and procedures are written; some directions and confusing to directions and procedures are students. procedures are clear to students. clear to students. Adaptations Teacher does not Teacher Teacher makes 3 Based on the adapt assessments adaptations to adaptations to Individual Needs to meet the assessments that assessments that of Students individual needs of are appropriate to are appropriate to students or these meet the individual meet the individual GP 3 assessments are needs of one needs of most DP 5 inappropriate. student related to students. The There is no unit objectives adaptations are explanation explicitly regarding delineated and adaptations related contextualized. to unit objectives. Design for Instruction Rubric TWS Standard: The teacher designs instruction for specific learning objectives, student characteristics and needs, and learning contexts. Planning explicitly reflects how all of these data come together to ensure student learning after you have designed and taught the unit. Rating 1 2 3 TWS → Indicator↓ Indicator Not Met Indicator Partially Indicator Met Minimal Met Score Alignment with Few lessons are Most lessons are All lessons are 3 Learning explicitly linked to explicitly linked to explicitly linked to Objectives learning objectives. learning objectives. learning objectives. Few learning Most learning All learning activities, activities, activities, assignments and assignments and assignments and resources are resources are resources are aligned with aligned with aligned with learning objectives. learning objective. learning objectives. Not all learning Most learning All learning objectives are objectives are objectives are
and procedures are confusing to students. written; some directions and procedures are clear to students. directions and procedures are clear to students. Adaptations Based on the Individual Needs of Students GP 3 DP 5 Teacher does not adapt assessments to meet the individual needs of students or these assessments are inappropriate. There is no explanation regarding adaptations related to unit objectives. Teacher adaptations to assessments that are appropriate to meet the individual needs of one student related to unit objectives Teacher makes adaptations to assessments that are appropriate to meet the individual needs of most students. The adaptations are explicitly delineated and contextualized. 3 Design for Instruction Rubric TWS Standard: The teacher designs instruction for specific learning objectives, student characteristics and needs, and learning contexts. Planning explicitly reflects how all of these data come together to ensure student learning after you have designed and taught the unit. Rating → Indicator↓ 1 Indicator Not Met 2 Indicator Partially Met 3 Indicator Met TWS Minimal Score Alignment with Learning Objectives Few lessons are explicitly linked to learning objectives. Few learning activities, assignments and resources are aligned with learning objectives. Not all learning objectives are Most lessons are explicitly linked to learning objectives. Most learning activities, assignments and resources are aligned with learning objective. Most learning objectives are All lessons are explicitly linked to learning objectives. All learning activities, assignments and resources are aligned with learning objectives. All learning objectives are 3
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