1. STANDARD D: PROMOTES EQUITY
Indicators Evidence
1. Encourages all students Some assignments within each
to believe that effort is a class are graded on effort
key to achievement. rather than accuracy.
Students receive 100s for
attempting to complete an
assignment.
Tears of a Tiger Type II
2. Works to promote Students have access to their
achievement by all students grades online, so they can
without exception. see their progress and
understand what needs to be
done in order to get a good
grade. Before having student
presentations, I had
individual conferences with
each student in the class to
make sure they understood
what they were doing and to
make sure they were ready for
their presentation.
Students within my classes have
3. Assesses the significance different backgrounds and
of student differences in circumstances at home that could
home experiences, background alter their performance
academically. Thus, for these
knowledge, learning skills,
students I modify my lessons
learning pace, and according to their needs. For
proficiency in the English example, a student that does not
language for learning the own a computer at home would be
curriculum at hand and uses given time during the school day
professional judgment to to come and do their work on the
determine if instructional school laptops. Another student
adjustments are necessary. who takes medications which in
turn makes her drowsy is given
time to work with me
individually due to the fact
that it is harder for her to pay
attention in class.

2. 4. Helps all students to The unit on Sue Monk Kidd’s
understand American civic The Secret Life of Bees,
culture, its underlying which takes place in the
ideals, founding political 1960s, was preceded by a
principles and political slide show of information on
institutions, and to see the Civil Rights movement.
themselves as members of a One major focus of this slide
local, state, national, and show is the signing of the
international civic Civil Rights Act of 1964.
community.