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. 6/11/18
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student 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. 6/11/18
Teacher use parent surveys
(getting to know your child
and family) and student’s
surveys (reading interests,
math confidence, tell me all
about you) to gain an overall
picture of each student as a
person.

Students complete a multiple

intelligence test, to
determine how each student
learns best. Students choose
how to present their
knowledge- such as choosing
Evidence
how to practice spelling
words, providing multiple
book report options,
choosing how to present
their understanding of math
problems. 6/11/18

Students use google

classroom to share
information about
themselves using getting to
know you exercises and
writing practice. 12/12/18
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect
interests
learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students
students’ prior understanding of and their communities to
knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction.
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural 6/11/18
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life
to support student experiences, and interests
learning. to connect to student
learning.
Students are actively
Students participate in Students make engaged in curriculum,
single lessons or connections between which relates their prior
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their knowledge, experiences,
related to their interests prior knowledge, and interests within and
and experiences. backgrounds, life across learning activities.
experiences, and 6/11/18
interests.
I use a wide variety of
resources to engage
students in learning. I
work closely with the 2nd
grade team to understand
how they taught certain
concepts to the students
and then carries the same
the procedures into my 3rd
grade teaching, in turn
tapping their prior
knowledge. 6/11/18
Students are allowed to
choose to present their
knowledge based off of
their Multiple Intelligence
strength, including Google
classroom, google slides,
padlet and video apps.
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Innovating
Develops and
systematically uses
extensive information
regarding students’
cultural backgrounds,
prior knowledge, life
experiences, and interests.
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Students can articulate
the relevance and impact
of lessons on their lives
and society.
All student
cumulative files have
been reviewed for
previous history and
cultural information.
Parent and student
surveys are used to
gain knowledge of
student experiences.
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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. 12/13/18
matter to subject matter. 6/11/18
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. 6/11/18 applications of subject
subject matter. matter during learning
activities. 12/13/18
often use students
names and interests Teacher makes assessments
based on student MI and
in my assessments to interests. Project based
make the academic learning and real life
standards tangible connections are made,
through online learning such
and create real life as Discovery Education.
problems that make 12/13/18
sense to my students.
Students make learning
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relevant to their own lives
through inquiry and
Evidence Students are also development of GATE icons.
often asked to write 12/13/18

their own math

problems involving
their own life and
interests, while still
incorporating the
math standards.
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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. 5/2/19
instructional diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs. 6/11/18
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 needs. learning.
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I use a variety of This year, I earned
resources to engage my my GATE certificate,
students including
textbooks, online my masters degree
resources, videos, Google and cleared my
classroom assignments, credential, which has
online games and skill increased my
practices, and well as student’s learning
developing my own
resources with my grade tenfold. 5/2/19
level teammates.
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Evidence
Students use technology
such as read theory,
prodigy, IXL and other
online games, as well as
choose strategies and
subject areas they feel
they need to improve on.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying
Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of
comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies,
require students to recall, posing/solving problems,
interpret, and think and reflection on issues in
Promoting critical critically. content. 6/11/18
thinking though
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to
reflection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and
comprehension and begin to pose and solve
critical thinking in single problems of their own
lessons or a sequence of related to the content.
lessons. 6/11/18
Teacher gives
students hands on
STEM problems to
solve on their own
and in small groups,
without given
instructions. Youtube
videos are used to
present challenges.
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Evidence
Students who have
completed the task,
they are given
reflection
assignments to share
how they feel like did
and what they could
improve on next time,
through the use of
google classroom
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Integrating Innovating
Supports students to Facilitates systematic
initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
through independently to apply critical thinking
developing questions, by designing structured
posing problems and inquiries into complex
reflecting on multiple problems.
perspectives. 5/2/19
Students pose problems Students pose and answer
and construct questions a wide-range of complex
of their own to support questions and problems,
inquiries into content. reflect, and communicate
understandings based on
in depth analysis of
content learning.
Teacher uses GATE
icons throughout
lessons including big
idea, unanswered
questions and
multiple
perspectives.
Student's
explore, engage
and evaluate
science
curriculum
through
Discovery
education
online.
5/2/19
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 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. flexibly and effectively.
learning and 6/11/18
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. 6/11/18
I monitor student
progress by utilizing
white board work, for
a check for
understanding.
Students who need
extra assistance or
are struggling with a
concept are then
pulled into small
Evidence groups for one on one
instruction. 6/11/18

Students also self

monitor by utilizing
thumbs up, thumbs to
the side and thumbs
down to reflect on
how they feel they
are grasping
concepts. 6/11/18