Performance+Area+D

 Benchmarks that a teacher has successfully met this standard: Evidences: In 2013-2014, I kept encouraging and support the strengths of all students. I did student information sheets and parent survey at the very beginning of this school year. In this way, I can understand all of my student's strengths and weaknesses, as well as the learning backgrounds/environment towards students' learning. With the information, I can encourage and support all of my students to learn better during this school year. I also invited my TA to help some students on Character learning and Pinyin spelling. With these extra help, most of the students did meet the ETK and NTK requirements this year.   ** Standard D2 - Teacher and students demonstrate a positive disposition toward learning ** Benchmarks that a teacher has successfully met this standard:
 * //__ Performance Area D: Learning Environment __//**
 * Standard D1 - Mutual Respect is evident through interactions between students and teacher **
 * 1) Teacher models and encourages appropriate language
 * 2) Teacher encourages and supports the strengths of all students
 * 3) Teacher models and promotes fairness, equity and respect
 * 4) Teacher establishes a classroom environment that empowers students to take intellectual risks
 * 5) Teacher embraces the cultural diversity and individuality of students
 * 1) Teacher models and encourages supportive and positive language
 * 2) Students are engaged
 * 3) Teacher fosters student enthusiasm for and curiosity about the discipline
 * 4) Teacher establishes a collaborative environment

Benchmarks that a teacher has successfully met this standard: Evidences: In 2013-2014 school year, I've developed and implemented effective classroom procedures and routines for all of my classes. For my Upper grade classes, for most of the classes, they'll come to the classroom and start their daily free-talking or free writing, this short activity helped to effective the classroom prodedures and routines. Right after students came to the classroom, they know what to do and quickly focused on the tasks. As for the lower grades, like grade 2 they'll start their daily reading and grade 1 started their class by story reading. Kindergarten students will sing along the Chinese songs right after they came in. I always model and explain my expectations before students start their work by themselves.   Benchmarks that a teacher has successfully met this standard:
 * Standard D3 - Teacher demonstrates effective management **
 * 1) Teacher intervenes and addresses behavioral issues effectively
 * 2) Teacher develops and implements effective classroom procedures and routines
 * 3) Teacher maintains clear expectations and standards of behavior
 * 4) Teacher empowers students to solve problems and resolve conflicts
 * Standard D4 - Teacher establishes an effective physical environment **
 * 1) Teacher creates a learning environment that is safe, functional, and inviting
 * 2) Teacher ensures materials are accessible
 * 3) Teacher creates an environment that promotes student learning and active student engagement
 * 4) Teacher adapts the physical space to accommodate individual and group learning needs.

Evidences:

In 2013-2014 school year, I've created an environment that promotes student learning and active student engagement. All of my bulliton boards had posted useful language learning points. For example: for each of my teaching level, I have updated learning outcomes and learning evidences from all of the students. Students were able to find the useful information and nice ideas not just from themselves, but also the other classmates. At the same time, when parents came to visit, they've found that these information can help them to understand their kids' learning and sometimes can even help the parents to learn a little Chinese.