Monitors Progress towards Goals Understands methods and strategies for monitoring student development growth and academic progress, including the use of assessment strategies, success criteria, rubrics, scoring guides, performance analysis, etc
Domain: Instructional Designer
Priority: Develops Research-Based Instruction Understands research-based lesson planning models and practices, including the use of theories and models of development and learning.
Uses Data to Make Decisions Explores ways to identify and use demographic and/or biographical data to meet individual learning needs of students.
Aligns Instruction to Goals, Curriculum, & Assessment Aligns: (a) lesson plans to learning theory and best practice; (b) objectives and activities to district curriculum and/or state standards; and (c) learning to real-world references to meet student needs.
Priority: Plans Student Progress Monitoring Understands how to use formal and informal assessment strategies and documentation structures to facilitate teacher and student monitoring of progress towards learning goals.
Priority: Differentiates to Meet Unique Student Needs Designs lessons to meet unique needs by intentionally varying one or more of the following: (a) content; (b) process; (c) product; and/or (d) environment.
Domain: Facilitator of Thinking & Learning
Engages Students in Content Defines student engagement and understands engaging qualities of work, higher-level thinking, and high-yield instructional strategies.
Sets Growth Goals Selects a growth goal based on the Missouri Teacher Standards/Growth Guides and/or MTDS Competency Progressions.
Priority: Engages in On-Going Reflective Practice Reflects on practice, focusing on: (a) the effectiveness of a lesson based on student learning and engagement; and (b) the impact of personal bias on student learning.