Establish supportive and respectful relationships with students - A teacher organizes a weekly social hour with individual students to encourage positive communication and trust building.

Maintain accurate and complete student records - A teacher maintains a multi-column spreadsheet to track students’ academic progress and attendance.

Develop and implement effective, meaningful assessments - A teacher creates a unit-long project-based assessment that evaluates students’ mastery of state curriculum objectives.

Adapt instruction to meet student’s differing needs, skills, and interests - A teacher collaborates with special education, English language learners and gifted teachers to create a differentiated lesson plan to ensure success for all students.

Utilize a variety of instructional techniques and materials - A teacher uses a combination of audio-visual materials, collaborative learning, and traditional paper-pencil activities in order to engage students in a single lesson.

Utilize technology to enhance instruction and communication with learners - A teacher develops a classroom website to post homework assignments, class announcements, resources and student progress updates.