Professional Teacher Evaluation System
RUBRIC
Measure 1 The teacher designs and plans instruction that develops students’ abilities to meet Arizona’s academic standards and
the district’s assessment plan.
Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets--Level 2 Meets--Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets--Level 1
___Does not use ___ Uses district ____Observation 1.1(a) Prepares
district lesson plan lesson plan criteria written lesson plans
criteria consistently ____Conference according to district
lesson plan criteria
____Review of (objective, strategy,
lesson plans assessment, and
modifications)
____Review of
artifacts
____Walk through ___There is no ___ Uses state ___ Uses state and ___ Uses state, ____Observation 1.1(b)Acquires and
documentation of assessment data to district data to district, and uses information
individual student individualize individualize classroom data to ____Conference about individual
information instruction instruction (District individualize students in
(AIMS, Terra Nova, benchmarks, instruction. (3-4 ____Review of preparing lessons
Gradebook, DIBELS, CLIP, grade level lesson plans
PO/competencies, IEP, Level 3 assessments
student checklist) classroom data, specific to ____Review of
portfolio w/notes standards; lesson artifacts
that show individual plans refer to
students’ learning individual students) ____Walk through
styles, strengths,
weaknesses, etc.)
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets--Level 2 Meets--Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets--Level 1
___ Does not state ____ The ____Observation 1.2 Writes clear
the performance performance instructional
objective in the objective is stated in ____Conference objectives that are
lesson plan. the lesson plan. aligned to AZ
____Review of academic standards
___ Performance ____ The lesson plans objective does not performance align to the Arizona objective aligns to ____Review of Academic Standards the Arizona artifacts
Academic Standards
____Walk through ___Lesson designs ____ Lesson ____Observation 1.3 Designs
are not grade designs are grade instructional lessons
level/content level/content ____Conference using appropriate
appropriate appropriate activities and
____Review of resources
lesson plans
____Review of
artifacts
____Walk through
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets--Level 2 Meets--Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets--Level 1
____ Does not ____ Modifies ____ Attends IEP ____ Works with ____Observation 1.4 Modifies lessons
modify lessons to assignments for all meetings and uses the SPED teacher to to meet the needs of
meet the needs of all students including modification for implement and ____Conference all students
students ELL, SPED, Gifted instruction (Meets develop IEPs
(Has copies of IEPs) w/ Sp. Ed. (Communicates w/ ____Review of
teacher(s); lists Sp. Ed. teacher lesson plans
modifications on frequently and
lesson plans) plays a major role ____Review of
in developing IEPs) artifacts
____Walk through ____ Does not use ____ Uses ____ Uses a variety ____ Uses a variety ____Observation 1.5 Uses assessments
appropriate appropriate of assessments to of assessments to aligned with
assessments and/or assessments that assess performance monitor student ____Conference instructional goals
assessments do not align with objectives (3 or progress and tracks to determine
align with instructional goals more documented data for each ____Review of students’ learning
instructional goals (1 or 2 assessments in portfolio) student lesson plans
documented) (Observation notes,
daily quizzes, unit ____Review of
tests, grade level artifacts
assessments,
District ____Walk through
assessments;
multiple tests to
show mastery of
each PO w/
documents in
portfolio)
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Measure 2 The teacher creates and maintains a learning climate that supports the development of students’ abilities to meet
Arizona’s academic standards.
Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets—Level 1
____ Does not ____ Affirms or ____ Affirms or ____Observation 2.1 Creates an
affirm or correct corrects student corrects student inclusive and
student performance performance performance ____Conference caring classroom
equitably environment
____Review of ____ Does not ____ Praises student ____ Praises student ____ Consistently lesson plans praise student learning learning gives specific praise
learning performance performance to students equitably ____Review of performance equitably while affirming artifacts
their performance
____ Is sarcastic (Written, verbal, ____Walk through toward students or student conferences)
gives insincere
praise to students
____ Does not ____ Evidence of a ____Observation 2.2 Communicates
create a culture for culture for learning high expectations
learning by is evident through ____Conference for learning and
establishing and the nature of achievement
communicating high interactions, student ____Review of expectations for work displayed, and lesson plans learning and a safe the tone of
environment for conversations in the ____Review of taking risks. classroom. artifacts
____Walk through
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets—Level 1
____ Classroom is ____ Classroom is a ____Observation 2.3 Establishes and
not a safe physical safe physical maintains a safe
environment i.e. environment ____Conference physical
hazards exist environment
without precautions ____Review of being lesson plans communicated
____Review of ____ Emergency ____ Emergency artifacts fire exits are not fire exits are posted posted ____Walk through ____ Does not hold ____ Consistently ____Observation 2.4(a) Uses
students holds students routines and
accountable for accountable for ____Conference procedures
following following
established established ____Review of
schedule/routines schedule/routines lesson plans
____Review of
artifacts
____Walk through ____ Instructional ____ Instructional ____Observation 2.4(b) Maximizes
time is not time is consistently instructional time
consistently used for used for ____Conference
instructional instructional activities activities—teacher ____Review of
is engaged with lesson plans
students
____Walk through
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets—Level 1
____ Does not ____ Monitors ____ Is proactive in ____ Few or no ____Observation 2.5(a) Monitors
monitor or is student behavior addressing student behavior problems student behavior
unaware of student behavior are evident in the ____Conference
behavior classroom
____Review of
lesson plans
____ Does not ____ Responds ____ Teacher’s ____ Little or no
respond or responds appropriately to response effectively instructional time is ____Review of
inappropriately to student behavior changes student’s interrupted (Teacher artifacts
student behavior (Attempts to handle immediate behavior has strategies in
problems and has (Infrequent place to prevent ____Walk through
referrals) referrals, may have students from
interruptions but becoming
teacher handles disruptive, has a
disruptions) strong impact on
students in all
settings)
____ Does not ____Follows school ____Follows school ____ Effectively ____Observation 2.5(b) Follows
follow school discipline plan in discipline plan in manages student discipline plans
discipline plan the classroom the classroom and conduct in all ____Conference
on assigned duties school settings
and activities during the school ____Review of
day lesson plans
____Review of
artifacts
_____Walk through
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Measure 3 The teacher implements and manages instruction that develops students’ activities to meet Arizona’s academic
standards.
Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets—Level 1
____Instructional ____ Consistently ____ Consistently ____ Consistently ____Observation 3.1(a) Uses
strategies not uses at least one uses at least two uses at least three appropriate
appropriate to grade relevant relevant relevant ____Conference instructional
level instructional instructional instructional strategies
strategy to teach strategies to teach strategies to teach ____Review of
content and uses content and uses content and uses lesson plans
technology when technology when technology when
appropriate appropriate appropriate ____Review of
(Cooperative artifacts
learning, direct
instruction, graphic ____Walk through
organizers, hands on
activities)
____Lacks ____ Demonstrates ____ Demonstrates ____ Implements ____Observation 3.1(b)
knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of enrichment Demonstrates
content area content area content area for activities in content ____Conference content knowledge
enrichment (Uses area (Uses several
appropriate instructional ____Review of ____Does not teach ____ Teaches vocabulary and activities; lesson plans appropriate content appropriate content grammar, explains consistently uses
enrichment enrichment ____Review of
activities; describes activities: compare/ artifacts
real life contrast,
applications) summarizing, notes, ____Walk through
non-linguistic
representations,
cooperative
learning, etc.)
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How Evaluated Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3
or
Meets—Level 1
Does not Communicates Employs techniques Consistently ____Observation 3.2 Communicates/
communicate instructional: to have students employs techniques models
instructional: a. ____Objectives communicate or to have students ____Conference instructional:
a. ____Objectives b. ____Directions demonstrate communicate or a.) Objectives
b. ____Directions c. ____Procedures knowledge of demonstrate ____Review of b.) Directions
c. ____Procedures d. ____Assessment instructional: knowledge of lesson plans c.) Procedures
d. ____Assessment criteria a. ____Objectives instructional: (specific)
criteria b. ____Directions a. ____Objectives ____Review of d.) Assessment
c. ____Procedures b. ____Directions artifacts criteria.
d. ____Assessment c. ____Procedures
criteria d. ____Assessment ____Walk through
criteria ____Does not ____Modifies or ____Observation 3.3 Provides
accommodate or accommodates appropriate
modify instructional instructional ____Conference instructional
activities to meet activities to meet activities for all
the learning needs the learning needs ____Review of students, i.e. at
of all students of all students lesson plans risk, ELL, gifted,
Sp. Ed., etc.
__Review of (For Sp. Ed.
artifacts students, uses
current IEP.)
____Walk through
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets Meets—Level 2 Meets Level 3 How Evaluated
or
Meets—Level 1
____Uses only ____Uses ____Uses ____ Appropriately ____Observation 3.4 Uses thought-
knowledge level knowledge and knowledge, uses all levels of provoking
strategies understanding level understanding, Bloom’s Taxonomy ____Conference questioning and/or
strategies application, and (knowledge, instructional
analysis level understanding, ____Review of strategies (Uses
strategies application, lesson plans Bloom’s
analysis, synthesis, Taxonomy)
and evaluation) __Review of
artifacts
____Walk through
____Less than 75% ____ The teacher ____ There is a ____ The teacher ____Observation 3.5 Has students on
of the students are has most students combination of has most students task and actively
on task or actively are engaged at the ritual and authentic authentically ____ Conference engaged during the
engaged during the ritual level engagement during engaged in the learning activities
learning activities the learning learning activities ____Walk through
activities (Refer to
definitions in
Glossary for
authentic and ritual
engagement.)
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Criteria Does Not Meet Meets—Level 1 Meets—Level 2 Meets—Level 3 How Evaluated ____Does not ____Uses some type ____Uses multiple ____ Uses multiple ____Observation 3.6 Monitors and
monitor during of informal informal assessment informal assessment adjusts instruction
instruction assessment to strategies to monitor strategies and ____Conference to achieve lesson
monitor understanding (Q & adjusts instruction objective(s)
understanding A: choral response, for all students who ____Review of
answer boards, do not appear to lesson plans
signaling cards, achieve lesson
sample problems) objectives (Uses ____Review of ____Does not adjust ____Adjusts ____Adjusts student tutors, artifacts instruction to instruction to a instruction to individual help, achieve lesson limited degree to achieve lesson group reteach) ____Walk through objectives achieve lesson objectives for
objectives students
____Does not ____Routinely ____Uses a variety ____Involves ____Observation 3.7 Checks for
routinely administer administers of assessments to students in self- understanding
assessments to assessments to check for student evaluation to assess ____Conference check for student check for student understanding their understanding understanding understanding (Observation notes, (Uses self ____Review of
daily quizzes, unit reflection, teacher-lesson plans
tests, grade level student conferences,
assessments, algorithms, writing ____Review of
District summaries) artifacts
assessments)
____Walk through ____Does not ____Provides ____ Provides two ____Routinely ____Observation 3.8 Provides timely
provide feedback in timely numerical forms of feedback provides timely constructive
a timely manner feedback to students to students in a numerical, written, ____Conference feedback to
____Does not (Occasional written timely manner (i.e. and verbal feedback ____Review of individual students
provide constructive or verbal feedback, numerical, verbal, to all students lesson plans about their
feedback to students always gives graded or written) (Written notes on ____Review of academic
numerical feedback) assignments, grades artifacts performance
assignments)
____Walk through
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