Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying
Learns about students Gathers additional data Uses data from a variety
through data provided by to learn about individual of formal and informal
the school and/or students. sources to learn about
assessments. students and guide
selection of instructional
strategies to meet diverse
Using knowledge of learning needs.9/12/22
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their
whole. assessments. needs.
I start the week and end
the week with a
community circle. I chose
a prompt for the students
to share with the whole
group.(By the end of the
year the students choose
it) An example is favorite
color/favorite food/etc.
I have the parents fill out
a “Help me get to know
your student” google
Evidence form where I have them
tell me about
interests/sports/ family
dynamics.
I also had the students do
an “all about me”
worksheet at the
beginning of the year
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Integrating Innovating
Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
measures to make knowledge of students to
adjustments to make ongoing
instruction and meet adjustments and
individual identified accommodations in
learning needs. instruction.
Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
variety of instructional of their learning by
strategies and choosing from a wide
technologies in learning range of methods to
that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the are responsive to their
curriculum.9/12/22 learning needs.
I have my students using
the Chromebooks,
worksheets, workbooks
from the curriculum,
along with white boards
and manipulatives when
necessary. I also have
clipboards for studnets
who need to move closer
to the screen when
necessary.9/12/22
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 Integrates broad Develops and
information about and family contacts to knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior expand 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.9/12/22
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.9/12/22
The parents all filled
out a google form
telling me about their
students. I then can
plan lessons as the
year goes on based
on the answers.
Examples of these
questions on the
google form were:
What does your
student like to do for
fun? What are your
students favorite
school activities,
students favorite
sport, anything I
need to know about
your student?
I try to let students
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
tell anecdotes when
they have one about
any topic, we are
discussing. I also
bring up examples of
things they have seen
at the school or might
have seen around
where they
live.9/12/22
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.9/12/22
matter to students in relating to
meaningful, real-life subject matter.
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students routinely
subject 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 matter during learning
understanding.9/12/22 activities.
Evidence Most of my students Every book I read to
can make real life my class, I am
connections with no stopping to ask
help. They are questions and
constantly raising explain
their hand to tell me words/phrases they
an anecdote about do not or might not
the topic we are understand. I always
discussing.9/12/22 stop and ask them to
think about the
theme as it relates to
them. An example
would be when I
read the good egg
and we talked about
good and bad choices
they had made in the
past. Then we talked
about how to make
good and bad choices
in the classroom,
playground,
hallways,
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
etc.9/12/22

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.9/12/22
and technologies to
meet students’ Some students Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning participate in single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs instructional strategies, sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of
using resources and related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, strategies, resources, and
technologies provided. and experiences. their learning resources, and technologies that
needs.9/12/22 technologies to meet successfully advance
their individual students their learning.
needs.
I have manipulatives
available when
necessary. I also will
have whole group
instruction then
independent work.
During independent
work I am able to
give one on one
Evidence instruction to those
who need it. I also
will call small groups
together for more
direct instruction
when necessary.

The students will

choral read with me,
have discussions,
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
work with partners,
and independently in
one lesson.9/12/22

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 Students respond to
solving, and
to questions regarding varied questions or tasks
reflection
facts and comprehension. designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons.
Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
and reflection on issues posing problems and inquiries into complex
in content. reflecting on multiple problems.
perspectives.
Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
posed by the teacher and of their own to support complex questions and
begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
problems of their own communicate
related to the content. understandings based on
in depth analysis of
content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Most of the class is I pose a lot of
quite shy. I am questions that I have
working on building them think about
a community to why we do
foster more something, or why
participation. Wait they would do
time has not been something.9/12/22
working since they
are all very new to
school and too shy to
Evidence participate.

Partner talk has

started to work for
some of the less shy
students.9/12/22

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.9/12/22 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.9/12/22 teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
A large portion of my During a lesson I will
kindergarten class give direct
has never been in instruction, and
any type of school. when it is time for
Participation is independent work, I
lower, due to the will walk around and
shyness and them check in with
figuring out school. students who might
They are mostly all be struggling.
engaged, just not
wanting to be in the I will also use the
spotlight. I am student self-
working on building assessment to
Evidence
the community, so determine if I need to
they all feel reteach something
comfortable. right then and there
or if I just need to
I also have hand check in on some
signals for giving students.9/12/22
answers for students
who might not have
the vocabulary
necessary to answer
or tell me he/she
does not
understand.9/12/22