Teacher librarian is B Teacher librarian P Teacher librarian D Teacher librarian uses unfamiliar with the different approaches to learning that student’ exhibit, such as learning styles, and different “intelligences.” inconsistently displays general understanding of the different approaches to learning that students exhibit. demonstrates solid and consistent understanding of the different approaches to learning that different students exhibit. knowledge of students’ varied approaches to learning in instructional planning. There is evidence of student choice in appropriate learning activity. Unacceptable Basic Proficient Distinguished Comments: