NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY Middle/Secondary Science Evaluation Student Teacher Supervising Teacher(s) University Coordinator School Grade/Subject Evaluation Dates: First Second INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS EVALUATION: Please circle the appropriate description for each domain component for midsemester and at the end of the semester. The rating used in this instrument is based on a three point scale. It will provide opportunities for further in-depth studies of student teacher performance. A major reason is that the criteria used herein now directly conforms to the LOUISIANA ASSESSMENT FOR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS. Items marked “Unacceptable” should be qualified under the remarks section. Strengths and areas for improvement should also be identified under the remarks section. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE REMARKS SECTION BLANK. Please attach additional sheets if needed or use the back of the form. SPACES ARE PROVIDED FOR SIGNATURES BY THE STUDENT TEACHER, SUPERVISING TEACHER, SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL, UNIVERSITY COORDINATOR AND COORDINATOR OF STUDENT TEACHING. Signatures must be provided at mid-semester and at the end of the semester. “Responsible Leaders Engaging in Professional Practice” RESPONSIBLE LEADERS: Take responsibility for their own professional development; Engage in reflective inquiry and use data to adjust instruction; Engage in leadership in both the school and the community; Inquire into and serve the profession; Inquire into and contribute to current research and scholarship; Engage in ethical behaviors. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS: Teach from the local ecology (culture, community, & environment); Demonstrate responsibility for inquiring into the local ecology; Use local knowledge to transform the learning of all students; Demonstrate responsibility for serving the needs of students and the community. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS: Transform the lives of all students by creating positive learning environments; Use the curriculum to advocate for social change; Use technology to improve the lives of all students; Advocate for students in both the school and the community; Teach for the success of all students. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS: Demonstrate an openness to change; Inquire into the relationship between cultural differences and learning; Inquire into the learning needs of students; Inquire into innovative teaching practices that meet the needs of all students; Collaborate with all parties who have an interest in student success; Teach students how to use technology to improve their learning. 1 MID-SEMESTER AND FINAL EVALUATION - NSTA The Student Teacher Final Evaluation Form follows the Louisiana Components of Effective Teaching (LCET) document, and includes the same components identified by the State Department of Education for Level 1 certification during the first year teaching evaluation. The components of LCET include planning, management, instruction, professionalism, and school improvement. The evaluation is completed for each candidate by the university coordinator at mid-term and at the end of the semester. Data collected at mid-term is used only for candidate feedback. Directions: Circle the description which best evaluates the extent to which competency is attained. Domain 1 - Planning (NSTA)- The teacher candidate plans accurate and developmentally appropriate lessons in accordance with the Nicholls State University Conceptual Framework Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate specifies The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate specifies learner specifies learner outcomes in learner outcomes in clear, specifies learner outcomes outcomes in clear, concise objectives clear, concise objectives concise objectives in clear, concise objectives (1.000, 16%) The candidate consistently The candidate includes The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate includes activities includes activities that activities that develop and includes activities that that develop and assess the objectives develop and assess the assess the objectives develop and assess the (1.000, 16%) objectives objectives The candidate consistently The candidate identifies and The candidate infrequently 3. The candidate identifies and plans identifies and plans for plans for individual identifies and plans for for individual differences (1.000, individual differences differences individual differences 16%) The candidate consistently The candidate identifies The candidate infrequently 4. The candidate identifies materials identifies materials that are materials that are developed identifies materials that are that are developed from the local developed from the local from the local ecology, developed from the local ecology, other than standard ecology, other than standard other than standard ecology, other than standard classroom material, as needed for the classroom material, as needed classroom material, as classroom material, as lesson (1.000, 16%) for the lesson needed for the lesson needed for the lesson The candidate consistently The candidate plans for The candidate infrequently 5. The candidate plans for method (s) plans for method (s) of method (s) of evaluation to plans for method (s) of of evaluation to measure learner evaluation to measure learner measure learner outcomes evaluation to measure outcomes (1.000, 16%) outcomes learner outcomes The candidate consistently The candidate assists in The candidate infrequently 6. The candidate assists in IEP, ITP assists in IEP, ITP and/or IEP, ITP and/or IFSP assists in IEP, ITP and/or and/or IFSP development (for special IFSP development (for special development (for special IFSP development (for education teachers only) (1.000, education teachers only) education teachers only) special education teachers 16%) only) Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain II - Management -- (NSTA) Component A: The teacher candidate maintains an environment conducive to learning. Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate organizes The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate organizes space, organizes space, materials, space, materials, and/or organizes space, materials, materials, and/or equipment to 2 facilitate learning (1.000, 50%) NSTA-2012.3d 2. The candidate promotes a positive learning climate (1.000, 50%) Target (3 pts) and/or equipment to facilitate learning The candidate consistently promotes a positive learning climate Acceptable (2 pts) equipment to facilitate learning The candidate promotes a positive learning climate Unacceptable (1 pt) and/or equipment to facilitate learning The candidate infrequently promotes a positive learning climate Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain II - Management -- (NSTA) Component B: The teacher candidate maximizes the amount of time available for instruction Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate manages The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate manages routines manages routines and routines and transitions in a manages routines and and transitions in a timely manner transitions in a timely manner timely manner transitions in a timely (1.000, 50%) manner The candidate consistently The candidate manages The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate manages and/or manages and/or adjusts and/or adjusts allotted time manages and/or adjusts adjusts allotted time for activities allotted time for activities for activities planned allotted time for activities planned (1.000, 50%) planned planned Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain II - Management -- (NSTA) Component C: The teacher candidate manages learner behavior to provide productive learning opportunities Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate establishes The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate establishes establishes expectations for expectations for learner establishes expectations for expectations for learner behavior learner behavior behavior learner behavior (1.000, 50%) NSTA-2012.3d The candidate consistently The candidate uses The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate uses monitoring uses monitoring techniques to monitoring techniques to uses monitoring techniques techniques to facilitate learning facilitate learning facilitate learning to facilitate learning (1.000, 50%) NSTA-2012.3c Remarks: Mid-Semester: 3 Final: Domain III - Instruction -- (NSTA) Component A: The teacher candidate delivers instruction effectively Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate uses The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate uses technique(s) uses technique(s) (inquiry) technique(s) (inquiry) uses technique(s) (inquiry) which develop(s) lesson which develop(s) lesson which develop(s) lesson (inquiry)which develop(s) objective(s) (1.000, 25%) objective(s) objective(s) lesson objective(s) The candidate consistently The candidate sequences The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate sequences lessons sequences lessons to promote lessons to promote learning sequences lessons to to promote learning (1.000, 25%) learning promote learning The candidate uses a wide The candidate uses The candidate does not use a 3. The candidate uses community variety of community community resources to sufficient amount of resources to promote the learning of resources to promote the promote the learning of community resources to science (1.000, 25%) NSTA-2012.6a learning of science science promote the learning of science The candidate consistently The candidate adjusts The candidate infrequently 4. The candidate adjusts lesson adjusts lesson when lesson when appropriate adjusts lesson when when appropriate using reflective appropriate using reflective using reflective practice appropriate using reflective practice (1.000, 25%) NSTA-2012.3c practice practice The candidate consistently The candidate integrates The candidate integrates 5. The candidate integrates scienceintegrates science-specific science-specific technology technology that is not specific technology into instruction technology into instruction into instruction science-specific or appropriately NSTA-2012.2b appropriately appropriately integrates science-specific technology into instruction inappropriately Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain III - Instruction -- (NSTA) Component B: The teacher candidate presents appropriate content Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate presents The candidate presents 1. The candidate presents content at presents content at a content at a content at a developmentally a developmentally appropriate level developmentally appropriate developmentally appropriate level but does using a variety of strategies (1.000, level using a variety of appropriate level using a not use a variety of 33%) NSTA-2012.3a appropriate strategies variety of strategies strategies The candidate consistently The candidate presents The candidate presents 2. The candidate presents accurate presents accurate subject accurate subject matter that inaccurate subject matter subject matter that demonstrates matter that demonstrates the demonstrates the candidates' that does not fully the candidates' knowledge and candidates' high level of knowledge and demonstrate the candidates' understanding of how to select knowledge and understanding understanding of how to knowledge and appropriate teaching and learning of how to select appropriate select appropriate teaching understanding of how to activities (1.000, 33%) NSTA- 4 2012.3a 3. The candidate addresses misconception, relates to real life examples, unexpected situations, or current events to the content (1.000, 33%) Target (3 pts) teaching and learning activities The candidate comprehensively and consistently addresses misconception, relates to real life examples, unexpected situations, or current events to the content Acceptable (2 pts) and learning activities Unacceptable (1 pt) select appropriate teaching and learning activities The candidate addresses The candidate addresses misconception, relates to some but not all of the real life examples, following: misconceptions, unexpected situations, or relationships to real life current events to the content examples, unexpected situations, or current events to the content Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain III - Instruction -- (NSTA) Component C: The teacher candidate provides opportunities for student engagement in the learning process Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate The candidate 1. The candidate accommodates accommodates individual accommodates individual accommodates some but not individual differences for the differences for the equitable differences for the equitable all of the students' equitable achievement of science achievement of science achievement of science individual differences literacy for all students (1.000, 25%) literacy for all students literacy for all students NSTA-2012.3b The candidate consistently The candidate demonstrates The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate demonstrates the demonstrates the ability to the ability to communicate demonstrates the ability to ability to communicate effectively communicate effectively with effectively with students communicate effectively with students (1.000, 25%) students with students The candidate consistently The candidate stimulates The candidate infrequently 3. The candidate stimulates higher stimulates higher order higher order thinking at the stimulates higher order order thinking at the appropriate thinking at the appropriate appropriate developmental thinking at the appropriate developmental levels to allow access developmental levels to allow levels to allow access so developmental levels to so that all student can learn (1.000, access so that all student can that all student can learn allow access so that all 25%) NSTA-2012.3a learn student can learn The candidate consistently The candidate uses The candidate uses 4. The candidate uses strategies that uses strategies that are strategies that are inclusive strategies that are inclusive are inclusive and motivating for all inclusive and motivating for and motivating for all and motivating for most but students (1.000, 25%) NSTAall students students not all students 2012.3a Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: 5 Domain III - Instruction -- (NSTA) Component D: The teacher candidate assesses student progress effectively Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidatemonitors The candidate monitors 1. The candidate monitors ongoing monitors ongoing ongoing performance of ongoing performance of performance of students through fair performance of students students through fair and students but does not and equitable assessments (1.000, through fair and equitable equitable assessments provide evidence of use of 25%) NSTA-2012.3c assessments fair and equitable assessments The candidate consistently The candidate uses The candidate effective 2. The candidate uses appropriate uses appropriate and effective appropriate and effective technique(s) to evaluate and effective technique(s) to technique(s) to continuously technique(s) to continuously students' preconceptions and continuously evaluate students' evaluate students' evaluate students' ideas but does so preconceptions and ideas (1.000, preconceptions and ideas preconceptions and ideas inconsistently 25%) NSTA-2012.3c The candidate provides timely The candidate provides The candidate provides 3. The candidate provides timely feedback to students regarding timely feedback to students feedback to students feedback to students regarding their their progress on a consistent regarding their progress regarding their progress but progress (1.000, 25%) basis does not do so in a timely manner The candidate consistently 4. The candidate produces The candidate produces 4. The candidate produces evidence produces evidence of student evidence of student minimal evidence of student of student academic growth under academic growth under academic growth under academic growth his/her instruction through an his/her instruction through a his/her instruction through analysis of student learning to comprehensive analysis of an analysis of student evaluate if learning goals are met student learning to evaluate if learning to evaluate if (1.000, 25%) NSTA-2012.3c learning goals are met learning goals are met Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain IV - Professionalism -- (NSTA) Component A: The teacher candidate plans for professional development. Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate applies The candidate applies some 1. The candidate applies ethical and applies ethical and legal ethical and legal concepts ethical and legal concepts legal concepts that demonstrate concepts that demonstrate that demonstrate chemical, that but does not fully chemical, safety, safety procedures, chemical, safety, safety safety, safety procedures, demonstrate chemical, and the ethical treatment of living procedures, and the ethical and the ethical treatment of safety, safety procedures, organisms within their licensure area treatment of living organisms living organisms within and the ethical treatment of (1.000, 20%) NSTA-2012.3d within their licensure area their licensure area living organisms within their licensure area The candidate consistently The candidate works The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate works productively works productively productively works productively (1.000, 20%) The candidate consistently The candidate meets school The candidate infrequently 3. The candidate meets school and meets school and university and university expectations meets school and university university expectations (1.000, 20%) expectations expectations The candidate seeks The candidate seeks The candidate does not seek 4. The candidate seeks professional professional development professional development professional development development opportunities in their opportunities in their content opportunities in their opportunities in their content field such as talks, 6 symposiums, research opportunities, or projects within their community (1.000, 20%) NSTA-2012.6a 5. The candidate works cooperatively with teachers, administrators, parents, and other school personnel (1.000, 20%) Target (3 pts) field including more than one of the following areas: talks, symposiums, research opportunities, or projects within their community The candidate consistently works cooperatively with all of the following: teachers, administrators, parents, and other school personnel Acceptable (2 pts) content field such as talks, symposiums, research opportunities, or projects within their community Unacceptable (1 pt) content field such as talks, symposiums, research opportunities, or projects within their community The candidate works cooperatively with teachers, administrators, parents, and other school personnel The candidate works cooperatively with some but not all of the following: teachers, administrators, parents, and other school personnel Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: Domain V - School Improvement -- (NSTA) Component A: The teacher creates partnership with parents/caregivers and colleagues. Target (3 pts) Acceptable (2 pts) Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate consistently The candidate provides The candidate infrequently 1. The candidate provides clear and provides clear and timely clear and timely provides clear and timely timely information to information to information to information to parents/caregivers and colleagues parents/caregivers and parents/caregivers and parents/caregivers and regarding classroom expectations, colleagues regarding colleagues regarding colleagues regarding student progress, and ways they can classroom expectations, classroom expectations, classroom expectations, assist learning (1.000, 33%) student progress, and ways student progress, and ways student progress, and ways they can assist learning they can assist learning they can assist learning The candidate consistently The candidate encourages The candidate infrequently 2. The candidate encourages encourages parents/caregivers parents/caregivers to encourages parents/caregivers to become active to become active partners in become active partners in parents/caregivers to partners in their children's their children's education and their children's education become active partners in education and to become involved in to become involved in school and to become involved in their children's education school and classroom (1.000, 33%) and classroom school and classroom and to become involved in school and classroom The candidate seeks The candidate seeks The candidate does not seek 3. The candidate seeks community community involvement in community involvement in community involvement in involvement in instructional instructional programs in instructional programs such instructional programs such programs such as conferences, more than one of the as conferences, research as conferences, research research opportunities, or projects following areas: conferences, opportunities, or projects opportunities, or projects (1.000, 33%) NSTA-2012.6b research opportunities, or projects Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: 7 Domain VI - Teacher Competency - (NSTA) Component A - Safety Target (3 pts) The candidate design 1. The candidate designs activities activities that consistently that demonstrate the safe and demonstrate the safe and proper techniques for the proper techniques for the preparation, storage, dispensing, preparation, storage, supervision, and disposal of all dispensing, supervision, and materials used within their subject disposal of all materials used area science instruction (1.000, within their subject area 14%) NSTA-2012.4a science instruction 2. The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to implement emegency procedures (1.000, 14%) NSTA-2012.4b 3. The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to maintain safety equipment, policies and procedures that comply with established state and/or national guidelines (1.000, 14%) NSTA2012.4b 4. The candidate ensures safe science activities appropriate for the abilities of all students (1.000, 14%) NSTA-2012.4b 5. The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate ethical decisionmaking with respect to the treatment of all living organisms in and out of the classroom. (1.000, 14%) NSTA-2012.4c 6. The candidate emphasizes safe, humane, and ethical treatment of animals (1.000, 14%) NSTA-2012.4c 7. The candidate complies with the legal restrictions on the collection, keeping, and use of living organism (1.000, 14%) NSTA-2012.4c The candidate consistently designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to implement emergency procedures The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that consistently demonstrate an ability to maintain safety equipment, policies and procedures that comply with established state and national guidelines The candidate consistently ensures safe science activities appropriate for the abilities of all students The candidate consistently designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate ethical decision-making with respect to the treatment of all living organisms in and out of the classroom. The candidate consistently emphasizes safe, humane, and ethical treatment of animals The candidate consistently complies with the all legal restrictions on the collection, keeping, and use of living organism Acceptable (2 pts) The candidate designs activities that demonstrate the safe and proper techniques for the preparation, storage, dispensing, supervision, and disposal of all materials used within their subject area science instruction The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to implement emergency procedures The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to maintain safety equipment, policies and procedures that comply with established state and/or national guidelines The candidate ensures safe science activities appropriate for the abilities of all students The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate ethical decision-making with respect to the treatment of all living organisms in and out of the classroom. The candidate emphasizes safe, humane, and ethical treatment of animals The candidate complies with the legal restrictions on the collection, keeping, and use of living organism Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate design activities that demonstrate the safe and proper techniques for some but not all of the following: preparation, storage, dispensing, supervision, and disposal of all materials used within their subject area science instruction The candidate infrequently designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate an ability to implement emergency procedures The candidate designs and demonstrates activities that infrequently demonstrate an ability to maintain safety equipment, policies and procedures that comply with established state and/or national guidelines The candidate ensures safe science activities but that are not appropriate for the abilities of all students The candidate infrequently designs and demonstrates activities that demonstrate ethical decision-making with respect to the treatment of all living organisms in and out of the classroom. The candidate infrequently emphasizes safe, humane, and ethical treatment of animals The candidate infrequently complies with the legal restrictions on the collection, keeping, and use of living organism Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: 8 Domain VII - Dispositions -- (NSTA) 1. The candidate demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching and learning (1.000, 12%) 2. The candidate demonstrates initiative (1.000, 12%) 3. The candidate conveys confidence and professionalism when interacting with students, peers, and/or professionals in small and large group situations (1.000, 12%) 4. The candidate meets assignment due dates (1.000, 12%) 5. The candidate's dress and grooming are appropriate (1.000, 12%) 6. The candidate is punctual and attends regularly (1.000, 12%) 7. The candidate demonstrates good judgment and discretion when interacting with peers and professional (1.000, 12%) 8. The candidate interacts positively with learners, including those from diverse background (1.000, 12%) Target (3 pts) The candidate consistently demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching and learning The candidate consistently demonstrates initiative The candidate consistently conveys confidence and professionalism when interacting with students, peers, and/or professionals in small and large group situations The candidate consistently meets assignment due dates The candidate's dress and grooming are consistently appropriate The candidate is consistently punctual and attends regularly The candidate consistently demonstrates good judgment and discretion when interacting with peers and professionals The candidate consistently interacts positively with learners, including those from diverse backgrounds Acceptable (2 pts) The candidate demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching and learning The candidate demonstrates initiative The candidate conveys confidence and professionalism when interacting with students, peers, and/or professionals in small and large group situations The candidate meets assignment due dates The candidate's dress and grooming are appropriate Unacceptable (1 pt) The candidate infrequently demonstrates enthusiasm for teaching and learning The candidate infrequently demonstrates initiative The candidate infrequently conveys confidence and professionalism when interacting with students, peers, and/or professionals in small and large group situations The candidate infrequently meets assignment due dates The candidate's dress and grooming are infrequently appropriate The candidate is punctual The candidate is infrequently and attends regularly punctual or does not attend regularly The candidate demonstrates The candidate infrequently good judgment and demonstrates good judgment discretion when interacting and discretion when with peers and professional interacting with peers and professionals The candidate interacts The candidate infrequently positively with learners, interacts positively with including those from learners, including those from diverse background diverse backgrounds Remarks: Mid-Semester: Final: 9 MID-SEMESTER FORMATIVE EVALUATION Supervising Teachers: Please place your signature either in the “Satisfactory” or “Unsatisfactory” blank in addition to the Signature section. _____________________________________________ (SATISFACTORY) _________________________________________ (UNSATISFACTORY) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (please attach additional sheets if necessary) SIGNATURES Student Teacher Supervising Teacher University Coordinator Supervising Principal Coordinator of Student Teaching FINAL SUMMATIVE EVALUATION _____________________________________________ (SATISFACTORY) _________________________________________ (UNSATISFACTORY) _____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (please attach additional sheets if necessary) SIGNATURES Student Teacher University Coordinator Supervising Teacher Supervising Principal Coordinator of Student Teaching 10