1. Standard 1: Effective Teaching



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

       
      Descriptors Teacher is… Students are… Evidence…
      Students can articulate the required learning targets.

       

       

       
         
      Students know what is needed to move to the next level of performance.

       

       

       
         
      Students are aware of and utilize resources for assistance, remediation, acceleration, or enrichment, as appropriate.

       
         
      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 engage in high-level thinking skills, demonstrating a variety of strategies to analyze information and solve problems.

       
         
      Students reflect on their thinking strategies, communicate what strategies worked well and what strategies did not, and adjust as necessary.

       
         


       





      Standard 1: Effective Teaching

       

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

       

      Mark 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.

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