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.4/28/22 instruction.5/7/2023
Using knowledge of learning needs. 12/9/22
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Students engage in Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use Students actively utilize a of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in variety of instructional choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their strategies and range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. 8/20/21 technologies in learning further their learning that
that ensure equitable are responsive to their
access to the curriculum. learning needs.
I administer a variety of As I expanded my tech As I learn more about my
formal and informal resources, I was able to students, I can make
assessments that help me collect more data from a accommodations that fit
to plan for my 1:1 time variety of resources. I their needs. I have
with students. now collect data from learned to adapt my
By utilizing data, I have Nearpod and Blooket and instruction in the
collected through continue to collect data moment based on input I
informal assessments I from classwork, formal receive from students. I
can target their learning and informal have learned to gauge
needs or potential gaps assessments. These their understanding and
they face each week and resources help me to can make adjustments on
plan mini pinpoint individual the spot if necessary.
lessons/practice for our student needs and the 5/7/23
Evidence 1:1 instruction.8/20/21 needs of my class as a
whole.4/28/2212/9/22
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 and Integrates broad Develops and
prior knowledge, culture, information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
backgrounds, life students’ prior 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 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.5/7/23
knowledge,
learning.
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
interests
learning activities to their single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
own lives. 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.8/20/21 backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning
interests.4/28/22 activities.12/9/22
Our daily discussion Having the Now that I am back in I am continuing to
questions during our opportunity to meet person, I have access to learn more about my
morning meeting give one on one with more resources and am students each day. As
me great insight into parents and students able to connect with I learn more about
students and families
the lives of my weekly has really them, I am able to tap
on a more meaningful
students. Students allowed me to learn into their background
level. I am constantly
have the opportunity more about their searching for new ways knowledge and prior
to share on a variety families, cultural to help students build experience. When
of subjects which backgrounds and life connections. For they are able to
shows me who they experiences. It allows example, when connect to something
Evidence
are, how they think, me to create lessons, discussing the anatomy they are already
their likes and real world examples, of seeds and how they familiar with they are
dislikes, and even and learning travel, we went out to much more likely to
what they struggle experiences that tap the field, picked remember and retain
with in their personal into their background dandelions and blew! information.5/7/23
lives. I try to use this knowledge or Students were able to
see seed travel
information when previous life
firsthand and were
planning lessons or experiences. 4/28/22 then able to make
selecting literature. I further connections.
want them to connect 12/9/22
with the material.
8/20/21
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 from Integrates connections to Engages student in actively
during instruction as real-life connections to subject matter to meaningful, real-life making connections to
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning subject relevant, meaningful, and
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those matter instruction and is real-life contexts throughout
lessons to support specific to students’ family responsive during subject matter instruction.
Connecting subject understanding. and community. instruction to engage
students in relating to
matter to
subject matter. Students routinely integrate
meaningful, real-life subject matter into their
contexts Some students relate subject Students make use of real- Students utilize real-life Students actively engage in own thinking and make
matter to real-life. life connections provided in connections regularly to making and using real-life relevant applications of
single lessons or sequence of develop understandings of connections to subject subject matter during
lessons to support subject matter. matter to extend their learning activities.5/7/23
understanding of subject understanding. 8/22/21
matter. 4/28/22 12/9/22
Evidence I feel that this is one of my One of my goals as an
strong suits. Students learn
and retain information when educator is to create
it is put into terms they can lessons that my
relate to. For example, this actively engage
week we our reading
selection was about Fall, students, help them
students had read to write to connect to prior
an opinion piece about knowledge and
activities they like to do
during the fall. The rough present content in a
drafts were simple, and way that is accessible
students were struggling to to all students. I
elaborate. To expand their
knowledge about Fall, we accomplish this by
watched science-based including a variety of
videos about changing learning modalities
leaves, and harvest time, we
also discussed the first to each lesson. I also
Thanksgiving and the include pencil/paper
importance the harvest had and digital work
on their celebration.
Students were then able to opportunities. So that
extend their thinking and students have
add depth to their writing. multiple
Their final drafts were much
more detailed because they
opportunities for
were equipped with past success. 5/7/23
experiences and real-life
examples of Fall in action.
8/22/21
Although I feel I have
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
made growth in this
area, I’m not sure that I
have reached
“innovating.” I continue
to work to help students
form connections and
use and apply
knowledge across
subject areas. 12/9/22

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
Using a variety of lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.5/7/23
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 instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. 8/22/21 their learning resources, and technologies that
needs.4/28/22 technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual student’s learning.
needs. 12/9/22
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I use a variety of One of my goals this year I have had the I have added so many
was to provide increased opportunity to build my
online resources to learning modalities to our teaching
teach and practice teacher toolbox and fill instructional tools to
online learning setting. Our
it with tons of resources
content. I use Google program has very limited
to support students. I
my weekly lesson
resources, but I was able to
Slides, Peardeck, find lots of great resources learned the ins and outs planning. On a
Jamboard, Boom that play to my students of online teaching and weekly basis I use,
Cards, Epic, Newsela, learning needs. Nearpod, in am now able to apply Nearpod, Blooket,
particular, offers so many
Thinking Maps, different opportunities for
those strategies to in- Padlet, Lalilo,
digital math students to learn, person learning. I utilize Readworks, Flipgrid
tools/manipulatives, collaborate and display their many of the same and QR codes.
Evidence content videos, and a
learning. We have also resources paired with
5/7/23
started using Freckle and curriculum work to give
variety of content Blooket that bring game-like students a variety of
and/or interest- elements to learning, which
learning options.
has increased engagement
based literature to overall. There is still room 12/9/22
keep students for improvement, but I feel
engaged and that I am making moves in
the right direction. 4/28/22
interested. 8/22/21

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 reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
critically. content. reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical
perspectives.
thinking though
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inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose and
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems Students pose problems answer a wide range of
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and and construct questions complex questions and
comprehension and begin to pose and solve of their own to support problems, reflect, and
critical thinking in single problems of their own inquiries into content. communicate
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. understandings based on
lessons. 8/22/21 in depth analysis of
content learning.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
I utilize Webb’s Depth I am diligent about
of Knowledge Chart writing questions
and/or Bloom’s that help students
Taxonomy when lesson access their
planning. I prepare a
reasoning skills. I act
variety of questions in
as a guide, but
advance to assess a
level of understanding ultimately push
and to push them to students to think for
think beyond the themselves and ask
surface level questions. their own questions.
Critical thinking stems At the beginning of
from meaningful the year, I would ask
questioning. 8/22/21 a lot of “What do you
notice” questions.
Evidence
After we discuss the
things we notice, I
would guide students
to make connections
to our topic of study.
I have noticed that
students have started
to use this line of
thinking on their
own. They will often
say “I noticed….” and
then make a
connection to our
learning. 4/28/22

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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
checks for understanding. challenge.4/28/22 concepts flexibly and
Monitoring student
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learning and
adjusting instruction
Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students monitor their
while teaching.
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay Students are able to progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning articulate their level of provide information to
instruction. activities.8/22/21 understanding and use teacher that informs
4/28/22 teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.5/7/23
instruction. 12/9/22
Evidence I use Peardeck I am continuing to grow One thing I feel that I
frequently for quick in my ability to adapt in have developed the
temperature checks. If the moment. For most is my ability to
all students are example, if students are
struggling with a
adapt. I am able to
comprehending
concept or having diagnose gaps and
content, I know that I
difficulty with make adjustments
need to extend their
learning or move technology, I will adjust with intervention if
forward to more the delivery of my necessary. I have also
lesson or switch the learned to adapt in
complicated objectives.
independent practice the moment and plan
On the other hand, if
method. There are times
students are struggling when we push through
adaptations ahead of
with a concept that the rough spots because time. I have helped
tells me I need to stop I know what students my students take
and backtrack, spiral are capable of, but there ownership of their
back in the future, and are also times when I learning as well by
create more have started a lesson helping them track
comprehensive and completely scrap it progress and growth
learning opportunities. because it wasn’t going
I have learned that the way I had hoped.
in math and reading.
engagement decreases This also means I need 5/7/23
when students are to be prepared with
struggling or excelling. alternative
8/22/21 options.4/28/22
I notice that initially
when I started to step
back and let students do
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
the thinking, they felt
very uncomfortable. It
took lots of confidence
building, growth
mindset, and trust to
learn to ask questions
and move towards
independence. 12/9/22