The response then provides two detailed, high-leverage actions
that can be implemented to address the identified practice
needing improvement.
1)
“Structure guided practice so that students collaboratively
engage in rigorous activities directly related to: 1) the main
objective of the lesson and 2) assessed by the exit ticket.”
2
) “
Create an anchor chart showing steps in citing text evidence.
1. Read the text and look for text that explains your
thinking or conclusion.
2. Highlight that text.
3. State your conclusion in your own words.
4. Quote the text to support your conclusion (According to
the text “…”)
5. Be sure your text evidence proves your conclusion.”
Finally, the response provides a detailed and insightful
explanation for how both actions will improve the teacher’s
practice and support student learning.
1
) “These changes make the lesson more effective because
student learning is scaffolded with immediate support and
feedback from the teacher on the actual skills they will need to
demonstrate on the exit ticket.”
2
) “… students can use the anchor chart as a reference they can
refer to repeatedly throughout the year to become more
independent. Anchor charts would improve student learning by
capturing the key ideas to this important strategy and make it
visible to enhance student repeated use of it to improve reading
comprehension.”
Shows
complete
alignment
within
the response to
different parts of
the question
This response appropriately identified the need
“to more
explicitly teach students how to prove their conclusions and
inferences using textual evidence in a written response”
as the
instructional practice needing improvement. Then the response
provides two actions to be implemented, and each has a specific
explanation that directly aligns to the identified area of need.
Overall, the response demonstrates a thorough understanding of how to routinely
monitor instruction through classroom observations and attend teacher-led
meetings in order to coach and develop teachers by providing evidence-based
feedback to help teachers improve instruction. The response receives a score of 4
because overall the response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the
information in the scenario and supporting documents.
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Reflection Questions for the Score of 4 Sample Response
Based on the video and documents provided, what makes the instructional
practice identified high-leverage, detailed, and specific?
Based on the scoring rubric, why are the two actions identified by this candidate
high-leverage?
How does this response maintain complete alignment between each part of the
question to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the information presented
in the scenario?
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Sample Response Earning a Score of 3
The high-leverage, instructional practice that needs to be improved in this situation
is the amount of time that the teacher spent on identifying the elements of poetry
