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 One of the strong I believe I am progressing
elements of my pedagogy to the Integrating stage of
is my ability to development for 2.1 as I
communicate the am discovering new ways
expectations of proper for the students to take
social interaction and responsibility and be
development. If there is caring towards each
ever a conflict in my class other to promote a
between students, I try to positive classroom
observe the conflict environment.
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explained to my students
that the expectation is
that they can solve any of
their conflicts through a
discussion based on
reason and respect.
Therefore, when conflicts
do arise, my students are
typically able to resolve
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the conflicts without any
intervention from myself.

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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 In order for students to I believe I have I believe I am making
gain the most knowledge progressed to the improvements in this
out of each lesson, they
need to be in the best
Integrating level of element because I am
learning environment this teaching element. trying to find more
they can be in. In my class, I believe I have made opportunities to
I have created a learning this progress because create physical
environment that I have worked on environments that
emphasizes constructive
feedback, learning from
creating more promote productive
the feedback, and being physical activities interactions among
respectful in our that can encourage students. I think that
interactions. One area I productive physical
could improve on in this
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element would be to interactions between environments can
reflect diversity more in students. promote more
my classroom through
more discussions
student engagement
centered around culture 5/8/22 as they are excited to
and diversity seen in participate in the
society. learning process.
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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
are physically,
classroom. develop resiliency and emotional safety in the
intellectually, and
support intellectual and classroom.
emotionally safe
emotional safety. Students demonstrate
Students are aware of resiliency in
required safety Students follow teacher Students develop and perseverance for
procedures and the guidance regarding Students take risks, offer practice resiliency skills academic achievement.
school and classroom potential safety issues for opinions, and share and strategies to strive Students maintain
rational for maintaining self or others. alternative perspectives for academic intellectual and emotional
safety. achievement, and safety for themselves and
establish intellectual and others in the classroom.
emotional safety in the
classroom.
Evidence One of the most
important expectations
that I set for my students
is the idea of our
classroom being a safe
space for students to feel
comfortable to share their
thoughts, questions, and
concerns. I believe I have
done a good job of
creating this safe space.
But the responsibility
does not only lie with me
as the teacher, it also lies
with the students, as I
have shown them the
importance of being
respectful and engaged to
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their peers’ sharing their
thoughts and questions.

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Element 2.4 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Creating a rigorous Focuses the rigor of the Strives for a rigorous Develops a rigorous Integrates rigor Facilitates a rigorous
learning learning environment on learning environment learning environment throughout the learning learning environment in
environment with accuracy of answers and that includes accuracy, that includes accuracy, environment that values which students take
high expectations completion of learning understanding, and the analysis, problem solving, accuracy, analysis, and leadership in learning.
and appropriate tasks. importance of meeting and appropriate levels of critical reading, writing Fosters extended studies,
support for all Is aware of the targeted learning goals. challenge. and thinking. research, analysis and
students 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.
expectations for students. while becoming aware of understanding of technologies throughout Supports students to
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achievement patterns for
individuals and groups of
students.
Some students ask for Some individuals and
teacher support to groups of students work
understand or complete with the teacher to
learning tasks. support accuracy and
comprehension in their
learning.
achievement patterns, instruction that support
and uses scaffolds to the full range of learners
address achievement in meeting high
gaps. expectations for
achievement.
Students engage in a
variety of differentiated Students actively use
supports and challenges supports and challenges
in ways that promote to complete critical
their accuracy, analysis, reading, writing, higher
and problem solving in order thinking, and
learning. problem solving across
subject matter.
utilize an extensive
repertoire of
differentiated strategies
to meet high
expectations.
Students take
responsibility to fully
utilize teacher and peer
support, to achieve
consistently high levels of
factual and analytical
learning.

In my teaching, I do not I believe I have I think that I am

try to place a huge
emphasis on grades, as I
believe grades do not
define your intelligence
level. However, this can
lead to my class being less
rigorous than it could be
if I had placed a huge
emphasis on the
Evidence importance of grades.  a bit more lenient on
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started to progress to making
the Applying level for improvements in
this element because how much rigor that I
I have started to be am incorporating
more rigorous in my into my pedagogy.
work, compared to My first couple years
last year where I was of teaching I tried to
be less rigorous so
things like due dates. that I could gain
rapport with my
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have been a bit more
rigorous to really
challenge them.
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Element 2.5 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

Developing, Establishes expectations, Develops expectations Uses multiple strategies Integrates equitable Facilitates a positive
communicating, and rules, and consequences with some student including culturally expectations, positive environment using
maintaining for individual and group involvement. responsive instruction to supports, and systems that ensure
high standards for behavior. Communicates, models develop and maintain consequences for students take an active
individual and group and explains expectations high standards for individual and group role in monitoring and
behavior for individual and group individual and group behavior within and maintaining high
behavior. behavior. across learning activities. standards for individual
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and group behaviors.
Refers to standards for Reviews standards for Utilizes routine Guides and supports
behavior and applies behavior with students in references to standards students to self-assess,
consequences as needed. single lessons or for behavior prior and monitor, and set goals for
sequence of lessons in during individual and individual and group
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.

One of the quotes I have I believe I have I am finding and

on a poster in my room progressed to the creating new ways to
reads “You are
responsible for the
Integrating stage of communicate and
motivation of all the this teaching maintain high
people around you.” I try element. In my class, expectations for my
to incorporate this I always try to students because I do
message in to my class, as emphasize the a good job of
I believe that maintaining
high standards of
importance of explaining to them
individual and group appropriate behavior the classroom
behavior should be and communication expectations and
Evidence
student-led. Therefore, in practices between how to properly
my class students are my students. communicate in an
responsible for
maintaining good
academic setting
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believe they need my 12/9/22
intervention will I step in 4/24/23
to reiterate the
expectations on behavior
at school.

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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
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
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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.

Although I make my
behavioral expectations
clear at the beginning of
the year, I do not always
employ a consistent
routine or procedure to
support or control
students’ behavior.
Because I try to allow the
students to be the leaders
Evidence in overcoming any
conflict, I do not always
have a consistent
procedure I utilize in
order to control student
behavior.

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Standard 2 CSTP: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
Element 2.7 Emerging
Paces instruction based
on curriculum guidelines.
Develops awareness of
how transitions and
classroom management
impact pacing and
Using instructional lessons.
time to optimize
learning Some students complete
learning activities in time
allotted.
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
allotted for tasks or
expectations for
completion.
Applying Integrating
Paces instruction with Paces instruction to
students to provide include ongoing
adequate time for assessment of student
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
and complete a variety of instructional time to
learning activities in the engage in and complete
time allotted with options learning activities and are
for extension and review. prepared for the next
sequence of instruction.
Innovating
Paces, adjusts, and fluidly
facilitates instruction and
daily activities.
Students monitor their
own time, are engaged in
accomplishing learning
goals, and participate in
reflection, self-
assessment, and goal
setting.
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I believe I could improve
on using my instructional
time to the best that it can
be, as sometimes I will
not account for class
discussions that go longer
than planned, as that can
then cause the class to
not go over all of the
content of that particular
lesson. I can improve in
Evidence this by trying to analyze
and assess how long I
believe each part of the
lesson will take, while
accounting for potentially
longer class discussions
on certain days.
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I believe I have
progressed to the
Applying level of this
teaching element. I
have worked to
improve my teaching
pace, as I used to not
complete lessons, but
now I am doing a
better job of moving
the lesson along so
we finish on time on
most occasions.
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