CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
academic readiness,
and state required information on student knowledge of students. for supporting and
academic language, diverse
assessments. academic readiness, cultural backgrounds, and
Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural individual cognitive, social, specific strategies to learning based on
4.1 Using knowledge background, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
emotional, and physical
of students’ academic individual development. development to meet their needs and cultural information on students.
readiness, language individual needs. backgrounds. 7/21/19 5/8/20
proficiency, cultural
background, and Becomes aware of Examines potential sources Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
individual potential areas of bias of bias and stereotyping stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
development to plan when planning lessons. Uses
Is aware of impact of bias and seeks to learn about assumptions about stereotyping, and
instruction. culturally responsive
on learning. culturally responsive pedagogy in planning. cultures and members of assumptions. 12/12/19
pedagogy. cultures.

All work is examined In our examination of

through the context of the archetypes, the tendency to
specific culture which turn those archetypes into
stereotypes was this time
produced it, including
brought up and addressed
that culture’s issues and explicitly, specifically
limitations (i.e. The through the case of the wise
overwhelming patriarchal sage archetype becoming the
tendencies of the Greeks.) old white man stereotype.
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Students are tasked to
reflect and speak on the Due to the school closure, a
impact of that context, proper seminar on Spike
Lee's Do the Right Thing
both in its time and how
became impossible. This
we are to look at the discussion board was used
work now. (i.e. the in its place, which most
rampant sexism in One definitely further engaged
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s students in the analysis of
Nest) 7/21/19 bias, stereotyping, and
assumptions. 5/8/20
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning goals
lesson to students based development with students clear learning to students that integrate
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths,
student learning and differentiated to interests, and learning
address students’ diverse needs. 7/21/19
learning needs.
Students are told at the
beginning of every
semester that my job is to
make sure they are able
to read, write, speak, and
listen better at the end
than at the beginning. An
early diagnostic as well as
several check ins for
growth over the course of
the semester facilitate
this, before more
formalized end of the
year assessments.
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Establishes and
articulates
comprehensive short-
term and long-term
learning goals for
students. Assists students
to articulate and monitor
learning goals.
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Students remain explicitly
told at the beginning of
every semester that my
job is to make sure they
are able to read, write,
speak, and listen better at
the end than at the
beginning, both in person
and in the Course
Information Sheet. I also
now inform my second
semester seniors that I
am now "more
responsible for the adults
you will become than the
teenagers they are now."
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
4.3 Developing and
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
sequencing long-
planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
term and short-term
student learning. language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
instructional plans to
that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
support student
learning. learning. 7/21/19 plans that ensure high
learning
levels of learning.
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Curriculum is fully Curriculum was

designed with all extensively adjusted
assignments and during the pandemic. In
assessments planned and the case of my Literature
ready before the and Film elective, I made
semester begins, before sure all of the more
being adjusted and honed familiar "Lit" portions
during the semester itself were done for homework,
in response to student while the more unfamiliar
need and unexpected film portions were
issues that arise (i.e. addressed more during
school closed due to class time. This allowed
smoke from fires last the unit to still lead to its
year.) 7/21/19 long term objectives,
while handling the more
short term issues. 5/8/20
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. 12/12/19
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and broad range of their learning and the
and district. language needs to inform assessments into impact of instructional
planning differentiated planning to meet strategies to meet their
instruction. 7/21/19 students’ diverse learning learning and language
and language needs. needs.
5/8/20
Differentiated Essay templates are not Literature and Film
instructional strategies only broken down students are tasked with
like group research verbally; they also reflecting upon how well
projects and seminar include color- they used their varied
complement lecture and coordination for more resources while tackling a
essay writing workshops. visual learners, and complex text like One
The goal is for consistent feature examples for Flew Over the Cuckoo's
variation. those who learn more by Nest, while also
mirroring. 12/12/19 considering which
The beginning-of-the- resources helped them
semester diagnostic most and why. Moreover,
establishes the current as they are second
level of all students, semester seniors, I make
which informs the sure they reflect upon
strategies that will whether or not they feel
facilitate student growth. ready for their next step
7/21/19 of college. 5/8/20
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying
Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and
instructional plans
additional materials to
and curricular
support students’ diverse
materials to meet the
learning needs. 7/21/19
assessed learning
needs of all students.
Classes and lessons are
adjusted in real-time,
if/when the occasion calls
for it. And archetype
project was adapted into
an identification of that
archetype in popular
culture, when classic
literary characters
proved insufficient.
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Integrating
Makes ongoing
adjustments to
instructional plans and
uses a variety of
materials as the
instructional needs arises
to support student
learning. 12/12/19
When the students
showed difficulty in first
writing it, he essay for
Demian was changed
from being about how the
student’s “Process of
Individuation” mirrored
the main character’s to
whether or not they felt it
did and why. This allowed
them more choice,
increasing their ability to
engage. 11/12/19
Innovating
Anticipates and plans for
a wide range of
adaptations to lessons
based on in depth
analysis of individual
student needs.
Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
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For Literature and Film,
students are offered a
lecture about the
important points of each
element of film. However,
the slideshows also use
clips extensively, for the
more audio/visual
learner. Moreover, the
slideshows remain
accessible to them via
Schoology at all times, so
they can review at their
leisure and pace. Finally,
the lectures are
distillations of the text,
meaning the students can
also get the knowledge
through individual
reading, if they prefer.
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