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 have students complete Beginning of the year Ice Student Relationships
a survey to gather Breaker. This is an and ILPs. Throughout the
information on their activity I use each year year, I learn about my
interest and activities with my classes. I make a students through
outside of school. I also statement in Spanish, conversations. I use my
talk with students out usually about interaction with my
side of class (during pets/favorite students to build my
lunch/recess) to learn activities/etc., and if the lessons. I incorporate
more about them and use sentence applies to them their interests to
information I gather in they stand up. I proceed encourage participation
my lessons 7.18.2021. to ask questions about and help with their
their interests, gathering learning. I also refer to
information about my students’ ILPs to provide
Evidence students that I can use in the best access to
future lessons. learning for my students.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and interests knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
represented among backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
Connecting learning
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
to students’ prior
learning. to connect to student interests.
knowledge,
learning.
backgrounds, life

experiences, and
Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
interests
learning activities to their single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
own lives. 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.
I use my students’ I use ILPs and reach out to
interests in my lessons teachers in order to learn
such as images and videos about my students’
of their favorite backgrounds and learning
movies/shows to create abilities. Since I teacher
interest in my lessons and grades K-4, I am able to
to support their learning. refer to their
7.18.2021 12.10.2021 lessons/skills learned in
previous years to teach
new content. 5.6.2022

Evidence

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 meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ instruction and is contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. responsive during subject matter
Connecting subject instruction to engage instruction.
matter to students in relating to
meaningful, real-life subject matter.
contexts Some students relate subject Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students routinely
matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to Students actively engage integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings in making and using real- into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. life connections to and make relevant
support understanding of subject matter to extend applications of subject
subject matter. their understanding. matter during learning
activities.
When teaching about Kindergarten Lesson: Lower school
other Spanish-speaking Greetings and curriculum. The new
Introductions. In my curriculum that I am
countries I use U.S. Kindergarten lesson of
geography/architecture incorporating helps me
greetings and
to help students connect the content to
introductions, I teach
students how people in real life and helps
compare the size of the students use the
country or its buildings Spanish-speaking
countries often greet language outside of
to ones that they know each other. After teaching class. 5.6.2022
about in the U.S. those introductions we
7.18.2021 compare and
Evidence contrast those greetings
with how we greet each
other in the United
States. 12.20.2021

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.
This past school year I ISTE Standard 5a.
have tried out many 6th Grade Choiceboards. I I am always looking to
different resource in my have begun to use incorporate new
classroom such as choiceboards through strategies into my
Seesaw, Flipgrid, Google Google Classroom in my classroom. I use
Classroom, and have 6th grade class technology apps, videos,
purchased other online for homework and a wide range of
resources to provide my assignments. This gives images to support the
students multiple students technology- learning needs of my
opportunities to enhance options to students. 5.6.2022
demonstrate success demonstrate their
7.18.2021. understanding of the
Evidence material. There are also
options for students who
don't have regular access
to technology. 12.20.2021

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 reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
critically. content. reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical
perspectives.
thinking though

inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support complex questions and
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
critical thinking in single problems of their own communicate
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. understandings based on
lessons. in depth analysis of
content learning.
When teaching about ISTE Standard 4b Through my new
other Spanish-speaking 6th Grade quizzes on curriculum I incorporate
countries, I ask students Google Form. My students critical thinking questions
to compare/contrast their suggested complete our and have students
practices to practices in chapter quiz on Google compare/contrast U.S
the U.S 7.18.2021. Form. I decided to try culture to the culture of
their request and create Spanish-speaking
their quiz using Google countries. 5.6.2022
Form. There was a lot
of troubleshooting
throughout the quiz and
it did not go well as the
Evidence form kept trying to
change their Spanish
into English. I used this as
an opportunity to discuss
and reflect with
my students how it went
and we made the decision
that it ultimately was
not optimal for a Spanish
class. 12.20.2021

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

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.
I constantly make 4th grade lesson: La Semester 4 ILP. Through
adjustments to my mascota. During this this ILP I had my students
lessons and curriculum to lesson, each of my complete a pre-
engage, challenge, and two fourth grade classes assessment and a post-
support the learning build a class assessment. From those
abilities of my students. pet tougher in Spanish. results I determined the
7.18.2021 Once the pet is design the next steps I should take
classes read both with that class and if I
descriptions of their class needed to revisit some of
pets. Normally we the vocabulary or
read/translate the grammar that was taught.
readings as a class, but 5.6.2022
Evidence this year I decided last
minute to have students
work with partners to
translate. This allowed
me to check-in on student
that I know struggle with
the language or have a
reading disability such as
dyslexia. 12.20.21