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. 6/29/18 instruction.5/5/19
learning needs. 12/9/18
Using knowledge of

students to engage
Some students may Students engage in single Students engage in Students take ownership
them in learning
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use Students actively utilize a of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in variety of instructional choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their strategies and range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. 6/29/18 technologies in learning further their learning that
that ensure equitable are responsive to their
access to the curriculum. learning needs.
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I make modifications I learn about the students I have been using
based on student needs in in many ways. I have the additional data from
different areas (specific parents fill out iReady testing to get a
seating, certain learning questionnaires to tell me better idea of what
tools made available, more about their child. I adjustments and
etc.). I also work to have the students accommodations in
incorporate some time participate in a variety of instruction would be the
throughout the week for activities (surveys, most beneficial and
students to participate in journal entries, “all about effective for my
activities of their choice me” writing) to get to students.5/5/19
(centers) that will help know their strengths,
them grow. 6/29/18 areas of improvement,
and interests to help
Evidence make learning more
engaging for them. This
information is then used
to help create their
Personalized Learning
Plans (PLPs) for the year.
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I give my students
opportunities to use the
class iPads for practice in
different areas, based on
individual student needs.
My students know that
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
there are certain
activities or programs
that they are able to work
on when they complete
their work. 12/9/18
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 5/5/19 cultural backgrounds,
students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
Connecting learning
learning. to connect to student interests.
to students’ prior
learning. 6/29/18
knowledge,
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backgrounds, life
Some students connect Students participate in Students can articulate
experiences, and
learning activities to their single lessons or Students make Students are actively the relevance and impact
interests
own lives. sequences of lessons connections between engaged in curriculum, of lessons on their lives
related to their interests curriculum, and their which relates their prior and society.
and experiences. prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences,
backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests. 6/29/18
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
In addition to using I use the information
activities to get to know given to me by parents
the students better, I meet about my students’
with parents to discuss backgrounds, life
their child’s PLP for the experiences, and interests
year and learn more to make learning more
about their child’s engaging for them. I also
background and interests. ask the students what
I also meet with other interests them, so that I
teachers who may know am able to incorporate
the students or families these interests into our
well, when needed. daily lessons. I also
Evidence 6/29/18 involve different students
I ask the students in different aspects of my
questions at the start of a lessons based on what I
new lesson to help them know about them.5/5/19
make connections to their
lives or what they already
know. I give the students
opportunities to choose
topics to write about. I
work to have the students
relate what they are
learning to the real world.
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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 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
Connecting subject students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter. 6/29/18
meaningful, real-life 12/9/18 5/5/19
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 6/29/18 matter to extend their applications of subject
subject matter. understanding.12/9/18 matter during learning
5/5/19 activities.
I use journal entries as a I work to have the
way for students to students relate what they
connect what they have are learning to real-world
learned to their real lives. situations. I have the
We also have many class students come up with
discussions about how and explain ways the
what we have learned can information they are
be used outside of the learning can be used in
classroom. 6/29/18 their everyday lives.
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I work to have my
Evidence students connect the
various lessons we learn
to something in their own
lives. For example, with
my telling time lesson, the
students related telling
time to their daily
activities and specialty
classes. This helped show
them the importance of
the concepts they were
learning. 12/9/18

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. 12/9/18 5/5/19
instructional diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs. 6/29/18
strategies, resources, learning needs.
and technologies to
meet students’ Some students participate Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning in instructional strategies, single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
6/29/18 technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students learning.
needs.12/9/1818 5/5/19
I make resources for the I use a variety of teaching I have worked to
students readily available strategies to meet the incorporate the use of
during lessons. I put out needs of my students. I many new technology-
math manipulatives, the use direct instruction, enhanced activities into
iPads, and other tools that class discussion, small my classroom. This has
I find helpful for students group activities, hands-on helped to keep my
with varying needs. activities, experiments, students fully engaged in
6/29/18 one-on-one meetings, etc. learning and to appeal to
I also try to incorporate the different learning
technology whenever styles and needs of my
possible. I use the individual students. I
Promethean board and have introduced Quizizz
Evidence iPads. 6/29/18 to my students and have
designed new flipcharts
I have started to to use on the Promethean
incorporate the use of the board.12/9/18
class iPads into my
guided reading lessons. I
have designed
activities for my
students to participate in
that work to meet their
individual needs in
reading. My students are
becoming more
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
empowered by using
technology and are
beginning to feel more
confident in doing so.
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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. content. 6/29/18 reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical
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thinking though

inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks Students respond to and construct questions answer a wide-range of
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote questions and problems of their own to support complex questions and
comprehension and posed by the teacher and inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
critical thinking in single begin to pose and solve 5/5/19 communicate
lessons or a sequence of problems of their own understandings based on
lessons. related to the content. in depth analysis of
6/29/18 12/9/18 content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I ask the students a I work hard to
variety of questions incorporate deep
throughout each lesson I discussion into our
teach. The students also classroom environment
form written responses to by having the students
questions that require answer various questions,
them to think critically by as well as come up with
recalling details, forming their own questions.
opinions, making 5/5/19
connections, making
inferences, and reaching a I create many
higher level of thinking. I opportunities for and
Evidence use rubrics and checklists encourage my students to
for the students to check reflect on their learning.
and reflect on their own 5/5/19
work. 6/29/18

I encourage the students
to ask questions
throughout our lessons. I
also encourage the
students to be problem
solvers and come up with
creative solutions.
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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
checks for understanding. challenge. 6/29/18 concepts flexibly and
Monitoring student 12/9/18 5/5/19 effectively.
learning and
adjusting instruction Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students monitor their
while teaching. individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay Students are able to progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning articulate their level of provide information to
instruction. activities. 6/29/18 understanding and use teacher that informs
teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction.12/9/18
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I create many I monitor the students’
opportunities for learning throughout
students to participate lessons by observing and
and demonstrate their asking questions to check
understanding. We go for student
over independent work understanding. I use this
as a class or individually information to make
based on the specific adjustments to my
concepts being taught lessons to be sure I am
and how the students are moving at an appropriate
performing. 6/29/18 pace for the students. I
change my way of
teaching when necessary.
I also pull small groups,
Evidence when we move on to
independent practice, to
address the needs of the
students. 6/29/18

I ask my students to show
me their level of
understanding using a
“thumbs up” or “thumbs
down.” I also set aside
times where students are
able to come to the lesson
table to get additional
support from me when
needed. 12/9/18