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__ 2A Creating an environment of respect and rapport __

Proficient descriptor: Teacher-student interactions are friendly and demonstrate general caring and respect. Such interactions are appropriate to the age and cultures of the students. Students exhibit respect for the teacher Observation: Mrs. A’s students erupt into laughter as the teacher recounts her experience in grading the most recent exams. The teacher’s expresses excitement and pride in the quality of the students’ performance.   Proficient descriptor: Student interactions are generally polite and respectful  * Observation: Students work in groups in which individuals are pre-assigned rehearsed roles for completing the task at hand. The group interactions are marked by diligence to the task and respect of others’ opinions. __ 2B Establishing a culture for learning __
 * 2A Teacher interaction with students**
 * 2A Student interactions with other students**

Proficient descriptor: Teacher conveys genuine enthusiasm for the content, and students demonstrate consistent commitment to its value  * Observation: The students enjoy a ten-minute closure activity during which the teacher plays math songs downloaded from you-tube to generate excitement and provide an alternative learning process for memorizing some of the important ideas from the unit.
 * 2B Importance of content**

Proficient descriptor: Instructional outcomes, activities and assignments, and classroom interactions convey high expectations for most students  * Observation: Students in Mrs. J’s fifth-grade homeroom class discuss and choose the three homework problems they would like to complete based on a ranked indicator of relative difficulty.
 * 2B Expectations for learning and achievement**

Proficient descriptor: Students accept the teacher’s insistence on work of high quality and demonstrate pride in that work Observation: Students self-assess 4 randomly selected homework problems based on a pre-rehearsed rubric-category of neatness, completeness, and accuracy. __ 2C Managing classroom procedures __ Proficient description: Small-group work is well organized, and most students are productively engaged in learning while unsupervised by the teacher Observation: Some students in Mr. V’s class act as learning-monitors. They are in-charge of answer checking, providing hints, and redirecting other students to text examples. **2C Management of transitions** Proficient descriptor: Transitions occur smoothly, with little loss of instructional time  Observation: Students pass their homework assignments to the left, keeping their own copy underneath that of those to the right. They then pass their row to the student in front of them, who again keeps the order organized.
 * 2B Student pride in work**
 * 2C Management of instructional groups**

Proficient descriptor: Routines for handling materials and supplies occur smoothly, with little loss of instructional time  Observation: Upon hearing a double-whistle, students return their math supplies to their cubicles, and return without distraction to their pre-assigned reading groups.
 * //2C Management of materials and supplies//**

Proficient descriptor: Efficient systems for performing non instructional duties are in place, resulting in minimal loss of instructional time Observation: The students enter the classroom before the tardy bell rings, sit silently at their desks, and begin the posted warm-up assignment.
 * //2C Performance of non-instructional duties//**

__2D Managing student behavior__

Proficient descriptor: Teacher is alert to student behavior at all times  Observation: Student X is re-directed to complete the current instructional activity because she was attempting to study for her upcoming literature exam instead.
 * //2D Expectations//**

Proficient descriptor: Teacher response to misbehavior is appropriate and successful and respects the student’s dignity, or student behavior is generally appropriate  Observation: Students use self-discipline and shush student Y who tries to begin an impertinent discussion.
 * //2D Response to student misbehavior//**

__2E Organizing physical space__

Proficient descriptor: The classroom is safe, and learning is equally accessible to all students  Observation: The students in the exam-practice station sit in a semi-circle and take turns writing solutions to sample questions.
 * //2E Safety and accessibility//**

Proficient descriptor: Teacher uses physical resources skillfully, and the furniture arrangement is a resource for learning activities // Observation: The students use the model of the erector set created by the teacher to create their own ramp in order to accurately measure the force of gravity //
 * //2E Arrangement of furniture and use of physical resources//**