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

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Plans daily lessons using
available curriculum and
information from district
and state required
assessments. 9/15/21
4.1 Using knowledge Plans daily lessons using
of students’ academic available curriculum and
readiness, language information from district
proficiency, cultural and state required
background, and assessments. 5/8/21
individual
development to plan
instruction.
Is aware of impact of bias
on learning.
Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated
sequence of lessons using instruction based on
additional assessment knowledge of students’
information on student academic readiness,
academic readiness, academic language,
language, cultural diverse cultural
background, and backgrounds, and
individual development. individual cognitive,
social, emotional, and
physical development to
meet their individual
needs. 4/8
Becomes aware of
potential areas of bias Examines potential
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and
culturally responsive stereotyping when
pedagogy.12/22 planning lessons. Uses
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.
Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
instruction, which is instruction that provides
based on broad systematic opportunities
knowledge of students. for supporting and
Matches resources and extending student
specific strategies to learning based on
students’ diverse learning comprehensive
needs and cultural information on students.
backgrounds.
Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
assumptions about stereotyping, and
cultures an members of assumptions.
cultures.

I plan social studies units I am aware of potential I definitely plan

based on the curriculum
for my school. 9/15/21
I continue to plan daily
lessons based on
available curriculum with
my own adjustments.
5/8/21
bias, and I have accordingly based off of
researched ways to the class I am teaching to
respectfully teach and take into consideration all
communicate the different needs of the
information. 12/22 class. I know that the
class I currently have is
more ready to receive
deeper emotional content
than a previous class. 4/8
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 9/15/21 and 5/8/22
I told students that if that
the math lesson was
review, they should aim
for accuracy. If it was new
and they were practicing,
aim for understanding
and don’t worry as much
on accuracy. 9/15/21
Students still understand
what the learning goals
are in a single lesson or a
2 week long unit. 5/8/22
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.4/8 to articulate and monitor
learning needs.12/22 learning goals.
I am working on giving Students know what their
differentiated goals for objective is going to be in
my class since they have a a math lesson. I tell them
wide range of learning what the objective is, and
levels. Students know at the end we assess if
their own goals and work that objective is met. 4/8
to meet them. 12/22
Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging
for daily, short- and long-
term plans. 9/15/21
sequencing long-
term and short-term
instructional plans to
support student
learning
I use the science
curriculum to plan my
science units. I don’t use
that many outside
resources. 9/15/21
Exploring
units that include a series
of connected lessons and
are linked to long-term
planning to support
student learning. 5/8/22
I am able to plan
curriculum units that
have single lesson that
connect to each other
(specifically in math). The
lessons support the
overall unit learning goal,
and there is additional
support for student
learning throughout the
unit through self-
assessment and practice.
5/8/22
Applying
long-term curriculum
plans for subject matter
concepts and essential
related academic
language and formats
that support student
learning. 12/22
I have been able to create
long and short term
curriculum plans that can
be adjusted based on
student learning. It can be
carried out with any class.
12/22
Integrating Innovating
term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
integrations of content standards, and
curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
frameworks, and design cohesive and
assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning.4/8 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
I have changed around
my long-term plans and
units to be better for
students learning. For
example, in social studies,
I saw that a unit would do
better spread out over
time instead of how the
curriculum suggested it.
It worked better for
students learning. 4/8
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 advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. students.4/8
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and broad range of their learning and the
and district. 9/15/21 language needs to inform assessments into impact of instructional
planning differentiated planning to meet strategies to meet their
instruction. 5/8/22 students’ diverse learning learning and language
and language needs. needs.

I’ve sent out a I use my understanding of I have created

questionnaire on how a
student learns best and
what they need to the
parents on the first day of
school. 9/15/21
students’ learning needs
to plan lessons. I have a
student who struggles in
writing, so we, as a class,
take our time to practice
and review lessons.
Everyone gets extra
practice and that students
has an opportunity to re-
learn the concepts.
5/8/22
worksheets for students
in a math lesson that are
differentiated from each
other based on where a
student might be in their
understanding of the
math concept. 4/8

I continue to use students

assessment to inform my
instruction. I am
consistently checking for
understanding through
informal and formal
assessment, and adjusting
lessons. 12/22
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging Exploring
Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and
uses materials from materials in single
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of
lessons to address
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs.
instructional plans
9/15/21
and curricular
materials to meet the
assessed learning
needs of all students.
I adjust my math plans
and materials when I saw
that students did not
understand a concept the
first time I explained it. I
had other students try
and explain, and we did
lots of examples. 9/15/21
Applying
Makes adjustments and
adaptations to
differentiate instructional
plans. Uses culturally
responsive pedagogy and
additional materials to
support students’ diverse
learning needs. 5/8/22
I continue to adjust
lessons to differentiate
for my students’ specific
needs. I also continue to
create my own graphic
organizers to meet
learning needs. 5/8/22
Integrating Innovating
Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
adjustments to a wide range of
instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
uses a variety of based on in depth
materials as the analysis of individual
instructional needs arises student needs.
to support student
learning. 12/22 Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
I continue to make
adjustments in a lesson as
needed and I’ve
accumulated a variety of
resources to support
learning especially in our
math unit of fractions.
12/22
I am still making ongoing
adjustments to my plans.
4/8