Criteria
•Understands and uses key concepts, underlying themes, relationships, and different perspectives related to the content area.
•Uses knowledge of student development to make learning experiences in the content area meaningful and accessible for every student.
•Relates ideas and information within and across content areas.
•Understands and uses instructional strategies that are appropriate to the content area.
Teacher Behavior
• Weekly objectives follow district objectives.
• Demonstrate different points of view
• Uses district curriculum
• Uses adaptations to make all students successful
• Makes curriculum accommodations
• Interdisciplinary units/ works with other teachers including specials
• IEPlan lessons to meet district objectives
• Teach to the students' needs
• Use of multiple intelligences considered
Optional Documentation
• Copies of lesson plan
• Student work/portfolio
• Copies of hand-outs
• Video used, CD's
• Notes on lesson plans
• Log of GWAEA involvement
• Pictures of students
• Pictures of students and work
• Lesson plans
• Notes planning meetings
• Assessments, copies of study guides
• Lesson Plans, differentiated student work
Other Examples of Teaching Standard 2
- Copies of lesson plan
- Pre-Post Tests
- Copies of hand-outs
- Student work/portfolio
- Video used, CD's
- Notes on lesson plans
- Curriculum Maps/Tech Paths
- Professional development
- Multiple assessments
- Log of AEA involvement
- Pictures of students
- Pictures of students and work
- Assessment of individual lesson progress
- Mentoring
- Teacher generated materials
- Lesson plans
- Notes planning meetings
- Lesson Plans, differentiated student work
- Event Program
- Assessments, copies of study guides
- Community Resources
- Teacher feedback on student work
- Classroom Displays
