Academic Expectation 4
Students will listen actively and respond to communications through inquiry, discussion, writing, and various forms of art.
Levels of Performance
Criteria		Exemplary		Proficient		Developing		Beginning
		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting highest level of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting movement and development towards mastering performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.
Active listening	▪	Consistently employs appropriate body language and behavior including eye contact and posture	▪	Consistently employs appropriate body language and behavior including eye contact and posture	▪	Has difficulty maintaining appropriate body language and behavior (easily distracted)	▪	Frequently displays inappropriate body     language and behavior
	▪	Asks clarifying and probing questions	▪	Asks clarifying and probing questions	▪	Asks for a restatement due to lack of focus or attention	▪	Is passive and unresponsive
	▪	Restates what has been heard as needed to ensure understanding	▪	Restates what has been heard as needed to ensure understanding
Responding	▪	Synthesizes what has been communicated and responds thoughtfully and personally through inquiry, discussion, writing, and various forms of art	▪	Synthesizes what has been communicated and responds personally through inquiry, discussion, writing, and various forms of art	▪	Responds in a limited way	▪	Does not respond