Principal Sorting Rubric
Identifying Teachers for Cohorts 1, 2, and 3
Simple Sorting Rubric
Providing more context...
- This resource was developed to support you in sorting your teachers into Cohorts 1, 2, and 3.
- There are detailed examples for each cell in the rubric, including contextual information about KASABs, Student Agency, and Technology Integration.
- There are also video examples of what transformative technology looks like in the classroom.
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Description of Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, Aspirations, and Bahaviors (KASABs)
A Detailed Look at the KASABs Portion of the Rubric...
This teacher:
- has knowledge of technology integration
- displays growth mindset with regard to student agency and ongoing professional learning
- develops and applies new skills for technology for learning,
- commits to changing their practice to improve the learning experience
- consistently increases their own effectiveness and student success
Score of 3
This teacher may have some but not all of the characteristics described above.
Score of 2
This teacher may have one or two of the characteristics described above.
Deeper learning instructional practices, such as using student-centered and self-directed learning methods, encouraging collaboration, and incorporating real-world projects, interviews, case studies and explorations, result in prolific learning when students are ready to drive their own learning.
- Excerpted from Mindsets and Student Agency, High Tech High, UnBoxed, Issue 10
A Detailed Look at Student Agency on the Rubric...
This teacher's students:
- are co-designers of learning experiences,
- regularly identify and solve authentic challenges,
- experience learning that is personalized to their needs and interests, and
- can access learning opportunities beyond the confines of the classroom.
Score of 3: Student voice and choice occasionally influences topics, pacing, and/or projects.
This teacher's students:
- students guide some of the learning experiences,
- students solve authentic challenges, though topic may be assigned by the teacher,
- some learning is personalized, and/or
- learning is occasionally accessible beyond the classroom.
Score of 2: Classroom is teacher-directed with little student input or choice.
This teacher:
- creates the learning experiences with little student input,
- may differentiate but does not personalize learning experiences, and
- provides little opportunity for learning to be accessed outside the classroom.
Technology integration is the use of technology resources -- computers, mobile devices, digital cameras, social media platforms and networks, software applications, the Internet, etc. -- in daily classroom practices, and in the management of a school. Successful technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is:
- Routine and transparent
- Accessible and readily available for the task at hand
- Supporting curricular goals and helping the students to effectively reach their goals
When technology integration is at its best, a child or a teacher doesn't stop to think that he or she is using a technology tool -- it is second nature. And students are often more actively engaged in projects when technology tools are a seamless part of the learning process.
- Excerpted from What is Successful Technology Education?, Edutopia
More Detail about Technology Inegration on the Rubric...
- Technology use in this teacher's classroom is student-driven,
- Students select tools and digital content based on their learning needs,
- Students the technology to collaborate with peers and experts, and
- Students use the technology of their choice to publish new knowledge.
Score of 3: Guided and independent use of technology with some student choice.
- Technology use in this teacher's classroom may be teacher-directed,
- Students can sometimes choose the tools or the digital content for learning, and/or
- Students may occasionaly use a teacher-assigned tool to publish new knowledge.
Score of 2: Use of technology primarily as an instructional tool by the teacher.
- Technology use in this classroom is teacher-directed, and
- Students predominately consume digital content and media.