Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.1 Emerging Exploring
Learns about students Gathers additional data to
through data provided by learn about individual
the school and/or students.
assessments.
Using knowledge of
students to engage
them in learning Some students may Students engage in single
engage in learning using lessons or sequence of
instructional strategies lessons that include some
focused on the class as a adjustments based on
whole. assessments. 7/13/23
After teaching the math
lesson, I give the students
time to work on an
activity to practice what
they have learned.
Sometimes in groups and
sometimes
independently. I walk
around the classroom and
assess the students’
progress and adjust if
objectives are not being
met. 7/13/23
Evidence
Applying Integrating Innovating
Uses data from a variety Uses data from multiple Uses comprehensive
of formal and informal measures to make knowledge of students to
sources to learn about adjustments to make ongoing
students and guide instruction and meet adjustments and
selection of instructional individual identified accommodations in
strategies to meet diverse learning needs. instruction.
learning needs. 7/13/23
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Students actively utilize a Students take ownership
Student engage in variety of instructional of their learning by
learning through the use strategies and choosing from a wide
of adjustments in technologies in learning range of methods to
instruction to meet their that ensure equitable further their learning that
needs. 11/26/23 access to the curriculum. are responsive to their
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I use the students’ I incorporate many
beginning of the year different technology
survey, which includes platforms in my
personal information classroom that allow
about each student, to students access to the
guide my teaching. I also curriculum. 4/28/24
use specific students’ IEP
and 504 plans to help
meet their specific needs.
In addition, I look at the
students’ progress on
their assignments, I listen
to how they are
communicating with their
peers, and I pay attention
to their responses when I
call on them in class. I use
these informal
assessments as well as
their tests, quizzes, and
STAR Tests to see where
they stand and adjust my
plans accordingly.
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After teaching a math
lesson, I give the students
time to work on an
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
activity to practice what
they have learned.
Sometimes they work in
groups and sometimes
they work independently.
I walk around the
classroom to assess the
students' progress and
adjust if objectives are not
being met. I adjust my
instruction based on my
observations. 11/26/23
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. 7/13/23 to connect to student interests.
learning. 11/26/23
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Students participate in Students are actively Students can articulate
single lessons or Students make engaged in curriculum, the relevance and impact
sequences of lessons connections between which relates their prior of lessons on their lives
related to their interests curriculum, and their knowledge, experiences, and society.
and experiences. 7/13/23 prior knowledge, and interests within and
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experiences, and
interests. 4/28/24
I use the students’ I connect with
beginning of the year administration,
survey, which includes coworkers, and parents to
personal information expand my knowledge
about each student, to and understanding of
guide my teaching. students' homelife and
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I occasionally plan 4/28/24
lessons/projects to allow
students to connect their I incorporate assignments
specific interests and where the students have
experiences to math to think back on their
concepts. I am working on prior knowledge to
implementing more complete the assignment.
opportunities for the Also, I integrate their
students to take part in. interests into many
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.3 Emerging Exploring
Uses real-life connections Explore using additional
during instruction as real-life connections to
identified to curriculum. subject matter in single
lessons or sequence of
lessons to support
understanding. 7/13/23
Connecting subject
matter to
meaningful, real-life
contexts Some students relate Students make use of
subject matter to real-life. real-life connections
provided in single lessons
or sequence of lessons to
support understanding of
subject matter. 7/13/23
I relate math concepts
with real-life connections,
such as professions, daily
activities,
extracurriculars, etc. for
many different topics. I
am working on finding
more ways to make the
connections more
meaningful to the
students. 7/13/23
Evidence Students can connect
what they learn to a real-
life scenario in their lives
or how the concept can be
useful in their future. This
helps give the students a
reason as to why the
concept is important to
understand. 7/13/23
Applying Integrating Innovating
Integrates connections Integrates connections to Engages student in
from subject matter to meaningful, real-life actively making
meaningful, real-life contexts in planning connections to relevant,
contexts, including those subject matter instruction meaningful, and real-life
specific to students’ and is responsive during contexts throughout
family and community. instruction to engage subject matter
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subject matter. 4/28/24
Students actively engage Students routinely
Students utilize real-life in making and using real- integrate subject matter
connections regularly to life connections to subject into their own thinking
develop understandings matter to extend their and make relevant
of subject matter. understanding. 4/28/24 applications of subject
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activities.
Students participate in an I connect real world
activity on Google Slides examples to the lessons I
that applies their create and the projects I
knowledge of operations give. For example, my
with fractions to a real- Algebra students
world scenario. This completed a projectile
activity has them motion project where
planning a family picnic. they were able to create
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their own word problem
based on their own
interests and connect it
to the real world
scenario and the math.
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My 6th grade students are
shown how impactful bar
graphs, histograms, line
graphs, and other
methods of displaying
data are so important in
the world. 4/28/24
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
lessons to meet students’ ongoing instruction to meet students’ diverse needs.
Using a variety of
diverse learning needs. meet students’ diverse learning needs.
instructional
learning needs. 7/13/23
strategies, resources,
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and technologies to
Some students participate Students participate in Students actively engage Students take
meet students’
in instructional strategies, single lessons or Students participate in in instruction and make responsibilities for using
diverse learning
using resources and sequence of lessons instruction using use of a variety of a wide range of strategies,
needs
technologies provided. related to their interests strategies, resources, and targeted strategies, resources, and
and experiences. technologies matched to resources, and technologies that
their learning needs. technologies to meet their successfully advance their
7/13/23 individual students learning.
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I utilize CRP by making I incorporate many
the students feel different types of
comfortable in my technology into my
classroom, making strong lessons. For example, I
relationships, and use IXL, Quizlet, Gimkit,
connecting math topics to and more. I adjust the
real-life scenarios. I technology use based on
incorporate different my students’ diverse
technologies and learning needs. 4/28/24
activities after the lessons
for students to take part
in to meet students’
Evidence diverse learning needs.
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Students use guided
notes, hands-on activities,
group work, and
technology platforms to
meet their learning needs.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.5 Emerging Exploring
Asks questions that focus Includes questions in
on factual knowledge and single lessons or a
comprehension. sequence of lessons that
require students to recall,
interpret, and think
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thinking though
inquiry, problem Some students respond to
solving, and questions regarding facts Students respond to
reflection and comprehension. varied questions or tasks
designed to promote
comprehension and
critical thinking in single
lessons or a sequence of
lessons. 7/13/23
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Students do get the
opportunity to critically
think about the topic.
These questions are
included in some
assignments they are
given after the lesson. I
am continuing to work on
more opportunities for
students to dive deeper
into the math concepts.
7/13/23
Evidence
Students do respond to
the critical thinking
questions assigned to
them on some
assignments. Some
students share their
responses with the whole
class. 7/13/23
Applying Integrating Innovating
Guide students to think Supports students to Facilitates systematic
critically through use of initiate critical thinking opportunities for student
questioning strategies, through independently to apply critical thinking
posing/solving problems, developing questions, by designing structured
and reflection on issues in posing problems and inquiries into complex
content. 4/28/24 reflecting on multiple problems.
perspectives.
Students respond to Students pose problems Students pose and
questions and problems and construct questions answer a wide-range of
posed by the teacher and of their own to support complex questions and
begin to pose and solve inquiries into content. problems, reflect, and
problems of their own communicate
related to the content. understandings based on
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content learning.
My 6th grade students are
analyzing different
graphs, finding issues
with biased graphs, and
connecting that to real
world scenarios and how
those types of graphs can
affect them. 4/28/24
Especially when working
with real world scenarios
in class, the students are
able to create and solve
their own questions
related to the specific
topic. 4/28/24
Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Students are given this
critical thinking activity
on Google Slides to
strengthen their
understanding on the
process of adding and
subtracting decimals.
They write their
responses to each
question on their Google
Slides and share their
responses with the class.
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Standard 1 CSTP: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
Element 1.6 Emerging Exploring
Implements lessons Seeks to clarify
following curriculum instruction and learning
guidelines. activities to support
student understanding.
Monitoring student
learning and
adjusting instruction
Some students receive Students receive
while teaching.
individual assistance assistance individually or
during instruction. in small groups during
instruction. 7/13/23
As students are working
on assignments, activities,
independent work, and
group work, I walk
around the room to
answer questions when
needed and to informally
assess and intervene
when needed. During
explicit instruction,
intervention is sometimes
needed to get individuals
back on track. 7/13/23
Evidence
Applying Integrating Innovating
Makes ongoing Adjusts strategies during Makes adjustments to
adjustments to instruction based on the extend learning
instruction based on ongoing monitoring of opportunities and
observation of student individual student needs provide assistance to
engagement and regular for assistance, support, or students in mastering the
checks for understanding. challenge. 7/13/23 concepts flexibly and
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Students successfully Students monitor their
participate and stay Students are able to progress in learning and
engaged in learning articulate their level of provide information to
activities. 11/26/23 understanding and use teacher that informs
teacher guidance to meet adjustments in
their needs during instruction.
instruction. 4/28/24
Students participate with I continuously ask for
and assist one another student responses during
during learning activities lessons to assess their
as I walk around the understanding. I adjust
classroom. Students are my lesson accordingly if I
great at staying engaged notice the students are
with little redirection struggling or if I notice
from me when they are understanding
needed. 11/26/23 well. I monitor the class
to meet individual
student needs by working
with them one-on-one if
they are struggling. I
challenge students who
are understanding by
verbally asking them
critical thinking questions
to deepen their
understanding with the
topic. 7/13/23 4/28/24
My students are getting a
lot better at reaching out
to me to help them when
they are able to notice
they are not
understanding the
material at hand.
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