Candidate Assessment of Performance (CAP): Goal-Setting & Plan Development

Preliminary Goal-Setting & Plan Development

Name: Rebecca Friedman Date: 10/24/21

Prompt: Identify/Clarify a Focus or Goal Topic (Essential Element, See Self-Assessment Form)
I would like to work on improving appropriate student engagement strategies, so all my students are
engaged and participating in well-structured units and lessons.

Strategic Prompt: Why is this topic/focus area important?

Improving appropriate student engagement strategies is important because I have 25 students with
very different abilities. Throughout my lessons, I want to challenge the individuals that are quickly
understanding concepts without having students that need more support feel forgotten or become
more confused. One way I could improve appropriate student engagement by using differentiation
of the independent work I give students.

I will improve my well-structured units and lessons by using appropriate

student engagement strategies to ensure all my students are engaged and
Objective:
challenged during daily lessons by differentiating the activities I give to my
class.

Specific, Rigorous, Results-Focused Prompt: What skills, knowledge, or practice will I acquire or
develop through achieving this goal?
I will incorporate questions or activities of varying levels of difficulty to help get and keep students
engaged in lessons and lesson activities. For example, on the math worksheets I give to the class I
will have a questions of variety levels. This will allow students who complete the tasks quickly to still
be challenged while students who need more support get what they need to be successful.

Realistic, Timed Prompt: When will I achieve this goal?

I will achieve this goal by the end of November 30, 2021.

Action-Oriented, Tracked Prompt: How will I demonstrate progress toward this goal?
I will be tracking how frequently students are staying engaged during the lesson. If students were
engaged for 80% of the lesson, they receive a check mark for being engaged in the lesson. Beginning
engaged in a lesson looks like students have their eyes on the whiteboard during the lecture portion
of the lesson, are raising their hand to participate, and if they are completing the tasks assigned for
the day and asking questions if something does not make sense. If they were not engaged, meaning
they are reading a book instead of listening to myself or their peers, do not complete their work or
ask clarifying questions, as well as not participating. I will also look through the worksheets to make
sure the difficult levels I provided to make sure they aren’t too challenging or too easy for each the
students who were not engaged in the lesson. My goal is to consistently have at least 90% of the
class engaged with in each math lesson 80% of the time for at least two weeks.
Measured Prompt: How will I know the goal has been achieved?
I will know if this goal has been achieved because most of the class will be engaged in the lesson on a
consistent basis.

Draft Professional I will be able to have 90% of the class actively engaged in 80% of the math
Practice Goal: lessons consistently for at least two weeks by November 30, 2021.

What actions/supports/resources will you need

What actions will you take to achieve the goal? from your Program Supervisor and Supervising
Practitioner?
 I will scaffold the math worksheets handed  I will need feedback from my Supervising
out to students so that they consist of Practitioner if the change in the worksheet
question that are scaled so there are basic supported the students or made others more
questions, average questions, and stressed and discouraged. As I am finding a
challenging questions. This will allow good balance for the questions, I will need
students to continue to challenge themselves feedback from both my students and my
and hold themselves to the high standard I Supervising Practitioner.
also hold them to.  I will also meet with Professor Hansen to see
if she has any suggestions on ways to scaffold
math worksheets to improve student
engagement during math lessons.
 Candidate Professional Practice Goal(s) & Implementation Plan

Name: Rebecca Friedman Date: 10/6/21

Goal(s): Based on the candidate’s self-assessment and the baseline ratings determined by the Program
Supervisor and Supervising Practitioner, the candidate has set the following S.M.A.R.T goal(s):
I would like to work on improving appropriate Essential Element
student engagement strategies, so all my students
are engaged and participating in well-structured
CAP Professional units and lessons.
Well-Structured Units
Practice Goal(s)
and Lessons

Implementation Plan: In support of attaining the goal(s), the candidate, Program Supervisor and
Supervising Practitioner agree on the following actions (add more rows as needed):
Action Supports/Resources from Timeline/Frequency
Scaffolded worksheets for the daily Illustrative Mathematics and Will be used for daily
lessons. Numberocks videos lessons/activities.

Feedback on worksheets/activities. Supervising Practitioner and students Would like feedback

on
worksheets/activities
every other day
since we cover one
concept in two days.
Have students work in pairs that are Supervising Practitioner’s feedback on At least once a week
assigned to work through problems. pairs that should work together. every week.

Challenge problem that forces Illustrative Mathematics and Fishtank Every Friday, I will
students to use many skills to solve math. provide students a
the problem. challenge/stretch
problem that will
force the students to
work as a class and
use all of the skills
we have learned to
solve the problem.
Measure of Student Learning: In addition to attaining the professional practice goal, the candidate will
also be assessed based in part on their impact on student learning. The Supervising Practitioner, in
coordination with the Program Supervisor, has set the following measures of student learning.

Measure of Student Learning Impact Rating Parameters

After every math lesson, I will High
put a check mark next to the
students who were engaged in Students show at Students must be engaged in classroom
the lesson for at least 80% of it. I least 25% increase discussion as well the activities in the
am looking for at least 90% of in engagement lesson to be considered engaged while I am
the class to be engaged in the consistently. not lecturing.
lesson consistently for at least a Moderate
week before I consider the goal
met. Students show a Students must be engaged in classroom
15% increase in discussion as well the activities in the
engagement lesson to be considered engaged while I am
consistently. not lecturing.
Low

Students show no Students must be engaged in classroom

to 5% increase in discussion as well the activities in the
engagement lesson to be considered engaged while I am
inconsistently. not lecturing.