Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Learns about students Gathers additional data to Uses data from a variety of Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students. sources to learn about adjustments to instruction make ongoing
assessments. students and guide and meet individual adjustments and
selection of instructional identified learning needs. accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs. 7/15/22
students to engage Students actively utilize a
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Student engage in learning variety of instructional Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of through the use of strategies and of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some adjustments in instruction technologies in learning choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on to meet their needs that ensure equitable range of methods to
whole. assessments. 7/15/22. access to the curriculum. further their learning that
are responsive to their
learning needs.
This is where I am. After
four years, I’ve learned
that I do have to actively
research about my
student’s learning needs in
order to be a more perfect
teacher for them. I’m
working on using more
universal instructional
strategies that are useful
for all students, including
those with modifications
or accommoations.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.2 Emerging
Develops awareness of
prior knowledge, culture,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and interests
represented among
students.
Connecting learning
to students’ prior
knowledge,
backgrounds, life
experiences, and
Some students connect
interests
learning activities to their
own lives.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses gathered Uses school resources and Integrates broad Develops and
information about family contacts to expand knowledge of students systematically uses
students’ prior understanding of and their communities to extensive information
knowledge, cultural students’ prior inform instruction. regarding students’
backgrounds, life knowledge, cultural cultural backgrounds,
experiences, and interest backgrounds, life prior knowledge, life
to support student experiences, and interests experiences, and
learning. 7/15/22 to connect to student interests.
learning.
Students participate in Students make Students are actively Students can articulate
single lessons or connections between engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
sequences of lessons curriculum, and their which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests prior knowledge, knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences.7/15/22 backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.
This is where I am
currently in my teaching. I
know about the school
culture and population
domegraphics. I also
attended this high school
as a student. I know how
BPHS functions and what
the students need to be
successful, however we do
not have a large parent
population that is
involved, so getting
community involvement
is a but of a struggle.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
during instruction as real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
lessons or sequence of contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life
lessons to support specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
understanding. family and instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject community.7/15/22 students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections Students utilize real-life in making and using integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons connections regularly to real-life connections to into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to develop understandings subject matter to extend and make relevant
support understanding of of subject matter. their understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. 7/15/22 matter during learning
activities.
Students in my class are
used to relating what we
learn to their everyday
lives. Making meaningful
connections to things
they care about, helps
them to connect to their
learning. If they can relate
what they learn to
something that may be
important later in their
lives, they will be more
Evidence likely to learn it and
remember it. 7/15/22
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses instructional Explores additional Utilizes a variety of Creates, adapts, and Refines the flexible use of
strategies, resources, and instructional strategies, strategies including integrates a broad range an extensive repertoire of
technologies as provided resources, and culturally responsive of strategies, resources, strategies, resources, and
by school and/or district. technologies in single pedagogy, resources, and and technologies into technologies to meet
lessons or sequence of technologies during instruction designed to students’ diverse learning
Using a variety of
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
instructional
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
strategies, resources,
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and technologies to
meet students’
Some students participate Students participate in Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning
in instructional strategies, single lessons or instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs
using resources and sequence of lessons strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. related to their interests technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. their learning resources, and technologies that
needs.7/15/22 technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
There are multiple
instructional strategies at
use in my classroom at
any time. Technology has
been a constant over the
last few years and
through the pandemic, it
became essential.
Students are growing in a
constantly evolving
technological world. They
need to be able to interact
Evidence with their learning and
technology through
various methods in order
to be successful in today’s
world. 7/15/22
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Asks questions that focus Includes questions in Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
comprehension. sequence of lessons that questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
require students to recall, posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
interpret, and think and reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
Promoting critical critically. content. reflecting on multiple problems.
thinking though perspectives.7/15/22
inquiry, problem
solving, and Some students respond to Students respond to Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
reflection questions regarding facts varied questions or tasks questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. designed to promote posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
comprehension and begin to pose and solve inquiries into reflect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own content.7/15/22 understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. content learning.
In my English class, it is
vital that all students
develop their critical
thining skills. As we devle
deep into novels and
short stories, they
students need to be able
to think for themselves
and figure out things on
their own. This is done
best when working on a
novel. Each student
Evidence brings their own ideas.
Then, when using a
socrative semiar, students
are able to be
self-sifficient and express
their ideas and ask their
questions. 7/15/22

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Implements lessons Seeks to clarify Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
following curriculum instruction and learning adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
guidelines. activities to support instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
student understanding. observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
Monitoring student checks for understanding. challenge. concepts flexibly and
learning and 7/15/22 effectively.
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or Students successfully articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during participate and stay understanding and use provide information to
instruction. engaged in learning teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
activities.7/15/22 their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
This is where I feel I am.
I’m working on being able
to find those clues that
show me the students
aren’t getting it and I
need to readjust. Not all
students will tell you they
don’t get the info. Seeing
how they perform on
assessments, how well
they’re doing on their
homework, and even their
attitude about that
Evidence
they’re learning can be
clues. I’m working on
being more aware and
also being more flexible
to fit their learning needs.
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