LEAP Resource Center

  • Various resources are available to teachers to help them grow and improve their teaching practice. Information is also available for school leaders, observers, and evaluators to ensure they provide guidance and support to teachers regarding their personal growth and school-wide goals.

    Student Instruction

    Building Leaders and LEAP Observers who want additional experience observing and scoring may use these classroom videos to sharpen their skills in aligning observation evidence to the LEAP Framework for Effective Teaching to determine scores.  

    See the resources videos below: 

    • Indicator Explanation Videos are 10-minute videos that explain the indicators
    • Indicator Classroom Videos are scenarios that show effective practices aligned to the indicators

  • Normed Videos for Calibration

    Elementary 

    Secondary

  • LE.1 - LE.4 - Explanation Videos

    Indicator Explanations - 10 Minute Videos

    LE.1 - Culture and Equity

    LE.2 - Motivation and Respect

    LE.3 - High, Clear Expectations

    LE.4 - Resources and Physical Environment

  • I.1 - I.4 - Explanation Videos

    Indicator Explanations - 10 Minute Videos

    I.1 - Content-Language Objective

    I.2 - Rigorous Tasks

    I.3 - Methods and Pacing

    I.4 - Academic Language

  • I.5 - I.8 - Explanation Videos

    Indicator Explanations - 10 Minute Videos

    I.5 - Checks for Understanding

    I.6 - Differentiation

    I.7 - Academically-focused Descriptive Feedback

    I.8 - Communication and Collaboration

  • Classroom Videos - LE.1 - LE.4

    LE.1 - Culture and Equity

    LE.2 - Motivation and Respect

    LE.3 - High, Clear Expectations

    LE.4 - Resources and Physical Environment

  • Classroom Videos - Instruction I.1 - I.4

    Indicator Explanations - 10 Minute Videos

    Indicator I.1 - Content-Language Objective

    Indicator I.2 - Rigorous Tasks

    I.3 - Methods & Pacing

    I.4 - Academic Language

  • Classroom Videos - Instruction I.5 - I.8

    I.5 - Checks for Understanding

    I.6 - Differentiation

    I.7 - Academically-focused Descriptive Feedback

    I.8 - Communication and Collaboration

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