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 At the beginning of the At the beginning of the
semester, students work semester, students work
with the teacher to create with the teacher to create
class norms when it class norms when it
comes to respect, comes to respect,
learning environment, learning environment,
accountability and accountability and
learning. learning.
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Students are expected to
maintain a high level of
respect for each other,
their learning and the
classroom. Our
classrooms are often
shared between other
teachers and students.
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When students present

their historical cultural
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project, they ask
questions and listen
respectfully.
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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 Structured welcome The shared physical
time at the beginning classroom is
of class allows sometimes difficult
students and teacher because it switches
to catch up and build between a room for
rapport. Allows social studies to
students to ask religion to world
questions about prior languages. I have the
assignments and/or opportunity to
homework. highlight student
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the shelves with
diverse authors or
unknown names.

Students have the

opportunity to work
collaboratively with
other students and
with the teacher to
complete
assignments.
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New posters adorn

the wall.
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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.3 Emerging Exploring
Adheres to policies and Recognizes and addresses
laws regarding safety that safety issues regarding
are required by the site, materials, student
district, and state. interactions, and the
Responds to behaviors organization of the
that impact student safety learning environments.
as they arise.
Establishing and
Explores strategies to
maintaining learning
establish intellectual and
environments that
emotional safety in the
are physically,
classroom.
intellectually, and
emotionally safe
Students are aware of
required safety Students follow teacher
procedures and the guidance regarding
school and classroom potential safety issues for
rational for maintaining self or others.
safety.
Evidence Students and teacher
are role models for
one another when it
comes to safety and
our learning
environment. I have
the opportunity to
speak, act and react
in ways in which
students feel safe and
feel encouraged to
interact and learn.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Anticipates and reduces Integrates support for Shares responsibility with
risks to physical, students to take risks and the students for the
intellectual, and offer respectful opinions establishment and
emotional safety using about divergent maintenance of a safe
multiple strategies that viewpoints. physical, intellectual, and
include examining biases emotional environment
in the learning focused on high quality
environment and and rigorous learning.
curriculum. Engages in reflection on
their own language and
Models and provides behavior that contributes
instruction on skills that to intellectual and
develop resiliency and emotional safety in the
support intellectual and classroom.
emotional safety. Students demonstrate
resiliency in
Students develop and perseverance for
Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills academic achievement.
opinions, and share and strategies to strive Students maintain
alternative perspectives for academic intellectual and emotional
achievement, and safety for themselves and
establish intellectual and others in the classroom.
emotional safety in the
classroom.
Students have felt
comfortable enough
to share opinions,
even when it may be
hard. Students
participate in
agree/disagree
activities and debrief.
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Students offer
opinions on current
events and items
students share they
agree with or
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disagree.
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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.
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Students are held to a
high standard but
with my guidance.
There are many
chances for students
to be successful, not
just one way.
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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
reinforcement. participation.

Students are aware of Students know Students follow behavior Students respond to Students demonstrate
classroom rules and expectations for behavior expectations, accept individual and group positive behavior,
consequences. and consequences and consequences and behaviors and encourage consistent participation
respond to guidance in increase positive and support each other to and are valued for their
following them. behaviors. make improvements. unique identities.
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Students are held to a Students are given
high stand for many opportunities
behavior. There are to collaborate. In the
very few times I have end, students are
had to resort to given surveys to
discipline beyond the assess their learning,
classroom. the outcome of their
end product, and
Evidence
The beginning of the accountability fo
school year consists their learning.
of creating classroom
expectations.
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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
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 Students are involved in
reinforcement for assessment and
Students are aware of Students receive positive behaviors. monitoring of routines,
procedures, routines, and correction for behavior procedures, and norms in Students share
classroom norms. that interferes with Students receive timely ways that improve the responsibility with
Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Evidence
Element 2.7 Emerging
Using instructional Paces instruction based
time to optimize on curriculum guidelines.
learning Develops awareness of
how transitions and
classroom management
impact pacing and
lessons.
Some students complete
learning activities in time
allotted.
learning, and positive
reinforcement in
following routines,
procedures, and norms.
I find myself
correcting behavior
by having side
conversations or
after class
conversations with
students.
ISTE- Leader:
Classroom now has
cell phone pockets to
collect before class. If
I miss a student and
find them with their
phones, I empower
them to be
accountable for their
success and no
phones improves my
teaching.
Exploring
Paces instruction with
some consideration of
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
and effective feedback learning climate. teacher for managing and
and consequences for maintaining a positive
behaviors that interfere classroom climate that
with learning. promotes learning.
ISTE: Collaborator-
Spoke with another
teacher on how they
have students
involved in
assessment of
routines. I took an
idea from him on
always starting with
a “do now” before
beginning each class.
Do nows- start each
class with a question
about last class or a
wellness check.
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Applying Integrating Innovating
Paces instruction with Paces instruction to Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
students to provide include ongoing facilitates instruction and
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
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allotted for tasks or for extension and review. prepared for the next reflection, self-
expectations for sequence of instruction. assessment, and goal
completion. setting.

Instruction and time

for closure can still
be worked on. Most
instructional minutes
are used for do-nows,
discussion, lesson
lecture and activities.

Expectations are
Evidence made when students
need extra time.
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