CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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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
background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
4.1 Using knowledge
individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
of students’ academic
social, emotional, and backgrounds. 11/7/21
readiness, language
physical development to 5/6/22
proficiency, cultural
meet their individual
background, and
needs. 7/18/21
individual
Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Engages students in the
development to plan
on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential Planning addresses bias, analysis of bias,
instruction.
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and stereotyping, and stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when assumptions about assumptions.
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures and members of
culturally responsive cultures.
pedagogy in planning.
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Using the students’ files Each time my students

in combination with turn in a FlipGrid
experience with the assessment (twice a
students, I can create month) I am able to
lessons differentiated for match resources and
all my learners. Often in specific strategies to my
music class this also different levels of
comes into consideration students. Recently these
as I plan chamber music assessments have led me
(small group) to altering the level of my
performances. 7/18/21 performance repertoire.
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I make sure that I am
using culturally
responsive pedagogy and
I often discuss with other
music professionals what
is appropriate. Many old
curriculum ideas and
content have become
inappropriate to use in
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today’s classrooms.
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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. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 7/18/21 learning goals.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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I plan and communicate
differentiated goals for
my students of all
ensembles based off
individual student need
as well as needs as the
class since we function as
one ensemble. This
means we also come up
with class ensemble goals
together. I can improve
by using more activities
to check in with the
learning goals throughout
the units. 7/18/21

I have been focusing on

creating group goals for
the students and have
even included my
leadership team, of 8th
graders in my 6th-8th
grade band, in the
process of checking
where we are at with the
goals and if we need to
reassess them mid-
season. 11/7/21

Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
4.3 Developing and term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
term and short-term planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
support student that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning learning. 7/18/21 learning. 11/7/21 5/6/22 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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In music, both the short-
term and long-term plans
are extremely important
for student success. I
work on sequencing goals
even before the year
starts and I alter them as I
meet the new group of
students. Being a multi-
grade music teacher, I
have many of the same
students carry over and I
am able to take that into
account as I plan for the
new year. Once I know
my new students
individually I can focus on
the short-term
instructional plans like
exercises that work
directly into the
repertoire we are
working toward. 7/18/21
Integrating Innovating
In my 4th grade beginning
strings classes, I follow
the pacing of the String
Basics method book we
use in class. I pad this
with supplemental
activities, games, and
pieces based on student
ability year to year. This
year I have had to assess
the long-term plan and
utilize more rhythm
games, like Poison
Rhythm, to help my
beginners this year grasp
the content. 11/7/21
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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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
responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
4.4 Planning
students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
instruction that
language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
incorporates
Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. 11/7/21 4/10/22
appropriate
content, learning, and students’ diverse learning 7/18/21
strategies to meet
language needs through and language needs Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of
data provided by the site beyond basic data. Uses assessments of broad range of for students to reflect on
all students
and district. students’ learning and assessments into their learning and the
language needs to inform planning to meet impact of instructional
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
instruction. 7/18/21 and language needs. learning and language
needs. 4/10/22
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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I use differentiated
instructional strategies
with culturally
responsive pedagogy and
I am working toward not
just “hitting” educational
markers but challenging
the students to instill the
content more
permanently. 7/18/21
As students start turning
in FlipGrid assignments I
am able to give them
feedback and in turn use
data results to better plan
for the following lesson. I
usually use class wide
struggles I find in playing
tests as warmups in the
weeks to come to work
on isolated skills both as
a class and individually.
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Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally
4.5 Adapting students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and
instructional plans additional materials to
and curricular support students’ diverse
materials to meet the learning needs.
assessed learning
needs of all students.
Integrating
For my 3rd grade ukulele
classes, I use a variety of
instructional strategies
utilizing individual work,
small groups, and full
ensemble activities. One
new activity I have used
in 3rd grade, has been to
help students know when
to strum. I put the
students in different
teams, and each team is
responsible for one
chord. So instead of
everyone switching
chords, half the class only
plays C major chords, and
half the class only plays
G7 chords. This helps
them build confidence
with knowing when to
switch chords, it helps
build the motor skills to
focus on a chord, and it is
fun for them since they
have to pay attention.
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Makes ongoing
adjustments to
instructional plans and
uses a variety of
materials as the
instructional needs arises
to support student
learning.7/18/21
Innovating
Apart from paper and
pencil note reading
activities, interactive PDF
note reading activities as
a class, whiteboard and
marker note reading
activities, and playing
instruments to learn note
reading skills, I recently
added Blooket as a digital
learning and digital
assessment tool for my
students. 5th-8th grade
have been using iPads
and I have recently begun
using this with my 4th
grade string players on
their class chromebooks.
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Anticipates and plans for
a wide range of
adaptations to lessons
based on in depth
analysis of individual
student needs.
Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
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As mentioned above, I use
FlipGrid assignments to
help me decide what
warmups to focus on next
and what skills to
reinforce during my
lessons. Last year I
realized after watching a
class set of FlipGrid
videos, that the class
needs to work on
articulation. I then used a
Google Form the next
week to do an activity on
Articulation and let
students listen to videos
of professionals and
describe their
articulation. Then we
focused on it in our
playing in class. 7/18/21
Innovating
I included my Concert
Band students in on the
conversation of reaching
our goals. They opened
up to me that they are not
sure the goals we
originally set are still
realistic for our group.
After having a class
discussion on it, I enlisted
my 8th graders to help me
reassess the group and
come up with more
realistic goals. 11/7/21