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

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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

I do my best to get This semester I tried to I am offering more My instruction is

outside of the bubble I have my students self- opportunities for self- informed by students’
grew up in and learned in. reflect and set goals for reflection for my students academic history with
I also try to use the themselves so I could see and myself. In my English reading and writing and
knowledge I gather about where they thought they 9 class I have also opened English classes in general.
students to inform my were at and where they up a forum to ask 3/3/23
teaching practices and wanted to be. In addition students what topics they
make sure that students’ to other assessment data would like to cover
voices and experiences (i.e. writing and other (within reason). I also
are valued in the projects), I believe I was spend more time
classroom. In addition to able to better understand reviewing student files
this information, I think where my students come and state test scores to
that I do a decent job in from and see themselves ensure I am meeting their
using student test scores as in terms of learning needs.
to inform my practice. and strengths. 4.26.22 12/08/22
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Communicates learning Establishes and shares
objectives for a single learning goals for skill
lesson to students based development with
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons.
student learning
Each lesson or activity
has an associated
standard attached to it
which is always shared
with students at the
beginning of the class.
Each assignment also has
a rubric attached to it so
students know how they
are being assessed. This is
all kind of day by day and
I think I could be doing
better in helping students
see the bigger picture of
what they are learning
and why these skills are
important. 9/14/21
Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum
4.3 Developing and
Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. to articulate and monitor
learning needs. learning goals.
In addition to sharing the I continue to have
standard associated with students set their own
any given activity, I have learning goals for each
also begun having unit. In one of my classes
students set their own I started asking students
learning goals for major to generate topics that
writing assignments and they wanted to cover as a
projects. When given the class so there would be
rubric for an assignment, some ownership on their
students will choose part of their education.
something they know 12/08/22
they excel at and
something they want to I feel as though not much
work on for the has changed in this area.
assignment. 4.26.22 Students learn what the
goals of the unit are at the
beginning of
lessons/units.
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Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
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. learning. plans that ensure high
levels of learning.

I plan each unit with a I am being very generous I use a mastery tracker to
connecting theme in mind with myself by giving ensure I am intentional
so each learning myself the Applying score about my lessons and the
experience and lesson is here. I think I am only modifications (if any) I
connected and moderately better in this make for my students.
meaningful. I think I can area. I still need to work 3/3/23
do better in backwards on backwards planning
planning so that and connecting each
assessments and each day assignment to a larger
is a bit more fluid. I think goal, but I am better at
that this is an area I need breaking units up and
to develop more so that I figuring out which skills
can help students see the to focus on.
bigger picture when it 12/08/22
comes to our standards
and learning. 9/14/21
I am afraid I did not
progress far from this this
semester. Something I
wanted to do but I feel
did not end up working
out was having students
relate the content to a
real-life skill or issue. I
either ran out of time or
the lessons never panned
out how I wanted them
to. I don’t want students
to just learn a standard,
but something that they
can carry with them.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into their learning and the
and district. language needs to inform planning to meet impact of instructional
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
instruction. and language needs. learning and language
needs.

I spend time in the This semester I ended up I have used many

beginning of the semester scrapping an assignment different types of
to get to know my because I felt it did not fit assessments in my
students and their with anything that the classes from “blackout
learning styles. With this students were doing for poetry” to mimic poems
in mind, I try to offer the rest of the unit. The to traditional essays. I
students multiple ways to unit had to do with like to keep things a bit
express their knowledge mythology and allusions, more open so students do
through different but the poem I had not feel as though they
assessments. I try not to selected only vaguely only have one option to
just include writing mentioned myths. demonstrate their
assignments but also Instead, I asked students knowledge.
things that engage in to find allusions to 3/3/23
artistic practices or mythology in media of
interests the students their choosing. Students
might have already. chose video games, TV
I could be doing more to shows, movies, music,
gather more relevant and other forms of media.
language data from my The student agency in the
students beyond the basic project allowed them to
data. 9/14/21 take ownership I believe.
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Unfortunately, I did not
feel I progressed enough
in this area to assess
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myself as Integrating. I
again changed
assignments and
assessments to better fit
with each of my classes. I
am updating content as I
go, but I think I need to
spend time just going
over all of it before the
next semester.
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4.5 Adapting Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
instructional plans uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
and curricular curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. learning. Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

I think that I do an okay For all of the areas I feel I I hold continual
job adjusting the learning did not improve in, I think conversations with my
path of lessons and units that I did an alright job students about their
based on the assessments this semester adapting learning. This often
I give students. When curriculum to fit needs results in ideas about
students are not doing a and interests of my how best to move
great job grasping a students. I have adapted forward in certain areas
concept, I make sure to go assignments to include and how best to teach
back and reteach the more contemporary and them.
standard and lesson in a topical issues that 3/3/23
different way and students care about and
reassess students. I think am listening to student
that this throws me off interests when deciding
most of the time and I topics and readings.
have trouble getting a 12/08/22
routine and pace back on
schedule. I need help in
this area. 9/14/21
Although I did adjust a
unit to make sure
students would have an
authentic learning
experience with a project,
I feel like I need to be
doing more of this
throughout the school
year. I am reactive more
than proactive it turns
out. Moving forward, I
want to continue to make
strides in meeting the
needs of my students
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Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

being culturally
responsive in my
teaching practices.
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