1. TAP RUBRIC & THE BIG 6
INDICATORS FOR TECH
TEACHUnderstanding Indicators and Analyzing
2. TEA Standards for
PPR
¨ Domain 12:Enhances professional knowledge
and skills by effectively interacting with other
members of the educational community and
participating in various types of professional
activities
Understands and uses PD resources to
enhance knowledge, pedagogical skills
and technical expertise
As you can see the state of Texas requires that Texas
Tech University prepares you as a professional.The use of
the TAP rubric helps our teacher candidates to further
their pedagogical skills and technical expertise.
4. Designing
and
Planning
Instruction
Learning
Environme
nt
Instructi
on
Responsibiliti
es
•
Instruction
al Plans• Student
Work
• Assessment
• Managing
Student
Behavior• Expectations
• Environment
• Respectful
Culture
• Standards
&
Objectives• Motivating
Students•
PresentingInstructional
Content• Lesson
Structure &Pacin
g• Activities &
Materials
• Questioning• Academic
Feedback
• Grouping
Students
• Teacher
Content
Knowledge
• Teacher
• Staff
Development
•
Instruction
al
Supervisio
n
• School
Responsibiliti
es Reflecting
on Teaching
Adapted from The Teacher Advancement
Program
6. What is the TAP
TAP Indicators
¨ Rubric of instructional behaviors
¨ Associated with higher student achievement
¨ A little about the rubric – in the middle is where
you want to be
Indicator vs. Descriptor
Indicators are the 6 categories on the left
side, descriptors are the bullets under the
categories: exemplary, proficient and
unsatisfactory.
7. Remember! In the middle is
where you want to be! A score
of proficient
(3) is Rock Solid!
8. How is TAP used in Tech Teach
¨ Relevance of the curriculum
¨ A&E assignments (every semester)
¨ Instructors model (or should)
¨ Instructors’ development
¨ Performance Assessments during student
teaching
10. Academic Feedback:
• In EDLL 3352, the TAP indicator we target is Academic
Feedback.
• Using the TAP handout, look under the category of 3.
Starting at the descriptor of “Most learning objectives
and state content standards are communicated”,
highlight key words. (see next slide)
• Remember, we are staying in the middle, so for right now,
focus your attention on the 3 category.
11.
12. Feedback focusing on PRAISE…
¨ Good Job!
¨ Great!
¨ Awesome!
¨ Correct
answer.
¨ Yes.
13. Change Praise to Academic
Feedback:
¨ Good Job!
¨ Great!
¨ Awesome!
¨ Correct answer.
¨ Yes.
¨ You try: Change the praise to Academic
Feedback.
14. Academic Feedback
Look at the handout from Blackboard: “Bank
of Statements" to give specific academic
feedback”
• Great job, you correctly told me that Trixie is one of the
characters in Knuffle Bunny.
• Awesome job with your beginning & ending sentences—just like the
circular text structure in the book we read “The Relatives Came.”
• You are right, car does have 3 phonemes.
• That is correct!The reason it was such a perfect answer is that spiny
anteaters and duckbill platypuses do lay eggs.
• Yes! Fish is a fantastic answer because fish do lay eggs.