American International School in Egypt

Elementary School Office

2015- 2016 TEACHER APPRAISAL FORM
Name: Ashley Kiss
Date: June 5, 2016

AISE MISSION STATEMENT: The American International School in Egypt (AISE) provides a comprehensive and
challenging American and international education that fosters informed and engaged local, regional and global
citizenship. We inspire students to be lifelong learners who contribute positively within a diverse and changing world.

Comments

Planning:
 Thorough Planning and Preparation Proficient:
of Work  Essential questions posted.
 Establishment of realistic,  Hands-on and differentiated activities after a mini-lesson.
challenging & achievable goals for  Monthly Agenda allows for all at once monthly prep (activities)
both themselves and their students  Divide up units once HOD sends monthly plan and goes over it at team
meeting
 Differentiate student led groups
Goal for Improvement:
Lesson plans include more differentiation for higher performing students
Incorporate more vocabulary with visuals
I feel I have set higher expectations this year for the majority of my class
despite the amount of under benchmark standard level students (10 students)
The 9 module ESL class I have been taking every Saturday has reinforced 2nd
language learner scaffolding strategies that I have been applying in my mini
lessons. I would like to now align my lessons to Common Core Standards and
plan collaboratively for different subject areas with my team.

Teaching Methodology: Proficient:

 Essential Questions  Must-Do/May-Do board so expectations are clear for students
 Uses a variety of teaching & learning  Think, pair, share
strategies & methodologies. (i.e.,  Power teaching
EAL, etc.,)  Student conferencing
 Effective integration of technology  Evaluation of other students’ work
 Uses effective and sympathetic
 Writing/reading buddies
correction
 Uses a variety of tasks/activities
 Inquiry based activities for science and math
 Whisper time
 Project based activities
 Active and cooperative learning
 Immediate feedback and time for reflection
 Call and response
 Clarification pauses/wait time to answer
 Student summary of another student’s answer
 daily journal/writing folder
Goal for Improvement:
Use exit slips more often for informal assessment and incorporate the use of
technology in morning meeting and Daily 5 work. I would still like to establish
the use of exit slips and a wider range of “check for understanding” strategies
more frequently. I use technology daily in both the morning and afternoon
sessions, however I would like to use the Smartboard more for Storytown whole
group lessons.

Student Engagement: Proficient:

 Evidence of good student-teacher
relationships
 Is consistent in all facets of teaching
and treatment of students
 Demonstrates effective classroom
management & organization
Questioning Techniques and
Differentiation:
 Uses effective questioning of
individual students & of whole group
 Reflective questioning evident
 Differentiates work to enable all
students to achieve their potential
Classroom Assessment Practices
 Effectively utilizes both formative
and summative assessments
 Effectively uses assessment to guide
instruction
 Provides anecdotal, qualitative, and
quantitative feedback to students
 Social and academic outcomes
 Behavior and academic plans first months of the school year
 Improvement from kg2
 Positive parent emails/positive reinforcement rewards sent home
 Emotional support and my classroom organization
 Instructional support both in class and support for home
 Expectations for parents is clearly stated in weekly emails, newsletters,
postings on Shutterfly
 Relating to students and showing enthusiasm
 Enabling students to work autonomously
 Active, collaborative, and fosters learning relationships with diff ability
levels
 I invested in a variety of support services (Jen, Kristin, Ms. Katherine,
afterschool tutoring)
Goal for Improvement:
Create more challenging and enriching assignments for higher ability levels.
Provide more scaffolding for Abdulhadi.
Proficient:
 I provide appropriate wait time
 students think-pair-share to brainstorm and collaborate
 essential questions are relevant to unit of study
Goal for Improvement:
Plan and write out the questions to be used in a lesson. How many are lower
cognitive questions? Higher cognitive questions? Is the percentage appropriate for
the age and ability level of your students?
Ask one of my colleagues to observe a lesson, paying particular attention to the
types of questions and student responses. Meet to discuss the observations and plan
for improvement.
Next year I would like to create mandatory peer observations the first month of
school I think we all need to understand one another’s teaching, management, and
planning styles.
Proficient:
 Use classroom assessments to improve my teaching (DRA, Anecdotal
Notes, Writers Workshop Conferencing, End of Term Assessment
strategy groupings)
 Immediate feedback to students and parents
 Classwork sent home in a timely manner
 DRA guides my instruction
 Writing Conferencing with students
 Assessing prior knowledge
 Hand signals
 Student self-assessment/rubrics
Goal for Improvement:
Differentiate corrective instruction more in reading and math groups.
Incorporate more rubrics for daily independent student work. I have
incorporated more rubrics in my students’ daily writing for each unit we have
done (personal narratives, fairytales (fiction), and non-fiction (animal
research). The students this year have bee more comfortable with peer
assessing and editing than in years past. I would still like for them to be able to
be more creative with their word choice.
 Monitoring Student Progress:
 Grades quickly and effectively and
provides meaningful feedback to
students
 Carefully monitors the progress and
needs of all students (Where
applicable, reviews MAP data and
adjusts instruction)
 Maintains effective records of all
students
 Effectively communicates student
performance and progress to both
students and parents
Collaboration:
 A Team player who interacts with
peers and administration in a positive
way.
 Supports group or admin decisions
 Proactive when solving problems and
bringing solutions to issues.
 Volunteers to serve on building wide
or building level committees and/or
supervises extracurricular activities
 Maintains a professional attitude with
parents
Overarching performance
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Ashley is a caring, dedicated instructor. Her commitment and desire to continue to
accept challenges is a source of strength and an example to others. I thank Ashley for all her dedication and
contributions this year. Ashley has made a very strong contribution to AIS and especially to the First Grade team. It
is good to work with such a professional and caring individual. Great year and I look forward to another one with her
Proficient:
 Timely feedback
 Anecdotal notes
 Use end of term data and create strategy groups
 DRA
 Incentive charts so students chart progress
 Academic plans to track parent involvement at home
Goal for Improvement:
Track and go over more as a team. Discuss ways to implement intervention
amongst teammates.
I would like for the Grade 1 team to have more collaborative planning time and
to have teacher work days once each term. I would also like for us to examine
MAP data and perhaps come up with strategy groups all together to assist Mary
next year. I think the team needs to all be on the same page with the way we
organize our data (DRA checklists, 6 traits rubrics, fluency passages
chcecklists). Can we create a common Grade 1 system for each subject? Would
this go over well with each teacher?
Proficient:
 Activities on shared drive for various units to provide resources for
teammates
 Peer observation suggestion
 Professional and have good rapport with parents and teammates
 Frequent updates to parents of pos. and neg. behavior
 Orientation, Walkathon, Student Achievement, Admission Testing,
attend birthday parties of students
Goal for Improvement:
Keep constant communication with teammates and parents. I feel this is one of
my biggest strengths as a teacher and hopefully next school year, parents will be
just as supportive and uplifting.
I feel that this year’s team is more open and has a clear communication. I
would like for each teacher on our team to plan for a subject or unit and share
with everyone on the team rather than “every man for himself”. With the new
curriculum, all 7 of us need time with atleast one other member of our team to
sit and plan for a few hours. This will ensure we are all aligned. I also believe
kg2 and gr 2 team leaders and myself should meet more frequently.
Ashley has had students this year who have had both behavior and
academic challenges. Yet, in her professional manner, she has
successfully risen to the occasion.