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. 4/7/2022
learning needs. 10/20/2021
Using knowledge of
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students to engage
Some students may Students engage in single Students take ownership
them in learning
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of Student engage in Students actively utilize a of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some learning through the use variety of instructional choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on of adjustments in strategies and range of methods to
whole. assessments. instruction to meet their technologies in learning further their learning that
needs. 7/18/2021 that ensure equitable are responsive to their
access to the curriculum. learning needs.
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Students are allowed to
I utilize a wide variety of Teacher documents focus show proof of learning
“get to know you” students’ strengths, through their observed
activities in order to learn interests, needs and uses areas of strength.
as much as possible about this information to 4/7/2022
the students 7/18/2021 inform planning and
instruction; Teacher
identifies and builds on
existing areas of student
Students are allowed to competence 10/20/2021
demonstrate their
learning through their
identified areas of
Evidence strength 7/18/2021
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 4/7/2022 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. 7/18/2021 to connect to student interests.
knowledge,
learning. 10/20/2021
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. backgrounds, life and interests within and
7/18/2021 experiences, and across learning activities.
interests. 10/20/2021 4/7/2022
Teacher actively learns
I gather information Teacher includes specific about students through:
about the students activities in the lesson to Consultations with
experiences and interests link the content with parents, colleagues,
to inform planning students’ past student interest surveys
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Students are allowed
Students are given some choices in learning
opportunities to choose activities to align with
individual topics, projects personal interests.
or activities 7/18/2021 4/7/2022
Evidence
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
10/20/2021 7/18/2021 students in relating to instruction. 4/7/2022
Connecting subject
subject matter.
matter to
meaningful, real-life
Some students relate Students actively engage Students routinely
contexts
subject matter to real-life. Students make use of Students utilize real-life in making and using real- integrate subject matter
real-life connections connections regularly to life connections to subject into their own thinking
provided in single lessons develop understandings matter to extend their and make relevant
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. understanding. 4/7/2022 applications of subject
support understanding of 10/20/2021 matter during learning
subject matter. activities.
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Students are researching Teacher uses real world
Some assessments are I use real world the impact of world applications to connect
designed so that students applications to connect events on their daily lives with lesson content
can demonstrate their with lesson content 4/7/2022 4/7/2022
knowledge and skills by 7/18/2021
applying it to real-world
situations 7/18/2021 Students are researching
information about
I use real world backgrounds that interest
applications to connect them 10/20/2021
with lesson content
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Evidence
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
technologies as provided resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, of strategies, resources,
by school and/or district. technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into and technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse learning needs.
Using a variety of
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
instructional
learning needs. 10/20/2021
strategies,
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resources, and
Some students Students participate in Students take
technologies to meet
participate in single lessons or Students participate in Students actively engage responsibilities for using
students’ diverse
instructional strategies, sequence of lessons instruction using in instruction and make a wide range of
learning needs
using resources and related to their interests strategies, resources, and use of a variety of strategies, resources, and
technologies provided. and experiences. technologies matched to targeted strategies, technologies that
their learning resources, and successfully advance
needs.7/18/2021 technologies to meet their learning.
their individual students
needs. 4/7/2022
I use a variety of Teacher strategically
instructional activities selects and uses a wide
during a lesson such as variety of instructional
small group or partner strategies and materials
discussions and to meet the needs of each
individual practice learner 10/20/2021
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Students are given
several ways to
demonstrate their
learning 4/7/2022
Evidence
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
critically. 10/20/2021 content. 7/18/2021 reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical
perspectives. 4/7/2022
thinking though
inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support complex questions and
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
critical thinking in single problems of their own 4/7/2022 communicate
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. understandings based on
lessons. 7/18/2021 10/20/2021 in depth analysis of
content learning.
Rubrics are used to
Students have portfolios End of day class provide detailed feedback
of their work where discussion, review, or regarding the students’
written reflections are reflection of work is a strengths and areas for
kept 7/18/2021 routine part of the daily growth 4/7/2022
activities 7/18/2021
Teacher asks open-ended Students have portfolios
questions; high level Students are given of their work where
questions 10/20/2021 opportunities to assess written reflections are
their own learning and kept 4/7/2022
establish learning goals
for themselves
Evidence 10/20/2021
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. 10/20/2021 concepts flexibly and
learning and 7/18/2021 effectively. 4/7/2022
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or Students successfully articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during participate and stay understanding and use provide information to
instruction. engaged in learning teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
activities. 7/18/2021 their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction. 4/7/2022
I build on students’ Teacher assesses Teacher is sensitive to the
comments and questions students frequently and verbal and nonverbal
during the lesson to adjusts lessons signals that each English
extend their accordingly 10/20/2021 learner might use to
understanding indicate that he/she does
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expected 4/7/2022
I allow adequate time for
students to think about Teacher assesses
their answers 7/18/2021 students frequently and
adjusts lessons
accordingly 4/7/2022
Evidence
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning