FEAPS PORTFOLIO

a. Aligns instruction with state-adopted standards at the appropriate level of rigor;

b. Sequences lessons and concepts to ensure coherence and required prior knowledge;

c. Designs instruction for students to achieve mastery;

d. Selects appropriate formative assessments to monitor learning;

e. Uses diagnostic student data to plan lessons; and

f. Develops learning experiences that require students to demonstrate a variety of applicable

skills and competencies.

a. Organizes, allocates, and manages the resources of time, space, and attention;

b. Manages individual and class behaviors through a well-planned management system;

c. Conveys high expectations to all students;

d. Respects students’ cultural linguistic and family background;

e. Models clear, acceptable oral and written communication skills;

f. Maintains a climate of openness, inquiry, fairness and support;

g. Integrates current information and communication technologies;

h. Adapts the learning environment to accommodate the differing needs and diversity of

students; and

i. Utilizes current and emerging assistive technologies that enable students to participate in

high-quality communication interactions and achieve their educational goals.

a. Deliver engaging and challenging lessons;

b. Deepen and enrich students’ understanding through content area literacy strategies,

verbalization of thought, and application of the subject matter;

c. Identify gaps in students’ subject matter knowledge;

d. Modify instruction to respond to preconceptions or misconceptions;

e. Relate and integrate the subject matter with other disciplines and life experiences;

f. Employ higher-order questioning techniques;

g. Apply varied instructional strategies and resources, including appropriate technology, to

provide comprehensible instruction, and to teach for student understanding;

h. Differentiate instruction based on an assessment of student learning needs and

recognition of individual differences in students;

i. Support, encourage, and provide immediate and specific feedback to students to promote

student achievement; and

j. Utilize student feedback to monitor instructional needs and to adjust instruction.

a. Analyzes and applies data from multiple assessments and measures to diagnose

students’ learning needs, informs instruction based on those needs, and drives the

learning process;

b. Designs and aligns formative and summative assessments that match learning objectives

and lead to mastery;

c. Uses a variety of assessment tools to monitor student progress, achievement and learning

gains;

d. Modifies assessments and testing conditions to accommodate learning styles and varying

levels of knowledge;

e. Shares the importance and outcomes of student assessment data with the student and the

student’s parent/caregiver(s); and

f. Applies technology to organize and integrate assessment information.

a. Designs purposeful professional goals to strengthen the effectiveness of instruction based

on students’ needs;

b. Examines and uses data-informed research to improve instruction and student

achievement;

c. Uses a variety of data, independently, and in collaboration with colleagues, to evaluate

learning outcomes, adjust planning and continuously improve the effectiveness of the

lessons;

d. Collaborates with the home, school and larger communities to foster communication and

to support student learning and continuous improvement;

e. Engages in targeted professional growth opportunities and reflective practices; and

f. Implements knowledge and skills learned in professional development in the teaching and

learning process.

Understanding that educators are held to a high

moral standard in a community, the effective educator adheres to the Code of Ethics and the

Principles of Professional Conduct of the Education Profession of Florida, pursuant to Rules 6B-

1.001 and 6B-1.006, F.A.C., and fulfills the expected obligations to students, the public and the

education profession.