Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning

Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Models and Models fair and respectful Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self-
communicates behavior. Demonstrates responsible, and responsibility with reflection and ongoing
expectations for fair and commitment to fairness respectful student students for resolving improvement of the
respectful behavior to and respect in interactions. Assists conflict and creating and caring community based
support social communications with students to resolve maintaining a caring on respect, fairness, and
development. students about language conflicts. classroom community.   the value of all members.
and behavior. Incorporates cultural Supports students in
Promoting social Seeks to understand awareness to develop a taking leadership in
Development and cultural perceptions of positive classroom developing a caring
responsibility within caring community. climate. community that is Students take leadership
a caring community responsive to the diverse in resolving conflict and
where each student Some students share in Students participate in Students demonstrate cultural norms of creating a fair and
is treated fairly and responsibility for the occasional community efforts to be positive, identities of all students. respectful classroom
respectfully classroom community. building activities, accepting, and respectful community where
designed to promote of differences. Students take student’s home culture is
caring, fairness, and responsibility resolving included and valued.
respect. conflicts and maintaining Students communicate
a caring classroom with empathy and
community. Students understanding in
promote respect and interactions with one
appreciation for another.
differences.
Evidence I care so much about The class contract my
social development. students created at the
beginning of the year
At the beginning of proved to be successful.
the year, I have the Whenever there is a
students create a problem in class, I refer
class contract. This is back to the contract and
where the students make the students have a
conversation about it.
get to make up the 05/06/2021
rules and tell me
what they expect to I had students create a
get from the class. classroom contract in
11/25/2020 which they adhere to. If
any of them break the
contract, they understand
that they are breaking the
commitment of the whole
class.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
The class contract I have
created has work
throughout these past
two years as a teacher. I
will continue to stick with
it.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Is aware of the Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or
importance of the virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to
physical and/or virtual environments that student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide
learning environments support student learning. provide a range of provides a broad range of range of resources that
that support student resources for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in
learning. artifacts that are current learning. Ensures that
Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of and integral to environments enhance
Is aware that structured are taught in single structures for interaction instruction. learning and reflect
interaction between lessons or sequence of during learning activities diversity within and
Creating physical or
students can support lessons to support that ensures a focus on Integrates a variety of beyond the classroom.
virtual learning
learning. student learning. and completion of structures for interaction
environments that
learning tasks. that engage students Selects from a repertoire
promote student
constructively and of structures for
learning, reflect
productively in learning. interaction to ensure
diversity, and
accelerated learning for
encourage
the full range of students.
constructive and
Some students use Students use resources Students use a variety of Students routinely use a
productive
available resources in provided in learning resources in learning range of resources in Students participate in
interactions among
learning environments environments and environments and learning environments monitoring and changing
students
during instruction. interact with each other interact in ways that that relate to and enhance the design of learning
to understand and deepen their instruction and reflect environments and
complete learning tasks in understanding of the their diversity. structures for
single lessons or content and develop Students share in interactions.
sequence of lessons. constructive social and monitoring and
academic interactions. assessment of
interactions to improve
effectiveness and develop
a positive culture for
learning.
Evidence I reflect student Since getting to know To facilitate learning
diversity by my students, I for all students, I
incorporating songs understand their have divided my
from different interests and culture. general music classes
cultures and in This will make it into groups
different languages. easier to prepare depending on their
Explaining directions songs that will progress level. When
in more than one way capture their they achieve a certain
ensures a focus on attention next year. goal, they can
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tasks. level.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
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integrating current
songs and YouTube
videos that connect
with student culture.
This allows me to
gain their attention
and get them excited
to learn.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Adheres to policies and Recognizes and addresses Anticipates and reduces Integrates support for Shares responsibility with
laws regarding safety that safety issues regarding risks to physical, students to take risks and the students for the
are required by the site, materials, student intellectual, and offer respectful opinions establishment and
district, and state. interactions, and the emotional safety using about divergent maintenance of a safe
Responds to behaviors organization of the multiple strategies that viewpoints. physical, intellectual, and
that impact student safety learning environments. include examining biases emotional environment
as they arise. in the learning focused on high quality
environment and and rigorous learning.
curriculum. Engages in reflection on
Establishing and
Explores strategies to their own language and
maintaining learning
establish intellectual and Models and provides behavior that contributes
environments that
emotional safety in the instruction on skills that to intellectual and Students demonstrate
are physically,
classroom. develop resiliency and emotional safety in the resiliency in
intellectually, and
support intellectual and classroom. perseverance for
emotionally safe
emotional safety. academic achievement.
Students are aware of Students maintain
required safety Students follow teacher Students develop and intellectual and emotional
procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills safety for themselves and
school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share and strategies to strive others in the classroom.
rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives for academic
safety. achievement, and
establish intellectual and
emotional safety in the
classroom.
I lower intellectual It still holds true that I share responsibility
and emotional risk by I lower intellectual by including my
creating the class and emotional risk by signature in the
contract. Students creating the class classroom contract. I
will know how to contract. Students have the students
treat and respect will know how to sign it as well. This
each other from the treat and respect adheres all of us to
Evidence outline rules and each other from the the promise we make
expectations within outline rules and towards each other.
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05/06/2021 Adding myself to the
class contract lets the
students know that
we are a team and it
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
is not just them who
has to follow the
rules.
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Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous
learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in
accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take
completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning.
tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies,
Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and
importance of Works to maintain high Holds high expectations Integrates strategic purposeful use of
maintaining high expectations for students for students. Has an scaffolds and learning.
Creating a rigorous
expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of technologies throughout Supports students to
learning
achievement patterns for achievement patterns, instruction that support utilize an extensive
environment with
individuals and groups of and uses scaffolds to the full range of learners repertoire of
high expectations
students. address achievement in meeting high differentiated strategies
and appropriate
gaps. expectations for to meet high
support for all
achievement. expectations.
students
Some students ask for Some individuals and Students engage in a
teacher support to groups of students work variety of differentiated Students actively use Students take
understand or complete with the teacher to supports and challenges supports and challenges responsibility to fully
learning tasks. support accuracy and in ways that promote to complete critical utilize teacher and peer
comprehension in their their accuracy, analysis, reading, writing, higher support, to achieve
learning. and problem solving in order thinking, and consistently high levels of
learning. problem solving across factual and analytical
subject matter. learning.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
I would like to I have been caught I challenge students I let students take
discover ways to between making my by having them leadership by letting
make my classes class challenging and organize their them teach a subject
rigorous. I ask also having sympathy binders that contain if they already know
questions but I for the current all of our classwork. it. If I am teaching a
usually explain the pandemic we are all Th students are able music theory topic
answer to quickly. living through. This to use these binders and one student has
Evidence 11/25/2020 year has been a trial when taking the end already learned it,
run for howe of the quarter test. they can teach the
rigorous to make my The more organized whole class.
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Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using
for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure
behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active
and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and
for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high
behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual
Developing, and group behaviors.
communicating, and Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine Guides and supports
maintaining behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards students to self-assess,
high standards for consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and monitor, and set goals for
individual and group sequence of lessons in during individual and individual and group
behavior anticipation of need for group work. behavior and Students demonstrate
reinforcement. participation. positive behavior,
consistent participation
Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students respond to and are valued for their
classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept individual and group unique identities.
consequences. and consequences and consequences and behaviors and encourage
respond to guidance in increase positive and support each other to
following them. behaviors. make improvements.

I tend to find myself I have separated the The classroom

Evidence
explaining expectation contract holds
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
expectations for conversations by students to an
individual and group talking with students expected level of
behavior in the same individually. The performance. If
ways. I would like to students who are anyone falls behind,
explore new methods disrupting the class it affects the whole
to achieve the same do not need to be class. Students know
goal. given attention this, and they work
11/25/2020 during class. hard to help their
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I tell my students
that I am going to
treat them like
adults. I do this with
my Choir and Band
students, so they feel
like young
professional
musicians. They
understand that I will
push them but I am
also there to help
them.
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Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Employing classroom Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student
routines, procedures, routines or norms for procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in
norms, and supports single lessons to support single lessons or that are culturally on routines, procedures, developing, monitoring,
for positive behavior student learning. sequence of lessons with responsive and engage and norms in ways that and adjusting routines
to ensure a climate in some student students in the are culturally responsive. and procedures focuses
which all students involvement. development and Maintains a quality on maximizing learning.
can learn monitoring of norms. learning climate that Classroom climate
builds on student integrates school
strengths. standards and culturally
Seeks to promote positive Provides positive relevant norms.
Responds to disruptive behaviors and responds behavior supports. Promotes positive
behavior. to disruptive behavior. Responds appropriately behaviors and Promotes positive
to behaviors in ways that consistently prevents or behaviors and establishes
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
lessen disruptions to the refocuses behaviors preventions and a
learning climate. disruptive to the learning positive classroom
Students participate in climate. climate that eliminate
routines, procedures, and most disruptive behavior.
norms and receive
reinforcement for
Students are aware of Students receive positive behaviors.
procedures, routines, and correction for behavior Students are involved in Students share
classroom norms. that interferes with Students receive timely assessment and responsibility with
learning, and positive and effective feedback monitoring of routines, teacher for managing and
reinforcement in and consequences for procedures, and norms in maintaining a positive
following routines, behaviors that interfere ways that improve the classroom climate that
procedures, and norms. with learning. learning climate. promotes learning.

I thought my Students learn more I promote positive

organization skills when there is a plan behavior through the
were great. This first and a routine. As the use of my “boost
year of teaching came teacher, I try to be as box”. Students get to
with its challenges. I organized as choose something
was still organized possible. This allows from this box when
but much the students to trust they are performing
improvement is and be confident in well in the classroom.
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Evidence from my students.
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Recently, I have been

trying new behavior
strategies with a
troubling student of mine.
I find that if I follow
through with my
consequences, he retains
the information.
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Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Using instructional Paces instruction based Paces instruction with Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
time to optimize on curriculum guidelines. some consideration of students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Develops awareness of
how transitions and
classroom management
impact pacing and
lessons.
learning Some students complete
learning activities in time
allotted.
Evidence
lesson type, adjustments
for sufficient student
work time and transitions
to optimize learning.
Students complete
learning activities and, as
needed, may receive
some adjustments of time
allotted for tasks or
expectations for
completion.
adequate time for assessment of student daily activities.
instruction, checking for learning. Supports
understanding, students in the
completion of learning monitoring of
activities and closure. instructional time.
Students participate in Students use their Students monitor their
and complete a variety of instructional time to own time, are engaged in
learning activities in the engage in and complete accomplishing learning
time allotted with options learning activities and are goals, and participate in
for extension and review. prepared for the next reflection, self-
sequence of instruction. assessment, and goal
setting.
My main goal this I am very good at I pace instruction by
year was to end class planning my lessons having students
on time and pace to fit within the class communicate with
instruction perfectly. time period. I expect their partners to
Since my school my students to make sure everyone
changed from an always be on time to understands the
online environment class. In response, I material before
to a hybrid schedule, expect myself as the moving on.
I have gone over teacher to never go 04/09/2022
class time and missed over the class period.
important details I want to respect the
more than once. students time.
Hybrid is not an easy 11/25/2020
this to do. I would
prefer online or in In my lesson
person. planning, I always
05/06/2021 include time for
processing material
to make sure the
student fully grasp
the concepts I am
teaching.
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