What is the PTEP?
       What is the PTEP?
    Assessment program 
       Assessment program 
      designed to determine 
       designed to determine 
      the quality of teacher 
       the quality of teacher 
      performance in relation 
       performance in relation 
      to a set of professional 
       to a set of professional 
      performance standards.
       performance standards.
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       What are the purposes of 
       What are the purposes of 
                     the PTEP?
                     the PTEP?
     Improve the quality of instruction, promote 
      Improve the quality of instruction, promote 
      cultural responsiveness, and increase 
      cultural responsiveness, and increase 
      educational experiences and opportunities for 
      educational experiences and opportunities for 
      students;
      students;
     Provide a process that allows and encourages 
      Provide a process that allows and encourages 
      supervisors and teachers to work together to 
      supervisors and teachers to work together to 
      improve instructional practices;
      improve instructional practices;
     Provide a process of bringing structured 
      Provide a process of bringing structured 
      assistance to marginal teachers;
      assistance to marginal teachers;
     Provide a basis for making more informed 
      Provide a basis for making more informed 
      judgments about teacher performance;
      judgments about teacher performance;
     Provide information for developing an effective 
      Provide information for developing an effective 
      and relevant staff development program.
      and relevant staff development program.
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        What are the components 
         What are the components 
                        of the PTEP?
                         of the PTEP?
      Based on the Guam Teacher 
        Based on the Guam Teacher 
        Performance Standards- a set of 
        Performance Standards- a set of 
        instructional practices which define 
        instructional practices which define 
        minimum competencies.
        minimum competencies.
      There are seventeen (17) standards 
        There are seventeen (17) standards 
                                        
                      Planning             Nonverbal/ verbal 
                      Planning
        covering eight (8) major areas of 
        covering eight (8) major areas of 
                                        communication
                      Implementation 
                      Implementation 
        effective teaching.
        effective teaching.
                     of instruction      
                     of instruction       Student Involvement
                     
                      Evaluation of 
                      Evaluation of      Classroom Relationships
                     instruction
                     instruction         
                                          Participation Patterns
                     
                      Classroom 
                      Classroom 
                     climate
                     climate
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         Teacher Performance 
         Teacher Performance 
                    Standards
                    Standards
    Standard I:  The competent teacher 
     Standard I:  The competent teacher 
     develops and prioritizes long and 
     develops and prioritizes long and 
     short term objectives within 
     short term objectives within 
     curriculum.
     curriculum.
    Standard II:  The competent teacher 
     Standard II:  The competent teacher 
     evaluates, selects, and modifies 
     evaluates, selects, and modifies 
     resources and activities in light of 
     resources and activities in light of 
     student’s gender, cultural, and 
     student’s gender, cultural, and 
     linguistic background.
     linguistic background.
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         Teacher Performance 
         Teacher Performance 
                    Standards
                    Standards
     Standard III:  The competent teacher 
      Standard III:  The competent teacher 
      establishes a common “footing” of 
      establishes a common “footing” of 
      understanding and participation with students.
      understanding and participation with students.
     Standard IV:  The competent teacher teaches 
      Standard IV:  The competent teacher teaches 
      the lesson by matching the purpose of the 
      the lesson by matching the purpose of the 
      lesson with the appropriate teaching and 
      lesson with the appropriate teaching and 
      learning styles, relating new ideas to previous 
      learning styles, relating new ideas to previous 
      or future learning, and demonstrating an 
      or future learning, and demonstrating an 
      understanding of his/her role as primary 
      understanding of his/her role as primary 
      socializer in introducing new concepts to 
      socializer in introducing new concepts to 
      students.
      students.
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