• Copies of documents used to establish management procedures.
• Diagrams and photographs of the classroom(s).
• Rules directed at keeping students safe during instruction.
• Documents indicating the rules and consequences for behavior.
• Documents sent home to parents about rules and procedures.
• Seating charts.
• Class schedules.
Domain 2--The Classroom Environment
"The heart of the teacher"
Component 2d:
Managing Student Behavior
No learning occurs in chaos.
Component 2e:
Organizing Physical Space
Component 2c: Managing
Classroom Procedures
Well-run classrooms share these characteristics:
- Expectations are clear to everyone and posted in the classroom
- Expectations are consistently applied – no favorites!
- Teachers are aware of what’s going on [eyes in back of head]
- Any chastisement focuses on student’s behavior, not the student
- Teachers encourage students to be responsible for their own behavior.
- Teachers refrain from losing temper [no banging, throwing, or yelling]
Students are rarely surprised.
Space is conveniently arranged and safe.
In a distinguished teacher’s classroom…
- Classroom is safe, and students adjust the furniture to advance their own purposes in learning
- Both teacher and students use physical resources optimally, and learning is equally accessible to all students
In a distinguished teacher’s class:
- Groups work independently and students are engaged
- Transitions are seamless
- Routines for handling materials & supplies are well-established
- Systems for performing non-instructional duties operate efficiently
- Students assume leadership roles in each of the first four elements
- Volunteers and/or paraprofessionals make a viable contribution to learning in the classroom
Your school, district, and community will be complex and dynamic.
Component 2b: Establishing
a Culture for Learning
Students have pride in work. They feel safe when unsuccessful and confident that
they can and will improve.
In a distinguished teacher’s classroom
- Students demonstrate curiosity, and attention to
detail, valuing the content’s importance
- Students take obvious pride in their work and
initiate improvements in it
- Both students and teacher establish and maintain appropriate interactions to maximize the
highest level of learning for all students
- Teacher encourages students to be successful
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Component 2a: Creating an Environment of
Respect & Rapport
- Teacher interaction with students
- A Distinguished teacher – demonstrates genuine caring and respect for individual students. Students exhibit respect for teacher as an individual, beyond that for the role
- Student interaction
- A Distinguished teacher - insures that students demonstrate genuine caring for one another as individuals and as students.
2a--Creating an Environment
of Respect & Rapport
Potential Evidence/Artifacts
- teachers and students learn that respect runs both ways and it is earned...
- the student is encouraged to develop his/her gifts ..
- each child is helped to recognize and develop his/her God-given potential...
- the student is encouraged to dream...
- The distinguished teacher may teach a child how to live