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 identiDied learning needs. instruction.
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. adjustments based on access to the curriculum. responsive to their
assessments. learning needs.
I give out “Getting to Know I looked through the I keep an ongoing list of all
You” worksheets at the cumulative Diles for each student academic strengths
beginning of the school of my students at the and weaknesses.
year. I use these forms to beginning of the school
engage students more I keep close track of focus
year in addition to students and give
during lessons. For
meeting with their
example, I have a student accommodations as
who wrote that he doesn’t previous teachers. I have
necessary.
like math, but he loves had additional meetings
with previous teachers to I document strengths and
sports. I now try to
incorporate sports into discuss certain students. I weaknesses in order to
Math lessons. For example, use formal assessments as ensure that students are at
3 bags of soccer balls with well as informal their target level.
2 balls in each bag when assessments like exit
Evidence
teaching multiplication. tickets. I also look at IXL
which students use on a
I’ve already adjusted a bit
regular basis and track
of the math lessons based
scores and progress.
on some quick assessments
I’ve done. Subtraction and 5/6/22
regrouping, for example, is
something I noticed a lot of
students struggle with so I
plan to reinforce that
concept all year. 9/25/21
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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.
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,
backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and interests. across learning activities.

Before the school year I spend a lot of time I've started using a
begins, I read each with my students and choice board for early
Dinishers.
student Dile. I also go so I have gotten to
I try to create group
and talk to their know them extremely rotations that will hold
previous teacher to well. It’s nice to be the interest of all
gain insight into their able to talk to them students.
behavior, prior about their interests I use student ethnicities
knowledge, family life, because I can carry to guide art projects
friend group issues, that over into their
and interests. lessons. 5/6/22
Evidence
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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
identiDied 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 speciDic to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
students in relating to instruction.
Connecting subject
subject matter.
matter to meaningful,
real-life contexts
Some students relate Students make use of real- Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. life connections provided connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter
in single lessons or develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking
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.

We do “Word of the I’ve explored this a lot Using student names

Day” each morning more in the last few on the cursive project
and. After I’ve gone months. Students ensures that all
over the meaning of have done a lot of students are engaged
the word, I ask them a writing about and excited.
personal question personal lives. I use knowledge
using that word. For Assignments such as about students to
example, last week personal narratives guide our discussions
one of the words was and letter writing has or to use meaningful
signiDicant. I asked helped me to gain a real life examples.
Evidence students to share a better understanding
signiDicant event in of their personalities
their life. Sometimes I and what motivates
have them journal their learning.5/6/22
their answers so that
those who don’t like
to raise hands can
still participate.
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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 ReDines the Dlexible 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.
and technologies to
meet students’
Some students participate Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning
in instructional strategies, single lessons or sequence instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using a
needs
using resources and of lessons related to their strategies, resources, and use of a variety of wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. interests and experiences. technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.

We have iPads that I I like to extend I have started using

utilize during Math classroom learning to IXL as a way to assign
rotations. We use a
real life for students individual
program called IXL
which allows them to as I feel that this assignments to
go at their own pace. If helps with their students based on
there is a section that overall interest and their level of
they are not able to understanding in the understanding.
pass, they have to go subject matter. We I like to give students
back and do it again. I
are currently working a variety of ways to
get an email update
Evidence every Friday that gives on personal learn. I incorporate
me a detailed summary narratives and this is whole class
for each student about a great writing discussions, partner
what questions they project for students talk, small group
were asked, how many to relate classroom activities, and partner
they got right/wrong,
work to their own reading to give
and which areas they
need to practice more. lives. 5/6/22 students an
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engage in a variety of
ways.
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 reDlection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. reDlecting 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
reMlection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. reDlect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I’m working on this I try to ask probing I’ve started posing
one…. I’m trying to questions about questions to the class
Digure out the correct previous lessons and at the beginning of
questions to ask things we’ve the day so they have
students in order to discussed already time to think about it
get them to think gone over. I also try to as the day progresses.
critically and access relate subject matter I incorporate
prior knowledge. I do to their real lives. opportunities within
try to connect 5/6/22 lessons for students
previous lessons or to research their own
Evidence things we’ve talked questions about the
about before so that subject.
they can start to see I always ask open-
the connections. ended questions and
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best solve the
problem by thinking
critically.

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 provide
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs assistance to students in
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or mastering the concepts
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge. Dlexibly 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.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Thankfully, I only I make ongoing I work with
have 16 students in adjustments within individual students
my class so I am lessons on a regular during whole class
always able to get basis. If I see that time so that I can
around to everyone in students are not focus on the few who
the class that needs understanding I will might need additional
help. Pairing students stop and go back over help.
together makes it concepts. I have I am constantly
even easier to make gotten much better at monitoring students
sure I get to everyone identifying students’ as I walk around the
in the classroom. needs. 5/6/22 room checking for
Then they have understanding.
Evidence
another person to
bounce ideas off of.
This can be helpful
for the students who
have a hard time
getting started.
Partner work has
been very effective in
my class. So much so,
that sometimes they
don’t need my help at
all.