Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards for Educators

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All 10 Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards
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Student outcomes and growth monitoring

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Complete Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Coverage

All 10 professional teaching standards fully integrated for comprehensive educator evaluation

Standard 1: Learner Development
The teacher understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas. The teacher designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.
Standard 2: Learning Differences
The teacher uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards.
Standard 3: Learning Environments
The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard 4: Content Knowledge
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
Standard 5: Application of Content
The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
Standard 6: Assessment
The teacher understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher's and learner's decision making.
Standard 7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Standard 8: Instructional Strategies
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
Standard 9: Professional Learning
The teacher engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.
Standard 10: Leadership and Collaboration
The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.

Student Outcomes & Professional Growth

Wyoming's evaluation system emphasizes student outcomes and continuous professional growth. Teachers demonstrate their effectiveness through measurable student learning and ongoing professional development aligned with the Professional Teaching Standards.

Student Outcomes Focus

Wyoming educators demonstrate their impact on student learning through multiple measures of student achievement and growth. The evaluation system recognizes that effective teaching results in measurable student progress across academic, social, and developmental domains.

  • Student achievement data and growth measures
  • Formative and summative assessment results
  • Student engagement and learning outcomes
  • Progress toward learning goals and standards

Professional Growth Model

Wyoming's evaluation system promotes continuous professional learning and development. Educators set meaningful growth goals, engage in reflective practice, and demonstrate ongoing commitment to improving their instructional practice and student outcomes.

  • Self-assessment and reflective practice
  • Professional development participation
  • Implementation of new instructional strategies
  • Collaboration with colleagues and mentors

Professional Growth Goals

Wyoming educators set and track Professional Growth Goals that focus on improving instructional practice and student outcomes. These goals are aligned with the Professional Teaching Standards and drive continuous improvement throughout the evaluation cycle.

Goal Setting

Teachers establish specific, measurable professional growth goals aligned with Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards and focused on improving student outcomes.

Progress Monitoring

Regular check-ins and evidence collection track progress toward professional growth goals throughout the evaluation period.

Evidence Collection

Teachers document professional learning activities, instructional changes, and student outcome improvements as evidence of goal achievement.

Goal Reflection

End-of-cycle reflection on goal achievement informs future professional development and contributes to overall effectiveness rating.

Wyoming Effectiveness Ratings

Wyoming uses a four-level effectiveness rating system that evaluates educator performance across all Professional Teaching Standards, incorporating classroom observations, student outcomes, and professional growth.

Highly Effective

Performance consistently exceeds Professional Teaching Standards with exceptional impact on student learning, growth, and outcomes

Effective

Performance consistently meets all Professional Teaching Standards with clear evidence of positive student outcomes and professional growth

Developing

Performance inconsistently meets standards; requires targeted support, professional development, and improvement in instructional practice

Ineffective

Performance does not meet Professional Teaching Standards; requires intensive support and comprehensive improvement plan

Powerful Features for Wyoming Educators

Everything you need to conduct effective Wyoming teacher evaluations

Professional Growth Goals

Track Professional Growth Goals with customizable templates, progress monitoring, and evidence collection aligned to Wyoming standards.

Mobile-Ready Observations

Conduct walkthroughs on any device - tablet, phone, or laptop. Work online or offline with automatic sync.

Instant Scoring & Feedback

Automatic calculation of effectiveness ratings with immediate feedback generation for teachers across all 10 standards.

Student Outcome Tracking

Monitor student achievement data, growth measures, and learning outcomes to demonstrate teaching effectiveness.

Evidence Collection

Capture photos, artifacts, and detailed notes during observations with timestamp tracking for comprehensive documentation.

Professional Development

Track professional learning activities, collaborative work, and instructional improvements linked to growth goals.

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Built specifically for Wyoming's Professional Teaching Standards with all 10 standards and effectiveness rating levels fully integrated.

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