The teacher communicates high standards and expectations throughout instruction by clearly outlining learning objectives, building on prior knowledge, using engaging instructional strategies, providing regular feedback, and accurately evaluating student learning. Examples are provided of introducing lessons, using a balanced approach including group work, giving feedback on essays, and tracking student progress in Power Teacher.

1. STANDARD B: DELIVERS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION
Indicators Evidence
1. Communicates high standards and expectations As part of an introduction
when beginning the lesson. to a lesson, I reference
Makes learning objectives clear to students.
Communicates clearly in writing and speaking.
objectives from prior
Uses engaging ways to begin a new unit of study lessons and relate them to
or lesson. what the students will be
Builds on students’ prior knowledge and learning that day. An
experience. example given below shows
an assignment in which
students had to
incorporate four different
literary terms they had
already learned, within
their own original poems.
Below is a poem created by
a student.
Literary terms Original
Poem
2. Communicates high standards and expectations when I balance my lessons with a
carrying out the lesson. variety of instructional
Uses a balanced approach to teaching skills and strategies. My lesson
concepts of elementary reading and writing. structure begins with a
Employs a variety of content-based and content-
teacher-centered activity
oriented teaching techniques from more teacher-
directed strategies such as direct instruction,
followed by a student-
practice, and Socratic dialogue, to less teacher- centered activity. Some
directed approaches such as discussion, problem examples of student centered
solving, cooperative learning, and research activities I use are group
projects (among others). work, partner work, student
Demonstrates an adequate knowledge of and approach presentations, reading
to the academic content of lessons. aloud, lap top time, and
Employs a variety of reading and writing strategies class discussions. The
for addressing learning objectives. example given below is group
Uses questioning to stimulate thinking and work to help prepare the
encourages all students to respond.
Uses instructional technology appropriately.
students for a test.
Employs appropriate sheltered English or subject
matter strategies for English learners.
Tears of a Tiger reading
Huckleberry Finn Groups
Video
3. Communicates high standards and expectations Below is an example of how
when extending and completing the lesson. I provide feedback on

2. Assigns homework or practice that furthers student student work. To help
learning and checks it. students complete their
Provides regular and frequent feedback to students
on their progress.
work, I tell them that I
Provides many and varied opportunities for students am available after school
to achieve competence. for help, and also give my
email address if ever they
are confused and need help
on homework.
Marlowe Essay p.1
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4. Communicates high standards and expectations Throughout my units I give
when evaluating student learning. informal and formal
Accurately measures student achievement of, and
progress toward, the learning objectives with a
assessments to observe the
variety of formal and informal assessments, and progression of each
uses results to plan further instruction. student. The results of
Translates evaluations of student work into records these assessments help me
that accurately convey the level of student to determine my lesson
achievement to students, parents or guardians,
and school personnel.
plans within the next
couple of days. I have
also been trained to use
Power Teacher to record
the grades of each
student. One of the
hyperlinks below is an
example of a student
learning how to find
quotes for a character
trait essay.
Power Teacher 1
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Characterization Packet
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