Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Nicholas Espalin
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
We currently use I conduct student self- I hand out a learning
portfolio assessment assessments at the start styles questionnaire
scores to modify further of units for students to which gives me
assessments. These self-assess and answer information on student
modifications differ based questions on how they learning styles that help
on the assessment but feel about the material me understand learning
may include written and give feedback on needs and
instruction modifications, ways that the lessons will accommodations for all
sentence frames, help them learn. 5/1/22 students. 4/23/23
additional resources
posted. 9/26/21, I use that data from self-
assessments and student
assessment data to
Evidence modify assignments and
present materials that are
relatable to students.
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I use activities to get to

know my students in
which students
participate and I can
learn more about my
students. 10/20/22
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 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.
We use analogies and I have students fill
cover how content is out surveys in which
related in everyday life
for students when looking
they participate in
at chemical properties. answering questions
Also conduct at home labs relating their
students use items in knowledge and their
their own home to level of interest
explore properties.
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before each unit or
portfolio. These
I make weekly calls to surveys are engaging
students homes and build and supports
relationships with students by having
families to help support
students and families.
me understand their
5/1/22 knowledge and
interest in the
Students complete home content and how it
based kitchen labs that relates to them.
often use products and
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materials found in their
homes to test chemical
properties of materials. I continue to use
Students are presented questionnaires where
material in scaffolded
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
ways to show prior students give
knowledge and how to responses on what
incorporate that into new
learning content. 5/1/22
kind of assignments
they enjoy which
kind they feel they
can learn best at.
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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. 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. matter during learning
activities.
Evidence During lessons provide I integrate connections I create projects in
analogies to real-life within lessons to show which students are
experiences. We students the collaborating and
conduct home lab connections of the applying what they
experiments that content to real life
learn to apply for real
students develop and contexts. I often use
world situations, for
explore items used in videos that relate the
everyday life and content to rea life example the global
explore properties scenarios. 5/1/22 warming and acid
based on those. Align rain lessons.
student exploration to Students develop their 4/23/23
content being taught. own procedures and I
9/26/21 incorporate inquiry
based labs that
students will need to
find solutions in real
life scenarios including
green house gases,
ecology and medicine.
5/1/22

Evidence:  I integrate
connections within
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
lessons to show
students the
connections of the
content to real life
contexts.  I often use
videos that relate the
content to rea life
scenarios.  I created a
lesson that is a jigsaw
activity where
students explore the
bombing of Hiroshima
in the nuclear
chemistry unit.

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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.
and technologies to
meet students’ Some students participate Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning in instructional strategies, single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students learning.
needs.
Our plc meets to Students benefit from I plan using multiple
Evidence discuss ideas to computer technologies strategies within
advance instructional and resources that our
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
strategies. So far we
have created additional
videos for learning,
home based labs to
students to further
explore, and created
modified templates for
written labs and
portfolios.
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I create additional
instructional videos as
resources for the
students as
supplementation
material that students
can access at all times
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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.
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.
school embeds into the
curriculum. Our school
is a virtual school
therefore all
curriculum based
resources are based on
computer resources.
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 I create
collaboration boards
on nearpod lessons
that students
contribute to and
interact with peers
to build relationships
and trust in the
online classroom. 
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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.
lessons to meet all
student’s needs. I
often create playlist
where students can
complete
assignments by
choosing a method
that best suits them.
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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.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Evidence For lab based inquiry I model how to
based assessments, develop hypothesis
students develop their questions and to test
own procedure steps questions for
and reflect on
analysis. Students
successes and ways to
use the prompts
improve experiments.
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come up with their
Students continue to own questions to test
develop their on several different
procedure steps inquiry based
present their own experiments.
hypothesis when Students then reflect
solving for problems. on how their
5/1/22 predictions and
questions were
appropriate for the
testing of the
phenomena being
taught. 5/2/22

I continue to develop
lesson in which
students explore
hypothesis and
create their own
procedures in which
to solve problems
relating to the
content. 10/20/22

I include reflection
pieces in assignments
in which students can
reflect and critically
think by critiquing
their own work.
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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. 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. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
I use several strategies I incorporated quick I create lessons that
to monitor student access to assessments have assessments
engagement and during lessons where I embedded within
learning. I use quick have been able to make
the online lesson. 
check questions where adjustments and
students participate. modify instruction Student responses
Students also quickly based on to the assessment
participate in small student understanding can be shown while
breakout groups, poll and engagement. I use instruction is given: 
questions, online assessment resources Here is a link to a
nearpod quizzes, and where student lesson with built in
Evidence exit ticket reflections. responses are posted to assessments
Ways that I would like me immediately. 10/20/22
to improve is to have a 5/1/22
quick way to access
student progress to Students complete I continue to create
adjust instruction differentiated activities lessons where there
during a lesson. during each lesson that are multiple self-
9/26/21 keeps them engaged assessment
and learning. 5/1/22 opportunities within
the lesson where I
can monitor student
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
understanding.
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