Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
learning needs. 7/21/19
Using knowledge of
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students to engage
Some students may Students engage in single Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
them in learning
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of Student engage in variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some learning through the use strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on of adjustments in technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. instruction to meet their that ensure equitable further their learning that
needs. 7/21/19 access to the curriculum are responsive to their
10/04/2019 March 2020 learning needs.

I use information from Teacher documents

SPED teachers and school focus students’
psychologist when lesson
planning to gauge
strengths, interests,
students’ abilities. needs and uses this
Formative and information to
summative assessments inform planning and
are also used to instruction; Teacher
understand student
needs. 7/21/19
identifies and builds
on existing areas of
Students are allowed to student competence
show proof of learning
Evidence through their observed Students are allowed to
areas of strength. show proof of learning
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areas of strength. March
2020
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and interests knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
represented among backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
Connecting learning
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
to students’ prior
learning. to connect to student interests.
knowledge,
learning.
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
interests
learning activities to their single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
own lives. sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. 7/21/19 backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning
interests. 10/14/2019 activities.April 2020
I attempt to use at I attempt to create Teacher actively
least one reading per activities that link the learns about students
unit that reflects the current classroom through:
culture and content with student Consultations with
demographics of my life and experiences parents, colleagues,
students. Students 10/14/2019 student interest
then consider how surveys
the day’s activities
apply to their lives Students are allowed
with exit slips. some choices in
Evidence 7/21/2019 learning activities to
align with personal
interests. April 2020
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
during instruction as real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter instruction
Connecting subject students in relating to April 2020
matter to subject matter
meaningful, real-life 10/14/2019.
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to Students actively engage integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings in making and using real- into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. life connections to subject and make relevant
support understanding of 7/21/19 matter to extend their applications of subject
subject matter. understanding April 2020 matter during learning
activities.
Students deal with Students were very Teacher uses real
moral conflicts in interested in various world applications to
stories like The Most civil and women’s connect with lesson
Dangerous Game and rights topics. I content April 2020.
Rome & Juliet. These structured lessons in
ideas are discussed order to cover
and evaluated for #MeToo and
how the problems of #BlackLivesMatter
the characters are 10/14/2019
still relevant today
Evidence within their lives or Students are
that of their peers. researching the
7/21/19. impact of world
events on their daily
lives while having to
shelter in place April
2020
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
strategies, resources, and instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
technologies as provided resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
by school and/or district. technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
Using a variety of lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
instructional diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
strategies, resources, learning needs 9/2019-
and technologies to 11/2019
meet students’ Some students participate Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning in instructional strategies, single lessons or Students participate in in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons instruction using use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests strategies, resources, and targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences 7/21/19 technologies matched to resources, and technologies that
9/2019-11/2019 their learning needs. technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs learning.
Aprl 2020
I have begun to I used real world Teacher strategically
incorporate more applications in each selects and uses a
technology based unit of my 12th grade wide variety of
lessons into my class and in 2 of my 5 instructional
lessons. Students units for my 9th grade strategies and
have completed class. 9/2019-11/2019 materials to meet the
online scavenger needs of each learner
hunts and have
created playlist that Students are given
illustrate what several ways to
Evidence students have demonstrate their
learned in the learning April 2020
classroom. 7/21/19
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
require students to recall, posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
interpret, and think and reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. reflecting on multiple problems.
thinking though perspectives.
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
reflection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content reflect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own April 2020 understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. content learning.
This is done most Rubrics are used to
frequently through provide detailed
the use of Socratic feedback regarding
Seminars. During that the students’
time students are strengths and areas
posed a Critical for growth
Thinking Question
that they discuss Students have
amongst their peers. portfolios of their
When conversation work where written
stalls it is the reflections are kept
Evidence
responsibility of the March-April 2020
students to come up
with additional
questions to continue
the conversation to
dive deeper into
analysis. 7/21/19
Examples for this
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same this
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
following curriculum instruction and learning adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
guidelines. activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge 7/21/19. concepts flexibly and
learning and effectively.
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use provide information to
instruction. activities 7/21/19. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction 11/15/2019 instruction April 2020
Evidence Students maintain Students begin all Teacher is sensitive
engagement during individual and group to the verbal and
activities however activities with an nonverbal signals
often need example from the that each English
prompting to ask for teacher. Teacher learner might use to
help or assistance if monitors progress indicate that he/she
they do not and if it is observed does not understand
understand parts of that an assignment is what is expected
an assignment. to easy or difficult
7/21/19 accommodations are Teacher assesses
made to best fit the students frequently
needs of students. and adjusts lessons
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2020
Teacher gave
students access to
rubrics and learning
targets at the
beginning and end of
each unit. By the end
of unit 4 students
were able to
accurately indicate
where they believed
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
they stood in terms
of achievement
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