PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOMAINS & GOALS

DOMAIN

FOCUS AREA

GOAL

1. Teaching & Supporting Learning

Teaching strategies, instructions, scaffolding, and responsiveness to learning.

1.1 Select and use teaching techniques appropriate to the learning objective and task.

1.2 Vary teaching techniques to maintain learner engagement and respond to different learning needs.

1.3 Give clear, concise, and appropriately staged instructions.

1.4 Use effective scaffolding to support learners during challenging tasks.

1.5 Check students' understanding before and during tasks.

2. Assessment for Learning & Feedback

Formative assessment, monitoring, feedback, self- and peer-assessment.

2.1 Use formative assessment techniques to check learning during the lesson.

2.2 Monitor learners systematically during classroom activities.

2.3 Provide specific and constructive feedback that supports improvement.

2.4 Create meaningful opportunities for peer feedback.

2.5 Create opportunities for self-assessment and reflection on learning.

3. Language, Communication & Culture

Target language use, meaningful communication, authentic language use, and intercultural awareness.

3.1 Model accurate, clear, and level-appropriate use of the target language.

3.2 Use authentic or realistic contexts to make language use meaningful.

3.3 Encourage learners to extend, explain, and justify their responses.

3.4 Encourage spontaneous learner-to-learner communication in the target language.

3.5 Integrate intercultural perspectives when relevant to the lesson content.

4. Learner Autonomy & Learning Strategies

Learning strategies, learner responsibility, self-regulation, and independent learning.

4.1 Explicitly teach and model effective language-learning strategies.

4.2 Encourage learners to select appropriate strategies for different learning tasks.

4.3 Encourage learners to identify and correct their own errors before providing teacher correction.

4.4 Gradually reduce teacher support as learners become more capable of completing tasks independently.

5. Digital Technology for Learning

Purposeful technology use, learner engagement, interaction, practice, and feedback.

5.1 Select and use digital tools based on a clear pedagogical purpose.

5.2 Use digital tools to increase active learner participation and engagement.

5.3 Use digital tools to facilitate meaningful learner interaction and collaboration.

5.4 Use digital tools to support practice and provide evidence of learning.

5.5 Use digital tools to support timely and meaningful feedback.

6. Learning Environment & Interaction

Classroom climate, learner participation, inclusivity, and interaction.

6.1 Create a supportive classroom environment in which learners feel comfortable participating and making mistakes.

6.2 Maintain an appropriate balance between teacher talk and learner talk.

6.3 Promote equitable participation across the class.

6.4 Use strategies to involve quieter or less confident learners.

6.5 Allow sufficient wait time for learners to formulate responses.