Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring
Learns about students Gathers additional data
through data provided to learn about individual
by the school and/or students. 9/17/2021
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in
engage in learning using single lessons or
instructional strategies sequence of lessons that
focused on the class as a include some
whole. adjustments based on
assessments.
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I am exploring and
actively learning about
students through back-
to-school night with
conferences with
parents. I assigned
parents an “All About
Me” worksheet for them
to fill out about their
child to seek allergies,
interests, siblings, etc. I
do “Get to Know You”
activities through songs
Evidence during circle time.
Students talk about
themselves or
something that
happened on the
weekend during circle
time on the carpet.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses data from a variety of Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
formal and informal sources measures to make knowledge of students to
to learn about students and adjustments to make ongoing
guide selection of instruction and meet adjustments and
instructional strategies to individual identified accommodations in
meet diverse learning needs. learning needs. 4.1.23 instruction.
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Students actively utilize Students take ownership
Student engage in learning a variety of instructional of their learning by
through the use of strategies and choosing from a wide
adjustments in instruction to technologies in learning range of methods to
meet their needs. that ensure equitable further their learning
5/03/2022(Fall/2022 access to the curriculum. that are responsive to
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 Teacher uses data Domain 1.  Fostering a
from STAR testing, Collaborative Culture
informal, and formal to Support Educator
assessments to learn Development and
about students to Student Learning
plan appropriate Teacher uses data
instruction. from STAR testing
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adjustments through
Teacher has reading instruction
students complete and math retention
STAR summative support.
assessment.  Students actively
utilize the
Students complete instructional aides for
beginning of the support and all have
year assessment. access to the
curriculum. 4.1.23
 beginning of the
year STAR
testing
assessment. 
Students engage in learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
through class room
community building, social
emotional support for others,
listening support, and
speaking support for their
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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, information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
culture, backgrounds, students’ prior understanding of students’ and their communities to extensive information
life experiences, and knowledge, cultural prior knowledge, cultural inform instruction. regarding students’
interests represented backgrounds, life backgrounds, life experiences, 4.1.23 cultural backgrounds,
among students. experiences, and interest and interests to connect to prior knowledge, life
Connecting to support student student learning. experiences, and
learning to learning. 9/17/2021 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 interests.
students’ prior 10/16/2022)
knowledge,
backgrounds, life Some students connect Students participate in Students make connections Students can articulate
experiences, and learning activities to single lessons or between curriculum, and their the relevance and impact
Students are actively
interests their own lives. sequences of lessons prior knowledge, of lessons on their lives
engaged in curriculum,
related to their interests backgrounds, life experiences, which relates their prior and society.
and experiences. and interests. knowledge, experiences,
9/17/2021 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 and interests within and
10/16/2022) across learning activities.
4.1.23
Evidence I am exploring and  Teacher uses parent Domain 1.  Fostering a
gathering information support and Collaborative Culture
about my students’ communication from to Support Educator
interests, background, both TK classes. Development and
and prior knowledge. I Teacher uses school Student Learning
use circle time for resources such as: the Teacher integrates
students to discuss of library, computer lab, knowledge of students
individual topics during school garden,
morning meetings. and their
playground,
Students are allowed communicates through
Scholastic, and
some choices in morning a first grade pet show
student council for
free play time with their the students to make with donating to the
own home toy or puzzle connections between local animal shelter.
that I provide for them. curriculum, prior Students are engaged
Students did an activity knowledge, with curriculum via
that integrated their backgrounds, and online and in-person
knowledge of color and interests. Students instruction. 4.1.23
their own interests on continue to make
each strand of color these connections and
strips to create a communications wih
rainbow. I use a student these interests,
information sheet filled experiences,
out by parents to gather practices, prior
information about each knowledge, and
student. 9/17/2021 backgrounds.
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Teacher uses
school website as
a resource for
students and
families. 
Students and
families use school
website to
navigate calendar,
school speak,
lunch, and
communicator. 
Holy Trinity School
Website 
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
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Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts
Some students relate
subject matter to real-life.
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I am exploring through
connecting subject
matter to meaningful,
real-life contexts. I used
the weather outside and
a weather song to depict
the weather of the day. I
assign a student a
classroom job for
weather to make real-life
connections with the
song and current weather
condition. I make sure
Evidence student comes back to
tell peers what the
weather is like. Students
respond with a thumbs
up to agree or thumbs
down to disagree with
the student who has the
weather job for that
particular week. I have
students taste food for
the 5 senses. I have
students touch different
food textures for the 5
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional real- Integrates connections Integrates connections Engages student in
life connections to subject from subject matter to to meaningful, real-life actively making
matter in single lessons or meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
sequence of lessons to support contexts, including those subject matter meaningful, and real-life
understanding. specific to students’ instruction and is contexts throughout
5/03/2022(Fall/2022 family and community. responsive during subject matter
10/16/2022) instruction to engage instruction.
students in relating to
subject matter. 4.1.23
Students utilize real-life Students routinely
Students make use of real-life connections regularly to Students actively engage integrate subject matter
connections provided in single develop understandings in making and using into their own thinking
lessons or sequence of lessons of subject matter. real-life connections to and make relevant
to support understanding of subject matter to extend applications of subject
subject matter. their understanding. matter during learning
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 Teacher is exploring Domain 1.  Fostering
additional real-life a Collaborative
connections to Culture to Support
subject matter Educator
through realia, songs, Development and
classroom jobs, Student Learning
readings, and share Teacher integrates
day. meaningful
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connections to plan
10/16/2022) instruction throughout
Teacher has all subject matter.
students use Students are engaged
YouTube Video to through readers
identify and theater and charades.
understand parts 4.1.23
of a plant. 
Students to
identify and
understand parts
of a plant. 
identify and
understand parts of a
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
senses of touch. I have plant through YouTube
students make Video. 
connections to sound
with certain objects or Students make use of real-life
animals. 9/17/2021 connections to subject matter
towards lessons through
realia. They can explore and
physically touch what they are
singing or reading about.
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Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of strategies Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use
strategies, resources, instructional strategies, including culturally integrates a broad range of an extensive
and technologies as resources, and responsive pedagogy, of strategies, resources, repertoire of strategies,
provided by school technologies in single resources, and technologies and technologies into resources, and
and/or district. lessons or sequence of during ongoing instruction to instruction designed to technologies to meet
Using a variety of lessons to meet meet students’ diverse meet students’ diverse students’ diverse
instructional students’ diverse learning needs. learning needs. learning needs.
strategies, learning needs. 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 4.1.23
resources, and 9/17/2021 10/16/2022)
technologies to
Students actively engage
meet students’ Some students Students participate in Students take
in instruction and make
diverse learning participate in Students participate in instruction using strategies, responsibilities for using
use of a variety of
needs instructional strategies, single lessons or resources, and technologies a wide range of
targeted strategies,
using resources and sequence of lessons matched to their learning resources, and strategies, resources,
technologies provided. related to their interests needs. 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 technologies to meet and technologies that
and experiences. 10/16/2022) their individual students successfully advance
9/17/2021 needs. 4.1.23 their learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I am exploring
additional resources,
instructional strategies,
and technologies to
meet students’ diverse
learning. I used a
graphic organizer for
student to understand
the 5 senses. I did
another graphic
organizer for students
to see shapes. I used a
graphic organizer for
students to understand
what starts with the
letter “T” with a web
Evidence (tiger, turtle, tractor,
tools). I model students
how to count with their
fingers from one
through ten. 9/17/2021
 Teacher utilizes Domain 1.  Fostering a
instructional Collaborative Culture
strategies that include to Support Educator
technologies with Development and
ongoing instruction. Student Learning
Teacher has students Teacher uses and
navigate and use the creates a range of
apps of Starfall IXL.
strategies and
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resources and
10/16/2022) technologies to meet
Teacher uses students’ needs.
EPIC.  Students are engaged
and have access to all
Students read educational apps.
books off of the
online resource,
EPIC. 
EPIC. 

Students uses headphones for

tablets to support their
listening skills during their
technology centers. Students
are expected to navigate and
use these apps to enhance
their learning needs and
academics.
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Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Promoting critical Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
thinking though on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
inquiry, problem comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
solving, and require students to recall, posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
reflection interpret, and think and reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
critically. 9/17/2021 content. reflecting on multiple problems.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Some students respond Students respond to
to questions regarding varied questions or tasks
facts and comprehension. designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons. 9/17/2021
I am exploring to include
questions in my lessons
for students to recall,
interpret, or think
critically. I have student
work to put within their
portfolios to keep
throughout the year. I ask
literal comprehension
questions throughout a
read aloud. I have
students routinely go
over classroom rules that
are displayed on the wall,
which was a working
classroom rules with
Evidence teacher and students. I
administered a beginning
of the year test for all 14
TK students, and I gave
some students feedback
on certain colors and
shapes that were
incorrect. 9/17/2021
Students pose problems Students pose and
and construct questions answer a wide-range of
Students respond to of their own to support complex questions and
questions and problems inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
posed by the teacher and 4.1.23 communicate
begin to pose and solve understandings based on
problems of their own in depth analysis of
related to the content. content learning.
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Teacher guides students Domain 1.  Fostering a
to think critically through Collaborative Culture
use of questioning with to Support Educator
think-pair shares, Development and
retelling, inquiring, literal Student Learning
comprehension
Teacher supports
questions, and concept
about print.
students critical
5/03/2022(Fall/2022 thinking through using
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can write notes to
Teacher uses app others. Students solve
problems and can
called Guess the
write during
Code. Students use
handwriting time to
the app as a game to show support to
review sequences others. 4.1.23
within different colors
or numbers for
mathematics.
Students respond and
participate to questions
posed by the teacher.
Students begin to pose
and solve problems of
their own with their own
knowledge or knowledge
from their peers.
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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
9/17/2021 engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
checks for understanding. challenge. 4.1.23 concepts flexibly and
Monitoring student 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 effectively.
learning and 10/16/2022)
adjusting instruction Some students receive Students are able to Students monitor their
while teaching. individual assistance Students receive articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. assistance individually or Students successfully understanding and use provide information to
in small groups during participate and stay teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
instruction. 9/17/2021 engaged in learning their needs during adjustments in
activities. instruction. 4.1.23 instruction.
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Evidence I am exploring to seek Teacher makes ongoing Domain 1.  Fostering a
clarification regarding adjustments with Collaborative Culture
instruction and receiving proximity, circulating to Support Educator
assistance during classroom, classroom Development and
instruction. I build on observations, classroom Student Learning
comments and questions print, classroom anchor
Teacher adjust
during read aloud with charts, and thumbs up or
strategies and modifies
students about classroom thumbs down to agree or
rules. I allow adequate disagree. instruction throughout
time for students to think 5/03/2022(Fall/2022 lessons to
about what their saying. I 10/16/2022) accommodate students’
constantly ask students Teacher uses Poll needs. Students meet
about classroom rules Everywhere for students their needs throughout
and routines. I support to use checking for instructions. 4.1.23
and clarify rotation of understanding for any
centers with nonverbal subject matter. It gives
signals (bell). 9/17/2021 the teacher insight with a
quick informal
assessment through
digital learning.

Students successfully
participate in classroom
environment change,
redirection, writing,
reading, speaking,
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
checking for
understanding, classroom
whole-group discussion,
and small group
discussions.
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