Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Models and communicates Models fair and respectful Reinforces positive, Develops shared Facilitates student self- expectations for fair and behavior. Demonstrates responsible, and respectful responsibility with students reflection and ongoing respectful behavior to commitment to fairness student interactions. Assists for resolving conflict and improvement of the caring support social development. and respect in students to resolve creating and maintaining a community based on respect, communications with conflicts. caring classroom fairness, and the value of all students about language Incorporates cultural community. members. 05/08/22 Promoting social and behavior. awareness to develop a Supports students in taking Development and Seeks to understand positive classroom climate. leadership in developing a responsibility within a cultural perceptions of 07/18/21 caring community that is caring community Some students share in caring community. responsive to the diverse Students take leadership in where each student is responsibility for the Students demonstrate cultural norms of identities resolving conflict and treated fairly and classroom community. Students participate in efforts to be positive, of all students. 12/10/21 creating a fair and respectful respectfully occasional community accepting, and respectful of classroom community where building activities, differences. 12/10/21 Students take responsibility student’s home culture is designed to promote resolving conflicts and included and valued. caring, fairness, and maintaining a caring Students communicate with respect. 07/18/21 classroom community. empathy and understanding Students promote respect in interactions with one and appreciation for another. differences. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Students participate in I reinforce positive and I develop responsibility I facilitate student self- lessons that review respectful interactions using with students in terms of reflection and ongoing classroom rules and PBIS. PBIS provides resolving conflicts and improvement of the caring routines that promote behavioral support for creating a caring classroom community based on respect, good behavior and a sense students to achieve by setting concise rules/ fairness, and the value of all of community. Students academic, emotional, and expectations. For example, I members. I teach Second know they need to respect social success. I use two read the story, ”Be Kind,” Step lessons each week to each other and their forms of PBIS: whole class by Pat Zietlow and create a teach students how to be classroom. Students enjoy and individual. When correlating poster with my respectful, kind, and helpful being rewarded with a students do something kind students. I encourage to others. These lessons have “warm fuzzy” or DOJO to one another or use good students to come up with visuals and conversation point in which recognize manners, we earn a “warm words or ideas of how we starters about how to their behavioral progress. fuzzy” for our class jar. One can be kind and respectful maintain a positive and 07/18/21 full, we get a dance party. I to our peers. 12/10/21 encouraging community. also use Class Dojo to 05/08/22 reward students with points Students take responsibility Evidence for their individual resolving conflicts and behavior.At the end of the maintaining a caring month, students can get a classroom community. prize. 07/18/21 Students use words like, “how can Students demonstrate I help?” and “are you efforts to be positive and okay?’ when there is a accepting by using manners problem both in- or outside and sentence frames such of the classroom. Students as, “It’s okay, try again" or promote respect and “you can go first”. Students appreciation for differences. are recognized and Students notice that we are rewarded for their positive each unique and special. interactions with a “Good Students acknowledge Manners” Dojo point. differences and know that it 12/10/21 is okay to be different. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Element 2.2 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating Is aware of the importance Experiments with and/or Develops physical Maintains physical Adapts physical and/or of the physical and/or virtual learning environments that reflect environments that reflect environments flexibly to virtual learning environments that support student diversity and student diversity and facilitate access to a wide environments that support student learning. provide a range of resources provides a broad range of range of resources that student learning. for learning. resources, displays, and engage students in learning. artifacts that are current and Ensures that environments Is aware that structured Structures for interaction Utilizes a variety of integral to instruction. enhance learning and reflect interaction between students are taught in single lessons structures for interaction 07/18/21, 12/10/21 diversity within and beyond can support learning. or sequence of lessons to during learning activities the classroom. 05/08/22 Creating physical or support student learning. that ensures a focus on and Integrates a variety of virtual learning completion of learning structures for interaction Selects from a repertoire of environments that tasks. 07/18/21 that engage students structures for interaction to promote student constructively and ensure accelerated learning learning, reflect productively in learning. for the full range of diversity, and Some students use available 12/10/21 students. 05/08/22 encourage resources in learning Students use resources constructive and environments during provided in learning Students use a variety of Students participate in productive instruction. environments and interact resources in learning Students routinely use a monitoring and changing interactions among with each other to environments and interact range of resources in the design of learning students understand and complete in ways that deepen their learning environments that environments and structures learning tasks in single understanding of the relate to and enhance for interactions. 05/08/22 lessons or sequence of content and develop instruction and reflect their lessons. constructive social and diversity. academic interactions. Students share in monitoring and assessment of interactions to improve effectiveness and develop a positive culture for learning. 12/10/21 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning I utilize a variety of I maintain physical and I adapt physical and/or structures for interacting virtual environments that environments flexibly to during learning activities reflect student diversity and facilitate access to a wide including whiteboards, provides broad range for range of resources that having students raise their resources. For example, I engage students in learning. hands to answer or ask have a calendar, thinking I use resources from a questions, using thumbs up/ maps, anchor charts, student specialist at my school, thumbs down to check for work, a focus wall, a word including small pencils, understanding, using wall, the alphabet, counting pencil grips, cushioned popsicle sticks to select charts, progress charts, a seating, visual token boards, random student to answer, small-group chart, and rules and fidget toys. I ensure that and incorporating partner or displayed in the classroom. environments enhance whole-class discussions. Online, I kept a “Zoom learning and reflect 07/18/21. Rules “chart in the diversity within and beyond background of my video the classroom. I provide Students use resources to and went over resources students with “Take-home” deepen their understanding charts on a PowerPoint puzzles that coordinate with and develop constructive Presentation each morning. our puzzles in class to social and academic 07/18/21, 12/10/21 promote their academic interactions, daily. For growth and success. example, students use I integrate a variety of 05/08/22 sentence frames to answer structures to engage questions or guide them in students in constructively I select from a repertoire of Evidence peer discussions such as “In by integrating "Second structures for interaction to the beginning of the story, Step” lessons each week. ensure accelerated learning ________”. 07/18/21 These lessons teach for the full range of students how to positively students. I use a multitude interact with the peers and of teaching strategies to encourage them using kind teach a concept. I use terms and feedback. technology, hands-on 12/10/21 manipulatives, audio books, worksheets, puzzles, and Students have a variety of leveled readers.05/08/22 resources to reflect instruction and reflect on Students participate in diversity. An example we monitoring and changing use routinely, is the design of learning incorporating “think-pair- environments and structures shares” during carpet time. for interactions.For Students can express their example, students adapt to a own thoughts on a subject change in routine and and listen to their partner classrooms. Students have They can choose to agree or experienced learning in the disagree with their partner. STEM center and Then, they can share with Technology Lab. 05/08/22 the class. 12/10/21 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning 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 emotional offer respectful opinions establishment and district, and state. interactions, and the safety using multiple about divergent viewpoints. maintenance of a safe Responds to behaviors that organization of the learning strategies that include 12/10/21 physical, intellectual, and impact student safety as environments. examining biases in the emotional environment they arise. learning environment and focused on high quality and curriculum. 07/18/21 rigorous learning. 05/08/22 Establishing and Engages in reflection on maintaining learning Explores strategies to Models and provides their own language and environments that are establish intellectual and instruction on skills that behavior that contributes to physically, emotional safety in the develop resiliency and intellectual and emotional intellectually, and classroom. support intellectual and safety in the classroom. emotionally safe emotional safety. 07/18/21 12/10/21 Students demonstrate Students are aware of resiliency in perseverance required safety procedures Students follow teacher Students take risks, offer Students develop and for academic achievement. and the school and guidance regarding opinions, and share practice resiliency skills Students maintain classroom rational for potential safety issues for alternative perspectives. and strategies to strive for intellectual and emotional maintaining safety. self or others. 07/18/21 12/10/21 academic achievement, and safety for themselves and establish intellectual and others in the classroom. emotional safety in the classroom. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Students follow safety rules I anticipate and reduce risks I support a safe learning I share responsibility with and know what is expected to physical, intellectual, and environment by the students for the of them. Students will listen emotional safety of my incorporating classroom establishment and to teacher directions and act students to promote their rules posters in the front of maintenance of a safe accordingly. For example, academic success and the class. This year, I took physical, intellectual, and students know that they social well-being. I ensure initiative to consistently emotional environment cannot run with scissors in that students know rules promote safety in the focused on high quality and their hand. Students about classroom and classroom because of rigorous learning. I take remember what is expected material safety. I remind COVID-19. I set up a students on a PRIDE walk of them, carry their scissors students to respect each bulletin board called around school to go over in the appropriate grip, and other in order to maintain "Health Heroes". I have the appropriate rules, walk slowly to their their physical and emotion displayed visual posters and behaviors, and destination. 07/18/21 safety. For example, I tell reminders of how we can expectations. For example, students that it is okay if stay safe at school. Students I created a Playground they do not know the are often reminded of these Rules video with students answer. They can say, “I rules and hold themselves to watch the appropriate don’t know yet,” and accountable, too.12/10/21 behavior on the playground. remind peers to respect that 05/08/22 response. 07/18/21 I engage students in classroom safety using I model and provide visuals and language that is instruction on skills that comprehensible to ELL develop resiliency by students. 12/10/21 Evidence encouraging students to stand up for themselves. Students develop and For example, I tell students practice resiliency skills that if something is wrong and strategies to strive for or someone is being mean academic achievement, and to them, they need to say establish intellectual and “please stop,” and then, tell emotional safety in the an adult. 07/18/21 classroom. Students follow our Whole Brain Teaching rules to ensure that our Students take risks and classroom is a safe, share alternate perspectives positive, and productive by raising their hands environment. 05/08/22 during whole-class instruction and coming up the the whiteboard/ document camera to display their knowledge. 12/10/21 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor throughout Facilitates a rigorous learning environment on learning environment that learning environment that the learning environment learning environment in accuracy of answers and includes accuracy, includes accuracy, analysis, that values accuracy, which students take completion of learning understanding, and the problem solving, and analysis, and critical leadership in learning. tasks. importance of meeting appropriate levels of reading, writing and Fosters extended studies, Is aware of the importance targeted learning goals. challenge. thinking. research, analysis and of maintaining high Works to maintain high Holds high expectations for Integrates strategic purposeful use of learning. expectations for students. expectations for students students. Has an scaffolds and technologies Supports students to utilize Creating a rigorous while becoming aware of understanding of throughout instruction that an extensive repertoire of learning environment achievement patterns for achievement patterns, and support the full range of differentiated strategies to with high expectations individuals and groups of uses scaffolds to address learners in meeting high meet high expectations. and appropriate students. achievement gaps. 07/18/21 expectations for 05/08/22 support for all students achievement. 12/10/21 Some students ask for Students engage in a variety Students take responsibility teacher support to Some individuals and of differentiated supports Students actively use to fully utilize teacher and understand or complete groups of students work and challenges in ways that supports and challenges to peer support, to achieve learning tasks. with the teacher to support promote their accuracy, complete critical reading, consistently high levels of accuracy and analysis, and problem writing, higher order factual and analytical comprehension in their solving in learning. thinking, and problem learning. learning. 07/18/21 12/10/21 solving across subject matter. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Students that need more I promote an environment I integrate rigor throughout I facilitates a rigorous support will gather at my that includes accuracy, the learning environment learning environment in desk to get scaffolding or analysis, problem solving, by using leveled-small which students take use appropriate resources. and appropriate levels of groups, modified resources, leadership in learning. For example, students challenge by checking for accommodating learning Students set goals for their might have the teacher understanding, collecting needs, providing support, learning and use a goal- check their work after each data, and creating resources and setting clear setting sheet to track their problem and get extra that align with diverse expectations during progress. I foster cross- guidance on problem- learners. I set clear activities. Students have curricular learning by solving strategies. If a expectations for learners different learning needs, incorporating STEM and student does not understand and provide appropriate hence they have different science into our writing. that 2+2=4, then the student resources to aid learning goals. I encourage I support students in will be reminded that “two achievement gaps. For students to do their personal utilizing an extensive plus two means to put example, I may give best. 12/10/21 repertoire of differentiated together”. Student will directions for students to strategies to meet high circle both groups of two write about their weekend Students actively use expectations by keeping and count with their finger on their own. I’ll remind supports and challenges to students accountable by to 4 with teacher students to use the word complete critical reading, checking their work and monitoring. 07/18/21 wall, sight words, and their writing, higher order rewarding them with DOJO 5-Star Writing Rubric to thinking, and problem points. 05/08/22 check their work (these are solving across subject the expectations). Based on matter. Students are prior data, I might have challenged during STEM Evidence higher expectations for centers and write about it. higher students and ask For example. I asked them to write 3 sentences students to engineer a and then, read it to a friend. balancing candy-heart On the other hand, I might popsicle stick. Students had provide my lower-leveled to write their idea and build learners with a sentence it. Students could make template and provide adjustments to their support by creating a construction and then thinking map to pull words/ explain it in a SeeSaw ideas from. 07/18/21 video online. 05/08/22 Students engage in a variety of different supports and challenges each day. An example, is during our Daily 5 workshop. Students are given leveled activities (such as letter identification puzzles versus CVC puzzles). Some students are given extra support with an aide or small-group instruction during Husky Time. 12/10/21 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Establishes expectations, Develops expectations with Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive rules, and consequences for some student involvement. including culturally expectations, positive environment using systems individual and group Communicates, models and responsive instruction to supports, and consequences that ensure students take an behavior. explains expectations for develop and maintain high for individual and group active role in monitoring individual and group standards for individual and behavior within and across and maintaining high behavior. group behavior. learning activities. standards for individual and 07/18/21, 12/10/21 group behaviors. 05/08/22 Developing, Reviews standards for Utilizes routine references communicating, and Refers to standards for behavior with students in to standards for behavior Guides and supports maintaining behavior and applies single lessons or sequence prior and during individual students to self-assess, high standards for consequences as needed. of lessons in anticipation of and group work. 07/18/21 monitor, and set goals for individual and group need for reinforcement. individual and group behavior behavior and participation. Students know expectations Students follow behavior for behavior and expectations, accept Students respond to Students demonstrate Students are aware of consequences and respond consequences and increase individual and group positive behavior, classroom rules and to guidance in following positive behaviors. behaviors and encourage consistent participation and consequences. them. 07/18/21 and support each other to are valued for their unique make improvements. identities. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning I utilize routine references I integrate equitable I facilitate a positive to behavior expectations by expectations, positive environment using systems giving explicit directions, supports, and consequences to maintaining high determining student voice for individual and group standards for individual and levels during activity, and behavior, daily. I teach the group behaviors. I’ve rewarding students on task instructions and incorporated second step with DOJO points. For expectations before each lessons to teach students example, before students lesson or activity. I repeat about appropriate behavior begin their independent the directions to select in and outside of the work in their math students to ensure they classroom, including how workbook, I tell them to know what to do. I have to treat others. 05/08/22 complete problems 1-5 by developed a routine that counting all the counter and sets clear and consistent writing it down. I will ask expectations. I recognize students to work quietly at and reward students on level 1 volume. I will tell task. For example, I might students I am checking to say “I like the way ______ see who is following cleaned up nicely and is directions to give a DOJO waiting with a bubble in her Students demonstrate point to. 07/18/21 mouth. She earned a DOJO positive behavior, point. Thank you ____. consistent participation and Evidence Students follow rules for Let’s see who else is on are valued for their unique behavior. Students are task.” 07/18/21, 12/10/21 identities. Students applaud rewarded for positive others, use kind words like behavior, talked to for I guide students to self- “it’s okay, try again” and negative behavior, and assess and monitor goals are encouraged to include provide a solution to avoid for participation by others in group settings repeated negative behavior. rewarding table group both in- and outside of the 07/18/21 points. 12/10/21 classroom. 05/08/22 Students respond to whole- group and individual behaviors by using feedback like, “Good job” or “I agree”. Students give high-fives to each other when getting a Dojo Point or warm fuzzy. 12/10/21 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Element 2.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating Establishes procedures, Develops routines, Maintains regular use of Engages students in Facilitates student routines or norms for single procedures, and norms in routines and procedures monitoring and reflecting participating in developing, lessons to support student single lessons or sequence that are culturally on routines, procedures, monitoring, and adjusting learning. of lessons with some responsive and engage and norms in ways that are routines and procedures student involvement. students in the development culturally responsive. focuses on maximizing and monitoring of norms. Maintains a quality learning learning. 07/18/21 climate that builds on Classroom climate student strengths. 12/10/21 integrates school standards Seeks to promote positive and culturally relevant behaviors and responds to Provides positive behavior Promotes positive norms. 05/08/22 Employing classroom Responds to disruptive disruptive behavior. supports. behaviors and consistently routines, procedures, behavior. Responds appropriately to prevents or refocuses Promotes positive norms, and supports behaviors in ways that behaviors disruptive to the behaviors and establishes for positive behavior to lessen disruptions to the learning climate. 07/18/21, preventions and a positive ensure a climate in learning climate. 12/10/21 classroom climate that which all students can Students participate in eliminate most disruptive learn routines, procedures, and behavior. 05/08/22 norms and receive Students receive correction reinforcement for positive Students are aware of for behavior that interferes behaviors. Students are involved in procedures, routines, and with learning, and positive assessment and monitoring Students share classroom norms. reinforcement in following Students receive timely and of routines, procedures, and responsibility with teacher routines, procedures, and effective feedback and norms in ways that improve for managing and norms. consequences for behaviors the learning climate. maintaining a positive that interfere with learning. 12/10/21 classroom climate that 07/18/21 promotes learning. 05/08/22 Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning I enforce clear and I engage students in I facilitate student consistent routines each monitoring and reflecting participating in developing, day. I maintain these on routines, procedures, monitoring, and adjusting procedures by providing and norms in ways that are routines and procedures visual reminders/posters, culturally responsive by focuses on maximizing going over expectations, going over daily schedule, learning. I notice when and rewarding students for activity expectations, and strategies are not working their behavior. For classroom rules. An or too easy, and incorporate example, I have set out a example is having a visual new learning activities and visual list of steps students schedule with task cards ways to engage students. need to complete each posted on the whiteboard My classroom climate morning. 07/18/21 each day. 12/10/21 integrates school standards and culturally relevant Students revive immediate norms. I use standard- feedback on behaviors I promote positive behavior aligned posters for each through DOJO points or through PBIS and prevent bulletin board. 05/08/22 reminders from teacher. For negative behavior by example, if a student is reviewing rules and setting chatting with a peer and not expectations. For example, I promote positive completing their work, they I might have students behaviors and establishes will be reminded to stay on complete a word-work preventions and a positive Evidence task or have a DOJO point puzzle in a small groups. classroom climate that taken. 07/18/21 I’ll prevent negative eliminate most disruptive behavior by showing them behavior. I reward students what to do and what not to with treasure box prizes and do when working in a affirm good behavior with group. I’ll reward groups appraisal and a point- that act appropriately with system. 05/08/22 DOJO points. 07/18/21, 12/10/21
Students are involved in Students share
monitoring routines and responsibility with teacher procedures by repeating for managing and instructions during a “call maintaining a positive and repeat” activity and use classroom climate that a timer to pace themselves. promotes learning.Students 12/10/21 hold themselves and each other responsible for their behavior both in and outside of the classroom. 05/08/22
Element 2.7 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning Paces instruction based on Paces instruction with some Paces instruction with Paces instruction to include Paces, adjusts, and fluidly curriculum guidelines. consideration of lesson students to provide ongoing assessment of facilitates instruction and Develops awareness of how type, adjustments for adequate time for student learning. Supports daily activities. transitions and classroom sufficient student work time instruction, checking for students in the monitoring management impact pacing and transitions to optimize understanding, completion of instructional time. and lessons. learning. of learning activities and 12/10/21, 05/08/22 Using instructional closure. 07/18/21 time to optimize Some students complete Students use their learning learning activities in time Students complete learning Students participate in and instructional time to engage Students monitor their own allotted. activities and, as needed, complete a variety of in and complete learning time, are engaged in may receive some learning activities in the activities and are prepared accomplishing learning adjustments of time allotted time allotted with options for the next sequence of goals, and participate in for tasks or expectations for for extension and review. instruction. 12/10/21, reflection, self-assessment, completion. 07/18/21 05/08/22 and goal setting. Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning I pace instruction to provide I pace instruction using a time for instruction, visual schedule and timer. checking for understanding, We have a routine each day learning activities, and that the students are closure. I use this schedule familiar with. I display our for every ELA and math daily schedule with time lesson. For example, I start frames and visuals on the each phonics lesson with a whiteboard to maintain PowerPoint Presentation. I instructional pacing. have students respond to 12/10/21, 05/08/22 questions using their whiteboard. I will monitor Students can use the clock and scaffold as students display and subject pictures complete a correlating to stay on track, without phonics worksheet. Finally, asking me "What's next?". I will check for This helps us stay Evidence understanding by directing organized and pace our a relevant phonics thumbs daily instruction. 12/10/21, up/thumbs down game for 05/08/22 closure. 07/18/21
Students participate and
complete various activities with time for extension and review. After ELA lessons, students can review concepts during reading centers using a variety of materials. After math lessons, students can review concepts during STEM centers. 07/18/21