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C5. Lesson is purposefully paced to maintain attention and engagement. Determine the degree to which there is evidence that the teacher’s instructional pacing maintains student attention and engagement. Highly Evident • Student attention and engagement is maintained throughout the observation due to appropriate pacing of instruction. AND • There is no evidence of student frustration or inattention due to pacing being too fast or too slow (refer to tally of off-task/downtime in Behavior Coding for guidance). Evident • Student attention and engagement is maintained through most of the observation due to appropriate pacing of instruction. AND • There is evidence of some student frustration or inattention due to pacing being too fast or too slow (refer to tally of off-task/downtime in Behavior Coding for guidance). Partially Evident • Student attention and engagement is not maintained throughout the observation – due to pacing of instruction being too fast or too slow. OR • There is evidence of frequent student frustration or inattention due to pacing being too fast or too slow throughout the lesson (refer to tally of off-task/downtime in Behavior Coding for guidance).

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