Focus Area 1 – Instruction: Teaching and Learning
For each rubric indicator within this focus area, school Equity Leadership Teams are asked to identify a rating for their school from four possible options:
- Initiating – “Thinking About It”
- Developing – “Working on It”
- Implementing – “Living It”
- Transforming – “Shifting the Paradigm”
| Description | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All students engage in content that is standards-based, culturally relevant and academically accessible to all students. | 26% | 18% | 26% | 46% | 74% |
| All teachers use instructional strategies that promote productive student learning dispositions and a learning environment whereby students are engaged, enthusiastic learners. | 19% | 25% | 39% | 46% | 61% |
| Daily lesson goals are standards-aligned, provide a structure for instruction, link to past and future learning and are understandable and visible to students. | 26% | 39% | 48% | 54% | 70% |
| All teachers utilize a variety of common and formal and informal assessments and practices to measure progress towards standards-based student outcomes. | 30% | 18% | 39% | 63% | 82% |
| All teachers incorporate timely and effective feedback to students and parents intended to move student understanding forward. | 4% | 4% | 13% | 21% | 35% |
| All teachers consistently use multiple measures to inform high quality instruction within and across grade levels and these measures are incorporated into the school-wide goals and planning. | 7% | 11% | 17% | 25% | 26% |
| Agreed-upon framework reflects consistent decision making for all to identify how students will be moved between levels. | 11% | 18% | 22% | 25% | 44% |
| Ongoing Professional Development is provided to staff who provide secondary and tertiary academic interventions. | 18% | 32% | 44% | 58% | 61% |
| Collaboration and planning between teachers is common schoolwide. | 37% | 71% | 74% | 71% | 91% |
| All course content prepares students for successful completion of A-G courses. | 52% | 58% | 69% | 75% | 93% |
| Continued and expanded efforts to align standards-based curriculum within and across grade levels and disciplines. | 26% | 39% | 52% | 50% | 79% |