Criteria

Marginal

Satisfactory

Very Good

Excellent

Identifying the context, issue or concern

Issue lacks strong connections to improving quality of student learning

Issue arises directly from candidate’s experiences but link to students’ learning is less clear

Issue or concern is clearly related to candidate’s experiences and students’ needs

Issue or concern extends beyond the immediate situation and has implications for use in other classrooms

Data collection and analysis

Minimal data poorly analyzed

Adequate data with an ordinary analysis

Interesting data with thoughtful analysis

Extensive and relevant data carefully analyzed

New teaching practices and plans for changing your practice

No new practices or plans indicated

New practices and plans identified but not well developed

New practices are explained well but limited in range

Strong list of new approaches to teaching

Review of related literature/resources

Literature is not clearly related to the data or issue

Literature is relevant but limited in perspective

At least 3 good resources that connect to concerns & data

Many excellent resources clearly linked to data

Professional growth and messages for first year of teaching

Little indication of professional growth

Some evidence of growth

Good growth and future planning

Strong evidence of growth and insights for the future

Presentation

Poor quality, numerous misspellings

Acceptable quality

Good quality, only a few errors

Very high quality