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 identiDied 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 curriculum. responsive to their
assessments. learning needs.
I give out “Getting to Know
You” worksheets at the
beginning of the school
year. I use these forms to
engage students more
during lessons. For
example, I have a student
who wrote that he doesn’t
like math, but he loves
sports. I now try to
incorporate sports into
Math lessons. For example,
3 bags of soccer balls with
2 balls in each bag when
Evidence
teaching multiplication.

I’ve already adjusted a bit

of the math lessons based
on some quick assessments
I’ve done. Subtraction and
regrouping, for example, is
something I noticed a lot of
students struggle with so I
plan to reinforce that
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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
backgrounds, life learning.
experiences, and Students participate in Students can articulate the
interests Some students connect single lessons or Students make Students are actively relevance and impact of
learning activities to their sequences of lessons connections between engaged in curriculum, lessons on their lives and
own lives. related to their interests curriculum, and their which relates their prior society.
and experiences. prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences,
backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and interests. across learning activities.

Before the school year

begins, I read each
student Dile. I also go
and talk to their
previous teacher to
gain insight into their
behavior, prior
knowledge, family life,
friend group issues,
and interests.
Evidence
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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
identiDied 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 speciDic 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.

We do “Word of the
Day” each morning
and. After I’ve gone
over the meaning of
the word, I ask them a
personal question
using that word. For
example, last week
one of the words was
signiDicant. I asked
Evidence students to share a
signiDicant event in
their life. Sometimes I
have them journal
their answers so that
those who don’t like
to raise hands can
still participate.
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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 ReDines the Dlexible 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.

We have iPads that I

utilize during Math
rotations. We use a
program called IXL
which allows them to
go at their own pace. If
there is a section that
they are not able to
pass, they have to go
back and do it again. I
get an email update
Evidence every Friday that gives
me a detailed summary
for each student about
what questions they
were asked, how many
they got right/wrong,
and which areas they
need to practice more.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

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 reDlection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. reDlecting 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
reMlection 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. reDlect, 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.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I’m working on this
one…. I’m trying to
Digure out the correct
questions to ask
students in order to
get them to think
critically and access
prior knowledge. I do
try to connect
previous lessons or
Evidence things we’ve talked
about before so that
they can start to see
the connections.
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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. Dlexibly 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.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Thankfully, I only
have 16 students in
my class so I am
always able to get
around to everyone in
the class that needs
help. Pairing students
together makes it
even easier to make
sure I get to everyone
in the classroom.
Then they have
Evidence
another person to
bounce ideas off of.
This can be helpful
for the students who
have a hard time
getting started.
Partner work has
been very effective in
my class. So much so,
that sometimes they
don’t need my help at
all.