CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
and state required information on student academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
assessments. academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
4.1 Using knowledge individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
of students’ academic social, emotional, and backgrounds.
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proficiency, cultural meet their individual 3/20/20
background, and needs. 6/20/19
individual Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Engages students in the
development to plan on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential Planning addresses bias, analysis of bias,
instruction. and seeks to learn about sources of bias and stereotyping, and stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when assumptions about assumptions.
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures an members of
culturally responsive cultures.
pedagogy in planning. 12/06/19
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Students are given A fun project I assign to

multiple opportunities to my ninth graders is called
show their understanding the "Allegory Story." We
through classroom do this at the end of our
discussions, student-led Animal Farm unit. The
presentations, discussion students come up with
forums, bellwork, etc. I their own allegory based
guide the students as I on a current or past real-
see fit based on their world problem and create
academic readiness and an allegory story (like
developmental needs. We George Orwell) exposing
have a variety of that world problem. I
assessments including assign this project so
physical expressions such students can express
as play acting, written themselves based on
work such as essays, and their social, emotional,
verbal work, such as and physical
speeches. 6/20/19 development to meet
their individual needs.
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If I do sense bias in one of
our sources such as an
article, I will find another
article with the opposing
viewpoint for the
students to read come to
their own conclusions.
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The students love to
show me what concerns
them and how they view
things from their walk of
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In my AP class, looking at
bias amongst ourselves
and the authors we read
is important to our
rhetorical analysis. We
read an article together
as a class about how to
spot bias in texts.
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Communicates learning Establishes and shares Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
objectives for a single learning goals for skill communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
lesson to students based development with students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
on content standards and students in single lessons goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
4.2 Establishing and
available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
articulating goals for
and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
student learning
address students’ diverse needs. 12/06/19 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 6/20/19 3/20/20 learning goals.
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Every day on the board, I
write the learning
standards. I verbalize this
before class begins.
Below this, I write the
schedule for the day so
students know the
purpose of the day and
how we will achieve
those standards. 6/20/19
In AP Lang, we do follow
a specific course
guideline of goals for the
class. I structure my units
along this course
guideline and have a
poster in my room that
students can see and I
often refer to. These
guidelines coincide with
the Common Core
standards as well.
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Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
4.3 Developing and
are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
sequencing long-
planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
term and short-term
student learning. language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
instructional plans to
that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
support student
learning. 6/20/19 learning. 12/06/19 plans that ensure high
learning
3/20/20 levels of learning.
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I will scatter Something that I have
microlessons into a unit a been using that helps me
couple times per week. with my long-term plans
This short-term is this teacher-planner by
curriculum helps The Happy Planner. It has
students learn key weekly slots for lesson
concepts along the way planning, as well as grids
that we will demonstrate for seating charts,, and
proficiency at the end of monthly grids to have a
the unit (such as vocab, broader view of my
citations, grammar, etc.). lesson planning for the
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4.4 Planning Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
instruction that incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
incorporates suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
appropriate guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
the learning needs of responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
all students students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles. 3/20/20
content, learning, and students’ diverse learning 6/20/19 Facilitates opportunities
language needs through and language needs 12/06/19 for students to reflect on
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data provided by the site beyond basic data.
and district. Uses assessments of
students’ learning and
language needs to inform
planning differentiated
instruction. 6/20/19
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I assess student learning
through teacher
questions that are posed
throughout our reading,
discussion forums on
Schoology, formal essays,
bellwork, etc. If I sense
our class is behind in
understanding, I adjust
my lesson plan
(sometimes the day of) to
fit students’ varied
learning needs. 6/20/19
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If students do not
understand a topic, I re-
teach. I assess the
necessity to reteach
through grades/written
assignments and verbal
cues from students. If
they do not understand
something, I will ask if I
can move on and wait for
a verbal response from
each student. I also utilize
the student survey to
inform my broad
curriculum plan. 6/20/19
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4.5 Adapting Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and
instructional plans uses materials from materials in single adaptations to
and curricular curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional
Integrating Innovating
Integrates results from a their learning and the
broad range of impact of instructional
assessments into strategies to meet their
planning to meet learning and language
students’ diverse learning needs.
and language needs.
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I adjust my teaching to
my students’ needs by
providing any and all
accommodations they
need.
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I assess students in
multiple ways: writing,
multiple choice, short
answer, presentations, to
make sure they are
showing what they know
in a way that is
comfortable to them.
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Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
adjustments to a wide range of
instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
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lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. 6/20/19 learning. Engages with students to
assessed learning
12/06/19 3/20/20 identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

Some of the modifications I assess students in

I utilize are seating multiple ways: writing,
rearrangements, bellwork multiple choice, short
pauses (opening, quick answer, presentations, to
activities of the topic of make sure they are
the day—if students do showing what they know
not understand bellwork in a way that is
topic, I re-teach [as comfortable to them. I
mentioned above]), and I adjust my teaching to my
have frequent discussions students’ needs by
with counselors providing any and all
(academic and emotional) accommodations they
to gauge where my need.
students came from. 3/20/20
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