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 using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
and state required information on student academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
assessments. academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
4.1 Using knowledge background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
of students’ academic individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
readiness, language social, emotional, and backgrounds.
proficiency, cultural physical development to
background, and meet their individual
individual needs.
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
instruction. on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions. 4/2022
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures.
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning. 10/2021
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I use information from To celebrate another
additional pre- and post- culture, I taught a lesson
assessments especially on Indigenous People of
for my RTI students. I am
California pointing out the
more aware of potential
many ways the people
areas of bias since
adapted to their
recently completing the
environment and the
CLAD coursework.
careful use of natural
Differentiation is and
resources. I displayed on
area I would like to grow
slides and read the lesson
in this year. 9/23/20
for auditory and visual
learners and read aloud
the subtitled video
(narrated by a native
speaker) so that my poor
readers could understand
the material. I connected
the subject to our lives by
sharing a personal story.
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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 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 and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. 4/2022 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
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As I stated in the last
element, I need to
incorporate more
differentiation, but I do
establish and share
learning goals at the
beginning of my
PowerPoint lessons.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series
4.3 Developing and term plans. 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
learning
For RTI students, I plan
the curriculum to be
presented long-term to
support learning and
choose which areas to
focus on for building
stronger foundations for
my students. 9/23/20
Applying Integrating Innovating
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. 4/2022 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
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My team has begun to
work off a Pacing Guide
for lessons on Writing,
Reading, and Math to
help ensure we cover
essential skills. I have
contributed to the
Reading portion. Having
the Pacing Guide as a
framework for goals and
sharing resources for
lessons has helped guide
my lessons. 11/2021
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 incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into their learning and the
and district. language needs to inform planning to meet impact of instructional
5/2021 planning differentiated students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
instruction. and language needs. learning and language
4/2022 needs.
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I rely on the curriculum
guidelines for strategies
and need to improve in
responding to student’s
diverse learning and
language needs. 9/23/20
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
instructional plans
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. learning. 4/2022 Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
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instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

As stated before, I need to We have new online

improve in curriculum for Science
differentiating. I have and Social Studies. The
adapted my plans and
portfolio projects are no
materials within lessons,
longer presented in a
depending on students’
user friendly way for the
understanding and
students and learning
responses. I have slowed
coaches to easily
down a lesson, or
understand the
repeated a concept,
requirements. As a team,
explaining it in another
we created portfolio
way with additional
examples. 9/23/20 worksheets to guide
students as they work on
their projects. I am
better able to support my
students' learning
because of this academic
collaboration. 11/2021