ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE EDUCATION K-5/5-8
SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM ASSESSMENT
WORKSHEET
(For K-5/5-8 interns placed in a middle school subject area classroom)
(Based on Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) 2007 Standards)
College of Education - Kean University
Union, NJ 07083
Dr. Susan Polirstok, Dean
PLEASE COMPLETE THIS CONTENT ASSESSMENT NO EARLIER THAN THE LAST MONTH OF THE STUDENT'S INTERNSHIP.
This supplemental assessment is ONLY for interns in a K-5/5-8 program whose internship placement is in a contentspecific classroom, i.e. middle school English classroom. If your K-5/5-8 intern has been in an elementary K-5 classroom,
then please go back to the Online Assessment Submission page and submit an Elementary Education Supplemental
Assessment for your intern. Thank you.
Semester:
Cooperating Teacher Name:
Cooperating Teacher Email:
District, School and Grade:
Professional Intern:
(Last, First, Program, Status, OCC Student)
Intern Email Address:
University Supervisor/Clinical Instructor:
University Supervisor/Clinical Instructor Email Address
Program Email Address
fosborne@kean.edu
DIRECTIONS: This assessment is based on Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) Standards that the
student should be achieving throughout the internship and focuses directly on what elementary teacher candidates
should know and be able to do. Rate the student for each standard. This assessment should be discussed with all
parties and submitted after the candidate’s final assessment. To complete this assessment, it may be necessary to
confer with teachers in the Arts and Health & Physical Education.
This assessment must be submitted online. Go to www.kean.edu/~tpc and click on Submit Online Assessment in lefthand menu. (Further information on submitting online assessments, including the password to submit the assessment,
can be located in the cooperating teacher packet that was received at the beginning of the semester.)
Elementary/Middle Education Supplemental Program Assessment Worksheet
Rev. November 2014
Scoring Rubric
Not Acceptable
Teacher candidate has significant
weaknesses in knowledge/teaching
skill and shows an unproductive and
ineffective use of the
standard/element to further
student learning.
Acceptable
Teacher candidate’s
knowledge/teaching skill is
appropriate for this level in the
program and shows a positive and
generally effective approach to
supporting student learning.
Target
Teacher candidate’s
knowledge/teaching skill is often
beyond that expected of this level.
Consistent and effective use of
standard/element contributes to
student learning.
STANDARD 2:
CURRICULUM 2.1 READING, WRITING, AND ORAL LANGUAGE
Candidates demonstrate a high level of competence in use of English language arts and they know, understand, and use concepts
from reading, language and child development, to teach reading, writing, speaking, viewing, listening, and thinking skills and to help
students successfully apply their developing skills to many different situations, materials and ideas.
Not Acceptable
Acceptable
Target
2.1.a Candidate demonstrates knowledge of language
development and reading acquisition and the variations related
to diverse populations.
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2.1.b Candidate teaches the use of multiple strategies to help
readers recognize words in print.
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2.1.c Candidate demonstrates knowledge of strategies readers
use to construct meaning from print and to monitor their
comprehension.
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2.1.d Candidate teaches the conventions of language needed to
compose oral and written texts for a range of purposes and
audiences.
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2.1.e Candidate demonstrates skill in the creation of a high
quality literate environment for the classroom that includes
attention to books, electronic-based information sources, and
locally created materials.
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2.1.f Candidate demonstrates knowledge and skill in creating a
classroom culture that motivates students to engage in reading,
writing, and oral language for personal growth, knowledge,
development, enjoyment and insight into human experience.
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2.1.g Candidate demonstrates knowledge of ways to promote a
critical stance toward the analysis and interpretations of texts
that encourage multiple perspectives.
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Elementary/Middle Education Supplemental Program Assessment Worksheet
Rev. November 2014
2.2 SCIENCE (Complete this section if the student is placed in a grade 5 – 8 science classroom)
Candidates know, understand, and use fundamental concepts of physical, life, and earth/space sciences. Candidates can design and
implement age-appropriate inquiry lessons to teach science, to build student understanding for personal and social applications, and
to convey the nature of science
Not Acceptable
Acceptable
Target
2.2.a Candidate knows and understands the fundamental concepts
in the subject matter of physical, life, earth and space sciences.
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2.2.b Candidate uses inquiry to learn fundamental concepts of
science.
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2.2.c Candidate can design and implement age appropriate inquiry
lessons to teach science.
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2.2.d Candidate can design age appropriate lessons to build
student understanding of personal and social applications.
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2.2.e Candidate can design age appropriate lessons to convey the
nature of science (as defined in the National Science Education
Standards.
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Elementary/Middle Education Supplemental Program Assessment Worksheet
Rev. November 2014
2.3 MATHEMATICS (Complete this section if the student is placed in a grade 5 – 8 mathematics classroom)
Candidates know, understand, and use the major concepts and procedures that define number and operations, algebra, geometry,
measurement, and data analysis and probability. In doing so they consistently engage problem solving, reasoning and proof,
communication, connections, and representation.
Not Acceptable
Acceptable
Target
2.3.a Candidate knows and understands the fundamental concepts of
numbers and integers and computational operations.
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2.3.b Candidate knows, understands and applies algebraic principles.
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2.3.c Candidate models multidimensional shapes and uses
transformational principles.
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2.3.d Candidate demonstrates knowledge and use of measurement units
and tools.
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2.3.e Candidate understands and uses data analysis and probability
concepts.
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2.3.f Candidate knows, understands and applies the process of problem
solving.
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2.3.g Candidate reasons, constructs, and evaluates mathematical
arguments and develops an appreciation for mathematical rigor and
inquiry.
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2.3.h Candidate communicates his/her mathematical thinking orally and
in writing to peers, faculty, and others.
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2.3.i Candidate recognizes, uses, and makes connections between and
among mathematical ideas and in contexts outside of mathematics to
build mathematical understanding.
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2.3.j Candidate uses varied representations of mathematical ideas to
support and deepen students' mathematical understanding.
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2.3.k Candidate fosters K-6 student use of appropriate technological
tools.
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2.4 SOCIAL STUDIES (Complete this section if the student is placed in a grade 5 – 8 social studies classroom)
Candidates know, understand, and use the major concepts and modes of inquiry from the social studies - the integrated study of
history, geography, the social sciences, and other related areas - to promote elementary students' abilities to make informed
decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic society and interdependent world.
Not Acceptable
Acceptable
Target
2.4.a Candidate knows and understands major concepts and modes
of inquiry from the social studies.
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2.4.b Candidate uses the major concepts and modes of inquiry from
the social studies to promote elementary students' abilities to make
informed decisions as citizens of a culturally diverse democratic
society and interdependent world.
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Elementary/Middle Education Supplemental Program Assessment Worksheet
Rev. November 2014
STANDARD 5: PROFESSIONALISM
Not Acceptable
Acceptable
Target
5.1 Candidate is aware of and reflect on practice in light of
research on teaching, professional ethics, and resources available
for professional learning; continually evaluates the effect of
professional decisions and actions on students, families, and other
professionals in the learning community and actively seeks out
opportunities to grow professionally.
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5.2.a Candidate knows the importance of establishing and
maintaining a positive collaborative relationship with families.
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5.2.b Candidate knows how to use this collaboration to promote
the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth of children.
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5.2.c Candidate collaborates with colleagues and agencies in the
larger community to support K-6 students' learning and well-being.
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Comments:
Elementary/Middle Education Supplemental Program Assessment Worksheet
Rev. November 2014