Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety of Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. 9/20/20 sources to learn about adjustments to instruction make ongoing
assessments. students and guide and meet individual adjustments and
selection of instructional identified learning needs. accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse 10/2021 instruction.
learning needs.
Using knowledge of 9/20/2020
students to engage Some students may Students engage in single 5/2021 Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
them in learning engage in learning using lessons or sequence of variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on Student engage in learning technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. through the use of that ensure equitable further their learning that
adjustments in instruction access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I learned about students
through interest surveys,
“get to know you”
activities. I have weekly
check-ins that tackle both
social and academic
conversations (e.g. reading
aloud a decodable passage,
students showing me their
favorite toy)
I incorporate their
interests into my lessons
when possible. I am
Evidence working on keeping a
running record of
strengths, interests, needs.
I use exit/reflection tickets
and self-assessments
weekly for checking for
understanding (for me and
student)
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I have accessed AERIES to
identify any specific needs
including 504s, IEPs, ELL,
and Resources support.
I have modified
assignments based on
formal and informal
assessments for students
working 2 grades below
level (reading)
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This semester I have
purposefully used more
data to help inform my
teaching. I differentiate
lessons by both academic
and personal data from
students - levels and
interests to appropriately
challenge students but as
well as engage them in
meaningful and relevant
learning, Students fill out
get to know you surveys
as well contribute to the
Show and Tell Flipgrid. I
tailor lessons to meet
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life Some students connect
experiences, and learning activities to their
interests own lives.
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
learning. 9/20/20 to connect to student interests.
learning.
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Students participate in 10/2021 Students are actively Students can articulate
single lessons or Students make engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
sequences of lessons connections between which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests curriculum, and their knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. prior knowledge, and interests within and
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experiences, and
interests.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I have gathered I have built
information about relationships with
student’s background families and have asked
and interest and am them to contribute to
our communal learning
working on
by sharing important
incorporating those
cultural information
into our lessons more with the class. Also, by
purposefully. using learning goals,
Student’s have access students are aware of
to a “show and tell” objectives and can
on flipgrid where make cross connections
Evidence
they can share between lessons and
anything important subjects. Students
to them at any time. I share their personal
use this resource to connections at the start
of new units or new
help plan activities to
lessons objectives. I
connect to their
prompt connections as
interests and life well.
experiences. 5/2021
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Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts
Some students relate
subject matter to real-life.
Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
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 specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. 9/20/20 family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
5/2021 students in relating to instruction.
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Students make use of Students actively engage Students routinely
real-life connections Students utilize real-life in making and using integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons connections regularly to real-life connections to into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to develop understandings subject matter to extend and make relevant
support understanding of of subject matter. their understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. 9/20/20 10/2021 matter during learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
activities.
I find that I do this Students have
more consistently engaged in more PBL
with ELA and not - these projects help
with math as much. I make authentics
provide formative connections to real
assessments where life experiences and
students imagine grant students
themselves in the opportunities to
situation and explain apply problem
how it is relevant and solving in meaningful
Evidence how they would ways.
respond. 9/20/20
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Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional
strategies, resources, and
technologies as provided
by school and/or district.
Using a variety of
instructional
strategies, resources,
and technologies to
meet students’
diverse learning Some students participate
needs in instructional strategies,
using resources and
technologies provided.
Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
learning needs. 5/2021
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Students participate in Students take
single lessons or Students actively engage responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons Students participate in in instruction and make a wide range of strategies,
related to their interests instruction using use of a variety of resources, and
and experiences. strategies, resources, and targeted strategies, technologies that
technologies matched to resources, and successfully advance their
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
their learning needs.
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I implement a variety of
instructional strategies –
lecture, think-pair-share in
breakout rooms, small group
work in breakout rooms, I
also started pulling small
groups last week. These
groups will provide
support/enrichment
opportunities for all
students. I tap into different
learning styles by offering
multiple way of showing
Evidence understanding and
knowledge – artistic
response, flipgrid, and
written responses. I also use
videos, songs, images,
graphic organizers, and
mentor texts to deliver and
differentiate information.
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying
Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of
comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies,
require students to recall, posing/solving problems,
Promoting critical
interpret, and think and reflection on issues in
thinking though
critically. content.
inquiry, problem
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solving, and
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reflection
Some students respond to Students respond to
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks
and comprehension. designed to promote Students respond to
comprehension and questions and problems
technologies to meet their learning.
individual needs
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I am using more
strategies now that I
am in person. We do
a lot of partner work,
and student led
discussions. I am
providing more
focused RTI for my
low math students.
They also have
choices in activities
to help practice and
review missing
foundational skills
during our review,
small group time.
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Integrating Innovating
Supports students to Facilitates systematic
initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
through independently to apply critical thinking
developing questions, by designing structured
posing problems and inquiries into complex
reflecting on multiple problems.
perspectives.
Students pose problems Students pose and answer
and construct questions a wide-range of complex
of their own to support questions and problems,
inquiries into content. reflect, and communicate
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
critical thinking in single posed by the teacher and understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of begin to pose and solve in depth analysis of
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related to the content.

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I always pose Students engage in
questions for them to open ended tasks for
answer and solving math and
encourage divergent STEM problems.
ways of thinking. We Devised strategies to
started implementing solves real-world
open-ended math problems. Students
tasks and students reflect on work and
use flipgrid to “show” units. Students have
their method of begun to create
solving. We also do questions from
this in class. Students resources to help
walk me through strengthen higher
their thinking. I order thinking
respond probing for questions. 10/2021
Evidence understanding and
share out the
contribution and
direct it back to the
students. Did they
use this method?
How else could we
solve it? I am just
starting portfolios
but need to do more
research on best
practices. I want
them to be more
reflective of their
work – currently we
just started
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self-assessments for
reading fluency.
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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
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
checks for understanding. challenge. concepts flexibly and
Monitoring student
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learning and
adjusting instruction
Some students receive Students receive Students are able to Students monitor their
while teaching.
individual assistance assistance individually or Students successfully articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during participate and stay understanding and use provide information to
instruction. engaged in learning teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
activities. their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I probe student I have begun to help
explanations and students expand
help them to make their questions and
deeper connections. I inquiries and direct
offer wait time and them to engage in
find that someone collaborative
usually responds. I do conversations with
checks throughout their peers. Still
the lesson to see if working on adjusting
they are following lessons in the
along and will adjust moment - I find this
instruction. This is hard to do online.
Evidence
could be moving on if But have done so in
they are mastering the form of finding
the objective or slow more examples.
down if we need Reteaching
more time to go over vocabulary. Asking
the objective. for real-life
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Students are good at
articulating what
they need more
support on .
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