In 2024, the Guidelines for the Candidate Assessment of Performance were updated in alignment with revisions to the Standards of Effective Practice and the Guidelines for the Professional Standards for Teachers . Please visit the PST and CAP page for additional information and resources related to these updates.
The 2019 CAP Guidelines and resources linked below may be used through the 2024-2025 school year.
DESE developed a series of Skill Development Workshops to support effective implementation of CAP. Using the materials provided, educator preparation programs may choose to facilitate these workshops as part of the training they provide to their program supervisors and supervising practitioners.
This workshop is intended to help organizations build supervisor capacity for delivering high-quality, targeted, and actionable feedback that is grounded in effectively applying the rubric to the evidence collected throughout practicum. The workshop also contains activities designed to help support calibration conversations among supervisors. This workshop includes activities that involve conducting simulated formative and summative assessments. In order to provide an authentic experience to participants, programs will have to gather evidence samples to include in the handouts packet before running the workshop. See page 1 of the Facilitator's Guide for more information.
Using the Rubric Workshop PowerPoint
Using the Rubric Workshop Facilitator's Guide
Using the Rubric Workshop Handout Packet
Observations & Feedback Workshop PowerPoint
Observations & Feedback Workshop Facilitator's Guide
Observations & Feedback Workshop Handout Packet
This workshop is intended to help organizations support supervisors with an orientation to the process of preparing for and conducting a pre-observation meeting, collecting evidence during an observation, and providing feedback to a teacher candidate during a post-observation meeting.
Using the Model Observation Protocol: Powerpoint
Using the Model Observation Protocol: Facilitator's Guide
This workshop is intended to help organizations support supervisors to calibrate their perceptions of effective instructional practice related to the CAP elements.
Calibrating on Practice: Facilitator's Guide
This workshop is intended to help organizations support supervisors to calibrate their perceptions of effective instructional practice and high-quality feedback related to the CAP elements.
Calibrating on Feedback: Facilitator's Guide
This workshop is intended to help organizations support supervisors to implement the CAP with an opportunity to refine their understanding of high-quality feedback to teacher candidates.
Feedback on Feedback: Powerpoint
Feedback on Feedback: Facilitator's Guide
Last Updated: November 4, 2024
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