Teacher consistently applies the principles of effective classroom management and uses a range of strategies to promote cooperation and learning. Analyzes the classroom environment and makes adjustments to enhance social relationships, student motivation, and learning. The teacher promotes students' intrinsic motivation, positive attitudes toward school, cooperation in the classroom, and learning. Teacher seldom uses knowledge of social relationships and motivational strategies within the classroom to affect learning. Teacher demonstrates an awareness of the social relationships and motivational strategies within the classroom, but is unable to make adjustments to enhance learning.
Teacher makes adjustments that are usually effective in enhancing student motivation and learning.
Teacher continually makes adjustments that are effective in enhancing student motivation and learning. Utilizes individual and group responses to pace learning, proceed with new work, or reteach unclear parts of the lesson. Effective teachers constantly take cues from students. They use these cues to adjust and determine the pace of lessons. They recognize the level of students' understanding, the need for clarification and reteaching, and the direction for subsequent lessons.