Criteria to support the holistic assessment of teaching ...



Criteria to support the holistic assessment of teaching against the Professional StandardsThese descriptors are based on The Professional Standards for Teachers and trainers in Education and Training-England (2014).The descriptors will be used to:support tutorials and meetings with mentors by providing benchmarks against which current levels of achievement can be agreed and future targets for improvement can be setsupport trainee self-assessment and reflection by helping them to identify their own strengths and areas for developmentformally assess the quality of a trainee’s teaching against the Professional Standards at defined points throughout the course (all judgements should be made on a best fit basis, using a range of evidence, including input from mentors and placement providers).Professional StandardGrade 1: ExcellentGrade 2: GoodGrade 3: AdequateGrade 4: EmergingInsufficientevidenceProfessional values and attributesDevelop your own judgement of what works and does not work in your teaching and trainingReflect on what works best in your teaching and learning to meet the diverse needs of learners.On-going insightful reflection ensures that the trainee is consistently challenging and developing their practice to ensure that all learners are treated equally and make excellent progress.Frequent thoughtful reflection is used to develop and adapt teaching to ensure that all learners are treated equally and make good progress.Some considered reflection on practice ensures that the needs of most learners are met most of the time and that learners have access to equal opportunities.There is evidence of some reflection on practice but its impact on learners and the teaching choices made are not always evident. Not all learners have equal opportunities all the time.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Evaluate and challenge your practice, values and beliefs.The trainee consistently questions, evaluates and critiques their position and their practice. They actively engage with areas that are pertinent to the wider educational field. They regularly discuss and share their perspectives and are keen to learn from others.The trainee questions and evaluates their position and their practice. They demonstrate engagement with areas that are pertinent to the wider educational field. They discuss and share their perspectives and are willing to learn from others.The trainee sometimes questions and explores their role and their practice. They demonstrate an understanding of some key, current educational topics. They are able to discuss these topics in detail and recognise that they can learn from others.The trainee demonstrates some capacity to explore their role and practice. They are aware of some key, current educational topics. They are able to discuss these topics and sometimes demonstrate that they can learn from others.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Inspire, motivate and raise aspirations of learners through your enthusiasm and knowledge.Teaching and learning are characterised by enthusiasm and passion for the subject area. This fully engages and captures the interest of learners so that they are motivated and challenged. Consistently clear, integrated links are made between the subject and other areas and to prior and future learning. Learners recognise and can articulate the importance of their learning to their wider development.Teaching and learning are characterised by enthusiasm for the subject area. This engages learners so that they become fully involved in lessons. Clear, integrated links are made between the subject and other areas, links to prior and future learning are made. Learners are able to discuss the importance of their learning to their wider development.Teaching and learning are characterised by a positive approach to the subject area. Most learners are engaged most of the time. Clear links are made between the subject and other areas, links to prior and future learning are made. Learners broadly recognise the importance of their learning to their wider development.Teaching demonstrates a broadly positive approach to the subject area. Some learners are engaged some of the time but this is inconsistent and limited. General comments linking to future or prior learning but these are not specific enough or integrated. Learners are unclear as to the wider purpose of their learning.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Be creative and innovative in selecting and adapting strategies to help learners learn.Consistently makes use of creative and original resources and strategies. Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability, changes pace, approach and teaching in response to learners.Often makes use of creative and original resources and strategies. Demonstrates flexibility/ adaptability that takes account of the progress made by learners through the use of a range of well-chosen teaching strategies and varied pace.Manages the learning environment and resources to enable learners to make progress. Sometimes shows flexibility to take account of learner progress; uses a variety of teaching strategies, matches pace to learning.The management of the learning environment and resources does not enable all learners to make progress. Seldom demonstrates flexibility/ adaptability; sometimes matches their teaching to learners’ progress. Pace is not always appropriate.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Value and promote social and cultural diversity, equality of opportunity and inclusion.Consistently and highly effectively encourages all learners to develop a deep understanding of diversity and its impact. Situations are approached from a wide range of stand-points taking account of varying beliefs in a sensitive and embedded manner. Actively seeks ways to include all learners in all activities.Consistently and effectively encourages most learners to develop an understanding of diversity and its impact. Situations are approached from a range of stand-points taking account of varying beliefs. Actively seeks ways to include most learners in all activities most of the time.Encourages learners to develop an understanding of diversity and its impact. Situations are approached from different stand-points taking account of varying beliefs. Ways to include most learners in most activities are sought.Tries to help learners to develop an understanding of diversity and its impact but this is not always successful or effective. Situations are approached from different perspectives but this is often unconvincing. Tries to include some learners in activities some of the time. Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Build positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues and learners.Works effectively and consistently as part of a broader team and understands the value and importance of working and learning from others. Contributes to that team in a highly effective way. Builds and maintains excellent working relationships with colleagues and learners participating fully and engaging in a range of activities at the placement.Works effectively as part of a broader team, understands the importance of working with and learning from others. Contributes to that team in a positive way. Builds and maintains good working relationships with colleagues and learners and participates in the wider activities of the placement provider.Works as part of a broader team and understands the importance of working with and learning from others. Builds and maintains solid working relationships with colleagues and learners participating and engaging with the placement setting beyond the classroom.Some attempt is made to work as part of a broader team but the value of this is not always fully appreciated. Maintains some form of working relationships with colleagues and learners but this is not always solid. Opportunities to become involved in the wider activities of the placement settings are not taken.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Professional knowledge and understandingDevelop deep and critically informed knowledge and understanding in theory and practiceMaintain and update knowledge of your subject and/ or vocational area.Understands the need to, and is committed to, constantly updating and developing subject specialist knowledge and knowledge of the education sector. Is proactive in finding and engaging with a broad range of CPD opportunities and actively collaborates with colleagues in a highly effective way to expand knowledge and understanding.Understands the need to constantly update and develop subject specialist knowledge and knowledge of the education sector. Is positive in engaging with a range of CPD opportunities that are offered and collaborates effectively with colleagues to expand knowledge and understanding.Recognises the need to update and develop subject specialist knowledge and knowledge of the education sector. Engages with CPD opportunities when they are provided and will sometimes work effectively with colleagues to expand knowledge and understanding.Is aware of the need to update and develop subject specialist knowledge and knowledge of the education sector but does not act on this. Will engage with some CPD opportunities when they are explicitly provided but does not use these to their full advantage. Will occasionally work with colleagues to expand knowledge and understanding but this area requires development.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Maintain and update your knowledge of educational research to develop evidence-based practice.Demonstrates high and sustained levels of engagement with suitable professional and educational literature. Maintains a detailed and developed understanding of changes to the specific subject area, the sector and the individual placement setting. Application to practice is highly effective and demonstrates a deep understanding.Demonstrates detailed levels of engagement with suitable professional and educational literature. Maintains a good overview and understanding of changes to the specific subject area and/or the sector and/or the individual placement setting. Application to practice is effective and demonstrates a thoughtful understanding.Demonstrates detailed levels of engagement with suitable professional and educational literature. Maintains a good overview and understanding of changes to the specific subject area and/or the sector and/or the individual placement setting. There is some clear application to practice that demonstrates a solid understanding.Demonstrates an awareness of suitable professional and educational literature. Maintains some overview and understanding of changes to the specific subject area and/or the sector and/or the individual placement setting. There is limited application to practice that demonstrates some understanding.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Apply theoretical understanding of effective practice in teaching, learning and assessment drawing on research and other evidence.There is a consistent and developed engagement with educational research and literature. Engagement with theory results in its considered and thoughtful application to practice to develop the breadth and range of teaching approaches. There is evidence of considered and developed reflection and evaluation made in relation to theoretical understanding. There is a consistent and measured engagement with educational research and literature. Engagement with theory results in its some examples of thoughtful application to practice to develop teaching approaches. There is evidence of considered reflection and evaluation made in relation to theoretical understanding.There is a solid engagement with educational research and literature. Engagement with theory results in some level of application to practice to develop teaching approaches. There is evidence of some reflection and evaluation made in relation to theoretical understanding.There is evidence of some attempts to engage with educational research and literature. There is some limited application of theory to practice to help develop some aspects of classroom practice. There is some limited evidence of reflection and evaluation made in relation to theory.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Evaluate your practice with others and assess its impact on learning.Works in a highly effective and sustained way with others to reflect on and assess practice. Works collaboratively in a proactive and enthusiastic way to trial, improve and develop approaches and practice. Works in an effective and consistent way with others to reflect on and assess practice. Works collaboratively in a positive and adaptable way to trial, improve and develop approaches and practice.Works well with others to reflect on and assess practice. Is prepared to work collaboratively in a positive way to trial, improve and develop approaches and practice.Has demonstrated some evidence of the ability to work with others to reflect on and assess practice. There are limited attempts to improve and develop approaches and practice by working collaboratively with others.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Manage and promote positive learner behaviour.Consistently has exceptionally high expectations of learning, engagement and behaviour. Acts as an exemplary role model and explicitly models in a very effective way. Manages the learning environment in a highly effective way to create a positive and proactive learning environment and develop autonomy and skills in learners.Has high expectations of learning, engagement and behaviour. Acts as a good role model and actively models effectively. Manages the learning environment in an effective way to create a very positive learning environment that supports the development of autonomy and skills in learners.Usually maintains high expectations of learning, engagement and behaviour. Acts as a good role model. Manages the learning environment to create a positive learning environment that often supports the development of autonomy and/ or skills in learners.There is some evidence that expectations of learning, engagement and behaviour are sometimes appropriate. An attempt to act as a good role model but this is not always effective. Some attempt to manage the learning environment to create a positive learning environment.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Understand the teaching and professional role and your responsibilities.Demonstrates a clear and developed understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a teaching role and its professional responsibilities. Maintains excellent and detailed levels of current knowledge linked to statutory frameworks, policy, curriculum, assessments, and institutional requirements.Demonstrates a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a teaching role and its professional responsibilities. Maintains levels of current knowledge linked to statutory frameworks, policy, curriculum, assessments, and institutional requirements.Demonstrates some understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a teaching role and its professional responsibilities. Works towards maintaining levels of current knowledge linked to some aspects of: statutory frameworks; policy; curriculum and assessments; institutional requirements.There is evidence of some limited understanding of the roles and professional responsibilities of a teacher. There is some evidence of working towards maintaining a limited understanding of some aspects of: statutory frameworks; policy; curriculum and assessments; institutional requirements.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Professional skills Develop your expertise and skills to ensure the best outcomes for learnersMotivate and inspire learners to promote achievement and develop their skills to enable progression.Motivates and enthuses learners, developing their subject specific knowledge, independence and employability skills in a positive and integrated way. Accurately and sensitively identifies and builds on strengths whilst supporting and developing weaknesses through highly effective target setting so that learners achieve highly and make excellent progress. Consistently highlights and develops transferable skills and encourages learners to recognise and apply these to a range of different contexts.Motivates learners, developing their subject specific knowledge, independence and employability skills in a clear and recognisable way. Identifies and builds on strengths whilst supporting and developing weaknesses through effective target setting so that learners achieve well and make good progress. Helps to develop transferable skills and encourages learners to recognise and apply these to different contexts.Helps learners to develop their subject specific knowledge, independence and employability skills. Identifies and builds on some strengths whilst supporting and developing some weaknesses through appropriate target setting so that learners achieve and make expected levels of progress. Takes some opportunities to develop some transferable skills and encourages learners to recognise these.Helps learners to develop some limited aspects of their subject specific knowledge, independence and employability skills. Evidence that there is some attempt to build on some strengths whilst supporting and developing some weaknesses through limited target setting so that some learners make some progress. Takes some opportunities to identify some transferable skills.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Plan and deliver effective learning programmes for diverse groups or individuals in a safe and inclusive environment.Actively and consistently promotes equality and diversity through the creation of safe and very positive learning environments. A sensitive recognition of the needs of individual learners; learning is very effectively personalised to meet these varying needs. Ensures that all learners are included and actively involved in the learning process at all times. Promotes equality and diversity through the creation of safe and positive learning environments. Recognises the needs of individual learners; learning is personalised to meet these varying needs. Ensures that all learners are included and actively involved in the learning process most of the time.Is aware of equality and diversity and this is evident in teaching through the creation of safe and generally positive learning environments. There is some identification of the needs of individual learners; learning is sometimes personalised to meet these needs. Ensures that most learners are included and actively involved in the learning process some of the time.There is some awareness of equality and diversity. There is some attempt to ensure learning environments are positive and safe. There is some recognition of the needs of individual learners; learning is occasionally personalised to meet these needs. Makes some limited attempts to include most learners in some activities.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Promote the benefits of technology and support learners in its use.Integrates technology very effectively to enhance, vary and support learning and teaching. Highly effective use of technology to ensure that resources are produced and presented to the highest standards; that data tracking is accurate and reliable and that communications are professional and effective. Consistently updates and improves skills and supports and encourages learners to do the same. Integrates technology to enhance, vary and support learning and teaching. Often effective use of technology to ensure that resources are produced and presented to a good standard; that data tracking is accurate and that communications are professional. Is prepared to frequently update and improve skills and supports learners to do the same.Sometimes uses technology to enhance, vary and support learning and teaching. Sometimes uses technology to ensure that resources are produced and well presented; that data tracking is accurate and that communications are professional. Sometimes updates and improves skills, may suggests that learners to do the same.There are some limited attempts to use technology to enhance, vary and support learning and teaching. Evidence of the limited use of technology to help create resources; track data or aid communication. Some limited attempts to update and improve skills.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Address the mathematics and English needs of learners and work creatively to overcome individual barriers to learning.Embeds literacy and numeracy skills consistently and in highly effective ways. Has a detailed and developed understanding of the skills underpinning these areas and is able to develop these skills effectively in learners. Has very high expectations of all learners at all times to ensure that literacy and numeracy are developed effectively and consistently.Forefronts and highlights literacy and numeracy skills consistently and ensures that they are addressed well in teaching. Has a good understanding of the skills underpinning these areas and is able to support the development of these skills in learners. Has high expectations of all learners to ensure that literacy and numeracy are a clear focus and developed consistently.Identifies some literacy and numeracy skills and ensures that they are explicitly addressed in teaching. Has some awareness and understanding of the skills underpinning these areas and is able to support the development of these skills in learners. Expects accuracy in learners to ensure that literacy and numeracy are a clear focus and developed consistently.Identifies some literacy and numeracy skills though there is limited explicit teaching of these areas. There is some awareness of the broad skills underpinning these areas but knowledge is brief and inaccurate. Expects some accuracy in learners but this is not consistently applied or challenged.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Enable learners to share responsibility for their own learning and assessment, setting goals that stretch and challenge.Very high expectations are set for all learners at all times. Targets set for learners are aspirational and consistently provide stretch and challenge and demonstrate personalisation where appropriate. All learners are actively engaged in the learning process at all times. Actively develops the skills in learners to enable them to identify their own strengths and areas for development and act upon these autonomously.Frequently has high expectations for all learners most of the time. Sets challenging targets that encourage stretch in learners and are personalised where appropriate. Learners are actively engaged in the learning process most of the time. Helps to develop the skills in learners to enable them to identify their own strengths and areas for development and act upon these.Has suitable expectations of learners. Sometimes sets challenging targets that encourage stretch in learners and are sometimes personalised where appropriate. Learners are often engaged in the learning process. Encourages learners to identify their own strengths and areas for development.Tries to have suitable expectations though these are frequently lower than they should be. Sometimes sets targets that are effective. Makes some attempts to engage learners in the learning process. Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Apply appropriate and fair methods of assessment and provide constructive and timely feedback to support progression and achievement.Has a detailed and developed understanding of assessment and its impact on the progress of learners. Assessment is used in highly effective and varied ways to inform future teaching, ensure effective personalisation of learning and to set appropriate targets. Verbal and written feedback is focused, precise, considered and constructive. Assessments are highly effective, considered and appropriate for the context.Has a detailed understanding of assessment and its impact on the progress of learners. Assessment is frequently used in effective ways to inform future teaching, ensure effective personalisation of learning and to set appropriate targets. Verbal and written feedback is often precise, considered and constructive. Assessments are usually effective, considered and appropriate for the context.Has a solid understanding of assessment and its impact on the progress of learners. Assessment opportunities are provided that may help inform future teaching, ensure effective personalisation of learning and to set appropriate targets. Verbal and written feedback is adequate but could be more precise. Assessments are usually appropriate for the context.Has some limited understanding of assessment and its impact on the progress of learners. Limited assessment opportunities are provided that may help inform future teaching, ensure some personalisation of learning and to set targets that are sometimes appropriate. Verbal and written feedback is given but lacks development. Assessments are carried out but are rarely appropriate for the context.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Maintain and update your teaching and training expertise and vocational skills through collaboration with employers.Works collaboratively with others, in a highly positive and constructive way to improve and build upon professional skills. Actively engages with and contributes to wider CPD opportunities. Develops highly effective working relationships with employers, appropriate professional bodies and the wider community and uses the insight and knowledge gained through these to make effective improvements to practice and challenge professional perceptions.Works collaboratively with others, in a positive way to improve and build upon professional skills. Engages with and contributes to wider CPD opportunities. Develops effective working relationships with employers, appropriate professional bodies and the wider community and uses the insight and knowledge gained through these to improve practice.Works collaboratively with others to improve and build upon professional skills. Engages with wider CPD opportunities. Develops solid working relationships with employers, appropriate professional bodies and the wider community and uses these to improve practice. Makes some attempt to work collaboratively with others to improve. There is evidence of limited engagement with wider CPD opportunities. There is some limited attempt to develop appropriate working relationships with employers or appropriate professional bodies or the wider community.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement.Contribute to organisational development and quality improvement through collaboration with others.Actively and positively works with colleagues to implement, improve and develop the systems, structures and approaches of the organisation. Actively and positively executes and contributes to the quality assurance processes in place. Engages with learners and the organisation in highly effective ways to actively improve the quality of delivery, teaching, learning, relationships and other activities.Works positively with colleagues to implement, improve and develop the systems, structures and approaches of the organisation. Adheres accurately and contributes to the quality assurance processes in place. Engages with learners and the organisation in effective ways to contribute to and improve the quality of delivery, teaching, learning, relationships and other activities.Works solidly with colleagues to implement, improve and develop the systems, structures and approaches of the organisation. This working may require some detailed direction. Adheres to some of the quality assurance processes in place with direction and guidance. Engages with learners and the organisation to contribute to and improve the quality of delivery and/or teaching and/ or learning and/or relationships and/ or other activities.Attempts to work with colleagues to implement, improve and develop the systems, structures and approaches of the organisation. This working will require detailed direction. Attempts to adhere to some of the quality assurance processes thought this is likely to require significant direction and monitoring. Makes some limited attempts to engage with learners and the organisation in ways that could potentially contribute to and improve the quality of delivery or teaching or learning or relationships or other activities.Insufficientevidence to make a judgement. ................
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