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 learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
by the school and/or students. 09/26/18 sources to learn about adjustments ​to instruction and make ongoing
assessments. students and guide meet individual identified adjustments and
selection of instructional learning needs. 12/05/19 accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse 05/05/2020 instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
using instructional lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and technologies in choosing from a wide
strategies focused on adjustments based on instruction to meet their learning that ensure equitable range of methods to
the class as a whole. assessments. 09/26/18 needs. access to the curriculum. further their learning
12/05/19 that are responsive to
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I speak/interact with Teacher uses data from
students and also provide multiple measures, such as
questionnaires to further formal/informal assessments,
understand their state testing results/ to ​make
like/dislikes and adjustments to instruction and
preferences when it meet individual identified
comes to how they learning needs. 12/05/19
learn/understand 05/20/2020
material. I provide
Student actively utilize a
students with group
variety of instructional
seating, as well as seat
strategies (graphic organizers,
Evidence English Language
annotated
Learners with bilingual
material/illustrations/pair-shar
students they feel
e/groups) and technologies
comfortable with.
(Chromebooks, resources
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such as Google Translate,
citation websites, etc.) in
I check the reading levels
learning that ensure equitable
of students through data
access to the curriculum.
gathered from
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iReady/Illuminate/and
other reading/writing
assessments. 09/26/18
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 knowledge of Develops and
prior knowledge, information about family contacts to expand students and their communities systematically uses
culture, backgrounds, students’ prior understanding of students’ to inform instruction. 12/05/19 extensive
life experiences, and knowledge, cultural prior knowledge, cultural 05/05/2020 information
interests represented backgrounds, life backgrounds, life regarding students’
Connecting among students. experiences, and experiences, and interests to cultural
learning to interest to support connect to student learning. backgrounds, prior
students’ prior student learning. 09/26/18 knowledge, life
knowledge, experiences, and
backgrounds, life Students make connections interests.
experiences, and Some students connect Students participate between curriculum, and Students are actively engaged in
interests learning activities to in single lessons or their prior knowledge, curriculum, which relates their
their own lives. sequences of lessons backgrounds, life prior knowledge, experiences, Students can
related to their experiences, and interests. and interests within and across articulate the
interests and 09/26/18 learning activities. 12/05/19 relevance and impact
experiences. 05/05/2020 of lessons on their
lives and society.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Prior to the start of every
lesson plan, students are
demonstrated an opening
question surrounding the
topic of instruction, forcing
students to critically think
and analyze a connection
from their own personal life
to the topic. 09/26/18
All students participate in
various types of writing and
communication activities,
Evidence projects, and presentations,
to understand and uncover
each students learning
styles, and to become aware
of student experiences,
interests, and background
knowledge. 09/26/18
I actively engage in interacting
with students throughout the
semester through conversations
that involve academics, current
events, sports, life, etc. This is
done to learn more ​about my
students to broaden my
knowledge about them to best
support their learning. 12/05/19
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Students participate in current
events regarding current political
candidates and present
information through technological
resources, such as ​Weebly​,
Google Slides, posters (evidence
will be linked). 12/05/19
Students are exposed to
real-world content through
interactive activities, which
includes an onlnie resource tool
(www.TeachBanzai.com)that
teaches students how to manage
money,, how credit is measured,
buying/renting a home, etc.
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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 additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
connections during real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
instruction as identified subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
to curriculum. 09/26/18 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. 09/26/18 family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
Connecting subject
subject matter. 12/05/19 05/05/2020
matter to
meaningful, real-life
Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage
contexts
Some students relate real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using Students routinely
subject matter to provided in single develop understandings real-life connections to integrate subject matter
real-life. lessons or sequence of of subject matter. subject matter to extend into their own thinking
lessons to support their understanding. and make relevant
understanding of subject 12/05/19 applications of subject
matter. matter during learning
activities.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I provide students with My lesson involving To integrate meaningful
activities/simulations current political and real-life contexts
that allows students to candidates is into my lessons, I
make personal demonstrated to students implemented a unit
connections with the through YouTube project on the topic of
topic material. For videos, news articles, Global Citizenship​.
example, during the and political websites to Students are to address a
topic of the United States make the lesson relatable social issues plaguing
Civil Rights Movement. and meaningful for the United States and/or
Students gathered students. 12/05/19 the world. The mission
information/real life for students is to
examples about Student view political research how the issue
discrimination they have advertisements and how it affects
personally experienced through ​YouTube people, why there has
Evidence
or interviewed others videos​ and not been no/little change,
(Family members, research ​political and how they, as
friends, etc.). 09/26/18 candidates​ through students, can create
various online resources change. Students will
to gather data and the create a plan to combat
politicians positions of the issue navigating
social issues. 12/05/19 through the functions of
the United States.
Assessment is conducted
through an end-product
of posters, Google Slides
presentation, podcast,
video, song, debate, etc.
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Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use
Using a variety of
strategies, resources, and instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range of an extensive
instructional
technologies as provided resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, repertoire of strategies,
strategies, resources,
by school and/or district. technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into resources, and
and technologies to
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to technologies to meet
meet students’
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse students’ diverse
diverse learning
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs learning needs.
needs
learning needs. 09/26/18 05/05/2020.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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Some students Students participate in
participate in single lessons or Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
instructional strategies, sequence of lessons instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
using resources and related to their interests strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of
technologies provided. and experiences. technologies matched to targeted strategies, strategies, resources, and
their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
09/26/18 12/05/19 technologies to meet successfully advance
their individual students their learning.
needs.
I implement various Students are exposed to
instructional strategies, real-world content
such as Direct through interactive
Instruction, student led activities, which includes
activities, student group an onlnie resource tool
work, pair-share. I also (​www.TeachBanzai.com
incorporate internet ) that teaches students
resources such as Khan how to manage money,,
Academy, Google how credit is measured,
Classroom, Youtube, buying/renting a home,
films, through student etc. Students also use
possessed Chromebooks. websites that focus on
09/26/18 finding
apartments/homes,
Evidence I create my lessons to banks, navigating
involve multiple college sites, loans,
strategies of instruction taxes, etc. 05/20/2020
to meet my students'
diverse needs. Strategies
such as
Think-Pair-Share,
Jigsaws, YouTube
videos, ​Google Slides
Presentations​, and group
activities.

Students actively
participate in Kahoots to
check for understanding,
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
use Google Translate,
watch YouTube videos
for additional visual and
auditory support.
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students Facilitates systematic
focus on factual single lessons or a critically through use of to initiate critical opportunities for student to
knowledge and sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, thinking through apply critical thinking by
comprehension. 09/26/18 require students to recall, posing/solving problems, independently designing structured
interpret, and think and reflection on issues in developing inquiries into complex
critically. 09/26/18 content. 12/05/19 questions, posing problems.
problems and
Promoting critical
reflecting on
thinking though
Students respond to Students respond to multiple Students pose and answer a
inquiry, problem
Some students respond varied questions or tasks questions and problems perspectives. wide-range of complex
solving, and
to questions regarding designed to promote posed by the teacher and 05/05/2020 questions and problems,
reflection
facts and comprehension and begin to pose and solve reflect, and communicate
comprehension. 09/26/18 critical thinking in single problems of their own Students pose understandings based on in
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. problems and depth analysis of content
lessons. 09/26/18 12/05/19 construct questions learning.
of their own to
support inquiries
into content.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
All questions posed to All questions posed to Throughout the lesson Students are given
students are related to students are related to implementation, economic situations
the topic (state content the topic (state content students reflect on based on certain
standards). Class is standards). Class is knowledge and circumstances and
opened up with an opened up with an comprehension in various locations
introduction question, introduction question, through both verbal around the world.
forcing students to forcing students to and writing activities. They must then
reflect and connect reflect and connect Questions go beyond research using theri
personally to the topic. personally to the topic. the simple restatement Chromebooks and
Throughout the lesson Throughout the lesson of facts, (who, what, create certain
implementation, students implementation, students where, when). The questions and
reflect on knowledge and reflect on knowledge and questions ask students problems.
comprehension through comprehension through how or why events 05/05/2020
both verbal and writing both verbal and writing occur, people behave,
activities. Questions go activities. Questions go etc. Students develop
beyond the simple beyond the simple their own research
restatement of facts, restatement of facts, questions on the topic
(who, what, where, (who, what, where, they chose. Instead of
when). The questions ask when). The questions ask having students answer
Evidence students how or why students how or why one of my questions,
events occur, people events occur, people students create their
behave, etc. 09/26/18 behave, etc. 09/26/18 own analytical
question to answer
themselves. 12/05/19

I begin class with an

opening question,
via ​Google Classroom​,
that forces students to
think about current
issues in Government.
Soon after, we hold a
class discussion to
understand the
positions of their
peers. 12/05/19

Students respond to
questions using
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
background
knowledge, or what
they may think about
the topic and hold class
discussions. 12/05/19

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. 09/26/18 activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
09/26/18 engagement and regular for assistance, support, students in mastering the
checks for or challenge. 12/05/19 concepts flexibly and
Monitoring student understanding. 05/05/2020 effectively.
learning and
adjusting instruction Some students receive Students monitor their
while teaching. individual assistance Students receive Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning and
during instruction. assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of provide information to
09/26/18 in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use teacher that informs
instruction. 09/26/18 activities. teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
All lesson plans are I make adjustments When holding whole
carefully adapted to fit according to student class discussions,
the California State engagement. During many of my students
Content Standards for presentations, I make are shy of speaking
Social Sciences. Content pauses and have up. During these
standard(s) are written students’ pair-share to occurrences, I open
on the whiteboard prior questions or have to up a Google
to every lesson perform short activities Classroom thread for
implementation and are that require them to students to write or
visible for every student.stand and move. I also create a ​Padlet​ post.
09/26/18 ask questions relating to I monitor and
the topic to check for manage these
Some students are understanding and create threads. I make
provided with additional student engagement. adjustments
supporting material, such 09/26/18 according to student
as PowerPoint engagement. During
presentations printed out Some students are presentations, I make
for them, defined provided with additional pauses and have
vocabulary, as well as supporting material, such students’ pair-share
Evidence differentiated material. as PowerPoint to questions or have
09/26/18 presentations printed out to perform short
for them, defined activities that require
vocabulary, as well as them to stand and
differentiated material. move. I also ask
Students are also paired questions relating to
in homogenous groups the topic to check for
and are constantly being understanding and
checked by myself for create student
understanding and/or engagement.
questioning. 12/05/19 05/05/2020
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Students articulate
their level of
understanding
through Google
Classroom, Padlet,
Kahoots, Google
Forms, and other
technology
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
resources. Students
use me for assistance
if they do not
understand the
content. Some
students are
provided with
additional supporting
material, such as
PowerPoint
presentations printed
out for them, defined
vocabulary, as well
as differentiated
material. 12/05/19
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