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CRITERIA

EXEMPLARY (4)

PROFICIENT (3.25)

LIMITED (2.5)

DEFICIENT (1.75)

N/A(0)

Lesson Plans

(28 points)

·   Immediately viable

·   Rigorous for all learners

·   Audience-Appropriate

·   Creative

·   Time-conscious

·   Pragmatic

·   Representative of MI

·   Viable with revision

·   Rigorous for most learners

·   (Audience-appropriate)

·   Moderately creative

·   Time-aware

·   Minimally idealistic

·   Moderately representative of MI

·   Portions are viable

·   Intermittent rigor

·   Generally audience-appropriate

·   Some creativity

·   Limited temporal awareness

·   Idealistic

·   Minimally representative of MI

·   Majority is not viable

·   Rigor is negligible or indiscernible

·   Inappropriate or irrelevant

·   Little or no creativity

·   Unaware of time constraints

·   Extremely idealistic or unrealistic

·   Little or no evidence of MI knowledge

 

Summative Writing Assignment

(20 points)

·   Audience-appropriate

·   Rigorous

·   Creative

·   Student-accessible rubric

 

·   Thorough knowledge of writing instruction demonstrated

·   (Audience-appropriate)

·   Rigorous for most learners

·   Moderately creative

·   Rubric language minimally inaccessible

 

·   Adequate knowledge of writing instruction demonstrated

·   Generally audience-appropriate

·   Intermittent rigor

·   Some creativity

·   Rubric language difficult to access

 

·   Some knowledge of writing instruction demonstrated

·   Inappropriate or irrelevant

·   Rigor is negligible or indiscernible

·   Little or no creativity

·   Rubric language too simplistic or too advanced for audience

·   Minimal or no knowledge of writing instruction demonstrated

 

Materials/ Resources

(2+ supporting texts,  seminar text, add’tl resources)

(12 points)

·   Audience-Appropriate

·   Interconnected with “anchor”  text(s)

 

·   Represent a range of genres

·   (Audience-appropriate)

·   Moderate connections with “anchor” text(s)

 

·   Questionable range of materials

·   Generally audience-appropriate

·   Minimal connections with “anchor” text(s)

 

·   Insufficient range of materials

·   Inappropriate or irrelevant

·   Inappropriate or indiscernible connections with “anchor” text(s)

·   No range of materials

 

 

Seminar Questions

(8 points)

·   Demonstrate depth of  knowledge of varied question strategies

·   Permit access for all students

·   Demonstrate knowledge of varied question strategies

·   Permit access for most students

·   Demonstrates minimal knowledge of question strategies

·   Permit access for few students

·   Absent or insufficient knowledge of question strategies

·   Minimal access for students

 

Modifications:

·     ELL

·     Below-level reader

·     Special Education

·     Extension

(18 points)

·  Appropriate for learner (2)

·  Rigorous for learner (2)

·  Inviting & engaging (2)

·  Culturally cognizant (2)

·  Sufficient scaffolding present (2)

·  Reading strategies used (2)

·  Capitalizes upon student’s potential strengths (2)

·  Authentic (2)

·  Creative (2)

·  (Appropriate for learner)

·  Moderately rigorous for learner

·  Moderately inviting & engaging

·  Attempt to be culturally cognizant

·  Some scaffolding present

·  Some reading strategies used

·  Attempts made to capitalize upon strengths

·  Minimally “forced”

·  Moderately creative

·  Generally appropriate

·  Minimally rigorous

·  Minimally inviting and/or engaging

·  Minimal cultural cognizance

·  Scaffolding intermittent

·  Minimal reading strategies used

·  Minimal attempt to capitalize upon strengths

·  Substantially “forced”

·  Minimally creative

·  Inappropriate or ill-suited

·  Rigor is negligible or indiscernible

·  Uninviting or boring

·  No cultural awareness, potentially offensive

·  Negligible  or absent scaffolding

·  Sparse or no reading strategies used

·  Unaware of student’s potential strengths

·  Very “forced”

·  Little or no creativity

 

Organization/ Presentation

(16  points)

·  Requirements followed to the “t”

·  Organized & “Clean”

·  Easily followed

·  Error-free

·  Most requirements met

·  Primarily organized

·  Moderately easy to follow

·  1-2 Errors

·  Requirements passively attempted

·  Questionable organization

·  Difficult to follow

·  3-4 Errors

·  Requirements ignored or indiscernible

·  Minimal or no organization

·  Very difficult to follow

·  5 + Errors

 

Rationale Statement

(24 points)

·  Deep foundation in sound pedagogy (8)

·  Self-reflective (8)

·  Curricular choices explicated adroitly and adequately (8)

·  Acceptable pedagogical knowledge

·  Moderately self-reflective

·  Curricular choices adequately explained

·  Limited pedagogical knowledge

·  Minimally self-reflective

·  Limited ability to explain choices

·  Indiscernible pedagogical knowledge represented

·  Absent or inaccurate self-reflection

·  Inadequate ability to explain choices

 

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