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 Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
I would like to discover My main form of I have been using pre and
new ways to formally and assessment was through post assessments in many
informally asses my Google Forms. Students of my classes. I allow the
student to learn would answer weekly students to view their
information about them. I music theory questions results so they can
tend to rely on the same and I tallied up their understand how exactly
tactics every time. One of scores. they are improving. These
the easiest ways is to 05/06/2021 assessments are my form
review students’ of adjustment for
cumulative folders and instruction.
school records. 10-16-2021
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I am always adjusting my
Evidence lessons to meet the needs
of students. One way I
have gone about this is by
creating multiple ways to
complete the same
assignment. Giving
students options helps
them take ownership in
their decision and in their
work.
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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
experiences, and
Some students connect
interests
learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
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. to connect to student interests.
learning.
Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.
The school resources I still refer to I have my students
I use are cumulative cumulative folders work on three
folders and student when wanting to find projects throughout
records. One of the information about a the year that focus on
ways I am connecting student. Now that I their heritage,
learning to students’ know the students culture, and
cultures and better, I have more background. These
backgrounds is by knowledge about assignments allow
performing choir their cultural me to shape the class
songs from those backgrounds. and give students a
same cultures. These 05/06/2021 chance to learn about
students get to lead each other.
the class and share I feel I have a better 04/09/2022
their culture with understanding of
everyone else. their personalities,
11/25/2020 interests, and
backgrounds. This
helps me determine
how to form
instruction.
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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
identified 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 specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking
or 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.
Choir songs can have Keeping up with the I have students write
lyrics which have current times and their own lyrics and
deep meanings. I meaningful text was create songs based
have done a choir my main goal this on current world
song which focused semester. We are events. This project
on social justice. The currently putting has made for some
current state of the together a virtual deep conversations
world has brought concert to keep the within my music
deeper meaning and music program alive classes.
connection to the in these Covid times. 04/09/2022
Evidence students and the 05/06/2021
song.
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of mine to connect
lessons to real life
and current events.
My music lesson on
“Sounds of everyday
life” covers this topic.
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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 Refines the flexible 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 instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students learning.
needs.
Evidence I am always trying to I am always trying to I now have a list of
differentiate and use differentiate and use tools to use to help
multiple ways to multiple ways to diverse learners.
explain a topic. For explain a topic. For Differentiation and
example, I will not example, I will not lesson planning
only speak directions only speak directions always have a section
for an assignment, for an assignment, for these students.
but I will also write but I will also write 04/09/2022
them on the board in them on the board in
large font. This is a large font. This is a
simple I differentiate simple I differentiate
and accommodate and accommodate
different learners. different learners.
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I have been
expanding my
recourses for my
class. For example,
we are currently
starting to use a
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
digital audio
workstation known
as Soundtrap.
Studnets create
compositions using
the internet instead
of paper and pencil.
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that focus Includes questions in
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a
comprehension. sequence of lessons that
require students to recall,
interpret, and think
critically.
Promoting critical
thinking though
inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons.
Guide students to think
critically through use of
questioning strategies,
posing/solving problems,
and reflection on issues in
content.
Students respond to
questions and problems
posed by the teacher and
begin to pose and solve
problems of their own
related to the content.
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
and construct questions answer a wide-range of
of their own to support complex questions and
inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
communicate
understandings based on
in depth analysis of
content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
One way I guide This semester, I have I get my students to
students to think been incorporating think critically by
critically is through “Active Listening giving them
the use of “listening Guides” where the problems I know
maps” when learning students are asked they can solve but
a new choir song. questions to get them will take work. For
This map allows the to think deeper about example, I give them
students to be the music they listen a problem on the
creative and listen to. board but the answer
for specific parts in 05/06/2021 won’t be answered
Evidence the song. After the until the end of class.
map is completed, I I recently had a This gives them a
will hold a discussion music theory test goal to work towards.
about what the where the students 04/09/2022
students discovered. had to create the
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the teacher.
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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
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge. concepts flexibly and
learning and effectively.
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use provide information to
instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
The difficult part is to This semester, I have I have been adjusting I adjust my
do this while been finding more my lesson plan to instruction by feeling
teaching. I am very ways to get meet how the overall the energy of the
good with writing individual time with class is feeling that class. If the students
lesson plans but students. Since our day. If I notice they are feeling down, I
sometimes it does school is now back to have a lot of energy, I take time out of the
not go as planned. I a hybrid will start class off in a class to let them
would like to find out environment, it has way to get them to share with me or
ways to be better at been easier to meet calm down. their fellow
being “put on the one on one. 10-16-2021 classmates. This
Evidence spot”. 05/06/2021 build rapport with
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team building
Finding time for exercise.
individual assistance 04/09/2022
and breaking
students into smaller
groups has been a
challenge for me.