1. JPAS AND OTR
A Comparison

2. HOW CAN STUDENTS
RESPOND?
 Individually  Projects  White Boards
 Group  Gel Boards  Bell Ringers
 With peers  Cards  Exit Cards
 Orally  Chart Paper  Essay Questions
 Signs  Responders  Multiple-Choice
 Written  Choral  Literature Circles
 Labs  Discussions  Demonstrations

3. JPAS DOMAINS
Although there are 5 domains, only 3 are assessed during observation :
Domain 1: Managing the Classroom
The teacher efficiently manages student behavior, time and materials.
Domain 2: Delivering Instruction
The teacher effectively structures, presents, and conveys knowledge and
skills and monitors student acquisition of the knowledge and skills.
Domain 3: Interacting with students.

4. JPAS
DOMAIN 1
Domain 1: Managing the Classroom
The teacher efficiently manages student behavior, time and
materials.
4 indicators are linked to opportunities to respond.

5. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 1
#1 Students off-task (Sweep every 10 minutes – if students are
responding they are on task)
#5 Adjust instruction (Use student responses to determine if instruction
needs to be adjusted)
#11 Uses management routines (Possibility to use hand signals, etc. to
have students respond)

6. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 1
#13 Minutes of nonacademic time (If students are responding throughout
the entire class time, the potential to have nonacademic time is
eliminated)

7. JPAS
DOMAIN 2
Domain 2: Delivering Instruction
The teacher effectively structures, presents, and conveys
knowledge and skills and monitors student acquisition of the
knowledge and skills.
16 indicators relate to opportunities to respond.

8. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 2
#14 Factual questions (Responses to factual questions are opportunities to
respond)
#16 Demonstrates skills/procedures (Teacher shows the students how to do
something. When the student does it, that is an opportunity to respond.)
#19 Reviews (Questions used during a review are opportunities to respond.
#20 Pre-assessment (Many of the activities used during a pre-assessment are
opportunities to respond, e.g., questions, demonstrations)

9. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 2
#22 Teaching/learning strategies (Most of strategies provide students
opportunities to respond.)
#27 Higher-order questions (Each of these questions is an opportunity to
respond)
#29 Sustains interactions (When teachers sustain interactions with a
students, they are providing those students with an additional opportunity
to respond.)

10. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 2
#30 Task-oriented peer interaction (When students respond to each other
or the teacher in small groups, they have opportunities to respond.)
#31 Problem Solving, #32 Cause-effect analysis, #33 Application activity,
#34 Brainstorming (All of these activities provide opportunities for
students to respond.)

11. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 2
#35 Prepares students for activities (When teachers question students to
ensure they are prepared for the activity, the students have
opportunities to respond.)
#36 Supervises independent practice (Students should be responding in
some fashion as they do their independent practice.)

12. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 2
#37 Correctives (The teacher is correcting the responses the students
made.)
#38 Monitors student performance (The teacher is monitoring the
responses the students are making.)

13. JPAS
DOMAIN 3
Domain 3: Interacting with students.
10 indicators relate to opportunities to respond.

14. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 3
#39 Student participation (This is big one! The person doing the JPAS
evaluation tallies each new student who participates.)
#40 Academic feedback (The teacher responds to student responses.)
#42 Encourages reluctant students (If students are not responding, the
teacher encourages them to participate.)

15. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 3
#43 Reinforces desired behavior (If the reinforcement is connected to
student responses, this indicator relates to opportunities to respond.)
#44 Acknowledges learning efforts (The teacher is acknowledging the
connection between responses and learning.)
#45 Student demonstrations of knowledge or skills (These are
opportunities to respond.)

16. JPAS INDICATORS?
DOMAIN 3
#46 Practices communication skills (Depends on the type of response—if
it is restating an idea in the lesson, it is an opportunity to respond.)
#47 Guided practice (This provides multiple opportunities to respond.)
#48 Checks for understanding (These are opportunities to respond.)
#49 Learning environment (This indicator assesses the total interactions
between teacher and student.)

17. SUMMARY
Of the 49 indicators assessed during
each classroom observation, 30 or
61% are related to opportunities to
respond.