Educator Name/Title:Teacher B

Sample Formative Assessment – teacher on a Self-Directed Plan, overall rating of Unsatisfactory

Educator Name/Title:Teacher B

Primary Evaluator-Name/Title:Principal C

Supervising Evaluator-Name/Title:

Schools:Boston Middle School

Evaluation Release Date:1/12/2013 11:15:35 AM

Current Plan Date (or) Duration:10/14/2012-1/12/2013

Current Plan:

Self-Directed / Developing / Directed Growth / Improvement
Professional Practice
In order to better support all students including EL students, I will incorporate 8 features of SIOP and 3 out of the
4 modalities into 4 out of 5 lessons a week by the end of the third term.
Ms. B has participated in lesson planning discussions around SIOP lessons. She is struggling to meet her goal as stated. Her lesson plans are inconsistent in their use of all three modalities and the incorporation of eight features. / -Some progress
Student Learning
All students in warning category will move up 1 level on the Boston Middle School Rubric for their Open responses.
85% of students testing in warning will move up 2 categories on their Open Responses using the BMS Rubric. They will be assessed through teacher assignments and Anet on a monthly basis and will complete this goal
from October to June.
Ms. B has included references to open response questions in her artifacts, but has not included evidence to show students open response status from the start of the year to date. There is no evidence to support that Ms. B is on track to make her goal. / -Some progress

Rating On Each Standard

I. Curriculum, Planning and Assessment:

Exemplary / Proficient / Needs
Improvement / Unsatisfactory

Rationale,evidence and feedback for improvement:

Ms. B does demonstrate that she has factual knowledge of the subject matter and she is well versed in the curriculum support materials available to her. However, her lessons lack the appropriate pacing for the intended outcome for the class or her students. Ms. B spent three months on chapter one of the text and is currently on chapter two. Her lessons are not well structured to move students through the appropriate activities and learning in order to cover the material that is expected.

November 16, 2012

Ms. B mentioned that she uses Fridays to use notebook checks. Ms. B is still completing

Chapter 1 when the class should be in Chapter 9 or 10.

Ms. B does not set high expectations for students. As aresult of no differentiation of instruction and using the majority of theinstructional time to “copy from a transparency”, little or no new learning occurs.

December 12, 2012

Students could not articulate the goal of the lesson. Students answered the 14 questions on the worksheet to the best of their ability. Some completed the task many did not.

December 19, 2012

Ms. B continues to struggle with keeping to her agenda. The observation lasted for 36 minutes, the class is 50 minutes long and students were only able to complete one item on the agenda during that time.

Exemplary / Proficient / Needs
Improvement / Unsatisfactory

Rationale,evidence and feedback for improvement:

Ms. B has low expectations of her students both in terms of her academic expectations and also her behavioral expectations. Ms. B maintains a physical environment that does not support students learning. The room is loud and students move around the room without a clear plan. Ms. B does not have effective rituals, routines or responses to reinforce positive behavior or respond to behaviors that interfere with students' learning.

These statements are supported by the observations of:

November 7, 2012

Although Ms. B started the class with a ‘Do Now’,she did not conduct a mini-lesson.After student’s passed in their homework, they began to complete ReadingNotes 1. Even though this was thesecond day students were working on this, Ms. B did not share theexpectations for what the work should look like and how students should worktogether.

November 16, 2012

Upon entering the classroom, Ms. B announces that, “It’sFriday…notebook day.” The day’sagenda is simply:

1.Do Now_-Copy T.O. C.

2.Update notebooks

3.Wrap up

Studentsall copy from a difficult to read transparency.

Ms. B instructs them to,”update your notebooks.”

Morethan half of the students appear to not understand the directions, as evidencedby their lack of compliance with Ms. B’s directive. One student sits at an isolated desk, next to Ms. B’s desk,and simply leafs through a number of pages. Ms. B ignores him, even though she sits in her deskchair.

December 12, 2012

While going to each table group, Ms. B keptrepeating the same questions such as, “Where are your Cornell Notes?” , “Allstuff should be in the notebook”,“What are you doing?”, ”Could you open your notebook, please?”, “Get apiece of paper.”, “There is yourpacket”, “Let’s go.”

December 19, 2012

Although students were talking during the lesson, the conversations were too loud. It was difficult for individuals in groups to speak with each other.

Exemplary / Proficient / Needs
Improvement / Unsatisfactory

Rationale,evidence and feedback for improvement:

Ms. B keeps a binder with documents that describe her contact with parents. The contact with parents only addresses behavioral issues. Two examples on the same student have been uploaded as artifacts. There is no contact with families to inform them of classroom instruction and practices. There are no records of positive reports.

IV. Professional Culture:

Exemplary / Proficient / Needs
Improvement / Unsatisfactory

Rationale,evidence and feedback for improvement:

Ms. B is part of a team that determined the goals for their cluster around answering open response questions.There is little evidence that she is actively engaged in trying to meet the goal. In addition, Ms. B has received feedback from the principal on how to increase the pace of instruction in her classroom. She has not increased the pace and the students are not on track to complete the grade level curriculum by year's end.

Overall Performance Rating

Unsatisfactory / Needs Improvement / Proficient / Exemplary

Rationale,evidence and feedback for improvement:

Evaluator Comments:

The regulations (603 CMR 35.08(4)) specify minimum standards for overall Proficient ratings. Educators must be rated Proficient or Exemplary in Standard I: Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment and Standard II: Teaching All Students to be eligible for an overall Proficient rating.

DIRECTED GROWTH or IMPROVEMENT PLANS: This section shall be completed ONLY for those educators who received an overall rating of "Needs Improvement" or "Unsatisfactory". For each Standard rated "Unsatisfactory" the evaluator shall list the indicator(s) and or sub indicator(s), state the problem(s), state evidence / description of the problem(s) and the associated prescription(s).

The educator shall have the opportunity to respond in writing to the formative assessment as per 603 CMR 35.06(5)(c) on the Educator Response Form.

Prescriptions
I. Curriculum, Planning and Assessment
Indicator: / I-A. Curriculum and Planning
Problem Statement: / Ms. B does demonstrate that she has factual knowledge of the subject matter and she is well versed in the curriculum support materials available to her. However, her lessons lack the appropriate pacing for the intended outcome for the class or her students. Ms. B spent three months on chapter one of the text and is currently on chapter two. Her lessons are not well structured to move students through the appropriate activities and learning in order to cover the material that is expected.
Evidence Statement: / November 16, 2012
Ms. B mentioned that she uses Fridays to use notebook checks. Ms. B is still completing Chapter 1 when the class should be in Chapter 9 or10.
Ms. B does not set high expectations for students. As aresult of no differentiation of instruction and using the majority of theinstructional time to “copy from a transparency”, little or no new learning occurs.
December 12, 2012
Students could not articulate the goal of the lesson. Students answered the 14 questions on the worksheet to the best of their ability. Some completed the task many did not.
December 19, 2012
Ms. B continues to struggle with keeping to her agenda. The observation lasted for 36 minutes, the class is 50 minutes long and students were only able to complete one item on the agenda during that time.
Prescription Statement: / 1. Submit SIOP lesson plans every Monday by 7:30 AM starting on January 24, 2013. The lesson plans should bewritten withspecific clarification on how the lesson will differentiate for individual student needs. The lesson should include specific outcomes for every day and an assessment mechanism to determine whether or not objectives were met.
2. Create a curriculum map for the rest of the school year possibly due 2/1. The curriculum map would outline how you will structure content and learning objectives for the rest of the school year to cover the most important content and in order to maintain good pacing.
II. Teaching All Students
Indicator: / II-A. Instruction
Problem Statement: / Ms. B has low expectations of her students both in terms of her academic expectations and also her behavioral expectations. Ms. B maintains a physical environment that does not support students learning. The room is loud and students move around the room without a clear plan. Ms. B does not have effective rituals, routines or responses to reinforce positive behavior or respond to behaviors that interfere with students' learning.
Evidence Statement: / November 7, 2012
Although Ms. B started the class with a ‘Do Now’,she did not conduct a mini-lesson.After student’s passed in their homework, they began to complete ReadingNotes 1. Even though this was thesecond day students were working on this, Ms. B did not share theexpectations for what the work should look like and how students should worktogether.
November 16, 2012
Upon entering the classroom, Ms. B announces that, “It’sFriday…notebook day.” The day’sagenda is simply:
1.Do Now_-Copy T.O. C.
2.Update notebooks
3.Wrap up
Studentsall copy from a difficult to read transparency.
Ms. B instructs them to,”update your notebooks.”
Morethan half of the students appear to not understand the directions, as evidencedby their lack of compliance with Ms. B’s directive. One student sits at an isolated desk, next to Ms. D’s desk,and simply leafs through a number of pages. Ms. B ignores him, even though she sits in her deskchair.
December 12, 2012
While going to each table group, Ms. B keptrepeating the same questions such as, “Where are your Cornell Notes?” , “Allstuff should be in the notebook”,“What are you doing?”, ”Could you open your notebook, please?”, “Get apiece of paper.”, “There is yourpacket”, “Let’s go.”
December 19, 2012
Although students were talking during the lesson, the conversations were too loud. It was difficult for individuals in groups to speak with each other.
Also, Ms. B continues to struggle with keeping to her agenda. The observation lasted for 36 minutes, the class is 50 minutes long and students were only able to complete one item on the agenda during that time.
Prescription Statement: / 1.Clearly articulate your objectives to your students.
2.Clearly articulate your agenda to your students. Make sure that you allot specific times for each task.
3.Focus on a specific content and a specific skill such that the activity is connected or matches the objective and helps to achieve the learning goal.
4.Check to see whether or not you accomplished your goal.
III. Family and Community Engagement
Indicator: / III-A. Engagement
Problem Statement: / Ms. B keeps a binder with documents that describe her contact with parents. The contact with parents only addresses behavioral issues. Two examples on the same student have been uploaded as artifacts. There is no contact with families to inform them of classroom instruction and practices. There are no records of positive reports.
Evidence Statement: / Ms. B keeps a binder with documents that describe her contact with parents. The contact with parents only addresses behavioral issues. Two examples on the same student have been uploaded as artifacts. There is no contact with families to inform them of classroom instruction and practices. There are no records of positive reports.
Prescription Statement: / 1. Use ASPEN to log your parent phone calls. There should be evidence of communications forboth positive and negative feedback.
2. Send home monthly newsletters to inform families of current topics.
3. Contact 5-10 families (by phone or email) each week to give a general assessment of students' progress.
IV. Professional Culture
Indicator: / IV-B. Professional Growth
Problem Statement: / Ms. B is part of a team that determined the goals for their cluster around answering open response questions.There is little evidence that she is actively engaged in trying to meet the goal. In addition, Ms. B has received feedback from the principal on how to increase the pace of instruction in her classroom. She has not increased the pace and the students are not on track to complete the grade level curriculum by year's end.
Evidence Statement: / Ms. B is part of a team that determined the goals for their cluster around answering open response questions.There is little evidence that she is actively engaged in trying to meet the goal. In addition, Ms. B has received feedback from the principal on how to increase the pace of instruction in her classroom. She has not increased the pace and the students are not on track to complete the grade level curriculum by year's end.
Prescription Statement: / 1. Attend BPS professional development workshops offered through the Social
Studies/History Department.
2. Take a DESE course on Differentiated Instruction.
3. Incorporate all suggestions and directives, given by the principal, into her daily lesson plans.

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