Little or no evidence is exhibited through Teacher has conversations with parents or community Teacher collaborates with parents and community Teacher collaborates frequently with parents verbal or visual examples that the teacher members, but does not produce any meaningful members with some positive impact in the classroom. and community members in order to advance has had conversations with parents or changes in the classroom. Classroom exhibits some evidence of parent/community their instructional program with high positive community members. communications. impact in the classroom. The teacher may express discouragement of Parents/community members are rarely invited in to Parents/community members are periodically invited in OR Parents/community members are periodically parents contacting/communicating with contribute to student learning OR little evidence of teacher regularly brings in resources from the community invited in to contribute to student learning him/her. community resources in the classroom. to assist student learning. AND teacher regularly brings in resources from the community to assist with student 8A: learning. Communicates with Families and No evidence exists that the teacher provides Evidence exists that teacher provides information Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed and Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed information about what is occurring in the about what is occurring in the classrooms to students’ frequent information about what is occurring in the and frequent information about what is Community classroom to students’ families. families (e.g. class newsletter, parent post classrooms to students’ families. occurring in the classrooms to students’ cards/notices, etc.) families. Students help prepare the information that will be sent to families. No evidence exists that teacher provides Evidence exists that teacher provides information Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed information Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed information about the students’ progress in about the students’ progress to their families, but only about the student’s progress in the classroom to their information about the student’s progress to the classroom to their families. when required by the school. families. their families, allowing the student to help reflect on the material presented to their families.
8A: Communicates with Families and Community Little or no evidence is exhibited through verbal or visual examples that the teacher has had conversations with parents or community members. Teacher has conversations with parents or community members, but does not produce any meaningful changes in the classroom. Teacher collaborates with parents and community members with some positive impact in the classroom. Classroom exhibits some evidence of parent/community communications. Teacher collaborates frequently with parents and community members in order to advance their instructional program with high positive impact in the classroom. The teacher may express discouragement of parents contacting/communicating with him/her. Parents/community members are rarely invited in to contribute to student learning OR little evidence of community resources in the classroom. Parents/community members are periodically invited in OR teacher regularly brings in resources from the community to assist student learning. Parents/community members are periodically invited in to contribute to student learning AND teacher regularly brings in resources from the community to assist with student learning. No evidence exists that the teacher provides information about what is occurring in the classroom to students’ families. Evidence exists that teacher provides information about what is occurring in the classrooms to students’ families (e.g. class newsletter, parent post cards/notices, etc.) Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed and frequent information about what is occurring in the classrooms to students’ families. Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed and frequent information about what is occurring in the classrooms to students’ families. Students help prepare the information that will be sent to families. No evidence exists that teacher provides information about the students’ progress in the classroom to their families. Evidence exists that teacher provides information about the students’ progress to their families, but only when required by the school. Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed information about the student’s progress in the classroom to their families. Evidence exists that teacher provides detailed information about the student’s progress to their families, allowing the student to help reflect on the material presented to their families.
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