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. instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning. Some students may Students engage in single Students engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments. needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
The teacher gathers data Students are often given The teacher utilizes
that by giving students options to complete their gestures to facilitate
informal and formal work more than one way. grammar learning,
quizzes or tests to collect For example, they have enabling students to link
information on their options to work with abstract concepts with
understanding of the their partner or tangible actions or
subject areas. Also, the individually. They have examples.
teacher uses data access to different
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as primary language classroom such as the
survey and their map, dictionaries,
academic learning charts, etc.
accomplishments in the Students also do
Evidence previous years. “research” homework on
specific things that we are
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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 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.
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. backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.
Teacher keeps in contact With fun way of learning For the year-end project,
with parents to build different subjects, the teacher offers
relationship and to bridge students can show students a diverse
home and school. Also, interest in curriculum. selection of topics from
Teacher gets to know which they can choose to
students through They use their prior create a presentation
conversations and knowledge and based on their passions.
activities. Teachers experiences to connect This allows students the
understands their home math problems or opportunity to express
life and cultural aspects problem-solving their identities and share
and connect it to the questions to their interests with their
student learning. understanding and peers.
Evidence learning context of the
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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 instruction meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using real- integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings life connections to subject into their own thinking
or 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.
Teacher connects real-life Students are often eager At the start of each story,
situations to what we are to share their ideas and the teacher poses
learning and ask experiences with other thought-provoking
questions about if they kids in classroom. This questions that resonate
have seen or experienced helps extend their with students' real-life
anything similar in their understanding of the experiences, sparking
lives. context of the reading their interest and
matter, math questions, engagement. These
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drawing students into the
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them to make
Evidence connections between the
story and their own lives.

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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 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.
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. their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students learning.
needs.
Students move onto next While some students The teacher employs
level of math facts once work in pairs, Teacher songs as a creative tool
they master each level at works with a student who to teach division
their own speed which is struggling. concepts, making the
support diverse learning Teacher gives points for learning process
needs. math problems (or any engaging and
other subject)on memorable for students.
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students take a lot easier. provides opportunities
There are different ways
for students to practice
provided to practice
long division using an
multiplication and
Evidence division- verbal or
online platform which is
written or like BINGO and an alternative methods
same for other subject of understanding and
areas. applying division skills.

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have learned and other
resources to solve
problems.
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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 reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
critically. content. reflecting on multiple problems.
Promoting critical
perspectives.
thinking though
inquiry, problem
Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
solving, and
questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
reflection
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support complex questions and
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
critical thinking in single problems of their own communicate
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. understandings based on
lessons. in depth analysis of
content learning.
Students answer When we do read-a- The teacher utilizes the
questions and find louds, Teacher asks "6W" method to
evidence in the text to questions to summarize deconstruct questions,
support their ideas. and use prior knowledge fostering critical
to predict what might thinking skills among
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giving out what is going who, what, when, where,
on immediately. why, and how elements,
students learn to
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interconnect ideas and
construct
Evidence comprehensive
solutions to complex
problems.

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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge. concepts flexibly and
learning and effectively.
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use provide information to
instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
Examples of math Students will have more To accommodate
problems on the practice or review time diverse learning styles
whiteboards; during the depending on the and abilities, the teacher
assessment, students progress they are making. offers tests in both
respond to the questions written and verbal
on their individual Students can paraphrase formats, allowing
whiteboards, providing what they just learned to students to demonstrate
both the process and the show their level of mastery of concepts
answers. This approach understanding. flexibly. Students with
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have the opportunity to
students may be
articulate their answers
Evidence struggling and tailor the
next day's review orally before completing
sessions accordingly. the written portion.
It ensures that each
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their understanding
effectively.

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