Domain C - Criteria & Scoring

Domain C - As a scholar Problem Solver, and Partner, Teaches to Accommodate Diverse Student Learning.

C1: Makes learning objectives and instructional procedures clear to students.

  • Guides procedures
  • Explains directions

1.0  Provides students with no information, confusing information, or inaccurate information about learning objectives or instructional procedures.
3.0 Students receive accurate information about learning objectives, provides students with clear, accurate information about instructional procedures or lesson, and most students seem to understand.
5.0 In addition to level 3.0, students seem to understand learning objectives fully, ensures all students, including those who may initially have trouble, understand and can carry out instructional procedures.

C2: Makes content comprehensible to students.

  • Executes lessons effectively

1.0  Content appears to be incomprehensible to students OR lesson contains substantive inaccuracies.
3.0  Content is accurate and appears to be comprehensible to students.
5.0  In addition to level 3.0, lesson as a whole has a logical coherent structure.

C3: Encourages students to extend their thinking.

1.0  Discourages students from thinking independently, creatively, or critically.
3.0  Encourages students to think independently, creatively, or critically in context of content being studied.
5.0  Uses activities or strategies specifically designed to actively encourage students to think independently, creatively or critically about content being taught.

C4: Monitors students' understanding of content through a variety of means, provides feedback to students to assist learning and adjusts instruction as the situation demands.

  • Responds appropriately to individual differences
  • Evaluates effectiveness of instruction.

1.0  Makes no attempt to determine whether students are understanding and gives them no feedback.
3.0  Monitors students' understanding of the content, students receive feedback as necessary.
5.0  Monitors individual students or groups of students understanding of content and makes appropriate instructional adjustments if necessary, students receive substantive and specific feedback, if appropriate.

C5: Uses instructional time effectively.

  • Organizes instruction
  • Establishes routines

1.0 Substantial amounts of instructional time are spent on activities of little instructional value OR pacing of lesson is inappropriate to content and/or students.
3.0  Pacing of lesson is appropriate for most of students, noninstructional procedural matters do not occupy excessive amount of time.
5.0  Provides students with activities of instructional value for entire instructional time and paces them appropriately, and necessary noninstructional procedures are performed efficiently.

 

 

 

        

  

 

 


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