Assignment+II+B

Assessment II B Roma Soni

Informal Classroom Observations Teacher: Martha Flannery School: American International School - Riyadh   Grade Level(s): 8 Subject(s) :  Science Observer:  Roma Soni  Date ** || ** Topic, Concept, Setting ** || Students seated in their assigned seats, listening to the teacher's introduction of the lesson and the safety precautions to be kept in mind during the laboratory experiment. Students then moved onto group work. || Students initially seated in their assigned seats, carefully listening to the teachers instructions on the 'steps' to their research, experiment and the procedure to be followed before closure of the lesson. Students then moved on to group work. || Students sitting in their assigned groups with laptops, initially planning and then proceeding with their planned laboratory experiments to be conducted for the NESA Virtual Science Fair. Students then moved onto group work. ||   Informal Classroom Observations —//Continued// **Domain 1: Planning and Preparation**  || ** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s plans and practice display little knowledge of the content, prerequisite relationships between different aspects of the content, or the instructional practices specific to that discipline. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s plans and practice reflect some awareness of the important concepts in the discipline, prerequisite relationships between them, and the instructional practices specific to that discipline. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s plans and practice reflect solid knowledge of the content, prerequisite relationships between important concepts, and the instructional practices specific to that discipline. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s plans and practice reflect extensive knowledge of the content and the structure of the discipline. The teacher actively builds on knowledge of prerequisites and misconceptions when describing instruction or seeking causes for student misunderstanding. || //Date: 2/22/09 – OBSERVATION - The teacher explained to the students, in proper, sequenced clear steps, the use of safety procedures and materials, in case of an emergency, during a Science laboratory experiment. ('This is a first aid box…In case of a fire….")// //Date: 2/23/09 – OBSERVATION - The teacher clarified all student misconceptions and doubts, as they asked questions to understand the events involved in the Science explorations they were going to proceed with.// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher demonstrates little or no knowledge of students’ backgrounds, cultures, skills, language proficiency, interests, and special needs, and does not seek such understanding. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher indicates the importance of understanding students’ backgrounds, cultures, skills, language proficiency, interests, and special needs, and attains this knowledge for the class as a whole. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher actively seeks knowledge of students’ backgrounds, cultures, skills, language proficiency, interests, and special needs, and attains this knowledge for groups of students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher actively seeks knowledge of students’ backgrounds, cultures, skills, language proficiency, interests, and special needs from a variety of sources, and attains this knowledge for individual students. || //Date: 2/22/09 – OBSERVATION - After introducing the class to the lesson, the teacher moves on to passing on some specific instructions to certain students, understanding their level of proficiency and their special requirements for the lesson. ("Nigel…….with this group")// //Date: 2/23/09 -// // Date: // <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> Informal Classroom Observations <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif';">—//Continued// <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';">**Domain 2: The Classroom Environment** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom interactions, both between the teacher and students and among students, are negative, inappropriate, or insensitive to students’ cultural backgrounds and are characterized by sarcasm, put-downs, or conflict. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom interactions, both between the teacher and students and among students, are generally appropriate and free from conflict, but may be characterized by occasional displays of insensitivity or lack of responsiveness to cultural or developmental differences among students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom interactions, both between the teacher and students and among students, are polite and respectful, reflecting general warmth and caring, and are appropriate to the cultural and developmental differences among groups of students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom interactions among the teacher and individual students are highly respectful, reflecting genuine warmth and caring and sensitivity to students’ cultures and levels of development. Students themselves ensure high levels of civility among members of the class. || //Date: 2/22/09 – OBSERVATION - The students listened to the teacher's safety instructions with care and respect and without any interruption or distractions.// //Date: 2/23/09 – OBSERVATION - The students were listening very attentively to the teacher's procedural guidelines with respect to the research to be conducted.// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The classroom environment conveys a negative culture for learning, characterized by low teacher commitment to the subject, low expectations for student achievement, and little or no student pride in work. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s attempt to create a culture for learning is partially successful, with little teacher commitment to the subject, modest expectations for student achievement, and little student pride in work. Both teacher and students appear to be only “going through the motions.” || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The classroom culture is characterized by high expectations for most students and genuine commitment to the subject by both teacher and students, with students demonstrating pride in their work. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">High levels of student energy and teacher passion for the subject create a culture of learning in which everyone shares a belief in the importance of the subject and all students hold themselves to high standards of performance—for example, by initiating improvements to their work. || //Date: 2/22/09 – ARTIFACT - The students enthusiastically followed the teacher as she moved towards the safety equipment to demonstrate its usage if required.// //Date: 2/23/09 – OBSERVATION - The students moved quickly, grabbed their laptops and formed groups to conduct their research to firm up their experiment for the Nesa Virtual Science fair. They exhibited a passion for the subject and a culture of learning.// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> Informal Classroom Observations <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt';">—//Continued//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">**
 * 2/22/09 || Grade 8 Science room MS – 15 students 8th grade.
 * 2/23/09 || Grade 8 Science room MS – 14 students 8th grade.
 * 2/23/09 || Grade 8 Science room MS – 14 students 8th grade.
 * 2/25/09 || Met with Marty to discuss observation process using the various domains, components and their descriptors. We also practiced asking probing questions and paraphrasing before getting down to writing our reflective pieces. ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 1a **
 * Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 1b **
 * Demonstrating Knowledge of Students **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 2a **
 * Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 2b **
 * Establishing a Culture for Learning **
 * //Evidence//

<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom routines and procedures for transitions, handling of supplies, and performance of noninstructional duties are either nonexistent or inefficient, resulting in the loss of much instructional time. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom routines and procedures for transitions, handling of supplies, and performance of noninstructional duties have been established but function unevenly or inconsistently, with some loss of instructional time. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom routines and procedures for transitions, handling of supplies, and performance of noninstructional duties have been established and function smoothly, with little loss of instructional time. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Classroom routines and procedures for transitions, handling of supplies, and performance of noninstructional duties are seamless in their operation, with students assuming considerable responsibility for their smooth functioning. || //Date: 2/22/09 –ARTIFACT - The teacher discussed classroom routine and essential procedures at the start of the lesson to help students function smoothly and confidently. ("Here is the fire extinguisher….if need be grab the blanket, pull it out and throw it on the person")// //Date: 2/23/09 –OBSERVATION - The teacher reiterated the procedure for closure to the class, as a reminder for smooth shutting down, before moving on to their next break. ("Use the keys and at 9 am we move to the 'spooky room' for materials.")// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">There is no evidence that standards of conduct have been established and little or no teacher monitoring of student behavior. Response to student misbehavior is repressive or disrespectful of student dignity. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">It appears that the teacher has made an effort to establish standards of conduct for students and tries to monitor student behavior and respond to student misbehavior, but these efforts are not always successful. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Standards of conduct appear to be clear to students, and the teacher monitors student behavior against those standards. The teacher’s response to student misbehavior is appropriate and respectful to students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Standards of conduct are clear, with evidence of student participation in setting them. The teacher’s monitoring of student behavior is subtle and preventive, and the teacher’s response to student misbehavior is sensitive to individual student needs. Students take an active role in monitoring the standards of behavior. || //Date: 2/22/09 – OBSERVATION – Teacher signaled students that interrupted her instructional conversation, with her hand to stop talking.// //Date: 2/23/09 – OBSERVATION - Teacher gave clear instructions and reminders on clean up before dismissal, monitoring their standards of behavior. ("Please move all material from the counter for other groups to work on.")// // Date: // <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt;"> Informal Classroom Observations <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt';">—//Continued// <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher makes poor use of the physical environment, resulting in unsafe or inaccessible conditions for some students or a significant mismatch between the physical arrangement and the lesson activities. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The classroom is safe, and essential learning is accessible to most students, but the physical arrangement only partially supports the learning activities. The teacher’s use of physical resources, including computer technology, is moderately effective. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The classroom is safe, and learning is accessible to all students; the teacher ensures that the physical arrangement supports the learning activities. The teacher makes effective use of physical resources, including computer technology. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The classroom is safe, and the physical environment ensures the learning of all students, including those with special needs. Students contribute to the use or adaptation of the physical environment to advance learning. Technology is used skillfully, as appropriate to the lesson. || //Date: 2/22/09 –OBSERVATION- The teacher conducted a demonstration of the safety equipment and its usage at the time of need and students vocally confirmed understanding it.// //Date: 2/23/09 –ARTIFACT - The students after receiving instructions from the teacher, picked up their laptops from the cart and moved over to the lab area to research.// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">**Domain 3: Instruction** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s oral and written communication contains errors or is unclear or inappropriate to students’ cultures or levels of development. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s oral and written communication contains no errors but may not be completely appropriate to students’ cultures or levels of development. It may require further elaboration to avoid confusion. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher communicates clearly and accurately to students, both orally and in writing. Communications are appropriate to students’ cultures and levels of development. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s oral and written communication is clear and expressive, appropriate to students’ cultures and levels of development. It also anticipates possible student misconceptions. || //Date:// //Date:// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> Informal Classroom Observations <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt';">—//Continued// <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher makes poor use of questioning and discussion techniques, with low-level or inappropriate questions, limited student participation, and little true discussion. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’s use of questioning and discussion techniques is uneven, with some high-level questions, attempts at true discussion, and moderate student participation. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher’ use of questioning and discussion techniques reflects high-level questions, true discussion, and participation by all students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Questions reflect high expectations and are culturally and developmentally appropriate. Students formulate many of the high-level questions and assume the responsibility for the participation of all students in the discussion. || //Date:// //Date:// // Date: // <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Students are not at all intellectually engaged in learning, as a result of groupings, activities, or materials inappropriate to their cultures or levels of understanding, poor representations of content, or lack of lesson structure. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Students are intellectually engaged only partially in significant learning, as a result of groupings, activities, or materials culturally or developmentally appropriate to only some students, or uneven lesson structure or pacing. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Students are intellectually engaged throughout the lesson in significant learning, with appropriate groupings, activities, and materials, instructive presentations of content, and suitable lesson structure and pacing. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Students, throughout the lesson, are highly intellectually engaged in significant learning and make material contributions to the representation of content, the groupings, the activities, and the materials. The lesson is adapted as necessary to the needs of individuals, and the structure and pacing allow for student reflection and closure. || //Date:// //Date:// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> Informal Classroom Observations <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt','sans-serif'; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'HelveticaNeueLT Std Lt';">—//Continued//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 2c **
 * Managing Classroom Procedures **
 * //Evidence://
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** ||
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 2d **
 * Managing Student Behavior **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 2e **
 * Organizing Physical Space **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 3a **
 * Communicating with Students **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 3b **
 * Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 3c **
 * Engaging Students in Learning **
 * //Evidence//

<span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Assessment is not used in instruction, either through monitoring of progress by the teacher or students, or through feedback to students; students are unaware of the assessment criteria used to evaluate their work. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Assessment is occasionally used in instruction, through some monitoring of progress of learning by teacher and/or students. Feedback to students is uneven, and students are aware of only some of the assessment criteria used to evaluate their work. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Assessment is regularly used in instruction, through self-assessment by students, monitoring of progress of learning by teacher and/or students, and high-quality feedback to students. Students are fully aware of the assessment criteria used to evaluate their work. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">Assessment is used in a sophisticated manner in instruction, through student involvement in establishing the assessment criteria, self-assessment by students and monitoring of progress by both students and teachers, and high-quality feedback to students from a variety of sources. || //Date:// //Date:// // Date: // || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Unsatisfactory ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Basic ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Proficient ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Distinguished ** <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher adheres to the instruction plan in spite of evidence of poor student understanding or of students’ lack of interest, and fails to respond to student questions; the teacher assumes no responsibility for students’ failure to understand. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher demonstrates moderate flexibility and responsiveness to student questions, needs, and interests during a lesson, and seeks to ensure the success of all students. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher ensures the successful learning of all students, making adjustments as needed to instruction plans and responding to student questions, needs, and interests. || <span style="font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">The teacher is highly responsive to individual students’ needs, interests, and questions, making even major lesson adjustments as necessary to meet instructional goals, and persists in ensuring the success of all students. || //Date:// //Date:// // Date: // <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Gill Sans Std','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std';"> || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 3d **
 * Using Assessment in Instruction **
 * //Evidence//
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Gill Sans Std'; msobidifontsize: 9.0pt;">** Component **
 * <span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Gill Sans Std'; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">** 3e **
 * Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness **
 * //Evidence//

<span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);"> <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Reflect on your ability to connect your classroom observations to the framework for teaching. How useful was the Informal Observation tool? What was the most challenging aspect of the observation process? Because teaching is so complex, I realized that it is helpful to have a road map through the territory, structured around a shared understanding of teaching. As a teacher, I am concerned with day-to-day survival; in spite of having years of experience, I want to improve my effectiveness and help my colleagues do so as well. I want to move toward advanced certification and serve as a resource to myself as well as my colleagues. The components of professional practice are a comprehensive framework reflecting the many different aspects of teaching. The framework for teaching helped me look at the 'inputs' or 'what the teacher does' (with measureable evidence) and the 'outputs' or 'what the teacher accomplishes'? To me, the intellectual and emotional demands of teaching and the many, sometimes competing, aspects of the job can sometimes keep me away from this. This framework for professional practice could be used by me for a wide range of purposes, from meeting needs to enhancing skills. Although the components are distinct, they are, of course, related to one another. My planning and preparation affect instruction, and all these are affected by the reflection on practice that accompanies a unit and lesson. In addition, many features of teaching, such as the appropriate use of technology or a concern for equity, do not each constitute a single component but rather apply to them all. The framework for teaching offered me a structure to assess a teacher's and my own practice and to organize improvement efforts. The 'Informal Observation tool' gave me a structured opportunity to discuss teaching with a colleague, in a concrete and a research-based setting. Such opportunities are indeed rare in our school. The tool used in the beginning of the year by administration is now out dated and could well be replaced by this, very comprehensive one. Time always being a huge constraint, was our biggest challenge. This task brought us together and helped us undergo this experience. As a result of this 'peer observations' experience, I have been able to focus more on my own teaching. I feel that I have become even more thoughtful in my teaching and more concerned that my instructional activities fulfill my goals. I personally felt that the tool is very effective also because the 'informal setting' with a colleague helped share understanding due to a sufficient level of 'trust'. It helped me learn to recognize the various components in different contexts, and as a consequence, reflect deeply on my own practice. This reflection, conducted in a professional and supportive environment and in the service of another purpose (becoming a mentor or certified assessor), is an enriching experience. <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Comment on the alignment of the topics for conversation listed in Table 4.1 (P.3). To what extent did they help frame general impressions on the observation process with specific components of the framework?  What is extremely important is that the evaluation process is like a tool to help us grow. Placed within such a growth orientated and fair framework, the experience becomes non-threatening and beneficial for all parties, especially students. By making a short visit during a class, as a Peer Observer I could gain a sense of the context, content, and conditions in which the Teacher practices. Likewise, the Teacher could get a sense of “where the observer in my class is coming from.” The goal was to create the possibility of a warm collaboration based upon mutual understanding as a means to the end. Since disciplines and contexts for teaching are diverse, the assumptions one develops in one’s own teaching and discipline may not apply in another faculty member’s domain. The questions I had in mind were, · What are the goals for this course? · What are the learning objectives of the specific class you have selected? · What teaching strategies are you using for this? · What aspects of this session (the classroom environment or instruction) would you like me, the observer to pay particular attention to? These seemed to ally well with the ones in table 4.1 (P.3), which can be used as the basis of an observation. Though very honestly, I was concentrating more on domains 2 and 3, as was agreed by my colleague and me. <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Describe your experience in using the conversation skills during your pre and post-observation conversations about the lesson(s) <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Establishing rapport <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Using positive presuppositions <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Inviting and sustaining thinking <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Probing <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145); font-family: Symbol;">· <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Paraphrasing To what extent were you able to guide reflection in your post observation conversation so that the teacher was doing most of the talking? To what extent were you able to avoid being an evaluator? To what extent did you succeed in being a coach? With a framework of professional practice in hand, however, my stance was about engaging in exploration, not criticism. We were unraveling a mystery together, not monitoring each other. The observed lesson was like a shared resource; both the teacher and I wanted to take away something of value from it. We wanted to look for, describe and assess the practice and its results, not our competence. Our conversations were about where to focus improvement efforts within the context of shared definitions and values. These conversations focused on means, not ends, and they were conducted in an environment of professional respect. This helped me develop a profound appreciation for the power of structured conversation to help enrich my professional competencies. I tried to provide constructive feedback that was descriptive, rather than evaluative (no discussions until the teacher initiated it); I was specific and concrete, rather than general; focused on behavior, rather than on the person (things that were worth changing); was directed toward behavior that the receiver could do something about; emphasized on strengths and sharing information, rather than giving advice; came in amounts that my colleague could use, rather than everything that could possibly be said and was checked to insure clear communication. The basic human interaction skills of attending, listening, responding and acknowledging were an important part of the conversation. Structured conversation helped us have a respectful, in-depth, insightful conversation about teaching and learning. We had a passionate discussion which was beneficial as the tone was collegial. When giving challenging feedback that may be evaluative in nature, I thought it was best to express it with some qualification, or in the form of a question, e.g., "I wonder if . . ." or "What do you think about . . . " rather than "I think you should . . . " or "Here's how I would have done it."
 * Informal Classroom Observation**
 * <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Guided Reflection – Observe a Colleague **
 * <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">1. ****<span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">The Observation Process **
 * <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">2. ****<span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Topics for Conversation **
 * <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">3. ****<span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">Conversation skills **

Pre observation conference professional conversation helped us teachers evaluate ourselves which helped us plan and learn. The sufficient level of trust involved, as colleagues, in the post-observation conversations helped admit the benefits for continual learning.

I felt that I could provide my colleague with a neutral, non-threatening perspective on her teaching and maybe help her and myself reflect on whether, where and how to make changes. <span style="color: rgb(54,95,145);">4. Your own learning In what ways did the process of observing your colleague generate reflection on aspects of your own teaching? Observation of Teaching allowed me to:
 * Receive feedback from an objective, experienced observer on classroom teaching issues such as classroom dynamics, behavior management, class pace, explanatory techniques, and use of visuals. My observer was very well organized with her classroom seating, her explanations and managing student behavior.
 * Gain additional perspective on other data collected on the colleague's teaching. I was totally inspired by the calming effect she had on students.
 * Gain insights into my own teaching by observing a colleague’s teaching practices (peer observation). Various actions of hers helped me determine what I should do in similar situations.
 * Engage in context specific discussions about teaching with a colleague (peer observation or observation by a departmental supervisor) She just went on appreciating what I had done in class, even thought I thought the lesson could have been smoother.
 * Enhanced my teaching practice, morale, confidence and subject knowledge. I was inspired by her calmly helping student transition from one activity to another
 * Prepared me for future increased responsibility and my career ahead. I noticed how easily she balanced between her job as a teacher and her class activities with me, thus motivating me to do the same.
 * Promoted willingness in me to continue professional learning and to make effective changes in practice, like differentiating even more to reach out to the low achievers.