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.
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. access to the curriculum. further their learning that
are responsive to their
learning needs.
At the beginning of the
school year I make
personal phone calls to all
of my students to
introduce myself. I keep a
binder with pages for each
student. During my phone
call I do an interest survey
to learn what my student’s
interests are and keep
notes about personal
information that I can use
during the year to let them
Evidence know I am invested in
their success. (informal
data)
I also use our TotalView
system to learn
background information
such as demographics,
IEP’s EL information etc. I
will also conduct the BOY
STAR for a baseline. I also
have access to information
about the students from
the previous year’s
teacher.
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.
At the beginning of
the year the students
complete an ALL
About Me slide.
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. 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. backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.

Evidence
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 community. instruction to engage subject matter
Connecting subject students in relating to instruction.
matter to subject matter.
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections connections regularly to in making and using integrate subject matter
provided in single lessons develop understandings real-life connections to into their own thinking
or sequence of lessons to of subject matter. subject matter to extend and make relevant
support understanding of their understanding. applications of subject
subject matter. matter during learning
activities.
I like to use Youtube
videos with some of
my lessons. For
example I use a
“Figurative Language
in Movies” video to
help them make
connections to
figurative language
by seeing it in
Evidence popular movies that
they are familiar
with.
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,
learning needs.
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 needs. resources, and technologies that
technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
Last year I began
using a website called
Classkick. This
program allows me to
tailor each students
assignments to their
abilities. For our
Character Analysis
Essay for The Lord of
the Flies, I created a
Evidence workbook to help
with the writing
process. I am able to
“visit” each student’s
slide and give them
one on one assistance
with their work.
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.
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 content. reflect, and communicate
critical thinking in single problems of their own understandings based on
lessons or a sequence of related to the content. in depth analysis of
lessons. content learning.
During lessons that
require critical
thinking while
studying literature, I
ask leading questions
to help students have
discussions. To do
this I use my Bloom’s
Taxonomy flipbook.
This flipbook is very
Evidence useful to me during
my lessons. I am able
to ask leveled
questions to promote
critical thinking.

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 effectively.
adjusting instruction
while teaching. Some students receive Students receive Students successfully Students are able to Students monitor their
individual assistance assistance individually or participate and stay articulate their level of progress in learning and
during instruction. in small groups during engaged in learning understanding and use provide information to
instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
During my lessons I
incorporate slides
with questions on the
material. Student’s
can write on the
whiteboard, answer
on the microphone or
in chat. I also have
polling tools available
to do informal
Evidence assessments and I
can make necessary
adjustments to the
lessons depending on
their responses.