LEVEL 3
LEVEL NAME
ORGANIZING
DESCRIPTION
The teacher demonstrates a limited range of loosely-associated pedagogical aspects of the indicator.

LEVEL 4
LEVEL NAME
DEVELOPING
DESCRIPTION
The teacher demonstrates a range of associated pedagogical aspects of the indicator that sometimes align with the learners’ developmental needs.

LEVEL 5
LEVEL NAME
APPLYING
DESCRIPTION
The teacher demonstrates a range of associated pedagogical aspects of the indicator that usually align with the learners’ developmental needs.

LEVEL 6
LEVEL NAME
CONSOLIDATING
DESCRIPTION
The teacher uses well-connected pedagogical aspects of the indicator consistently aligned with student development that supports students to be successful learners.

LEVEL 7
LEVEL NAME
INTEGRATING
DESCRIPTION
The teacher uses well-connected pedagogical aspects of the indicator to create an environment that addresses individual and group learning goals.

Note:
The language used in the COT indicators is taken from the Proficient career stage indicators of the PPST. Each indicator has 5 levels.
The rubrics for Teacher II and Teacher III applicants use levels 2 to 6.
The rubrics for Teacher IV, Teacher V, Teacher VI, and Teacher VII applicants use levels 3 to 7.
The rubrics for Master Teacher I and Master Teacher II applicants use levels 4 to 8.
The rubrics for Master Teacher III, Master Teacher IV, and Master Teacher V applicants use levels 5 to 9.