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

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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.
readiness, language
physical development to
proficiency, cultural
meet their individual
background, and
needs.
individual
Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
development to plan
on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
instruction.
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions February
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures. 2020
culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning
7/21/19

Teacher is familiar with Teacher strategically We completed a unit on

and sensitive to students
different cultural
backgrounds and works
to incorporate different
viewpoints into lessons.
Teacher reflects on how
students’ background may
impact lessons. Teacher
adjust lessons to fit social-
emotional needs of
students. 7/21/19
incorporates the racial profiling, privilege,
and equality where
students' cultures, students had to evaluate
background their own life experiences
knowledge and and use them to create
interests their own public policy
into planning and February 2020.
instruction. Students
were working on a
unit title "Racism
Throughout the
Century" and chose
historical topics that
reflected the
classroom
demographic. 10/201
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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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 students articulates learning goals articulates
lesson to students based development with clear learning goals for to students that integrate comprehensive short-
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons content that are content standards with term and long-term
articulating goals for available curriculum. and sequence of lessons. accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
student learning and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. Spring 2020 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 7/21/19 learning goals.

Learning goals for lesson Teacher breaks down

and/or unit are explicitly the larger learning
stated at the beginning of
each lesson. Larger goals
goals/standards into
are broken down into manageable learning
smaller more manageable goals; lessons are
goals for students. sequenced to build
Students understand on previous learning
goals and use prior experiences 10/2019
knowledge to draw
connections to new
Spring 2020
content. 7/21/19

Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
4.3 Developing and
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
term and short-term planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats that assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
support student support student learning. needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning 7/21/19 learning. plans that ensure high
levels of learning.

Lesson plans are created Teacher develops a

to address complete daily semester-long
goals (short term) and
connect them to end of
curricular calendar
unit goals (long term). so that the essential
Learning goals are content standards
displayed in front of are distributed
classroom for students to across the academic
reference throughout the
lesson. Lesson plans
year Spring 2020
include scaffolds to break
lessons down in smaller
parts. 7/21/19

Learning goals address

both short-term and long-
term learning goals
9/2019-12/2019
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning that and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into their learning and the
and district. 7/21/19 language needs to inform planning to meet impact of instructional
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
instruction. and language needs learning and language
Spring 2020 needs.

Lessons are created to Teacher can identify Students are

build on previous and explain provided with many
learning experiences.
Checks for understanding
the connections betw structured
are used throughout the een the learning goals opportunities to
lesson during instruction and the activities  practice oral
and independent practice. and  materials that language in the
Uses information from will be used 10/2019 classroom setting
assessments to build
plans for future lessons.
7/21/19 Teacher provides the
appropriate
instruction if
prerequisite skills
and knowledge are
lacking Spring 2020
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
instructional plans
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. learning 7/21/19 Engages with students to
assessed learning
Spring 2020 identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

Teacher analyzes student

work to make informed
decisions on future lesson
plans. Adjustments are
made to current lesson
plans to include
necessary support that
arises during instruction
and/or learning.
Modifications are made in
response to observations
during independent
practice. 7/21/19
Teacher analyzes student
work to inform planning
for upcoming unit and
makes adjustments for
standards that need to be
readdressed in to
following semester.
10/2019
Spring 2020