RUBRIC LEVEL SUMMARY

LEVEL LEVEL NAME DESCRIPTION

The teacher demonstrates a limited range of loosely-associated pedagogical aspects of the

3 ORGANIZING
indicator.

The teacher demonstrates a range of associated pedagogical aspects of the indicator

4 DEVELOPING
that sometimes align with the learners’ developmental needs.

The teacher demonstrates a range of associated pedagogical aspects of the indicator

5 APPLYING
that usually align with the learners’ developmental needs.

The teacher uses well-connected pedagogical aspects of the indicator consistently aligned with
6 CONSOLIDATING
student development that supports students to be successful learners.

INTEGRATING The teacher uses well-connected pedagogical aspects of the indicator to create an environment
7 that addresses individual and group learning goals.
 Indicator 1: Applies knowledge of content within and across curriculum teaching areas
3 4 5 6 7

The teacher The teacher The teacher The teacher The teacher applies
demonstrates demonstrates accurate demonstrates demonstrates high-level
minor content knowledge of key accurate and in- accurate, in-depth knowledge of
errors either in the concepts both in the depth knowledge of and broad content and
presentation of the presentation of the most concepts in knowledge of all pedagogy that
lesson or in lesson and in the presentation of concepts in the creates a conducive
responding to responding to learners’ the lesson and in presentation of the learning
learners’ questions questions or responding to lesson and in environment that
or comments. The comments. learners’ questions responding to enables an in-depth
lesson content in a manner that learners’ questions and sophisticated
displays simple attempts to be in a manner that is understanding of
coherence. The lesson content responsive to responsive to the teaching and
displays coherence. student learner‘s learning process to
developmental developmental meet individual or
learning needs. needs and group learning
The teacher promotes learning. needs within and
attempts to make across curriculum
connections across The teacher makes content areas.
curriculum content connections across The teacher makes
areas if appropriate. curriculum content meaningful
areas if appropriate. connections across
curriculum content
areas, if
appropriate.
FEATURES OF PRACTICE
1. The teacher 1. The teacher 1. The teacher 1. The 1. The teacher
indicates some clearly explains displays teacher applies
awareness of concepts and makes comprehensive displays extensive
other ideas of the no content errors. understanding of extensive knowledge of
same discipline the concepts knowledge of content beyond
that are connected and structure of content. his/her area of
2. The content
to the lesson but the disciplines. specialization.
appears to be
does not make
accurate and its 2. The
solid connection.
focus shows teacher cites
awareness of the 2. The teacher intra- and 2. The teacher
ideas and structure addresses interdisciplinar motivates
of the discipline. content y content learners to
accurately and relationships. investigate the
makes content area to
3. The teacher connections expand their
demonstrates across 3. The teacher knowledge and
factual knowledge of disciplines. addresses content satisfy their
subject matter and 3. accurately and its natural
attempts to connect focus is congruent curiosity.
content across with the big ideas
disciplines. and/or structure of
the discipline.

CLARIFICATIONS
 KEY CONCEPTS ACCURATE BROAD KNOWLEDGE
central ideas of the topic SIMPLE COHERENCE KNOWLEDGE knowledge within and
or lesson content is free from across curriculum
a basic logic in the
errors content areas
sequence of the lesson
with one part linked to
CURRICULUM CONTENT the next
AREAS IN-DEPTH HIGH-LEVEL
different KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE
learning/subject areas foundational knowledge complex content
MINOR CONTENT
taught and learned in and finer details within the knowledge within and
ERRORS
the basic and curriculum content across curriculum
secondary education lesser degree of errors in area areas
curriculum the content of the lesson