Primary Sources of Information for Each Rubric
(i.e., candidates were directed to provide information relevant to the rubric)
For Bilingual Teaching Events
Task 1: Context for Learning
Context Information for Understanding & Assessing Candidate’s Decisions
 Context Commentary – description of students’ development – content, language,
social skills, and perhaps community resources relevant to the unit
 Context For Learning Form – time available for teaching class/subject, number of
English Learners and Proficient English Speakers vs. number of students, number
of students with identified special needs, textbook and other resources,
GQ11 (Supporting Academic Language Development)
 Context Commentary, for students’ language development (question 2b)
Task 2: Planning Assessment & Instruction
GQ1 (Establishing a Balanced Instructional Focus)
 Lesson Plans (standards, objectives, assessments, instructional strategies and
learning tasks, resources)
 Instructional & Assessment Materials (to help you understand the plans in more
detail)
 Planning Commentary (especially questions 1,3 and 6 for bilingual Elementary
Literacy, Elementary Mathematics, and SS History-social science; 1, 4, and 7 for
bilingual SS English-language arts; and 1, 3, and 7 for bilingual SS Mathematics
and Science)
GQ2 (Accessible Content)
 Instructional Materials (to help you understand the plans in more detail)
 Planning Commentary (especially questions 4, 5, 7 for bilingual Elementary
Literacy, Elementary Mathematics and SS History-social science; 5, 6, 8 for
bilingual SS English-language arts; and BE; 4, 6 8 for bilingual SS Mathematics
and Science)
GQ3 (Assessment Design)
 Lesson Plans (standards, objectives, informal and formal assessments)
 Instructional Materials (to help you understand the plans in more detail)
 Planning Commentary (especially questions 6 & 7 –for bilingual Elementary
Literacy, Elementary Mathematics, and SS History-Social Science; and 7 & 8 for
bilingual SS English-language arts, SS Mathematics, and SS Science)
GQ10 (Reflection on Learning)
 Planning Commentary, question 2 (bilingual TEs only)
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GQ11 (Understanding Language Demands)
 Planning Commentary, question 5 –for bilingual Elementary Literacy,
Elementary Mathematics and SS History-social science and question 6 for
bilingual SS English-language arts, Mathematics, and Science)
GQ12 (Supporting Academic Language Development)
 Lesson Plans (standards, objectives, assessments, instructional strategies and
learning tasks, resources)
 Planning Commentary, questions 5 & 7 for bilingual Elementary Literacy,
Elementary Mathematics, and SS History-social science; and questions 6 & 8 for
bilingual SS English-language arts, Mathematics, and Science.
Task 3: Instructing Students & Supporting Learning
GQ4 (Engagement in Learning)
 Video clip
 Lesson Plan(s) (to help you understand the clip(s) in the context of the
surrounding instruction)
 Instruction Commentary (to help you understand and interpret what you saw in
the clip(s), especially questions 1, 2, 3, and 4)
GQ5 (Monitoring Learning
 Video clip
 Instruction Commentary (especially question 5)
GQ9 (Reflection on Learning)
 Instruction Commentary, question 6
GQ12 (Supporting Academic Language Development)
 Instruction Commentary, question 4
Task 4: Assessing Student Learning
GQ6 (Analysis of Student Work)
 Standards/objectives assessed (Assessment Commentary, question 1)
 Evaluative Criteria or Rubric
 Assessment Commentary (especially questions 2, 3, 4, 6)
 Student Work Samples (to help you see how candidate actually applied the
evaluative criteria and the correspondence of the evidence in student work to
conclusions drawn)
GQ7 (Assessment Informing Teaching)
 Assessment Commentary, question 8
GQ8 (Using Feedback to Promote Student Learning)
 Assessment Commentary, question 7
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GQ10 (Reflection on Learning)
 Assessment Commentary, question 5 (bilingual TEs only)
GQ12 (Supporting Academic Language Development)
 Assessment Commentary, questions 5, 6, 8
Task 5: Reflecting on Teaching & Learning
GQ9 (Monitoring Student Progress)
 Daily Reflections
GQ10 (Reflection on Learning)
 Reflection Commentary (all questions)
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