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. 9/23/19 academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
4.1 Using knowledge background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
of students’ academic individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
readiness, language 4/6/21 12/8/20 3/21/20 social, emotional, and backgrounds.
proficiency, cultural physical development to
background, and meet their individual
individual needs.
development to plan Is aware of impact of bias Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
instruction. on learning. 9/21/19 Becomes aware of Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
potential areas of bias sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
and seeks to learn about stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions.
culturally responsive planning lessons. Uses cultures.
pedagogy. culturally responsive
pedagogy in planning.

I take the information I thought it was a good

about students’ idea to give the students a
performances and I use debate for Athens and
them to guide my daily Sparta instead of a test,
planning. 9/21/19 like they have had for
their other topics in
I am aware of the impact Ancient history. It is good
that bias has on my to hear them discussing
student learning. the topic and preparing
9/21/19 for their opening
statements, rebuttals, and
closing statements for
their debates. It helps
each team to work
together because they
have a group grade as
well as individual grades.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

Element Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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-
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and students in single lessons goals for 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 9/23/19 and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. 4/6/21 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 12/8/20 learning goals.
3/21/20
I try my best to let the I made a Bible choice I use Nearpod to instruct
students know what they board that students could my students on important
are supposed to be choose which ways to English grammar
learning and why they are demonstrate their concepts. These Nearpods
learning what they are knowledge of the Bible are wonderful because
learning. 9/23/19 memory verse. It helped they instruct first, and
the students a lot to be then give time for the
able to express different students to try the
ways of showing they concept for themselves. I
learned the memory can also see what the
verse. 12/8/20 students are doing in real
time, so I can give direct
feedback and keep them
engaged and learning.
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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
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series
term plans. of connected lessons and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term
term and short-term planning to support
instructional plans to student learning.
support student 9/23/19
learning
I plan my history lessons
to be interconnected and
I plan for the future to see
where I am going to be, so
that I can plan
accordingly for the
present. 9/23/19
Applying Integrating Innovating
long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning. 3/21/20 learning. 4/6/21 12/8/20 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
I just finished making a I am working on yearly
unit plan for my unit on plans by subject matter,
Ancient Greece. The unit and color coding each
plan outlines what is subject for easy
happening throughout visualization, so I can just
the unit as well as an glance at the yearly
overview of each lesson. calendar and know what I
3/21/20 am teaching next. It will
help me to start planning
backward so I can make
sure I teach what the
students need to know.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging
Plans instruction that
incorporates strategies
suggested by curriculum
guidelines. 9/23/19
4.4 Planning
instruction that
incorporates
appropriate Is aware of student
strategies to meet content, learning, and
the learning needs of language needs through
all students data provided by the site
and district. 9/23/19
As a new teacher, this is
what I look at doing first.
If it does not seem like it
will reach my students,
then I will go out of my
way to find alternate
resources. 9/23/19
I have read, and am
familiar with student
needs through
information provided by
my district/school.
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Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
5/8/20 responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
needs and styles. 4/6/21
Seeks to learn about 12/8/20 Facilitates opportunities
students’ diverse learning Integrates results from a for students to reflect on
and language needs Uses assessments of broad range of their learning and the
beyond basic data. students’ learning and assessments into impact of instructional
3/21/20 language needs to inform planning to meet strategies to meet their
planning differentiated students’ diverse learning learning and language
instruction. and language needs. needs.
I have modified some of One of the ways that I I know all students have
the lessons for a few of ensure my students learn different learning styles
my students to make ancient history is by and need different things
them shorter, less having them read the to learn best. I take notes
reading, or I have them chapter and fill out the in class, we read out of
video tape their lesson notes. I also take time to our textbook, we watch
summaries because I show them a Flocabulary videos, do paper quizzes
know this will be in a way video about Ancient and tests, and PBL. I try
they can comprehend. Egypt to teach concepts my best to differentiate
5/8/20 they could also read in the ways I teach the
the book. I want to have content to reach all
I want to learn all I can various ways to present learners. 4/6/21
about planning the content because I
instruction to meet the know each student learns
various needs of my a different way. 12/8/20
students. I went to a
conference in January
called Get Your Teach On,
and one of the subjects
that was talked about was
how to reach all of your
learners and plan
appropriate instruction.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
Element Emerging
Implements lessons and
uses materials from
curriculum provided.
9/23/19
4.5 Adapting
instructional plans
and curricular
materials to meet the
assessed learning
needs of all students.
I love all of the help I can
get as a new teacher, so I
definitely use the lessons
and materials from the
provided curricula.
9/23/19
Exploring
Begins to adapt plans and
materials in single
lessons or sequences of
lessons to address
students’ learning needs.
3/21/20
All of my students are
grouped based on reading
levels, and I found a close
reading text to give each
group of students. There
were four different levels
of text depending on the
level of each reader.
There were also text
dependent questions that
differed per reading level.
For the lower students,
the questions were
written in an easier way
to understand. For the
advanced students, the
questions were harder
and had a component of
higher-order thinking.
3/21/20
Applying
Makes adjustments and
adaptations to
differentiate instructional
plans. Uses culturally
responsive pedagogy and
additional materials to
support students’ diverse
learning needs. 12/8/20
I teach 6th grade
foundational math. This
means that I still teach 6th
grade content, but at a
slower and more broken
down pace. One of the
things that I do for my
students is to look ahead
of time at the next lessons
and determine which
lessons would be at the
right developmental level
for me to teach the
students. We are learning
about equations right
now, and one of the
lessons has me teaching
the students how to solve
equations that include
fractions. This is a lesson
that I will skip during this
topic, because I just want
to make sure my students
know what an equation is
and how to solve normal
equations with the four
operations. 12/8/20
Integrating Innovating
Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
adjustments to a wide range of
instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
uses a variety of based on in depth
materials as the analysis of individual
instructional needs arises student needs.
to support student
learning. 4/6/21 Engages with students to
identify types of
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.
For all of my lesson plans,
I have planned how they
should go, and then I
present it to my students,
and they are not at all
getting it like I planned,
so I have to pivot and
break it down in a
different way. One of my
students struggles in
math, and I was trying to
explain to her how to
divide fractions and
whole numbers using a
number line, and she did
not understand it at all. I
had to rethink how to
present it to her, and I
figured out it would be
easier to draw out pizzas
and model how they are
being divided, which she
understood right away.
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