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Standard D :  The online teacher promotes student success through clear expectations, prompt responses, and regular feedback. Evaluate 1- Quality Feedback Feedback taught me that when giving feedback, I need to recognize how hard the student has worked.  Students will be much more into hearing things that need to be improved on if they know you see how they tried their best. I often hear from one sweet girl, "Well, I tried my best". Bless her. I tell her all the time to not cry, that I'm very proud of her. She is so hard on herself. She wants everything to be perfect.  I like showing student exemplars to show what to strive for.  Many years ago with a former principal, she had exemplars enlarged and placed in the halls for students and families to see what is expected at each grade level. Standard G:  The online teacher demonstrates competencies in creating and implementing assessments in online learning environments in ways that ensure validity and re...
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Evaluate 3 - Self Reflection

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The above artifacts are of my recent TKES evaluation.  I was working with students after a math test.  The scores range from 1-4, with 4 being the highest score. We've always been told that it is very rare to get a 4.  All teachers have things to work on. :( I think I have strengths in communication with parents and students. I am always posting on remind to inform parents of things in our classroom, updating my website, answering emails, sending out newsletters weekly, etc.  I always think of it as I want to know about my own personal kids classrooms, and I would be very happy with this type of communication for their teachers.  My students know that I love them dearly. They come to me when they are upset and cry on my shoulder, and want to tell me about everything they are doing outside of the classroom. We celebrate their successes. I want it to be an inviting classroom where they are free to learn and explore.  They know what is expec...
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Evaluate 3 - Personalized Teaching and Learning

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The following data shows how students performed on Reading fluency, accuracy, and retelling of the stories.  Each group below shows what I will do to create personalized learning paths.  Students that are "well below benchmark"  (needing remediation) will require different reading instruction from the teacher. They are in need of more phonics instruction, rhyming words, simple cvc pattern words, nursery rhymes, listening to books on tape, and basic reading materials.  These students struggle greatly due to not being on grade level. These students scores reflect that of a late K student.  Those "below grade level" will also require a different type of instruction. These students are on the right track, but are still not performing on the second grade level.  They need some phonics as well, reading instruction, as well as vocabulary practice.  Those students scoring "above benchmark"  (enrichment) are ready for upper second grade/third grade readi...
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Evaluate 2 - Competencies

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The following activities are with second grade students.  STANDARD: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. After reading the required assignment, the student will make a flip book showing competency in demonstrating understanding of its characters, setting, and plot.  young students often work better when doing a hands on activity.  After completing the assignment, each student will log into their Seesaw account and retell their flip book.  This will help the teacher in seeing if they can recall what they have read and written about the literature.  After the teacher approves the content, other classmates will also be able to see what their classmates are doing. They may also comment on their content if it is an approved comment. The second activity will include students doing the "five finger retell". They will...
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Evaluate 2 - Data Instruction & Analysis

Image 1: This image shows enrollment in three courses assigned, when classes start and end, and how many students are enrolled in each section. Image 2: The teacher can see the student type, whether they've completed an orientation module or not, if they've dropped, and whether or not each student plans to take a state standardized test  (EOC).  Specific student names, parent contact info, and other data are available right in one place for you. Image 3:  The communication log is a way for teachers to see how stakeholders can be contacted.  Some systems automate this process with computer generated calls and emails and automatically log those. Different systems may require the teacher to manually track communication. Image 4: This communication image relates to a student who performed well in a course.  While it would be easy to refrain from contacting stakeholders in this situation, this teacher made an effort to send the parents good news.  An excel...
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Evaluate 1 - Summative Assessments

Unit assessment The validity of an assessment is questioning what was taught.  Did it measure what was taught?  Reliability is looking at the results and are they consistent.  We have always know that when making an assessment, you should always keep in mind the end results.  We need to look at make sure you are testing the standards that you are supposed to be teaching.  After the test is given, the teacher must take the data and determine if the test was a reliable test or not.  To control the security of an assessment, you could set a time limit that is strict and as short as possible. You should also draw from a question bank with more than twice as many questions as the assessment gives any one student. You should also decide if students will be allowed to go back to previous questions or offer multiple attempts at the assessment. After the assessment is given and the results are disaggregated, you could determine the validity and reliability. I...
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Evaluate 1 - Quality Feedback

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Evaluate 1 - Quality Feedback Alysha's reading fluency The above picture shows where I am able to make comments to the student.  This student is a great reader who uses her rate/tone great for a second grade student. On this you will see what I wrote on her Seesaw reading fluency.  She is above benchmark in reading fluency. Students love to read aloud to the camera on this program. They also like to see themselves reading. Parents as well as their peers may watch the videos and make comments. I like that this feature has where I must approve before they are posted.   Feedback is so important for children as well as teachers. Feedback helps the students to understand what is needed to improve on.  Students thrive on positive feedback from their teacher as well as their peers. I can observe her reading and discuss what she is doing well and what she needs to improve on. I like how it is instructional by allowing  other students to see and stri...
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