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New Teacher Email Subject Area Grade Level: Revised 4.20.17
New Teacher Email Subject Area Grade Level: Revised 4.20.17
New Teacher Email Subject Area Grade Level: Revised 4.20.17
CSTP Element(s) Focus for POP Cycle (In semesters 2, 3, 4, copy pertinent elements from ILP for POP Cycle focus.)
1 - Emerging 2 - Exploring 3 - Applying 4 - Integrating 5 – Innovating
NT pedagogical skills are newly formed and Skills are developing as NT investigates Skills are applied as NT makes Skills are refined as NT combines elements Skills are polished as NT expands ability to
just coming into prominence and examines pedagogical practices increased relevant and suitable use into a cohesive and unified pedagogical add new methods and strategies into
of pedagogical choices repertoire pedagogical repertoire
CSTP Element Initial Rating Rating Description (Identify both teacher and student rating for CSTP 1 and 2.)
Includes questions in single lessons or a sequence of lessons that
require students to recall, interpret, and think critically.
Promoting critical thinking though
1.5 inquiry, problem solving, and Exploring
Students respond to varied questions or tasks designed to promote
reflection
comprehension and critical thinking in single lessons or a sequence of
lessons.
Strives for a rigorous learning environment that includes accuracy,
understanding, and the importance of meeting targeted learning
goals. Works to maintain high expectations for students while
Creating a rigorous learning becoming aware of achievement patterns for individuals and
environment with high groups of students.
Exploring
2.4 expectations and appropriate
and Applying
support for all students Students engage in a variety of differentiated supports and
challenges in ways that promote their accuracy, analysis, and
problem solving in learning
Gems and Opportunities: Lots of I really felt this lesson was a great
formative assessments- you were Gems and Opportunities: Student virtual lesson that kept my students
giving students lots of opportunities welcomer- helping get other engaged and provided support to all
to show what they know- students ready for class and students throughout the lesson. This
GoFormative, polling, chat, partner directing them to the GoFormative lesson provided many opportunities
work in breakout rooms, Google Warm Up Question. Lots of mics for students to engage with me and
Form escape room exit ticket. and writing tools being used in the their classmates as well as show
You were consistently following up breakout rooms. their understanding. During the
with students who were not When you asked students to lesson if a student did not show
meeting engagement expectations waterfall their response where they understanding or had questions
Specific Feedback
● What information can you
or replying to you. repeated a portion of the notes I there was additional support
provide the NT regarding I loved that you were sharing some only saw 10/28 students respond. provided to them.
requested special
feedback? student work anonymously on the What happened to these other I really enjoyed having my students
GoFormative and talking through it. students and how could we try to start their lesson with a goformative
What if you asked students to spot get more students to respond here? assessment, this was one, a good
the “error” or help see what is The next time you did the waterfall way for them to practice their
missing instead of you pointing it and called on students that you previous knowledge as well as do
out, though? I think that might have didn’t see typing with a little more something before our class started.
been able to take their thinking wait time the responses jumped to So they are not just waiting there for
even a little further? Is there a way 20/28. the timer to go off. We then went
that we could possibly flip the over “I can statements” which are
escape? So that students are our goals and standards for this
working on the questions in the lesson. I made sure to keep it very
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simple and to the point of the
lesson. Next we discussed the one
new vocabulary word which was
absolute value. We discussed the
meaning, and I shared a visual aid to
help my EL students. Next, I shared a
video explaining and modeling the
lessons goals using a visual aid (a line
quiet BORs, but then coming back to graph). After I modeled a few
the main room to see if they examples, before having my
escaped? Maybe you could send students show their understanding.
them a private message link to an “I We did a match activity, open chat, 2
escaped” or “I didn’t escape” type polling feature questions. After the
picture or something then? Just lesson each student was sent a link
thinking for those students who to Google Forms where they had to
need quiet to work it might be answer 3 questions to get a code to
helpful to not be in the main room “escape our class” as their exit ticket.
when the announcements are being During that 15 minutes if a student
made or the mic is being used? did not answer a correct question
they were given support videos and
resources to help before moving to
another question to see if they now
understand. Once they had the
code, they returned to Blackboard
where they private messaged me
their code and I sent them to the
“you escaped room” Once there they
were able to log out.
CSTP 1: Engaging All Calling on students who were not Students completed a GoFormative During my lessons, I engaged my
Students
● In what ways were students engaging consistently throughout warm up question. students using many different
engaged? How were
students not engaged?
the lesson to remind them of the Students answered with polling options to ensure that they were
● How did students expectations to engage. tools. staying engaged. I moved the lesson
contribute to their
learning? Allowing a welcome attendant to Students answered in the chat. along but only by ensuring each
● How did teacher and/or motivate other students at the start Students worked with a partner in student was participating. If I
students monitor learning?
● How were the focus of the class. Allowing students to the breakout rooms. noticed a student not engaged. I
students engaged and
supported throughout the
work with a partner in the breakout Students completed a Google would one call on them asking them
lesson? rooms. Allowing students to Forms - Escape room exit ticket for a thumbs up, I would also
differentiate their learning with assessment. message them asking if they are here
video supports in the Google form. with me. If I did not get any
response, I emailed that student and
Learning Coach. I would ask why
they were “MIA” missing in action
during math today.
All parts of this form should be transcribed (typed; not hand-written) into a single document and submitted to course instructor.
Information from this POP Cycle should be summarized on the NT ILP as appropriate.
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