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 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.
Evidence The school gives me data Teacher Goal Teacher uses data
about students I will learn about gathered through tests,
concerning their year in homework, and in-class
each student
school and whether or work to make
not they are labeled as through talking with adjustments to
SPED. I pick my student colleagues, IEP's, instruction.
based on their scores on 504s, English Students are presented
the STAR 360 test. Last Learner tests, with an overview of the
year, I created quizzes student interest curriculum, participate in
from STAR 360 to instruction, work in
monitor and assess
surveys, and parent partners nd small groups,
student growth. conferences. I will review chapter concepts,
09/20/21 use this data to and have access to a
I will add make ongoing variety of online
adjustments and supports.
comprehension Teacher has gained
quizzes to my accommodations in
confidence that
afternoon and instruction. administration will
morning classes. I Student Goal support her assessments
will use those I will give students of student learning and
formative multiple options for achievement. Teacher
completing uses a variety of
assessments to guide formative and summative
my instruction. homework and
assessments to adjust
09/26/2021 mastering concepts. teaching practice. As well,
teacher has learned to
Date trust her assessments to
management classroom
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Teacher Goal behaviors so that
10/23/2022 students get the most out
of each day in class.
Student Goal Students use a variety of
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along a choice board to
guide their learning.
Final Assessment
5/3/2023
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 Sometimes the only
way to convince a
student to stay in my
class is to connect the
class to the student’s
interest. I did this
with a student, S, who
loved to skateboard.
He taught me about
skateboarding and I
taught him how
skateboarding relates
to math.
I do a lot of
scaffolding in all of
my classes, and I
spend a lot of time
reiterating what we
learned in previous
classes. I also give
students time to
think about what
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.
Uses school Teacher has taken the
resources and family time to get to know
contacts to expand each student and
understanding of some of the families.
student's prior Teacher has gotten to
knowledge, cultural know the
backgrounds, life communities in
experiences, and which the students
interests to connect live.
to student learning. Chapters and lessons
Students make begin with calling on
connections prior knowledge.
between curriculum Teacher utilizes
and their prior student interest to
knowledge, guide lesson
backgrounds, life planning.
experiences, and Students prior
interests. knowledge,
experiences, and
Teacher Goal interests are tapped
I will create a into for each activity
placement test, so and lesson.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
they learned during that students can be Final Assessment
the last 2 minutes of placed in the correct 5/3/2023
class. math classes, at the
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I will gather 2 pieces year.
of information about Student Goal
students’ interests Students will answer
and backgrounds exit tickets that ask
each class period. I questions about how
will use that data to the math they are
make my lessons of learning applies to
more interest to my their lives.
students. Date
09/26/2021 Teaching Goal
10/23/2022
Student Goal
10/23/2022
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.
I often engage
students by asking
what they want to do
for a career. We talk
about the kind of
math they will need,
such as business
math, and I focus the
curriculum on that
type of math.
Evidence I would love to see
10% of my students
integrate math into
their daily lives.
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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.
Applying Each chapter, we talk
Integrates about how the
connections from content relates to
subject matter to various career fields.
meaningful real-life We have projects that
contexts, including connect math to
those specific to student’s daily lives.
students (family and Teacher integrates
community. math into real-life
Students utilize real- contexts that are
life connections meaningful to her
regularly to develop students.
understandings of Students engage best
subject matter. when they connect
the lesson to their
Date lives and show a
Teacher Goal greater
11/08/2021 understanding.
Student Goal Final Assessment
09/20/21 05/04/2023
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Uses instructional
strategies, resources, and
technologies as provided
by school and/or district.
Using a variety of
instructional
strategies, resources,
and technologies to
meet students’ Some students participate
diverse learning in instructional strategies,
needs using resources and
technologies provided.
Evidence Last year, I based my
classroom around the
STAR 360 test, since
the school had it
available.
I will find a
curriculum to reach
SPED students
testing at an
Elementary school
grade equivalent
level.
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I will look at 5 new
technologies and
choose at least 1 of
them to add to my
class.
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Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
learning needs.
Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
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.
Teacher uses
multiple technologies
and teaching tools to
fully cover the
subject matter as
well as go beyond
into the common
core. Teacher
recognizes student’s
past learning and
constructs lessons
that make the most of
that learning and go
beyond it.
Students participate
in instruction and are
active learners, using
technologies and
targeted strategies to
develop their
learning and
comprehension.
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.
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.
We do a lot of word
problems. We are
learning the formula
that word problems
follow and how do
decipher what the
problem is asking us
to do. Often this
requires thinking
Evidence critically about data
given in a table.
We are working on
critical thinking. I
would like to see
80% of my non-SPED
students use critical
thinking skills to
solve word problems.
I would like to see
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.
Final Assessment
05/04/2023
Integrating Innovating
Supports students to Facilitates systematic
initiate critical thinking opportunities for
through independently students to apply critical
developing questions, thinking by designing
posing problems and structured inquiries into
reflecting on multiple complex 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.
Students are
challenged with
deep-thinking
concepts to look
beyond just being
told what to do and
instead to use
mathematics to
create a solution that
they can present to a
wide range of
academic audiences,
reasoning, and
proving that their
methods are valid.
Final Assessment
05/04/2023
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
5% of my students
pose critical thinking
questions about the
content.
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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.
Evidence As a support teacher, Integrating Teacher adjusts her
I do a lot of Adjusts strategies schedule to provide
scaffolding. For during instruction assistance to
instance, I teach what based on the students as their are
students need to ongoing monitoring learning. Teacher
know to answer the of individual student gives multiple
questions on their needs for opportunities for
assignments. assistance, support, students to extend
I would like to see or challenge. their learning.
10% of my students Students are able to Students make and
providing articulate their level review their goals
information to me of understanding monthly, providing
that informs and use teacher personal assessments
adjustments in guidance to meet of their progress.
instruction. their needs during Final Assessment
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Teacher Goal
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I need to teach
calculus faster. I want
to adjust my teaching
so that we review
concepts from last
year, in preparation for
a standardized test,
while prepping for
lessons better and
coming prepared with
at least 3 unique
examples to explore
the concept, that
highlight different
aspects of the
concept.
Student Goal
I want to frontload
details of IB classes
during the first week
of school, going over
an outline of the
papers and the
essay, as well as the
concepts that
students will be
responsible for. I
want to provide
students with check
boxes for concepts
they are responsible
for, so that they can
self-monitor and
decide when they
need to get more
information to
prepare for their
papers and to
complete their
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
essays.

Date
Teacher Goal
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Student Goal
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