CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using
information from district additional assessment
and state required information on student
assessments. academic readiness,
language, cultural
background, and
individual development.
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4.1 Using knowledge
of students’ academic
readiness, language
proficiency, cultural Is aware of impact of bias
background, and on learning. Becomes aware of
individual potential areas of bias and
development to plan seeks to learn about
instruction. culturally responsive
pedagogy.
I consider and plan series
of lessons guided by
information I have
obtained through Aeries,
but also through home
surveys and
conversations with
families. I am currently
working on supporting
my ELL students with
more explicit instruction
(building vocabulary and
grammar/phonics
instruction)
Applying Integrating Innovating
Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
academic language, Matches resources and extending student
diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
social, emotional, and backgrounds.
physical development to
meet their individual
needs.
Updated 4/2021 Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
assumptions about stereotyping, and
Examines potential cultures an members of assumptions.
sources of bias and cultures.
stereotyping when
planning lessons. Uses
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.
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I use a variety of
resources that offer
multiple or different
perspectives than are
traditionally considered
in scripted curriculum.
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I do my best to use
information I have
gathered from home
surveys, informal
assessments, and
conversations to help
plan and differentiate
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consistently activate
background knowledge at
the start of new units and
lessons to help students
find connections to their
own lives and between
content..
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Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
lesson to students based development with students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
student learning 9/20/20 and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
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I consistently share the
learning / goal and
objective for each lesson
and have students read it
out loud. I chunk
objectives and work piece
by piece for easier
comprehension of
content. I base all learning
from state/state/district
standards.
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series
4.3 Developing and term plans. 9/20/20 of connected lessons and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term
term and short-term planning to support
instructional plans to student learning.
support student Updated 4/21
learning
I have been working on
providing my students
with differentiated
learning goals. I have
created opportunities for
students to demonstrate
their success and growth
through learning goals
that reflect their abilities.
Examples of PBL and
student led vocabulary
acquisition.
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Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning. learning. plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
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I am working on building I am starting to look at the
up my lessons and how bigger picture for my unit
they connect to achieve a planning. For example, the
larger, overall objective. current ELA/SS project
We are writing our first students are working on. I
essay and I have been planned it by laying out all
trying to introduce skills of the lessons and
needed for this identified the goals for
assignment in pieces to each lesson. Then
allow for practice and determined which skills
exploration before need to be met first. This
they’re graded and scope helps me to see how
assessed. However, I am I will support my students
living day to day and to achieve the overall
week to week as I plan learning goals/objectives
lessons right now. of the project. I am hoping
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year.
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4.4 Planning Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
instruction that incorporates strategies single lessons or sequence instructional strategies wide range of strategies incorporating a
incorporates suggested by curriculum of lessons that respond to into ongoing planning to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
appropriate guidelines. students’ diverse learning address culturally and meet students’ specifically meet
strategies to meet needs. responsive pedagogy, and assessed language and students’ diverse
the learning needs of students’ diverse learning needs. Provides language and learning
all students language, and learning appropriate support and needs and styles to
needs. Consider challenges for students. advance learning for all.
Is aware of student Seeks to learn about strategies to provide
content, learning, and students’ diverse learning support and challenge for Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
language needs through and language needs students. broad range of for students to reflect on
data provided by the site beyond basic data. assessments into their learning and the
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and district.
Try to use different
strategies and tools to
meet diverse needs. Have
performed short
phonics/decoding/fluency
testing which has helped
me to find gaps in
knowledge and
foundational skills to
incorporate into either
whole or small group
lessons. 9/20/20
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4.5 Adapting Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and
instructional plans uses materials from materials in single lessons
and curricular curriculum or sequences of lessons to
materials to meet the provided.9/20/20 address students’ learning
assessed learning needs.9/20/20
needs of all students. Updated 4/2021
Uses assessments of planning to meet impact of instructional
students’ learning and students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
language needs to inform and language needs. learning and language
planning differentiated needs.
instruction
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I bring in different
strategies to help support
all my learners. I use
strategies that allow
students to engage with
the material and
demonstrate
understanding. I use
strategies like task cards,
videos, and hands on
learning.
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Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
support students’ diverse to support student
learning needs. learning. Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
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I am using the curriculum

mainly but have made
changes for some students
who need modifications to
be able to access the
content.
I am using small groups
now to access/support
students who may have
gaps in knowledge.
Would like to incorporate
new ways to check for
understanding during
teaching.
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I am working on adapting
lessons and resources for
students. For small and
larger assignments I am
making necessary
accommodations to
support diverse learning
needs. For example, for
our biography project.
Certain students are
required to find either 2
or 3 facts. These
differentiated goals helps
all of my students to
achieve success.
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