Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to learn about Uses data from a Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided individual students. variety of formal and measures to make knowledge of students
by the school and/or informal sources to adjustments to to make ongoing
assessments. learn about students instruction and meet adjustments and
and guide selection of individual identified accommodations in
instructional strategies learning needs. instruction.
Using knowledge to meet diverse
of students to Students engage in single lessons or learning needs.
engage them in Some students may sequence of lessons that include some Students actively utilize Students take
learning engage in learning adjustments based on assessments. Student engage in a variety of ownership of their
using instructional learning through the instructional strategies learning by choosing
strategies focused on use of adjustments in and technologies in from a wide range of
the class as a whole. instruction to meet learning that ensure methods to further
their needs. equitable access to the their learning that are
curriculum. responsive to their
learning needs.
I have access to all I present caregivers with a survey at I often modify lessons Students are provided
students’ the beginning of the semester to gather or units to attract with multiple
demographics. more information about their student. different levels, instructional strategies
7-12-22 knowledge and such as verbal, written
In the beginning of the interest. and visual instructions
semester, students Parent/teach survey to gather more 7-12-22 and assignments.
usually engage in data about students. Students have access to
community building 8/2022 Students work on programs such as
activities that help reading and google docs and
students learn more ISTE- Digital Citizen: Surveys ask comprehension with schoology to gather any
about one another and parent/guardians to fill in questions Newsela. necessary resources.
help build class and information about their student. 9/10/2022 7-12-22
community. This contributes to empathetic
Evidence 7-12-22 behavior and build relationships and ISTE- Digital Citizen:
community. Students participate in
We might play “people Survey: reading/listening of
bingo” or an activity https://forms.gle/vgogxh8dJ1nrV7Bg7 lecture slides. They also
where students move can engage in
around and get to interactive slides and
know multiple discussion students
students. establish a learning
7-20-22 culture that promotes
critical examination of
online sources.
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 and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior 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.
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.
Students are given an Parents are given a CHP When students are
opportunity to survey at the engaged in current
discuss in small beginning of the events, which I try to
groups and as a large school year to set time aside bi-
class of what they provide me with weekly, students can
know and want to background express in writing or
know about a new information, orally to the class
unit. information on their connections to their
student and any everyday lives and
The first semester other information I current events and to
begins with an should know about the unit we are
introduction unit and their family life or engaged in.
a change for students student that would 7-12-22
to highlight their help me.
cultural backgrounds. 7-12-22
Depending on the Gather additional
unit, students have student information
the opportunity to with google forms
pick a topic they are and sheets of
interested in to student’s interests,
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
research and present. challenges, or ask
7-12-22 about anything
personal I should
know about.

Create and use choice

boards.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate
subject matter to real-life.
Students are given an
opportunity to share
experiences with
topics and themes we
might cover.
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Students engage in
four corners and
discuss with small
Evidence groups and big class
discussion on
controversial topics.
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Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
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. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
subject matter.
Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
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. matter during learning
activities.
Depending on the Planning units to
unit, students can allow students to
work with the dive deeper into
community family to subject matter such
deepen their as highlighting the
knowledge and make marginalized in the
connections to the Bay Area during
subject matter. An WWII.
example of this 7-12-22
would be discussing
WWII and students
incorporating family
stories, interviews or
primary documents.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element Explorin
Emerging Applying Integrating Innovating
1.4 g
Uses Explores Utilizes a variety of strategies including culturally responsive pedagogy, resources, and Creates, Refines the
instructiona additional technologies during ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse learning needs. adapts, and flexible use
l strategies, instructio integrates a of an
resources, nal Students participate in instruction using strategies, resources, and technologies matched to broad range extensive
and strategies, their learning needs. of strategies, repertoire of
technologie resources, resources, strategies,
s as and and resources,
provided by technologi technologies and
school es in into technologies
and/or single instruction to meet
Using a district. lessons or designed to students’
variety of sequence meet diverse
instructio of lessons students’ learning
nal to meet diverse needs.
strategies, students’ learning
resources, diverse needs.
and Some learning
technologi students needs. Students
es to meet participate Students take
students’ in actively responsibilit
diverse instructiona Students engage in ies for using
learning l strategies, participat instruction a wide range
needs using e in single and make use of strategies,
resources lessons or of a variety of resources,
and sequence targeted and
technologie of lessons strategies, technologies
s provided. related to resources, that
their and successfully
interests technologies advance
and to meet their their
experienc individual learning.
es. students
needs.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Teacher Culturally responsive teaching is something I am still learning. Other varying
Learned
and strategies are incorporated during instruction to help meet students’ needs. new
students Students can pick how they want to complete an assignment and can use technology
use various resources to help complete the assignment as well. and used
resources 7-12-22 multiple
available. times to
Dependin ISTE- Leader: In order to support student success, I incorporate technology get a gauge
g on the like the class slides for students to follow along and engage but also paper of student
assignme and marker prompts for students to walk around and discuss, not needing understan
nt, school technology. d. Padlets
Evidence provides allows
really Tech slides” students to
great https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DEhZEjwqUjMS6g5NOSVUXgx9Do post
examples boIUjvRZFzp-tcyis/edit?usp=sharing anonymou
for Non-Tech: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13SZ51Hsw3V- sly and
students L5Py6PJfkBgcu80J1329ZAdrZANzgyjM/edit?usp=sharing answer
to refer questions
to. or express
7-12-22 needs.
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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 initiate Facilitates systematic
critically through use of critical thinking through opportunities for student
questioning strategies, independently developing to apply critical thinking
posing/solving problems, questions, posing problems by designing structured
and reflection on issues and reflecting on multiple inquiries into complex
in content. perspectives. problems.
Students pose problems and
Students respond to construct questions of their Students pose and
questions and problems own to support inquiries into answer a wide-range of
posed by the teacher and content. complex questions and
begin to pose and solve 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
Units and lessons are Students are given
typically initiated opportunities to look at
with a central issues of the past and
question. It asks “fix” them in the present.
students to rethink Students have picked a
history or how leader of the modern
history could be world and take a
different. This allows problem of their time
students to look at and try to “fix” it.
multiple Students can ask a
perspectives and question about a
think of history in a unit/topic/person/event
way they hadn’t and do research to
before. answer their own
7-12-22 question and present it.
Evidence Students have created
inquiry questions about
WWII and find resources
to answer their question.
7-12-22

Began with a four

corners activity, it
allowed a lot of student
discussion. Students
spoke in pairs and
switched after each
person got to talk. This
was great for new
perspectives.
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Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Monitoring student Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
learning and following curriculum instruction and learning adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
adjusting instruction guidelines. activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
while teaching. student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
checks for understanding. challenge. concepts flexibly and
effectively.

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. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
Instruction and Completed a vocab
learning activities are activity, needed to
provided in multiple continue reviewing
ways to help all information that was
learners. The more engaging and
activities are chosen created a kahoot.
or created to help 10/6/2022
enhance a topic for
student learning.
While discussing the
printing press,
students are able to
Evidence watch videos, do
activities that show
it’s effectiveness and
analyze documents to
prepare for a
document based
question.
7-15-22

Meet with students

one on one to check
in.
10/3/2022