CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator

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6.1 Reflecting on Is aware of the need to Begins to engage in Engages in reflection Reflects individually Maintains ongoing
teaching practice in reflect on teaching reflection on teaching individually and with and with colleagues on reflective practice and
support of student practice to support practice individually colleagues on the refinements in action research in
learning student learning. and with colleagues relationship between teaching practice and supporting student
Reflects individually or that is focused on making adjustments in connections among the learning and raising
with colleagues on methods to support teaching practice and elements of the CSTP the level of academic
immediate student the full range of impact on the full to positively impact achievement.
learning needs. learners. range of learners. the full range of
learners. Engages in and fosters
reflection among
colleagues for school
wide impact on
student learning.
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Teachers are allowed 4
prep periods to
collaborate with
colleagues and reflect on
the effectiveness of our
teaching practices in
order to ensure access to
the full range of learners.
Modifications such as,
reviewing all academic
language prior to
instruction to ensure
understanding, We also
share instructional
strategies and language
used that seemed to be
most effective for all
learners.
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Integrating Innovating
My site designates our I am always looking for
6th grade students into methods to improve my
teams so that teachers instruction whether it be
can better build positive through new
rapport and relations instructional strategies
with students. This or digital resources to
allows us to better cater better support my
our resources and students. I share out
support materials for these new discoveries
students in need. We with my grade level and
regularly collaborate 4 department colleagues in
days a week in order to order to better support
refine our teaching all students and
practices and borrow hopefully create a better
strategies that worked work-life balance.
from more experienced 5/1/24
colleagues. Things such
as classroom
management and even
seating charts are
discussed in an attempt
to better positively
impact the full range of
learners. By having a
smaller amount of
students it allows use to
better cater to our
individual student needs
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We regularly review
instructional practices
and what worked or did
not work in the
classroom
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6.2 Establishing Develops goals Sets goals connected to Sets goals connected to Sets and modifies Sets and modifies a
professional goals connected to the CSTP the CSTP that take into the CSTP that are authentic goals broad range of
and engaging in through required account self- authentic, challenging, connected to the CSTP professional goals
continuous and processes and local assessment of teaching and based on self- that are intellectually connected to the CSTP
protocols. practice. assessment. challenging and based to improve
purposeful
on self-assessment and instructional practice
professional growth
Attends required Expands knowledge Aligns personal goals feedback from a and impact student
and development professional and skills individually with school and variety of sources. learning within and
development. and with colleagues district goals, and beyond the classroom.
through available focuses on improving Engages in and
professional student learning. contributes to Engages in ongoing
development. professional inquiry into teacher
Selects and engages in development targeted practice for
professional on student professional
development based on achievement. Pursues development.
needs identified in a variety of additional
professional goals. opportunities to learn Contributes to
professionally. professional
organizations, and
development
opportunities to
extend own teaching
practice.
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I firmly believe that the I have been utilizing
CSTPs can guide an student grades as a
instructor to becoming a reflection of my teaching
better and more practices along with
equitable instructor. I informal assessments to
recently participated in a refine my teaching
staff development where practices and also ask for
we reviewed CSTPS and support from my
talked about how our colleagues.
“why” for becoming 12/08/23
teachers is the vital
driving force for why we I have been more
chose our profession. involved in contributing
When we discover our my findings to my
why we can have a new colleagues. Especially
perspective and become those about unconscious
more efficient biases and the inequality
instructors. of certain types of
9/22/2022 assignments. I have
pushed teachers to utilize
different grading
protocols to help save
time and let them focus
on supporting their
students better with the
additional time.
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6.3 Collaborating Attends staff, grade Consults with Collaborates with Collaborates with Facilitates
with colleagues and level, department, and colleagues to consider colleagues to improve colleagues to expand collaboration with
the broader other required how best to support student learning and impact on teacher and colleagues.
professional meetings and teacher and student reflect on teaching student learning
collaborations. learning. practice at the within grade or Works to ensure the
community to
classroom level. department and school broadest positive
support teacher
Identifies student and Begins to identify how and district levels. impact possible on
and student teacher resources at to access student and Interacts with instructional practice
learning the school and district teacher resources in members of the Engages with members and student
level. the broader broader professional of the broader achievement at school
professional community to access professional and district levels and
community. resources that support community to access for the profession.
teacher effectiveness resources and a wide
and student learning range of supports for Initiates and develops
teaching the full range professional learning
of learners. opportunities with the
broader professional
community focused on
student achievement.
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As each classroom moves Teachers collaborate 4 I have been sharing my
at different places we times a week with findings about useful
commonly collaborate colleagues during our digital resources with my
between colleagues and prep periods. Due to the colleagues to help
share instructional various pacing of supplement their
strategies and activities different classrooms instruction and provide a
that we though some teachers may cover more equitable access to
benefitted our a lesson earlier than instruction. I have also
classrooms the most. All others. This allows them pushed out various
of these are in subject to give us feedback about grading strategies that
specific folders for all possible problems that can help teachers save
instructors to utilize to may occur during the time grading multiple
improve their lesson. choice responses on
instructional strategies paper as well so they can
and student We also hold biweekly focus their time on
understanding. We also PD days where we tackle adapting lesson plans
have teachers on special topics such as socio- and supporting students.
assignment for Language emotional learning and 5/1/24
Arts and Math in order to UDL strategies specific to
assist teachers who may our content area. We are
need help finding also piloting a new
additional instructional program where trained
strategies or resources to professionals come to
best accommodate their teach us how to use their
students. provided resources to
expand the impact on
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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
6.4 Working with families. information about communication to classroom and school. classroom and school
families to support cultural norms of families based on community. Supports a
student learning families represented in awareness of cultural Communicates to school/district
the school. Welcomes norms and wide range families in ways which environment in which
family involvement at of experiences with show understanding of families take
classroom/ school schools. and respect for cultural leadership to improve
events. norms. student learning.
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We routinely I try to push out at
advocate for family home learning
involvement in the activities for
learning process as homework to involve
we know it is vital parents in their
towards student child’s education
achievement. while connecting
Families are also real-life issues to
kept in the loop what we learn in the
through our use of classroom. I also
ClassDojo and its reach out for
student feedback assistance with
options for parents. school activities and
Communication is field trips in order to
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students of various
backgrounds and I have began pushing
cultures. out a check-in list for
9/22/2022 certain students
5/1/23 where teachers
assess their time
management in class
and leave
positive/negative
comments for
parents to review
regularly upon their
request so we can
collaborate and
communicate how to
better support their
child.
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6.5 Engaging local Develops awareness Seeks available Uses a variety of Uses a broad range of Collaborates with
communities in about local neighborhood and neighborhood and neighborhood and community members
support of the neighborhoods and community resources. community resources community resources to increase
instructional communities to support the to support the instructional and
surrounding the school. Includes references or curriculum. instructional program, learning opportunities
program
connections to students, and families. for students.
Uses available communities in single Includes knowledge of
neighborhood and lessons or sequence of communities when Draws from Engages students in
community resources lessons. designing and understanding of leadership and service
in single lessons. implementing community to improve in the community.
instruction and enrich the Incorporates
instructional program. community members
into the school
learning community.
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Having worked in the Due to an increase in the I have gained more
district I do know of our number of ELs and ILP knowledge about the
community resources but students I have had to possible resources our
have not done enough reach out to find outside district can provide for
individual research into resources in order to students and families to
those resources to better support my help support any areas of
provide more than students learning outside need.
surface level information of the classroom. We
to those that need them. I offer services such as 12/08/23
have however lived in the after school support,
area that I teach for tutoring, online tutoring, I utilize aspects from our
several years which does counseling services, and community regularly in
allow me to make even free produce days our lesson to help build
references about the to better provide and connections from the
communities the support our students’ classroom to real-world
students live in. learning. Through situations. I use this to
9/22/2022 recommendations we can help plan culturally
even provide 1-on-1 applicable content to
tutoring to some of our enrich instruction.
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also try to work in real- 5/1/24
world connections into
our lessons when
applicable to better
engage and support our
students’ learning.

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6.6 Managing Develops an Maintains professional Anticipates Integrates the full Models
professional understanding of responsibilities in professional range of professional professionalism and
responsibilities to professional timely ways and seeks responsibilities and responsibilities into supports colleagues in
maintain responsibilities. support as needed. manages time and advanced planning and meeting and exceeding
effort required to meet prepares for situations professional
motivation and
Seeks to meet required Demonstrates expectations. that may be Responsibilities
commitment to all
commitments to commitment by challenging. effectively.
students students. exploring ways to Pursues ways to
address individual support students’ Maintains continual Supports colleagues to
student needs. diverse learning needs effort to seek, develop, maintain the
and maintains belief in and refine new and motivation, resiliency,
students’ capacity for creative methods to and energy to ensure
achievement. ensure individual that all students
student learning. achieve.
I always make sure In order to make I help my grade level
to enter any learning accessible to and department with
important dates in all students we tend lesson planning and
my calendars and set to collaborate with implementing and
the appropriate colleagues to prepare demonstrating new
reminders in order instructional and instructional
help manage the support materials to strategies and
time and effort that prepare for resources as I am
is required to meet challenging more tech savvy than
expectations. I am a situations in the most. I create
firm believer that classroom. This is samples of support
every student can be backed up by the materials and also
successful if they put pre-assessment data push out
in the necessary we utilize in the instructional videos
effort. I firmly beginning of many to help teacher
believe in a growth units. We continually implement strategies
mindset and that collaborate with to better engage
students need to colleagues 4 times a students in our
constantly exercise week to help digital world.
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9/22/2022 in instruction to I am the partner
ensure individual teacher for multiple
student learning. We other teachers and
create lesson plans individual students
and outlines ahead of as I am experienced
time in order to with NCPI and
guide our instruction utilizing strategies to
and review possible help manage
problems in prior behavior. I also
years to predict collaborate with
challenges that may teachers and listen to
arise. and help manage any
5/1/23 issues they may need
support with
because a happy
teacher can better
support their
students.
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6.7 Demonstrating Follows all state education codes, legal requirements, district and site Maintains a high standard of personal integrity
professional policies, contractual agreements, and ethical responsibilities.* and commitment to student learning and the
responsibility, profession in all circumstances.
integrity, and * As follows:
Contributes to building professional community
ethical conduct ● Take responsibility for student academic learning outcomes.
and holding peers accountable to norms of
● Is aware of own personal values and biases and recognizes ways in which respectful treatment and communication.
these values and biases affect the teaching and learning of students.
Contributes to fostering a school culture with a
● Adheres to legal and ethical obligations in teaching the full ranges of high degree of resilience, professional integrity,
learners, including English learners and students with special needs. and ethical conduct.
● Reports suspected cases of child abuse and/or neglect as outlined in the
California Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
● Maintains a non-hostile classroom environment and carries out laws and
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.
● Complies with legal and professional obligations to protect the privacy,
health, and safety of students, families, and other school professionals.
● Models appropriate behavior for students, colleagues, and the profession.

● Acts in accordance with ethical considerations for students.

● Maintains professional conduct and integrity in the classroom and school

community.
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