Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Learns about students Gathers additional data Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive through data provided by to 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.7/15/23 instruction. 11/15/23 learning needs. 4/15/24 Using knowledge of students to engage Some students may Students engage in single Students engage in Students actively utilize a them in learning engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional Students take ownership instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and of their learning by focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning choosing from a wide whole. assessments. needs.7/15/23 that ensure equitable range of methods to access to the curriculum. further their learning that are responsive to their learning needs. 4/15/24 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning Teacher incorporates Teacher reviews all Through close different instructional student profiles on communication with strategies/amendment of Powerschool, keeps an students families, lesson plans that allow updated notebook of all caseworkers, specials students to access IEP’s and 504’s, stays in teachers and classroom information in different close communication teachers, I have greatly ways. Incorporation of with parents, and uses expanded my knowledge more technology should the first week of classes and therefore have been be done. 7/15/23 for getting to know able to engage in a students. Teacher leads broader range of “ice breaker” activities instructional for students to get to accommodations for know each other and students. 11/15/23 Evidence build a sense of community. 7/15/23 Students are able to evaluate choices given to them by teacher and make a decision based on their individual needs and goals as they pertain to physical education. 4/15/24 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating Develops awareness of Uses gathered Uses school resources Integrates broad Develops and prior knowledge, culture, information about and family contacts to knowledge of students systematically uses backgrounds, life students’ prior expand understanding of and their communities to extensive information experiences, and interests knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’ represented among backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural 11/15/23 cultural backgrounds, students. experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life Connecting learning to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and to students’ prior learning. to connect to student interests. knowledge, learning.7/15/23 4/15/24 backgrounds, life experiences, and Some students connect Students participate in Students make interests learning activities to their single lessons or connections between Students are actively Students can articulate own lives. sequences of lessons curriculum, and their engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact related to their interests prior knowledge, which relates their prior of lessons on their lives and experiences. backgrounds, life knowledge, experiences, and society.11/15/23 experiences, and and interests within and 4/15/24 interests. across learning activities. 7/15/23 Teacher stays in close Students are welcome to Students are able to communication with teach class about a provide relevance to the SPED teacher and school favorite game/ activity/ unit covered as it pertains counselor. Teacher dance done outside of to their life via short reviews IEP’s and 504’s school in a “show and answer quiz questions at every time they are tell” type format. the end of the unit. updated and stays in Students are able to 11/15/23 close communication connect/ learn about 4/15/24 with parents of students. different cultures through Teacher spends first week different types of of classes going over rules movement. 7/15/23 and procedures and Evidence getting to know students I have used google forms interests. Teacher to learn more about incorporates different students cultural cultural games/dances backgrounds and into curriculum. communities. 11/15/23 7/15/2023 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning 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 meaningful, and real-life lessons to support specific to students’ instruction and is contexts throughout understanding. family and community. responsive during subject matter 7/14/23 instruction to engage instruction. Connecting subject students in relating to 4/15/24 matter to subject matter. 11/15/23 meaningful, real-life Some students relate Students make use of contexts subject matter to real-life. real-life connections Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely provided in single lessons connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter or sequence of lessons to develop understandings life connections to into their own thinking support understanding of of subject matter. subject matter to extend and make relevant subject matter. 7/14/23 their understanding. applications of subject 11/15/23 matter during learning activities. 4/15/24 Students are able to Teacher holds Socratic I have started Teacher uses examples engage (about 90%) in discussions on topics anticipating and planning that are relevant to Socratic discussion about such as sports as they meaningful questions in student interest to sports, and demonstrate relate to: education, my lesson plan which further connect content understanding of subject gender and morals. allows for deeper to personal experiences matter through formal Teacher uses both formal conversation during of students. 4/15/24 and informal and informal assessments instruction. 11/15/23 assessments. 7/15/23 to evaluate students When asked, students are understanding of subject Students actively engage able to provide relevant matter. 7/15/23 in seminars and respond examples of content that to questioning, even relate to students posing their own interests and prior Evidence questions to further experiences. 4/15/24 understand content. 11/15/23 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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 lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs. Using a variety of diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs. 4/15/24 instructional 7/15/23 learning needs. 10/15/23 strategies, resources, and technologies to Some students Students participate in Students actively engage meet students’ participate in Students participate in instruction using in instruction and make Students take diverse learning instructional strategies, single lessons or strategies, resources, and use of a variety of responsibilities for using needs using resources and sequence of lessons technologies matched to targeted strategies, a wide range of technologies provided. related to their interests their learning needs. resources, and strategies, resources, and and experiences. 11/15/23 technologies to meet technologies that 7/15/23 their individual students successfully advance needs. their learning. 4/15/24 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning Teacher uses different Teacher uses culturally instructional strategies to responsive pedagogies, ensure students needs resources and are met. Teacher should technologies in order to incorporate more understand students technology into lessons. different cultural 7/15/23 backgrounds. 11/15/23
Students are able to Students are responsive
engage in different to strategies used by culturally significant teacher and are actively games and dances. engaged in instruction. Evidence Students are encouraged 11/15/23 to share about culturally significant sports and teach the class anything they know about current unit sports, games or dances. 7/15/23
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Promoting critical Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic thinking though on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student inquiry, problem comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking solving, and require students to recall, posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured reflection interpret, and think and reflection on issues posing problems and inquiries into complex critically. in content. reflecting on multiple problems. perspectives. 7/14/23 4/15/24 11/15/23 Some students respond Students respond to Students respond to to questions regarding varied questions or tasks questions and problems Students pose problems Students pose and facts and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and and construct questions answer a wide-range of comprehension and begin to pose and solve of their own to support complex questions and critical thinking in single problems of their own inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and lessons or a sequence of related to the content. communicate lessons. 7/14/23 understandings based on 11/15/23 in depth analysis of content learning. Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning 4/15/24 Students are quizzed Teacher leads discussions Teacher writes after each “unit” to test by asking complex thoughtful questions into their understanding of questions which prompt lesson plans a week prior content. Students are also students to think to lessons to provide for evaluated informally independently and learn opportunities for throughout the unit and not what to think, but students to apply critical are able to demonstrate how to think critically. thinking skills. Teacher deep understanding by Teacher requires also anticipates and answering/asking students to engage with writes answers to complex questions by each other during questions students may way of group discussion discussion and have, ahead of time. and or Socratic seminars. demonstrate respect to 4/15/24 Evidence 7/15/23 classmates by listening 11/15/23 intently and considering Students construct each students questions to ask each perspective as it pertains other based on content to background and and provide answers for experience of the those questions by way of individual student. Socratic seminar. 7/15/23 4/15/24 11/15/23
Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Monitoring student Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to learning and following curriculum instruction and learning adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning adjusting instruction guidelines. activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and while teaching. student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the checks for understanding. challenge. 7/14/23 concepts flexibly and effectively. 11/15/23 4/15/24 Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of Students monitor their during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use progress in learning and instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet provide information to their needs during teacher that informs instruction. 7/14/23 adjustments in instruction. 11/15/23 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning 4/15/24 Teacher assesses and Teacher assess and adjusts instruction in real adjusts instruction in real time, often pausing time according to where instruction to modify for students are at in wither whole class or instruction. Teacher individual students. makes frequent check ins 7/15/23 with students and Students are able to ask performs several clarifying questions and informal assessments to demonstrate gauge students kinesthetically that they understanding of understand content. I concepts. 11/15/23 Evidence would like students to be 4/15/24 able to ask more specific Students are able to set questions about the goals for themselves, set movement. Concepts a plan to accomplish rather than relying on those goals, modify them, kinesthetic movement to and assess what they did demonstrate well as well as what they understanding of will do differently in movement/ concepts. order to reach their next 7/15/23 goal. 11/15/23 4/15/24
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