CSTP

4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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 instruction based on instruction, which is based instruction that provides
information from district using additional knowledge of students’ on broad knowledge of systematic opportunities
and state required assessment information academic readiness, students. Matches for supporting and
assessments. on student academic academic language, resources and speci ic extending student learning
readiness, language, diverse cultural strategies to students’ based on comprehensive
4.1 Using knowledge cultural background, backgrounds, and diverse learning needs information on students.
of students’ academic and individual individual cognitive, and cultural backgrounds.
readiness, language development. social, emotional, and
pro iciency, cultural physical development to
background, and meet their individual
individual needs. Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
instruction. on learning. Becomes aware of Examines potential assumptions about stereotyping, and
potential areas of bias sources of bias and cultures an members of assumptions.
and seeks to learn about stereotyping when cultures.
culturally responsive planning lessons. Uses
pedagogy. culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.

One example is when Lessons are based on Students engage in current

teaching reading, some addressing stereotypes events discussions daily,
students read a passage during social studies in read historical iction that
on their own, some read in particular. Studying the focuses on historical
pairs, some are read to. I Gold Rush, we researched oppression, and regularly
choose culturally sensitive and learned about people discuss bias and
books, but when of color in the Gold Rush discrimination. During our
something occurs that and how they were latest read aloud, we are
needs to be discussed we treated, along with the discussing how school
pause and integrate a foreign miners tax and districts are often created
lesson on stereotyping, how that impacted based on bias and
etc. For example, when Chinese immigrants. We stereotypes and how the
reading “Stone Fox” we then connect these main character is a victim
stopped to discuss the learnings to current of assumption and
Native American events. 12/10/20 stereotypes because she is
stereotype and apply that Latinx. 5/6/21
to our own experiences.
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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 articulates Establishes and articulates
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to students learning goals to students comprehensive short-term
lesson to students based development with clear learning goals for that integrate content and long-term learning
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single content that are standards with students’ goals for students. Assists
articulating goals for available curriculum. lessons and sequence of accessible, challenging, strengths, interests, and students to articulate and
student learning lessons. and differentiated to learning needs. monitor learning goals.
address students’ diverse
learning needs.

Prior to a lesson, I will tell Learning goals are stated

them what we are going to at the beginning of a
learn and we discuss why lesson. Students are able
that is important. Students to make choices during
might have different goals reading groups regarding
such as length of a writing achieving the learning
assignment or depth of goal, by setting personal
character development in smaller goals for
a reading discussion. themselves to accomplish
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choice activity to support
that. 12/10/205/6/21

 CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan Establishes short- and Re ines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- curriculum units that long-term curriculum term plans to re lect knowledge of curriculum,
4.3 Developing and term plans. include a series of plans for subject matter integrations of curriculum content standards, and
sequencing long-term connected lessons and concepts and essential guidelines, frameworks, assess learning needs to
and short-term are linked to long-term related academic language and assessed instructional design cohesive and
instructional plans to planning to support and formats that support needs to ensure student comprehensive long- and
support student student learning. student learning. learning. short-term instructional
learning plans that ensure high
levels of learning.

I plan daily, weekly, and I am using previously

monthly to make sure we developed curriculum to
are accomplishing our ine tune the plan to
goals. I think about the connect across subjects
progression of learning to and help facilitate student
make sure we have the learning. For example, our
base knowledge to social studies project
understand the next culminates in a student-
concept and build upon curated California
what we have learned. Museum and incorporates
7/16/2020 non- iction reading and
writing, research skills, as
Due to the nature of online well as knowledge of
teaching, my team and I California history. 5/6/21
plan biweekly to
accomplish our goals. We
meet to discuss academics,
but are also putting a
heavy focus into SEL goals
this year to support our
students. 12/10/20
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 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 to incorporating a repertoire
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies address learning styles of strategies speci ically
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning that and meet students’ meet students’ diverse
diverse learning needs. addresses culturally assessed language and language and learning
4.4 Planning
responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides needs and styles to
instruction that
students’ diverse appropriate support and advance learning for all.
incorporates
language, and learning challenges for students.
appropriate
Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. Facilitates opportunities
strategies to meet the
content, learning, and students’ diverse Integrates results from a for students to re lect on
learning needs of all
language needs through learning and language Uses assessments of broad range of their learning and the
students
data provided by the site needs beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into planning impact of instructional
and district. language needs to inform to meet students’ diverse strategies to meet their
planning differentiated learning and language learning and language
instruction. needs. needs.

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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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One example of this is One example of
using pre-assessments in integrating this element is
writing and creating when teaching reading, we
rubrics that meet the use book clubs and they
needs of each student or are based on reading level.
group of students. Some students may use
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brainstorm discussions,
use graphic organizers,
post its, drawing pictures,
depending on students
need and challenges.
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Each subject relies on pre-

assessment and post-
assessment to evaluate
learning. We incorporate
strategies to reach all
learners, for example
during writing lessons,
some students are given
directions and allowed to
self-pace while others are
expected to work in small
groups with me to help
navigate the expectations.
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Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for a
uses materials from and materials in single adaptations to adjustments to wide range of adaptations
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and to lessons based on in
4.5 Adapting lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of materials depth analysis of individual
instructional plans students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and as the instructional needs student needs.
and curricular additional materials to arises to support student
materials to meet the support students’ diverse learning. Engages with students to
assessed learning learning needs. identify types of
needs of all students. adjustments in instruction
that best meet their
learning goals.

CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
I do a lot of pre-planning During social studies, During my math class, I
and predict what while studying the Gold often start with a plan and
students will need based Rush, students were given have to adjust based on
on assessments and the choice to study their student understanding
experience. Once a own cultural contributions and ability. For example,
sequence of lessons to the time and then I during our irst unit on
begins, I may make helped to ind appropriate decimal place value, I
changes day to day by research for them to read quickly realized that
providing a different at their own reading students had memorized
visual or hands on levels. 12/10/20 the place value chart, so
activity to help students we ended up discussing
understand the the base 10 number
concepts. 7/16/2020 system and how each
place value was 10 to an
exponential power
including negatives to
result in fractions of 1.
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