Exhibit, 3B.8 Lesson Plan Evaluation Instrument

Exhibit, 3b.8 Lesson Plan Evaluation Instrument

ELEMENT 1 2 3 4 SCORE COMMENTS Unsatisfactory Below Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations 1.0 Curriculum and The lesson provides no The lesson provides The lesson provides The lesson provides Standards connection to national, some/limited clear connections to significant and clear local curriculum connection to national national and local connections to and/or state content or local curriculum curriculum and/or state national and standards and/or state content content standards, but local/state curriculum standards. not all major phases of in all major phases of the lesson plan. the lesson plan. 2.0 Essential Unclear or not stated State but unclear Stated and relatively Stated and clear in Question clear terms of essential understandings and/or questions 3.0 Assessments Opportunities for Assessment Assessment Assessment student assessment are opportunities are opportunities are opportunities are not provided loosely defined and identified and require clearly identified and make limited students to apply require students to connections to the knowledge or critique, assess, standards and essential demonstrate and/or draw question. Only paper understanding of conclusions as they and pencil. standards. Provide relate to the limited evidence that standards. Provide students have achieved clear evidence that the lesson objective. students have Primarily paper and achieved the lesson pencil. objective and distinguish variance of performance. A variety of assessment strategies are used 4.0 A Materials and Materials necessary A sketchy list of Materials necessary for Varied and diverse Resources for both student and student and teacher both the student and resources are teacher are not listed materials is provided. the teacher to complete identified and Worksheets, etc., are the lesson are listed. appropriate for the described but not All materials are learner. It is clear included. appropriate for the what materials are learner. Worksheets referenced in the and reproducible lesson (e.g. rather materials are provided. than saying, “the handout” it is referred to by name.) All templates are ELEMENT 1 2 3 4 SCORE COMMENTS Unsatisfactory Below Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations included.

4.0 B. Technology The lesson does not The lesson does not The lesson includes The lesson includes include planning for include planning for plans for some use of plans for technology and no technology and a poor technology or a developmentally justification is justification is justification is appropriate learning provided. provided. provided for not opportunities that considering technology apply technology in this lesson. enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners or a persuasive justification for not considering technology in this lesson is provided. 5.0 Activating The lesson is void of The lesson introduction Opening activities set Opening activities Thinking any introductory is somewhat the stage for the lesson are relevant to the Strategies activities. disconnected from the and are connected to essential question rest of the lesson and the essential question and provide a distracts students from but lack in creative and the learning. motivational or motivating “bridging” value. background in which to begin the lesson. There is an opportunity for active student participation and a bridge between new and old learning. 6.0 Differentiated The lesson is void of The lesson is taught A variety of flexible A variety of flexible Instruction differentiated mostly whole group groupings are used. groupings are used. instruction. All whole with some interaction Content, process, or Consideration is group. between students. product is given to the different differentiated in the styles of learning activities. through the use of multiple teaching strategies and assessments. Content, process or product is ELEMENT 1 2 3 4 SCORE COMMENTS Unsatisfactory Below Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations differentiated in the activities. 7.0 Teaching Activities are Activities are All activities are All activities are Strategies disconnected and not connected to the aligned with the aligned with the focused on the essential question and essential question and essential question essential question and assessment but assessment, build upon and assessment, build assessment. disconnected from one each other, are upon each other, are another. appropriately paced, appropriately paced, and developmentally and developmentally appropriate. appropriate. The activities are engaging, creative, and innovative. 8.0 Modifications for No modifications are When appropriate, a When appropriate, When appropriate, Special Needs documented. few modifications are modifications are modifications are Students Teaching-learning documented but are documented; levels are documented, varied, strategies and limited in scope; levels appropriate for special and diverse; levels resources are not are not appropriate for needs students. are appropriate for varied and diverse. all special needs special needs students. students.

9.0 Critical Thinking No evidence of Limited evidence of Some evidence of Considerable and consideration of consideration of consideration of evidence of Summarizing Bloom’s taxonomy. Bloom’s taxonomy. Bloom’s taxonomy, consideration of however, most Bloom’s taxonomy. questions are low on Higher level the taxonomy. questions opportunities throughout lesson. Possible higher order questions are noted in the summarizing activity. 10. Attention to No attention to Little attention to Some attention to Considerable Diversity diversity is diversity is diversity is attention to diversity documented. documented. documented through is documented the use of varied and through the use of diverse resources or varied and diverse through differentiated resources and teaching strategies. through differentiated teaching strategies. ELEMENT 1 2 3 4 SCORE COMMENTS Unsatisfactory Below Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations

11.0 Pre- Teaching No reflection is The teacher candidate The teacher candidate The teacher Reflection documented. provides a brief outline reflects upon the candidate reflects reiterating what is context of the lesson in upon the context of already stated in the terms of the students’ the lesson in terms of plan. Little or no prior knowledge and the students’ prior reflection addresses other topics they have knowledge and other students’ prior been studying. The topics they have been knowledge, learning teacher candidate studying. The teacher styles. or Bean’s nine reflects upon candidate reflects characteristics of modifications and upon modifications constructivist teaching. adaptations planned for and adaptations the lesson. The teacher planned for the candidate also lesson and addresses at least two articulates of Beane’s nine rationales for characteristics of planning decisions, constructivist teaching e.g., why technology in an insightful and is or is not included meaningful context. in the lesson, etc. The teacher candidate also addresses three or more of Beane’s nine characteristics of constructivist teaching in an insightful and meaningful context. 12.0 Post Teaching No reflection is Connects learning Teacher Candidate Teacher Candidate Reflection documented. goals, instruction, and reflects upon the reflects accurately assessment results in effects of choices and upon the effects of the discussion of actions on others. choices and actions student learning and Makes some on others. Logically effective instruction, connections between connects learning but misunderstandings learning goals, goals, instruction, or conceptual gaps are instruction, and and assessment present. assessment results in results in the ELEMENT 1 2 3 4 SCORE COMMENTS Unsatisfactory Below Expectations Meets Expectations Above Expectations the discussion of discussion of student student learning. learning and effective instruction