Standard 1: Effective Teaching

Standard 1: Effective Teaching

Standard 1: Effective Teaching

1(d) Designing and/or adapting challenging curriculum that is based on the diverse needs of each student

After looking at evidence, place an X where you fall on the continuum for each of the following descriptors.

*At Standard*		*Not Yet Met Standard*
Students can articulate the required learning targets.		Students work on assignments with limited knowledge of the related learning targets.
Students know what is needed to move to the next level of performance.		Students are unaware of the progression of steps to successfully reach the learning targets.
Students are aware of and utilize resources for assistance, remediation, acceleration, or enrichment, as appropriate.		Students have little awareness of the options they have to get support when needed.
Students articulate how the new learning builds on their prior knowledge and individual needs. Students understand the importance of their learning and why it is useful to them.		Students have limited awareness of how the learning is useful to them or in what ways the required tasks will help them in their own lives.
Students engage in high-level thinking skills, demonstrating a variety of strategies to analyze information and solve problems.		Students use a narrow range of thinking strategies and can complete learning activities without engaging in high-level thinking processes.
Students reflect on their thinking strategies, communicate what strategies worked well and what strategies did not, and adjust as necessary.		Students have limited ways to monitor the effectiveness of their thinking strategies.

1(d) Designing and/or adapting challenging curriculum that is based on the diverse needs of each student

Descriptors	Teacher is…	Students are…	Evidence…
1. Students know there are many ways to approach learning and are able to verbalize their own approaches.
2. Students understand the ways others approach learning and use those strategies to enhance their repertoire.
3. Students practice explanations and illustrations for learning in a variety of ways. Students see, question, and interpret ideas from diverse perspectives.
Students actively engage in tasks that are meaningful, reflect their own life experiences, and are directly related to the learning targets.
Students engage in a variety of learning tasks, such as direct, indirect, cooperative, and independent. Students know how to articulate, demonstrate, and apply the appropriate skills and strategies to be successful in each type of learning task.
Students engage in making learning choices; pursue knowledge on their own; and work cooperatively or independently to develop, research, and complete learning tasks.