****Set up an observation time before JPAS.  Use this time to complete a "pre-JPAS" and help address any issues before the JPAS observation by administration.

• Review provisional educators’s classroom management plan and help them reflect on how it is working

• Answer questions about JPAS evaluations

• Discuss assessment (common formative assessments, testing procedures, benchmarks and planning, and ethics)

• Help create 3 days of emergency substitute plans and put in a location that is easy to find

• Revisit grading policy 

• Scheduling field trips/field trip protocol

• Review bell to bell teaching and daily schedules

• Discuss concerns about students who might be struggling or needing interventions, help provisional educator with procedures for collecting data

• Observe provisional educator and provide constructive feedback

• Provide emotional support as needed

• Review Spirit Week and Homecoming activities (Secondary) and what to expect with regard to possible interruptions in schedules.

• Make sure provisional educators have received the proper documentation for SpEd to provide proper services contained in IEP or 504 documents.

• Encourage provisional educator to create a classroom profile sheet.

• Together, reflect on September, discuss what went well, and set appropriate goals to address items that need refining.

• Elementary - Prepare for Parent Teacher conferences, share tips

Learn more about your provisional educator by asking reflective questions.