COMPETENCY 5— Commitment to excellence and to the professional growth of his/her school and peers 

5b. Collaboration. Teacher contributes ideas and expertise to further colleagues’ and the school’s growth and incorporates productive insights into his or her own instruction

Seems pretty obvious, right?  It's what we do all day every day… most of the time.  However, sometimes we are so busy catching up, grading, planning, that we forget that we are actually doing it. 

My team ALWAYS has a "recorder" when we get together for our common planning and that person records what we are talking about and

OBSERVATION TIP #3—REBUTTAL TIME

As first formal observations are rolling out, I cannot stress enough the importance of writing a REBUTTAL to your observation if you are dissatisfied with ANY part of it.  Sometimes, you like the overall score, but don't like one of the ratings.  Do NOT let that go!

You have ten work days after the receipt of your ratings via a post-observation conference to submit your rebuttal.  If you do not submit a rebuttal, then you are telling your admin and NPS that you AGREE with the rating. 

If your admin observes you in-between your initial observation and BEFORE your

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In this issue:

1) RSVP To Mandates

2) NTU's part time Assistant Director of Research and Communication

3) Writing an Effective Rebuttal

4) Building Rep Update

And much more

COMPETENCY 2 RIGOR AND INCLUSIVENESS

2c. Responsiveness. Teacher anticipates and responds to student reactions and misunderstandings by adjusting instructional strategies 

To be HIGHLY EFFECTIVE in this category (Teacher has anticipated student reactions and misunderstanding(s) as evidenced by effective instructional strategies and immediate adjustments when misunderstandings occur. Adjustments effectively reach all/nearly all students.) You REALLY NEED TO PREVIEW your lesson the day before and think..."what possible questions could a kid come up with?" "where in my lesson could a kid get