TEAM General Educator Rubric

All learning objectives are clearly and explicitly communicated, connected to state standards and referenced throughout lesson.

• Standards & Objectives

• Presenting Instructional Content

• Lesson Structure and Pacing

• Instructional Plans

The teacher consistently develops learning experiences where inquiry, curiosity, and exploration are valued.

• Activities and Materials

• Motivating Students

• Teacher Content Knowledge

• Lesson Structure and Pacing

Effective modeling of thinking process by the teacher and/ or students guided by the teacher to demonstrate performance expectations.

• Teacher Content Knowledge

• Motivating Students

• Teacher Knowledge of Students

• Presenting Instructional Content

Pacing is brisk and provides many opportunities for individuals students who progress at different learning rates.

• Activities and Materials

• Standards and Objectives

• Instructional Plans

• Lesson Structure and Pacing

The preponderance of activities demand complex thinking and analysis.

• Presenting Instructional Content

• Lesson Structure and Pacing

• Activities and Materials

• Instructional Plans

Students generate questions that lead to further inquiry and self-directed learning.

• Questioning

• Thinking

• Problem Solving

• Activities and Materials

The teacher circulates to prompt student thinking, assess each student's progress, and provide individual feedback.

• Feedback

• Teacher Knowledge of Students

• Student work

• Expectations

The teacher provides opportunities where students generate a variety of ideas and alternatives.

• Thinking

• Problem Solving

• Instructional Plans

• Activities and Materials

The teacher implements activities that teach and reinforce three or more of the following: abstraction, categorization, predicting outcomes, etc.

• Thinking

• Problem-Solving

• Activities and Materials

• Instructional Plans

Evidence that the plan provides regular opportunities to accommodate individual student needs.

• Teacher Knowledge of Students

• Standards and Objectives

• Activities and Materials

• Instructional Plans