Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Models and Models fair and respectful Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self-
communicates behavior. Demonstrates responsible, and respectful responsibility with reflection and ongoing
expectations for fair and commitment to fairness student interactions. students for resolving improvement of the caring
respectful behavior to and respect in Assists students to resolve conflict and creating and community based on
support social communications with conflicts. maintaining a caring respect, fairness, and the
development. students about language Incorporates cultural classroom community. value of all members.
and behavior. awareness to develop a Supports students in
Promoting social Seeks to understand positive classroom climate. taking leadership in
Development and cultural perceptions of developing a caring
responsibility within caring community. Students demonstrate community that is Students take leadership
a caring community efforts to be positive, responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and
where each student Some students share in Students participate in accepting, and respectful cultural norms of creating a fair and
is treated fairly and responsibility for the occasional community of differences. 7/15/23 identities of all students. respectful classroom
respectfully classroom community. building activities, 7/15/23 community where
designed to promote student’s home culture is
caring, fairness, and Students take included and valued.
respect. responsibility resolving Students communicate
conflicts and maintaining with empathy and
a caring classroom understanding in
community. Students interactions with one
promote respect and another.
appreciation for
differences.
My students make a large In the beginning of the
effort to include one year, I create rotating
another in activities. They groups and make my
are very accepting of each students converse with
other’s differences and for one another for a specified
that I am proud! 7/15/23 time limit. This is to force
& 10/22/23 them to develop their
conversational skills and
learn more about one
another. I also have
Evidence
student leaders to help
facilitate conversations.
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Students are part of a

choir council where they
can make decisions for the
larger ensemble. Forums
are communicated online.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Is aware of the Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or
importance of the virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to
physical and/or virtual environments that student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide
learning environments support student learning. provide a range of provides a broad range of range of resources that
that support student resources for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in
learning. artifacts that are current learning. Ensures that
Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of and integral to environments enhance
Is aware that structured are taught in single structures for interaction instruction. learning and reflect
interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and
Creating physical or students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom.
virtual learning learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction
environments that learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire
promote student constructively and of structures for
learning, reflect productively in learning. interaction to ensure
diversity, and 7/15/23 accelerated learning for
encourage the full range of students.
constructive and Some students use Students use resources Students use a variety of
productive available resources in provided in learning resources in learning Students routinely use a Students participate in
interactions among learning environments environments and environments and range of resources in monitoring and changing
students during instruction. interact with each other interact in ways that learning environments the design of learning
to understand and deepen their that relate to and enhance environments and
complete learning tasks in understanding of the instruction and reflect structures for
single lessons or sequence content and develop their diversity. interactions.
of lessons. 7/15/23 constructive social and Students share in
academic interactions. monitoring and
assessment of
interactions to improve
effectiveness and develop
a positive culture for
learning.
My students use the Students can use Daily I have my students
variety of musical Soundtrap to collaborate break out into sectionals.
instruments of the on projects together. In Here they can teach one
classroom to aid them this virtual rehearsal another in student led
during sectionals. They space, students speak to discussions and
feel comfortable picking each other respectfully rehearsals. 7/15/23
Evidence up instruments or using and collaborate to create 10/22/23
recordings to assist music, just as they do in
themselves. 7/15/23 the real classroom.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring
Adheres to policies and Recognizes and addresses
laws regarding safety that safety issues regarding
are required by the site, materials, student
district, and state. interactions, and the
Responds to behaviors organization of the
that impact student safety learning environments.
as they arise.
Establishing and
maintaining learning Explores strategies to
environments that establish intellectual and
are physically, emotional safety in the
intellectually, and classroom. 7/15/23
emotionally safe
Students are aware of
required safety Students follow teacher
procedures and the guidance regarding
school and classroom potential safety issues for
rational for maintaining self or others.
safety.
This can be very
challenging at my school.
Some students who want
to use the choir room as
an inclusive safe space are
met with extreme beliefs
that contradict there own.
No one student is wrong,
Evidence and it can be challenging
to facilitate healthy
conversation. 7/15/23
Applying
Anticipates and reduces
risks to physical,
intellectual, and
emotional safety using
multiple strategies that
include examining biases
in the learning
environment and
curriculum. 10/22/23
Models and provides
instruction on skills that
develop resiliency and
support intellectual and
emotional safety.
Students take risks, offer
opinions, and share
alternative perspectives
I have used the classroom
repertoire to better
promote healthier
discussions. Instead of
opening a challenging
topic, I allow the music to
guide into a topic
naturally. 10/22/23
Integrating Innovating
Integrates support for Shares responsibility with
students to take risks and the students for the
offer respectful opinions establishment and
about divergent maintenance of a safe
viewpoints. 7/15/23 physical, intellectual, and
emotional environment
focused on high quality
and rigorous learning.
Engages in reflection on
their own language and
behavior that contributes
to intellectual and
emotional safety in the
classroom.
Students demonstrate
resiliency in perseverance
Students develop and for academic
practice resiliency skills achievement.
and strategies to strive for Students maintain
academic achievement, intellectual and emotional
and establish intellectual safety for themselves and
and emotional safety in others in the classroom.
the classroom.
In a school site where
extreme beliefs are
validated by the
curriculum, there’s lots of
opportunities to create
discourse. I always have
to be careful when
leading discussions with
students. 7/15/23 &
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous
learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in
accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take
completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning.
tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies,
Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and
importance of Works to maintain high Holds high expectations Integrates strategic purposeful use of
maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and technologies learning.
Creating a rigorous
expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of throughout instruction Supports students to
learning
achievement patterns for achievement patterns, that support the full range utilize an extensive
environment with
individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to of learners in meeting repertoire of
high expectations
students. address achievement high expectations for differentiated strategies
and appropriate
gaps. achievement. to meet high expectations.
support for all
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students
Some students ask for Some individuals and Students engage in a Students actively use
teacher support to groups of students work variety of differentiated supports and challenges Students take
understand or complete with the teacher to supports and challenges to complete critical responsibility to fully
learning tasks. support accuracy and in ways that promote reading, writing, higher utilize teacher and peer
comprehension in their their accuracy, analysis, order thinking, and support, to achieve
learning. 7/15/23 & and problem solving in problem solving across consistently high levels of
10/22/23 learning. subject matter. factual and analytical
learning.

In the form of voice With the assistance of a

lessons, I have met with music director, I push my
many students one on students for musical
one. I would like the excellence. They
opportunity to have understand that their
lessons for all of my “product” will be on
students in the near display for parents,
future, so more students friends, and teachers.
can focus on their They take ownership over
Evidence learning. 7/15/23 & their sound and their
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using
for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure
behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active
and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and
for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high
behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual
and group behaviors.
Developing,
Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine Guides and supports
communicating, and
behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards students to self-assess,
maintaining
consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and monitor, and set goals for
high standards for
sequence of lessons in during individual and individual and group
individual and group
anticipation of need for group work. behavior and
behavior
reinforcement. participation.

Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students respond to Students demonstrate
classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept individual and group positive behavior,
consequences. 7/15/23 and consequences and consequences and behaviors and encourage consistent participation
respond to guidance in increase positive and support each other to and are valued for their
following them. 10/22/23 behaviors. 7/15/23& make improvements. unique identities.
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Classroom management I have improved my Although behavior is

is my biggest weakness as classroom management positive, it is rowdy.
a director. Students know abilities. Students are Students in my class are
the rules, but also know more responsive when usually so energetic and
that there are not many class has begun and have happy to see one another,
repercussions to breaking begun to reinforce policy it becomes distracting.
them. Classroom towards one another. 7/15/23 & 10/22/23
management will be my 10/22/23
focus in the first few
Evidence weeks! 7/15/23
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student
routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in
single lessons to support single lessons or that are culturally on routines, procedures, developing, monitoring,
student learning. sequence of lessons with responsive and engage and norms in ways that and adjusting routines
some student students in the are culturally responsive. and procedures focuses
involvement. development and Maintains a quality on maximizing learning.
monitoring of norms. learning climate that Classroom climate
builds on student integrates school
strengths. standards and culturally
Seeks to promote positive Provides positive relevant norms.
Employing classroom Responds to disruptive behaviors and responds behavior supports. Promotes positive
routines, procedures, behavior. to disruptive behavior. Responds appropriately behaviors and Promotes positive
norms, and supports 7/15/23 to behaviors in ways that consistently prevents or behaviors and establishes
for positive behavior lessen disruptions to the refocuses behaviors preventions and a
to ensure a climate in learning climate. disruptive to the learning positive classroom
which all students Students participate in climate. climate that eliminate
can learn routines, procedures, and most disruptive behavior.
norms and receive
reinforcement for positive
Students are aware of behaviors.
procedures, routines, and Students receive Students are involved in Students share
classroom norms. correction for behavior Students receive timely assessment and responsibility with
7/15/23 & 10/22/23 that interferes with and effective feedback monitoring of routines, teacher for managing and
learning, and positive and consequences for procedures, and norms in maintaining a positive
reinforcement in behaviors that interfere ways that improve the classroom climate that
following routines, with learning. learning climate. promotes learning.
procedures, and norms.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
My AP Theory students
know exactly what to do
when the bell rings.
Before class, they have to
rearrange the tables for
their class and prepare
for our “transfer” activity.
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Evidence
I am always reinforcing
positive behavior in the
classroom. But my
response to disruptive
behavior needs greater
attention. 7/15/23
A student recently lost the
right to a chair in class,
this student has hurt
himself several times
falling off of it and now
does not have one. He
stands or sits on the floor.
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Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Paces instruction based
on curriculum guidelines.
Develops awareness of
how transitions and
classroom management
impact pacing and
Using instructional lessons.
time to optimize
learning Some students complete
learning activities in time
allotted.
Paces instruction with
some consideration of
lesson type, adjustments
for sufficient student
work time and transitions
to optimize learning.
Students complete
learning activities and, as
needed, may receive some
adjustments of time
allotted for tasks or
expectations for
completion.
Paces instruction with Paces instruction to
students to provide include ongoing
adequate time for assessment of student
instruction, checking for learning. Supports
understanding, students in the
completion of learning monitoring of
activities and closure. instructional time.
Students participate in Students use their
and complete a variety of instructional time to
learning activities in the engage in and complete
time allotted with options learning activities and are
for extension and review. prepared for the next
sequence of instruction.
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Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
facilitates instruction and
daily activities.
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Students monitor their
own time, are engaged in
accomplishing learning
goals, and participate in
reflection,
self-assessment, and goal
setting.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Students know what With so many pieces to
pieces we are working on learn before concerts, my
for the day and have a biggest problem is NOT
folder with all their having enough time in the
repertoire organized. This period. I’m a believer in
makes it easy to switch “start on time. End on
between lessons on the time.” Regarding bell to
fly. 7/15/23 & 10/22/23 bell instruction, but I find
it easy to fill the class
period with things to do.
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Evidence