Unsatisfactory Basic Distinguished Proficient CP2: Teacher demonstrates a lack of Teacher demonstrates an Teacher demonstrates an Teacher demonstrates an knowledge of discipline-based understanding of how understanding of how discipline-based understanding of how discipline-based Teacher concepts and habits of thinking by concepts and habits of concepts and habits of thinking relate concepts and habits of thinking relate knowledge of making content errors. thinking relate to one another or to one another or build upon one to one another or build upon one content build upon one another within a another over the course of an another over the course of an unit. academic year. academic year as well as in previous and future years. CP3: Teacher rarely uses Teacher uses discipline-specific Teacher uses discipline-specific Teacher uses discipline-specific teaching approaches and teaching approaches and strategies teaching approaches and strategies that teaching approaches and strategies that strategies that develop students’ that develop students’ conceptual develop students’ conceptual develop students’ conceptual conceptual understanding and understanding and understanding and discipline-specific understanding and discipline-specific teaching discipline-specific habits of habits of thinking at one habits of thinking throughout the unit, habits of thinking on a daily basis. approaches thinking. or two points within a unit. but not daily. P3: Performance tasks do not require Performance tasks require a Performance tasks require a Performance tasks require a demonstration of thinking demonstration of thinking demonstration of thinking connected demonstration of thinking connected Design of connected to the learning target. connected to the learning target. to the learning target. Performance to the learning target. Performance performance tasks require application of tasks require application of task concepts or skills. concepts or skills. Students are able to use prior learning/understandings to engage in new performance tasks.
Unsatisfactory Basic Proficient Distinguished CP2: Teacher knowledge of content Teacher demonstrates a lack of knowledge of discipline-based concepts and habits of thinking by making content errors. Teacher demonstrates an understanding of how concepts and habits of thinking relate to one another or build upon one another within a unit. Teacher demonstrates an understanding of how discipline-based concepts and habits of thinking relate to one another or build upon one another over the course of an academic year. Teacher demonstrates an understanding of how discipline-based concepts and habits of thinking relate to one another or build upon one another over the course of an academic year as well as in previous and future years. CP3: teaching approaches Teacher rarely uses teaching approaches and strategies that develop students’ conceptual understanding and discipline-specific habits of thinking. Teacher uses discipline-specific teaching approaches and strategies that develop students’ conceptual understanding and habits of thinking at one or two points within a unit. Teacher uses discipline-specific teaching approaches and strategies that develop students’ conceptual understanding and discipline-specific habits of thinking throughout the unit, but not daily. Teacher uses discipline-specific teaching approaches and strategies that develop students’ conceptual understanding and discipline-specific habits of thinking on a daily basis. P3: Design of performance task Performance tasks do not require demonstration of thinking connected to the learning target. Performance tasks require a demonstration of thinking connected to the learning target. Performance tasks require a demonstration of thinking connected to the learning target. Performance tasks require application of concepts or skills. Performance tasks require a demonstration of thinking connected to the learning target. Performance tasks require application of concepts or skills. Students are able to use prior learning/understandings to engage in new performance tasks.
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