A Clear, Equity-Focused, Rigorous Tool
At Hendy Avenue Consulting, we believe every child in every classroom deserves excellent instruction. Critical to this future is great teaching, leading, and learning.
Hendy Avenue’s Instructional Excellence Rubric provides a vision of excellence in teaching and learning across K-12 classrooms of all subjects. It supports the growth, development, and performance of teachers and students. The Instructional Excellence Rubric focuses on both teacher actions and student outcomes as a way to keep students at the center of the work.
Developed by a team of accomplished school-system leaders, the Instructional Excellence Rubric is a clear, equity-focused, and rigorous instrument that is both comprehensive and easy to use, enabling educators to hold a high-bar of excellence for themselves and their students, prioritizing what matters most to drive student outcomes.
The Instructional Observation Rubric is for you, if you:
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are responsible for coaching and evaluating teachers and are looking for a tool to support your efforts to improve teaching and learning in your school or system.
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are looking for an option for a school or system-wide observation and evaluation framework that keeps student outcomes at the center.
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are considering revising how you evaluate and coach teachers, and are looking for a framework that articulates high expectations for teacher practice and student learning.
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believe in the importance of balancing rigorous academics with social emotional learning, and are looking for a tool that reflects this belief.
A huge thanks to those who informed our work in one way or another through input, feedback, or inspiration! Thanks to: TNTP for their Core Rubric which provided the foundation for this tool and the teachers and leaders of KIPP Texas Public Schools, Vista College Prep, Excel Academy Charter Schools, PAVE Schools, and Hebrew Public Schools for helping to design and for using our rubric. Thank you to our reviewers and contributors Caitlin Butler, Katie Carpenter, Seneca Rosenberg, Katie Severn, Injy Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Anjya Thomas, and many more! Special thanks and recognition to Erica Murphy, chief architect of the Hendy Instructional Excellence Rubric, for her commitment to creating an exceptional tool for our partners and the field.
Access the Rubric
The Instructional Excellence Rubric is available for download free of charge under a Creative Commons License. We encourage users to share their experiences with us. For more information, or access to supporting resources, contact us.