EVALUATION OF COURSEWORK: LESSON PLANS

The project evaluates your knowledge and skills from the following courses:

• Elements of Effective Instruction
• Teaching Strategies That Work
• Differentiating Instruction
• Teaching with Technology
• Reading for the Elementary Teacher (Elementary Program) or Reading for the Secondary Teacher (Secondary) or Fundamentals of Teaching Reading (Special Education Program)

Planning Instruction Part 2

 700.4PBP PLANNING INSTRUCTION, PART 2

This project is a continuation of the earlier project TNT 700.3P Planning Instruction, Part 1. You will develop the student expectations chosen in the previous project into lesson plans. This project has two submissions.

Please allow 3 – 5 business days for scoring.

LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE CERTIFICATION AREAS LISTED BELOW AND SELECT THE AREA IN WHICH YOU WISH TO CERTIFY  FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THEN REVIEW THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND THE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR CERTIFICATION AREA. YOU WILL USE THESE SAME TWO PLANS IN THE NEXT PROJECT, TNT 700.5PBP, AS WELL AS THIS ONE.

ARE YOU CERTIFYING IN CORE EC-6; OR ELAR 4-8; OR CORE 4-8; OR ELAR/SS 4-8?

ARE YOU CERTIFYING IN ANY OTHER AREA THAN THOSE LISTED ABOVE?

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ALL CERTIFICATION AREAS

FEEDBACK

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL CERTIFICATION AREAS

STATEMENT ON THE USE OF AI

  *I AM CERTIFYING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION K-12* 

For this project, you will write two complete lesson plans and submit each one for evaluation and feedback. You MUST use two different TEKS and two different lesson plans when you submit. Your work must be your own. You may not use district provided lesson plans or those others in this course have submitted. Submitting work that is not your own is plagiarism and violates the ethical and professional standards in Texas, as well as violating the Academic Integrity portion of your contract with us.

1. Select a standard from your content area, and using the approved template, write Lesson Plan 1. Submit this plan on the page that says Submit Lesson Plan 1 Here. You must use this template  Download this templateto ensure you meet the technical requirements of lesson planning as required in the state code. This is not a traditional lesson plan format, but is designed to walk you through the process of what is evaluated.

2. Select a different standard from your content area, use the same format as before,  Download use the same format as before,and write Lesson Plan 2. Submit this plan on the page that says Submit Lesson Plan 2 Here.

You may download the 700.4PBP Rubric Download 700.4PBP Rubric here to understand the expectations of the project. You must score at least 48 out of 60 points on each lesson plan to be successful. You may submit each plan until you reach a passing score or within four submissions. 

To see an example of exemplary performance on this assessment, please see the 700.4PBP Example Download 700.4PBP Example.  

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ALL CERTIFICATION AREAS

• The alignment and appropriateness of the instructional strategies with the learning objective
• Explicit, targeted activities that include flexible grouping and individualized instruction, as appropriate
• Literacy strategies include the STR components (required for certain certificates), embedded vocabulary explicitly taught (all candidates)
• Technology is integrated and aligned to the standard (T-PACK) and aligned to ISTE standards
• Decision-making reflection

Please select the tab that best describes your certification preference to understand the requirements for submission. Certification areas that include the Science of Teaching Reading standards have different requirements than the other certification areas. These certification areas include:

• Core EC – 6 with STR
• Core 4 – 8 with STR
• ELAR 4 – 8 with STR
• ELAR/SS 4 – 8 with STR

If you are not certifying in any of the above certification areas, select the tab for "All Other Certification Areas".

For all certification areas, lesson planning templates and rubrics for scoring are available for download in the tabs. You must use the appropriate lesson plan template.

FEEDBACK

Finding and understanding the feedback from your instructor:

As discussed on the previous page, you must score at least 80 percent on an assignment to receive a passing score. You may submit up to four times or until you reach a passing score. 

Your instructor will leave feedback for you if you do not meet the passing standard on the rubric. To find this feedback, do the following:

1. Login to the course.
2. Go to Grades in the left navigation column.
3. On the line where you see your grades, you will see several icons on the right of that line.
4. The cloud icon represents any comments the instructor has overall, and the clipboard icon is specific comments written under different criteria in the rubric. Select either or both to understand your feedback. If your project passed, you may or may not have feedback, but will usually have a comment.
5. It looks like this: