CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Element Emerging Exploring
Has a foundational Examines concepts in
knowledge of subject subject matter and
matter, related academic language to
3.1 Demonstrating
academic language, identify connections
knowledge of subject
and academic content between academic content
matter academic
standards? standards and instruction.
content standards
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Even if I am native speaker
and I can demonstrate the
knowledge of the subject I
am teaching, sometimes I
struggle matching it with
the academic content
standard. This year I am
teaching using TPRS, so the
curriculum is totally
different, and I have to do
the alignment myself.
Previous years, those
alignments were given in
the traditional curriculum.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Understands and explains Uses broad knowledge of Uses extensive knowledge
the relationship between inter-relationships of of subject matter
essential subject matter concepts, academic concepts, current issues,
concepts, academic content standards, and academic language, and
language, and academic academic language in research to make relevant
content standards. ways that ensure clear connections to standards
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relevance to students. extend student learning.
I am learning (but so
much more to learn) on
how to choose an
authentic resource to
teach a subject matter
and be able to make the
connection with the
standard.
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CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Has basic knowledge of Expands knowledge of
student stages of student development and
development while implements learning
becoming aware of activities in single lessons or
differences in students’ sequence of lessons that
understanding of addresses students’
subject matter. proficiencies and support
understanding of subject
3.2 Applying Teaches subject- matter including related
knowledge of student specific vocabulary academic language.
development and following curriculum
proficiencies to guidelines. Provides explicit teaching of
ensure student essential content vocabulary
understanding of and associated academic
subject matter language in single lessons or
sequence of lessons.
Explains academic language,
formats, and vocabulary to
support student access to
subject matter when
confusions are identified.
Adapts instruction in
response to knowledge of
student development and
proficiencies to meet
students’ diverse learning
needs. Ensures
understanding of subject
matter including related
academic language.
Provides explicit teaching
of essential vocabulary,
idioms, key words with
multiple meanings, and
academic language in
ways that engage
students in accessing
subject matter text or
learning activities.
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Integrates knowledge of Utilizes comprehensive
range of student knowledge of students to
development into guide all students to
instructional decisions to develop proficiencies,
ensure student understand subject
understanding of the matter including related
subject matter including academic language.
related academic
language. Engages student at all
levels of vocabulary,
Provides explicit teaching academic language, and
of specific academic proficiencies in self-
language, text structures, directed goal setting,
grammatical, and stylistic monitoring, and
language features to improvement. Guides all
ensure equitable access students in using analysis
to subject matter strategies that provides
understanding for the equitable access and deep
range of student language understanding of subject
levels and abilities. matter.

At the beginning of the

year, I gave my students a
diagnostic test where I
gather data to know the
knowledge and
proficiency of my
students. Also, they took a
survey to determined
their learning styles.
These two resources help
me support student
learning process in
making a connection
between what they need
to know a how they will
better learn it. 9/29/17.
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CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Element Emerging Exploring
Follows organization of Examines organization of
curriculum as provided curriculum and considers
by site and district to adjustments in single
support student lessons or sequence of
3.3 Organizing
understanding of the lessons to support
curriculum to
subject matter. understanding of subject
facilitate student
matter.
understanding of the
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subject matter
Teaching Spanish will
always integrate and
incorporate cross-curricular
connections. For example, I
teach my students
geography when they learn
which countries speaks
Spanish, or when we study
important landmarks on
those Spanish countries.
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Applying
Uses knowledge of
curriculum and student
readiness to organize and
adjust the curriculum to
ensure student
understanding.
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Teaching without a
regular curriculum was a
little difficult at the
beginning of the year. But
I had the opportunity to
learn more about CI and
organize all the thematic
units into a CI curriculum.
This facilitate my teaching
but more the students
understanding of the
subject matter.
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Integrating Innovating
Integrates knowledge of Uses extensive knowledge
curriculum and resources of curriculum and related
to organize and adjust resources to flexibly and
instruction within and effectively organize and
across subject matter to adjust instruction.
extend student
understanding. Ensures student
comprehension and
facilitates student
articulation about what
they do and do not
understand.
I have seen here the much
growth since I started 2
years ago. I have created a
student centered units
utilizing the CI approach
that facilitate my teaching
and also the students
understanding of the
subject matter.
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CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Uses instructional Gathers and uses additional Selects and adapts a Integrates instructional Uses an extensive
strategies that are instructional strategies in variety of instructional strategies appropriate to repertoire of instructional
provided in the single lessons or sequence strategies to ensure subject matter to meet strategies to develop
3.4 Utilizing curriculum. of lessons to increase student understanding of students’ diverse enthusiasm, meta-
instructional student understanding of academic language learning, to ensure cognitive abilities, and
strategies that are academic language appropriate to subject student understanding of support and challenge the
appropriate to the appropriate to subject matter and that addresses academic language, and full range of student
subject matter matter. students’ diverse learning guide student in towards a deep
needs. understanding knowledge of subject
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across subject matter.
I teach using a variety of
strategy thru the TPRS.
Also, the integration of
technology positively
affects the learning
process because students
are able to be engage thru
the process.
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CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Element Emerging Exploring
Uses available Explores additional
instructional materials, instructional materials,
resources, and resources, and technologies
technologies for to make subject matter
3.5 Using and
specific lessons to accessible to students.
adapting resources,
make subject matter
technologies, and
accessible to students. Explores how to make
standards-aligned
technological resources
instructional
Identifies technological available to all students.
materials including
resource needs. 9/29/17
adopted materials, to
make subject matter
accessible to all
students
I am always in the searching
of new resources to adapt to
the curriculum. I will need
to work on the
organizational part where I
can provide my students
with an organized resource
online place where they can
access when need it. As
today I provide them with
many resources, online and
regular support materials.
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Applying
Selects, adapts, and
utilizes appropriate
instructional materials,
resources, and
technologies for concept
and skill development in
subject matter. Resources
reflect the diversity of the
classroom and support
differentiated learning of
subject matter.
Guides students to use
available print, electronic,
and online subject matter
resources based on
individual needs.
Definitely I am using a lot
of electronic and online
activities to support the
learning of the subject
matter. Applications like
Flibgrid, Quizlet, Textive,
Quizalize and more
reflect the diverse ways of
my students learned.
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Integrating Innovating
Integrates a wide range of Engages students in
adapted resources, identifying and adapting
technologies, and resources, technologies,
instructional materials to and standards-aligned
meet identified student instructional materials to
needs and make subject extend student
matter accessible to understanding and
students. critical thinking about
subject matter.
Assists student with
equitable access to Ensures that student are
materials, resources, and able to obtain equitable
technologies. Seeks access to a wide range of
outside resources and technologies through
support. ongoing links to outside
resources and support.
Definitely I am using a lot
of electronic and online
activities to support the
learning of the subject
matter. Applications like
Flibgrid, Quizlet, Textive,
Quizalize and more
reflect the diverse ways of
my students learned.
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CSTP 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning
Element Emerging Exploring
Is aware of students’ Seeks additional information
primary language and describing elements of culture
English language and language proficiencies in
proficiencies based on listening, speaking, reading,
available assessment and writing. Uses multiple
data. measures for assessing English
learners’ performance to
identify gaps in English
3.6 Addressing the
language development.
needs of English
learners and student
Attempts to scaffold content
with special needs to Provides adapted using visuals, models, and
provide equitable materials to help English graphic organizers.
access to the content learners access content. 9/29/17.
I am very aware of my
students with special needs,
and I provide them with a
variety of opportunities to
demonstrate their level of
learning. As I explained
earlier, at the beginning of
the year, I gave my students
a diagnostic test where I
gather data to know the
knowledge and proficiency
of my students. Also, they
took a survey to determined
their learning styles. These
two resources help me
support student learning
process in making a
connection between what
they need to know a how
they will better learn it.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Identifies language Integrates knowledge of Engages English learners in
proficiencies and English English language assessment of their progress
learner strengths in the study development, English in English language
of language and content. learners’ strengths and development and in meeting
assessed needs into content standards. Supports
Differentiates instruction
English language and students to establish and
using one or more content instruction. monitor language and
components of English content goals.
language development to
support English learners.
Creates and implements Develops and adapts Is resourceful and flexible in
instruction to provide a the design, adjustment, and
scaffolds to support
wide range of scaffolder elimination of scaffolds
standards-based instruction
support for language and based on English learners’
using literacy strategies,
content for the range of proficiencies, knowledge,
SDAIE, and content level
English learners. and skills in the content.
English language
development in order for
students to improve language
proficiencies and understand
content.
Understanding my
English learner students
and understanding their
specific needs, have help
me create and implement
scaffolding lessons that
and satisfy everybody
needs. In general, a
student who struggles in
English, most likely that
will struggle more when
learning another
language. Reason why I
have been very aware of
these differences and
reacted with strategies
that helps students to
improve language
proficiency and content.
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