NOVEMBER 6, 2012 Wilkes County Schools- K12 PE Staff Development Successfully Understanding Your Performance Expectation
Nov 22, 2014
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Wilkes County Schools- K12 PE Staff Development
Successfully Understanding Your Performance Expectation
NC TEACHER EVALUATION KEY CONCEPTS:
During your post conference, one of the goals is for you to self-reflect.
You should walk away with the feeling that you can do this. You should know the expectation. If not, you should ask.
You should walk away with several concepts that you need to focus on. How could you have made this lesson better?
You should not be keeping piles of documentation, however, should be able to justify your performance.
CONT.
So what does it mean to be developing, proficient, accomplished, or distinguished?
Let’s look closer at each at the key words of each standard and focus on “proficient”
STANDARD 1A
Keywords: Teachers lead in the classroom: taking responsibility, preparing students for life after school, communicating your vision to the students, using data and various types of assessments to evaluate progress, establishing a safe and orderly classroom
Standard 1A (Examples):- What actions can you show that you treat students just like they were your own in helping them prepare for the future? (What evidence can you show that you have bent over backwards to assist your students?) Tutoring on your own, student conferences, sending home grade reports frequently, parent contacts, conversations with other teachers, Students should be highly engaged with the
teacher being the facilitator. You should have evidence of data collection that
reflects: daily, unit, benchmark, and summative assessments. Formative assessment should be a regular practice.
STANDARD 1A
Preparation and planning should be a focus. Your plans should be differentiated and address all student needs. Should include: global awareness, 21st century skills, literacy, technology, etc.
Students should know your expectations, procedures should be in place, strategies should be in place to manage the class, orderly, etc.
STANDARD 1B
Keywords: teachers working collaboratively, PLC’s, analyzing all data sources, providing input about the school budget and staff development, input on hiring decisions.
1B indicators (examples): Working and getting along with other teachers Serving on a variety of school based teams
and committee’s such as your school SIT team or leadership team, athletic task force, etc.
STANDARD 1B
Assisting in the hiring of new teachers (Ask to be a part of this process)
Mentoring new teachers Participating in PLC’s or creating your
own among your PE department Know your school improvement plan
and know how you can contribute to achieving those goals
STANDARD 1B
Getting along with others, being a team player
Completing task asked by your principal that contributes to the vision of the school
Writing or implementing grants Seeking community partnerships to
achieve school goals
STANDARD 1C
Keywords: Striving to improve the teaching profession, contribute to positive working conditions, promoting professional growth.
1C indicators (examples): Maintaining a positive attitude. “Maintains”
does not mean just part of the time Embracing change Embracing staff development opportunities Belonging to professional organizations
STANDARD 1D
Keywords: Advocate for positive change in policies and practices that affect student learning, implementing these practices.
Standard 1D (examples) Keeping up with current educational
trends and research Leading other teachers in these ideas Always looking for ways to improve your
teaching
STANDARD 1E
Keywords: ethical principals of honesty, integrity, fair treatment, and respect to others.
Standard 1E (Examples) Understanding the Code of Ethics for
North Carolina educators Demonstrating this behavior
REFLECTION
Take 5 minutes at your table to reflect on what we have just discussed.
Standard 1, “Where would you rate this teacher activity?”
STANDARD 2A
Keywords: positive, nurturing environment, building relationships with students. Inviting, respectful, supportive, classroom.
Standard 2A (Examples): You “know” all your students and are
able to make a connection with your students
Positive relationships with your students
Inviting classroom, clean/organized classroom
STANDARD 2B
Keywords: demonstrate that you know the cultures in your classroom and their history, materials and activities contribute to different cultures
Standard 2B (Examples): Creating a classroom that promotes
diversity Creating a classroom where others
respect those that disagree
STANDARD 2C
Keywords: “Maintain” high expectations that includes graduating from high school, value contributions of students
Standard 2C (Examples): Not holds, but communicates high expectations, provides support for those expectations.
STANDARD 2D
Keywords: Adapting your teaching for students with special needs, collaborating with support specialist. Every student has needs. You are not just focusing on EC students with this standard.
Standard 2D (Examples): “Specialist” is anyone that helps a teacher better understand the needs of their students
- Using researched based practices to meet the needs of your students (May need to seek assistance in this area)
STANDARD 2E
Keywords: Working collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of students.
Standard 2E (Examples): Here you are not just responding to phone calls and other ways of communication, but you are leading the communication with the home and other resource opportunities.
REFLECTION
Take 5 minutes at your table to reflect on what we have just discussed.
Standard 2, “Where would you rate this teacher activity?”
STANDARD 3A-3D
Keywords: Investigate content standards, rigorous curriculum, relevant instruction, literacy skills, knowing your subject beyond the required content, vertical alignment, and 21st Century skills.
Standard 3A (Examples): Aligned instruction with the NCSCS Knowing what comes before and after
your curriculum
STANDARD 3A-3D
Making the content relevant: Are students working in groups? Problem solving?
Properly prepared with a differentiated lesson plan
Understanding how to make connections between the students and the content. (You want to inspire them to investigate the content outside class on their own)
REFLECTION
Take 5 minutes at your table to reflect on what we have just discussed.
Standard 3, “Where would you rate this teacher activity?”
STANDARD 4A
Keywords: You know how students think and learn, understanding the things that influence student learning, and differentiate instruction accordingly.
Standard 4A (Examples): Teacher is constantly learning about new educational
research. (How are you doing that now?) Teachers have personal relationships with students so
that they know how factors outside school affect their learning
Reflecting daily on your lessons. What resources will I include to help meet the needs of students who did not master the objective taught?
STANDARD 4B
Keywords: Collaboration with colleagues to create short and long-term plans. Understands that plans must be consistently monitored and adjusted for student learning.
Standard 4B (Examples) Detailed lesson plans Creating unit plans that have: learning
targets, criteria for success Uses formal assessment strategies to adjust
instruction.
STANDARD 4C
Keywords: Choosing the most appropriate resources and methods to facilitate the instruction.
Standard 4C (Examples): Consistently mixing up the instruction You should be able to tell the observer
why are doing a certain activity and why you are using certain resources. How did you select those resources?
STANDARD 4D
Keywords: Uses technology to maximize student learning
Standard 4D (Examples) How can technology be used to maximize student
learning to: Learn content? Think creatively? Solve problems? Use information? Communicate? Collaborate?
STANDARD 4E
Keywords: Encouraging students to ask questions, be creative thinkers, think critically, process knowledge, and draw conclusions.
Standard 4E (Examples): Lesson plans need to reflect the
Revised Blooms Taxonomy. (Don’t get stuck doing what you have always done. Evaluate your lesson plans.
STANDARD 4F
Keywords: The teaching of the importance of cooperation and collaboration.
Standard 4F (Examples): Organizing students for a “purpose” in
the classroom Helping students develop cooperation,
collaboration, and student leadership skills? (This cannot happen if students don’t have the opportunity)
STANDARD 4G
Keywords: Effective communication Standard 4G (Examples): Proper notification to students and parents of
performance, expectations, events, deadlines, etc.
Make sure to proof read documents before sending home
Students should be able to talk and share ideas/reflect. Planned in the lesson.
Student presentations should be a must
STANDARD 4H
Keywords: Using assessment to determine growth and evaluation. Assessing 21st century skills.
Standard 4H (Examples): Using formative assessment daily Determining places in your unit plans where you
are going to give benchmark assessments Providing evidence in lesson plans that the data
has been collected and that you are making adjustments to instruction. Data is driving instruction.
REFLECTION
Take 5 minutes at your table to reflect on what we have just discussed.
Standard 4, “Where would you rate this teacher activity?”
STANDARD 5A-5C
Keywords: Systematic thinking about learning, professional development, understanding that change is constant, considering new ways to be a better teacher.
Standard 5A-5C (Examples) Evidence that you are reflecting Actively participating in professional development
(Will always gain nuggets of information) When faced with a learning situation, you
investigate what the research says.
REFLECTION
Take 5 minutes at your table to reflect on what we have just discussed.
Standard 5, “Where would you rate this teacher activity?”