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 Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
through data provided by learn about individual of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
the school and/or students.9/16/23 sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
assessments. students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
Using knowledge of learning needs.
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single Students engage in Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of learning through the use variety of instructional of their learning by
instructional strategies lessons that include some of adjustments in strategies and choosing from a wide
focused on the class as a adjustments based on instruction to meet their technologies in learning range of methods to
whole. assessments 9/16/23 needs. that ensure equitable further their learning that
access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
learning needs.
9/16/23 In addition to
data provided by the
school, I have
conversations with the
students to assess their
current level in the
subject area. For example,
for Spanish heritage
speakers, they may speak
the language but have
never had formal
education in that
language so I know that
Evidence they will need grammar
help.

Based on informal
classroom assessments, I
can chunk lessons or
reorganize a starting
point based on the
feedback I get during the
class lessons.
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. to connect to student interests.
learning. 9/16/23
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. 9/16/23 backgrounds, life and interests within and
experiences, and across learning activities.
interests.
9/16/23 In their 9/16/23 I get to
Spanish coursework, know my students
I use real world and parents during
applications to their initial
connect with lesson orientation prior to
content. For example, enrollment. Parent(s)
when learning about and students share
hobbies, we talk background
about the students’ information so that
hobbies and make a we can work together
word wall prior to to come up with
starting the lesson. academic goals.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging
Uses real-life connections
during instruction as
identified to curriculum.
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Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate
subject matter to real-life
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During a lesson on
“Los pasatiempos”
(hobbies) I ask
students to tell me
about their hobbies.
Evidence
Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating
Explore using additional Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
real-life connections to from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
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
students in relating to instruction.
subject matter.
Students make use of
real-life connections Students utilize real-life Students actively engage Students routinely
provided in single lessons connections regularly to in making and using integrate subject matter
or sequence of lessons to develop understandings real-life connections to into their own thinking
support understanding of of subject matter. subject matter to extend and make relevant
subject matter. their understanding. applications of subject
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activities.
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We then create a
word wall to
translate these into
Spanish which
students can then use
during their
activities.
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
Students participate in
meet students’
Some students participate single lessons or Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
diverse learning
in instructional strategies, sequence of lessons instruction using in instruction and make responsibilities for using
needs
using resources and related to their interests strategies, resources, and use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
technologies provided. and experiences. technologies matched to targeted strategies, resources, and
their learning needs. resources, and technologies that
9/16/23 technologies to meet their successfully advance their
individual students needs. learning.
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During a lesson of
“Los pasatiempos,” I
facilitate learning
through modeling
new vocabulary
aloud, while also
having students
follow along in their
tutorial via their
Evidence computers so they
can see the words in
print. I will also write
new vocabulary on a
word wall. The
students provide the
hobbies listed on the
word wall to build
connections to their
interests and
experiences.
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 Students respond to
solving, and Some students respond to varied questions or tasks Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and answer
reflection questions regarding facts designed to promote questions and problems and construct questions a wide-range of complex
and comprehension. comprehension and posed by the teacher and of their own to support questions and problems,
critical thinking in single begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. reflect, and communicate
lessons or a sequence of problems of their own understandings based on
lessons. related to the content. in depth analysis of
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The LMS my site
utilizes, Edmentum,
incorporates
common core lessons
that use a variety of
higher order thinking
skills, starting with
recall of vocabulary
but move on to
applying grammar
rules in new
Evidence
situations, and then,
to create original
sentences. For
example, in the
lesson “Los
pasatiempos,” I will
scaffold sentence
building based on the
hobbies provided by
the students, but then
they will move on to
create their own
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
sentences and tell me
not only about their
hobbies, but the
hobbies of others and
to tell me why or why
they like this hobby
putting together
skills from prior
lessons.

Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring Applying Integrating Innovating

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
9/16/23 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
9/16/23 instruction. activities. teacher guidance to meet teacher that informs
their needs during adjustments in
instruction. instruction.
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
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I utilize the lesson in
my school site’s
curriculum and ask
students to tell me
how they know how
to use certain
vocabulary words or
certain conjugations
as they progress
through their
Evidence
activities.

For Spanish 1A,

students can work
independently or in
pairs while I give one
on one support to
students who need
additional support
with conjugation or
other skills.