Accuracy

Effective:  Teacher makes an accurate assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness and the extent to which it achieved its instructional outcomes and can cite general references to support the judgment.

Highly Effective:  Teacher makes a thoughtful and accurate assessment of a lesson’s effectiveness and the extent to which it achieved its instructional outcomes, citing many specific examples from the lesson and weighing the relative strengths of each.

Use in future teaching

Effective:  Teacher makes a few specific suggestions of what could be tried another time the lesson is taught.

Highly Effective:  Drawing on an extensive repertoire of skills, teacher offers specific alternative actions, complete with the probable success of different courses of action.

Student completion of assignments

Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments is fully effective.

Highly Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student completion of assignments is fully effective. Students participate in maintaining the records.

Student progress in learning

Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student progress in learning is fully effective.

Highly Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on student progress in learning is fully effective. Students contribute information and participate in interpreting the records.

Non-instructional records

Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on non-instructional activities is fully effective.

Highly Effective: Teacher’s system for maintaining information on non-instructional activities is highly effective, and students contribute to its maintenance.

Information about the instructional program

Effective: Teacher provides frequent information to families, as appropriate, about the instructional program.

Highly Effective: Teacher provides frequent information to families, as appropriate, about the instructional program. Students participate in preparing materials for their families.

Information about individual students

Effective: Teacher communicates with families about students’ progress on a regular basis, respecting cultural norms, and is available as needed to respond to family concerns.

Highly Effective: Teacher provides information to families frequently on student progress, with students contributing to the design of the system. Response to family concerns is handled with great professional and cultural sensitivity.

Engagement of families in the instructional program

Effective: Teacher’s efforts to engage families in the instructional program are frequent and successful.

Highly Effective: Teacher’s efforts to engage families in the instructional program are frequent and successful. Students contribute ideas for projects that could be enhanced by family participation.

Relationships with colleagues

Effective:  Relationships with colleagues are characterized by mutual support and cooperation.

Highly Effective:  Relationships with colleagues are characterized by mutual support and cooperation. Teacher takes initiative in assuming leadership among the faculty.

Involvement in a culture of professional inquiry

Effective:  Teacher actively participates in a culture of professional inquiry.

Highly Effective:  Teacher takes a leadership role in promoting a culture of professional inquiry.

Service to the school

Effective:  Teacher volunteers to participate in school events, making a substantial contribution.

Highly Effective:  Teacher volunteers to participate in school events, making a substantial contribution, and assumes a leadership role in at least one aspect of school life.

Participation in school and district projects

Effective:  Teacher volunteers to participate in school and district projects, making a substantial contribution.

Highly Effective:  Teacher volunteers to participate in school and district projects, making a substantial contribution, and assumes a leadership role in a major school or district project.

Enhancement of content knowledge and pedagogical skill

Effective:  Teacher seeks out opportunities for professional development to enhance content knowledge and pedagogical skill.

Highly Effective:  Teacher seeks out opportunities for professional development and makes a systematic effort to conduct action research.

Receptivity to feedback from colleagues

Effective:  Teacher welcomes feedback from colleagues when made by supervisors or when opportunities arise through professional collaboration.

Highly Effective:  Teacher seeks out feedback on teaching from both supervisors and colleagues.

Service to the profession

Effective:  Teacher participates actively in assisting other educators.

Highly Effective:  Teacher initiates important activities to contribute to the profession.

Integrity and ethical conduct

Effective:  Teacher displays high standards of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality in interactions with colleagues, students, and the public.

Highly Effective:  Teacher can be counted on to hold the highest standards of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality and takes a leadership role with colleagues.

Service to students

Effective:  Teacher is active in serving students.

Highly Effective:  Teacher is highly proactive in serving students, seeking out resources when needed.

Advocacy

 Effective:  Teacher works to ensure that all students receive a fair opportunity to succeed.

Highly Effective:  Teacher makes a concerted effort to challenge negative attitudes or practices to ensure that all students, particularly those traditionally underserved, are honored in the school.

Decision making

Effective:  Teacher maintains an open mind and participates in team or departmental decision making.

Highly Effective:  Teacher takes a leadership role in team or departmental decision making and helps ensure that such decisions are based on the highest professional standards.

Compliance with school and district regulations

Effective:  Teacher complies fully with school and district regulations.

Highly Effective:  Teacher complies fully with school and district regulations, taking a leadership role with colleagues.