State MSP Proposals

							                                   State MSP Proposals
                                  Sample Scoring Rubric


Consider whether/how you would revise the sample rubric based on the information
presented and your experience with professional development programs aimed at
deepening teacher content knowledge for teaching. (You can assume any scale you wish
for the scoring, e.g., poor, fair, good, excellent, not applicable.)

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 A. Project Goals                                               as is   shown     Omit

     1. Are goals clear and well defined?

     2. Are goals aligned to state standards?

     3. Are goals aligned to identified needs?

    4. Are goals measurable?
 Other:




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 B. Professional Development Plan                               as is   shown     Omit

     1. Do proposed activities address the identified goals?

     2. Are the proposed activities content-focused?

     3. Are the proposed activities research-based?

     4. Will the proposed activities help teachers apply what
        they are learning to their classroom practice?

     5. Are the proposed activities innovative?

     6. Are appropriate activities planned for the academic
        year?

     7. Are the proposed activities both realistic given the
        available resources and intensive enough to achieve
        the targeted goals?




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                                                                            Rating
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 B. Professional Development Plan (continued)                       as is   shown     Omit

     8. Have mathematicians, scientists, and/or engineers
        been integrally involved in the development of the
        professional development plan?

     9. Have teachers been integrally involved in the
        development of the professional development plan?

     10. Is there an appropriate plan for involving principals in
         project activities?

    11. Are the methods planned for teacher recruitment
        likely to result in broad participation, especially
        among teachers from schools of greatest need?
 Other:




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 C. Professional Development Providers                              as is   shown     Omit

     1. Do the proposed professional development providers
        have the knowledge and skills necessary to implement
        the professional development plan with quality?

    2. Is there an appropriate plan for ensuring a common
        vision of both project goals, and how the proposed
        activities are intended to help achieve those goals?
 Other:




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