1. Takes class attendance and maintains attendance records.
2. Assists with grading student work, which includes homework and tests.
3. Computes and records result from grading.
4. Fosters engagement of students in a proactive manner.
5. Positively and effectively redirects student behavior when necessary.
6. Organizes and supervises games and other rec activities to promote physical, mental, and social development
7. Consistently displays a positive attitude towards challenging situations.
8. Actively seeks out feedback to improve overall performance.
9. Actively participates in significant or challenging conversations.
10. Maintains a safe and clean work environment.
11. Assists in bus/car loading and/or unloading.
12. Follows proper safety protocols to ensure a safe environment for all students and/or staff
13. Supports and promotes ethical behavior of students as individuals and as members of a community.
14. Demonstrates personal accountability to school and district vision and mission.
15. Collaborates with colleagues to navigate change while maintaining focus on student learning.
16. Collaborates with colleagues to implement change efforts.

Teachers provide instruction that is aligned with Indiana content area standards and their district’s organized plan of instruction.

1. Independently and effectively supports the teacher in the lesson delivery.
2. Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.
3. Asks students thoughtful probing questions that align to lesson objectives
4. Displays introductory knowledge of the structure/content of state content standards
5. Demonstrates understanding of how lesson structure and design is tied to learning objectives that are aligned to state content standards
6. Maintains grading system aligned to student learning goals.

Teachers facilitate student academic practice so that all students are participating and have the opportunity to gain mastery of the objectives in a classroom environment and fosters a climate of urgency and expectation around achievement, excellence, and respect.

1. Explains the importance of the objectives so that students understand why they are learning what they are learning.
2. Encourages and provides opportunities for students to make connections to prior learning.
3. Develops an understanding of how to distinguish instructional materials that are accurate and appropriate for the lessons from those that are not.
4. Demonstrates content knowledge and delivers content that is factually correct.
5. Adjusts lessons accordingly to accommodate for student prerequisite skills and knowledge so that all students are engaged.

Teachers establish a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment for a diverse population of students.

1. Facilitates student accountability to school and class procedures/routines.
2. Develops positive and appropriate rapport with students, staff, and families
3. Demonstrates, through words and actions, an understanding of how varying backgrounds and worldviews impact the learning environment, experience of students, and family engagement.
4. Implements a variety of inclusion, intervention, or enrichment practices to address unique learning needs and interests.
5. Implements learning plan(s) to address student needs.
6. Reinforces good communication norms through modeling, such as active listening and doesn’t speak over classroom chatter.
7. Consistently provides clear directions to guide student learning and behavior.

Training in career-readiness skills to prepare apprentice for the workplace.

Deeper understanding of career-readiness skills such as communication, collaboration, self-advocacy and networking.

Serves as an initial investigation into teaching and the teaching profession

Introduction to human development from birth through adolescence.

Technology integration into a teacher’s instructional practice.

An overview of children’s literature and an intensive study of the genres for grades K-6.

An introduction into definitions, characteristics, and education of students with exceptional needs.