Instructional+Rigor+and+Student++Engagement

__**Instructional Rigor and Student Engagement:**__ a teacher supports and encourages a student’s commitment to initiate and complete complex, inquiry-based learning requiring creative and critical thinking with attention to problem solving __**Teacher Characteristics:**__
 * A - Teacher instructs the complex processes, concepts and principles contained in state and national standards using differentiated strategies that make instruction accessible to all students.**
 * B – Teacher scaffolds instruction to help students reason and develop problem-solving strategies.**
 * C - Teacher orchestrates effective classroom discussions, questioning, and learning tasks that promote higher-order thinking skills.**
 * D -Teacher provides meaningful learning opportunities for students.**
 * E -Teacher challenges students to think deeply about problems and encourages/models a variety of approaches to a solution.**
 * F -Teacher integrates a variety of learning resources with classroom instruction to increase learning options.**
 * G -Teacher structures and facilitates ongoing formal and informal discussions based on a shared understanding of rules and discourse.**
 * H -Teacher integrates the application of inquiry skills into learning experiences.**
 * I -Teacher clarifies and shares with students learning intentions/targets and criteria for success.**
 * __Student Characteristics:__**
 * A -Student articulates and understands learning intentions/targets and criteria for success.**
 * B - Student reads with understanding a variety of texts.**
 * C -Student applies and refines inquiry skills.**