Knowledge of Students and the Learning Environment

TASK 1 Rubric Step 1: Knowledge of Students (Includes 1.1.1 and 1.1.2)

Textbox 1.1.1: Community, District, and School Contextual Factors that Influence Instruction Score of 1
The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen community factor. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen district factor. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen school factor.

Score of 2
The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen community factor. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen district factor. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen school factor.

Score of 3
The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen community factor. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen district factor. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen school factor.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen community factor. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen district factor. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen school factor.

Textbox 1.1.2: Classroom Demographics and Knowledge of Students Score of 1

The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen classroom demographics factor.

Score of 2
The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen classroom demographics factor.

Score of 3
The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen classroom demographics factor.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen classroom demographics factor.

The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen knowledge of students factor.

The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen knowledge of students factor.

The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen knowledge of students factor.

The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between an appropriate instructional strategy and learning activity and the chosen knowledge of students factor.

Step 2: Resources and Procedures (Includes 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, and 1.2.4) Textbox 1.2.1: Available Resources to Enhance Student Learning Score of 1
The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of the ability to use identified resources in the classroom to support student learning. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of the ability to connect resources with a particular student characteristic to enhance student learning.

Score of 2
The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of the ability to use identified resources in the classroom to support student learning. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of the ability to connect resources with a particular student characteristic to enhance student learning.

Score of 3
The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of the ability to use identified resources in the classroom to support student learning. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of the ability to connect resources with a particular student characteristic to enhance student learning.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of the ability to use identified resources in the classroom to support student learning. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of the ability to connect resources with a particular student characteristic to enhance student learning.

Textbox 1.2.2: Student Interest Inventory Score of 1

The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between the information from the students interest inventories and an instructional decision. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of a connection between a students interest inventory and the promotion of the students engagement and learning.

Score of 2
The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between the information from the students interest inventories and an instructional decision. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of a connection between a students interest inventory and the promotion of the students engagement and learning.

Score of 3
The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between the information from the students interest inventories and an instructional decision.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between the information from the students interest inventories and an instructional decision. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of a connection between a students interest inventory and the promotion of the students engagement and learning.

The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of a connection between a students interest inventory and the promotion of the students engagement and learning.

Score of 1
The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of how the method of communication addresses the demographic differences in the classroom. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of how the method of communication fosters interactive communication with students and families.

Textbox 1.2.3: Communicating with Students and Families Score of 2 Score of 3

The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of how the method of communication addresses the demographic differences in the classroom. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of how the method of communication fosters interactive communication with students and families. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of how the method of communication addresses the demographic differences in the classroom. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of how the method of communication fosters interactive communication with students and families.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of how the method of communication addresses the demographic differences in the classroom. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of how the method of communication fosters interactive communication with students and families.

Textbox 1.2.4: Rules and Procedures Score of 1

The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of the connection between the classroom rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of the connection between the technology rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides minimal and/or ineffective evidence of the connection between the behavior management rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment.

Score of 2
The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of the connection between the classroom rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of the connection between the technology rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides limited and/or vague evidence of the connection between the behavior management rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment.

Score of 3
The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of the connection between the classroom rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of the connection between the technology rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides complete and clear evidence of the connection between the behavior management rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment.

Score of 4
The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of the connection between the classroom rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of the connection between the technology rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment. The candidate provides thorough and convincing evidence of the connection between the behavior management rule/procedure and instruction, student learning, or the learning environment.

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