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Colorado State Model Evaluation System for Teachers

1.  ȱęȱȱě

All districts and BOCES are required to use the following state-approved definition of teacher 

effectiveness for teacher evaluation.

Effective teachers in the state of Colorado have the knowledge, skills, and commitments 

that ensure equitable learning opportunities and growth for all students. They strive to close 

achievement gaps and to prepare diverse student populations for postsecondary success. Effective 

teachers facilitate mastery of content and skill development, and identify and employ appropriate 

strategies for students who are not achieving mastery. They also develop in students the skills, 

interests and abilities necessary to be lifelong learners, as well as skills needed for democratic 

and civic participation. Effective teachers communicate high expectations to students and 

their families and find ways to engage them in a mutually supportive teaching and learning 

environment. Because effective teachers understand that the work of ensuring meaningful learning 

opportunities for all students cannot happen in isolation, they engage in collaboration, continuous 

reflection, on-going learning and leadership within the profession.

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2. The Colorado Teacher Quality Standards and Their Related Elements and 

Artifacts1

The Teacher Quality Standards outline the knowledge and skills required of an effective teacher and will be used to 

evaluate teachers in the state of Colorado. All school districts and BOCES shall base their evaluations of licensed 

classroom teachers on the full set of Teacher Quality Standards and associated detailed elements included below, or 

shall adopt their own locally developed standards that meet or exceed the Teacher Quality Standards and elements. 

School districts and BOCES that adopt their own locally developed standards shall crosswalk those standards 

to the Teacher Quality Standards and elements, so that the school district or BOCES is able to report the data 

required.

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘

The elementary teacher is an expert in literacy and mathematics and is knowledgeable in all other content that he 

or she teaches (e.g., science, social studies, arts, physical education, or world languages). The secondary teacher has 

knowledge of literacy and mathematics and is an expert in his or her content endorsement area(s). 

ELEMENT A: Teachers provide instruction that is 

aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards; their 

district’s organized plan of instruction; and the individual needs of their students.

ELEMENT B: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of student literacy development in reading, writing, speaking 

and listening. 

ELEMENT C: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of mathematics and understand how to promote student development in numbers and operations, algebra, geometry 

and measurement and data analysis and probability. 

ELEMENT D: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of the 

content, central concepts, tools of inquiry, appropriate 

evidence-based instructional practices and specialized 

character of the disciplines being taught.

ELEMENT E: Teachers develop lessons that reflect the 

interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines.

ELEMENT F: Teachers make instruction and content 

relevant to students and take actions to connect students’ background and contextual knowledge with new 

information being taught. 

QUALITY STANDARD II

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂƐĂĨĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĂĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ELEMENT A: Teachers foster a predictable learning 

environment in the classroom in which each student has 

a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults and 

peers. 

ELEMENT B: Teachers demonstrate a commitment to 

and respect for diversity, while working toward common 

goals as a community and as a country. 

ELEMENT C: Teachers engage students as individuals 

with unique interests and strengths. 

ELEMENT D: Teachers adapt their teaching for the 

benefit of all students, including those with special needs 

across a range of ability levels. 

ELEMENT E: Teachers provide proactive, clear and constructive feedback to families about student progress and 

work collaboratively with the families and significant 

adults in the lives of their students. 

ELEMENT F: Teachers create a learning environment 

characterized by acceptable student behavior, efficient 

use of time and appropriate intervention strategies. 

ϭdŚĞƐĞĂƌĞĨƌŽŵƚŚĞZƵůĞƐŝƐƐƵĞƐŽŶEŽǀ͘ε͕ϮϬϬϭĂŶĚĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚŽŶ&Ğď͘ϭρ͕ϮϬϭϮ͘
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QUALITY STANDARD III

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ELEMENT A: Teachers demonstrate knowledge of current developmental science, the ways in which learning 

takes place and the appropriate levels of intellectual, 

social and emotional development of their students. 

ELEMENT B: Teachers plan and consistently deliver 

instruction that draws on results of student assessments, 

is aligned to academic standards and advances students’ 

level of content knowledge and skills. 

ELEMENT C: Teachers demonstrate a rich knowledge 

of current research on effective instructional practices 

to meet the developmental and academic needs of their 

students. 

ELEMENT D: Teachers thoughtfully integrate and utilize 

appropriate available technology in their instruction to 

maximize student learning. 

ELEMENT E: Teachers establish and communicate high 

expectations for all students and plan instruction that 

helps students develop critical-thinking and problem 

solving skills. 

ELEMENT F: Teachers provide students with opportunities to work in teams and develop leadership qualities.

ELEMENT G: Teachers communicate effectively, making learning objectives clear and providing appropriate 

models of language. 

ELEMENT H: Teachers use appropriate methods to assess what each student has learned, including formal and 

informal assessments, and use results to plan further 

instruction. 

QUALITY STANDARD IV

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƌĞŇĞĐƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

ELEMENT A: Teachers demonstrate that they 

analyze student learning, development and 

growth and apply what they learn to improve their 

practice. 

ELEMENT B: Teachers link professional growth to their 

professional goals. 

ELEMENT C: Teachers are able to respond to a complex, 

dynamic environment. 

QUALITY STANDARD V

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘

ELEMENT A: Teachers demonstrate leadership in their 

schools. 

ELEMENT B: Teachers contribute knowledge and skills 

to educational practices and the teaching profession.

ELEMENT C: Teachers advocate for schools and students, partnering with students, families and communities as appropriate. 

ELEMENT D: Teachers demonstrate high ethical standards. 
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QUALITY STANDARD VI

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƚĂŬĞƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘

ELEMENT A: Teachers demonstrate high levels of student learning, growth and academic achievement. 

ELEMENT B: Teachers demonstrate high levels of student academic growth in the skills necessary for postsecondary and workforce readiness (See Appendix C), 

including democratic and civic participation. Teachers 

demonstrate their ability to utilize multiple data sources 

and evidence to evaluate their practice, and make adjustments where needed to continually improve attainment 

of student academic growth. 

Please note: Standard VI is not included as a part of determination of ratings on professional practices that is 

described in this User’s Guide. It is described in a separate document that can be found on the CDE Educator 

Effectiveness website here.

3. ȱȱȱȱěȱ

The Colorado State Model Educator Evaluation System for teachers is intended to provide support, incentives 

and rewards for teachers as they engage in the challenging work of enabling and empowering students to learn. 

The teacher effectiveness definition and Colorado Teacher Quality Standards provide clear guidance about 

state priorities for effective teaching. The use of multiple measures for teacher performance and guidelines for 

ensuring that these measures are of high quality will provide a more accurate and nuanced picture of the teacher’s 

professional practice and impact on measures of student learning. The use of performance standards to rate 

teacher performance allows more precision about professional expectations, identifies those teachers in need of 

improvement and recognizes performance that is of exceptional quality. 

The measures used to determine the teacher’s effectiveness rating emphasize the use of high-quality measures that 

result in a body of evidence concerning a teacher’s performance, and include:

y Measures of professional practice (Standards I-V) selected by the district that meet state technical guidelines, 

including formal observations plus at least one other measure. 

y Multiple measures of student academic growth (Standard VI) that are appropriate for the teacher’s teaching 

assignment, that represent the best available assessments for that assignment, that also include growth scores 

shared among groups of teachers and that meet state technical guidelines.

y Procedures for prioritizing or weighting measures of performance that ensure that measures of student learning 

represent at least 50 percent of total performance and are prioritized by technical quality, and that measures of 

professional practice are prioritized by local objectives.

4. Procedures for Conducting Evaluations 

Procedures for conducting evaluations may be determined on a local level, provided that they ensure that data is 

regularly collected, associated feedback and improvement opportunities are regularly provided and teachers receive 

a formal evaluation and performance standard designation by the end of each academic year. 

5. Performance Rating Levels

Four performance rating levels (or performance standards): Highly Effective, Effective, Partially Effective and 

Ineffective. The status implications described in Exhibit 3 apply for each teacher performance evaluation rating. 
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6. Appeals Process 

An appeals process that permits non-probationary teachers to appeal a second consecutive performance 

evaluation that falls below Effective. Additional information about Rules governing Colorado’s state-approved 

appeals process may be found here. 

The state framework for the teacher evaluation system, developed by the State Council for Educator Effectiveness 

(SCEE), illustrates the relationships of the system components and the weight professional practice plays with 

respect to measures of student learning. As Exhibit 20 illustrates, Quality Standards I through V deal with 

professional practice while Quality Standard VI deals with measures of student learning.

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WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ

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/ŶĞīĞĐƟǀĞ

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Teacher Evaluation Process: Forms 

Teacher Evaluation Process Tracking Form

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SUPERVISOR APPROVAL EVALUATOR APPROVAL

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SIGNATURE

EVALUATOR 

SIGNATURE COMMENTS

Training

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Rubric for Evaluating Colorado Teachers

Effective teachers in the state of Colorado have the knowledge, skills and commitments needed to provide excellent 

and equitable learning opportunities and growth for all students. They strive to support growth and development, 

close achievement gaps and to prepare diverse student populations for postsecondary and workforce success 

;^ĞĞƉƉĞŶĚŝdžͿ. Effective teachers facilitate mastery of content and skill development, and employ and adjust 

evidence-based strategies and approaches for students who are not achieving mastery and students who need 

acceleration. They also develop in students the skills, interests and abilities necessary to be lifelong learners, as well 

as for democratic and civic participation. Effective teachers communicate high expectations to students and their 

families and utilize diverse strategies to engage them in a mutually supportive teaching and learning environment. 

Because effective teachers understand that the work of ensuring meaningful learning opportunities for all students 

cannot happen in isolation, they engage in collaboration, continuous reflection, on-going learning and leadership 

within the profession. 

QUALITY STANDARD I

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ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT A:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŽůŽƌĂĚŽĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͖ƚŚĞŝƌĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ͛ƐŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚƉůĂŶ

ŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͖ĂŶĚƚŚĞŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

hƐĞƐůĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐ

ƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚ͗

{ ĂŝůLJƌĞǀŝĞǁĂŶĚƌĞǀŝͲ

ƐŝŽŶ͘

{ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůŽďũĞĐͲ

ƟǀĞƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĨŽƌ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ džƉůŝĐŝƚĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ

ƚŽƐƉĞĐŝĮĐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐĂŶĚĂƉͲ

ƉƌŽǀĞĚĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

/ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐůĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐ

ďĂƐĞĚŽŶ͗

{ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

{ Colorado Academic 

^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘

{ ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ͛ƐƉůĂŶŽĨ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

{ ^ƚĂƚĞĚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŽďũĞĐͲ

ƟǀĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ŽƚŚĞƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐƚĂīƚŽ

ǀĞƌƟĐĂůůLJĂŶĚŚŽƌŝnjŽŶͲ

ƚĂůůLJĂůŝŐŶ͕ĂƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞ͕

ĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌƚŚĞĂƉͲ

ƉƌŽǀĞĚĐƵƌƌŝĐƵůƵŵ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Interact with the rigͲ

orous and challenging 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

{ Perform at a level 

consistent with or 

ĂďŽǀĞĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Discuss strengths and 

ŶĞdžƚƐƚĞƉƐƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ

their learning with 

ƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘

ELEMENT B: dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

dŚŝƐƐĞĐƟŽŶĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJALL TEACHERS͕ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐŽĨŐƌĂĚĞůĞǀĞůŽƌƐƵďũĞĐƚƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ Demonstrates an unͲ

ĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ ŵƉŚĂƐŝnjĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐǁŚŝůĞ

ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

DĂŬĞƐĐŽŵƉůĞdžƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ

ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

ďLJ͗

{ ĚũƵƐƟŶŐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŽ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ƐŬŝůůůĞǀĞůƐ͘

{ /ŶƚĞŐƌĂƟŶŐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ƐŬŝůůƐĂŶĚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ

ŝŶƚŽůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͘

{ Providing relevant 

content that addressͲ

ĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚ

ĞŶŚĂŶĐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛͗

{ ƌŝƟĐĂůƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚ

ƌĞĂƐŽŶŝŶŐ͘

{ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ͘

{ >ŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůĚĞǀĞůŽƉͲ

ŵĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

Meet or exceed 

ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌ͗

{ KƌĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘

{ tƌŝƩĞŶĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂͲ

ƟŽŶ͘

{ ƌŝƟĐĂůƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘

{ WƌŽďůĞŵƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ >ŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ƉƉůLJůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ͗

{ Across academic 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

{ To understand comͲ

ƉůĞdžŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 51

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘dŚĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŝƐĂŶ

ĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŝŶĂůůŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŽƌƐŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĐŝĂů

ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ĂƌƚƐ͕ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ

ĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT B: dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕

ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

dŚŝƐƐĞĐƟŽŶĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJ

ELEMENTARY TEACHERSƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞĨŽƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞĂƌƚƐĂŶĚͬŽƌƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ŵƉŚĂƐŝnjĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐǁŚŝůĞ

teaching content 

ŽƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕

ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ŽƌůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ

ĂƌƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

/ŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ƐŬŝůůƐŝŶƚŽůĞƐƐŽŶƐ

and assignments 

ĂĐƌŽƐƐƐƵďũĞĐƚĂƌĞĂƐ͕

ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ͗

{ Phonological awareͲ

ŶĞƐƐ͘

{ WŚŽŶŝĐƐ͘

{ sŽĐĂďƵůĂƌLJ͘

{ ŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͘

{ &ůƵĞŶĐLJ͘

{ tƌŝƟŶŐ͘

{ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͘

{ >ŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

Engages students in 

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐ͗

{ WƵƌƉŽƐĞĨƵů͘

{ džƉůŝĐŝƚ͘

{ ^LJƐƚĞŵĂƟĐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐ͗

{ EĞĞĚƐͲďĂƐĞĚ͘

{ /ŶƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘

{ KĨƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚĚƵƌĂͲ

ƟŽŶƚŽĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ƉƉůLJůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ

;ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕

ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐͿ͗

{ Across academic 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

{ dŽŶĞǁͬƵŶĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ

ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘

{ To understand comͲ

ƉůĞdžŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘

{ tŚŝůĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚͲ

ing during unstrucͲ

ƚƵƌĞĚƟŵĞ͘

 Outside the classͲ

ƌŽŽŵ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

džĐĞĞĚƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ

ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌĂŐĞ͕

ŐƌĂĚĞ͕ĂŶĚͬŽƌĂďŝůŝƚLJ

ůĞǀĞůƐŝŶ͗

{ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘

{ tƌŝƟŶŐ͘

{ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͘

{ >ŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

dŚŝƐƐĞĐƟŽŶĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJ

SECONDARY TEACHERSƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞĨŽƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞĂƌƚƐĂŶĚͬŽƌƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ dĞĂĐŚĞƐĂŶĚƉƌŽͲ

ǀŝĚĞƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ

ĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽĂƉƉůLJ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

/ŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ƐŬŝůůƐŝŶƚŽůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͕

ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ͗

{ sŽĐĂďƵůĂƌLJ͘

{ ŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝŽŶ͘

{ &ůƵĞŶĐLJ͘

{ tƌŝƟŶŐ͘

{ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͘

{ >ŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

Engages students in 

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐ͗

{ WƵƌƉŽƐĞĨƵů͘

{ džƉůŝĐŝƚ͘

{ ^LJƐƚĞŵĂƟĐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ

ƚŚĂƚŝƐ͗

{ EĞĞĚƐͲďĂƐĞĚ͘

{ /ŶƚĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘

{ KĨƐƵĸĐŝĞŶƚĚƵƌĂͲ

ƟŽŶƚŽĂĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚĞ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ƉƉůLJůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJƐŬŝůůƐ

;ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕

ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐͿ͗

{ Across academic 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

{ dŽŶĞǁͬƵŶĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌ

ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů͘

{ To understand comͲ

ƉůĞdžŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘

{ tŚŝůĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚͲ

ing during the school 

ĚĂLJ͘

 Outside the classͲ

ƌŽŽŵ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

džĐĞĞĚƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͛Ɛ

ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌĂŐĞ͕

ŐƌĂĚĞ͕ĂŶĚͬŽƌĂďŝůŝƚLJ

ůĞǀĞůŝŶ͗

{ ZĞĂĚŝŶŐ͘

{ tƌŝƟŶŐ͘

{ ^ƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ͘

{ >ŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
ρϮͮK>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘dŚĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŝŶĂůůŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŽƌƐŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĐŝĂůƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ĂƌƚƐ͕

ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŚŽǁƚŽƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶ

ŶƵŵďĞƌƐĂŶĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĂůŐĞďƌĂ͕ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJĂŶĚŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚĂŶĚĚĂƚĂĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐĂŶĚƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

dŚŝƐƐĞĐƟŽŶĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJALL TEACHERS,ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐŽĨŐƌĂĚĞůĞǀĞůŽƌƐƵďũĞĐƚƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ Includes relevant 

ŵĂƚŚĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐŝŶ

discussions that do 

not have math as the 

ƉƌŝŵĂƌLJĨŽĐƵƐ͘

{ Promotes and encourͲ

ĂŐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽŵĂŬĞ

ĞdžƉůŝĐŝƚŵĂƚŚĐŽŶŶĞĐͲ

ƟŽŶƐĂĐƌŽƐƐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ŵƉŚĂƐŝnjĞƐƚŽƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐǁŚLJƚŚĞLJŶĞĞĚ

to learn math content 

ĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ hƐĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

strategies that require 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽĂƉƉůLJĂŶĚ

ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂů

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞƚŽĚŝīĞƌͲ

ĞŶƚĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ŵƉŚĂƐŝnjĞƐŝŶƚĞƌĚŝƐͲ

ĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌLJĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ

ƚŽŵĂƚŚ͘

{ DŽĚĞůƐŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐĂů

ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Share ideas and soluͲ

ƟŽŶƐƚŽĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ

ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘

{ Use the language of 

ŵĂƚŚƚŽƚĂůŬĂďŽƵƚ

ǁŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂƌĞĚŽŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ /ŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟͲ

ĐĂůŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŝŶ

ǁĂLJƐƚŚĂƚŵĂŬĞŝƚ

relevant to their 

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŚŽǁƚŽƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶ

ŶƵŵďĞƌƐĂŶĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĂůŐĞďƌĂ͕ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJĂŶĚŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚĂŶĚĚĂƚĂĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐĂŶĚƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

dŚŝƐƐĞĐƟŽŶĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŚĂƚƐŚŽƵůĚďĞĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚďLJdĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞĨŽƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐŵĂƚŚ͘

THE TEACHER:

Focuses math 

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶďĞLJŽŶĚ͗

{ ZĞĐĂůůŽĨĨĂĐƚƐ͘

{ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŽĨĐŽŵͲ

ƉƵƚĂƟŽŶĂůƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ Math as a series of 

ƌŽƚĞƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ͘

DŽĚĞůƐ͗

{ ƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵĂƚŚͲ

ĞŵĂƟĐĂůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂͲ

ƟŽŶ͘

{ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨŵĂƚŚͲ

ĞŵĂƟĐĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WƌĞƐĞŶƚƐĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͗

{ /ŶƐĞƋƵĞŶĐĞ͘

{ /ŶĂŵĂŶŶĞƌĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝͲ

ĂƚĞƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ĂŐĞ

ĂŶĚŐƌĂĚĞ͘

{ ,ĞůƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƵŶĚĞƌͲ

ƐƚĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂƐ

ĂĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐĂďĂůĂŶĐĞŽĨ

ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĨŽƌĐŽŶĐĞƉͲ

tual understanding 

and teaching for 

ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĂůŇƵĞŶĐLJ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER: 

ƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐĂŶ

ĞīĞĐƟǀĞŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐ

ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚďLJ͗

{ Challenging students 

ƚŽƚŚŝŶŬĚĞĞƉůLJĂďŽƵƚ

ƚŚĞƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ͘

{ Requiring students 

ƚŽĞdžƉůĂŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƐŽůƵͲ

ƟŽŶƐ͘

{ WŽƐŝŶŐƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐƚŚĂƚ

ƐƟŵƵůĂƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛

ĐƵƌŝŽƐŝƚLJĂŶĚĞŶĐŽƵƌͲ

ĂŐĞƚŚĞŵƚŽŝŶǀĞƐƟͲ

ŐĂƚĞĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ͘

{ ĐƟǀĞůLJĞŶŐĂŐŝŶŐƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐŝŶĚŽŝŶŐŵĂƚŚ͘

{ hƐŝŶŐƌĞĂůͲǁŽƌůĚĞdžͲ

ĂŵƉůĞƐĨŽƌƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ

ǁŚĞŶĞǀĞƌƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ^ŽůǀĞƉƌŽďůĞŵƐŝŶĂ

ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨǁĂLJƐ͘

{ Demonstrate mathͲ

ĞŵĂƟĐĂůƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐďLJ

ĞdžƉůĂŝŶŝŶŐƚŚĞŝƌƚŚŝŶŬͲ

ing to each other and 

ƚŽƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ZĞĐŽŐŶŝnjĞǁŚĞŶƚŚĞLJ

ŵĂŬĞƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĂůĞƌͲ

ƌŽƌƐĂŶĚƚĂŬĞƐƚĞƉƐƚŽ

ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚƚŚĞŵ͘

 džƉĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌůĞĂƌŶͲ

ŝŶŐďLJƵƐŝŶŐŵĂƚŚͲ

ĞŵĂƟĐĂůĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐŝŶ

ƐƵďũĞĐƚƐŽƚŚĞƌƚŚĂŶ

ŵĂƚŚ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
K>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^ͮρϯ

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘dŚĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŝŶĂůůŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŽƌƐŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĐŝĂůƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ĂƌƚƐ͕

ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT D:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ĐĞŶƚƌĂůĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͕ƚŽŽůƐŽĨŝŶƋƵŝƌLJ͕ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞͲďĂƐĞĚ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝnjĞĚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ƌĞĂŬƐĚŽǁŶĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ

ŝŶƚŽŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƉĂƌƚƐĂŶĚƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ

ĞĂĐŚƉĂƌƚƵƐŝŶŐĂƉͲ

ƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͕ĞīĞĐƟǀĞ

ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ƚŽŽůƐ͘

{ hƐĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

materials that are acͲ

ĐƵƌĂƚĞĂŶĚĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝͲ

ate for the lesson 

ďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

{ ŵƉůŽLJƐĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ

ŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

strategies to address 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶƐ

ŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĂƌĞ͗

{ ĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ͘

{ ůĞĂƌ͘

{ ŽŶĐŝƐĞ͘

{ ŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ŶŐĂŐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐŝŶ͗

{ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨĞdžƉůĂŶĂͲ

ƟŽŶƐĂŶĚŵƵůƟƉůĞ

ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐŽĨ

ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐĂŶĚŝĚĞĂƐ͘

{ ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨŝŶƋƵŝƌLJ

ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐƚŽĞdžƉůŽƌĞ

new ideas and theoͲ

ƌŝĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ĞǀĞůŽƉĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨ

ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚŵƵůͲ

ƟƉůĞƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĂƟŽŶƐ

ŽĨĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͘

{ ƵŝůĚŽŶƚŚĞƐŬŝůůƐĂŶĚ

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞůĞĂƌŶĞĚŝŶ

the classroom to enͲ

ŐĂŐĞŝŶŵŽƌĞĐŽŵƉůĞdž

ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͕ŝĚĞĂƐ͕ĂŶĚ

ƚŚĞŽƌŝĞƐ͘

hƐĞĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨŝŶƋƵŝƌLJ

ƚŽŽůƐĂŶĚƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐƚŽ͗

{ >ĞĂƌŶĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

{ Understand central 

ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͘

{ ŶƐǁĞƌĐŽŵƉůĞdž

ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘

{ WƌŽďůĞŵƐŽůǀĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ZŽƵƟŶĞůLJ͗

{ Choose challenging 

ƚĂƐŬƐĂŶĚŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘

{ ƉƉůLJŶĞǁůLJůĞĂƌŶĞĚ

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƐŬŝůůƐƚŽ

ƵŶŝƋƵĞƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚ

ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ͘

{ Discuss ideas and 

content that are intelͲ

ůĞĐƚƵĂůůLJĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐ

ƚŽƚŚĞŵ͘

ELEMENT E:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞƐƐŽŶƐƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚŶĞƐƐŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐͬĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ŵƉŚĂƐŝnjĞƐŬĞLJĐŽŶͲ

ĐĞƉƚƐĂŶĚĐŽŶŶĞĐƚƐ

ƚŚĞŵƚŽŽƚŚĞƌƉŽǁĞƌͲ

ful ideas within the 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ͘

{ Connects lessons to 

ŽƚŚĞƌĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐĂŶĚͬ

ŽƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

/ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

strategies to ensure that 

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͗

{ ƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞƐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

ĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĂƌLJ

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ͘

{ /ŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞƐůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ

ƐŬŝůůƐĂĐƌŽƐƐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

ĂƌĞĂƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ůĂƌŝĮĞƐĂŶĚĞůĂďŽͲ

ƌĂƚĞƐŽŶŝŶƚĞƌĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶͲ

ĂƌLJĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

strategies that include 

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ͕ŶƵŵĞƌĂĐLJ͕

and language deͲ

ǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂĐƌŽƐƐ

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

DĂŬĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐďĞͲ

ƚǁĞĞŶ͗

{ Prior learning and the 

ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůĞƐƐŽŶ͘

{ KƚŚĞƌĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐĂŶĚͬ

or content areas and 

ƚŚĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůĞƐƐŽŶ͘

{ ŵƉůŽLJƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

strategies that include 

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJ͕ŶƵŵĞƌĂĐLJ͕

and language deͲ

ǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂĐƌŽƐƐ

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Accelerate their learnͲ

ŝŶŐďLJĞůĂďŽƌĂƟŶŐŽŶ

current lesson with 

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐƚŽƉƌŝŽƌ

lessons within the 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ǁŝƚŚŽƚŚĞƌĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
54 | COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘dŚĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŝŶĂůůŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŽƌƐŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĐŝĂůƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ĂƌƚƐ͕

ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT F:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐŵĂŬĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƚĂŬĞĂĐƟŽŶƐƚŽĐŽŶŶĞĐƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ

ĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƵĂůŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞǁŝƚŚŶĞǁŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

THE TEACHER:

^ĞůĞĐƚƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

materials and strategies 

ďĂƐĞĚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌ͗

{ ZĞůĞǀĂŶĐĞ͘

{ ĞŶƚƌĂůĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƐ͘

{ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶĂůĞǀŝͲ

ĚĞŶĐĞďĂƐĞ͘

{ >ŝŶŬƐůĞƐƐŽŶƐƚŽƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐ͛ƉƌŝŽƌŬŶŽǁůͲ

ĞĚŐĞ͘

{ ŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞƐĂŶĚƉƌŽͲ

ǀŝĚĞƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ

ĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽŵĂŬĞ

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐƚŽƉƌŝŽƌ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

Delivers lessons and units 

ĂŶĚƵƐĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐƚŚĂƚ͗

{ ,ĞůƉƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ

ƚŽƚŚĞŝƌůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐďLJ

ůŝŶŬŝŶŐƚŚĞĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ

ůĞƐƐŽŶǁŝƚŚƉƌŝŽƌ

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ĞdžƉĞƌŝͲ

ĞŶĐĞƐ͕ĂŶĚͬŽƌĐƵůƚƵƌĂů

ĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƐ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ

that facilitate engageͲ

ŵĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ Delivers lessons and 

uses materials to 

ĞŶƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛

ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐĂŶĚ

ĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƵĂůŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ

ĂƌĞĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĞĚ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝͲ

ƟĞƐĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽ

ƐĞůĨͲƐĞůĞĐƚƚĂƐŬƐƚŚĂƚ

accelerate their learnͲ

ŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Interact with materiͲ

als that are relevant 

ƚŽƚŚĞŵ͘

{ ƐŬƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐĂŶĚ

ƐŽůǀĞƉƌŽďůĞŵƐƚŚĂƚ

ĂƌĞƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚƚŽƚŚĞŵ͘

{ DĂŬĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ

ƚŽƉƌŝŽƌůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚŽ

understand current 

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ^ĞůĞĐƚƚĂƐŬƐƚŚĂƚ

demonstrate transfer 

ŽĨŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞƚŽŽƚŚĞƌ

ƚŚĞŽƌŝĞƐ͕ŝĚĞĂƐ͕ĂŶĚͬ

ŽƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

ĂƐĂǁŚŽůĞ͘
COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 55

QUALITY STANDARD II

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂƐĂĨĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĂĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT A:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĨŽƐƚĞƌĂƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚŝŶƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŝŶǁŚŝĐŚĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐĂƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ͕

ŶƵƌƚƵƌŝŶŐƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉǁŝƚŚĐĂƌŝŶŐĂĚƵůƚƐĂŶĚƉĞĞƌƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ Creates a classroom 

environment conduͲ

ĐŝǀĞƚŽůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

Creates a classroom 

environment that 

ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ͗

{ DƵƚƵĂůƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͘

{ WŽƐŝƟǀĞƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶĂŶĚĂŵŽŶŐ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ŵƉĂƚŚLJĨŽƌĞĂĐŚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ Creates a classroom 

environment which 

ǀĂůƵĞƐĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉĞƌͲ

ƐƉĞĐƟǀĞƐ͘

{ ƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐĂŶƵƌͲ

turing and caring 

ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉǁŝƚŚĞĂĐŚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚƚŚĞŝƌĐůĂƐƐͲ

ŵĂƚĞƐĂŶĚƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ;ƐͿ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ŶŐĂŐĞŝŶƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů

ĂŶĚŽƉĞŶĚŝĂůŽŐƵĞ

with each other and 

ƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘

ELEMENT B:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĂĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚƚŽĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ǁŚŝůĞǁŽƌŬŝŶŐƚŽǁĂƌĚĐŽŵŵŽŶŐŽĂůƐĂƐĂ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĂŶĚĂƐĂĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘

THE TEACHER:

Creates a classroom 

environment in which 

ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJŝƐ͗

{ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ͘

{ Used to further stuͲ

ĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ hƐĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚĞƐĂŶĚŵĂƚĞͲ

ƌŝĂůƐƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐ͛ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘

{ ĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞƐƚŚĞǀĂůͲ

ƵĞŽĨĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͛Ɛ

ĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶƐƚŽƚŚĞ

ƋƵĂůŝƚLJŽĨůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͘

{ Is welcoming to 

ĚŝǀĞƌƐĞĨĂŵŝůLJƐƚƌƵĐͲ

ƚƵƌĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ

ƚŚĂƚƌĞƐƵůƚŝŶ͗

{ ƐĞŶƐĞŽĨĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ

ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ īĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ

ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů

ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞƐ͘

{ WŽƐŝƟǀĞƐŽĐŝĂůƌĞůĂͲ

ƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͘

{ Common goals for all 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚƚŚĞƵŶŝƋƵĞͲ

ness of fellow 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ĐƟǀĞůLJƐĞĞŬĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJ

ŽĨƉĞƌƐƉĞĐƟǀĞƐƚŽ

ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞŐƌŽƵƉĂƐͲ

ƐŝŐŶŵĞŶƚƐ͘

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞŶŐĂŐĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂƐŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐǁŝƚŚƵŶŝƋƵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐĂŶĚƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐůĞƐƐŽŶƐ

ƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

{ Uses results of stuͲ

dent interest inventoͲ

ries to design lessons 

ĂŶĚŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘

{ Encourages students 

ƚŽĞdžƉĂŶĚĂŶĚĞŶͲ

ŚĂŶĐĞƚŚĞŝƌůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

{ ĐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞƐ

students for their acͲ

ĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ƐŬƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůLJ

ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐŝŶŐƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ

ŽĨĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ^ĐĂīŽůĚƐƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘

{ 'ŝǀĞƐǁĂŝƚƟŵĞĞƋƵŝͲ

ƚĂďůLJ͘

{ Ensures that all stuͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞŝŶ

ĐůĂƐƐĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS͗

{ ĐƟǀĞůLJĞŶŐĂŐĞŝŶ

ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘

{ Discuss content and 

ŵĂŬĞĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐďĞͲ

tween current lesson 

ĂŶĚƚŚĞŝƌŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Encourage fellow 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽƉĂƌͲ

ƟĐŝƉĂƚĞĂŶĚĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ

ƚŚĞŵƐĞůǀĞƐ͘

{ ĐƟǀĞůLJĞŶŐĂŐĞŝŶ

ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ĂŶĚŐƌŽƵƉƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
56 | COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS

QUALITY STANDARD II

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂƐĂĨĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĂĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT D:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚĂƉƚƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞďĞŶĞĮƚŽĨĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƚŚŽƐĞǁŝƚŚƐƉĞĐŝĂůŶĞĞĚƐ͕ĂĐƌŽƐƐĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨ

ĂďŝůŝƚLJůĞǀĞůƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ĚĂƉƚƐůĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐ

to address individual 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

 /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐƌĞĐŽŵͲ

ŵĞŶĚĂƟŽŶƐŽĨƐƉĞͲ

cialists and colleagues 

to address student 

ŶĞĞĚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ĞƐŝŐŶƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ

to address learning 

ŶĞĞĚƐŽĨĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ DŽŶŝƚŽƌƐƚŚĞƋƵĂůŝƚLJ

ŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂͲ

ƟŽŶĂŶĚƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ^ŽůŝĐŝƚƐŝŶƉƵƚĨƌŽŵĐŽůͲ

leagues to understand 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ŶĞĞĚƐ͘

{ hƐĞƐŵƵůƟƉůĞƐƚƌĂƚĞͲ

gies to teach and 

ĂƐƐĞƐƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐĂŶĚƐƵƉͲ

ƉŽƌƚƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽůĞĂƌŶ

ƚŽƚŚĞŝƌŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Advocate for themͲ

ƐĞůǀĞƐ͘

{ ƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞƚŚĞŝƌ

learning needs to 

ƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚĞƌĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ƉĂƌĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ƉƉůLJĐŽƉŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐƚŽ

ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶƐ͘

{ ^ŚĂƌĞĐŽƉŝŶŐƐƚƌĂƚĞͲ

gies with fellow 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ,ĞůƉĨĞůůŽǁĐůĂƐƐͲ

ŵĂƚĞƐďLJŽīĞƌŝŶŐ

ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ͘

ELEMENT E:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƉƌŽĂĐƟǀĞ͕ĐůĞĂƌĂŶĚĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂďŽƵƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĂŶĚǁŽƌŬ

ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞůLJǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐŝŶƚŚĞůŝǀĞƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞƐĂĐůĂƐƐͲ

room environment 

ƚŚĂƚŝƐŝŶǀŝƟŶŐƚŽ

ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮͲ

ĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵů

ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐǁŝƚŚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝͲ

ůŝĞƐ͕ĂŶĚͬŽƌƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ

ĂĚƵůƚƐ͘

 hƐĞƐĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨ

ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐƚŽŝŶŝƟĂƚĞ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶǁŝƚŚ

ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮͲ

ĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 Provides clear and 

ĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽ

ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮͲ

cant adults regarding 

student needs and 

ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ͘

 ŽŽƌĚŝŶĂƚĞƐŇŽǁŽĨ

ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶďĞƚǁĞĞŶ

families and colͲ

ůĞĂŐƵĞƐǁŚŽƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Communicate 

ĨƌĞĞůLJĂŶĚŽƉĞŶůLJǁŝƚŚ

ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘

FAMILIES AND 

SIGNIFICANT ADULTS:

 Discuss student 

ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞ

ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͘

 WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞŝŶƐĐŚŽŽůͲ

ďĂƐĞĚĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

FAMILIES AND 

SIGNIFICANT ADULTS

 Partner with the 

ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ

student strengths and 

ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŶĞdžƚƐƚĞƉƐĨŽƌ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

ELEMENT F:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐƌĞĂƚĞĂůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝnjĞĚďLJĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͕ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚƵƐĞŽĨƟŵĞĂŶĚ

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶƟŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ Provides clear exͲ

ƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐƚŽŐƵŝĚĞ

student classroom 

ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͘

{ Holds students acͲ

ĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞĨŽƌĂĚŚĞƌͲ

ĞŶĐĞƚŽƐĐŚŽŽůĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ĐůĂƐƐƌƵůĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ WƵƚƐƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐŝŶ

ƉůĂĐĞƚŽŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƟŵĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ DĂŬĞƐŵĂdžŝŵƵŵƵƐĞ

ŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƟŵĞ͘

{ Maintains a safe and 

ŽƌĚĞƌůLJĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ^ƚĂLJŽŶƚĂƐŬĚƵƌŝŶŐ

ĐůĂƐƐƉĞƌŝŽĚƐ͘

{ tŽƌŬǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŝŶƚĞƌͲ

ƌƵƉƟŽŶ͘

{ ďŝĚĞďLJƐĐŚŽŽůĂŶĚ

ĐůĂƐƐƌƵůĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ĐĐĞƉƚƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ

ĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌĂŶĚ

ƵƐĞŽĨƟŵĞ͘

{ ,ĞůƉŽƚŚĞƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

ƐƚĂLJŽŶƚĂƐŬ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

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QUALITY STANDARD III

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT A:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨĐƵƌƌĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƚŚĞǁĂLJƐŝŶǁŚŝĐŚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚĂŬĞƐƉůĂĐĞ͕ĂŶĚ

ƚŚĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůĞǀĞůƐŽĨŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů͕ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ĂŶĚĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

THE TEACHER: 

{ ŝīĞƌĞŶƟĂƚĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐͲ

ƟŽŶ͘

{ DŽĚŝĮĞƐĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŽ

assure that students 

ĂƌĞĂďůĞƚŽǁŽƌŬĂƚ

ƚŚĞŝƌĂďŝůŝƚLJůĞǀĞůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER: 

 ^ƚƵĚŝĞƐƌĞĐĞŶƚͬĐƵƌͲ

rent research to 

ĞdžƉĂŶĚƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨŚŽǁ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐůĞĂƌŶ͘

{ ƵŝůĚƐŽŶƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌƌĞͲ

ůĂƚĞĚŶĞƐƐŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛

ŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů͕ƐŽĐŝĂů͕

ĂŶĚĞŵŽƟŽŶĂůĚĞǀĞůͲ

ŽƉŵĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ƉƉůŝĞƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨ

ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶͲ

tal science to address 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

 ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐǁŝƚŚĞdžƉĞͲ

ƌŝĞŶĐĞŝŶĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶͲ

ƚĂůƐĐŝĞŶĐĞƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ

ƚŚĞƋƵĂůŝƚLJŽĨůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ^ĞĞŬŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚ

ƌĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ

ĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůĂƉͲ

ƉƌŽĂĐŚƚŽůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS: 

^ĞĞŬƚŽƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚ͗

{ ,ŽǁƚŚĞLJůĞĂƌŶďĞƐƚ͘

{ tŚĞƌĞƚŚĞŝƌƟŵĞĂŶĚ

ĞīŽƌƚƐĂƌĞďĞƐƚƵƐĞĚ͘

ELEMENT B:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚĚƌĂǁƐŽŶƌĞƐƵůƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚƚŽ

ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐĂŶĚĂĚǀĂŶĐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ůĞǀĞůŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

THE TEACHER: 

 Uses assessment reͲ

ƐƵůƚƐƚŽŐƵŝĚĞĂĚũƵƐƚͲ

ŵĞŶƚƐƚŽŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

{ ,ĂƐĞdžƉůŝĐŝƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

outcomes in mind for 

ĞĂĐŚůĞƐƐŽŶ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ůŝŐŶƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶǁŝƚŚ

academic standards 

and student assessͲ

ŵĞŶƚƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘

{ DŽŶŝƚŽƌƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ

ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉĞƌͲ

ĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞĂŶĚŵĂŬĞƐ

ƌĞĂůͲƟŵĞĂĚũƵƐƚͲ

ŵĞŶƚƐ͘

{ Assesses required 

ƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER: 

{ Encourages students 

ƚŽƚĂŬĞĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ

ƌŝƐŬƐ͘

{ DĂŬĞƐƐƵƌĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

ŵĞĞƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŽďũĞĐͲ

ƟǀĞƐǁŚŝůĞŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐ

ŵĂƐƚĞƌLJůĞǀĞůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS: 

{ Monitor their level of 

ĞŶŐĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ͘

{ Confer with the 

teacher to achieve 

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚĂƌŐĞƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS: 

/ŶŝƟĂƚĞĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐƚŽ͗

{ Address their learning 

strengths and next 

ƐƚĞƉƐ͘

{ dĂŬĞĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƌŝƐŬƐ͘

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĂƌŝĐŚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚŽŶĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŽŵĞĞƚƚŚĞ

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůĂŶĚĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

THE TEACHER: 

{ /ŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐ

ĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞͲďĂƐĞĚƐƚƌĂƚͲ

ĞŐŝĞƐŝŶƚŽůĞƐƐŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER: 

{ DĂŬĞƐĐŽŶŶĞĐƟŽŶƐ

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĂƚĂ

ĂŶĚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚͲďĂƐĞĚ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER: 

{ /ŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŝnjĞƐŝŶƐƚƌƵĐͲ

ƟŽŶĂůĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚƚŽ

meet unique needs of 

ĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ŵďƌĂĐĞŶĞǁĂŶĚ

ƵŶŝƋƵĞǁĂLJƐŽĨ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĂƐƚŚĞLJĂƌĞ

introduced through 

ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚͲďĂƐĞĚůĞƐͲ

ƐŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ƉƉůLJƐŬŝůůƐĂŶĚ

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞůĞĂƌŶĞĚŝŶ

ƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
58 | COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS

QUALITY STANDARD III

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT D:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵůůLJŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĂŶĚƵƟůŝnjĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJŝŶƚŚĞŝƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŽŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ hƐĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚͲ

ŶŽůŽŐLJƚŽĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞ

ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ŵƉůŽLJƐƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐĂŶĚ

ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐƚŽĞŶƐƵƌĞ

that students have 

ĞƋƵŝƚĂďůĞĂĐĐĞƐƐƚŽ

ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͘

{ Monitors the use of 

ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ

ŝŶƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

hƐĞƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ

ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJƚŽ͗

{ Enhance student 

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

{ ĞǀĞůŽƉƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ ŶŚĂŶĐĞĐƌĞĂƟǀĞĂŶĚ

ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ Provide engaging and 

ŵŽƟǀĂƟŶŐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Engage in virtual or 

ĨĂĐĞͲƚŽͲĨĂĐĞůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐĞŶŚĂŶĐĞĚ

ďLJĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞƵƐĞŽĨ

ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ͘

{ WƌŽĚƵĐĞĐƌĞĂƟǀĞĂŶĚ

ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

hƐĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ

ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJƚŽ͗

{ Accelerate their learnͲ

ŝŶŐ͘

{ ƉƉůLJƚĞĂŵďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ

ĂŶĚŶĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ ĞĞƉĞŶĐƌŝƟĐĂůƚŚŝŶŬͲ

ŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ Communicate efͲ

ĨĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͘

ELEMENT E:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞŚŝŐŚĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƉůĂŶŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŚĞůƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉĐƌŝƟĐĂůͲƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ ,ĂƐŚŝŐŚĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ

ĨŽƌĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ Holds students acͲ

ĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ^ĞƚƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĞdžƉĞĐƚĂͲ

ƟŽŶƐĂƚĂůĞǀĞůƚŚĂƚ

ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ /ŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐĐƌŝƟĐĂů

ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵͲ

ƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ Challenges all stuͲ

dents to learn to their 

ŐƌĞĂƚĞƐƚĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

{ džƉůŝĐŝƚůLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ

ŚŝŐŚĞƌͲŽƌĚĞƌƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐ

ĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵͲƐŽůǀŝŶŐ

ƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ Ensures that students 

ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂƚůĞǀĞůƐ

ŵĞĞƟŶŐŽƌĞdžĐĞĞĚŝŶŐ

ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ,ĞůƉƐĞƚƚŚĞŝƌůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ͘

{ ƉƉůLJŚŝŐŚĞƌͲŽƌĚĞƌ

ƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵͲ

ƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐƚŽ

address challenging 

ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ DŽŶŝƚŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƉƌŽŐͲ

ress toward achieving 

ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ͛ƐŚŝŐŚĞdžƉĞĐͲ

ƚĂƟŽŶƐ͘

{ ^ĞĞŬŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƚŽ

ƚĞƐƚƚŚĞŝƌƉƌŽďůĞŵͲ

ƐŽůǀŝŶŐĂŶĚŚŝŐŚĞƌͲ

ŽƌĚĞƌƐŬŝůůƐ͘

ELEMENT F:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƚŽǁŽƌŬŝŶƚĞĂŵƐĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

{ Includes all students 

in individual and 

ŐƌŽƵƉĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

WůĂŶƐůĞƐƐŽŶƐƚŚĂƚ͗

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ

ĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽƉĂƌͲ

ƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƵƐŝŶŐǀĂƌŝŽƵƐ

roles and modes of 

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ &ůĞdžŝďůLJŐƌŽƵƉƐƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐ͘

{ ĚũƵƐƚƐƚĞĂŵĐŽŵͲ

ƉŽƐŝƟŽŶďĂƐĞĚŽŶ

ůĞƐƐŽŶŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐĂŶĚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

{ sĂƌŝĞƐŐƌŽƵƉƐŝnjĞ͕

ĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚƚĂƐŬƐ

ƚŽĐƌĞĂƚĞŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ

for students to learn 

ĨƌŽŵĞĂĐŚŽƚŚĞƌ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ &ƵůĮůůƚŚĞŝƌĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ

ƌŽůĞƐǁŝƚŚŝŶƚŚĞƚĞĂŵ͘

{ ƐƐƵŵĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ

ƌŽůĞƐŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂŵƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ hƟůŝnjĞŐƌŽƵƉƉƌŽͲ

ĐĞƐƐĞƐƚŽďƵŝůĚƚƌƵƐƚ

ĂŶĚƉƌŽŵŽƚĞĞīĞĐƟǀĞ

ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐĂŵŽŶŐ

ƚĞĂŵŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘

{ WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞŝŶƚĞĂŵƐ

ŝŶǁĂLJƐƚŚĂƚďƵŝůĚ

ƚƌƵƐƚĂŶĚŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ

of ideas among team 

ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘
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THE TEACHER:

{ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞƐĞīĞĐͲ

ƟǀĞůLJǁŝƚŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ DŽĚĞůƐĞīĞĐƟǀĞĐŽŵͲ

ŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐŬŝůůƐ͘

{ Encourages students 

to communicate efͲ

ĨĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ Teaches students to 

ďĞĞīĞĐƟǀĞĐŽŵŵƵͲ

ŶŝĐĂƚŽƌƐ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝͲ

ƟĞƐĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƚŽ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂͲ

ƟŽŶƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ƉƉůLJĞīĞĐƟǀĞǁƌŝƚͲ

ten and oral commuͲ

ŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐŬŝůůƐŝŶƚŚĞŝƌ

ǁŽƌŬ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ Use academic lanͲ

ŐƵĂŐĞŝŶƐƉŽŬĞŶĂŶĚ

ǁƌŝƩĞŶǁŽƌŬ͘

ELEMENT H:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƵƐĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵĞƚŚŽĚƐƚŽĂƐƐĞƐƐǁŚĂƚĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐůĞĂƌŶĞĚ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐĨŽƌŵĂůĂŶĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂů

ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƵƐĞƌĞƐƵůƚƐƚŽƉůĂŶĨƵƌƚŚĞƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

THE TEACHER:

 WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐĂĐƟŽŶĂďůĞ

ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕

ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͕ĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮͲ

ĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐ͘

{ Involves students 

in monitoring their 

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

{ Assesses learning outͲ

ĐŽŵĞƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůLJ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐĂƉƉƌŽͲ

ƉƌŝĂƚĞƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐĨŽƌ

ĂƐƐŝŐŶŝŶŐŐƌĂĚĞƐ͘

 ǀĂůƵĂƚĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉĞƌͲ

ĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞďĂƐĞĚŽŶ

ŵƵůƟƉůĞŵĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ͘

 Includes documenͲ

ƚĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐƚŽǁĂƌĚŵĂƐͲ

ƚĞƌLJŽĨƐƚĂƚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

standards in assessͲ

ŵĞŶƚƉůĂŶƐ͘͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ hƐĞƐĂǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨĂƐͲ

ƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ͘

{ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐĂĐƟŽŶĂďůĞ͕

ƟŵĞůLJ͕ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂŶĚŝŶͲ

ĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŝnjĞĚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

ĂďŽƵƚƚŚĞƋƵĂůŝƚLJŽĨ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ͘

{ Teaches students to 

ƵƐĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽŝŵͲ

ƉƌŽǀĞƚŚĞŝƌůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

{ ^ĞůĨͲĂƐƐĞƐƐŽŶĂ

ǀĂƌŝĞƚLJŽĨƐŬŝůůƐĂŶĚ

ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͘

{ ƌƟĐƵůĂƚĞƚŚĞŝƌ

ƉĞƌƐŽŶĂůƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ

ĂŶĚŶĞĞĚƐďĂƐĞĚŽŶ

ƐĞůĨͲĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚ͘

{ īĞĐƟǀĞůLJƵƐĞĨŽƌŵĂů

ĂŶĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂůĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

to monitor their 

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ƐƐƵŵĞŽǁŶĞƌƐŚŝƉĨŽƌ͗

{ Monitoring their 

ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐ͘

{ ^ĞƫŶŐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŐŽĂůƐ͘

{ ƉƉůLJŝŶŐƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ

ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ

ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞĂŶĚ

accelerate their learnͲ

ŝŶŐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

ĂƐĂǁŚŽůĞ͘

QUALITY STANDARD III

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT G:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵůůLJŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĂŶĚƵƟůŝnjĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJŝŶƚŚĞŝƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŽŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘
ςϬͮK>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^

QUALITY STANDARD IV

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƌĞŇĞĐƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT A:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂŶĂůLJnjĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͕ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂŶĚŐƌŽǁƚŚĂŶĚĂƉƉůLJǁŚĂƚƚŚĞLJůĞĂƌŶƚŽ

ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

THE TEACHER:

 Collects and anaͲ

ůLJnjĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĂƚĂƚŽ

ŝŶĨŽƌŵŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

hƐĞƐĚĂƚĂƚŽ͗

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

 InformƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ŽůůĞĐƚƐŵƵůƟƉůĞ

ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ǁŽƌŬƚŽĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŽǀĞƌ

ƟŵĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ƉƉůŝĞƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ

ŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͕

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕

and growth to the 

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŽĨ͗

 >ĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐ͘

 /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ĞǀĞůŽƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƉůĂŶƐďĂƐĞĚ

ŽŶ͗

 DƵůƟƉůĞĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐŽĨ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ͘

 KƚŚĞƌĚĂƚĂƉŽŝŶƚƐ͘

 /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶŐĂƚŚĞƌĞĚ

ĨƌŽŵƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ĨĂŵŝͲ

ůŝĞƐ͕ĂŶĚĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 Monitors and 

ĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞƐƉĞƌƐŽŶĂů

ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌĂůĐŚĂŶŐĞƐ

to determine what 

ǁŽƌŬƐĨŽƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ELEMENT B:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐůŝŶŬƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐƌŽǁƚŚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽĂůƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

 /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐƉĞƌĨŽƌͲ

ŵĂŶĐĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬĨƌŽŵ

ƐƵƉĞƌǀŝƐŽƌĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

ĐƟǀĞůLJĞŶŐĂŐĞƐ

ŝŶƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ

ŽŶ͗

 Addressing student 

ŶĞĞĚƐ͘

 School and district 

ŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͘

 DĞĞƟŶŐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ŐŽĂůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ŶŐĂŐĞƐŝŶƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ

ďĂƐĞĚŽŶ͗

 >ŝŬĞůŝŚŽŽĚŽĨŚĂǀŝŶŐ

ĂƉŽƐŝƟǀĞŝŵƉĂĐƚŽŶ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

 Alignment with 

Colorado Academic 

Standards and school 

ĂŶĚĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͘

 ƵƌƌĞŶƚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘

 ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚŶĞĞĚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ĚǀŽĐĂƚĞƐĨŽƌƉƌŽĨĞƐͲ

ƐŝŽŶĂůĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

ƚŚĂƚŝƐĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞďĂƐĞĚ

and targeted toward 

ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞƐ͘

 ƉƉůŝĞƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ

ĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐůĞĂƌŶĞĚ

ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚƚŽƉƌŽͲ

ĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚƐŶĞǁĂŶĚ

ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐďĂƐĞĚŽŶ

current research and 

ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͘

 ĚĂƉƚƐƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ

to meet student 

needs

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ĞǀĞůŽƉƐĂŶĚĨŽůůŽǁƐ

ĂůŽŶŐͲƚĞƌŵƉƌŽĨĞƐͲ

ƐŝŽŶĂůĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ

ƉůĂŶ͘

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂƌĞĂďůĞƚŽƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƚŽĂĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘

THE TEACHER:

ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐƚŽ͗

 /ŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚŶĞǁŝĚĞĂƐ

ƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ

ĂŶĚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

 ŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞƚŽĐĂŵƉƵƐ

ŐŽĂůƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐĂƉŽƐŝͲ

ƟǀĞ͕ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟǀĞĂŶĚ

ƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ

ǁŝƚŚĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 /ŶŝƟĂƚĞƐĂŶĚůĞĂĚƐ

ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ

ǁŝƚŚĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐƚŽ͗

 ŶĂůLJnjĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĂƚĂ

ĂŶĚŝŶƚĞƌƉƌĞƚƌĞƐƵůƚƐ͘

 ƉƉůLJĮŶĚŝŶŐƐƚŽ

ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ

ĂŶĚͬŽƌĂĚǀĂŶĐĞĚͬ

ĂďŽǀĞŐƌĂĚĞůĞǀĞů

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 ^ĞƌǀĞƐĂƐĂĐƌŝƟĐĂů

ĨƌŝĞŶĚĨŽƌĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͕

ďŽƚŚƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐĂŶĚ

ƌĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬŽŶ

ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 Strengthens teaching 

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞďLJĂĚĂƉƟŶŐ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ

ďĂƐĞĚŽŶĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞ

ĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌ

ƚLJƉĞƐŽĨƉĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ

ĚĂƚĂ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

ĂƐĂǁŚŽůĞ͘
COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 61

QUALITY STANDARD V

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT A:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

 WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƐŝŶƐĐŚŽŽů

ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚŽĨ

ĂůůƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘

 tŽƌŬƐĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞůLJ

ĨŽƌƚŚĞďĞŶĞĮƚŽĨƐƚƵͲ

ĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƐĐŚŽŽůŐŽĂůƐ

ĂŶĚŝŶŝƟĂƟǀĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞƐƚŽƐĐŚŽŽů

ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞƐĂŶĚ

ƚĞĂŵƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ƐĐŚŽŽůͲďĂƐĞĚƚĞĂŵƐ

ƚŽůĞǀĞƌĂŐĞƚŚĞƐŬŝůůƐ

ĂŶĚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ

of colleagues and 

ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 Shares lessons 

learned with colͲ

ůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

 Confers with school 

administrators to 

ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ

ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

/ŶŝƟĂƚĞƐĂŶĚůĞĂĚƐ

ĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ

ƚŚĂƚ͗

 Partner with families 

to coordinate learning 

ďĞƚǁĞĞŶŚŽŵĞĂŶĚ

ƐĐŚŽŽů͘

 Share ideas to imͲ

ƉƌŽǀĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĂŶĚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚƌƵŐŐůŝŶŐ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ELEMENT B:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐƚŽĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘

THE TEACHER:

 ^ŚĂƌĞƐĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞǁŝƚŚ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚŚĞǁŽƌŬŽĨ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ͘

 ĐƟǀĞůLJƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƐ

ŝŶĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐĚĞƐŝŐŶĞĚ

ƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ

ĂŶĚƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐƚŚĂƚ

ĂīĞĐƚƐĐŚŽŽůĐůŝŵĂƚĞ͕

ĨĂŵŝůLJƉĂƌƚŶĞƌŝŶŐ͕ĂŶĚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐƚŽ͗

 ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ŐƌŽǁƚŚĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉͲ

ŵĞŶƚ͘

 WƌŽǀŝĚĞŝŶƉƵƚŝŶƚŽ

ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐĂŶĚƉƌŽͲ

ĐĞĚƵƌĞƐƚŚĂƚĂīĞĐƚ

school climate and 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

 WĂƌƚŶĞƌǁŝƚŚĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 >ĞĂĚƐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ŐƌŽǁƚŚĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉͲ

ŵĞŶƚĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐǁŚĞŶͲ

ĞǀĞƌƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 WĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƐŝŶĚŝƐͲ

ƚƌŝĐƚͲǁŝĚĞĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶͲ

ŵĂŬŝŶŐƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ

ƚŚĂƚŝŵƉĂĐƚƚŚĞ

ƐĐŚŽŽůĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ͕

including families

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 Advocates for the 

inclusion of teachers 

and families in educaͲ

ƟŽŶĂŶĚŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ

ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶͲŵĂŬŝŶŐ

ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ͘

ELEMENT C:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞĨŽƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂŶĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐĂƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘

THE TEACHER:

 WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐǁŝƚŚĞǀĞƌLJ

ĨĂŵŝůLJƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƵĐĐĞƐƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 ŝƐĐƵƐƐĞƐƉŽƚĞŶƟĂů

ƌĞǀŝƐŝŽŶƐƚŽƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ

ĂŶĚƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƚŽƌƐƚŽďĞƚͲ

ƚĞƌĂĚĚƌĞƐƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕

ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ĂŶĚƐĐŚŽŽů

ŶĞĞĚƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 ŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞƐƚŽƐĐŚŽŽů

ĂŶĚͬŽƌĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚĐŽŵͲ

ŵŝƩĞĞƐƚŽĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞ

for students and their 

ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 Advocates for stuͲ

dents and the school 

to external agencies 

ĂŶĚŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER͗

 ŽůůĂďŽƌĂƚĞƐǁŝƚŚ

ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů͕ŐŽǀͲ

ĞƌŶŵĞŶƚĂů͕ĂŶĚͬŽƌ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĂŐĞŶĐŝĞƐ

to advocate for curͲ

ƌŝĐƵůĂƌ͕ƐĐŚŽŽů͕ĂŶĚ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůŝŵƉƌŽǀĞͲ

ŵĞŶƚƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

ĂƐĂǁŚŽůĞ͘
ςϮͮK>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^

QUALITY STANDARD V

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŚŝŐŚĞƚŚŝĐĂůƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘

ĂƐŝĐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

;DĞĞƚƐ^ƚĂƚĞ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚͿ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ džĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ELEMENT D:dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘

THE TEACHER:

 DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐĐŽŶĮĚĞŶͲ

ƟĂůŝƚLJŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

records as required 

ďLJůĂǁ͘

 Adheres to stanͲ

ĚĂƌĚƐŽĨƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ DŽĚĞůƐĞƚŚŝĐĂůďĞŚĂǀͲ

ŝŽƌ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŚŽŶĞƐƚLJ͕

ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ͕ĨĂŝƌƚƌĞĂƚͲ

ŵĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌ

ŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

 DĂŝŶƚĂŝŶƐĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƟͲ

ĂůŝƚLJŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ͕ĨĂŵͲ

ŝůLJ͕ĂŶĚĨĞůůŽǁƚĞĂĐŚĞƌ

ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟŽŶƐĂƐǁĞůůĂƐ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĂƚĂ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

THE TEACHER:

{ ,ĞůƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐƵŶĚĞƌͲ

ƐƚĂŶĚƚŚĞŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶĐĞ

ŽĨĞƚŚŝĐĂůďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ

as an individual and 

ŵĞŵďĞƌŽĨƐŽĐŝĞƚLJ͘

͘͘͘ĂŶĚ

STUDENTS:

ĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞ͗

{ ,ŽŶĞƐƚLJ

{ ZĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ͘

{ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

 WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŝƐEŽƚKďƐĞƌǀĂďůĞĚƵƌŝŶŐĂĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶ͘

ǀĂůƵĂƚŽƌŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ;ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚĨŽƌZĂƟŶŐƐŽĨ͞ĂƐŝĐ͟Žƌ

͞WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ͟ĂŶĚƌĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĨŽƌĂůůƌĂƟŶŐůĞǀĞůƐͿ͘

ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐŽĨƉĞƌƐŽŶďĞŝŶŐĞǀĂůƵĂƚĞĚ͘WůĞĂƐĞŝŶĚŝĐĂƚĞƚŚĞ

element for which the comment applies if not for the standard 

ĂƐĂǁŚŽůĞ͘
K>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^ͮςϯ

Teacher Evaluation Worksheet

This form should be completed by the evaluator prior to the final evaluation and goal-setting meeting held each 

spring. The teacher and evaluator should discuss the contents of this form, the accompanying Summary Evaluation 

Sheet, and the Goal-Setting Form and at that time they should agree on the professional practices ratings as well as 

the recommended actions for improvement, resources needed to accomplish those actions and a determination of 

how the teacher and evaluator will know improvements have been made.

QUALITY STANDARD I

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŵĂƐƚĞƌLJŽĨĂŶĚƉĞĚĂŐŽŐŝĐĂůĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘dŚĞĞůĞŵĞŶƚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂďůĞŝŶĂůůŽƚŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĂƚŚĞŽƌƐŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƐ;Ğ͘Ő͕͘ƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƐŽĐŝĂůƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͕ĂƌƚƐ͕

ƉŚLJƐŝĐĂůĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ͕ŽƌǁŽƌůĚůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞƐͿ͘dŚĞƐĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJƚĞĂĐŚĞƌŚĂƐŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĂŶĚŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚŝƐĂŶĞdžƉĞƌƚŝŶ

ŚŝƐŽƌŚĞƌĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĞŶĚŽƌƐĞŵĞŶƚĂƌĞĂ;ƐͿ͘

B PP P A E

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŽůŽƌĂĚŽĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͕

ƚŚĞŝƌĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ͛ƐŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚƉůĂŶŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕

ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŚŽǁƚŽ

ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶŶƵŵďĞƌƐĂŶĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĂůŐĞďƌĂ͕ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJĂŶĚ

ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚĚĂƚĂĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐĂŶĚƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ĐĞŶƚƌĂůĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͕ƚŽŽůƐŽĨŝŶƋƵŝƌLJ͕

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞͲďĂƐĞĚŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝnjĞĚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞ

ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞƐƐŽŶƐƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƚŚĞŝŶƚĞƌĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚŶĞƐƐŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐͬ

ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ͘

&͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐŵĂŬĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƚĂŬĞĂĐƟŽŶƐƚŽĐŽŶŶĞĐƚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƵĂůŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞǁŝƚŚŶĞǁŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

KǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/

Comments:

ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĂĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͗

ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞƐĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗

ƌƟĨĂĐƚƐƚŚĂƚŵĂLJďĞƵƐĞĚ

ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƌĂƟŶŐ͗

y Student achievement data 

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĂƌĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĞĞƌĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y >ĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐͬƵŶŝƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚLJ

y &ĞĞĚďĂĐŬĨƌŽŵǁĂůŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶƐ

y /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚũŽƵƌŶĂůƐͬůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐůŽŐƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ
64 | COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS

QUALITY STANDARD II

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂƐĂĨĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĂĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

B PP P A E

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĨŽƐƚĞƌĂƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚŝŶƚŚĞĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵŝŶǁŚŝĐŚĞĂĐŚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐĂƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ͕ŶƵƌƚƵƌŝŶŐƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉǁŝƚŚĐĂƌŝŶŐĂĚƵůƚƐĂŶĚƉĞĞƌƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĂĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚƚŽĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ǁŚŝůĞǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ

ƚŽǁĂƌĚĐŽŵŵŽŶŐŽĂůƐĂƐĂĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĂŶĚĂƐĂĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞŶŐĂŐĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂƐŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐǁŝƚŚƵŶŝƋƵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐĂŶĚƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚĂƉƚƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞďĞŶĞĮƚŽĨĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƚŚŽƐĞǁŝƚŚ

ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŶĞĞĚƐ͕ĂĐƌŽƐƐĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨĂďŝůŝƚLJůĞǀĞůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƉƌŽĂĐƟǀĞ͕ĐůĞĂƌĂŶĚĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂďŽƵƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĂŶĚǁŽƌŬĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞůLJǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐŝŶƚŚĞůŝǀĞƐŽĨ

ƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

&͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐƌĞĂƚĞĂůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝnjĞĚďLJĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͕

ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚƵƐĞŽĨƟŵĞĂŶĚĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶƟŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘

KǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//

Comments:

ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĂĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͗

ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞƐĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗

ƌƟĨĂĐƚƐƚŚĂƚŵĂLJďĞƵƐĞĚ

ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƌĂƟŶŐ͗

y Student achievement data

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĂƌĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĞĞƌĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y >ĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐͬƵŶŝƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚLJ

y &ĞĞĚďĂĐŬĨƌŽŵǁĂůŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶƐ

y /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚũŽƵƌŶĂůƐͬůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐůŽŐƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ
COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 65

QUALITY STANDARD III

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƚŚĂƚĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƚĞƐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

B PP P A E

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨĐƵƌƌĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƚŚĞǁĂLJƐŝŶǁŚŝĐŚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚĂŬĞƐƉůĂĐĞĂŶĚƚŚĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞůĞǀĞůƐŽĨŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů͕ƐŽĐŝĂůĂŶĚĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJĚĞůŝǀĞƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚĚƌĂǁƐŽŶƌĞƐƵůƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚƚŽĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐĂŶĚĂĚǀĂŶĐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ůĞǀĞůŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĂƌŝĐŚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚŽŶĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŽŵĞĞƚƚŚĞĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůĂŶĚĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵůůLJŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĂŶĚƵƟůŝnjĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJŝŶƚŚĞŝƌ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŽŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞŚŝŐŚĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƉůĂŶ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŚĞůƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉĐƌŝƟĐĂůͲƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

&͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐƚŽǁŽƌŬŝŶƚĞĂŵƐĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ

ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ͘

'͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞĞīĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͕ŵĂŬŝŶŐůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐĐůĞĂƌĂŶĚƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵŽĚĞůƐŽĨůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘

,͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƵƐĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵĞƚŚŽĚƐƚŽĂƐƐĞƐƐǁŚĂƚĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐůĞĂƌŶĞĚ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ

ĨŽƌŵĂůĂŶĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂůĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƵƐĞƌĞƐƵůƚƐƚŽƉůĂŶĨƵƌƚŚĞƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

KǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///

Comments:

ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĂĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͗

ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞƐĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗

ƌƟĨĂĐƚƐƚŚĂƚŵĂLJďĞƵƐĞĚ

ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƌĂƟŶŐ͗

y Student achievement data

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĂƌĞŶƚĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y WĞĞƌĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y >ĞƐƐŽŶƉůĂŶƐͬƵŶŝƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚLJ

y &ĞĞĚďĂĐŬĨƌŽŵǁĂůŬƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽďƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶƐ

y /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂůĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚũŽƵƌŶĂůƐͬůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐůŽŐƐ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ

y Anecdotal records

y &ŽƌŵĂƟǀĞĂŶĚƐƵŵŵĂƟǀĞĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐŽĨ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚǁŽƌŬ
66 | COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS

QUALITY STANDARD IV

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƌĞŇĞĐƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

B PP P A E

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂŶĂůLJnjĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͕ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚŐƌŽǁƚŚ

ĂŶĚĂƉƉůLJǁŚĂƚƚŚĞLJůĞĂƌŶƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐůŝŶŬƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐƌŽǁƚŚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽĂůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂƌĞĂďůĞƚŽƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƚŽĂĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘

KǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/s

Comments:

ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĂĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͗

ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞƐĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗

ƌƟĨĂĐƚƐƚŚĂƚŵĂLJďĞƵƐĞĚ

ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƌĂƟŶŐ͗

y Student achievement data

y >ĞƐƐŽŶWůĂŶƐͬhŶŝƚƐŽĨ^ƚƵĚLJ

y ^ĞůĨͲZĞŇĞĐƟŽŶdĞŵƉůĂƚĞƐ

y Assessment Plans

y ĂƚĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐZĞĐŽƌĚ

y ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞƐƚŽ&ĞĞĚďĂĐŬ

y ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚWŽƌƞŽůŝŽƐ

QUALITY STANDARD V

dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘

B PP P A E

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐƚŽĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ

ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞĨŽƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂŶĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐĂƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŚŝŐŚĞƚŚŝĐĂůƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘

KǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚs

Comments:

ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚĞĚĂĐƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚ͗

ZĞƐŽƵƌĐĞƐŶĞĞĚĞĚƚŽĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞƚŚĞƐĞĂĐƟŽŶƐ͗

ƌƟĨĂĐƚƐƚŚĂƚŵĂLJďĞƵƐĞĚ

ƚŽƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƌĂƟŶŐ͗

y Student achievement data

y ŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶŽĨƐĞƌǀŝĐĞŽŶƚĞĂŵƐ͕ƚĂƐŬ

ĨŽƌĐĞƐ͕ĂŶĚĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞƐ

y EŽƚĞƐĨƌŽŵƉĂƌĞŶƚĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ

ŵĞĞƟŶŐƐ

y ZĞĐŽƌĚƐŽĨĚǀŽĐĂĐLJĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ
COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 67

Teacher Summary Evaluation Score Sheet

This form provides a summary of the teacher’s ratings on all elements and standards and should be used to guide 

discussions regarding strengths and areas needing improvement. It may also be used to inform the teacher’s growth 

plan and development of personal and school goals for the subsequent year.

QUALITY 

STANDARD ELEMENT

RATING

B PP P A E # 

Points 

Earned 0 pts 1 pt 2 pts 3 pts 4 pts

/͘

MASTERY 

OF AND 

PEDAGOGICAL 

EXPERTISE IN 

THE CONTENT 

THEY TEACH

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚ

ǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŽůŽƌĂĚŽĐĂĚĞŵŝĐ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͖ƚŚĞŝƌ

ŝƐƚƌŝĐƚΖƐŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĞĚƉůĂŶŽĨŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͖ĂŶĚƚŚĞ

ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ůŝƚĞƌĂĐLJĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ͕ǁƌŝƟŶŐ͕

ƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐĂŶĚůŝƐƚĞŶŝŶŐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨ

ŵĂƚŚĞŵĂƟĐƐĂŶĚƵŶĚĞƌƐƚĂŶĚŚŽǁƚŽ

ƉƌŽŵŽƚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŝŶŶƵŵďĞƌƐ

ĂŶĚŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ͕ĂůŐĞďƌĂ͕ŐĞŽŵĞƚƌLJĂŶĚ

ŵĞĂƐƵƌĞŵĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚĚĂƚĂĂŶĂůLJƐŝƐĂŶĚ

ƉƌŽďĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨƚŚĞ

ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ͕ĐĞŶƚƌĂůĐŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ͕ƚŽŽůƐŽĨŝŶƋƵŝƌLJ͕

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĞǀŝĚĞŶĐĞͲďĂƐĞĚŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝnjĞĚĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŽĨƚŚĞ

ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞƐƐŽŶƐƚŚĂƚƌĞŇĞĐƚƚŚĞ

ŝŶƚĞƌĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚŶĞƐƐŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚĂƌĞĂƐͬ

ĚŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞƐ͘

&͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐŵĂŬĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚƚŽƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƚĂŬĞĂĐƟŽŶƐƚŽ

ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚĂŶĚĐŽŶƚĞdžƚƵĂů

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞǁŝƚŚŶĞǁŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶďĞŝŶŐƚĂƵŐŚƚ͘

ZĂǁWŽŝŶƚƐĂƌŶĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞKǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/͗

ϬƚŽκсĂƐŝĐ

ρƚŽεсWĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭϬƚŽϭκсWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭρƚŽϭεсĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

ϮϬƚŽϮκсdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ZĂƟŶŐ>ĞǀĞůĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶŽĨ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/ƚŽƚŚĞ&ŝŶĂůWƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞƐZĂƟŶŐ͗

;^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/ǁĞŝŐŚƚ΀Ğdž͘͘ϮρсϮρй΁ͿΎρκϬΎdŽƚĂůƌĂǁ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/ƉŽŝŶƚƐͬϮκс^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/ƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ

;ɇĂůůρƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚсƚŽƚĂůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƐĐŽƌĞͿ

WŽŝŶƚƐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/с

;ƚŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌǁŝůůďĞƵƐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶͿ
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͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĨŽƐƚĞƌĂƉƌĞĚŝĐƚĂďůĞůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

environment in the classroom in which each 

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐĂƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ͕ŶƵƌƚƵƌŝŶŐƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ

ǁŝƚŚĐĂƌŝŶŐĂĚƵůƚƐĂŶĚƉĞĞƌƐ͘

͘ Teachers demonstrate a commitment to and 

ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚĨŽƌĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ǁŚŝůĞǁŽƌŬŝŶŐƚŽǁĂƌĚ

ĐŽŵŵŽŶŐŽĂůƐĂƐĂĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJĂŶĚĂƐĂ

ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͘

͘ Teachers engage students as individuals with 

ƵŶŝƋƵĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐĂŶĚƐƚƌĞŶŐƚŚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚĂƉƚƚŚĞŝƌƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞďĞŶĞĮƚ

ŽĨĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐƚŚŽƐĞǁŝƚŚƐƉĞĐŝĂů

ŶĞĞĚƐ͕ĂĐƌŽƐƐĂƌĂŶŐĞŽĨĂďŝůŝƚLJůĞǀĞůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƉƌŽĂĐƟǀĞ͕ĐůĞĂƌĂŶĚ

ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟǀĞĨĞĞĚďĂĐŬƚŽĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂďŽƵƚ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐĂŶĚǁŽƌŬĐŽůůĂďŽƌĂƟǀĞůLJǁŝƚŚ

ƚŚĞĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚĂĚƵůƚƐŝŶƚŚĞůŝǀĞƐ

ŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

&͘ Teachers create a learning environment 

ĐŚĂƌĂĐƚĞƌŝnjĞĚďLJĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ͕

ĞĸĐŝĞŶƚƵƐĞŽĨƟŵĞ͕ĂŶĚĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ

ŝŶƚĞƌǀĞŶƟŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŐŝĞƐ͘

ZĂǁWŽŝŶƚƐĂƌŶĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞKǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//͗

ϬƚŽκсĂƐŝĐ

ρƚŽεсWĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭϬƚŽϭκсWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭρƚŽϭεсĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

ϮϬƚŽϮκсdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ZĂƟŶŐ>ĞǀĞůĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶŽĨ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//ƚŽƚŚĞ&ŝŶĂůWƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞƐZĂƟŶŐ͗

;^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//ǁĞŝŐŚƚ΀Ğdž͘Ϯρйс͘Ϯρ΁ͿΎρκϬΎdŽƚĂůƌĂǁ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//ƉŽŝŶƚƐͬϮκс^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//ƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ

;ɇĂůůρƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚсƚŽƚĂůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƐĐŽƌĞͿ

WŽŝŶƚƐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ//с

;ƚŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌǁŝůůďĞƵƐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶͿ
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͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨĐƵƌƌĞŶƚ

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ƚŚĞǁĂLJƐŝŶǁŚŝĐŚ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐƚĂŬĞƐƉůĂĐĞ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ

ůĞǀĞůƐŽĨŝŶƚĞůůĞĐƚƵĂů͕ƐŽĐŝĂů͕ĂŶĚĞŵŽƟŽŶĂů

ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĐŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶƚůLJĚĞůŝǀĞƌ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚĚƌĂǁƐŽŶƌĞƐƵůƚƐŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚ

ĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ŝƐĂůŝŐŶĞĚƚŽĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͕

ĂŶĚĂĚǀĂŶĐĞƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͛ůĞǀĞůŽĨĐŽŶƚĞŶƚ

ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĂƌŝĐŚŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞŽĨ

ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚŽŶĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƚŽŵĞĞƚƚŚĞĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚĂůĂŶĚ

ĂĐĂĚĞŵŝĐŶĞĞĚƐŽĨƚŚĞŝƌƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƚŚŽƵŐŚƞƵůůLJŝŶƚĞŐƌĂƚĞĂŶĚƵƟůŝnjĞ

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJŝŶƚŚĞŝƌ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŽŵĂdžŝŵŝnjĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞŚŝŐŚ

ĞdžƉĞĐƚĂƟŽŶƐĨŽƌĂůůƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĂŶĚƉůĂŶ

ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƚŚĂƚŚĞůƉƐƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐĚĞǀĞůŽƉ

ĐƌŝƟĐĂůͲƚŚŝŶŬŝŶŐĂŶĚƉƌŽďůĞŵƐŽůǀŝŶŐƐŬŝůůƐ͘

&͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐǁŝƚŚŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ

ƚŽǁŽƌŬŝŶƚĞĂŵƐĂŶĚĚĞǀĞůŽƉůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ

ƋƵĂůŝƟĞƐ͘

'͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚĞĞīĞĐƟǀĞůLJ͕ŵĂŬŝŶŐ

ůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐĐůĞĂƌĂŶĚƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ

ĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵŽĚĞůƐŽĨůĂŶŐƵĂŐĞ͘

,͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƵƐĞĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞŵĞƚŚŽĚƐƚŽĂƐƐĞƐƐ

ǁŚĂƚĞĂĐŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚŚĂƐůĞĂƌŶĞĚ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ

ĨŽƌŵĂůĂŶĚŝŶĨŽƌŵĂůĂƐƐĞƐƐŵĞŶƚƐ͕ĂŶĚƵƐĞ

ƌĞƐƵůƚƐƚŽƉůĂŶĨƵƌƚŚĞƌŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘

ZĂǁWŽŝŶƚƐĂƌŶĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞKǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///͗

ϬƚŽρсĂƐŝĐ

ςƚŽϭϮсWĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭϯƚŽϭεсWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϮϬƚŽϮςсĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

ϮϳƚŽϯϮсdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ZĂƟŶŐ>ĞǀĞůĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///с

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶŽĨ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///ƚŽƚŚĞ&ŝŶĂůWƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞƐZĂƟŶŐ͗

;^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///ǁĞŝŐŚƚ΀Ğdž͘Ϯρйс͘Ϯρ΁ͿΎρκϬΎdŽƚĂůƌĂǁ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///ƉŽŝŶƚƐͬϯϮс^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///ƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ

;ɇĂůůρƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚсƚŽƚĂůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƐĐŽƌĞͿ

WŽŝŶƚƐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ///с

;ƚŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌǁŝůůďĞƵƐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶͿ
ϳϬͮK>KZK^ddDK>s>hd/KE^z^dD&KZd,Z^

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͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJĂŶĂůLJnjĞ

ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ͕ĚĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ͕ĂŶĚŐƌŽǁƚŚ

ĂŶĚĂƉƉůLJǁŚĂƚƚŚĞLJůĞĂƌŶƚŽŝŵƉƌŽǀĞƚŚĞŝƌ

ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐůŝŶŬƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐƌŽǁƚŚƚŽƚŚĞŝƌ

ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŐŽĂůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂƌĞĂďůĞƚŽƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƚŽĂĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕

ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘

ZĂǁWŽŝŶƚƐĂƌŶĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sс

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞKǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/s͗

ϬƚŽϭсĂƐŝĐ

ϮƚŽκсWĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ρƚŽϳсWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ΘƚŽϭϬсĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

ϭϭƚŽϭϮсdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ZĂƟŶŐ>ĞǀĞůĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sс

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞŽŶƚƌŝďƵƟŽŶŽĨ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sƚŽƚŚĞ&ŝŶĂůWƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůWƌĂĐƟĐĞƐZĂƟŶŐ͗

;^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sǁĞŝŐŚƚ΀Ğdž͘Ϯρйс͘Ϯρ΁ͿΎρκϬΎdŽƚĂůƌĂǁ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sƉŽŝŶƚƐͬϭϮс^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚ

;ɇĂůůρƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐƉŽŝŶƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚсƚŽƚĂůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐƐĐŽƌĞͿ

WŽŝŶƚƐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚ/sс

;ƚŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌǁŝůůďĞƵƐĞĚŝŶƚŚĞŽǀĞƌĂůůƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶͿ

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͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉŝŶƚŚĞŝƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƐƚŽ

ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂůƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐĂŶĚƚŚĞƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂĚǀŽĐĂƚĞĨŽƌƐĐŚŽŽůƐĂŶĚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕

ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌŝŶŐǁŝƚŚƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐĂŶĚ

ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƟĞƐĂƐĂƉƉƌŽƉƌŝĂƚĞ͘

͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞŚŝŐŚĞƚŚŝĐĂůƐƚĂŶĚĂƌĚƐ͘

ZĂǁWŽŝŶƚƐĂƌŶĞĚĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚsс

ĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞKǀĞƌĂůůZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚs͗

ϬƚŽϮсĂƐŝĐ

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ςƚŽϭϬсWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϭϭƚŽϭϯсĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

ϭκƚŽϭςсdžĞŵƉůĂƌLJ

ZĂƟŶŐ>ĞǀĞůĨŽƌ^ƚĂŶĚĂƌĚsс

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COLORADO STATE MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS | 71

Determining the Overall Rating for Professional Practices 

Remember to go back to each standard and record the total points calculated and rating level for each standard 

using the chart below. 

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ĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞŝŶƚŚĞĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƚŚĞLJƚĞĂĐŚ͘

Ϯ͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĂƐĂĨĞ͕ŝŶĐůƵƐŝǀĞĂŶĚƌĞƐƉĞĐƞƵůůĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ

ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĨŽƌĂĚŝǀĞƌƐĞƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶŽĨƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͘

ϯ͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƉůĂŶĂŶĚĚĞůŝǀĞƌĞīĞĐƟǀĞŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂŶĚĐƌĞĂƚĞ

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κ͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐƌĞŇĞĐƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƌƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͘

ρ͘ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘

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dŽƚĂůEƵŵďĞƌ

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ZĂƟŶŐĨŽƌEƵŵďĞƌ

ŽĨWŽŝŶƚƐZĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ

dŽƚĂůEƵŵďĞƌŽĨWŽŝŶƚƐ

ZĞĐĞŝǀĞĚĨŽƌƚŚŝƐǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶс

ϬƚŽϭϬΘƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĂƐŝĐ

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ϭϬεƚŽϮϭςƉŽŝŶƚƐ WĂƌƟĂůůLJWƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϮϭϳƚŽϯϮκƉŽŝŶƚƐ WƌŽĮĐŝĞŶƚ

ϯϮρƚŽκϯϮƉŽŝŶƚƐ ĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚĞĚ

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