Coaching teachers for excellence.

At Catch Up & Read, teachers receive their first badge for becoming a CAR Teacher and being a part of an amazing cohort for the 2024-2025 school year! 

Mastering this rubric means a teacher has designed a classroom environment that is conducive to both whole group and small group instruction. The environment rubric measures the effectiveness of the CAR Teacher in consistently having materials accessible and ready for use, as well as the visibility and tracking of the CAR schedule.

How well does the teacher manage transitions from whole group instruction to small group instruction? How is the teacher's ability to manage and redirect student behaviors? The management rubric assesses how effectively the teacher establishes a culture of systems that maintain student focus throughout whole group instruction, small group instruction, and independent work, including during transitions.

The phonics/IRA rubric measures how effectively the teacher guides students in actively participating in the learning process of oral and listening comprehension. Teachers who master the phonics/IRA rubric deliver engaging interactive read-alouds using various response strategies, tokens, and purposeful dialogue within the classroom.

A teacher’s ability to manage students working independently on assigned tasks away from the small group table is crucial for overall learning and classroom management. The technology rubric assesses how effectively the teacher creates an organized and structured approach to facilitating iReady usage through independent workstations on the iPad, computer, or other technology.

The small group rubric measures how effectively the teacher implements best practices based on the science of reading to enhance students’ decoding and comprehension abilities. A teacher who excels at managing small groups can skillfully lead a 25-minute structured lesson that explicitly and systematically engages students in phonics, phonemic awareness, corrective feedback, comprehension, and writing practices.

The lead teacher rubric measures the effectiveness of the teacher in providing coaching, conducting observations, offering feedback, and leading Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to deliver content to the teachers during their learning together. An effective lead teacher can successfully facilitate the Catch Up & Read program in the absence of a CAR literacy coach.

Effectively managing small group interventions during the school day is critical for successfully supporting Tier II and Tier III students. This rubric assesses how well the teacher transitions from whole group to small group instruction, manages and redirects student behaviors, and implements a 25-minute structured lesson that explicitly and systematically engages students in phonics, phonemic awareness, corrective feedback, comprehension, and writing practices.

Catch Up & Read teachers will earn their final graduation badge after completing the year and mastering the teacher rubrics for the 2024-2025 school year.