Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data Uses data from a Uses data from Uses comprehensive
through data provided to learn about variety of formal and multiple measures to knowledge of students
by the school and/or individual students. informal sources to make adjustments to to make ongoing
assessments. learn about students instruction and meet adjustments and
and guide selection of individual identified accommodations in
instructional strategies learning needs. instruction.
to meet diverse
Using knowledge of
learning needs.
students to engage
Some students may Students engage in Students actively Students take
them in learning
engage in learning single lessons or Student engage in utilize a variety of ownership of their
using instructional sequence of lessons learning through the instructional strategies learning by choosing
strategies focused on that include some use of adjustments in and technologies in from a wide range of
the class as a whole. adjustments based on instruction to meet learning that ensure methods to further
assessments. 8/18/17 their needs. 5/5/18 equitable access to the their learning that are
curriculum. 10/16/18 responsive to their
learning needs.
Amongst teachers of Counselors, advisors, I have incorporated
the math department, and teachers different strategies due
we compare notes on collaborate in profile to larger class sizes
students to help one meetings to discuss which have been
another prepare for the student needs and successful. 10/16/18
school year. Being habits. 4/13/19
aware of student ability
and past habits, I have I observe student
been able to arrange habits involving group
student pairs and work, homework,
Evidence groups to help support quizzes, and tests.
students during group 5/5/18
work.

I recently rearranged
students to pair low
ability students with
mid-ability students.
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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 Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, information about and family contacts to knowledge of students systematically uses
culture, backgrounds, students’ prior expand understanding and their communities extensive information
life experiences, and knowledge, cultural of students’ prior to inform instruction. regarding students’
interests represented backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
among students. experiences, and backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
Connecting
interest to support experiences, and experiences, and
learning to
student learning. interests to connect to interests.
students’ prior
student learning.
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
experiences, and
learning activities to single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and
interests
their own lives. sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their impact of lessons on
related to their prior knowledge, prior knowledge, their lives and society.
interests and backgrounds, life experiences, and
experiences.8/18/17 experiences, and interests within and
interests. across learning
activities. 5/5/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
As I have stated before,
I have had great help
from other teachers. In
order to increase
student engagement, I
have started to make
the warm-ups more
challenging but not
frustrating. Students
are able to recognize
the skills necessary but
Evidence
are pushed to apply
their knowledge in a
different situation.
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I am aware of student
needs and
background. I have a
combination of SSP,
ELLs, and students
with low abilities.
Mathematics naturally
builds on itself but as
the year goes on the
problems become
more difficult but
manageable to keep
students engaged.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life Explore using Integrates connections Integrates connections Engages student in
connections during additional real-life from subject matter to to meaningful, real-life actively making
instruction as connections to subject meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to
identified to matter in single lessons contexts, including subject matter relevant, meaningful,
curriculum. .8/18/17 or sequence of lessons those specific to instruction and is and real-life contexts
to support students’ family and responsive during throughout subject
understanding. community. instruction to engage matter instruction.
Connecting subject
students in relating to
matter to
subject matter.
meaningful, real-
Students routinely
life contexts
Students make use of Students utilize real- Students actively integrate subject
Some students relate real-life connections life connections engage in making and matter into their own
subject matter to real- provided in single regularly to develop using real-life thinking and make
life. lessons or sequence of understandings of connections to subject relevant applications of
lessons to support subject matter. matter to extend their subject matter during
understanding of 5/5/1810/16/18 understanding. learning activities.
subject matter.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Mathematics is the In-context problems
most applicable subject help students to
but my ability to make make connections
connections is lacking. I across curriculum and
need to do more apply their skills more
research and planning appropriately.
to prepare these real- Applying methods to
life connections. real-life situations
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the abstract concepts.
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Evidence

Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use
strategies, resources, instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad of an extensive
and technologies as resources, and culturally responsive range of strategies, repertoire of strategies,
Using a variety of
provided by school technologies in single pedagogy, resources, resources, and resources, and
instructional
and/or district. lessons or sequence of and technologies technologies into technologies to meet
strategies,
lessons to meet during ongoing instruction designed to students’ diverse
resources, and
students’ diverse instruction to meet meet students’ diverse learning needs.
technologies to
learning needs. students’ diverse learning needs.
meet students’
learning needs.
diverse learning
needs
Some students Students participate in Students participate in Students actively Students take
participate in single lessons or instruction using engage in instruction responsibilities for
instructional strategies, sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and make use of a using a wide range of
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
using resources and related to their and technologies variety of targeted strategies, resources,
technologies provided. interests and matched to their strategies, resources, and technologies that
experiences. .8/18/17 learning needs. and technologies to successfully advance
meet their individual their learning.
students needs. 5/5/18
One of my biggest goals I use Kahoot, self-
for this year is to quizzes, and group
explore different station rotations to
strategies to increase support the diverse
engagement. I am learning needs of my
hoping to develop most students. This helps
in Element 1.4 through students 5/5/18
the year. 8/18/17
I incorporate Desmos
and graphing
calculators to support
Evidence
learning. 10/16/18
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
focus on factual single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for
knowledge and sequence of lessons questioning strategies, through independently student to apply critical
Promoting critical
comprehension. that require students to posing/solving developing questions, thinking by designing
thinking though
recall, interpret, and problems, and posing problems and structured inquiries
inquiry, problem
think critically. reflection on issues in reflecting on multiple into complex problems.
solving, and
content. perspectives.
reflection
Students respond to Students pose Students pose and
Some students respond varied questions or Students respond to problems and answer a wide-range of
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
to questions regarding tasks designed to questions and construct questions of complex questions and
facts and promote problems posed by the their own to support problems, reflect, and
comprehension. comprehension and teacher and begin to inquiries into content. communicate
critical thinking in pose and solve understandings based
single lessons or a problems of their own on in depth analysis of
sequence of lessons. related to the content. content learning.
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I was observed last My Department chair
week and the stated that my natural
administrator took questioning has
note of the number of improved. 10/16/18
questions that I asked 4/13/19
which required 1 word
answers, 2 word
answers, and 5 or
more. Most of my
questions required 1
word answers. I need
Evidence develop my
questioning skills to
ask more open ended
questions. 8/18/17

I feel that I progressed

in this area but by the
end of the year I
regressed. I need to
increase wait time to
increase critical
thinking. 5/5/18

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies Makes adjustments to
Monitoring student following curriculum instruction and adjustments to during instruction extend learning
learning and guidelines. learning activities to instruction based on based on the ongoing opportunities and
adjusting support student observation of student monitoring of provide assistance to
instruction while understanding. engagement and individual student students in mastering
teaching. regular checks for needs for assistance, the concepts flexibly
understanding. support, or challenge. and effectively.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Some students receive Students monitor their
individual assistance Students receive Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning
during instruction. assistance individually participate and stay articulate their level of and provide
or in small groups engaged in learning understanding and use information to teacher
during instruction. activities.5/5/18 teacher guidance to that informs
.8/18/17 meet their needs adjustments in
during instruction. instruction.
Students do receive I am constantly making
assistance in small adjustments to the
groups but do tend to class. Each set of
get off task when students is incredibly
unattended. 8/18/17 different and I keep on
modifying lessons. In
order to check for
understanding, I give
weekly quizzes (the
class meet 2-3 times a
week). 5/5/18
Evidence
I have been able to
keep a close schedule
amongst my classes but
continue to make
adjustments
appropriately.
Engagement has
increased this year.

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