This past week I have been preparing multiple middle school and high school lesson plan templates that use the TKES rubrics as a guideline. You can view some here.
If you haven't adjusted your lesson plans yet to reflect all of the items in the rubric, I recommend you get started soon! It has been made very clear to us last year and this year that if the evaluator/observer does not see the evidence of one of the 72 elements in action, or on the lesson plans, you did not perform that element. If enough elements are not met in each standard, you will not successfully pass that standard.
Then, the presenters usually follow up by saying that, "The elements are not a checklist so don't worry about meeting every single one. We're looking for a preponderance of evidence in different ways showing you meet the standards. So... just, as you see things that reflect the elements, collect those artifacts and maybe put them in a folder or notebook so that we can review them. But, it's not a portfolio...."
That is hard for me to interpret any other way other than create a portfolio with at least one sheet of evidence (i.e., artifact, documentation, proof) for each of the 72 elements because the evaluator will be held accountable to their scores of us just as we are held accountable to teaching the curriculum, standards, elements, etc. Review a suggested guideline for preparing your notebook here. I started last year, and mine look like this right now...
The one on the bottom is Volume 1: Sections 1-4, the one on top is Volume 2: Sections 5-10, and the papers on top are the new items I need to include this weekend. Now, some of the papers in the volumes will be swapped out during the year as they may include some old evidence (grade information, etc.)
One bit of good news, the notebooks can be stored near the Evaluator's area, and they can reference it while they are there. The papers do not have to be uploaded into "the system."
Respectfully,
Glenn
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