Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring
Learns about students Gathers additional data to
through data provided by learn about individual
the school and/or students. 9/16/21
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of
instructional strategies lessons that include some
focused on the class as a adjustments based on
whole. assessments. 9/16/21
9/16/21:
During our Meet Your
Professor event the week
before school starts,
families are handed out a
questionnaire to fill our
regarding their student. I
am able to look at the
data and gather more
data about my students
from their family. Also, on
the first day of school
students filled out an All
About Me, so I was able to
Evidence
learn more about them.
From the previous school
year, teachers filled out a
spreadsheet on important
information about their
students so that the next
teacher could gain more
knowledge about them. I
referred back to this and
communicate with past
teachers to gather more
information on my
students.
Applying
Uses data from a variety
of formal and informal
sources to learn about
students and guide
selection of instructional
strategies to meet diverse
learning needs.
Student engage in
learning through the use
of adjustments in
instruction to meet their
needs.
4/26: Throughout this
school year, I have used
multiple assessments to
help guide my instruction
for students. Students
complete weekly tests for
ELA and math. Students
complete 3 writing
benchmarks. They also
complete 4 iReady Math
and ELA assessments,
that group them based on
skills they need to work
on. I use all of this to help
plan and guide my
instruction.
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 curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
October 2022: While
families at our school
still fill out a
questionnaire about
their student,
students also
complete a letter to
the teacher activity
where I am able to
learn more about
them. We read a book
together and then the
students get a turn to
tell me anything they
want.
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
Uses gathered Uses school resources and
information about family contacts to expand
students’ prior understanding of
knowledge, cultural students’ prior
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life
to support student experiences, and interests
learning. to connect to student
learning. 9/16/21
Students participate in Students make
single lessons or connections between
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their
related to their interests prior knowledge,
and experiences. 9/16/21 backgrounds, life
experiences, and
interests.
9/16/21: I am able to 9/16/21: With this being
engage students in my 2nd year teaching at
activities that relate to the same school, I have
their interests. For been able to learn a lot
example, for review about the school and
games for math or ELA, community culture. With
learning about the
we use either Kahoot or
Blooket. Students students and families, I
have been able to gain a
become very
better understanding of
competitive while
what the students
playing the game with
like/dislike. I am
the entire class, but they
constantly talking to
enjoy being able to admin to learn more
review important
about families, since a lot
information through of families have been at
games. A lot of my
the school since
students also enjoy Kindergarten. Every
drawing, so when we Monday, I also have the
have brain breaks I put students share what they
on a directed draw that did over the weekend so I
we are all able to do can get to know them
together. better and see what they
are interested in.
Integrating
Integrates broad
knowledge of students
and their communities to
inform instruction.
Students are actively
engaged in curriculum,
which relates their prior
knowledge, experiences,
and interests within and
across learning activities.
April 2022:
I have really got to know
my class and students
this year. I believe that
building a relationship
with families and
students is super
important. I have a lot of
classroom participation
this year. Also, families
are now allowed on
campus, so it makes
students happy to
complete their work and
show it off. I also have
included a lot of items in
my classroom store that
students really enjoy.
Innovating
Develops and
systematically uses
extensive information
regarding students’
cultural backgrounds,
prior knowledge, life
experiences, and
interests.
Students can articulate
the relevance and impact
of lessons on their lives
and society.
October 2022:
Since more families are
allowed on campus,
families are able to
come into the
classroom and teach us
about their own
culture. Students also
share on Friday's their
upcoming weekend
plans and on Monday
we talk about what
they did over the
weekend. This is a
great way for me to get
to know their weekend
life and then I can ask
them questions about
it.
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. 9/16/21 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. 9/16/21 matter during learning
activities.
9/16/21: This week in April 2022: This year we October 2022:
ELA we were discussing have done a lot more At the end of the school
natural disasters, project, giving students year for social studies,
specifically earthquakes. more of a way to relate our school puts on a
With living in California to the content they are performance that
students were very learning. Most recently, walks through all of
interested about this we created newspaper California history.
because they have articles, advertisements, Students are assigned a
experienced an and news reports for
specific part in the
earthquake in their life. our social studies units.
performance, but they
They were able to Students became very
use all of their
Evidence connect to the lesson involved and being able
and become very to create something that knowledge from what
engaged because the had meaning behind it. we have learned in
topic was something class to answer
they were familiar with. questions throughout
this performance.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying
Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of
strategies, resources, and instructional strategies, strategies including
technologies as provided resources, and culturally responsive
by school and/or district. technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and
lessons or sequence of technologies during
Using a variety of lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to
instructional diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse
strategies, resources, learning needs. 9/16/21
and technologies to
meet students’ Some students participate Students participate in Students participate in
diverse learning in instructional strategies, single lessons or instruction using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to
and experiences. their learning needs.
9/16/21
9/16/21: Students are
able to engage in a variety
of strategies to meet their
needs. Students all have
their own Chromebook
and have different
resource to help with
activities. For example, in
ELA students have 8
vocabulary words to
study for the week.
Students are able to play
Evidence a Kahoot review game,
log on to the Wonders
website to play different
ELA games, or review our
vocabulary chart we
completed as a class. With
having different ways to
look at vocabulary words,
I have seen an important
on our Friday vocabulary
tests.
Integrating Innovating
Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
and technologies into technologies to meet
instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
meet students’ diverse needs.
learning needs.
Students actively engage Students take
in instruction and make responsibilities for using
use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
targeted strategies, resources, and
resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students learning.
needs.
April 2022: My October 2022:
students use a variety Students use a variety
of websites on their
of different online
Chromebooks. Each resources to help them
website it able to help with their learning. On
them review or reteach
iReady students are
a skill that they need to
able to complete
work on. For example, I
assign iReady math
specific lessons that I
lessons for students to have assigned to them,
reinforce the key and this helps meet the
concepts we are needs of each student
learning in class. Using in class, since each
iReady is super helpful lesson is specific to
to students that are each student.
visual and auditory
learners.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring
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. 9/16/21
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. 9/16/21
9/16/21: With the
curriculum that is used at
our school, they ask
questions that have
students critically think.
For example, in math I
always tell my students
that they have to explain
their thinking. I know a
lot of students want to
solve problems using
mental math, but I want
Evidence
them to be able to explain
it in a written form or
orally. With being about
to explain their thinking,
then I can clearly know
they understand what is
being taught.
Applying
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.
April 2022: I have
continued to have
students critically think
about what we are
learning. Every week we
always review for our
upcoming tests.
Students work together
in pairs or in groups to
solve problems. They
even create their own
problems to have other
groups solve. I have
noticed by doing this,
student test scores have
improved.
Integrating Innovating
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.
October 2022:
Students work
independently on
reading a short story
and using the skill they
were taught in ELA.
For example, we have
been learning about
theme in ELA, so
students read a short
story and then had to
figure out what the
theme was and support
it with evidence from
the text to prove that it
was the theme.
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
9/16/21 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 successfully Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance Students receive participate and stay articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. assistance individually or engaged in learning understanding and use provide information to
in small groups during activities. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
instruction. 9/16/21 their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
9/16/21: When going April 2022: I am October 2022:
over homework as a constantly modifying While students are
whole group, I always ask the lessons I am working I am always
students after each teaching. I am always actively walking around
question if they have any the room to monitor their
walking around the
questions about how we progress on the
go the answer. I always
room monitoring
students working on assignment we are
make sure that students working on, whether it be
understand the problem problem. This helps me
to see who needs extra together or independently.
before moving on.
If a student needs extra
Students also receive one- assistance and who is
help, I will pull them to
on-one assistance during ready to move on to the the back table so that I
Evidence our writing time. We are next lesson. If I notice can help them out. If a
working paragraph by students do not
paragraph and I meet student is becoming
understand something, overwhelmed, I will ask if
with each one of them to
I will stop and re-teach they need a break and
review their work.
to the class. I also make they can step out of the
sure to provide my room for a little bit. If I
students with multiple notice the whole class not
breaks throughout the focusing, we will take a
day, that way that are brain break.
always focused on
learning.