Student teacher provides clear and appropriate standards, goals, and/or objectives for students prior to the lesson content based on short- and long-range goals. Clear and deliberate connections between content and objectives are made.

Student teacher designs lesson plans that are developmentally appropriate and address students' developmental levels.

Student teacher uses student background and thinking to build learning opportunities and motivate student learning, encourage thinking, and develop interactions.

Student teacher develops, implements, and evaluates lessons and instructional strategies to meet various instructional needs, maximize learning, and incorporate a range of teaching/learning materials and resources.

Student teacher creates a variety of clear presentations and representations of concepts; alternative explanations of concepts are made available to assist in understanding, and critical thinking is encouraged.

Student teacher plans with the intention that students can and should learn at the highest possible levels and be successful.

Student teacher brings in multiple perspectives to the subject matter with attention to students' personal, family, and community experiences and cultural norms.

Student teacher uses approaches that are sensitive to student's experiences, learning, and performance modes; multiple perspectives are brought into the lessons that call attention to student's background, experiences, and norms.

Student teacher uses multiple teaching and learning strategies, active learning opportunities, and independent use of learning resources

Student teacher develops expectations for student engagement that creates a positive, open, respectful, supportive learning environment.

Student teacher organizes, prepares students for, monitors independent and group work that allows for full, varied, and effective participation of all individuals.

Student teacher is flexible in adapting and accommodating students' learning differences or needs regarding time and circumstances for work, tasks, communication, and responses, and not exclusively for students on IEPs or 504 plans.

Student teacher monitors, analyzes, and adjusts work and the classroom environment in response to learner feedback (immediate and delayed, informal and formal).

Student teacher monitors teaching and behaviors in relation to student success to modify plans and approaches to achieve student learning goals.

Student teacher knows effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques; effective listening is employed.

Student teacher fosters sensitive communication by and among the students in the classroom.

Student teacher uses effective communication strategies to convey ideas and information and to ask questions of students.

Student teacher supports and expands learner expression in speaking, writing, and other media.

Student teacher knows how to ask questions to stimulate discussion, encourage a variety of thinking skills, and help students articulate their responses.

Student teacher designs, develops and manages a learning community where students develop relationships with one another, take responsibility for themselves and others and demonstrate respect for individual differences.

Student teacher uses different motivational strategies to encourage and engage students in learning activities providing for student interests, choice, and personal meaning.

Student teacher organizes, allocates, and manages the resources of time, space, activities, and attention to provide for engagement and productivity.

Student teacher maximizes class time by creating and following through with expectations and processes for communication and behavior that are conducive to learning.

Student teacher implements learning experiences that are appropriate to goals, relevant to learners, and based on principles of effective instruction building new skills on those previously acquired.

Student teacher is able to assess student performance toward achievement of appropriate standards (MN Graduation standards, organizational standards, etc.)

Student teacher uses assessment to identify and promote growth; uses student strengths to maximize access to learning activities.

Student teacher uses a variety of informal and formal techniques and a range of assessment forms.

Student teacher implements students' self-assessment activities to help them identify needs and set goals

Student teacher uses educational technology purposefully to broaden student knowledge, to deliver instruction at different levels and paces, and to stimulate advanced levels of learning.

Student teacher uses technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to maximize instructional practice and learning.

Student teacher identifies when and how to access appropriate services or resources to meet exceptional learning needs.

Student teacher establishes and maintains student records of work and performance effectively.

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