Domain 5 & 6
Professional Communication & Development
Domain 5: Professional Communication
Things administrators will be looking for:
- The teacher uses appropriate and accurate written communication with students.
- The teacher uses appropriate and accurate verbal and non-verbal communication with students.
- The teacher encourages and supports students who are reluctant or having difficulty.
- The teacher uses appropriate and accurate written, verbal, and non-verbal modes of communication with parents, staff, community members, and other professionals.
- The teachers’ interactions are supportive, courteous, respectful, and encouraging, to students who are reluctant and having difficulty.
Things to document:
- Written communication with a student
- Verbal/non-verbal communication with a student
- Communication with reluctant students
- Written with parents, staff, community members, and other professionals.
- Verbal/non-verbal with parents, staff, community members, and other professionals.
- Supportive, courteous communiqués.
Domain 6: Professional Development
Things administrators will be looking for:
- The teacher determines and participates in professional development goals and activities that are aligned with the goals of the campus and the goals of the district.
- The teacher correlates professional development activities with assigned subject matter and the varied needs of students.
- The teacher exhibits a willingness to collaborate with colleagues and other professionals for continuous growth and development.
- The teacher correlates professional development activities with the prior performance appraisal.
Things to document:
- Campus and district goals
- Individual student needs
- Prior performance appraisal
- Improvement of student performance