Standard

1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Learns about students Gathers additional data Uses data from a variety of Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by to learn about individual formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to instruction make ongoing adjustments
assessments. students and guide and meet individual and accommodations in
selection of instructional identi ied learning needs. instruction.
strategies to meet diverse
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage Students actively utilize a Students take ownership of
them in learning Some students may Students engage in Student engage in learning variety of instructional their learning by choosing
engage in learning using single lessons or through the use of strategies and from a wide range of
instructional strategies sequence of lessons that adjustments in instruction technologies in learning methods to further their
focused on the class as a include some to meet their needs. that ensure equitable learning that are
whole. adjustments based on access to the responsive to their
assessments. curriculum.7/16/2020 learning needs. 05/06/20
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

I use varied inputs to Having taught the same
develop lessons that are students now for two years
tailored to students that in a row has provided me
will engage them in the opportunity to know
learning. Using small them well and tailor every
groups students may lesson to their exact needs.
make a choice regarding 5/6/21
what subject matter group
they are in. For example,
during social studies after
several introductory
lessons that invited
inquiry from students,
Evidence
they each had a choice to
develop an actionable
item related to animal
welfare, homelessness,
child safety, plastic
pollution, or another
cause of their choice.
Students used books,
computers, interviews, etc
to research and inform
their ideas. 7/16/2020

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered information Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, about students’ prior family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and interests backgrounds, life students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
represented among experiences, and interest knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
Connecting learning students. to support student backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to students’ prior learning. experiences, and interests experiences, and interests.
knowledge, to connect to student Students are actively
backgrounds, life learning. engaged in curriculum,
experiences, and Students participate in which relates their prior Students can articulate the
interests Some students connect single lessons or Students make knowledge, experiences, relevance and impact of
learning activities to their sequences of lessons connections between and interests within and lessons on their lives and
own lives. related to their interests curriculum, and their across learning activities. society.
and experiences. prior knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests.

My school does a great job During social studies

of connecting learning to lessons students have
prior years experience. learned about BLM,
For example in the current events, and have
previous grade they study discussed and understand
community and the impact on their lives
changemakers. In my most and society. We regularly
recently taught grade, we discuss current events
helped the students through CNN10 and have
become changemakers by thoughtful discussions.
working on a social justice 12/10/20 5/6/21
project that was of
Evidence interest to them.

For example, students

choose a character to
become and write from
the perspective of that
character in our Native
American Unit. The
writing must be
historically accurate and
students can choose daily
tasks to research that
interest them. 7/15/2020

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

 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
identi ied 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 speci ic to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
Connecting subject subject matter.
matter to meaningful,
real-life contexts Some students relate Students make use of real- Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. life connections provided connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter
in single lessons or develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking
sequence of lessons to of subject matter. matter to extend their and make relevant
support understanding of understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. matter during learning
activities.7/10/2020
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All lessons are planned

with student experience
in mind. Discussions are
started by making a
personal connection that
engages students in the
lesson and students have
opportunity to apply
those connections
through writing, reading
discussions, and our anti-
bias curriculum.
Evidence
Math lessons are also
focused on real world
examples, such as a
building architecture
project that established
the skills of area,
perimeter, and had an
advertising component.
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 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 Re ines the lexible 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.
instructional
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
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 sequence instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using a
needs
using resources and of lessons related to their strategies, resources, and use of a variety of wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. interests and experiences. technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
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 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Students have the ability Lessons include many Since all learning is
to use resources needed strategies and resources online, we have included
such as stress balls, to meet the needs of the many new strategies for
balance chairs, seating students. For example, a learning that impact
accommodations, etc math lesson might have a students such as Nearpod,
based on diagnosed or manipulative component, Peardeck, Flipgrid, Kami,
undiagnosed need. During drawing component, and and more. 12/10/20
writing, for example, calculation practice
students might use talk to component. Students may
text technology while make choices to sit at a
other students are using white board table or use a
Evidence pencil and paper and still personal white board.
others are dictating to an Students can work in
associate teacher. small groups,
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individually. 7/16/2020

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 re lection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. re lecting on multiple problems.
thinking though perspectives.
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
re lection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. re lect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. content learning.
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 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

During a mathematics
lesson students may have
a general problem to solve
such as related to baking
and be asked to igure out
missing quantities of
ingredients. They might
have limited information
to work with at irst and
then receive more details
as the inquiry continues.
Evidence Students re lect on their
learning after each lesson
and discuss indings with
other students. They
might have a follow up
lesson that incorporates
similar but different
concepts and have to
apply previously learned
concepts to the new
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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 provide
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs assistance to students in
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge. lexibly and effectively.
learning and
adjusting instruction Students monitor their
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning and
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of provide information to
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use teacher that informs
instruction. 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

Students at our school are Students in math that
very lucky to always have have a complete
access to multiple understanding of place
teachers to meet their value, have been asked to
needs. While teaching a work on a math project
writing lesson, an co- that involves using other
teacher pulls out targeted base models of numbers,
students for questions for example base 5
and instruction on speci ic number systems. This
needs, and an associate shows mastery and ability
might work with another to apply place value to any
student one-on-one. number system.
Evidence Students are very 7/16/2020
comfortable asking for
help from their peers as
that is taught at the
beginning of the year. We
embrace growth mindset
and encourage students to
be open about mistakes
and this helps them to
articulate understanding
when they solve their own
problems as well.
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