CTESS ebook

• Teacher consistently responds to all behavior issues that arise through planned ignoring, corrective feedback, attention signal, etc. AND • Teacher uses prompts to proactively prevent problem behavior (e.g., teacher draws attention to a student who is using an appropriate inside voice; teacher praises student for putting his/her cell phone away at the start of class). Evident • Teacher is positioned (or moves about the classroom) to closely observe the majority of students, including their appropriate use of digital devices. AND • Teacher consistently responds to most behavior issues that arise through planned ignoring, corrective feedback, attention signal, etc. Partially Evident • Teacher positioning only permits close observation of some students, including their appropriate use of digital devices. OR • Teacher only responds to some behavior issues that arise. Not Evident • Teacher positioning does not permit close observation of students. OR • Teacher does not respond to behavior issues, responds inconsistently, or responds inappropriately (e.g., harsh feedback). 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. 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. 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.

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