Expectations of Teacher
Proficiency
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As a teacher at Vista Grande High School, professional
development opportunities, including mentorship, are considered
absolutely necessary to the continuing passion for and high level
of integrity in teaching. As a result of this belief, we are working
with a software company called Richer Picture to create a digital
portfolio dossier system for all faculty at VGHS. The learning
target samples from this digital portfolio are based on the NM
entry-level teacher competencies for the secondary license. In
NM the entry-level competency themes are continued in the yearly
Professional Development Plan required to maintain and advance
licensure Levels I, II, and III. We are also striving to align
these learning targets to subject area endorsement criteria and
the digital dossier requirements to attain National Board Licensure,
a certification eligible for Level II licensed teachers. Other
learning targets have been created that are unique to the VGHS
setting that demonstrate competence for teaching in this innovative
school. Periods in the academic calendar will be devoted to providing
the time necessary for teachers to construct their portfolios
with care.
Below are some sample learning target samples for
teachers at VGHS.
A. Professionalism:
1. I can use what I learn from professional development
and independent research in ways that improve my teaching.
2. I can work as a team with other faculty and staff to create
and implement curriculum based on diagnostic student data.
B. Instructional Planning
& Implementation:
1. I can create a thematic curricular scope and
sequence based on my
knowledge of child development, human learning, and my students’
lives.
2. I can include the use of technology in my lessons in relevant
ways.
3. I can create learning targets from state and national standards
that guide my lesson plans and student assessment.
4 . I can reflect on my lesson plans through observation in
the classroom and analysis of student work.
C. Classroom Management:
1. I can live and use the 4 Commitments to help
students regulate their behavior in the classroom.
2. I can collect appropriate data on student behavior to guide
meetings to create intervention plans for student behavior with
other faculty, support staff, caregivers, and the student.
E. Technology:
1. I can use various imaging hardware and software
to construct a multimedia presentation.
F. Diversity:
1. I can spontaneously differentiate my curriculum
in a full inclusion setting in response to student behavior
and interests while in the classroom.
Other learning targets unique
to VGHS:
1. I can listen to others in order to understand
what they are communicating, even when I might feel angry.
2. I can be a competent co-leader on wilderness expeditions
with my students and master new skills.
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