Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Models and Models fair and Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self- communicates respectful behavior. responsible, and responsibility with reflection and ongoing expectations for fair and Demonstrates respectful student students for resolving improvement of the respectful behavior to commitment to fairness interactions. Assists conflict and creating and caring community based support social and respect in students to resolve maintaining a caring on respect, fairness, and development. communications with conflicts. classroom community. the value of all members. students about language Incorporates cultural Supports students in Promoting social and behavior. awareness to develop a taking leadership in Development and Seeks to understand positive classroom developing a caring responsibility within cultural perceptions of climate. 7/22/2018 community that is Students take leadership a caring community caring community. responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and where each student Some students share in Students demonstrate cultural norms of creating a fair and is treated fairly and responsibility for the Students participate in efforts to be positive, identities of all students. respectful classroom respectfully classroom community. occasional community accepting, and respectful community where building activities, of differences. Students take student’s home culture is designed to promote 7/22/2018 responsibility resolving included and valued. caring, fairness, and conflicts and maintaining Students communicate respect. a caring classroom with empathy and community. Students understanding in promote respect and interactions with one appreciation for another. differences. 5/6/2019 I’d like to be able to rate Students in my class both my students and work together. They myself higher, but I don’t support each other, and feel that the underlying should the need arise, issues implied apply to they defend each other. my classroom. It is very 5/6/2019 rare for the need to resolve a conflict arises; in fact, the interactions Evidence appear so instinctive that I don’t even know who to attribute it to- them or me? 7/22/2018 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating Is aware of the Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or importance of the virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to physical and/or virtual environments that student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide learning environments support student learning. provide a range of provides a broad range of range of resources that that support student resources for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in learning. artifacts that are current learning. Ensures that Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of and integral to environments enhance Is aware that structured are taught in single structures for interaction instruction. learning and reflect interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and Creating physical or students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom. virtual learning learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction environments that learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire promote student constructively and of structures for learning, reflect productively in learning. interaction to ensure diversity, and 7/22/2018 accelerated learning for encourage the full range of students. constructive and Some students use Students use resources Students use a variety of 4/12/2019 5/6/2019 productive available resources in provided in learning resources in learning Students routinely use a interactions among learning environments environments and environments and range of resources in Students participate in students during instruction. interact with each other interact in ways that learning environments monitoring and changing to understand and deepen their that relate to and enhance the design of learning complete learning tasks understanding of the instruction and reflect environments and in single lessons or content and develop their diversity. structures for sequence of lessons. constructive social and Students share in interactions. academic interactions. monitoring and 7/22/2018 assessment of interactions to improve effectiveness and develop a positive culture for learning. Students are able to learn My class is varied and Weekly homework in a variety of ways- small multi-media. We engage assignments include groups, class discussions, in regular discussions, options for students. They direct instruction, outside and I encourage the may choose between learning, etc. While they students to find new selected videos, podcasts do well when led, I would resources, including news and readings, each of Evidence prefer if they would learn stories, videos and the which advances the to be more proactive in like, to enrich the learning goals. their learning. 7/22/2108 learning. 7/22/2018 4/12/2019 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating Adheres to policies and Recognizes and Anticipates and reduces Integrates support for Shares responsibility laws regarding safety addresses safety issues risks to physical, students to take risks and with the students for the that are required by the regarding materials, intellectual, and offer respectful opinions establishment and site, district, and state. student interactions, and emotional safety using about divergent maintenance of a safe Responds to behaviors the organization of the multiple strategies that viewpoints. 7/22/2018 physical, intellectual, and that impact student learning environments. include examining biases emotional environment safety as they arise. in the learning focused on high quality environment and and rigorous learning. curriculum. Engages in reflection on Establishing and Explores strategies to their own language and maintaining learning establish intellectual and Models and provides behavior that contributes environments that emotional safety in the instruction on skills that to intellectual and are physically, classroom. develop resiliency and emotional safety in the intellectually, and support intellectual and classroom. emotionally safe emotional safety. Students demonstrate Students are aware of resiliency in required safety Students follow teacher Students develop and perseverance for procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills academic achievement. school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share and strategies to strive Students maintain rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives for academic intellectual and safety. 7/22/2018 achievement, and emotional safety for establish intellectual and themselves and others in emotional safety in the the classroom. classroom. Students typically get I have a zero tolerance better at contributing as policy for disrespect in the school year any regard. I offer this as progresses, but many of a carrot rather than as a them are simply waiting stick- I want all students to be told what they need to feel comfortable to know, rather than providing input during actively engaging in the class discussions. Offline, Evidence process. Students are I will encourage quieter willing to engage, but students to contribute, often struggle with and I will also encourage resiliency when a students more likely to discussion goes in a way contribute to learn to they weren’t expecting. listen. 7/22/2018 TLMS 7/22/2018 Domain VI 4/12/2019 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning. tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies, Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and importance of Works to maintain high Holds high expectations Integrates strategic purposeful use of maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and learning. Creating a rigorous expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of technologies throughout Supports students to learning achievement patterns for achievement patterns, instruction that support utilize an extensive environment with individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to the full range of learners repertoire of high expectations students. address achievement in meeting high differentiated strategies and appropriate gaps. expectations for to meet high support for all achievement. 7/22/2018 expectations. students Some students ask for Some individuals and Students engage in a teacher support to groups of students work variety of differentiated Students actively use Students take understand or complete with the teacher to supports and challenges supports and challenges responsibility to fully learning tasks. support accuracy and in ways that promote to complete critical utilize teacher and peer comprehension in their their accuracy, analysis, reading, writing, higher support, to achieve learning. and problem solving in order thinking, and consistently high levels of learning. problem solving across factual and analytical subject matter. learning. 7/22/2018 5/6/2019 As an AP class, my students can only succeed on the exam if I push this standard as a minimum. I am therefore pushed to challenge my students, and they in turn are challenged to keep up. They usually perform Evidence admirably. 7/22/2018 TLMS Domain IV; NBPTS Prop 3 4/12/2019 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual 7/22/2018 and group behaviors. Developing, Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine communicating, and behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards Guides and supports maintaining consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and students to self-assess, high standards for sequence of lessons in during individual and monitor, and set goals for individual and group anticipation of need for group work. individual and group behavior reinforcement. behavior and participation. Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students demonstrate classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept Students respond to positive behavior, consequences. and consequences and consequences and individual and group consistent participation respond to guidance in increase positive behaviors and encourage and are valued for their following them. behaviors. and support each other to unique identities. make improvements. 7/22/2018 5/6/2019
My zero tolerance policy The student body at my
extends to me, as well. school excels at inclusion. My expectations are Students are positive, universal- all students active in class, and the can and are expected to varied perspectives they excel. I work to model bring are valued. These appropriate behavior, kids are pretty great! including making amends 7/22/2018 TLMS when I make mistakes (as Domain VII 4/12/2019 Evidence we all do). 7/22/2018 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in single lessons to support single lessons or that are culturally on routines, procedures, developing, monitoring, student learning. sequence of lessons with responsive and engage and norms in ways that and adjusting routines some student students in the are culturally responsive. and procedures focuses involvement. development and Maintains a quality on maximizing learning. monitoring of norms. learning climate that Classroom climate builds on student integrates school Employing Seeks to promote positive Provides positive strengths. 7/22/2018 standards and culturally classroom routines, behaviors and responds behavior supports. relevant norms. procedures, norms, Responds to disruptive to disruptive behavior. Responds appropriately Promotes positive and supports for behavior. to behaviors in ways that behaviors and Promotes positive positive behavior to lessen disruptions to the consistently prevents or behaviors and establishes ensure a climate in learning climate. refocuses behaviors preventions and a which all students Students participate in disruptive to the learning positive classroom can learn routines, procedures, and climate. climate that eliminate norms and receive most disruptive behavior. reinforcement for Students receive positive behaviors. Students are involved in Students share Students are aware of correction for behavior assessment and responsibility with procedures, routines, and that interferes with Students receive timely monitoring of routines, teacher for managing and classroom norms. learning, and positive and effective feedback procedures, and norms in maintaining a positive reinforcement in and consequences for ways that improve the classroom climate that following routines, behaviors that interfere learning climate. promotes learning. procedures, and norms. with learning. 7/22/2018 5/6/2019 My classroom is an interactive one. While I might be the teacher and the adult in the room, I rely on the 17 and 18 year old seniors to demonstrate their own burgeoning adulthood in Evidence helping to monitor the overall classroom environment. Without their buy-in, none of what I do would be possible. 7/22/2018 Confirmed 4/12/2019 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Paces instruction based Paces instruction with Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly on curriculum guidelines. some consideration of students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and Develops awareness of lesson type, adjustments adequate time for assessment of student daily activities. how transitions and for sufficient student instruction, checking for learning. Supports classroom management work time and understanding, students in the impact pacing and transitions to optimize completion of learning monitoring of lessons. learning. activities and closure. instructional time. Using instructional 7/22/2018 5/6/2019 time to optimize Some students complete Students participate in Students monitor their learning learning activities in time Students complete and complete a variety of Students use their own time, are engaged in allotted. learning activities and, as learning activities in the instructional time to accomplishing learning needed, may receive time allotted with options engage in and complete goals, and participate in some adjustments of time for extension and review. learning activities and reflection, self- allotted for tasks or 7/22/2018 are prepared for the next assessment, and goal expectations for sequence of instruction. setting. completion.
Students are generally Lesson plans include
good at completing work regular formal (exams that is for a grade, but and quizzes) and work that advances informal assessment. I learning and also provide a reading understanding without guide, which shows on a an attached grade (i.e. daily basis which reading reading the texts) often should be completed. goes undone. 7/22/2018 7/22/2018 NBPTS Prop 4, Prop 5 4/12/2019