Teacher Work Sample revised 8 24 2011-1

6Participant ID: _______________________________________FACTOR 1 CONTEXTUAL INFORMATIONStandard: The teacher uses information about the learning/teaching context and student individualdifferences to set learning goals, plan instruction, and assess learning.Checklist: Teacher describes: N YNumber of Students............................................................................................................... 0 1Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Make-up.................................................................................. 0 1Socio-economic Status (SES) Make-up................................................................................ 0 1Classroom Environment........................................................................................................ 0 1Community Environment...................................................................................................... 0 1Students with Special Needs................................................................................................. 0 1Describe developmental characteristics of students (intellectual, social, physical)……….. 0 1Total Checklist Score: _____/ 7Rubric:A. Instructional Implications--The degree to which the teacher candidate specifically describesand uses contextual information to plan and describe instruction.0Standard NotMet1Standard Partially Met2Standard MetXScorePriorKnowledgeand SkillsEvidence ofusing priorknowledgeand skills isnot present.Evidence of using prior knowledgeand skills is present, but decisionsexhibit a monocular perspective (i.e.,teaching one way to all).Evidence that the teacher recognizesthe variance of beginningknowledge/skills levels in the classand engages in compensatoryactivities related to the lessonobjectives (e.g., does more to definewords in a vocabulary unit forstudents with deficits incomprehension).2 /4SpecificityTeacher doesnot addressimplicationsof contextualinformation inplanninginstruction andassessment.Teacher addresses implications ofcontext for instruction and assessmentbut does not link to specific studentindividual differences andcommunity, school and classroomcharacteristics.Teacher addresses implications ofcontext for instruction andassessment and links them to specificstudent individual differences andcommunity, school and classroomcharacteristics.2 /4(Evaluator comments may be made on the back of this page)Total Rubric Score: ____/ 8Total Score for Factor 1: ____/ 15