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Is aware of the need to Begins to engage in Engages in reflection Reflects individually and Maintains ongoing
reflect on teaching reflection on teaching individually and with with colleagues on reflective practice and
practice to support practice individually and colleagues on the refinements in teaching action research in
student learning. Reflects with colleagues that is relationship between practice and connections supporting student
individually or with focused on methods to making adjustments in among the elements of learning and raising the
colleagues on immediate support the full range of teaching practice and the CSTP to positively level of academic
student learning needs. learners. impact on the full range impact the full range of achievement. 3/20/24
of learners. 9/17/2022 learners. 3/4/2023,
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reflection among
colleagues for school
wide impact on student
learning. 3/20/24

6.1 Reflecting on
teaching practice in
support of student
learning
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During and after every
lesson, I will actively
reflect on my teaching
practice. I check to see if
students are engaged, if
students have reached
the learning goal, if there
was good classroom
management, if I treated
students fairly, and if my
assessments
appropriately matched
the learning goal of the
lesson. If I feel as though
the lesson could have
been better, I explore
additional instructional
strategies and
techniques. 9/17/2022
This is my first year
teaching Kindergarten, Teacher reflects on
while my grade-level practice and then
partner has been explores new strategies
teaching Kindergarten for
and techniques. Teacher
3 years at the school we
work at. Yet, we are does this for every lesson,
constantly talking about and considers whether or
if we want to change not students were
things up from previous actively engaged in order
years to reflect the range to make adjustments for
of learners. For example, the following lessons.
last year’s PBL included
Teacher also maintains a
students making books
on community helpers focus on students and the
and bringing them home. instructional goals when
This year, we chose to reflecting on teaching
make books, create 3D practice. If a student’s
communities, and goal is to keep within the
present them to the lines during writing
school. We felt like this
would be more exciting, block, however
engaging, and demonstrates an inability
challenging. 3/4/2023 to do so during any given
lesson, then teacher will
rethink how she could
better support that
student next time. For
instance, she could
provide one-on-one help
and use a highlighter for
the student to trace over.
Or, teacher could have
that student use lined
paper with the blue line
on top (sky) and green
line on bottom (grass).
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Teacher maintains a focus
on students and the
instructional goals when
reflecting on teaching
practice: Were my
students productively
engaged? Did my
students learn what I had
intended them to learn?
Could the class have run
more smoothly? Did I
treat all students fairly
and with respect? Does
my assessment match the
learning goal? Teacher
evaluates each lesson in
order to make necessary
changes for future
lessons. ​Teacher reflects
on practice and then
explores new strategies
and techniques. Teacher
follows multiple teacher
influencers on social
media and keeps up to
date with the latest and
most engaging strategies
to use in the classroom.
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Develops goals Sets goals connected to Sets goals connected to Sets and modifies Sets and modifies a
connected to the CSTP the CSTP that take into the CSTP that are authentic goals broad range of
through required account authentic, challenging, connected to the CSTP professional goals
processes and local self-assessment of and based on self- that are intellectually connected to the CSTP
protocols. teaching practice. assessment. 3/4/2023 challenging and based to improve
on self-assessment and instructional practice
Attends required Expands knowledge Aligns personal goals feedback from a variety and impact student
professional and skills individually with school and of sources. learning within and
development. and with colleagues district goals, and 10/27/2023 beyond the classroom.
through available focuses on improving 3/20/24
professional student learning. Engages in and
development. 3/4/2023 contributes to Engages in ongoing
9/17/2022 professional inquiry into teacher
Selects and engages in development targeted practice for
6.2 Establishing professional on student professional
professional goals development based on achievement. Pursues a development. 3/20/24
needs identified in variety of additional
and engaging in
professional goals. opportunities to learn Contributes to
continuous and 3/4/2023 professionally. professional
purposeful 10/27/2023 organizations, and
professional growth development
and development opportunities to
extend own teaching
practice. 3/20/24
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As mentioned above, I At my school, I am
Teacher expresses
always assess my own observed twice per year Teacher establishes
commitment to lifelong
teaching practice to by our school’s principal. professional goals
learning as a critical role
target areas for Before being observed, I focused on improving
of educators. For
professional fill out a lesson plan and
instance, I find any free, his/her teaching. In fact,
development. For discuss the goal I have set
available professional teacher writes out
example, if I see that for myself and for my
learning professional goals for
students are not engaged students. This
seminar/conference to herself at the beginning
in my lesson, I might ask encourages me to
attend in order to
my principal if I can improve and develop as a of the year, and then
improve my teaching
observe a teacher who professional. As well, I towards the end of the
practice. Teacher
has been teaching for a find opportunities to go year. Each time, teacher
assesses own teaching
long time to watch the observe my mentor
practice to target areas meets with principal to
strategies that he/she teacher and the way she
for professional go over goals and discuss
uses throughout the teaches lessons or uses
development. I use ways in which she can
lesson. Or, I might instructional strategies in
self-assessments to
research online ways to the classroom. 3/4/2023 practically work towards
determine areas of
better engage my class. meeting them. Or, how
strength/growth, and
Furthermore, I love to she can change them to
how I can improve for the
read books about how to best suit her desired
future. Teacher identifies
improve my teaching
area for growth and then areas of growth.
practice. At the same
actively pursues Furthermore, teacher
time, I attend several
professional engages in professional
professional
development activities to
development development activities
improve teaching
workshops/seminars with the goal of
practice in this area. For
throughout the year to improving his/her skill in
example, teacher
learn more about how to
observes other teachers teaching. I participate in
better my teaching
who have more several PD days
practice. 9/17/2022
experience to gain insight throughout the school
and wisdom into ways to year, most of which are
grow as an educator.
required by Kinetic
Teacher engages in
professional Academy. These days are
development activities designed to help teachers
beyond those required by grow as educators and
the school and district. become leaders where
Teacher engages in they are. 3/20/24
professional
development activities,
when possible, that go
beyond those required by
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the school and district.
Teacher commits to
extending her teaching
practice and reach new
objectives/outcomes
each month and year.
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Attends staff, grade Consults with Collaborates with Collaborates with Facilitates
level, department, and colleagues to consider colleagues to improve colleagues to expand collaboration with
other required how best to support student learning and impact on teacher and colleagues.
meetings and teacher and student reflect on teaching student learning within
collaborations. learning. 3/4/2023 practice at the grade or department Works to ensure the
classroom level. and school and district broadest positive
Identifies student and Begins to identify how 10/27/2023 levels. 3/20/24 impact possible on
teacher resources at to access student and instructional practice
the school and district teacher resources in Interacts with Engages with members and student
level. 9/17/2022 the broader members of the of the broader achievement at school
professional broader professional professional and district levels and
community. 3/4/2023 community to access community to access for the profession.
resources that support resources and a wide
teacher effectiveness range of supports for Initiates and develops
6.3 Collaborating and student learning. teaching the full range professional learning
10/27/2023 of learners. 3/20/24 opportunities with the
with colleagues and
broader professional
the broader
community focused on
professional student achievement.
community to
support teacher and
student learning
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I collaborate with my
grade-level partner on a
weekly basis to do lesson
planning, as we discuss
what we think will be
most beneficial to our
students. I also meet
regularly with the special
education staff to monitor
student progress and talk
about needed
accommodations for my
students with IEPs or
504s. Thus, I keep in close
communication with
specialists who provide
services to students in my
class. Furthermore, I
serve on the SEL
committee at my school,
so as to learn more about
how we can incorporate
SEL activities into the
classroom. 9/17/2022
I regularly meet with my
Teacher collaborates with
mentor teacher to grow Teacher collaborates with
other teachers through
in my teaching practices. colleagues and draws
lesson study, action
With the amount of upon their areas of
research, book groups,
experience she has, I
conferences, workshops. strength to support
want to meet with her as
For instance, teacher his/her own teaching.
much as I can to learn
takes part in a "book Every once in a while,
from her. She provides
club" where groups are teacher will observe
me with many resources
assigned a professional
to better support my other teachers with more
development book to
students. She also has experience in order to
read through, take notes
encouraged me to attend gain new insight and new
on, and present their
conferences/seminars
findings to the rest of the strategies that might
that help teachers
staff. Resume lists work well for my class.
develop as educators.
leadership positions that Teacher maintains
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contribute to the broader
regular contact with
professional community.
support staff including
For instance, teacher was
EL, special education
the Sophomore
staff, department chair,
Representative in college,
was the 2nd/3rd grade etc. to monitor student
kids ministry lead, and progress and needed
led a team of college accommodations to
students intended for
support learning
Argentina (cancelled due
to COVID). Teacher activities. For my
maintains regular contact students in speech, I keep
with the special in close contact with the
education staff to speech pathologist, in
monitor student progress order to stay up to date
and needed with how everything is
accommodations to
progressing or not
support learning
activities. Teacher makes progressing. We send
accommodations for emails back in forth in
student with IEP/504 regards to IEPs, and if we
plans as needed. need to make any
10/27/2023 updates to them. Finally,
teacher reflects on
student work and seeks
new strategies to meet
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individual student needs.
Teacher follows veteran
teachers on social media
in order to find new
strategies to support my
kiddos in the classroom.
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Is aware of the role of Acknowledges the Supports families to Provides opportunities Structures a wide
the family in student importance of the contribute to the and support for range of opportunities
learning and the need family’s role in student classroom and school. families to actively for families to
for interactions with learning. Seeks Adjusts participate in the contribute to the
families. information about communication to classroom and school. classroom and school
cultural norms of families based on 10/27/2023 community. Supports a
families represented in awareness of cultural school/district
the school. Welcomes norms and wide range Communicates to environment in which
family involvement at of experiences with families in ways which families take
classroom/ school schools. 3/4/2023 show understanding of leadership to improve
events. 9/17/2022 and respect for cultural student learning.
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6.4 Working with

families to support
student learning
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When getting to One thing that I love
Teacher considers
know my students, I about my school is that it Teacher ensures that
aspects of students’
is very family-oriented. students and their
make it a point to Families/parents are
backgrounds that can
make a significant families understand the
learn about their always welcome and
difference in the manner learning goals; methods
family life and encouraged to
in which they understand for communicating goals
involvement. I want participate/be involved
the content. Teacher include back to school
to know if the in the classroom. On
involves and engages night, meet the teacher
Wednesdays, I have a
student lives in a students’ grandma help
families, as appropriate,
night, Kinder weekly
single or double in learning activities
out. On Thursday newsletters (sent out on
(family projects, mystery
parent home, if they mornings, I have another Fridays), notes to
reader, holiday activities,
have any siblings and students’ grandpa help
field trips, walk & talk, parents, course syllabus,
if so, how many, how out. On holidays,
etc.) 10/27/2023 email correspondences
students’ parents come in
much the parents to the class to help out via ParentSquare, KA web
work, and how and run site, homework
involved the parents centers/activities. instructions (sent home
are in their child’s Parents are also every Monday),
lives. Knowing this encouraged to volunteer parent/teacher
to chaperone on field
information helps me trips. We are always conferences, etc. 3/20/24
to better support wanting families to
student learning. I contribute to the
also find ways to classroom at KA.
engage families in 3/4/2023
their child’s learning
through homework,
read aloud books,
mystery readers,
parent volunteers for
centers, chaperones,
etc. 9/17/2022
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Develops awareness Seeks available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Collaborates with
about local neighborhood and neighborhood and neighborhood and community members
neighborhoods and community resources. community resources community resources to increase
communities to support the to support the instructional and
surrounding the school. Includes references or curriculum. 3/4/2023 instructional program, learning opportunities
connections to students, and families. for students. 3/20/24
Uses available communities in single Includes knowledge of 10/27/2023
neighborhood and lessons or sequence of communities when Engages students in
community resources lessons. 9/17/2022 designing and Draws from leadership and service
in single lessons. implementing understanding of in the community.
instruction. 3/4/2023 community to improve Incorporates
and enrich the community members
instructional program. into the school
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6.5 Engaging local

communities in
support of the
instructional
program
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I try and make an effort This is widely seen
Teacher develops
to become aware of the throughout our PBLs. For Teacher develops
community-based
community resources example, students are community-based
activities so that students
and incorporate them currently learning about activities so that students
feel connected. For
into the curriculum. I am endangered animals. To
example, students go on a feel connected. For
aware of my include knowledge of
field trip during instance, students
surroundings and what their communities, we
Trimester 1 to Tanaka learned about
the kids might know will be visiting the
Farms where they get to endangered animals
about their communities community’s aquarium,
pick vegetables and a
and try to use that in my where students will get during Trimester 2. To
pumpkin. This coincides
lessons. For example, in to see some of the connect this to the
with their "Community
our PBLs (project based endangered animals community, students
Helpers" PBL project
learning), we take field learned about. 3/4/2023
where they learn about went to a local zoo and
trips in the community so
farmers. Speakers from completed an ABC
that students can
the community are Scavenger Hunt to find as
experience first-hand
invited to participate in
what we are learning in many animals as possible.
classroom activities.
class. One of the PBLs is They also talked about
Firefighters come to our
called “Community which animals were
campus with their
Helpers”, so we try and endangered. In addition,
firetruck to speak to our
take the students to a
students about their job students created
pumpkin patch to see
and let them go on the dioramas of an
how the farmers are
firetruck. In addition, endangered animal’s (of
helping out our
other community helpers
community. At the same their choice) habitat and
such as doctors, police
time, we have community presented it to their
officers, and
members come and peers. Finally, students
veterinarians come to our
speak to the class, and
school to be guest went out into their
students prepare
speakers to talk about communities to raise
interview questions so
what their jobs entail. money for endangered
that they can feel
Students participate in animals, whereby all
involved and connected
school and community
to what they’re learning. proceeds went towards
service projects. For
9/17/2022 adopting and protecting
instance, students grow a
plant in reusable an endangered animal of
materials for their their choice. Teacher
reduce, reuse, recycle invites speakers from the
PBL. 10/27/2023 community to participate
in classroom activities. In
Trimester 1 while
students were learning
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about community
helpers, we had police
officers, nurses, and
firefighters be guest
speakers in our
classroom. In Trimester 2
when students learned
about endangered
animals, we had a
zoologist come in to talk
about animals. Students
participate in school and
community service
projects. In Trimester 3
when students learn
about the 3R’s, students
will plant flowers out of
recycled materials to
make a garden. 3/20/24

Develops an Maintains professional Anticipates Integrates the full Models

understanding of responsibilities in professional range of professional professionalism and
professional timely ways and seeks responsibilities and responsibilities into supports colleagues in
responsibilities. support as needed. manages time and advanced planning and meeting and exceeding
effort required to meet prepares for situations professional
Seeks to meet required Demonstrates expectations. that may be Responsibilities
commitments to commitment by 3/4/2023 challenging. effectively. 3/20/24
students. exploring ways to 10/27/2023
address individual Pursues ways to Supports colleagues to
student needs. support students’ Maintains continual maintain the
9/17/2022 diverse learning needs effort to seek, develop, motivation, resiliency,
and maintains belief in and refine new and and energy to ensure
students’ capacity for creative methods to that all students
achievement. ensure individual achieve. 3/20/24
3/4/2023 student learning.
6.6 Managing
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professional
responsibilities to
maintain
motivation and
commitment to all
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In order to remain I manage Teacher participates in
committed to my professional Teacher participates in
activities outside of
career, I participate responsibilities by school that reduce stress activities outside of
(regular exercise, school that reduce stress
in a number of maintaining a
hobbies, family/friend (regular exercise,
activities outside of healthy work-life
outings, beach, baking…) hobbies, family outings,
school to reduce my balance. When I am Teacher balances etc.) Teacher makes it a
stress. For example, I at work, I use my professional priority to exercise every
exercise, see friends, time wisely to get my responsibilities with
day as soon as she comes
travel, attend work done. For personal and family
needs. Teacher makes a home from work. Teacher
sporting events, etc. I example, while my meets with Fellowship
commitment to leaving
do my best to create students are at work at 3:45PM each day Group from church every
a healthy work/life specials classes, I and leaving everything at Tuesday and Wednesday
balance in order to plan and prepare. work. Teacher nights, meets with
be 100% for my During lunch time, I understands that her
friends throughout the
personal life comes first,
kiddos in the take my lunch break week, reads, owns a
and teaching comes
classroom. I to recharge. I set at a second. Teacher baking business as a side
demonstrate and time to leave work demonstrates a positive hustle, and goes to
model a positive every day, and am attitude with students church every Sunday
attitude towards my held accountable by and colleagues. Teacher is morning. Teacher also
on the "Social
students, as I want two colleagues. does several weekend
Committee" at her work
them to do the same When I leave work, I trips throughout the year.
and plans monthly events
in return. 9/17/2022 leave everything for staff to get together Teacher demonstrates a
there and pick up and socialize. Teacher positive attitude with
where I left off the regularly researches new students and colleagues.
and upcoming apps that She has a relationship
next day. 3/4/2023
are connected to the with most teachers at the
Science of Reading for school and makes it a
students to use on their
point to reach out to each
iPads. Teacher has taught
students how to use the of them every once in a
app called "Boost" as while. 3/20/24
provided by the school to
aid students in their
ready abilities.
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Follows all state education codes, legal requirements, district and site Maintains a high standard of personal integrity
policies, contractual agreements, and ethical responsibilities.* and commitment to student learning and the
profession in all circumstances. 10/27/2023
* As follows:
● Take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes. Contributes to building professional community
● Is aware of own personal values and biases and recognizes ways in which and holding peers accountable to norms of
these values and biases affect the teaching and learning of students. respectful treatment and communication.
● Adheres to legal and ethical obligations in teaching the full ranges of 10/27/2023
learners, including English learners and students with special needs.
● Reports suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect as outlined in the Contributes to fostering a school culture with a
California Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. high degree of resilience, professional integrity,
● Maintains a non-hostile classroom environment and carries out laws and and ethical conduct. 10/27/2023, 3/20/24
district guidelines for reporting cases of sexual harassment.
● Understands and implements school and district policies and state and
federal law in responding to inappropriate or violent student behavior.
6.7 Demonstrating ● Complies with legal and professional obligations to protect the privacy,
professional health, and safety of students, families, and other school professionals.
responsibility, ● Models appropriate behavior for students, colleagues, and the profession.
integrity, and ● Acts in accordance with ethical considerations for students.
ethical conduct ● Maintains professional conduct and integrity in the classroom and school
community. 9/17/2022, 3/4/2023
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I demonstrate a professional demeanor both in the classroom and in the school
Teacher demonstrates a professional demeanor both
community, such as the way I dress, act, and speak. I take my job very seriously, so I
in the classroom and within the school community.
make sure I am following all policies, contractural agreements, and
For instance, teacher does not allow her personal life
responsibilities. I strive to develop my teaching practice and skills so that I can be
to get in the way of her professional responsibilities.
the best for my students. 9/17/2022
Teacher maintains a high commitment to student
learning and the ongoing development of teacher
Considering how seriously I take my job and my profession, I do everything in my
skills and knowledge. 10/27/2023
power to maintain a high work ethic. I show up to work early, I dress appropriately,
I follow and model school rules, I model good behavior around campus, I maintain
healthy relationships with my co-workers, and I participate in professional
development days. 3/4/2023 Teacher follows all state education codes, legal
requirements, district and site policies, contractual
agreements, and ethical responsibilities. Teacher
understands the importance of taking her job
seriously and to remaining professional in all aspects.
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