CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Plans daily lessons using Plans single lessons or Plans differentiated Plans differentiated Plans differentiated
available curriculum and sequence of lessons using instruction based on instruction, which is instruction that provides
information from district additional assessment knowledge of students’ based on broad systematic opportunities
and state required information on student academic readiness, knowledge of students. for supporting and
assessments. academic readiness, academic language, Matches resources and extending student
language, cultural diverse cultural specific strategies to learning based on
background, and backgrounds, and students’ diverse learning comprehensive
4.1 Using knowledge
individual development. individual cognitive, needs and cultural information on students.
of students’ academic
social, emotional, and backgrounds.
readiness, language
physical development to
proficiency, cultural
meet their individual
background, and
needs.
individual
Is aware of impact of bias Becomes aware of Planning addresses bias, Engages students in the
development to plan
on learning. potential areas of bias Examines potential stereotyping, and analysis of bias,
instruction.
and seeks to learn about sources of bias and assumptions about stereotyping, and
culturally responsive stereotyping when cultures an members of assumptions.
pedagogy. planning lessons. Uses cultures.
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pedagogy in planning.
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- Intentionally - I welcome and

select material, celebrate student
resources and contribution and
activities that background
represent my knowledge in the
students’ diverse classroom space
backgrounds and and plans
development, instruction in
making sure it is which students
a safe space for can contribute in
all to share. those ways.
- I am committed - I address bias
to being an anti- and assumptions
racist educator about cultures
and making sure and invite
to reflect on my students to
teaching practice open-
practices and mindedness and
continuing to empathy as they
make sure they learn from each
CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Communicates learning
objectives for a single
lesson to students based
4.2 Establishing and on content standards and
articulating goals for available curriculum.
student learning
Establishes and shares
learning goals for skill
development with
students in single lessons
and sequence of lessons.
are in alignment other. 12/10/23
with my values.
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Establishes and Establishes and Establishes and
communicates to articulates learning goals articulates
students clear learning to students that integrate comprehensive short-
goals for content that are content standards with term and long-term
accessible, challenging, students’ strengths, learning goals for
and differentiated to interests, and learning students. Assists students
address students’ diverse needs. 12/10/23 to articulate and monitor
learning needs. 7/16/23 learning goals.

- Goals for each - I review learning

lesson are goals with
communicated at students and
the beginning help them make
and revaluated connections to
throughout the access
class to see if background
more time is knowledge. –
needed to 12/10/23
accomplish the
goals. 7/16/23

Uses available curriculum Begins to plan curriculum Establishes short- and Refines sequence of long- Utilizes extensive
for daily, short- and long- units that include a series long-term curriculum term plans to reflect knowledge of curriculum,
4.3 Developing and term plans. of connected lessons and plans for subject matter integrations of content standards, and
sequencing long- are linked to long-term concepts and essential curriculum guidelines, assess learning needs to
term and short-term planning to support related academic frameworks, and design cohesive and
instructional plans to student learning. language and formats assessed instructional comprehensive long- and
support student that support student needs to ensure student short-term instructional
learning learning. 7/16/23 learning. 12/10/23 plans that ensure high
levels of learning.
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- Created a - I have been in a
syllabus that continual process
outlines content of refining my
and standards long term and
that will be short term
covered during instructional
the school year plans in order to
as well as what engage and
types of skills support more
and goals will be students in their
emphasized strengths and
through the needs. –
learning. 12/10/23
- I also created
unit calendars
that outline what
will be covered
within each unit
that helps
support the long-
term goals.
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CSTP 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students

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Plans instruction that Selects strategies for Incorporates Plans instruction using a Plans instruction
incorporates strategies single lessons or differentiated wide range of strategies incorporating a
suggested by curriculum sequence of lessons that instructional strategies to address learning styles repertoire of strategies
guidelines. respond to students’ into ongoing planning and meet students’ specifically meet
diverse learning needs. that addresses culturally assessed language and students’ diverse
4.4 Planning 7/16/23 responsive pedagogy, learning needs. Provides language and learning
instruction that students’ diverse appropriate support and needs and styles to
incorporates language, and learning challenges for students. advance learning for all.
appropriate Is aware of student Seeks to learn about needs and styles.
strategies to meet content, learning, and students’ diverse learning 12/10/23 Integrates results from a Facilitates opportunities
the learning needs of language needs through and language needs broad range of for students to reflect on
all students data provided by the site beyond basic data. Uses assessments of assessments into their learning and the
and district. students’ learning and planning to meet impact of instructional
language needs to inform students’ diverse learning strategies to meet their
planning differentiated and language needs. learning and language
instruction. 7/16/23 12/10/23 needs.

- Intentionally - I assess students - I have been

incorporate learning and collecting data
background language needs and
knowledge and by recording data implementing
skills to help during informal results into my
scaffold learning and formal lesson and
and support all assessments and curriculum
students in their planning planning to
learning needs. instructions address student
This might based on learning in a
happen at the students’ needs. more
beginning of the 7/16/23 comprehensive
lesson or - I incorporate a way. 12/10/23
throughout the variety of
lesson. 7/16/23 strategies to
address student
learning needs
and styles while
keeping in mind
students
backgrounds and
experiences.
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Implements lessons and Begins to adapt plans and Makes adjustments and Makes ongoing Anticipates and plans for
uses materials from materials in single adaptations to adjustments to a wide range of
curriculum provided. lessons or sequences of differentiate instructional instructional plans and adaptations to lessons
lessons to address plans. Uses culturally uses a variety of based on in depth
4.5 Adapting
students’ learning needs. responsive pedagogy and materials as the analysis of individual
instructional plans
additional materials to instructional needs arises student needs.
and curricular
support students’ diverse to support student
materials to meet the
learning needs. 7/16/23 learning. 12/10/23 Engages with students to
assessed learning
identify types of
needs of all students.
adjustments in
instruction that best meet
their learning goals.

- I actively modify - I make ongoing

planned lessons adjustments as
and learning to additional needs
adjust to specific are made clear
student learning through frequent
and need that checks for
arises during the understanding.
lesson. - I provide
- Intentionally additional
implement scaffolding and
materials and support to help
resources to students access
support students’ learning.
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needs, focusing
on the histories
of marginalized
voices and
communities.
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