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T-TESS Website

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This video will show you all the parts of the rubric. Write down how many dimensions and domains there are in the rubric.

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Please go to the following link to receive video and written instructions.
T-TESS Website Link

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Watch the quick video of WHY T-TESS.

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Grab a post-it and write down what you think. Answers are given in the video.

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Please view the slidedeck and pay attention to the circled descriptors under each performance level.

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Take a quick listen to directions on unpacking the T-TESS Rubric.

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This document will come in helpful as you unpack the rubric. Pay close attention to what verbiage appears under each performance level.

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Unpack the Rubric Check for Understanding 

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Unpack the Rubric Check for Understanding 

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Pick a GIF and use it to comment how your ratings aligned. Reflect on if there was anything that surprised.

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Listen to this quick audio on goal setting!

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Please download and save to your files. You will need to save 1 certificate for your records and send/give 1 certificate to your appraiser. 

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Please view to learn about the T-TESS cycle.

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Please watch this quick video to make sure you are in the right session and what to expect! 

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Please watch this quick video to make sure you are in the right session and what to expect! 

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I was not able to pull up the link that showed how they were actually evaluated. However I think they would be evaluated as need improvement. A lot of that class was teacher talk. Even when they were doing an activity. Her instructions were not clear which led to low participation and many confused looking students.

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The second grade teacher in the ELA lesson was very teacher focused. She did a lot of the talking and leading throughout the lesson. The ratings correlated as she needed improvement in many domains.

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I watched the video for 2nd grade spelling and after using the TTESS rubric, I would evaluate her with "Improvement Needed". I think that her lesson was very disorganized and didn't have a clear sequence and as a viewer it was confusing; therefore as a student, I assume it would also be hard to follow. This aligned with the rating that they provided too. I wasn't really surprised by the rating they providing after completing mine because they aligned for the most part.

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My ratings for the teacher that I watched were very similar to what was given in the evidence rating sheet. I thought the teacher did many things well, particularly the classroom routines, which was one of the domains listed as "distinguished."

Although this is my first year using T-Tess, my previous district used something pretty similar, so I am feeling pretty comfortable with this new evaluation system so far!

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I observed the middle school evaluation of a mariachi class. Most of my ratings aligned with the official ratings the teacher received from the evaluation. I could tell that the teacher had a great grasp for classroom management and procedures. During the beginning of the video, the class warm-up was student led while the teacher tuned the instruments. This shows that the students know what the correct expectations and behaviors are for the beginning of class.

It was also clear to see that the teacher had an impressive span of knowledge in his content area. He was able to analyze and adapt his lesson plan to fit the needs of the students. This also shows the planning that went in to differentiating his lessons so that all students were progressing throughout the class.

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My ratings were pretty close to what the teacher earned. I noticed that most of the lesson was teacher led, and because of that, I rated mostly as developing and improvement needed.

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teacher needed more improvement on classroom management.

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This teacher was rated overall as "Needs Improvement". Yikes.com

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This teacher was rated overall as "Needs Improvement". Yikes.com

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I watched High School Literature and ranked the teacher accomplished! This educator was focused, engaged actively with the students, and tailored his teaching to them for best results :)

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I think the second grade teacher is in the need improvement domain mainly because she led most of the lesson and discussion while the students were talking and not being focused. So I think the teacher should have used an attention getter to get their focus and remind them of her expectations during a lesson.

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After watching the 4th grade Character Traits lesson, my observations were aligned with the observer. I agree that she would score proficient on certain domains, and there is room for improvement. I did not hear not see anywhere in the classroom where the lesson objective was stated. The teacher did a good job at aligning the lesson with previous knowledge, but I found her questioning to be surface level and lacking higher level thinking questions. I think she did a lot of the talking whereas next time she could consider letting the kids work in groups without her or more independently. Overall I think she did a good job.

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My teacher received needs improvement, which was very apparent in the way she taught.

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I'm glad I got to go through this T-TESS orientation because it shows me what I need to do and how to plan my lessons in order to become a successful teacher.

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This third grade teacher was rated accomplished and proficient during her observation. It shows through her teaching she deserved these scores.

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I would rate this as needs improvement. I think that the teacher did a good job of incorporating questions but to much of this was teacher talk and not enough student involvement. I wanted to see more movement and engagement.

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Well I am glad I did this assignment because while watching the video I thought the teacher was doing a good job and I rated her doing fairly well, not the top but definitely not like what the graders gave them. So this gif was my exact reaction when I opened the evidence rating sheet.

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The 3rd grade reading interventionist did a great job!! She was asking a lot of questions, allowed for whole group discussion as well as partners and got a chance to work one on one with each of the students! She also connected the content to things in their everyday life and was constantly checking for understanding!!

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The ratings were pretty similar to each other. I can definitely tell that the kids are enjoying the material. However, I see where focusing on classroom management could help this teacher. Being consistent would be a great goal going forward and I would talk to her about "shushing" her students and how that could have a negative impact on their learning and brainstorm other attention getters with the teacher.

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My observations were close but some were far off. This really help me understand and I am going to do more!

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I watched the second grade video and rated it comparably to the calibration. I felt that it was a somewhat solid lesson, but there were many things to improve on. Student engagement would be the main facet of improvement.

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I chose to watch the video of the 2nd grade teacher doing spelling. I thought that the majority of the video was very teacher centered instead of student centered. It seemed a little long for a mini lesson, but it did keep the kids engaged. I think she needs some improvement and reflection on her overall lesson, but she did accomplish her goal.

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My rating pretty much aligned with the observer. The lesson was majority teacher led and had little student leadership. I think that there are several areas whe

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I matched mostly with the appraiser and agreed that the 2nd Grade ELA (Making Predictions) lesson was rated as improvement needed or developing in all the areas. The lesson was very teacher focused and the students had difficulty participating in the activities because the expectations were not well defined.

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Objectives for the lesson were unclear and the transition to small groups and pair work was a bit of a mess. However, the teacher did have a good understanding of the content.

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Completely agreed with the evaluator. The lesson was very teacher centered and students struggled to stay engaged.

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I was surprised at how jumbled the lesson was. I ended up rating this teacher as "improvement needed".

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I said that she needed improvement in most areas. In the dimension area of instruction 2.3 she needed improvement because she just mentioned the three rules they follow at the beginning of the lesson. She did not go into detail about what theses rules were. I think she could have modeled the expectations for the students better. This could have helped avoid problems with the student who was not engaged with the lesson.

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The teacher worked really well with the student. The student did most of the talking and thinking. It was definitely a student led classroom. I love that she gave the students an opportunity to reflect on their understanding of the days' lesson. I would have scored this teacher as overall accomplished in most of the 4 domains. Students were able to explore and build ideas from one another. The students also were given academic feedback from the teacher consistently.

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Scaffolding during the warm up while referencing use in 7th grade. Provides strategies preemptively for clarification purposes. Regularly monitoring for understanding. Monitoring group discussions. Accountability individually and as a whole. Always using encouraging and motivating language.

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My evaluation aligned with the evaluators and rubric by placing the teacher in Proficient. She has the entire class engaged throughout. She gave directions and repeated them to the students. The students could've had more time to speak out loud during the learning process but overall the lesson was well put together and the students were active in the learning process.

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I was mostly matched with the appraiser. The lesson was rated as improvement needed/developing in all areas. The lesson was mostly teacher focused and the students had difficulty participating in the activities because the expectations were not clear.

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While watching the 3rd grade reading intervention lesson, the teacher did a great job engaging the students and challenging the students' thinking with questions. She also made sure the students were able to explain why they were learning what they were and how to use it outside of the classroom.
Because of this, I rated the teacher higher in the communication domain than what she was given by evaluators.

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My observations were very similar to what was given. This is extremely similar to the process my old district used so I feel comfortable with it.

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Looking at the scoring rubric, we rated this lesson very similarly. They may have been a little bit harder on the teacher than me. But we identified the same areas where the lesson was rock solid and where there was room for improvement. The students obviously respected this teacher and was willing to work hard for her. But her expectations and direction of lesson were not so clear. Throughout her lesson though she was constantly checking for understanding through communication and student work.

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My observations were very similar to the evaluation given, I think the 2nd grade spelling would definitely end up with improvement needed.

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I agree with everything I saw on the Making Predictions notes. While there were good points within the lesson, I did see areas where a few more details could have benefitted the whole process.

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I agreed with how the person I watched was scored. Throughout her lesson I saw many things that were developing or needs improvement. I think that if she added a few more elements to her lesson she could score more into all developing or proficient.

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I watched the 4th Grade ELA lesson, put proficient under instruction under "achieving expectations" because she taught a lesson where the students were engaged and she was clear about going over characteristics but as the lesson went on the main objective got a little lost and tried to achieve other sub-objectives too. She actually got a developing in under this heading and that surprised me. Even though the students are engaged, and it was clear in the beginning, it can unravel a little bit if you get side tracked.

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The second grade teacher did a pretty good job at leading the discussion by asking several guiding questions. She also managed student behavior without creating distractions. She was explicit in what she wanted her students to do and the students were engaged.

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The 2nd grade teacher did a good job of explaining in kid terms, but she never really gave them learning goals. She asked a lot of questions and gave multiple students chances to give input but the whole lesson was completely teacher led. She stayed at the front of the classroom in a lecture format most of the time and this didn't keep the students engaged.

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I agree with the ratings for the 2nd grade ELA Making Predictions lesson. The teacher delivered a lesson that did not appear creative or engaging to the students. I rated the lesson as developing/needs improvement, which means the teacher has a lot of opportunity for growth. =)

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The 2nd grade ELA video aligned with my prediction. The teacher did not ask the students many questions or involved them in the instruction. It was different but could defiently improve.

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My ratings aligned with the Evidence Sheet. One thing I was very impressed with was his instruction. He always communicated the directions and expectations very clearly.

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The ratings that I gave the teacher I watched were very similar to what was on the evidence rating sheet that was provided. Classroom routines was something that really stuck out to me because of how beneficial it was for the class. In this domain the teacher received the best you could get, distinguished.

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I watched the 2nd grade ELAR video and I agree with the scoring of improvement needed/developing. The teacher does not clearly state the objective and has problems with classroom management. Most of the time the students were distracted or not engaged with the lesson. The teacher was doing whole group instruction the whole video and lacked student choice in each lesson she provided.

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I watched a 7th grade science lesson on homeostasis. My ratings aligned with the evidence rating sheet. The teacher in the video kept students engaged and made the lesson relevant to them.

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I observed the middle school Mariachi lesson and it was great!! The routine in the class was very specific and left no questions for the students on what they should be doing. Im sure I could of watched the them have an entire class without the instructor. Not only is the routine good, the class has great communication within themselves. If something was off beat they realized and fixed the problem as a group while the instructor gave resources and observations. Goals were set for the music they were playing, the activities were relevant and culturally appropriate. I gave this instructor lots of proficient and even some accomplished feedback. I was glad to see the website did as well.

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I was more on track that I thought I would be. Guess this is a good sign.

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Six grade Math video. My rating aligned with the observer. I think the teacher is accomplished in most standards. She walks around the room and engaged with students to make sure they are understanding the content. She follow the I do, we do, you do standard. The teacher models instruction and then has students work together in groups to check for understanding. She has a timer to maximize classroom time. She tells the students what they should know how to do by the end of the lesson. She uses money which is something the students understand to help them with the lesson.

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After watching video about the mariachi lesson I have to say that this way of teaching seems to be a very efficient way in teaching and also ensuring that the students understand where they stand while learning. I rate the class the same way as the instructor Superior.

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Most of my ratings were in line with what T-TESS evaluation sheet sample contained. I had looked at the 2nd grade ELAR video. I wasn't necessarily surprised by any of the ratings, but I was surprised by the sarcastic responses to behavior issues.

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I watched the Mariachi lesson and my scores aligned with most of the scores that they had! I was impressed with the students knowledge and abilities to lead their peers and felt that they knew the classroom expectations.

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I agree with this teacher's rating. He did a great job keeping the kids engaged and managing the room. His lesson seemed well planned and there was no down time for the students. They were on task.

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I observed the 7th grade AVID video and my evaluations aligned with the evaluators ratings. It was a well done lesson with lots of student involvement but didn't have the clean, heavy student responsibility wow factor that would have made it to distinguished. I am comfortable with the rubric and feel I understand how evaluations are made.

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My evaluation aligned with the evidence rating sheet as developing to improvement for the and grade ELA teacher. Students were not very engaged and seemed confused about the lesson because the objectives and sequencing of the lesson was not clear to the students. The lesson was not differentiated to the students' needs. While the teacher was asking for students' feedback with questions, she also frequently gave behavior related feedback saying "Shh" throughout the lesson which the teacher can improve in making the lessons student-centered.

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The ratings were as I expected them to be, not really any surprises. The teacher started off well and then once she started to lose student focus there wasn't a lot of redirection or positive supports.

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I watched the AP Chemistry video. I was a little more generous than the evaluator, but my scores mostly matched with the evaluator. The teacher did a fantastic job of relating the lesson over gas laws to real life examples that are relevant to students. The students worked in pairs throughout the lesson, communicating with each other.

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I watched the 2nd grade lesson and I agree with the observation sheet.

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My rating also aligned with the evaluators as I also saw a lot of teacher-centered instruction. The teacher made a few prior connections that were efficient. 

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My observations were close to what the teacher got scored. i'm glad i got to practice this because it helped me understand it better by visually seeing it in action

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I was in alignment with the ratings. I think the teacher should set goals to be proficient in order to benefit her students for a better learning environment.

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My evaluations ended up twinning with the rating given. The sentence strips to keep the learning objectives in clear view was a great idea and I agreed with most of the ratings since there are always areas to improve upon as teachers, though the ratings were a little tough.

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I watched the second grade video ELA video and from the start was confused about what exactly was being taught during this time. Overall I agree with the evaluators and agree that this teacher needs improvement in several areas to make sure that her students are getting the most out of there lesson. The students were not given time to develop their thoughts, however she did try to implement some classroom management strategies.

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I watched the middle school mariachi lesson, and my ratings were very similar to what the appraiser rated the lesson! I believe the mariachi teacher was very effective in how much he involved his students in the lesson, outside of just having them play the same piece over and over again. I appreciated how he had the students lead warm-ups, and also gave them time to work in groups on their assigned work. I think he has a great grasp for classroom management and student involvement, and I admire that!

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I watched the 3rd grade Math lesson and for the most part my ratings matched the rating scale. The teacher did a great job changing and adjusted to fit the students needs throughout the lesson but I feel like the language she using at times was confusing students, especially at the beginning of the lesson. She asked great open-ended questions that had students express their thought process of how they found their answers.

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My ratings aligned with the evaluator. The teacher spent too much time talking. Her students weren't engaged and she needed to change what she was doing to strengthen her lesson

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I thought the techer's communication and routines were excellent . She prompted students to think deeper and referred to anchor charts frequently.

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I watched the AP Chemistry classroom video, and I was definitely a more critical rater than the example given. I think I was putting myself in her shoes and thinking how I would change things, and just rated "myself" very critically. It was sort of liberating though to see that the example rater was not out to get the teacher and it seemed that the document was actively trying to help the teacher grow.

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I watched the 3rd grade intervention video. The teacher used open-ended questions to determine how students can use the skills they learned with her in their classrooms. Students had to think about what they learned and how it applies to the work they do in gen ed.

The teacher also sat down and talked with the students about what the Learning Objectives are. She had them read the objectives and think about how those skills will help them in their writing in the classroom and at home.

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I watched the High School Romanticism lesson and I was surprised my ratings lined up pretty well. We both noticed some issues when he was taking answers and lecturing... but one thing I didn't expect was for it to be that in depth.