Works in a Community of Practice With a mentor: Participates in a community of practice to share evidence of effectiveness and progress towards curricular goals, plan curricular revisions, and discuss meeting student needs.
Priority: Communicates Progress towards Goals Uses tools, such as samples of student work, success criteria, rubrics, performance analysis, evidence of performance, etc. to communicate student progress towards learning goals to students, colleagues, and parents.
Uses Data to Make Decisions With a mentor: Uses performance and demographic and/or biographical data to determine needs of groups of students and plans instruction to meet student needs.
Domain: Facilitator of Thinking & Learning
Facilitates Self-Directed Learning Provides students with: (a) feedback, (b) appropriate goals and strategies, and (c) opportunities to reflect on learning.
Understands & Promotes the Profession Aligns practices to Missouri Teacher Standards/Competencies, professional codes of conduct, and district policies and/or procedures; considers the benefits of professional association membership; develops a personal philosophy of teaching; and gains awareness of region professional educational communities (e.g. RPDCs).
Demonstrates Professional Growth & Development Participates in induction programming aligned to the state's mentor standards and BTAP guidelines and documents activities and professional growth and development (e.g. mentor logs, professional development plan).