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 I use various ways to
assess my students both
formally and informally.
During lessons I am
constantly observing
students, I assess
students based on their
responses during
discussions, and class
work. Students
demonstrate their
knowledge with quizzes,
tests, classwork, and
projects.

Based on the data of

those assessments I make
adjustments to their seat
in the classroom.
Students are grouped and
depending on their
individual needs and
strengths I think about
which students will work
best if they sat together.

I use the data from

informal and formal
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
assessments and
observations to group
students in projects,
collaborative activities
and small groups. I am
also using student data to
form small guided
reading groups. Groups
are formed based on their
reading levels and helps
to tailor instruction to
those specific students.

Formal assessments
inform me about what
students may need extra
support and in what area.
I provide feedback to
parents about the areas
they can further support
their child at home. I
review/re-teach a specific
skill if a few students
seem to not have
understood.

During lessons, I display

materials on the
projector. I make sure I
preview vocabulary
before the start of a
lesson. I use visuals and
videos when possible to
enhance student learning
and understanding. I have
students demonstrate
their understanding
through discussions,
partner, and group work.

Students are able to

demonstrate learning
through a hands on
learning approach. In
science students are able
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
to demonstrate learning
through labs and
reflections. Students have
projects in major subject
areas that connect the
subject matter to their
own lives. This may
require them to use
technology as well.

Students have access to

iPads at our school. So far
students have access to
programs like Khan
Academy and Raz-kids.
These tools are tailored
to meet the needs of
individual students.
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.
At the beginning of
the school year I
spent a few days
really getting to know
my students through
different activities.
Students were able to
share about their
favorite things,
families, interests,
and after-school
schedules.
Every morning,
students have to
answer a morning
question, the
question can vary,
but it is an
opportunity to learn
about them. I either
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
read their notebook
every now and then
or I have students
share their answers.

I spoke with one of

the returning
teachers about
returning students. I
was able to gain
insight about parents
and students from
that teacher.

During lessons
students have
opportunities to
share their ideas on
topics. They can
relate what we are
learning to their life
and experiences
through group
discussions, whole
class discussion,
group work and
projects.
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 Subject matter is
particularly hard to
relate to in Social
Studies and some of
the stories we read
during Language
Arts. My students are
all ethnically Korean,
so I use my
knowledge of Korean
language, culture,
traditions, and
customs to help
relate topics we are
learning about or
relate it to
experiences they may
have had in the past.

I do this a lot by
providing examples
of my experiences in
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging
Using a variety of Uses instructional
instructional strategies, resources, and
strategies, resources, technologies as provided
and technologies to by school and/or district.
meet students’
diverse learning
needs
Some students participate
in instructional strategies,
using resources and
technologies provided.
Korea and that opens
up the conversation
for students to share
about their similar
experiences or by
asking open ended
question during
lessons.
Students have many
opportunities
integrate subject
matter into their own
learning through
various hand on
activities or small
projects.
Students participate
in either partner
discussions or whole
class discussions.
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
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
individual students learning.
needs.
Evidence
I use a variety of
different strategies,
resource and
technologies to meet
the students’ diverse
learning needs. I use
the projector in our
classroom often as a
way to deliver
content to students.
The textbooks we are
using have an online
website that has
other resources that
we can use such as
videos, games, and
extra worksheets.

I introduce new
lessons in a variety of
different ways, think-
pair share, charades,
brainstorming, small
group games,
infographics and
more.
Students have lots of
opportunities to
work in ways that
best suit their needs,
independently in
pairs, or small
groups.

Students have access

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
to technology iPads
that are used for
learning apps such as
Khan Academy and
Raz-Kids and
learning games such
as Prodigy and
Boddle.

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 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.
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.
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 I support students to
begin thinking
critically
independently by
working in pairs or
small groups in
project based
learning. Students get
support by coming
up with an activity
but students take
charge of their
learning by posing
problems and
questions that they
will be working on.

In mathematics
students have
problems that can be
solved in various
ways and students
show their reasoning
and share how they
would solve
problems using a
strategy of their
choice.

In language arts after

we read stories
together students
reflect on the story
either orally or in
written form about
what they have read.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Students are working
on the skill of asking
questions about
stories they read.

During lessons I ask a

lot of open-ended
questions that
require students to
think critically about
the topic we are
learning about.
Students will either
think about the topic
individually and I will
call on a students to
share their thinking.

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.
At times students
show their
understanding of
Evidence
ongoing lessons by
doing a thumbs
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down, thumbs, up
thumbs sideways. I
also monitor student
learning by asking
open ended
questions depending
on students’ answers
I may ask students to
work with me in
small groups, keep
going, or re-teach
what we just went
over in a different
manner.

During mathematics
students work
independently after
guided teaching,
those students who
feel that they need
support join me in a
small group in the
back table and we
work through the
problems together.

I make observations
of my students
during lesson,
depending on how
students are
responding I adapt
my lessons. I may
need to re-teach the
same lesson in a
different way the
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next day, use a
different strategy,
define vocabulary,
show examples of
unknown words, or
provide background
for content students
may not know or not
have been exposed to
due to cultural
differences.