NC Professional Teaching Standards Reflection Prompts
Instructions: Consider the North Carolina Teacher Candidate Evaluation Rubric elements at the proficient level as you reflect on the lesson that was observed today. Choose any two standards to respond to for this
lesson. During the course of the semester, you are required to reflect on all six standards. Your Cooperating Teacher or University Supervisor may select specific standards for your reflection.
Standard 1: Teachers demonstrate leadership.
Standard 4: Teachers facilitate learning for their students.
How did today's lesson contribute to the progress of your students toward high
school graduation? How did you develop your lesson based on previous data?
How did you assess the developmental needs of your students to prepare for today's lesson? What resources did you bring to the
lesson to address individual strengths, weaknesses, cultural differences and individual learning needs of your students? What
methods and materials did you use to meet the needs of all of your students? How did you integrate technology to maximize
student learning? What specific instruction did you include that helped students develop the ability to
apply processes and strategies for critical thinking and problem solving? How did you organize student learning teams for the
purpose of developing cooperation, collaboration, and student leadership? Describe the various methods you employed to
communicate with all students during the lesson. Describe your methods for encouraging and supporting students to articulate
their thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively. Describe the formative and/or summative indicators you used to assure your
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students achieved the goals for the lesson. What evidence do you have that your students attain 21' century knowledge, skills, and
dispositions?
Standard 2: Teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of
students.
Standard 5: Teachers reflect on their practice.
What role did you play in maintaining a positive and nurturing learning environment
during your lesson? How did you assure that the materials you chose for the lesson
counteracted stereotypes and acknowledged the contributions of all cultures? What
different points of view did you incorporate into your lesson?
Standard 3: Teachers know the content they teach.
What aspects of today's lesson went well? What aspects did not go well? What evidence do you have that you positively impacted
student learning during today's lesson? What objectives, concepts, skills, or knowledge do you need to re-teach? If you do re-teach
this lesson again, what adjustments will you make?
Standard 6: Teachers contribute to the academic success of students.
How have you used your knowledge of student academic learning to set baseline data? How have you used baseline data to inform
instruction and improve student learning?
How did today's lesson integrate literacy instruction across the content areas? How
did today's lesson encourage students to investigate the content area of the lesson
and to expand their knowledge and satisfy their naturally curiosity. How did today's
lesson demonstrate your knowledge of the link between grades and subject areas of
the NC Common Core and Essential Standards? How did today's lesson relate
global awareness to the subject?
Additional Comments - Add any additional comments that you feel document your growth as a professional.