decisions. 6.5 Shares accurate results of student progress with students, parents, and key school personnel. 6.6 Provides constructive and frequent feedback to students on their progress toward their learning goals. 6.7 Teaches students how to self-assess and to use metacognitive strategies in support of lifelong learning. Contemporary Effective Teacher Research Contemporary research has found that an effective teacher: Analyzes student assessments to determine the degree to which the intended learning outcomes align with the test items and student understanding of objectives. Interprets information from teacher-made tests and standardized assessments to guide instruction and gauge student progress by examining questions missed to determine if the student has trouble with the content or the test structure. Exemplary Proficient Needs Development Ineffective In addition to meeting Proficient is the the requirements for expected level of Proficient… performance. The teacher The teacher The teacher The teacher does continually systematically and inconsistently not gather, demonstrates consistently gathers, gathers, analyzes, or analyze, or use expertise in using analyzes, and uses uses relevant data to relevant data to data to measure relevant data to measure student measure student student progress and measure student progress, progress, to leads others in the progress, to inform inconsistently uses inform effective use of data instructional content data to inform instructional to inform instructional and delivery instructional content content and decisions. methods, and to and delivery delivery (Teachers rated as provide timely and methods, or methods, or to Exemplary constructive inconsistently provide feedback continually seek ways feedback to both provides timely or in a constructive to serve as role students and constructive or timely models or teacher parents. feedback. manner. leaders.) Performance Standard 7: Positive Learning Environment The teacher consistently provides a well-managed, safe, and orderly environment that is conducive to learning and encourages respect for all.
decisions. 6.5 Shares accurate results of student progress with students, parents, and key school personnel. 6.6 Provides constructive and frequent feedback to students on their progress toward their learning goals. 6.7 Teaches students how to self-assess and to use metacognitive strategies in support of lifelong learning. Contemporary Effective Teacher Research Contemporary research has found that an effective teacher: Analyzes student assessments to determine the degree to which the intended learning outcomes align with the test items and student understanding of objectives. Interprets information from teacher-made tests and standardized assessments to guide instruction and gauge student progress by examining questions missed to determine if the student has trouble with the content or the test structure. Exemplary In addition to meeting the requirements for Proficient… Proficient Proficient is the expected level of performance. Needs Development Ineffective The teacher continually demonstrates expertise in using data to measure student progress and leads others in the effective use of data to inform instructional decisions. (Teachers rated as Exemplary continually seek ways to serve as role models or teacher leaders.) The teacher systematically and consistently gathers, analyzes, and uses relevant data to measure student progress, to inform instructional content and delivery methods, and to provide timely and constructive feedback to both students and parents. The teacher inconsistently gathers, analyzes, or uses relevant data to measure student progress, inconsistently uses data to inform instructional content and delivery methods, or inconsistently provides timely or constructive feedback. The teacher does not gather, analyze, or use relevant data to measure student progress, to inform instructional content and delivery methods, or to provide feedback in a constructive or timely manner. Performance Standard 7: Positive Learning Environment The teacher consistently provides a well-managed, safe, and orderly environment that is conducive to learning and encourages respect for all.
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