Sunday, August 1, 2010

Iowa Teaching Standard 3: Planning & Preparation

Demonstrates competence in planning and preparing for instruction.

Criteria

•Uses student achievement data, local standards, and the district curriculum in planning for instruction.
•Sets and communicates high expectations for social, behavioral, and academic success of all students.
•Uses student's developmental needs, backgrounds, and interests in planning for instruction.
•Selects strategies to engage all students in learning.
•Uses available resources including technologies, in the development and sequencing of instruction.

Teacher Behavior
• Review test data
• Ability grouping
• Knowledge of Standards
• Teach and model Lifeskills
• Reinforce school rules
• Set, post, and review academic expectations
• Accommodations made in curriculum, learning styles, etc.
• Spend individual time with students
• Variety of teaching techniques: cooperative learning, projects, presentations, etc.
• Teach to multiple intelligences
• Opaque projector
• Appropriate Video
• Community speakers

Optional Documentation
• Copies of assessments
• Lesson plans that fit standards
• Print out standards
• Copies of ITBS results
• Copies of DRP's
• Showing class average over time
• Graphs
• Handbooks, hand-outs
• Lesson plans, copy expectations
• Photos of students
• Student responses to classroom climate
• IEP binders
• Kid Day/ Ch333ild Study
• Student surveys
• Lesson plans
• Student examples of reports
• Copies of lesson plans
• Copies of activities in progress
• Inquiries
• Student evaluation of project
• Pictures
• Copies of lesson plans
• Bibliography of resources
• Photos
• Field Trip plans

Other Examples of Standard 3 Artifcacts
  • Copies of assessments
  • Photos of students
  • Print out standards
  • Copies of ITBS/ITED results
  • Classroom expectations
  • Showing class average over time
  • Graphs District
  • Assessments
  • Handbooks, hand-outs
  • Lesson plans, copy expectations
  • Lesson plans that fit building/district standards
  • Student responses to classroom climate
  • Self-assessment
  • Curriculum Maps
  • Rubrics
  • Lesson plans
  • IEP/504 binders
  • Student surveys
  • Block Schedule Assessment
  • Student examples of reports
  • Emails to parents, counselors, nurse
  • Copies of lesson plans
  • Copies of activities in progress
  • Inquiries
  • Student evaluation of project
  • Copies of lesson plans
  • Bibliography of resources
  • Photos Field
  • Trip plans
  • Student examples