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Instructional Improvement Target
Community Building
(T) Posts expectations and ensures they are followed by students
(T) Interacts with at least a 3:1 ratio of interaction
(S) Are on task at least 90 percent of the time or more
(S) Keep disruptions to no more than four per each 10 minutes
Content Planning
(T) Creates and shares unit questions with students effectively
(T) Fully understands the standards for the course being taught
(T) Has created a learning map and shares it with students effectively
(S) Can paraphrase the guiding questions
(S) Can describing the plan for the unit as laid out on the map
(S) Have the questions and map open on their desk before class starts
Instruction
(T) Uses intensive-explicit teaching practices appropriately
(T) Uses constructivist teaching practices appropriately
(T) Uses cooperative learning, stories, effective questions, thinking prompts, challenging assignments, experiential learning, and
other similar practices appropriately
(S) Maintain a pass rate of 95 percent or higher
(S) Enjoy learning in the classroom
Administrator
Resources
(T) = Teacher
(S) = Students
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Assessment for Learning
(T) Uses informal assessments effectively
(T) Knows how each students’ learning is progressing
(S) Understand the learning targets for all learning
(S) Know how their personal learning is progressing
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Community Building
‰ Opportunities to respond: _____/minute
‰ Ratio of interactions: Reinforcing _____: _____ Corrective
‰ Disruptions: _____/minute
‰ Expectations posted: Yes _____ No _____
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Big Four
Observation Tools
‰ Time on task: _____ percent
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Content Planning
‰ Instruction is aligned with state standards.
‰ The day’s lesson is shaped by guiding questions.
‰ The teacher and students refer to a learning map for the unit’s
content.
‰ Percentage of students who have the learning map out when
class starts: _____ percent.
‰ The learning map and guiding questions are used to provide
an advance organizer for the day’s lesson.
‰ A review of the critical content and student thinking occurs at
the end of the class.
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Instruction
‰ Constructivist instruction is used appropriately.
‰ Questions are appropriate for the learning occurring.
‰ Instruction includes a variety of appropriate teaching practices:
† Stories
† Thinking prompts
† Cooperative learning
† Experiential learning
‰ Student assignments are optimally challenging.
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Observation Tools
‰ Direct instruction is used appropriately.
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Assessment for Learning
‰ The teacher clearly describes the lesson’s learning target.
‰ The teacher effectively checks for understanding.
‰ The teacher can precisely describe how well all students are
learning.
‰ Students can precisely describe how well they are learning.
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