Visiting Team Instructions

Questions to Ask in Meetings with Individual Teachers

On the first day of the visit, following the orientation program provided by the visiting committee chair, each member of the visiting team will be asked to meet individually \Xith two teachers for approximately 30 minutes each. The purpose of these meetings is to provide you with an opportunity to converse informally with teachers regarding the instructional and assessment practices they utilize in their classes with their students, and to review two examples of student work selected by these teachers.

The information you and the other members of the visiting team learn from these meetings will provide one important source of evidence that will prove valuable in the development of working and final conclusions regarding the school's degree of adherence to the Standards for Accreditation on Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment as well as other Standards.

• Which specific learning expectations published in the mission statement are you responsible for teaching in your different classes?

• Tell me about the student work you brought: the grade, course and level. What were your expectations for this lesson/unit? Explain how your expectations relate to the school's mission and expectations?

• How well did the students perform on this assignment? What criteria did you use to assess student work? Did the students receive these criteria ahead of time? Did the students assess their own work?

• From what you learned about students' performance on this assignment, how would you adjust both the content and the instructional techniques to improve student learning?
• How do you know whether the curriculum is challenging the range of students in your classes? How have you adjusted what you teach as a result of unexpected student performances?

• How often do you provide models so that students understand the various levels of performance? How do students know the acceptable level of performance?