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 of Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by to learn about individual formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to instruction make ongoing adjustments
assessments. students and guide and meet individual and accommodations in
selection of instructional identi ied learning needs. instruction. (07/16/23)
strategies to meet diverse
Using knowledge of
learning needs.
students to engage
Students actively utilize a Students take ownership of
them in learning
Some students may Students engage in Student engage in learning variety of instructional their learning by choosing
engage in learning using single lessons or through the use of strategies and from a wide range of
instructional strategies sequence of lessons that adjustments in instruction technologies in learning methods to further their
focused on the class as a include some to meet their needs. that ensure equitable learning that are
whole. (07/16/23) adjustments based on (07/16/23) access to the curriculum. responsive to their
assessments. (07/16/23) learning needs.
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 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
When I am grading I utilize thinking routines
assignments, or just into every lesson plan to
simply checking in with engage all students to
students during work think independently while
time, I make adjustments also in a group setting.
depending on the needs of These thinking routines
the students. Sometimes also give students the
they need further opportunity to practice
clari ication, sometimes their thinking in different
they need to be ways. (07/16/23)
challenged. (07/16/23)
I feel much more
con dent in utilizing a
variety of technological
Evidence
resources to aid myself in
getting know students on
a more personal level as
we start the school year. I
use this information I
have collected from
students to help me plan
lessons, activities, and
overall units. A new item I
have implemented is a
Google Form where
students get to answer
questions about
themselves. (12/10/23)
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Develops awareness of Uses gathered information Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, about students’ prior family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural understanding of and their communities to extensive information
experiences, and interests backgrounds, life students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
represented among experiences, and interest knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
Connecting learning students. to support student backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to students’ prior learning. experiences, and interests experiences, and interests.
knowledge, to connect to student
backgrounds, life learning. (12/10/23)
experiences, and Students participate in Students can articulate the
interests Some students connect single lessons or Students make Students are actively relevance and impact of
learning activities to their sequences of lessons connections between engaged in curriculum, lessons on their lives and
own lives. related to their interests curriculum, and their which relates their prior society.
and experiences. prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences,
(07/16/23) backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and interests. across learning activities.

In class, I encourage I have learned ways that I

students to not only can continue to connect
to students' prior
dive deep in the
knowledge, backgrounds,
literary analysis life experiences, and
process, but they also interests throughout the
engage in activities different novel units. For
and discussions that example, in the novels
allow them to connect we explore that focus on
actual historical events,
the major thematic
these units become a
elements of the novel time in which students'
Evidence
to their own, personal previous knowledge,
lives. (07/16/23) personal experience, and
family history can be
used as additional
resources in the
curriculum. (12/10/23)
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
identi ied 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 speci ic to students’ family and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. and community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject (07/16/23) students in relating to instruction.
matter to meaningful, subject matter.
real-life contexts
Some students relate Students make use of real- Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. life connections provided Students utilize real-life in making and using real- integrate subject matter
in single lessons or connections regularly to life connections to subject into their own thinking
sequence of lessons to develop understandings matter to extend their and make relevant
support understanding of of subject matter. understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. (12/10/23) matter during learning
activities.
I utilize supplemental I can now say that I am
articles and members planning content the
truly connects to
from the community
students real-life
to allow students to experiences and also
really understand the allow those
real-life context of the experiences to enrich
literary themes we student learning. This
are exploring. is done through
various whole class
Especially with texts
discussions as well as
that have deep written assignments.
Evidence historical Students can then see
connections. how they as individuals
(07/16/23) connect with the larger,
thematic questions of
the novel
units. (12/10/23)
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 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 Re ines the lexible 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
Using a variety of
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
instructional
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
strategies, resources,
learning needs. (12/10/23)
and technologies to
(07/16/23)
meet students’
Some students participate Students participate in Students take
diverse learning
in instructional strategies, single lessons or sequence Students participate in Students actively engage responsibilities for using a
needs
using resources and of lessons related to their instruction using in instruction and make wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. interests and experiences. strategies, resources, and use of a variety of targeted resources, and
technologies matched to strategies, resources, and technologies that
their learning needs. technologies to meet their successfully advance their
(07/16/23) individual students needs. learning.

I make sure that when I still continue to

we are reading a novel implement a variety
as a whole class,
of instructional
students have multiple
means of access to the strategies and
novel. This means, they techniques to meet
have the links to the the various needs of
audiobook, a digital my students.
PDF and any other (12/10/23)
means to best support
them in reading the
Evidence assigned novel. Also,
the various thinking
routines incorporated
into every lesson allows
for content to be
scaffolded for every
learner. (07/16/23)
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 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
require students to recall, posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
interpret, and think and re lection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. re lecting on multiple problems.
thinking though perspectives.
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
re lection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions of a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. re lect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own (12/10/23) understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. (07/16/23) content learning.
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 Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
When we are reading In my classes, I have
class novels, socratic promoted critical
seminars are utilized thinking by asking
consistently as students if they agree
students have a with authorial
chance to choices within the
independently novels we are
respond to teacher- reading. By having
prompted questions, them form an
but also the questions opinion, not only are
Evidence prompted by their they forced to delve
own classmates. deeper into their
(07/16/23) thinking, but they
also practice
metacognition.
(12/10/23)

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 instruction based on the extend learning
guidelines. activities to support based on observation of ongoing monitoring of opportunities and provide
student understanding. student engagement and individual student needs assistance to students in
regular checks for for assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
Monitoring student understanding. challenge. lexibly and effectively.
learning and
adjusting instruction Students monitor their
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to progress in learning and
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of provide information to
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use teacher that informs
instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction. (12/10/23)
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I check for I still utilize a
understanding both combination of
independently, in a strategies when
small group setting, monitoring student
and also a whole class learning. It is a
setting. This trifecta combination of
allows me to physical check ins
understand the larger while also using
gaps in digital platforms.
understanding and (12/10/23)
Evidence which students have
individual needs that
require extra support.
(07/16/23)